Cui Daosi nodded, suddenly remembered something again, turned his head, glanced at the faint figure of the princess in the distance, and said, "There is one more thing, which is also extremely important!" ”

"Uncle, please." Pei Xiaoyuan said respectfully.

"Erlangzi, I see that the princess still has affection for you."

He looked at his nephew. is indeed a rare handsome son, a dragon and a phoenix among people, no wonder the princess has blue eyes.

"She will personally send me off in the morning, because of you. You must seize the opportunity to marry the princess and please her, and remember, it is always not wrong to do more Zhou Gong courtesy! He leaned into his nephew's ear and whispered this.

"Also, not only the princess, but also let the saint see that you are as affectionate as the princess, and your love is unwavering! Got it? How long have you been married, so many things have happened, and you were separated some time ago! You are young and in good health, and if you had told the princess earlier to spread the joy of making a fool of yourself, Your Majesty would have seen the princess in front of you, and your sins would have been somewhat mitigated! ”

Cui Daosi's earnest advice did not stop, Pei Xiaoyuan endured surprise, shame, and full of heart, and finally listened to it, vaguely.

After Cui Daoji finished speaking, he thought that everything that should be ordered had been said, and he didn't dare to delay for too long, so he came back with Pei Xiaoyuan, and after bidding farewell to the princess, he led the team to continue to move forward.

Pei Xiaoyuan stood beside the road, and after watching Cui Daosi and his party gradually move away, he calmed down, turned his head to look at the figure not far away, and slowly walked over.

She sprinkled the last handful of crushed pastries. Dozens of birds in the nearby mountains and forests that have been attracted to the winter are flying and jumping happily around her, competing to peck at her. Yellow finch, wren, scissor-tailed magpie...... A few daring ones even jumped on a skirt she dragged under the edge of her cloak. She didn't drive away, just looked down. At this time, a cold wind poured out of the forest, blowing her skirt and dancing, and the birds around her were frightened and flew away, and soon flew back and continued to dance around her.

The green head on the side couldn't help shrinking his neck, and he kept flattering himself: "Here comes a red-billed anthurium little snow crane, this is a rare auspicious bird!" Yikes! It jumps on the princess dress! It must be an omen, and the princess will have good luck in the future, and everything will go well! The corners of the princess's lips were slightly pursed, as if she was smiling, and she became more and more energetic.

Pei Xiaoyuan waited quietly for a while, the cold wind rose again, and she never had the intention of getting into the car.

He hesitated, and said softly: "It's cold outside the city. I'll send the princess back to the palace. ”

She is going back to the palace today, and this is the itinerary she has set.

"Where are you going after sending me back to the palace?" She didn't at first, but suddenly asked.

"I ...... Or go to the government office. There are still some paperwork to be dealt with. He paused, then replied.

"You don't need to send me on purpose, I'll go back to the palace, you can go by yourself."

Su Yu shook the hem of her skirt, shook off the few strands of birdtail that had just fallen on it, smiled at him, and then left him and walked quickly to the carriage.

"Can the princess come back tonight?" Qingtou suddenly remembered, chased after him and asked.

"Not necessarily. It depends. She answered and boarded the car.

The coachman drove, accompanied by the plainclothes palace guards who accompanied him, and the carriage gradually moved away along the official road.

"Hey—"

Qingtou paused and let out a long sigh.

Chapter 128

The carriage moved smoothly on the official road in the early morning, and the wheels broke through the frozen crust formed by the road last night, and headed for the city gate. The shadow of the mountain is cold, and the cold branches are thin, because it is still early, and there are few passers-by and carriages and horses on the road. Under the cold blue morning sky, a flock of old crows hovered back and forth over the nests of the branches by the roadside, and their hoarse chirping.

In the early morning of the winter countryside, the eyes are full of slaughter.

Su Yu sat in the car, listening to the sound of the wheels, and suddenly remembered a late spring dusk, she was walking on the same road that the carriage was passing through at this moment.

At that time, she did not have the heart to enjoy the scenery, but she still remembered that the warm breeze was blowing, the willows were like smoke, and the suburbs on both sides of the road and the shore were covered with green elm and poplar bushes, with patches of flowers and trees in between. The red dust on the road is stained with clothes, the incense carts of spring are noisy and laughing, and the air is filled with the smell of spices scattered by the evening breeze.

In a dream, she had stubbornly followed the dusty path beneath her feet, hurrying along the sound of the drums of twilight, and finally, before the sunset gates closed, she stepped into the city she wanted to visit.

