"The world is fragrant in April, and the flowers and rain are colorful in the Forbidden City." After a silent spring rain, red peach blossoms, white begonias, pink apricot blossoms, purple roses, and peonies bloom one after another, which adds a bit of enchantment to the ancient and heavy city of Beijing.

Located in the northwest suburbs of the capital, Fahua Temple is a relatively famous temple in the outer city of Beijing, especially in this kind of bright spring and sunny day, tourists are weaving, pilgrims gather, forming a considerable temporary market in the town outside the temple. All kinds of refreshments and snacks, handicrafts, silk and satin fabrics, dry goods from the north and south, and all kinds of Western imported products from foreign foreign companies decorate this bustling small bazaar with a dazzling array of decorations; The shouts of the vendors, the frolic of children, and the chanting of the temple make up a moving music.

In the bazaar, Yu Xuan wore a small placket jacket on his upper body, a floral cloth skirt below, a pair of satin shoes on his feet, rolling with a donkey in his left hand, and a steamed twist flower in his right hand. Tang Zhidao, who was carrying the little girl, was wearing a light gray suit, grabbing the little girl's legs with both hands, and casually looking at everything in front of him. Xiao Yun, who wore light makeup, wore a pink round-necked cheongsam to highlight her perfect figure, and a pair of imported high-heeled leather shoes made her already slender legs look more eye-catching, and there was also a sense of joy between her eyebrows, staring at Tang Zhidao not far away with affection.

"Sugar gourd, sweet and sour sugar gourd, a big string of two pennies!" An uncle carrying a sugar gourd shouted in the crowd.

"Uncle Tang, I want sugar gourd!" The sharp-eyed little girl soon found the uncle selling sugar gourds in the crowd and shouted happily.

"Yu Xuan, you haven't finished eating the things in your hand, why do you want things again!" Xiao Yun, who hurriedly followed up, said reproachfully: "Your Uncle Tang has broken enough money today." ”

"It's not worth breaking the bill, as long as Yu Xuan likes it!" Tang Zhidao walked quickly in the direction of Uncle Sugar Gourd, compared to the later generations, the purchasing power of the ocean at this time is still quite strong, and a piece of the ocean has not been spent after shopping for a long time.

"Two strings of sugar gourds!" Putting down the Yuxuan on his back, Tang Zhidao took out a few copper plates and handed them over, and the uncle picked the two largest strings and gave them to the little girl.

"What else would you like to eat?" After wandering around for a while, Tang Zhidao looked at the sky, it was not early, and the so-called business had not yet been done.

"No, I'm full." The little girl touched her stomach with satisfaction and said that Xiao Yun's package contained other food.

"Then let's go to the temple!" Tang Zhidao looked at Xiao Yun with a smile and said, "I'm afraid the courtyard door will be closed after a while!" ”

"Oh, I almost forgot!" At this time, Xiao Yun remembered the real purpose of this trip, after Tang Zhidao was arrested and imprisoned, she once came to Fahua Temple to pray for him, and now Tang Zhidao came out safely, so she naturally wanted to go back to Fahua Temple to repay her vows. But it's no wonder that she has a daughter, she is only in her twenties, and she will still be a college student in the next life. The three of them hurried to the temple, but fortunately, the days became longer in the spring, and the temple gate closed late.

"Go in, and I'll wait for you outside the main hall." Tang Daodao has never been interested in such rituals as worshipping Buddha and burning incense, and he doesn't want to kneel on the side stupidly.

"Hmm!" Xiao Yun was not reluctant, in her opinion, these new-school characters were quite repulsive to ghosts and gods, and it was not easy to accompany her to incense this time.

"Uncle Tang, I ...... it too" Yu Xuan didn't want to go in, but just as he was about to speak, he was forcibly pulled in by Xiao Yun, leaving Tang Zhidao to wander outside the temple alone.

This Fahua Temple was originally the house of Liu Tong, the eunuch in Ming Jingtai, later rebuilt as a temple, rebuilt during the Apocalypse, there are three mountain gates and side doors altogether, there are two flagpoles in the mountain gate, one bell and drum tower, Yongdao is facing the Tianwang Palace, the palace of the king of medicine is directly connected to the Daxiong Treasure Palace, there are two dome tablets in front of the platform of the main hall, the east and west sides are the Garan Hall and the Patriarch Palace, the Daxiong Treasure Hall is the Pilu Hall behind the Daxiong Treasure Palace, with the hugging Xia, the west side hall is the Fayun Hall, and then the Great Compassion Altar, the northernmost is the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, and the west of the pavilion is the ancestral hall. …,

It is rumored that Yuan Shikai lived in the temple at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and in 1898, when the Wuxu changed the law, Tan Sitong of the Restoration sent Tan Sitong to the secret decree of the Guangxu Emperor, and went to the Fahua Temple late at night to discuss with Yuan Shikai and betray Yuan Shikai.

The extremely exquisite ancient buildings in front of him did not arouse the interest of Tang Zhidao at all, just wandering aimlessly outside the Fahua Temple, at this moment he was most worried about his own future, since God sent himself to such a big era, how could he do something. In the past few days, he has been running back and forth in the capital trying to find a job to support his family, but he is a professional soldier in both lives, and he is not good at anything other than combat skills, and he has not found a suitable job in a short time. No one in the army of the Yuan family in the north who was charged with the crime of "assassinating Yuan" dared to use him, and the ranks of the southern national defense army were thousands of miles away, and they had nothing to do with the revolutionary party, and there were no people who wanted to defect for introduction.

