"I don't know which house and vein Pingzhuang is of the Cui family," Zhang Xie said, "but the presiding officer of the Hanshan Temple is a disciple of the Cui family." ”

Although he had already guessed this possibility, hearing Zhang Xie say it in person, it felt different to Qiao Ran.

"Do you think that the head of Hanshan Temple must have been extremely unfavored in the Cui clan back then?" Zhang Xie can be her.

Qiao Ran smiled: "Since you said so, it means that this Hanshan Temple host is not only favored among the Cui clan, but also has a very high status." ”

Zhang Xie nodded, and his eyes became subtle at this time: "Cui Jiulang was the dream man of countless famous ladies in the capital back then. ”

Qiao Ran thought about the situation when the Hanshan Temple presided over the lecture on Buddhism, although she had not seen it with her own eyes, but it was also amazing to hear his description, and even the wife of Lord Zhen and others liked to go to Hanshan Temple to listen to the Dharma, which was enough to foresee the situation at that time.

"He's even more powerful now than he was back then," Qiao Ran thought for a moment and said, "Not only are famous ladies of such age, but even unsuitable children as eleven or twelve, as well as women in their forties and fifties or even older, are fascinated by him. ”

is so popular, I have to say, it is also a kind of ability.

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Jie's eyes bent, and he couldn't help but smile a little more in his eyes: "So, when he became a monk, in addition to the happiness of the monks of Hanshan Temple, the entire Chang'an City was crying, which was extremely miserable. ”

Such a sincere description made Qiao Ran a little unbearable, she held back the smile on her face, and explained to Zhang: "At that time, everyone must have not thought it through, but when Cui Jiulang left home, he really became everyone's Cui Jiulang, for most people, it may be a happy event." ”

This is similar to modern star chasing, Cui Jiulang estimates that he is the "top stream" of Chang'an City, Qiao Ran thought.

"For many women in the boudoir, it is a happy event, but for the Cui family and even His Majesty, this is not." The smile on Zhang Jie's face turned into doubt, "His sudden renunciation shocked the entire Cui family and His Majesty." ”

Qiao Ran looked at him and waited for him to continue.

"Do you know the Xie family's Xie Shu?" Zhang Xie did not immediately describe how Cui Jiulang's ordination was "shocking", but suddenly gave her a name.

Qiao Ran nodded and said, "It's Xie Chengze's cousin, I heard that he was trained by Taiwei Xie as a junior to inherit the mantle." ”

It is irrefutable that those who can be cultivated as the descendants who inherit the mantle must be the best children of the clan.

"Cui Jiulang is the Xie Shu of the Cui family," Zhang Xie glanced at her, paused suddenly, and then continued, "The Great Heavenly Master once said that although several of the selected disciples of the Cui, Wang, and Xie clans are all good, if they fight for one thing, Cui Jiu may be the most likely to win. ”

In other words, although they are all good, Cui Jiu is even better.

"The person you see today who is a master who speaks the Dharma and closes his mouth about the Dharma is not like that not long before he became a monk." Zhang Xie paused here and said, "So, this is even more incomprehensible." ”

A child who has a promising future to master the Cui family is inexplicably out of the house, and it can be said that everyone in Chang'an City at that time was speculating.

"Among them, the most widely rumored is that this Cui disciple was hurt by love," Zhang Xie said, "After all, there is more than one thing about suddenly being hurt and becoming a monk, and Cui Jiulang is not the only person." ”

Qiao Ran was more and more interested by what he said: "Tell me about it!" She finally understood the mood of the group of colleagues in Dali Temple who were staring at her and Zhang Xie unrelentingly.

"Some people say it's because of the Great Heavenly Master," Zhang Xie said.

Qiao Ran thought for a while, nodded and said, "The dragon and phoenix among people are naturally extremely compatible. ”

"This actually has nothing to do with the Great Heavenly Master," Zhang Xie shook his head and said, "The Cui Jiulang I have seen is a warm-faced and cold-hearted person, and he doesn't like any women, and he only admires and admires the Great Heavenly Master, nothing else." ”

"Then why did he suddenly become a monk?" Qiao Ran said.

Zhang Xie glanced at her and said, "So that's strange, why did a good person suddenly become a monk?" Is it really Cui Jiulang who wants to be everyone? ”

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xie still had the potential to tell cold jokes, Qiao Ran pursed her lips and couldn't help laughing, now is not the time to laugh.

"In short, no one knows why he suddenly became a monk and let the huge Cui family not inherit to inherit a Hanshan Temple." Zhang Xie said again.

