Chapter 14: The Pilgrims of the Plum Courtyard 1
Zhenbei agreed: "What you said also makes sense. Please, big brother, take me to meet them now, okay? ”
The official scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "Gu Gongzi is a little one!" You're welcome, here, please! ”
This official is obviously a talker, he saw that Zhenbei was kind to people, not as arrogant as other sons, and he admired and agreed with his opinion, and suddenly felt that he had met a confidant, and his heart was ecstatic.
Along the way, he opened the chatterbox, and his words were like a surging river that opened the floodgates, and he couldn't wait to tell each other everything he knew, as well as the news he usually got from chatting with the monks in the temple.
That night, there were four people living in the Mei Middle Court. Among them, two of them have a master-servant relationship, a young lady named Chung Yin-yan and her wet nurse Lui. I heard that they came to the imperial city to look for their loved ones, but somehow they didn't find their relatives, so they came to the temple to offer incense to the Buddha, and lived here by the way. Hey, I never thought I would encounter this kind of thing, it's really unlucky! Pitifully, that Miss Yanyan learned that Master Wushan had been killed, and she fainted with fright for a while. ”
Zhen Bei said: "Who are the other two witnesses?" ”
Seeing that he was interested in what he was saying, the official couldn't help but be very interested, and hurriedly introduced the other two again.
Zhen Bei combed through his words in her heart and understood a general idea.
One of them, Jia Rutian, a businessman on the rich side, has committed Tai Sui in the past two years, and has gone unlucky, and has lost money in business.
After Master Wushan's accident, the merchant's entourage disappeared, and according to the merchant's words, he happened to be sent out on an errand.
The official got the news from elsewhere, Master Wushan did not get his wish, and pointed out the maze for the businessman, which caused Jia Shangshang to be very dissatisfied, and some people once heard him criticize Master Wushan behind his back, and his words were very angry.
The other person is a poor scholar surnamed Zhang, who came to the imperial city to catch up with the exam, and spent all the money he carried, so he temporarily borrowed to live in the monastery and re-accumulated the money he returned to his hometown by selling calligraphy and paintings.
Zhenbei soon met the young lady in a small courtyard.
As the official said, Miss Yanyan is indeed a delicate beauty, wearing a lotus-colored snow tulle skirt, it seems that her already thin body is getting weaker and weaker.
Her eyes were slightly red and swollen, as if she had just cried not long ago, and when she saw Zhen Bei's face dyed with a suspicious flush, she whispered: "The slave family was unwell that night, and after dinner, I drank the medicine of the nurse's decoction, and rested early." When I got up early in the morning of the second day, I learned that Master Wushan had gone to immortal! ”
Zhenbei nodded, and turned to Lu Shi, who was standing beside her, "Did you hear any unusual noises or see any suspicious people that night?" ”
Lu Shi had a gloomy face, and said without thinking: "After Miss fell asleep, I also rested, and I slept until dawn, and I didn't hear any movement, not even the Buddha sound spoken by those monks!" ”
Obviously, this question has been answered countless times, so that it is ripe.
Zhen Bei's gaze fell on Lu's clasped hands, with sackcloth wrapped around his thumb and forefinger: "Granny Lu, your hands?" ”
Zhong Yanyan replied for her: "When the nurse was cooking a few days ago, she accidentally injured her finger! ”
Zhen Bei said strangely: "Isn't there a ready-made meal in the temple, why do you still need Granny Lu to do it herself?" ”
Zhong Yanyan lowered her head and rubbed the embroidered handkerchief, and said guiltily: "It's all my fault, when I went to the backyard to look for the nurse that day, I saw the Guanyin thorn on the back wall of the temple, which aroused the stomach cravings, and the nurse was injured." ”
Lu Shi glanced at Zhenbei unhappily and sighed: "Miss, you must not say that, it is all because the old slave himself is careless, so that he will prick his fingers with his hairy hands and feet." ”
Guanyin thorn was originally a plant in the desert, and was gradually introduced to the Central Plains.
Zhen Bei had heard a little before that this plant can be made into food to eat, and its taste is very sweet and refreshing.
Zhong Yanyan sighed leisurely and said, "In this world, only a nurse can stab Guanyin and make the taste of her mother in her memory!" ”
Zhen Bei thought of what the official said, and couldn't help asking, "Miss Zhong came to Xianming City this time, but is it to find Mrs. Zhong?" ”
Zhong Yanyan shook her head and said sadly: "My mother passed away five years ago, and we are here to ...... this time."
Lu Shi coughed a few times, stopped her words and said, "I have said everything that should be said." Miss, you haven't fully recovered, so it's better not to blow a cool breeze outside! ”
This is an eviction order!
Zhenbei looked Zhong Yanyan up and down, saw that her face was flushed, and said with concern: "Miss Zhong is not feeling well? But have you seen Lang Zhong again? ”
Zhong Yanyan glanced at the nurse with disgust, and explained softly: "Thank you for your concern, it's out of the way." This is the problem of the slave family in the mother's womb, and there will always be a period of breathing every year, and the most can't blow the cool breeze. In the past few years, it has been very good, but a few days ago, I was infected with a cold, and it actually aroused the old disease. ”
At this time, it was already falling in the west, the temperature had dropped significantly, and the autumn wind did carry a slight chill.
Zhen Bei apologized: "It's a rash visit, Miss Abrupt!" Miss Zhong still followed her mother-in-law's words and went back to the room to rest! I took my leave first! ”
Zhong Yanyan bent down and bowed her knees and said, "The slave Xie Gongzi is considerate. If there is anything that can help, please feel free to come and ask, the slave family must know everything! ”
Zhen Bei hugged her fists and said, "So, thank you Miss Zhong first!" ”
He glanced at the master and servant, bowed slightly, and strode out of the courtyard.
The official was still waiting outside the courtyard gate, and when he saw Zhenbei coming out, he hurriedly stepped forward.
Zhenbei asked him to lead the way, and then went to the guest room where the scholar lived.
"Gu Gongzi, I have admired the name for a long time!" Zhang Shusheng was unexpectedly enthusiastic.
He respectfully let Zhenbei to the upper seat, and was busy pouring tea and water.
Zhen Bei's eyes tightened: "Childe, what's the matter with the scars on your face?" ”
A flash of panic flashed in Zhang Shusheng's eyes: "No, it's nothing, it's just that when I was painting on the top of the mountain a few days ago, I accidentally fell and was scratched by a branch!" ”
Zhen Bei lowered his eyes and said "oh", and soon he raised his eyes again, as if he had let go of this question, and said in a changed voice: "I heard that Gongzi is good at landscape painting, so he must have some insight into the beautiful scenery of Baiyun Mountain!" ”
Seeing that he no longer asked about the scars, Zhang Shusheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said: "Don't dare to take the opinion!" But if you want to say where and when is the most beautiful in this mountain, you dare to boast of Haikou, and there are few people in this world who can match it! ”
"Oh?" Zhen Bei smiled, "Then I really have to ask my son well!" ”
Zhang Shusheng raised his eyebrows, leaned forward and said proudly: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." If you want to say that the most beautiful time in this cloud mountain, it is naturally before dawn, in the twilight, and after the new rain, these three times! As for where is the most beautiful, it's hard to say! There is a saying in the poem, looking horizontally at the side of the ridge into a peak! Standing in the same place, just looking up or looking down, the beautiful scenery in this eye is very different and different! ”