"It's time for them to come out too?" The sun has begun to set in the west, the afterglow shines on the inside and outside of the Fahua Temple, Tang Zhidao walked towards the Daxiong Treasure Hall, at this time the road was empty, even the monks in the temple did not see a few.

At this time, Xiao Yun's mother and daughter in the Heavenly King Hall were surrounded by three gorgeously dressed men.

"White Peony!" A man in a long shirt looked at Xiao Yun for a moment and exclaimed in surprise: "I haven't seen you more and more beautiful in a few years!" ”

"This son has recognized the wrong person, the little woman is not a white peony or a black peony!" Xiao Yun's face changed and said crampedly.

"The white peony that was famous in the capital back then, how could I admit my mistake!" The young man in the long shirt said unrelentingly.

"Childe, you really recognized the wrong person, the little girl's surname is Xiao!" Xiao Yun's face turned red, and her hand tightly pressed to Yu Xuan behind her.

"Humph! Five years ago, in order to raise money to ransom you, I was almost beaten to death by the old man! The young man in the long shirt said indignantly: "It's a pity that you were still snatched away by that dead fat man." ”

"White peony? How did I not know that there was such a stunning color among the flowers in the capital! A younger boy next to him looked Xiao Yun up and down in a daze.

"Haha, how old are you kid!" Another boy in a suit and leather shoes said with a smile: "When the white peony is famous in Beijing, you kid didn't know what it was like to be a woman!" ”

"Famous in Beijing? Is it more famous than the little phoenix? The young man humbly asked.

"Xiao Fengxian is famous because he fell in love with Cai Songpo, and she is definitely not as good as the white peony of the day in terms of appearance and talent!" The man in the suit said disapprehantly, his eyes never left Xiao Yun, and he was not sure if the stunner in front of him was the white peony back then.

"I see, I see!" The young man suddenly realized and said with a lewd smile: "It's a pity that the younger brother was not born a few years early, otherwise he would have been able to kiss Fangze!" ”

"It's useless to be born a few years early, you can be richer than Fat Lu!" The man in the suit continued: "People spent 50,000 taels to buy a white peony without budding!" ”

"Fifty thousand taels!" The young man is also a rich second generation, but he is still frightened by this number.

"Three sons, please give way!" Seeing that what they said was getting worse and worse, Xiao Yun pulled Yu Xuan forward.

"Peony, you can't go! In the past five years, I have been missing you all the time, especially after learning that Lu Fatzi died! The man in the long shirt suddenly stirred up his emotions and lay across the middle of the road. The two sons beside him looked at him with a wicked smile, and they were full of slander in their hearts: You kid is really fucking talking nonsense with his eyes open, and I haven't seen you go to Bada Hutong less.

"Son, please respect yourself, the little woman has been good, and she has nothing to do with the white peony before!" Xiao Yun lowered her head and said, this is tantamount to acquiescing in her identity.

"Fat Lu is dead, you are free again, we can start again!" The young man of the long shirt also confirmed that the other party was really the white peony more diligent, five years ago he was also the suitor of the white peony, but unfortunately the money was not as good as others, and he watched the meat in his heart fall into the mouths of others. …,

"The little girl is in a hurry and really wants to leave, please give way to the son!" Xiao Yun was worried that this scene would be seen by Tang Zhidao, and she became more and more anxious.

"Please also ask the little lady to follow Xiao Ke's wish!" The man in the long shirt knew that his little trick could not deceive someone like Bai Peony, and when he saw that there was no one else except for two friends, he tried to be light.

"Ouch, ouch!" The outstretched groping pig hand was grabbed by another big hand before it could get up, and the man in the long shirt screamed in pain.

"Y-Who are you?" The other two sons hurriedly questioned when they saw that their companions were beaten.

"Get out!" Tang Zhidao glared at the two of them coldly, and casually pushed the man in the long shirt out.

The three sons looked at each other and fled outside the hall in a hurry, muttering something unclear.

"It's okay!" After seeing a few people leave, Tang Zhidao came back to his senses and asked with concern, "Why have you stayed in the main hall for so long!" ”

"It's nothing, I asked for a sign!" Seeing that Tang Zhidao didn't ask, Xiao Yun's heart was a little calm, maybe he just arrived just in time.

"That's good, it's getting late, let's go back!" In fact, Tang Zhidao heard some of the later dialogues clearly, and he could roughly guess what was going on, and he could be regarded as solving the mystery of Xiao Yun, a single mother.

"Mother, who is the white peony?" Suddenly, this sentence popped out of Yu Xuan's mouth.

"Silly boy, White Peony is your mother!" Without waiting for Xiao Yun to speak, Tang Zhidao replied as if he had no brains.

"Did you hear it all?" Xiao Yun asked with wide eyes, and her heart was in her throat.

"The past is gone!" Tang Zhidao pretended to be profound: "Don't worry, those bastards with me won't dare to harass you!" ”

"Then you know everything!" Xiao Yun suddenly dimmed and said tremblingly.

"Yu Xuan, come here, Uncle Tang is holding you!" Tang Zhidao didn't notice the change in Xiao Yun's face, hugged Yu Xuan and walked straight to the outside of the temple, and Xiao Yun followed in despair.