Five hundred and twenty-four: Tea on a rainy night
The nun calmed down and immediately thought that this could not be a dragon robe, it could only be a python robe! I happened to hear that the Marquis of Dongfu, although he was only a Marquis, was extremely favored by His Majesty. In the past, he was
Wearing a python!
So the nun immediately understood that the person in front of her was the Marquis Ning whom she had never met before! Then she hurriedly bowed and said: "The poor nun didn't know that Marquis Ning was coming from far away! It's a sin, it's a sin! I still look forward to the Marquis.
Forgive me!"
Ninghou?
Miaoyu, who was at the back of the palace, had a thought, turned around, and leaned gently on the door, listening to the movement inside. The little nun on the side also looked at the man in front of her in surprise.
Jia Jing looked at the little nun's expression and smiled bitterly. It was quite boring to show off to the nuns in front of a bunch of nuns, so she just waved her hands and said: "I am here to take shelter from the rain. You should be busy with your work."
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As Jia Jing spoke, she bowed to the Buddha statue in the main hall. The nun quickly said: "How can this be done? This is the first time that the Marquis has come to our Cuicui nunnery. Please wait a moment while I go and invite the poor nun."
Come host."
Jia Jing heard the words and said: "Don't bother me. I will sit here for a while. I will not disturb your monks' practice. I will leave as soon as the rain stops."
After saying that, she lifted up her robe and sat on the futon. She turned her back to the Buddha statue and looked quietly at the pouring rain in front of her. The two nuns looked at each other and saw that Jia Jing didn't seem to want to be disturbed, so she didn't dare to say anything more.
He said, bowed silently, and then left.
At this moment, he saw Miaoyu slowly walking out from behind the door. Seeing this, the two nuns softly clasped their hands to say hello. After Miaoyu returned the salute, she looked at the man sitting on the futon in the middle of the hall with a blank expression.
Seeing this, the slightly older nun hurriedly stepped forward and said: "It's Ninghou, please take a look..." Miaoyu nodded and said: "Get my tea set ready...and get me on the bed."
Take the gourd from the cabinet."
The two nuns took the order and left like this. Miaoyu gently stepped forward and said: "I don't know that the Marquis is here. I am not welcome at a distance. I hope you will forgive me."
Jia Jing raised her head and looked up, only to see a beautiful woman, with a wonderful bun on her head, a moon-white plain-sleeved coat, a paddy green satin-trimmed long vest, and an autumn-colored silk sash.
, wearing a white silk skirt painted in ink on her waist, holding a rosary in her hand, her eyes slightly drooped, her hands clasped together, giving her a somewhat primitive charm.
Jia Jing knew in her heart that this was Miaoyu, so she stood up and nodded and said: "I was just passing by. It rained heavily outside, so I used the treasure temple to take shelter from the rain. Who are you?"
Miaoyu bowed slightly and said: "I was invited by the old lady in your house to take care of this Cuicui Temple." Jia Jing nodded and said: "I heard the old lady mentioned it once... Then let's put it this way,
You should be the host of this Cuicui Temple?"
Miaoyu bowed slightly and said: "My practice is shallow and I don't dare to call myself a host. I just take care of things on my behalf." Jia Jing smiled and said: "You have ambitions, but you don't have to be young."
Miaoyu seemed to smile, but Jia Jing didn't see it clearly, but soon Miaoyu returned to her indifferent expression and said to Jia Jing: "Master Hou is here, and the rain will probably not stop for a while."
, please warm yourself up with a cup of hot tea inside."
Jia Jing hesitated for a moment, then turned to look outside, but it seemed that the rain was getting heavier and heavier, so Jia Jing could only helplessly put her hands together and said to Miaoyu: "Then I have no choice but to bother you."
Miaoyu clasped her hands together and said, "Please come this way." Jia Jing followed Miaoyu, and the two of them bypassed the main hall and went to the back hall. They saw that a table and two futons had been set up in the Zen room in the back hall.
Miaoyu saluted Jia Jing and said, "Please." Jia Jing nodded and sat on the futon. Miaoyu also sat opposite Jia Jing and began to fiddle with things on the table.
Jia Jing just watched silently. Miaoyu first opened the lid of the small bronze incense burner with three animal feet on the edge of the table, then slowly compacted the loose ash inside with an incense scale, and took it out from the small box on the side.
