Yanran naturally wanted to go, and several women discussed it together, Yujie County mainly sent someone to the temple to make an appointment first, and the date could not be set immediately, several women said that the east and west, the parents were short, and it was not until after lunch that Wen Jin said goodbye.

The next day, the county lord of Yujie sent a message that the appointment date was on the sixth day of the eighth month.

Xiao Xuanyun was very unhappy when she saw that her wife was not invited by her sister, but went with the Qian family, and returned to the courtyard and chatted with Xiao Ayayun for a while.

The sixth day of the first month of August is here in a blink of an eye, Mrs. Xiao is in the capital, or the first time out of the city gate, some expectations, Ah Lai is very nervous to check the itinerary all the way, the people to bring, and the things to be brought again and again, so he personally followed, first went to the Qian Mansion and Yujie County Lord to meet, and the carriages of the two families went out of the city together.

It's a good day for an autumn outing, and the leaves are already starting to change color, green with a little orange, and you can see yellow pears and red lantern-like persimmons when you get closer.

When she arrived in the suburbs, there were no pedestrians on the road, so Mrs. Xiao simply opened the curtain of the car, letting the autumn breeze carry the fruity fragrance, slowly sending it away, and her eyes were also greedily looking at the beautiful scenery outside.

"Jin'er, speaking of which, you used to be in the mountain village, and your life was good, right? Just every day when I wake up, I can see such a beautiful scenery, and I am very happy. ”

"Hehe, madam, at the beginning, the days were tight, but I didn't pay attention to these, but then the days got better, and then I had the heart to appreciate it, and later, I had my own orchard, which looked more beautiful than this."

"Oh? Is there any difference? "Mrs. Xiao is very strange.

Wen Jin smiled: "It was planted by himself, just like the county lord of Yujie saw Lixia, it is good everywhere, and you will never be able to see enough." ”

"Hee-hee-hee-" Mrs. Xiao smiled, back then, her family also fell to the bottom, step by step to struggle, although the days were bitter, but in hindsight, every time the old cloth is new, defeat is victorious, disadvantage into advantage, and war into jade silk, all make her proud, proud, and complacent, that kind of day, there is sweetness in bitterness, joy in pain, tears accompanied by laughter, humiliation sharpens out brilliance, recalling the past, as if it happened yesterday, vividly, and then smooth and beautiful days, but did not leave her a few memories, On the contrary, Mrs. Xiao felt that it was simply a waste of time.

The temple of Guanyin is built on a hill, the road to the top of the mountain, by more than one zhang wide bluestone steps to build the steps, the carriage can not go up, Wen Jin helped Mrs. Xiao down, change to the small sedan chair waiting here, and go to the mountain. Since this temple has been turned into the service of the nobles of the capital, the scenery along the way is very exquisite, you can see the bubbling mountain spring, it is specially brought over, and the stone trough is also repaired, there is a canal along the road, horizontally around the ridge, irrigating the trees and bamboo forests, therefore, the trees here are more moist and green than other places, under the sun, the stems, leaves and flowers seem to shine in general, crystal flashing, it is pleasant.

Along the way, there was a sedan chair man carrying an empty sedan chair down, there must be someone who arrived before them, Wen Jin didn't feel strange at all, the county lord of Yujie was in the capital, she could only be regarded as an ordinary noblewoman, there were not hundreds of princesses, county lords, and princesses who were higher than her, at least dozens of people, plus there were county lords, princes, and first-class concubines who were about the same level as her, and the princess's side concubines who were slightly lower than her, the second-grade and third-grade princesses, county lords, and township lords, adding up to no less than hundreds of people, in this temple, It is impossible to arrange for only one family to worship every day.

But arranging to worship in front of them must be higher than the rank of the county lord of Yujie. When they arrived at the square in front of the temple, the sedan chair stopped, the lord of Yujie, Yanran, followed by Mrs. Xiao, Wen Jin came down one after another, and someone had already greeted her, Wen Jin took a closer look, and then said with a smile: "Madam, I didn't expect it to be a female temple, an anthem." ”

Mrs. Xiao nodded at her: "Respect the Bodhisattva for a while, even if you send a child, you can manage your lifelong affairs." ”

"Oh!" Wen Jin nodded, in the previous life, she might be able to be a materialist, and she didn't believe in these so-called strange powers, but in this life, even the soul can pass through, what else does she not believe? Naturally, he carefully put away his thoughts, followed Mrs. Xiao, and walked into the temple.

