Chapter 22: Reunion I
After the left-behind team left, the "Qing Garden" returned to the state before Wang Kunjun's wedding, carried out various tasks step by step, and everything was basically calm.
In order to make the activities of the anniversary of the 18 April crossing solemn and enthusiastic, the enlarged meeting of the Committee made a resolution that the commemoration activities would be carried out in accordance with the method of ancestor worship in this era. Zhang Weixin was responsible for the preparation of the commemorative event, with the assistance of the business and trade team, the property management team and the finance team.
After receiving the task, Zhang Weixin drew up a list of various items needed to worship the ancestors based on his own understanding of this kind of activity, and after consulting with Fuyaozi and the housekeeper Deng An, he handed it over to the three functional groups, who arranged manpower and were responsible for procurement.
The procurement went smoothly, and two days before the anniversary, on the 16th day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, all the sacrificial supplies were ready, just waiting for April 18.
As the direct person in charge of this event, Zhang Weixin did not dare to make a mistake. Therefore, although everything was ready, he was still not very reassured. In the afternoon of this day, it was estimated that Master Tai's Fuyaozi had already taken a nap -- since he arrived in Youzhou, the old immortal basically lived according to the routine of ordinary people, and he did not sleep for more than one day -- Zhang Weixin went to Master Tai's residence, preparing to conduct a detailed combing with the old immortal about ancestor worship again, in case there was any mistake.
After Fuyaozi came to the "Qingyuan", he lived in the two main rooms where Wang Kunjun lived in the courtyard. Zhang Weixin originally lived in the West Cross Courtyard of the Houjin Courtyard, and later the West Cross Courtyard became Wang Kunjun's new house, so Zhang Weixin moved to the West Cross Courtyard of the Zhongjin Courtyard. Therefore, when he left his dwelling, he passed through the cloister aisle on the west side, and entered the courtyard.
Just when Zhang Weixin was passing through the corridor, the housekeeper Deng An was leading two female Taoist priests wearing Taoist robes through the corridor aisle on the east side, and also went to Fuyaozi's residence, the speed of the two sides was basically the same, Zhang Weixin was a little faster.
Zhang Weixin walked out of the corridor, and after entering the courtyard, he subconsciously stopped, looked at the room where Fuyaozi lived, and saw Qingchen standing outside the door, as if waiting for someone. Seeing this, Zhang Weixin judged that Master Tai should have woken up, and he would not disturb the old immortal's rest in the past now, as for who Qingchen was waiting for, he didn't care about it.
Just as Zhang Weixin was about to continue walking, Deng An had already led the two female Taoist priests out of the corridor on the other side, and stretched out his hand to ask: "Two female Taoist priests, please come here." ”
Deng An's voice attracted Zhang Weixin's attention, and he turned his head to look in Deng An's direction. As a result, under this look, Zhang Weixin's whole person froze in place, with an unbelievable expression on his face, and his right foot, which was originally going to move forward, also stopped in place. He was afraid that he was dazzled, so he quickly rubbed his eyes vigorously, but what caught his eye was still the familiar back. Because he was afraid of recognizing the wrong person, Zhang Weixin did not step forward immediately, but carefully kept a certain distance from the three people in front of him, and followed behind quietly.
It is estimated that it had been passed on before Deng An led people in, and the guests who were waiting for Qingchen standing outside the door were these two female Taoist priests. At this moment, when he saw the guests coming, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him and said, "Qingchen has seen Senior Sister Jingyue and Senior Sister Jingxin, and Master Zu invited the senior sisters into the house to talk. ”
"Okay, there's Senior Brother Lao." After the two female Taoist priests thanked Qingchen in unison, they entered the house with him.
At this time, Zhang Weixin, who was not far behind, confirmed his judgment more through the voice of the female Taoist priest, and he gave up his plan to go to Master Tai, but after Qingchen led the two female Taoist priests into the room, he grabbed Deng An, who was about to go back, and asked, "Deng An, where did the two female Taoist leaders come from just now, and what did they do with my master?" ”
Deng An saw that the master asked, naturally there was no reason to hide it, and he replied respectfully: "Back to the seventh master, these two female Taoist priests are called Jingyue and Jingxin respectively, and they are from Yuqingguan in Damao Mountain. According to them, they were ordered by the master to come to the old fairy of Fuyaozi to ask for peace. ”
"Did these two Taoist leaders say that what does Damao Mountain Yuqingguan have to do with Master Tai, why did they come all the way to say goodbye?" Zhang Weixin asked again.
