Shen Biyao's manor is really a paradise on earth for Zhang Wen, and he has been here for several days.

Zhang Wen finished eating, the maid next to him handed him a cup of warm water, he picked up the cup and rinsed his mouth, and the other maid handed over the teacup and asked Zhang Wen to drink hot tea. Some of the other maids quickly cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks on the table, and there was a lot of food left, and Zhang Wen himself was unwilling to waste food, but there were so many on the table that he couldn't finish it at all.

At this moment, Zhang Wen saw his wife Zhang Ying walking in, and asked casually, "Has Ying'er eaten?" ”

Zhang Ying glanced at the maids around her, and the maids consciously put down their work and retreated one after another. Seeing this, Zhang Wen said with a straight face: "What happened?" ”

Zhang Ying took out a few pieces of paper from his sleeve and said, "There is an urgent report sent from the entrance of Jingshi Hall, it may be useful for Xianggong to take a look first." ”

Zhang Wen took the thing, browsed it quickly, raised his head and said, "Information in the palace?" How did you get it, and is it reliable? ”

"There are tens of thousands of eunuchs in the Forbidden City, thousands of palace maids, those who go in and out to purchase supplies, those who go out of the palace to do errands, and the eunuchs who also have residences outside the palace. Besides, people always have weaknesses, some people are greedy for money, and some people are taken advantage of. ”

Zhang Wen reminded: "You have to be careful, if these things are found out by the Jinyi Guard of Dongchang, it will be a big trouble." ”

Zhang Ying sat next to him and said with a smile: "Xianggong can rest assured, they are all one-line contacts, and it is not easy to find out about us along the vine, besides, the people under Xuanyiwei are all people who eat rivers and lakes, and it is not easy to catch them." ”

The report in the palace written on the secret letter was screened by Zhang Ying, and what Zhang Wen saw were more valuable things. What attracted Zhang Wen's attention the most was one of them: last year, the queen had a miscarriage, and a palace maid told the queen in front of her, saying that Wei Zhongxian's people ordered the queen's acupoint and caused the miscarriage; The palace maid who told the whistleblower was held by Dongchang, tortured and interrogated, and recruited the mastermind, and the mastermind eunuch turned out to be the person of the eunuch Wang Tiqian, the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch Bingpen! The eunuch was arrested and tortured in Dongchang, denied it, said that he didn't know anything, and was finally tortured and beaten to death.

Zhang Wen groaned: "In this way, Wei Zhongxian and Wang Tiqian have a conflict...... Wang Tiqian was originally Wei Zhongxian's person, and now his status is already very high, why can't he get along with Wei Zhongxian? Besides, Wang Tiqian actually let his people instigate the palace maid to inform, and the palace maid was arrested, this thing is too unsuccessful! ”

Zhang Ying said coldly: "This Wei Zhongxian is so vicious!" Pity my sister is only a teenager, how can she fight this big devil? ”

Zhang Wen shook his head and said: "Ying'er, don't be angry first, something is wrong, the queen is pregnant with a dragon species, Wei Zhongxian is probably not so bold!" If he really dares to do this, can the emperor let him go? ”

"Hmph, Your Majesty? If my sister relies on the emperor, I'm afraid my life will not be able to be saved......"

Zhang Wen stood up, paced a few steps, and pondered for a long time, "Three years ago, when the current emperor was still the emperor's eldest grandson, I had contact with him, and he was only four or five years old at that time, and he was a very scheming person. After three years, and two years as an emperor, I am afraid it is not as simple as the ministers of the foreign court imagined. I think this matter may be the emperor's trick! ”

Seeing that Zhang Yingmian had doubts, Zhang Wen explained: "The collapse of the Donglin Party, and even the killing of Shoufu, were all done by Wei Zhongxian's party, but it was the imperial power that supported it!" Without the emperor's approval, Shoufu Ye Xianggao, a person who is highly respected in the court and the opposition, Wei Zhongxian dares to kill him? Now everyone in the world hates Wei Zhongxian, I think this is also the emperor's cleverness, borrowing a knife to kill people, not only to get rid of the Donglin Party, but also to carry infamy. Now the eunuchs in Shilin's mouth have spread all over the imperial court and are extremely powerful, but Wei Zhongxian is the only one. In such a situation, can the emperor feel at ease? The emperor must have already planned to cook rabbits and dead dogs, and is planning to erect enemies for Wei Zhongxian! ”

Zhang Ying listened to his arguments and said in amazement: "Everyone in the world knows that the emperor stays in the harem all day playing carpentry, does he really have such a scheming?" ”

Zhang asked, can hobbies explain a person's scheming? Emperor Jiajing still likes to play with women all day long, and he doesn't still play with the people under him.

