Chapter 43: The Temple
Xue Chongxun is really uneasy, she often has to work against Princess Taiping, she wants to get angry, but she can't really get angry every time, and she is very entangled by him every time. This time, too, Xue Chongxun clearly said that he wanted to take revenge, and Taiping was angry and at the same time felt that his son's heart was still towards him.
Taiping had no choice but to ruthlessly deprive him of his power, so he had to send people to monitor him, especially Yu Zhong and several other family members above the Xue Mansion, as well as the unknown woman Sanniang.
Dali Temple, the Criminal Department, and even the Yushitai have secret agents, otherwise it is difficult to get real evidence when treating other people's crimes, and these yamen all installed people who were effectively loyal to Princess Taiping, so Xue Chongxun's henchmen were seen to death, which was equivalent to tying his hands and feet.
Xue Chongxun also knew about this situation, but he didn't care, he didn't plan to use assassination at all, because assassinating one or two people could not eradicate the Cui family's power. This kind of thing, once it is stained with blood, it can't be resolved, and the best way is to hit it with one blow and send it to the eighteenth layer of hell.
He remembered someone: Yu Wenxiao.
Yu Wenxiao's background is very hidden, and he is a businessman on the surface, and he is connected to officialdom. The status of merchants in the Tang Dynasty was not high like that of other dynasties, but there were no restrictions on entering the ranks, such as Empress Wu Zetian's background was a timber merchant. Yuwen's family was originally a tea merchant, but Yuwenxiao was not in business before...... His details are only known to Xue Chongxun, Sanniang, Bai Qimei and a few other people who are alive now.
Now Yuwen Xiao is in Jingzhao Mansion as a secretary and joins the army, such a civil official with little power, even if many people know the relationship between his daughter and Xue Chongxun, they don't think that he can be of any use. So Taiping didn't count him in Xue Chongxun's sphere of influence at all.
Only Xue Chongxun knew that Yuwen Xiao was a very quick master to do dirty things.
It was inconvenient for him to visit Yuwen Mansion; His subordinates are also being monitored, and it is inconvenient to send someone to find Yu Wenxiao directly. But there's another way to get in touch without even noticing: a tryst with Yuwen Ji.
One day, after he came out of Daming Palace, he went straight to Qianfu Temple. This place is the former residence of Prince Zhang Huai, and the current emperor Li Shouli is the biological son of Prince Zhang Huai......
Every time Xue Chongxun came here, he could always think of all kinds of complicated past events since the Wu Zetian Dynasty. Senfukuji Temple seems to be a testimony to the story.
The sound of wooden fish has always been in the spacious Buddhist hall, and the "tuk tuk ......" is monotonous and boring, but in the past, it should have been a place for banquets, and there should have been an endless stream of music of various silk and bamboo orchestras, and beauties sang and danced endlessly. The sea can become a mulberry field, and singing and dancing can also become the sound of a wooden fish.
Xue Chongxun paid for a stick of incense, lit the incense burner inserted in the golden Buddha statue, and then bent down and bowed a few times to make a formality. These temples had land outside the city, and pilgrims sometimes had to pay for incense oil, which they could sustain through guò, but they would still try to increase their income, such as the incense candles sold here, which were twice as expensive as outside. The donors will not be too expensive, thinking that the money is dedicated to the Buddha...... Everything is based on the economy, and the Dharma does not tell the believers how to make a living, but the monks can always think of a way.
Xue Chongxun looked left and right after entering the incense, Yuwen Ji had not yet come, so he walked out of the Buddhist hall and waited on the corridor in the courtyard.
Senfukuji Temple cannot make people feel the peaceful artistic conception, it has too many stories. Xue Chongxun's mood has not calmed down now, although there is the sound of wooden fish and the smell of cigarettes.
He suddenly remembered a story called "Wrongful Revenge for the Orphan of the Zhao Family", the nobleman Zhao of the Jin Kingdom was framed and destroyed by traitors, and as a result, an orphan was left to take revenge...... Under the definition of revenge allowed by Confucian morality, justice was finally recovered. Thinking of this, Xue Chongxun felt a little chilly, and he wondered a little, how could he become the evil party?
The power of justice is sometimes impossible to ignore, and Xue Chongxun feels very pressured. So he planned that if he wanted to do it, he would never leave the spark of revenge.
After waiting for a long time, I finally saw Yuwen Ji coming. I saw her dressed as a woman wearing a blue narrow-sleeved blouse and trousers, and when she saw Xue Chongxun, she complained: "How can we meet in the temple?" ”
Xue Chongxun said in a deep voice: "Here are our memories. ”
Yuwen Ji seemed to remember something, and hurriedly looked at the ground with low eyebrows, her snow-white teeth gently bit her thick red lips, and two small movements made her look more and more coquettish.
Xue Chongxun remained silent, coaxed her first, otherwise if she might think that Xue Chongxun was looking for her because of something, and she didn't look for her if she didn't have something to do? Maybe she's angry and doesn't get things done, wouldn't it be troublesome? A lover and a subordinate are completely different, you can clearly order what your subordinate wants to do, but you can't order your lover to do something, you can only make her do it willingly.
Yuwen Ji whispered: "It's okay to meet here, so that we don't ...... every time we meet."
Xue Chongxun smiled and said, "If I don't want to see each other, you should be worried, right?" ”
Yuwen Ji's eyes rolled, pondered for a moment, and said angrily: "Then you actually asked me to come here, are you tired of me?" ”
Xue Chongxun: "......"