It was like yesterday, and she still remembers how the evening breeze felt when it blew across her sweaty forehead. But things have changed in the wrong time. Like this road she walked that day, she will not return to the scene.

She knew that Pei Xiaoyuan was following behind her car, keeping a distance that was neither far nor close. She just didn't see it. When the carriage had passed through the quiet road of the countryside and entered the city gates, he followed until her carriage was about to reach the palace, and the rider stopped at a street corner, and then turned and departed.

Through the corner of the rolling shutter of the carriage, watching the riding shadow disappear into the end of the street where the flow of people is gradually rising, Su Yu also lost his direction, and ordered the coachman to stop the car on the side of the street.

In fact, she has no plans to return to the palace today.

Aya was angry with him, but as time went by, he gradually fell silent. Yesterday evening, she said that she wanted to go to see the murals of the Chongtian Temple, and after reading it, she would stay in the palace for one night, and then return the next day. I haven't been back for a while.

At first, his face was expressionless, and his pale green eyes did not blink, and he did not respond at all, neither nodding nor saying that he would not let her reply. She took it as her approval. After walking out of the Ziyun Palace, Zhao Zhongfang chased her out and told her softly that because she had been by her side day and night recently, she had to take care of everything, and His Majesty was really annoying her, and told her to stay for a few more days when she left the palace, and there was no need to rush back. Zhao Zhongfang recognized a few words, and could temporarily recite the recital to His Majesty on her behalf.

The old palace eunuch imitated the emperor's complaining tone, vivid, crawling in the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, but there was a faint smile.

How could she not know Aya's heart. As proud as he is, even if he has acquiesced to such an ending, he will never let people see him bowing, even in front of his daughter.

The change happened overnight. The maid combed her hair early in the morning and happily asked her if she could stay a few more days this time. Through the half-open window, she looked at the figure waiting for her in the courtyard, and said, "If there is something today, I still have to go back to the palace."

The palace gate is not far ahead. However, she hesitated, not wanting her unexpected early return to arouse any unnecessary suspicion—and after her eyesight was impaired, Aya's temper became worse and more sensitive and suspicious than before.

She had to get through the day and the night, and later, at least tomorrow, and then return to the Emperor.

"Let's go south of the city!"

She sat in the car for a moment and told the driver to turn.

There is a Qinglong Temple there, many years ago, when she had just made a painting of the emperor's Aya angrily destroying Ding Baiya, and then affecting Ah Gong, the monks in the temple were reluctant to take the risk and try to save it. Today's Qinglong Temple has become the only place in Chang'an where there are the real traces of Ah Gong's murals, so although this temple is located in a deserted place, the traffic is inconvenient, but the incense is quite vigorous, and the people who go to see the paintings are endless.

She came to the place and entered as a normal pilgrim. At this time, because of the early and cold winter, the temple door is open, and the temple is very deserted. Except for a few monks who were sweeping the pavement with brooms, there were no other pilgrims. She offered incense, worshiped the Buddha sincerely in the Daxiong Hall, and after silently praying, she found the south wall painted with murals.

Therefore, the mural Chang'an is unique, extremely precious, after a few years after the destruction of the painting, a Jixian Hall official at that time boldly suggested that the imperial court allocate funds to the temple to protect the mural, the emperor did not object, so in front of this wall now, not only has a rain corridor built, there is a fence in front, separated by several zhang, only allowed people to watch from afar.

She stopped and looked.

The mural is a common sutra painting, but it is different from the grand subject matter that Ah Gong is accustomed to knowing, and the content of the depiction is quite rare, which is the temptation of the Buddha's disciple Sariputta by a foreign witch. The painting is divided into two pieces. In the picture above, Sariputta is dressed in coarse linen and sits on a brocade bed. He had a handsome face, a wise gaze, and a cold expression. The witch of the outer way combs her hair in a cicada bun, is full of hairpins and hairpins, and is dressed in a flower shirt and colorful skirt, which is extremely beautiful. She is bending her arms and supporting her cheeks, her veins are looking at Sariputta, her eyebrows are flirting, and her expression is charming.

In the next picture, the wind outside the sky came out of nowhere, flying sand and stones, under the dancing prayer flags in the sky, the witch's dress flew wildly, and the hairpin fell. She was terrified, and her beautiful face faded color, and her body movements turned to shrink and pray, revealing her embarrassment. Correspondingly, Sariputta's face showed no anger and a touch of contempt, and the corners of his eyes drooped slightly, as if he showed some compassion for the foolish witch in front of him who was about to be severely punished by heaven.