There were probably a few people who came, their minds were too pious, and at this moment, one was more serious than the other, and the county lord of Yujie didn't even say a word.

The first person has burned incense into the back, the small temple is very neat and clean, the golden statue holds a clean bottle in one hand, and the willow branch in the other hand, the treasure elephant is solemn and kind, smiling and looking at the believer who kneels at the feet. The smoke made the statue look shadowy, more mysterious and majestic, Wen Jin turned to the incense handed by the guest nun, stepped forward to light it, *** the incense burner, and then bowed on the futon, and finally, knelt there, silently prayed for his heart.

The reason why the incense is flourishing is not only because of the reputation of the miracle, but also because of the reason why people come to Suzhai is very good.

After burning incense, the county lord of Yujie was the first to give alms in front of the merit box, followed by Yanran, followed by Mrs. Xiao and Wen Jin, and then, the female nun of Zhike led them to the back hall.

"Today, there is a master from Fuguang Nunnery in the south peak of Jiangxi Province to come to the scriptures, if you want to listen, please go this way, if you are tired and want to rest, then continue to go straight."

Lord Yujie chose to go straight, and the few behind him followed closely. Mrs. Xiao let out the rumors back then and practiced at home, which was just an excuse, Wen Jin looked at her like this, and she was not a Bodhisattva believer.

Zhike Nun said goodbye, leaving a little apprentice, only twelve or thirteen, timidly, and said softly that she was willing to take a few people to walk around the temple.

"Is there anything nice?" Wen Jin asked.

"There are a few Buddha halls in the back, a few can also go to worship, a good fate, we are extremely effective here, not only the Bodhisattva in the front hall."

Mrs. Xiao was a little moved, she really wanted to ask for peace for the man, but when she saw that the other three people did not move, she hesitated.

"Madame, wait a minute, the county lord will take a rest and take a sip of tea, I think, she must also want to burn a few more pillars of incense to bless the health and happiness of her family."

The county lord of Yujie was really a little tired, and when he heard this, he smiled at Wen Jin, and then spoke to Mrs. Xiao: "This kid, it's like drilling in my heart, guessing my mind clearly." ”

Mrs. Xiao was a little embarrassed: "It's because I'm anxious, and the county lord is still resting." ”

Two quarters of an hour later, the four of them followed the little nun, and burned incense to the gods and Buddhas in the back halls one by one, and then, turned around in the temple again, and the bell in the temple rang, and the little nun heard the eyebrows flying, and was seen by Wen Jin, guessing that it was time to eat.

Sure enough, the little nun invited them to go to the side courtyard, and someone had already arrived first, and they could hear the voice of the old maid and the old lady taking care of the master, but they didn't meet anyone along the way.

Wen Jin got up in the morning, and also boxed and exercised, most of the aristocratic women, most of them rarely walked, and when they took a turn in the temple, they must be tired and hungry, and the vegetarian food here tastes good, which makes people feel the aroma even more.

Four people at a table, silently taste the delicious vegetarian food, unconsciously, it seems to be a little excessive, after eating, Wen Jin saw that the faces of the three people were a little lazy after the meal, so he whispered to the lord of Yujie: "There is a place to rest in the temple, Niangniang go crooked, now the sun is also a little sunny, wait for noon, let's go back?" ”

Lord Yujie and Mrs. Xiao glanced at each other again, and then nodded with a smile.

Yanran stepped forward, supported the monarch Niangniang, and returned to the room where she was resting just now, this wing room is relatively large, there is a suite in it, and the little nun opened the next room for Wen Jin and Mrs. Xiao, although it is small, but it has the same outer room and inner room as the room just now, Chunming and Xiayang and Mrs. Xiao's maid and old mother are guarding outside, Wen Jin and Mrs. Xiao go in to take a nap.

Everything went very smoothly, and in the middle of the day, they packed up, said goodbye to the nun of Zhike, and took the small sedan chair parked there, and went down the mountain.

The sedan chair man in front of the temple is a farmer who rents a temple field nearby, and it is not an ordinary person who can come if he wants to, therefore, for so many years, there has never been a mistake, when Wen Jin got on the sedan chair, there was no suspicion, just woke up, the sun was strong, and they lost the interest when they came, and no one opened the sedan curtain to look out.