The fine sandalwood was lit and placed in the incense burner.
Then he opened the lid of the small red clay stove on the other side. Inside, melon seeds and silver frost charcoal were burning. Miaoyu gently used her bare hands to pick up two pieces of new charcoal with a small wooden clip and threw them into the stove.
Then he opened the blue and white porcelain jar on the side, scooped two spoons of water into it with a wooden spoon, poured it into the purple clay pot, and placed it on the stove.
Every step looks pleasing to the eye, the movements are gentle but skillful, and every step is controlled in an orderly manner. I can sum it up in two words, elegant.
Although Jia Jing didn't have to learn tea art in the palace, she had seen a lot of it. At least the little girl Li Miaojin had made tea for him. But now Jia Jing's most intuitive feeling is that Miaoyu is at least good at tea art.
, I don’t know how many streets I have left behind Li Miaojin...
When Jia Jing was watching Miaoyu's tea art, wasn't Miaoyu secretly looking at Jia Jing? Miaoyu had always been conceited about her beauty, but now she secretly observed Jia Jing and found that there was only admiration in his eyes.
, without any disrespect.
Miaoyu couldn't help but nodded slowly in her heart, but she didn't know that Jia Jing actually felt that she was not familiar with Miaoyu. Besides, Jia Jing was a prince after all. At the very least, he could talk to people and talk to ghosts.
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He could tell at a glance that Miaoyu was a noble and aloof female youth. She might even have a disease worse than that of Daiyu. Of course, it was better to be more honest with such a woman. If you were more aloof than her, she would naturally
I won't hate you anymore.
Miaoyu secretly looked at Jia Jing, and when she saw that Jia Jing was covered in rainwater, she couldn't help but curl her mouth. Then she whispered to the nun behind her: "Go and prepare two towels for Mr. Hou."
The nun agreed and went down. Jia Jing couldn't help but smile twice and thank her. Miaoyu just shook her head, and then said as if she didn't care: "There are also a few sets of clean monk's robes in the nunnery that no one has ever worn.
, if the Marquis doesn't mind, you can change into it first, it's better than wearing wet clothes, and it will take some time for the tea to be cooked."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! As she continued to clean the tea set in her hands, Jia Jing hesitated and nodded: "Okay, thank you for your work." Miaoyu
He shook his head gently, and then said to one of his maids behind him: "Take the Marquis to the back to change clothes."
The maid responded softly, and Jia Jing couldn't help but look a little weird. A monk still uses a maid? What kind of monk is that?
However, Jia Jing is not really the kind of person with low emotional intelligence and has no bounds. She asked someone politely what she was doing with this annoying person? So she just smiled at the maid and said, "Thank you."
The maid took one look at Jia Jing's unreasonably handsome face, and her face suddenly turned red. She hesitated and said something like, "Master Hou, you're so polite." Then she said "please" and took Jia Jing to the back. Changing clothes in the Zen room.
Miaoyu always lowered her eyes and washed the tea set in her hands. Only after Jia Jing left, she turned around and glanced at Jia Jing's back. If it hadn't been for this contact, Miaoyu would have felt jealous of Jia Jing. If you have a good impression, Jia Jing can only go back in wet clothes today...
Jia Jing came back after a while. It was said to be a monk's robe, but in fact it was just a white dress with wide sleeves. So Jia Jing didn't reject it very much. She spread her hair and dried it, and then she stopped wearing the purple gold crown. She just used a hairpin to make a bun on her head, which was quite a bit fairy-like.
Even though Miaoyu couldn't help but be stunned for a moment after seeing Jia Jing, it was true that Jia Jing's appearance was good. She didn't feel it when she described the embarrassment just now, but now after putting on this monk's robe, she was indeed It's dizzying.
However, Miaoyu was not in any special situation. After thanking the maid, Jia Jing also took a seat. Then she also thanked Miaoyu and half-jokingly thanked Miaoyu for taking her in.
Miaoyu just nodded and didn't say much. Jia Jing didn't think Miaoyu was rude at all. Miaoyu herself was a noble lady who didn't like the fireworks of the world. It's understandable that her emotional intelligence was low.