Yuwen Ji said unrelentingly: "I was right by me!" ”
Xue Chongxun opened his mouth and found that he was not left and right, just like the man in the fable who sold spears and shields at the same time, he had to be cheeky and said, "Why don't we try it in the temple?" ”
"Bad stuff!" Yuwen Ji scolded shyly.
Yuwen Ji often argues with him, but Xue Chongxun doesn't care, and after such a mess, his mood seems to be better. He misses Jincheng in his heart, but it doesn't prevent him from liking Yuwen Ji at the same time, ancient times are good, so that he will not be condemned for infidelity, hypocrisy, etc., a broad mind is the feeling that a man should have.
When he saw that he was confused, he said haha: "During this time, there are some trivial matters in the court, and it just so happens that I came back early today, so I went to Qianfu Temple to buy some sesame oil money and asked for a room to sit in." This place always reminds me of you, so I asked you to come along, let's go to the room and talk. ”
Yuwen Ji muttered: "I know that when the scientific examination is going to be carried out, the temple can rent out a room for the scholars to study quietly, but we are men and women in the same room, are the monks allowed?" ”
Xue Chongxun said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about these things, what do we have to do in broad daylight?" And I gave them twenty pieces of money, and they would turn a blind eye to the abundant sesame oil and silver. ”
With that, he took Yuwen Ji along the corridor and walked north for a while, and then pushed open a door, which was an incense room, a place for the donors of incense to rest, drink tea and even eat. Looking at this location, it should have been a wing room when it was not a temple before.
Entering the house, Xue Chongxun latched the door with his backhand, and with one hand, he also touched the letter in his sleeve pocket. At this moment, Yuwen Ji was stunned and said, "You won't ...... Really want to be here? ”
Xue Chongxun let go of the letter and said in a deep voice, "Do you want to try?" ”
Yuwen Ji said with an embarrassed face: "I still don't want it!" Under the nose of the Buddha, are you not afraid of retribution? She said as she looked into the corner.
Xue Chongxun turned his head and followed her gaze to see the clay statue of the Queen Mother, and he was suddenly stunned: "I wonder, how did the Queen Mother come to the Buddha Hall?" ”
Yuwen Ji said solemnly: "The west heaven lives in Rulai, and the east heaven lives in the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother's family, and the gods will also communicate with each other." ”
Xue Chongxun said: "When will the Queen Mother and the Jade Emperor become a family?" ”
Yuwen Ji was a little angry and said, "I said that they are a family!" ”
"Makes sense...... Xue Chongxun nodded and said, "You see that immortals can love each other, so it's okay for us to make out, right?" ”
Yuwen Ji frowned and thought for a long time and said, "That's not right! Immortals can't have seven emotions and six desires, do you know the story of the Seven Fairies and Dong Yong, weren't they punished by God and finally dismantled? ”
Xue Chongxun said: "That's because immortals and mortals can't intermarry, just like people can't intermarry with chickens, ducks and geese." ”
Yuwen Jijiao said angrily: "You will mess around, I won't tell you, in short, no, people should have a sense of awe for God." ”
Xue Chongxun asked quietly: "Heaven does not allow the Seven Fairies to like Dong Yong, should the Seven Fairies give up their feelings?" ”
Yuwen Ji was a little moved when she heard this, and when she raised her head, the water waves in her eyes flowed with affection, which made Xue Chongxun's heart move suddenly. At this time, she said with some sadness: "But didn't they also separate in the end?" ”
Somehow, Xue Chongxun remembered Jincheng again, the imperial court system did not allow him to get Jincheng, so would they also fail in the end like the Seven Fairies descended to earth? An immortal cannot defeat the heavenly court, and it is difficult for a person to defeat the country......
Xue Chongxun burned a wave of anger in his heart, hugged Yuwen Ji in his arms, looked into her eyes and said: "Damnation, retribution, I'm not afraid, I want to learn from Sun Wukong and destroy the heavenly court!" ”
Yuwen Ji was puzzled: "Who is Sun Wukong?" ”
"Journey to the West......" Xue Chongxun suddenly thought of the story of Tang Seng learning scriptures in Journey to the West, that Tang Seng was a person from the time of Tang Xuanzong, and it was impossible to have this story at this time...... After all, Tang Xuanzong doesn't exist anymore, and maybe there won't be this story in the future...... He said, "You haven't heard that story, I'll tell you another day." ”
Yuwen Ji said: "I want to listen to it now, let's sit down, you can tell me." ”
Xue Chongxun said: "How about we do something else now?" ”
"I'm scared...... If there really are immortals, there will be no good results for us to blaspheme the gods like this. Yuwen Ji looked at him with pleading eyes. After a while, she suddenly gently hugged Xue Chongxun's waist and muttered, "I'm afraid that I will be torn apart by retribution." ”
Xue Chongxun's heart softened when he heard this, so he dispelled the idea of indulgence, went to sit down next to the wooden table, lifted the teapot and poured two cups of water, cleared his throat and told the story.
He can't remember the storyline of the original book a little clearly, the content mainly comes from several TV series that changed the original book beyond recognition, and then he himself made it up while talking about it, focusing on the trouble in the Heavenly Palace, and then he had to say that Sun Wukong likes white bone spirits...... When Yuwen Ji listened attentively, he took out the letter, put it in her arms and said in a very casual tone: "By the way, I suddenly remembered something, this is for your father, I don't have to go to your house again." ”G