"Heaven is unpredictable, ......"

Zhang Ying frowned and said: "I remembered that there was another news, I thought it was useless, but when Xianggong said this, it seems to have something to do with it." As she spoke, she took out another stack of papers, rummaged through them, and picked out one and handed it to Zhang.

A small incident was written on it, saying that on the day the good news reached Beijing, Wei Zhongxian reported the good news to the emperor, and later the emperor counted Wei Zhongxian's eyes more and more in front of Wang Tiqian.

Zhang Wen looked at it and said with a smile: "A leaf falls and the sky is falling, doesn't such a trivial matter explain the emperor's thoughts?" How can the emperor have no court situation in his heart at all, how can he pay attention to who announces the good news? ”

He lowered his head and pondered, paced back and forth, slowly walked out of the room, looked at the sun in the sky and took a deep breath, "Be an official, be an official, there are all kinds of ways, there is only one place to stand right!" ”

The emperor wants to fall Wei? Zhang Wen saw the danger and the opportunity. He won several battles, but in fact none of them had a decisive impact on his career; Years of official career, a decisive impact on him was Zhu Youxiao's contribution to saving and supporting the establishment before he ascended the throne, without that incident, Zhang Wen must still be in a deserted yamen, no day, with that support, he immediately put on a red robe, and was pushed to a critical position, which is why he is today.

Now that the emperor wants to overthrow Wei, as long as he seizes the opportunity, it will become a thing...... Power is undoubtedly a great temptation to Zhang Wen, he is like a cat smelling meat, a businessman sees profits, although he knows that it is a sea of swords and fire, he also wants to try him.

"Bring the sword!" Zhang Wen was arrogant. When Light Makeup presented a long sword to his hand, he pulled out the long sword with a snort and threw the scabbard on the ground, his body was a little weak, but Zhang Wen calmed down and calmed his mind, he could still dance vigorously. The vigorous exercise made him pant a little, his chest fluttered and fluttered, and beads of sweat soon oozed from his forehead.

Zhang Wen took Zhang Ying's hand and whispered in her ear: "The matter of my stepmother Wu's family was arranged by you at that time, where is she?" ”

"Ten miles west of the city."

Zhang Wen took off his coat and said, "Light makeup, bring me a cloth robe." Let's go there now, and we don't need too many people, just Ying'er and Xuanyue, and a thousand taels of sesame oil money. ”

Several people came to the Plum Blossom Nunnery in a carriage, and an old nun was sweeping the floor at the door. Zhang Wen stepped forward and saluted and said, "In the next Zhang Wen, I want to donate some sesame oil money to accumulate merits, please introduce the teacher, we have something to disturb the host." ”

When the old nun heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up, it seemed that she had practiced for so many years, but she still had no dust roots, and she couldn't be unmoved by money. It's no wonder that other people, the monks are also people, and these people live here, which is a small society, and mundane things such as expenses and accounts are unavoidable.

"A few donors are invited to rest in the fasting room, and the poor nun will go and inform the host."

Zhang Wen and others actually don't believe that there is such a thing as a god in the world at all, and Zhang Ying donated a lot of money last year, just because he wanted the Wu family to live comfortably in the nunnery. One hundred acres of land and one thousand taels of silver are a lot of money for such a nunnery, and I am afraid that their entire nunnery will not be worth so much money.

After a while, an older nun came to the room, presumably the presiding officer. Zhang Wen and the others stood up and saluted her, no matter what, Buddhism is legal in the Ming Dynasty, whether you believe in God or not, you still have to give some face. The host also bowed with her hands, she also recognized Zhang Ying, and immediately said: "Wuchen eats fasting and chanting scriptures every day in the nunnery, everyone takes good care of her, and she does not suffer hardship, please rest assured." ”

Listening to the meaning of the host's words, Wuchen should be the name of the Wu family, Zhang Ying frowned and asked, "She has been shaved?" ”

"Wuchen is devoted to the Buddha, and repeatedly asks the old body to shave her degree, and the old body knows that she is not over, so she does not agree, but she cuts the green silk herself......" The old nun said calmly, which means that she cut her hair, and it is not about the old body.