Halfway up the mountain, Wen Jin felt that the sedan chair had a few bumps and was slightly bigger, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he heard Xia Yang's coquettish voice: "Dog thief!" "Then came ping-pong, and the fight began.

"Mother Yang protects the county lord's mother, Mother Wang and Mrs. Qian, Mother Zhang, you protect Mrs., you go quickly!"

Hearing Ah Lai's arrangement, Wen Jin understood that the wicked man was targeting her, and she pulled out the silver hairpin on her head and held it in her hand to prevent someone from sneaking up.

The fighting and shouting were very intense, but Wen Jin sat in the sedan chair but was very safe, it seemed that the other party was not very powerful, and he was no match for the joint protection of Chunming Xiayang and Ah Lai.

There was about a tea time, and the people in the temple arrived, Wen Jin heard the voices of several women who were very angry, and the attackers probably saw that the momentum was not good, and wanted to retreat, but it was too late.

"Where to go!" It was Ah Lai's voice, and then there was the sound of thumping footsteps rushing away.

"One is enough!" Chunming was talking, and then, as soon as the sedan curtain was lifted, Xia Yang gasped: "Miss is frightened!" ”

"It's okay, let's go." Wen Jin got off the sedan chair, and sure enough, the sedan chair driver ran away.

"Let's go, I'm fine, the county lord's mother and lady should be in a hurry." Ah Lai planned to carry the sedan chair himself, but Wen Jin refused.

Several nuns in the temple, although they saw that the thief had gone, they still didn't dare to be careless, and sent them to the carriage at the foot of the mountain to watch Wen Jin and them go up, and then returned.

Next to their carriage, there was another family, probably the pilgrims who went up the mountain in front of or behind them, Ah Lai nervously protected Wen Jin, and next to Mrs. Xiao's carriage, there was the leader named Zhang's mother, who also looked on full alert.

The carriage started, left the foot of the hill, about seven or eight miles away, and could already see the city wall, almost everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but the other female family who followed behind had a problem, a carriage suddenly ran wildly, Wen Jin heard the woman inside screaming and crying.

Things came too quickly, the carriage went straight to Wen Jin's car and crashed over, and the coachman was in a hurry, jumped out of the car, pulled the horse to chew, and wanted to take the carriage to a side road, hoping to take it to escape.

In the woods on the side of the road, a stone flew out, just smashed on the horse, the jujube red horse "sigh the law" chirping, suddenly rushed forward, the coachman was thrown out, lying on the ground motionless, probably fainted.

Wen Jin was caught off guard, her head almost fell on the side wall of the carriage, she just happened to be thrown sideways, so she subconsciously supported the carriages on both sides with her hands and feet.

The jujube red horse galloped wildly for a while, and then the speed slowed down, Wen Jin tried her best to balance her body, climbed out of the carriage, she finally reached out and grabbed the reins, and pulled it tightly: "Huh-"

Fortunately, the donkey carts, carriages, and ox carts in this world, the starting and braking passwords are the same, Wen Jin's ability to drive a donkey cart, although it is rusty now, is still a little useful.

The jujube red horse finally stopped, Wen Jin got out of the car, led the horse's head to turn the direction, and just straightened the direction of the front of the car, he heard the sound of someone running in the crop field on the side of the road. At this time, Wen Jin was already on alert, and any wind and grass would make her react immediately, regardless of whether the person who came was related to her or not, Wen Jin jumped on the wheel, pulled up the reins, and whipped the horse's back: "Drive!" ”

The jujube red horse was very aggrieved, and in less than two quarters of an hour, it had already been beaten for the second time, only to hear its angry roar, and suddenly rushed forward.

If Wen Jin hadn't prepared in advance and leaned his body tightly on the carriage of the car, he might have been thrown into it this time, the carriage ran wildly, and there was angry cursing from behind, and people were chasing after him.

There are not many people who are stronger than horses, but he refuses to give up, Wen Jin knows today's arrangement, the opponent must have a back move, she was just thinking like this, and a big man jumped out of the crop field.

The silver hairpin in Wen Jin's hand has flown out, over the years, her martial arts have not improved, but she has not fallen much, this throw, including the speed of the carriage, the strength is very strong, the person is defenseless at all, the silver hairpin stabbed into the chest at once, he screamed, fell to the ground on his back, fell into the drainage ditch on the side of the road, the carriage rumbled past him quickly, and the people behind him were probably thrown off and did not catch up.