This is a painting of sutras that exhort the world to abstain from the temptation of hue and to keep the mind and correct the path in order to abstain from the temptation of the Buddha's wise disciple Sariputta.

The mural was made during the Jingsheng period, and it has been at least twenty or thirty years since then. At that time, Ah Gong was still in the prime of life, and his reputation was full of Chang'an, and when he wanted to make this painting, he was in that period of being wild all day long, and he was calling for wine with his talents. Whether it is the witch's initial self-confidence in cherry lips, the subsequent fear and shame, or the Buddha's disciples from light to slightly angry and contemptuous, and finally a little bit of compassion, the depiction is all lifelike, the wind moves, and the characters seem to jump off the wall.

Su Yu's gaze finally fell on the contemptuous and compassionate face of the Buddha's disciple in the lower half, and after looking at it for a long time, he suddenly felt inexplicably sad.

I don't know how long it has been, but in the afternoon, there are more pilgrims entering the temple, walking and stopping beside her. A woman worships the mural devoutly, muttering a prayer to the Ye Immortal to bless the family with good health and no illness, a businessman makes a wish to open a good business and make a lot of money, while others whisper about the content of the painting, which is nothing more than praising the Buddha's disciple Dao's heart like iron, and the foreign witch is not self-sufficient and deserves it.

Yang Zaien and Zhang Dunyi followed closely every inch, afraid that people would collide with her, and when they saw more and more people, they came up and asked in a low voice if they wanted a place to rest here.

She took her eyes from the mural, turned around silently, and walked out of the Qinglong Temple. Standing outside the temple gate, looking around, she remembered that she hadn't been to the orchard in some time.

With her follow-up and the emperor's acquiescence, the families of the martyrs of Beiyuan who lived in the orchard were able to receive a monthly pension. All the degrees and branches are from the emperor's inner treasury.

Now the difference is that there is still a correct name of the imperial court.

For some people, the right name may be the most important thing.

Su Yu believes that this will also be a matter of time. The Emperor may just be waiting for an opportunity.

It's in the south of the city, so it's better to go over and have a look.

She took some flour fruit from the temple and carried it with her, and the cart went to the orchard. Not wanting to attract too much attention, after entering the workshop, she ordered the carriage to stop far away, and only took Yang Zaien and Zhang Dunyi, accompanied by Yang Zaien and Zhang Dunyi, along a dirt road that crossed the barren field, walked over, and gradually approached the place where the deserted temple had been converted into a settlement.

As she approached the gate, she paused.

In the field outside the door, a horse was parked.

Although it was not a golden crow, she still recognized it, it was Pei Xiaoyuan's mount this morning, a high-headed horse with four hooves and snow-white, which was not difficult to identify.

He clearly told her that he would go to the government office to deal with the old official documents. Actually here?

A few little dolls riding bamboo horses and wielding wooden knives in the nearby fields came in circles, and suddenly saw her, recognized her, stopped the game, and stared blankly. Suyu beckoned, and the doll immediately ran. Su Yu pointed to the horses and asked whose it was. Several people argued, but they couldn't hear clearly. One of the older grades spoke clearly, and Su Yu designated him to answer, only to hear him: "It's Pei Langjun here!" He came to see us again in the morning! Later, when we went to the ancestral temple, Eminem didn't allow us to follow, so we came out to play! ”

Su Yu took some pastry from the basket and gave it to the dolls, and sent them back to play.

She hesitated for a moment, instructed Yang and Zhang not to follow, and then walked in the door alone.

The door was silent, and there was not half a figure in the wall. The people who worked in the nearby orchard did not return, and the women and children of the family went to take a lunch break. She had been here several times, so she naturally knew the location of the ancestral temple. She walked through the clean-cleaned passageway, through a courtyard full of clothes that had been converted from the main hall, to the place behind which was supposed to be the Garan Temple.

Here, there are tablets of 800 heroic martyrs, including Pei Gu.

In the past, there was no cover for rainy days, but after repairs, although it is no longer raining, even at noon, the light is still dim. In the corners of the four corners, there is a faint smell of wet mold.

Through a half-open door, she saw a man sitting on a futon on the ground behind the threshold, his back straight as a sword, frozen as cold. Opposite the man, rows of simple wooden plaques with names engraved on them stretched out into the dark, lightless corners of the offering hall.

Su Yu didn't know how long Pei Xiaoyuan had been sitting quietly like this. She didn't dare to get too close, let alone rush up to greet her, so she subconsciously stopped far away in a corner of the courtyard in front of the hall, covering herself with a remnant monument.

