Chapter Ninety-Seven: Shengtian Temple
Eunuchs this deformed product left by the old era, there was no good way to solve it in the whole society at that time, after coming out of the palace, these special groups of people, still have family business, and some will be taken back by the clan, but this situation can be described as rare, after all, the people who were able to send them into the palace ruthlessly were also some poor families, most of them have lost their whereabouts, even if some families are still there, they are not welcome to see these special people, therefore, most of these people will find a temple after they come out, do a helper, and barely live a mixed life!
One of the most typical is Xinglong Temple, the temple also has the most eunuchs, and there are countless other small temples, and Sun Ban is one of them, called - Shengtian Temple!
Shengtian Temple, located in the suburbs of Beijing, said to be the suburbs, in fact, it is seventy or eighty miles away from the urban area, the development and construction at that time is far less than now, out of the urban area twenty or thirty miles has already shown a bit of desolation, when we arrive at the Shengtian Temple, there is no difference between the surrounding and the countryside of the countryside, coupled with the special view of people on the temple land since ancient times, where such a place is, the people around must be respectful and far away, therefore, the whole Shengtian Temple alone occupies a wasteland, surrounded by woods on three sides, outside the woods is a field!
Looking from afar, the whole temple is divided into two parts, there are five or six halls, surrounded by a person-high earthen wall, this scale is not large in the temple, and the whole temple has been dilapidated, from Zhu Qingyun's mouth, it is also an old temple with a history of 100 years, even if it is such a simple appearance now, or after Sun Ban came, it has been renovated one after another over the years!
We stopped in front of the temple and walked to the temple gate, the temple door was wide open, not far behind the door was a crooked neck willow tree with a thick person, a thin old man in cloth clothes was lying on a chaise longue in the shade of the tree, next to the recliner was a wooden tea table, on which there was a purple clay pot, the old man looked to be over seventy years old, his hair was gray, but he did not have a long beard, half lying on the chaise longue and dangling his legs leisurely, and humming Peking Opera in his mouth, but also comfortable!
"Hey! Old man, is Sun Ban here? ”
Pan Yu spoke first, and the old man who watched the door reacted, sat up, glanced at Pan Yu, but didn't pay attention to him, but picked up the purple clay pot and took a sip, and then lay back again, Pan Yu was just about to get angry when he saw this, and was stopped by Zhu Qingyun:
"Old man, is Master Sun here? Zhu Qingyun of the Zhu family, please see you! ”
"The girl of the Zhu family?" The old man still didn't get up, but just turned his head to look at Zhu Qingyun, and said slowly, "Haven't you been here?" You know the rules of Mr. Sun! But if you solve your doubts with others, there is no way to fulfill them, since you have been helped by Mr. Sun, it stands to reason that the rest of your life should be worry-free, if there is a change, it must be that you do not follow his instructions! Let's go back! I won't use it anymore! ”
The old man who was guarding the door was full of contempt, our grandfather and grandson did not speak, Zhu Qingyun wanted to say something more, but he was stopped by Zhou Wenwu again, he signaled us to rest assured, walked towards the old man, and shouted:
"Grandpa Zhao! Do you remember me? ”
"You are?"
After seeing Zhou Wenwu's appearance clearly, the old man finally sat up from the recliner and said happily: "Are you Xiao Wenwu?" ”
"Grandpa Zhao, your old body is still so good!"
"Oh, I haven't seen you in years, and I can't do it anymore! What are you? ”
"Ahem! Grandpa Zhao, is my master here? We're looking for him a little... ”
As soon as Zhou Wenwu's voice changed, the old man's face changed, he sat back again, and said lightly: "Wenwu!" Although you also went out in Shengtian Temple, since you followed Wu Zhongtang back then, Manager Sun can't be regarded as your master! Even if you want to see him yourself, I'm afraid you have to obey the rules! Don't say that grandpa is not close to people, did you bring things? ”
Zhou Wenwu looked back at his grandfather, he exhaled slowly, and finally stepped forward, and said in a deep voice: "I didn't bring anything!" I thought, if I want to see Sun Ban, I shouldn't need to bring a gift, right? Xiao Ding! ”
When the word 'Xiaoding' came out, the old man's face finally changed, he got up again, turned his head to look at his grandfather, frowned and looked up and down, the look in his eyes changed, first shocked, then delighted, then deep, and finally a look of indifference, and even the tone was mentioned:
"Yo! Lord Zheng! It's been a long time! When we minions reached this age, we never thought that we would be able to see Master Zheng, which is really rare! ”
"Zhao Ding! Now it's a new society.,Don't say anything about adults and not big people.,I'm older than you.,God is gracious.,I'm still hanging this breath.,Maybe it's for me to see you old friends again.,I don't know Sun Banhe.。。。 ”
"Yo! Don't dare to say that! Zhao Ding's yin and yang weird snort directly interrupted his grandfather: "We eunuchs, we are eunuchs until we die!" It's a minion! It's not as good as Lord Zheng, you are upright, you have the world in your heart, and you are full of economy! In the eyes of your Lord Zheng, when have you ever allowed us pickled goods! ”
Grandpa because of the way of the countryman, the principle of yin and yang of Zhou Yi can be said to be deep in the bone marrow, such as eunuchs, the existence of yin and yang, in the eyes of grandpa is inevitably a little different, but now he has to lower his head and said softly:
"Zhao Ding, I...
"Lord Zheng, the name Zhao Ding has not been called for a long time! Our family has long been unaccustomed to hearing it, so you still call me Grandpa Zhao! ”
This Zhao Ding's indifference can even be said to have some hateful attitude in our eyes, and we can't help but wonder what grandpa did back then, even the old eunuch who guards the door has such a big complaint against him, if this is the case, then Sun Ban doesn't know what kind of attitude he should have when he sees grandpa!