Deng An shook his head when he heard this, and replied: "This villain doesn't know, the Daoist named Jingyue just told the villain so much when he was at the door, saying that as long as he reported the name of Yuqingguan, the old fairy of Fuyaozi would know." ”
"I see, it's okay here, you can go." After Zhang Weixin sent Deng An away, he went straight to the residence of Wang Kunjun in the West Cross Courtyard next to him.
When Zhang Weixin knocked on Wang Kunjun's door, Wang Kunjun was playing checkers with Han Qingwen in the house. Seeing this, Zhang Weixin said that he was embarrassed and disturbed the young couple to play. Wang Kunjun couldn't ask for Zhang Weixin's arrival, this guy had already lost to his wife in five or six games, and he couldn't find a chance to get out, Zhang Weixin's arrival gave him a desperate excuse. Although Han Qingwen was winning the rise, when she saw Zhang Weixin coming to her husband, she knew that they had something to discuss, and after saying hello to Zhang Weixin, she consciously left the living room and went back to the inner room.
Han Qingwen's move is exactly what Zhang Weixin wants, if Han Qingwen doesn't take the initiative to leave, he will also find a way to break her up, or pull Wang Kunjun outside to talk. Seeing Han Qingwen's figure enter the inner room, Zhang Weixin stopped Wang Kunjun, who was about to express his gratitude to him, and deliberately said in a loud voice: "Fifth brother, sixth brother came to me just now, saying that he wanted to talk to the members of the committee about the property management team, and the eldest brother asked me to invite you to the small conference room for a meeting." ”
Wang Kunjun could already see from Zhang Wei's expression and tone that this guy was talking nonsense with his eyes open, although he didn't know what the other party was singing, but since Zhang Weixin wanted to act, he naturally had to cooperate. So, he also deliberately said loudly: "That's it, then let's go." After speaking, after entering the inner room and saying hello to Han Qingwen, he followed Zhang Weixin out of the room.
The two of them went out of the West Cross Courtyard, and Zhang Weixin took Wang Kunjun to the small conference room, where naturally no one else was waiting for them. Zhang Weixin first asked Wang Kunjun to sit down at the table, and then went to close the door. Looking at his sneaky appearance, Wang Kunjun really couldn't help it, and asked puzzledly: "I said Lao Qi, what are you doing here, why do you seem to be a thief, what is there to be so sneaky?" ”,
Zhang Weixin didn't care about Wang Kunjun's ridicule, he closed the door and returned to the table to sit down, and said in a low voice: "You still have the heart to joke with me, I did this for you." I'm telling you, you're in a catastrophe now, and if I hadn't found out sooner, I'm afraid you wouldn't even know how you died. ”
Seeing that Zhang Weixin said so seriously, and there was no joking expression on his face, Wang Kunjun also began to pay attention, and he hurriedly asked, "What happened?" Don't go around in circles with me, kid, and get things clear. ”
Zhang Weixin paused slightly, and said: "It's easy for me to say things, but before I say it, you must promise me, no matter what I tell you in a while, you must stay calm, don't get excited, let alone impulsive, can you do it?" ”
After saying this, Wang Kunjun was even more puzzled, and he was a little uneasy, he nodded and said: "Okay, I promise you, you must stay calm, you will not be impulsive, you say." ”
Zhang Weixin pondered his words for a while, and said as relaxed as possible: "Here's the thing, just now I was going to go to Master Tai and ask his old man about ancestor worship. As a result, outside the door of Master Tai's room, I saw a person you and I are very familiar with, a person you think about day and night, a person you always thought you would never see again, and a ....... ”
Before Zhang Weixin's words were finished, Wang Kunjun stretched out his hand to stop him from talking. From Zhang Weixin's description, he already knew who the other party was talking about. The unexpected news made his blood surge, his head began to buzz, his breathing became heavy, and a heart almost jumped out of his throat.
It took a lot of effort for Wang Kunjun to calm his mood a little, he stared at Zhang Weixin, and asked word by word in a slightly trembling voice: "Old Seven, you're not joking with me." You can't talk nonsense about this, you know, there are many people in the world who look alike, are you sure that what you see is her? Could it be that you are dazzled and mistaken for a moment, how sure you are of your own judgment? ”
Zhang Weixin was still quite confident in his judgment, and replied: "With my familiarity with her, do you think I will be wrong?" Besides, even if you may be mistaken in appearance because you look similar, your voice will never be exactly the same. She spoke to Qingchen outside Master Tai's door just now, and I heard it clearly, and it won't be wrong. ”
After getting Zhang Weixin's confirmation, Wang Kunjun's emotions suddenly became extremely excited, and he said, "Huh! As soon as he stood up, he raised his legs and walked out to verify Zhang Weixin's statement with his own eyes.