Then Miaoyu handed Jia Jing a cup, and Jia Jing took it in his hand. He saw an ear next to the cup. On the cup, there were three official characters "瓠煟斝" engraved on it, followed by a line of small real characters that read "Jin Wang Kaizhen" "Stubborn", there is also a line of small characters "Su Shi of Meishan met in Mifu in April of the fifth year of Yuanfeng of Song Dynasty".
After Jia Jing read it, he smiled and said to Miaoyu, "I'm interested." Miaoyu raised his head and glanced at Jia Jing, and then smiled, because this cup was not a cup that Miaoyu picked randomly. Meaningful.
"Shuowen·Doubu" says: "杝, Yujueye, Xia Yuezhan, Yin Yue Zhen, Zhou Yuejue." Yes, this Hu 瓟斝 is actually the kind of wine that everyone is familiar with during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Lord.
Jia Jing studied history in her last life, so she didn't actually study the red science deeply, so she only knew that this was the tea set prepared by Miaoyu for Baochai. Its intention was that Cao Gong was a metaphor for the character traits of Baochai and Daiyu.
Jue is both a wine vessel and a ritual vessel. It is more solemn and has the charm of retro Zhou etiquette, so it was given to Baochai, who has always observed etiquette.
But the purpose of giving it to Jia Jing at this time is not the same. It's just that Jia Jing is a prince, and this prince was originally a weapon of kingship prepared for princes in ancient times. It cannot be used if he is not a prince, so Miaoyu will prepare it for Jia Jing. This cup.
When Jia Jing was playing with the cup just now, Miaoyu was also secretly observing Jia Jing. He only paused for a moment on the two lines of small words, and then thanked Miaoyu for her thoughtfulness. Miaoyu knew that, Jia Jing did not thank herself because the cup was valuable, but she really understood her intention.
Miaoyu couldn't help but feel something in her heart. She actually smiled at Jia Jing, nodded and said nothing. She always thought that a person who understands and knows oneself doesn't need to say more. If she really only saw this valuable article, then it would be the same.
Too vulgar.
Although Jia Jing knew Miaoyu's intention, to be honest, when she saw "Jin Wang Kaizhen being stubborn", Jia Jing was actually shocked in her heart!
This is Wang Kai, the one who fought with Shi Chong for wealth. When the two of them fought for wealth, they used sugar water to wash the pots and burned candles as firewood. The forty miles leading to their house were made of purple silk barriers! Two feet.
If you want to smash the tall coral trees, I will smash them, and then I will give you a pile of three or four feet high ones!
At that time, many people loved extravagant enjoyment, and these two brothers were the best among them! So do people have anything that is not worthy of being on the table? The ancients would basically engrave their own names on things that they loved and cherished very much.
Name or write a poem as a souvenir.
For example, Emperor Qianlong inscribed more than 80 poems on the picture of "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains"... There was almost no room to write the inscriptions...
So since Wang Kai personally engraved his name on this thing, and also said it was a "treasure". This is something that I like to play with and cherish very much. Then think about it, how precious is this thing?
And Miaoyu was able to come up with two such things at once...
It’s true that people in Suzhou are rich, but can’t they be this rich? Can a monk be this rich? Jia Jing has been a monk for a long time! So while Jia Jing was secretly surprised, she couldn’t help but become very interested in Miaoyu’s life experience.
The original work of The Red Mansion does not describe much about Miaoyu's life experience. It only says that Miaoyu's ancestors also came from a family of scholars and officials, and Miaoyu seems to have had a relationship with Xing Xiuyan when he was a monk at Panxiang Temple in Suzhou.
, all the remaining past events related to Miaoyu were never mentioned again.
Maybe it's because Duke Cao hasn't had time to mention it, or maybe it's not important? Jia Jing doesn't know, but what Jia Jing knows is that unless it's like Heshen, otherwise if it is simply a "home of scholars and officials",
There is absolutely no way I can take out this gourd!
Miaoyu also made tea at this time, and everything was ready. After pouring tea for Jia Jing, she said "please" and then quietly watched Jia Jing drink tea.
Jia Jing took a sip and then smiled and said: "Good tea, but it would be a waste of money to give it to someone like me who doesn't know how to drink tea." Miaoyu smiled slightly and said: "It doesn't look like the Marquis knows how to drink it.
Tea man.”
Jia Jing laughed dryly, played with the gourd in her hand and said: "I am a vulgar soldier. Miss Miaoyu may not know that people like me have never been able to drink good tea or bad tea. They just drink from cows."