The skill of this cold joke didn't seem to be weak, and Qiao Ran couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Zhang Xie looked at her with a smile: "Although this is a little funny, it is indeed so." One moment ago, he was still strategizing and strategizing, and the next moment he went to become a monk, and even Cui Sikong, who rarely showed any emotions in front of people, visited Hanshan Temple several times for this reason, but he still couldn't resist his resoluteness. ”

"There must be another reason for that." After Qiao Ran had enough laughs, she said seriously.

"But to this day, we still don't know his reason, but his host is becoming more and more famous, and even women from nearby Xianyang and other places know about it and come to see the host." Zhang Xie said again.

originally thought that the cold joke was over, but I didn't expect that there was another sentence here, and Qiao Ran couldn't help laughing and was amused by him again.

"In short, don't take him seriously as a monk, he understands Buddhism, but he was also the most valued descendant of the Cui family," Zhang Xie said, "For so many years, Cui Sikong has not chosen anyone else, and obviously has not given up." ”

In this regard, Qiao Ran nodded hurriedly and said, "When I saw Pingzhuang in Hanshan Temple before, Pingzhuang was persuading him to go home. ”

"Don't say it, if Pingzhuang is really like what you said, it is impossible to come to your side just to be a good official." Zhang Xie said again.

"I understand this, but I can't figure out Zhou Shilin's attitude now." Qiao Ran said, "He is a coarse person, if he just takes care of Pingzhuang because of the relationship between the generals and the sons...... Uh, that's impossible, what could he have done for him to bring Pingzhuang to my side for no reason other than to value my abilities? ”

What else could it be for? Zhang Xie looked down at the girl, and the plain face in the fox fur seemed to be covered with a hazy light in the moonlight.

Beautiful without knowing it. He pulled the brim of the fox fur's hat together for her, and the girl was still frowning, carefully considering and analyzing: "I don't know if Zhou Shilin transferred him to my side to let Pingzhuang do it himself or if their generals are also ready to get involved in this matter." ”

As Zhang Xie guessed before, Princess Zhenzhen's return to Beijing will inevitably set off a lot of storms, if it is just Pingzhuang himself, then it is actually okay, he is only one person, after figuring out what happened, Qiao Ran felt that just put him under his nose, the progress of the matter could be controlled, and to put it bluntly, this matter only involves a personal vendetta.

But if even the generals are involved, then it is almost a sure thing that the matter will become bigger.

Honestly, she didn't want the latter to get involved.

However, Zhou Shilin, who seems to be a big lama, is not something she can control, and she will not give up the original plan because of her pale and weak persuasion.

"In short, the return of this real princess to Beijing must be a trouble." Qiao Ran said again, since she knew about the real princess, she didn't know how many times she had said it in her heart.

But this trouble will not disappear because of her complaints, and it may even take the initiative to jump out and provoke trouble.

"Let's not mention this matter for the time being," Zhang Xie said and looked down into her eyes, and said softly, "You only need to remember one thing, and that is to be careful yourself." ”

He was not afraid of any trouble caused by Princess Zhenzhen, but he was afraid that she would be in danger because of himself.

……

The next day, Qiao Ran took Pei Qingqing to the yamen of Dali Temple.

Pei Qingqing was naturally ten thousand happy, after all, Miss Qiao came back last night and brought her a basket full of snacks! The important thing is that she is the only one who has it, and no one else has it. Of course, the most important thing is that even if Zhang Xie personally went to pick up Miss Qiao, he didn't. Therefore, she Pei Qingqing is Miss Qiao's favorite person. Although this is something that has been known for a long time, it is always pleasing to find out over and over again that you are so different.

Last night, the officials and officials of the Yamen of Dali Temple drank in Baishenglou until midnight, and it was because early this morning, many officials were late. Although Zhen Shiyuan didn't drink, he stayed until the end, and it was too late to come over today.

Zhen Shiyuan, who felt sorry for himself and was about to be deducted again, smelled the smell of sugar cakes as soon as he stepped into the office hall, and looked at the little girl who was holding the basket of Yum Lou and eating Zhengxiang, Zhen Shiyuan's eyelids jumped, and his eyes subconsciously fell on the purse on the little girl's waist: one, two, three, uh, it seems to be no less. His, the girl surnamed Qiao, and the little girl's own purse are all there!

Zhen Shiyuan looked at it for a while before retracting his gaze.

God knows that he will regret it after handing over the purse to this little girl for safekeeping, and he is really afraid that she will secretly take the money to buy candy to eat. He knew how strong the basket of dried fruit snacks was last night, and now looking at this basket with only a few pieces of sugar cake left, it was really frightening.

The little girl didn't care if he was afraid or not, she was sitting on a chair and kicking her legs to eat sugar cakes, and she was very happy.