Zhang Weixin saw that Wang Kunjun's mood suddenly changed, and he was afraid that he would not remember the consequences, so he immediately went to Master Tai to verify, and quickly got up, intending to step forward to stop him. But before he could make a move, Wang Kunjun, who had only taken a step, stopped by himself, and slowly sat back in the chair, his brows furrowed tightly, as if he had decided for a while whether he should go to see her.
Zhang Weixin took the opportunity to persuade: "Fifth brother, you have to be calm, this is not the time to be impulsive, you are not alone now, before you go to see her, you must think clearly how to explain Han Qingwen's identity to her, and at the same time, you must also think clearly how to explain to Han Qingwen the person who should have been buried in the sea, but at this time he appeared in the 'Qing Garden'." Otherwise, once there is a misunderstanding between the two sides, how will you face Lord Han in Youzhou City, how will you face Zhong Yuanwai, and how will you face all the people who know you in this era? With our current strength, some people can't afford to offend. ”
Listening to Zhang Weixin's words, Wang Kunjun nodded, sat there and thought for a while, and said: "I still have to go to see her, no matter what, I can't watch her just one step away from me without seeing her." Moreover, her current identity is also a Taoist priest, which shows that her experience may be very similar to ours. Since she will come to greet Master Tai, it means that her mentorship may have some relationship with Master Tai, and I am afraid that there will be no less intersection with us in the future. As the saying goes, 'you can't contain fire in paper', rather than being discovered in the future, it is better for us to take the initiative to break this matter now.
I've thought about it, and in principle, we're not really at fault for this. At the beginning, before I married Qingwen, I had told the people of the Han family about my previous marriage, and neither Lord Han nor Qingwen had any dissatisfaction with this. Moreover, what we told the people of the Han family at the beginning was that they were also separated at sea, and based on the situation at that time, it was inferred that there was no possibility of seeing each other again, and we did not say that she was definitely no longer alive. Therefore, I don't think that either Qingwen or her family will put all the blame on us because of her sudden appearance.
However, this is in the interests of the whole team, and it is not up to me to say it alone. You go and find the eldest brother and the eighth brother, and let's sum it up. ”
Seeing that Wang Kunjun had completely calmed down, Zhang Weixin's hanging heart also relaxed, and he agreed to go. After a short time, he led Li Junwu and Xu Shaoan to the conference room to discuss the accident in order to find a proper solution to the matter.
Just when the four members of the committee were discussing nervously, in the next room, Fuyaozi was chatting with the two female Taoist priests, while secretly looking at the female Taoist priest named Jingxin.
These two female Taoist priests are both apprentices of Yuqing Shitai, the presiding officer of Yuqing Temple in Damao Mountain, and Yuqing Shitai, like Yuxuzi, is also a re-disciple of Fuyaozi. Some time ago, after Fuyaozi made a public appearance at Wang Kunjun's wedding, the news that Chen Luan Ancestor had come to Youzhou spread, and Yuqing Shitai soon heard about it. As a disciple of the old immortal, and the distance between Damao Mountain and Youzhou is not too far, Master Yuqing really wants to come over to greet Master Tai and ask some questions about doctrine and martial arts.
It's a pity that it didn't happen that Master Yuqing accidentally contracted a cold before leaving and fell ill in bed. However, Mrs. Yuqing did not give up, although she couldn't come herself, she still sent two apprentices to Fuyaozi to ask for peace, in order to show her filial piety as a disciple.
For Yuqing's filial piety, Fuyaozi is naturally very satisfied. However, as soon as Yuqing's two apprentices entered the door, the female Taoist priest named Jingxin attracted his attention. Of course, it is not the woman's appearance that attracts the old fairy. Although this female Taoist priest is also middle-class, and her behavior is dignified and steady, it has not reached the point of being amazing. The reason why Fuyaozi pays special attention to her is because of the woman's face.
Fuyaozi found that the face of this woman was very similar to the overseas returnees he had received, and there were also two completely different lives, and they were also a kind of ordinary, a kind of wealth. Moreover, this woman's kind of wealth and nobility can even be compared with Wang Kunjun, which cannot but make the old fairy look carefully, figure it out, and find the connection.
After talking to the two female Taoist priests for a while, Fuyaozi made up his mind and decided to verify his idea. So, he called Qingchen and instructed: "Qingchen, go and find your uncles who are in charge, and say that I will introduce a few guests to them." ”
"Yes." Qingchen respectfully agreed, and then went out to find Wang Kunjun and the others.