Zhang Wen breathed a sigh of relief, but it was okay to cut his hair, although it was not good for his parents to cut his hair, but it could be longer if it was short.

Zhang Ying took out a silver ticket from her sleeve and put it on the table, "Mrs. Shi is right, her fate is not over, we are her family, and I came here today to take her home." This sesame oil money, please accept it, thank you for taking care of her, and also talk about our respect for the Buddha. ”

This host is indeed higher than the nun in the courtyard just now, and he didn't look at the silver ticket, but he didn't refuse, the Buddha's sesame oil money, nominally the temple is only collected for the Buddha, and at the same time, it also fulfills the kindness of the donor, and the money is collected in a righteous and bright way.

The host clasped his hands and said: "Please ask the donor to drink a cup of weak tea for a while, and the old body will ask someone to call Wuchen." Then he turned and wanted to leave. Zhang Wen picked up the silver ticket on the table, handed it to the old nun, and said, "Please fulfill our kindness." ”

The old nun calmly took the silver ticket and continued to walk out the door.

After a long time, the host walked back again, and said with a difficult face: "Wuchen said that her heart has taken refuge in my Buddha and does not want to see the donor, please go back...... Wuchen asked the old body to tell the donor, please forget her. ”

Zhang Wen's heart tightened and said, "No! I have to take her away. ”

"This ......"

Zhang asked, "You take me to where she lives, and I'll persuade her." ”

The host said: "Behind is the living place of the nuns, which is inconvenient for outsiders to enter. ”

Zhang Wen said angrily: "The government gives you land and fields, and you dare to detain the population privately?" ”

Seeing this, the old nun asked an aggressive demeanor, and was very generous, so she said with a straight face: "The donor is not impatient, how can the land of Buddhism be a strong monk?" In this way, how about the old man go in and ask the nuns to avoid it, and then ask someone to ask the donor to see Wuchen? ”

Zhang Wen suppressed his anger, nodded and said, "That's very good." ”

When a nun came to ask Zhang Wen, Zhang Wen and the others followed the nun through the main hall and walked to the backyard. There are also plum blossoms planted in the yard, worthy of its name Plum Blossom Nunnery, the house is neat and simple, living in this place is quiet, plus Zhang Ying gave them so much money, Zhang Wen also felt that the Wu family did not suffer anything.

The nun who led the way pointed to a house and said, "Dustless will live here." ”

The door of the room was open, and Wu should have known that Zhang Wenhui was coming by herself, and she did not close the door. Zhang Ying and Xuan Yue stopped, stood in the courtyard, and asked Zhang Wen to go in alone to persuade her, but it was inconvenient to talk when there were too many people.

Zhang Wen walked into the room and saw Wu sitting at a wooden table, as if waiting for Zhang Wen. I saw that she was wearing a hat, hiding her short hair in it, and wearing a gray cloth robe, which was wide and large, and coarsely made. Zhang Wen never wanted her to stay in this lonely place, and the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha Land lived alone.

Wu stood up and looked at Zhang Wen silently. said: "You go back, I am now at a state of flux." It's quiet and good, I've finally found a home, and you're good for me to stay here. ”

Zhang Wen was stunned and said: "You go back with me, our home is your home and your home." ”

The plum blossom trees in the courtyard were falling one after another, and Zhang Wen looked at the petals, and his heart was as chaotic as falling flowers. Wu's determination is a bit dazed, he doesn't believe in Buddhism, so he doesn't quite understand what people who believe in Buddhism think, just as people without faith don't understand people with faith. Could it be that the Buddha really allowed her heart to find a home and calm her heart?

Due to her background, Wu's identity in the Zhang family was like a maid in the past, but Zhang Wen remembered her kindness and treated her as a family member, he hoped that the Wu family would live well, but Zhang Wen found out that her heart was so resolute.

Zhang Wen said: "This place is not for you, you have suffered so much, go back with me to live a good life." You used to take care of me for so many years, so you can give me a chance to take care of you too. ”

Wu took two steps back, looked indifferent, shook his head and said, "You go, don't meet again." ”

Zhang Wen persuaded for a long time, but Wu did not let go, which shows that she really wants to take refuge in the Buddha. Zhang Wen couldn't persuade him, so he had to compromise and instructed Xuanyue to send someone to take care of the Wu family often, so he left the nunnery and returned to Meihuawu.