In the temple, there was a little monk who was sweeping the snow, and when he heard the movement and turned around, he saw that it was Zhao Qiye, and hurriedly stepped forward to say hello, and then said: "Seventh prince, wait a minute, the little one will go and invite Senior Brother Huineng immediately." ”

Zhao Zheng wanted to say that there was no need, he could go to the backyard meditation room by himself, but the little monk had fast legs and feet, and he had already rushed to the backyard.

Zhao Zheng didn't say anything, stood in the front yard, raised his eyes and looked at a few tall pine trees in the yard, the snow on the pine trees was still there, reflecting the early winter sunshine, dazzlingly white.

After a while, the monk Huineng came out of the backyard, saw Zhao Zheng, folded his hands, and said: The seventh prince is fine.

Zhao Zheng smiled and did not speak, and then slowly paced with Monk Huineng and walked to the meditation room in the backyard.

There was no charcoal fire in the meditation room, so it was very cold. Zhao Zheng and Monk Huineng sat cross-legged at a small table, one person and one futon, relatively speechless.

After a while, a little monk brewed tea and brought it in, the tea was steaming, and in this cold and lonely space, the fragrance of tea wafted out.

Zhao Zheng took a sip of tea, and then said, "It's snow boiled tea." ”

Monk Huineng nodded: Yes, the Seventh Prince is an expert.

"Where did you come from, it's just that you're used to drinking tea boiled from spring water and well water, and this taste is different." Zhao Zheng laughed self-deprecatingly.

Huineng also smiled.

These two people rarely smile in their lives, but when they meet each other, they will smile a little from time to time.

"How did the Seventh Prince have time to come here today? The road outside is covered with heavy snow, so it must be difficult to walk, right? After drinking a cup of tea, Huineng asked while refilling another cup for Zhao Zheng.

"I saw an old man yesterday, and I felt a little emotional, so I came to you for a cup of tea." Zhao Zheng turned the teacup with his hand and said slowly.

Huineng monk here can make people's hearts calm. A man will know where he is going only after his heart has been still.

"What kind of old man can make the Seventh Prince feel emotional?"

"When I first saw her, she was still a baby, held in the arms of the nurse, babbling, the last time I saw her, she was only eight years old, with her father sent to the frontier, I went out of the city to send her, it was April, the warbler flew * the grass grows, the scenery outside the city is extremely beautiful, she turned back to me and waved, smiled innocently, at that time I only thought that I would never see each other again in this life, who would have thought that ten years later, we would meet again." Zhao Zheng reminisced about the past, and his eyes were far-reaching.

Huineng groaned slightly, "Is Yuexi back?" ”

Zhao Zheng nodded. And, when he heard the word Yuexi, his face darkened, Yuexi, Yuexi, these two names are the same pronunciation, and they are all people he cares about in this life.

Huineng was stunned, and then sighed, "Presumably Shen Qingshan and Shen Yi are definitely gone." ”

Shen Qingshan is Shen Yuexi's father, and Shen Yi is Shen Yuexi's brother.

Zhao Zheng's hand holding the teacup tightened, and what Huineng said was exactly what he was thinking. In that year, the emperor dismissed Shen Qingshan from the post of secretary of the household department, and the whole family was assigned to the frontier, and issued a decree to the world that Shen Qingshan would never be allowed to return to the capital for generations.

Now, Shen Yuexi has come back alone, and there is only one possibility, that is, Shen Qingshan and Shen Yi are both dead.

As long as one of them is alive, they will protect Shen Yuexi, and life can go on as usual, but now Shen Yuexi does not hesitate to climb thousands of mountains and rivers and return to the capital at the risk of being identified, which can only show that she is now alone in the world and helpless.

"I owe the Shen family, no matter what, Shen Yuexi, I will definitely protect it." For a long time, Zhao Zheng said in a low voice.

"Lord Seven, the person you want to protect will naturally protect well, and the most important thing is not to let people know Yuexi's identity and origin." Huineng monk said.

"That's nature." Zhao Zheng said, squinting his eyes and thinking about the past carefully, Shen Yuexi was born, and there was a small red leaf-shaped birthmark on the left side of his neck, yesterday, he also caught a glimpse of the birthmark on the beggar's neck to know that this person was Shen Yuexi, I don't know who else in the capital remembered this matter?

"I don't know if Yuexi will remember me, five years ago, I traveled to Yancheng on the order of the Seventh Prince, and I met her, when she was still a Tingting girl, I don't know what she looks like now." Monk Huineng said.

"Why don't you go with me to live in the house for a few days, and the old people will have a lot to say when they are reunited." Zhao Zheng looked at Huineng.

Huineng thought for a moment and said, "It's okay."