Miaoyu looked startled, looked at Jia Jing and said, "How did the Marquis know my name?" Jia Jing's heart skipped a beat, it was bad! She never mentioned that her name was Miaoyu just now, and she was not a good man either.
Ask her her name, even though it is a Dharma name, it is not appropriate to ask casually.
Who would have thought that Jia Jing would actually say it right away! Miaoyu clearly remembered that she had never told Jia Jing about her dharma title, so she could not help but look at Jia Jing in a strange way.
Jia Jing smiled without changing her expression: "Oh, I mentioned it when my family picked you up at your house before. I remember it." Miaoyu raised her eyebrows slightly when she heard this, and said thoughtfully.
:"Yeah."
Jia Jing smiled and drank tea while looking at the rain outside the door. Unexpectedly, Miaoyu got up and walked into the house, saying to Jia Jing: "Please wait a moment, Lord Marquis."
Jia Jing nodded, and then Miaoyu clasped her hands together and walked towards the back. She came back after a while, but she was holding a large piece of withered bamboo roots with nine curves and ten rings and one hundred and twenty knots.
Zhan walked out.
Jia Jing couldn't help being stunned when she saw this, but Miaoyu put the big cup in front of Jia Jing and said, "Do you want to eat with this?" Jia Jing smiled bitterly and said, "Forget it, I don't count now.
Too thirsty."
Miaoyu smiled, and did not actually use the big lamp for Jia Jing. She just put it aside, put two melon seed charcoal into the stove, and said to Jia Jing: "I heard that Mr. Hou also used it in his early years.
Have you ever practiced Taoism?"
Jia Jing was stunned when he heard this, then smiled and said: "I practice Taoism to rectify my mind, not to become an immortal." When Miaoyu heard this, she looked at Jia Jing in surprise, and then said with a smile: "
Does Mr. Hou think that all of our cultivation is to become immortals and Buddhas?"
Jia Jing was speechless for a moment. Miaoyu couldn't help but laugh when she saw Jia Jing like this. Jia Jing smiled twice and said, "You didn't become an immortal or a Buddha in order to become an immortal, but how do you know that this is not what other people in the world do?"
Miaoyu couldn't help but become thoughtful after hearing the words. Jia Jing shook her head and said: "In this world, it is a practice. How many people can know that the true meaning of practice is not for the results, but for the results?"
What about the cause on the road?"
Miaoyu nodded slowly, then smiled and said: "The Marquis also seems to have a good understanding of Zen?" Jia Jing said with a smile: "The three religions have been integrated and absorbed for so many years. In fact, the ideas are almost the same."
When Miaoyu heard this, she couldn't help but start discussing Buddhism and Taoism with Jia Jing. Jia Jing had nothing to do, so she chatted with her, just to pass the time. The two of them chatted from afternoon to the time of lighting the lamp.
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Only then did Jia Jing realize that Miaoyu was not as difficult to get along with as she seemed on the surface. Although she was indeed arrogant and aloof, those were the people who looked down on her. In fact, if they caught her eye, she would be extremely enthusiastic.
of.
The only difference between her and Daiyu is that Daiyu is only arrogant on the surface, but actually has her own plans in her heart. Daiyu can understand many things, and she also has her own unique opinions on how to deal with people, and Miaoyu is a
Simple little fool......
She was actually at the age of a little girl, so she was inevitably a bit competitive, and occasionally she would play tricks on Jia Jing like a child. Jia Jing was not as knowledgeable as her, so the two of them naturally became more and more speculative as they chatted.
By the time Miaoyu came to her senses, the sky outside had already darkened and the fire on the stove had long been extinguished. Miaoyu then said in surprise: "It has been so long?"
Jia Jing smiled and teased: "Doesn't this just prove that Miss Miaoyu, you have entered the realm of transformation now? You are not affected by external objects!"
Miaoyu couldn't help but smile after hearing this, then stood up and walked to the door to take a look: "The rain seems to have no intention of stopping..."
Jia Jing glanced outside with a slightly worried look, and gave a low hum. Upon seeing this, Miaoyu asked: "Master Hou seems to be very worried? Do you have something to deal with?"
Jia Jing smiled bitterly after hearing this. If you asked me that, how could I have something urgent to deal with? So Jia Jing just shook her head.