The matter has come to this point, there is a request for someone, grandpa helplessly hugged his fists, and said sincerely: "Zhao... Zhao Gonggong! Back then, I Zheng Youxing may have really had something radical, but now you and I are half-cut people, please ignore the past suspicions, I don't know if Sun Banke is in the temple? Indeed, I have something to see him! Human life is at stake! ”
"Huh! The one who came to Mr. Sun, which one is not a matter of human life! Master Zheng, Hugh said that our family deliberately embarrassed you, since it is a new society, then abide by the rules of the new society, if you really want to see him, then follow the rules, bring the things that Manager Sun sees, maybe you can see him! ”
"Not in the temple? Father-in-law Zhao, is Sun Ban really not in the temple? Where did he go? ”
"No comment! Lord Zheng, please go back! ”
Zhao Ding said, lay back again, hummed the Peking Opera tune in his mouth, grandpa saw this, swallowed back the words to his mouth, and finally had to say goodbye and lead us out! As soon as he came to the car, Pan Yu couldn't help but scold:
"Phew! What the hell, a group of eunuchs, still so arrogant! What's that, Old Zheng, could it be that you were also on an errand in the palace at the beginning? ”
Pan Yu's voice suddenly changed, and his grandfather nodded: "Sort of!" It's old! ”
After hearing this, he looked at Shengtian Temple again, and shouted: "You wait here, I have to go in today, I want to see what he can do with me as an old eunuch!" ”
"You save it!" Zhu Qingyun stopped him again, and said coldly: "Annoyed them, don't say that you have accumulated the foundation in the past few years, I'm afraid that your Yang Lao won't be able to take over that mess!" ”
"Xiaoyun! An old eunuch, how can he be so divine in your eyes? I still don't believe it, there are still people in Beijing that I can't see Pan Yu! ”
"The rules of Shengtian Temple are not broken by anyone who wants to! Besides, Master Sun is not in the temple now! ”
"In that case, let's go, go back to my house, Elder Yang will come forward, I will definitely let this Sun Ban send it to the door by himself! We're waiting."
Pan Yu was still arrogant, but Zhu Qingyun did not refute him this time, but said in a deep voice: "If Elder Yang comes forward, there is really hope!" The things of that year were thanks to Yang Lao! ”
When Grandpa heard this, he couldn't help but feel good and asked, "Who is Old Yang?" Can you really invite Sun Ban? ”
"Well, Grandpa Zheng doesn't know, Yang Lao's real name is Yang Chan, he is the housekeeper of the Pan Yu family, the Pan family's old house is in Shandong, and the business in Beijing is basically taken care of by Yang Lao, and Yang Lao has been in Beijing all these years.
"Uncle Yang's reputation can be explained in a few words! Zheng Lao, get in the car! When you get to my house, you'll find out! In any case, you are guests from afar, Xiaoyun's family is inconvenient, I will do the friendship of the landlord on her behalf! ”
Seeing Zhu Feng's attitude towards us, and only then did he learn of his grandfather's former identity, this Pan Yu's attitude changed again, and he took the initiative to receive us for Zhu Qingyun, the third uncle and I looked at our grandfather, and he muttered: "If Yang Laozhen has some friendship with Sun Ban, then bother it!" ”
Obviously, grandpa has no confidence in whether he can see Sun Ban himself, and the sudden extra Yang Lao has become our hope, and when he drove back, grandpa still had a sad face, and I couldn't help but ask him about the old things with these eunuchs, grandpa just sighed, still unwilling to say more!
It was nearly an hour away, we just returned to Beijing, through the bustling streets of the city, Zhu Qingyun carried us straight to the direction of Panjiayuan, I lay on the window to see the style of this literary play faucet, but the third uncle said on the side:
"It's still the same!"
"Yes! It's still the same! ”
Zhou Wenwu followed, and inexplicably answered, the car passed through Panjiayuan Street at this time, turned into the alley, and I don't know how many times it turned inside, and finally stopped in front of a courtyard!
This courtyard looks nothing from the outside, but there are several inscriptions engraved on the door, and there are two Pixiu on both sides, I don't know about the regulations of the courtyard, but later I learned that this place used to be at least a house of a big man, and after entering the courtyard, the style of it really opened my eyes! Seemingly ordinary courtyard, among which there is a cave, two screens separate the front and back two yards, Pan Yu led us straight to the backyard, ancient wood pavilion, strange flowers and plants, rockery koi, there is no artistic conception, there are not many servants in the yard, but after seeing Pan Yu, they have to bow down and call a young master, just like the appearance of the old society!
I finally understand the reason why this Pan Yu always calls himself Pan Gongzi!
When you come to the main hall, the furnishings are not luxurious, but the word exquisite is indescribable, looking at it, the whole main hall is full of antique things, and most of them are jade, even the teapot on the tea table, and the teacups are all jade! Even if I look at it as ignorant as I am, I know that the price is expensive!
And for our amazed gaze, Pan Yu was very useful, and chuckled: "How? These things are still in the eyes of the law! Don't be restrained, just take it and see what you want, this kind of thing, my Pan family has! Uncle Yang, go find Uncle Yang! ”
Although I was shocked in my heart, we still had the rules that should have been there, and we didn't easily touch his things, and after waiting for three minutes, a middle-aged man in a Mao suit strode in!
He is not tall, medium in stature, and his appearance is ordinary, but his eyes are very sharp, and with a hooked nose, he will instantly replace his ordinariness when he looks at people, which is not to be ignored! Even though he is smiling enthusiastically at the moment and holding a folding fan in his hand, he looks polite, but it still gives people a feeling of fidgeting!
And this is the helmsman behind the Pan family, the controller behind the entire Pan family - Yang Chan!