He sat like that all the time. The pillars of incense in front of him gradually burned out, and the white ash fell from the incense pillar head, completely extinguished, and he seemed to be unconscious, his back was motionless, as if his soul was wandering in the void, and his body was just a meat shell.

Su Yu looked at his back in a daze for a long time, and his already depressed mood became more and more depressed and heavy, and he hesitated again and again, but finally decided to leave quietly, as if he had never been here and had not seen anything.

She held her breath before she slowly took two steps back, and then there was a sound of rapid and heavy footsteps stomping on the ground behind her, and she turned her head to see a person walking briskly. That person had a beard and a huge head, and he was actually the Gu Twelve in the West Market. He seemed to be in a hurry, and his pace was hurried, and he rushed to the threshold, and then slowed down.

"Si Cheng! I've found you! He snapped.

Pei Xiaoyuan turned to him and asked him what was the matter.

"Oh no! I'm afraid of what happened before, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold it down......"

Gu Twelve stepped in, leaned over to his ear, and said something.

The distance was too far for Su Yu to hear, only to see Gu Twelve's expression full of worry, after speaking, he hesitated, his eyes showed a fierce light, and he made a killing move.

Su Yu saw Pei Xiaoyuan groaning for a moment, shook his head, and said something, Gu Twelve seemed to have no choice but to agree, bowed to him, and when he withdrew, he remembered something, turned around and knelt down towards a larger spirit card in the middle of the hall, which was different from others, kowtowed, and then got up and left in a hurry.

After Gu Twelve left, Pei Xiaoyuan was still sitting like that, as if he was settled.

Su Yu looked at him from a distance and remembered the moment, decided not to bother him anymore, and gently retreated.

Gu Twelve has left. Su Yu summoned the dolls, told them not to tell others that she had come, and then went to the north of the city.

She sat in the carriage that was slightly bumpy along the way, and the scene of Gu Twelve Fang talking to him kept appearing in front of her.

Obviously, there is something. Moreover, it will never be a trivial matter to take care of the appearance of the twelve.

What did Pei Xiaoyuan hide?

Su Yu knew she shouldn't have done this. Since he concealed it, he should have his reason, and it was not easy for her to look it up. But she couldn't control it, she couldn't do it.

When it was dark, she followed Gu Twelve's whereabouts and came to Gao Da's mother's house again.

It is still the appearance of the Gao Family Hotel in her impression, this time is the busiest time of the day, but the tall lady is not in the lobby.

She and Gu Twelve had been secretly friendly for a long time, but they didn't cross the road. In the evening, Gu Twelve, who had not appeared for a long time, finally came to her, she immediately threw away the chores, set up a wine in the room to accompany her, closed the door, and did not complain twice, then heard the knock on the door, which was disappointing, and asked who it was, and there was no sound outside the door, only continued to knock, thinking that it was clear that he had ordered someone, unless the sky was going to fall, nothing was allowed to quarrel, and he couldn't help but be angry, combed the messy hair below, crossed his eyebrows, opened a crack in the door, and was waiting to scold him for not knowing what to do, and looked at the people outside the door with a smile. Deng Shi was stunned and lost his reaction.

Gu Twelve loosened his belt and sat behind the seat, poured wine with a candlestick and drank himself, not hearing the sound of Gao Da Niang opening the door, he was not surprised, and asked casually: "Who is here, why are you dumb?" Raising his eyes, he saw the person clearly, he was stunned, dropped the wine, hurriedly tied his clothes, and knelt down with the awakened lady to salute.

Su Yu entered through the back door, took off his hood at this moment, and told the two to get up. How dare the tall lady respectfully bow to the courtesy, and then get up from the ground and test the princess's intentions.

Su Yu smiled and said: "It's not a big deal, there are a few words I want to talk about in the Gu team." ”

Aunt Gao understood, and even said yes, please sit down on the bed, fill the candles, and illuminate a room as bright as day, then close the door and retreat herself.

Gu Twelve was still kneeling on the ground in fear, and when he heard Su Yu tell him to get up again, he got up, stood aside with his hands and feet, and said respectfully: "The villain is a rough man, and I don't know what the princess is here to say, looking for the villain?" ”

"You went to the orchard to look for a colt during the day, what did you do with him?" Su Yu asked directly.

Gu Twelve raised his eyes to look at her, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes, and after a trace of hesitation, he quickly responded: "Why does the princess ask this?" I guess it's the wrong person, right? The villain hasn't been to the orchard today......"