Ah Lai rushed to the rescue with Chunming and Xia Yang, as soon as their figures appeared on the other side of the road, Wen Jin had something to rely on in her heart, and she gently pulled the reins to slow down the speed of the carriage.

"Miss, it's Miss!" Chunming's voice was full of surprise.

"Quick!" Ah Lai still didn't relax and rushed forward.

They finally converged, Wen Jin wanted to stop the carriage, but Ah Lai flew up and jumped up: "Miss, go in, I'll drive!" ”

The thieves didn't catch up in the end, and it wasn't until they entered the city gate that Wen Jin breathed a sigh of relief, climbed to the door of the sedan car and asked Ah Lai: "Can you see anything?" ”

"I'll talk about it later." Although he caught a person, but the other party's people were not worried at all, Ah Lai was very bottomless at the moment, as soon as he got home, he immediately told his husband about it, Xiao San didn't dare to slack off, took the name of Xiao's mansion, and escorted people to the Yamen of the Xicheng District of the Five Cities Terracotta Division.

The interrogation went very smoothly, and the one who was caught was a street gangster, who took the twenty taels of silver given by others and risked himself to be a robber, but he couldn't tell who paid for it, he only knew that the person who contacted him was also a gangster, that is, the big black man who was stabbed by Wen Jin.

When Emperor Yongchang arrived at this time, he also hoped that Wen Jin would know where Qian Jun went, the Xiao family and the Qian family's daughters went out of the city, and Guo Gonggong naturally sent someone to keep an eye on him, but his person was just an ordinary person, and it changed suddenly, so he naturally couldn't intervene, so he could only quickly report the news.

Liang Kai, the commander of the Five Cities and the West City, is still grinding, and Guo Gonggong's people have arrived, and he is limited to catch the murderer within five days.

Of course Chen Kai is capable, otherwise, he would not be able to sit in this seat, he carefully inquired about what happened to Ah Lai, and then found the female family who followed Wen Jin and them from the temple.

Sure enough, after the lady made an appointment, she didn't go out at all, because there was an urgent matter at home, and she didn't have time to notify the temple.

Xiao San is a capable person, he spends half of his time running the Dongcheng Terracotta Division every day these days, and when he heard that this family turned out to be Guo Hao's daughter, his intuition was not so simple.

Chen Kai also felt that something was wrong, and asked the daughter of the Guo family to make it clear: "What happened to your family and didn't go out?" You have made an appointment with the temple, who else knows? Have you ever lent your carriage to someone else? ”

The thieves can easily lurk, those few black painted flat-headed carriages, with the sign of Guo Fu on them, but it is not so easy to erase the traces, Chen Kaibu put down people, inquired along the way, and finally locked a secret prostitute, a woman in that family was injured by the carriage, and she couldn't get up from bed.

At this moment, Chen Kai was under a lot of pressure, and he didn't have the heart to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, and the old bustard who was secretly in the door still wanted to shirk it, but Chen Kai was mercilessly put on the stick. The old bustard's hands were bloody, and finally he told everything he knew, it was a pimping gangster who made an immortal jump pay her to do it, and Chen Kai's people didn't catch the gangsters and got his wife into the yamen.

The man is a fairy jumper, and the woman is likely to be a helper, which is true, this woman is also from a secret door, and she has a bit of posture, and when she arrived at the yamen, she saw the bustard's blurred hands, and she was immediately willing to say anything, just begging not to be punished. But when things came to this, the line was broken, and a few gangsters who confessed to each other all ran away to avoid the limelight, Chen Kai was scolded hard, and turned around to be angry at those gangsters, and for a time the temporary prison of the Dongcheng Terracotta and Horses Division was overcrowded, and the low-level people of those stalls and vendors applauded, and some people made pennants, hired drummers, and gathered a large group of people to send it to the Yamen of the Dongcheng Terracotta Division. Don't talk about that, let's talk about the Xiao Mansion, I can't catch the thief, I'm just a little breathless, but Xiao Qiyun refuses to stop, she has invited Wen Jin many times before, but she was rejected, this time, taking advantage of the Mid-Autumn Festival to send a festival gift, she went back to her parents' house in person.

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