"Your Excellency." The girl surnamed Qiao on the side greeted him with a smile, and she still started to read the file with tea early in the morning.

Zhen Shiyuan hummed, walked to the chair and sat down.

Now that the end of the year is estimated to be nothing, it is the most leisurely time of the year.

There was hardly any movement in the morning, except for the sound of girls flipping through the files and the slight snoring of the little girl who fell asleep after eating.

At noon, the little girl who had slept on the chair all morning woke up and rubbed her stomach to indicate that it was time to eat.

Zhen Shiyuan, who watched such a day when he was full of food and sleep, couldn't help but feel a little envious.

The meal in the canteen of Dali Temple is very delicious, Pei Qingqing has been chattering for a long time, but unfortunately it is not eaten today, at noon, Xu Hexiu came back from the outside, pointed out with a subtle expression, coughed lightly, and said: "My tenth sister is waiting for you outside, I want to invite you to ......" Pei Qingqing's shining eyes on the side are really impossible to ignore, Xu Hexiu took a deep breath and sighed, "And Pei Qingqing went to eat together." ”

As soon as the words fell, Pei Qingqing's cheers rang out.

Xu Hexiu twitched the corners of his mouth with difficulty, and his eyes signaled Qiao Ran not to forget to read those wild histories.

Qiao Ran nodded at him and took Pei Qingqing out of the door.

Miss Xu Shi's carriage stopped at the gate of the Yamen of Dali Temple, and when she saw the two of them coming, she couldn't help but reach out and want to rub the ball on Pei Qingqing's head.

The carriage was covered with a thick velvet blanket, a small charcoal basin was placed, a copper ball of incense was hung, and a white jade porcelain bottle was placed on the small table in the carriage, and a plum was inserted in the porcelain bottle.

The interior of the car is really soft and elegant. Pei Qingqing looked left and right, a little uncomfortable. She has always been naughty, and Qiao Ran is not a person who cares too much about these elegant things, and she always feels a little restrained when she rides in such a carriage for the first time.

Qiao Ran on the side didn't feel uncomfortable, she looked down at the small table in all directions, reached out and touched the unevenness of the surface of the small table, and after a while, the girl looked up but Miss Xu Shi: "This little few seems to have something else?" ”

"Miss Qiao really has good eyesight!" Miss Xu Shi nodded with a smile, gently moved the white jade porcelain vase with plum blossoms to the side, and pressed a few times on the uneven surface protrusions, and a lot of thin lines immediately appeared on the surface of the small surface that seemed to be only a little uneven, and these thin lines crisscrossed the small surface into a small grid of the same size.

Qiao Ran counted the number of fine grids, and suddenly said, "It turned out to be a chessboard!" ”

"Cheng Ze likes to play chess." A hint of nostalgia flashed in Miss Xu Shi's eyes, touched the checkerboard on the small table, and sighed, "He used to find it boring when he sat in the carriage with me before, so I thought that I would simply set up a game of chess in the carriage to relieve his boredom." ”

is willing to spend a lot of money for her fiancé, Miss Xu Shi is obviously not just as simple as following the intermarriage of the family with Xie Chengze, but really likes Xie Chengze, so she is willing to do these things for him.

Qiao Ran smiled and didn't say anything, as a woman, it is always a blessing to be able to marry someone she likes. The chessboard was cold, and as soon as her fingers touched, she couldn't help but let out a soft "huh".

Miss Xu Shi on the other side couldn't help but smile when she heard this: "Miss Qiao found out? ”

Qiao Ran nodded, but she said, "Magnet? ”

The surface of the chessboard is a thin layer of magnets, and then thinking of Miss Xu Shi's action of moving the white jade porcelain bottle, she raised her eyebrows slightly: "It turns out that it is not a porcelain bottle, but an iron bottle." "I'm afraid that the chess pieces are also made of the same material, so that a game of chess will not be messed up because of the bumps in the carriage, Miss Xu Shi's move is really moving.

"I know that I can't hide it from Miss Qiao," Miss Xu Shi said and pulled out the chess box a few times since she was a child, and laughed at her, "Do you want to try a game?" ”

"Miss Qiao doesn't know how to play chess." Pei Qingqing, who had been twisting uncomfortably for a long time, finally found a place where she could interject, rubbed her stomach and said busily, "Where are we going to eat!" ”

Eating is more important than such an elegant preference.

Miss Xu Shi was amused by her, and urged the coachman outside, and then said to Qiao Ran: "Miss Qiao, I'll teach you to play chess next time!" Playing chess is very interesting, Cheng Ze taught me, not only to relieve boredom, but also to pass on the message through the endgame. ”