Tianlong Mountain is just outside Taiyuan City. On this day, several pilgrims came to Xuanwu Temple. They were obviously the female relatives of wealthy families, and they asked to see Taoist Master Xinzhen. The little Taoist boy then led them in. After passing through the hand-cooked verandah, they reached the main entrance.
A bluestone road lined with green pines. There is a bluestone bridge at the end of the road. Under the bridge are red and white lotuses and turtles and carps. Standing on the bridge, you can see two large ginkgo trees in the courtyard, with a canopy like a canopy.
A woman of seventeen or eighteen years old said softly: "Old lady, why do I feel so familiar here?"
The old lady said: "When you say that, it looks familiar to me, as if I have seen it somewhere."
When they entered the courtyard, they saw a Taoist nun wearing an apricot-yellow Taoist robe standing next to the stone chessboard, playing chess alone. The old lady caught a glimpse of the woman's appearance and thought to herself: It's strange, this Taoist nun also looks familiar.
The little Taoist boy stepped forward and said, "Uncle Xinzhen, the guests are here."
Xin Zhen looked back and said, "Everyone, please take a seat." Then he continued to play chess.
The old lady said coldly: "Is this how the Taoist priest entertains guests? Is it a bit rude?"
Xin Zhen twisted a black seed in his hand, pondered it for a while and said, "Since you are not a guest, it is not rude."
The little Taoist boy said: "Uncle, why are you not a guest?"
Xin Zhen dropped the black stone in his hand, went around to the other end of the chessboard and picked up a white stone: "Those who come to have tea are guests, and those who come to fight are naturally not guests." Then he dropped the white stone and said, "I have seen Mrs. Lin's portrait."
The guests were all shocked. The woman Yingying stepped forward and said, "What's the fun in playing chess alone? How about I play with the Taoist priest?"
"No," Xin Zhen said, "Miss Li Jiu, do you think I'm stupid? You didn't have a chance to play chess with me, so you have no chance of beating me. And I don't know you, and I don't know your strength or chess ability.
Why should I put you into the battle? Don't I think my life is leisurely enough?" Then he went around the other end of the chessboard and picked up the black stones.
This woman was indeed Mrs. Lin's ninth sister. After watching for a moment, she gently tapped a place on the chessboard: "Put it here."
Xin Zhen turned around and looked at her: "Want to force your way into the game?"
Miss Li Jiu said: "It's just a game of chess."
Nobuzhen raised the black piece in his hand: "You hold the black piece?"
Miss Li Jiu said: "Yes."
"Okay." Shinzhen put the black stones back into the chess box. "The black stones surrendered."
Miss Li Jiu pursed her lips and said, "You are so petty."
Shinzhin collected the chess pieces and said: "What about the little ones? What about the non-little ones? There are 670 million people on the earth, all of them are people who have no destiny. An Eskimo child in the Arctic caught a fish, and in Africa on the edge of the southern Indian Ocean
The old man also caught a fish; this fish has nothing to do with the other fish." Miss Li Jiu was stunned, obviously not understanding what Eskimo South Indian Ocean was about. Xinzhen continued, "As the saying goes, if you build a long tent thousands of miles away, there will be no one without it.
It’s a banquet that has broken up. Who will watch over whom for the rest of his life? Life is not long. We gather and disperse within ten years, and everyone goes about their own business. Who can control which family at that time?"
Miss Li Jiu smiled slightly: "Have Taoist Priest and Master Lin been separated for ten years?"
Xin Zhen thought for a while: "There will always be fate in ten years. Let's see in ten years. Anyway, I am from outside the country. There is no family that needs to bother him to help, and there are no brothers outside to rob him.
If someone's wealthy woman causes a lawsuit, she has to use his power to suppress it." She said sternly, "Only without seeking can we be equal, and only with equality can we live a good life. Miss Li Jiu was not within the scope of Lin Dongyang's wife selection from the beginning.
." He casually picked up a chess piece and knocked it twice. "My status has no right to prevent others from entering the game." The faces of the women in the Li family changed drastically. Xin Zhen threw the chess piece into the box with a "dang" sound. "The Li family
The men are not dead, so they have to rely on women's bodies for shelter. You can eat as much as you want. At least you still have good food and clothing, how many people in the world are poor and sick."
Miss Li Jiu swayed. Mrs. Li suddenly burst into tears: "Is this what Lin Dongyang meant? He is a heartless and heartless person! My son has exhausted all his energy in giving birth to children for him..."
Xin Zhen interrupted: "He did not choose Mrs. Lin by himself. The late prince forced her to him, but he happened to like it very much. How could he know that Mrs. Lin had not been wronged in those years? She was originally a talented girl from the Shili family.
, married a military general who was proficient in literature and had different rules and habits. Didn't she suppress her temperament and likes to please Lin Dongyang? Lin Dongyang saw that she did everything to his liking, so he naturally liked her. She agreed early
No, how could you know that Lin Dongyang wasn’t the one who made her angry? A daughter-in-law is a daughter-in-law, and the Yue family is the Yue family. Mrs. Lin gave birth to children for Lin Dongyang, so what does it have to do with your Li family?"
Mrs. Li was immediately stunned. When she learned that her son-in-law was going to marry a Taoist nun, she rushed over excitedly to give her a clue. Instead, she revealed her son-in-law's thoughts: He didn't want to help the in-laws at all. No wonder the grandchildren made such a fuss back then.
After that, it disturbed the Huang family's second marriage. No wonder the granddaughter suddenly separated from his grandfather's family these days. Lin Dongyang was afraid that his family would bring him trouble. He wasted his efforts to raise Xiaojiu, and said that there was no way to continue this family.
Even if the marriage continues, it won't be of much use.
She was thinking in her mind, because she never took this Taoist nun seriously, so her face was uncovered. Xin Zhen raised her chin towards her and said to Miss Li Jiu: "Look at your aunt's expression! I admire her for her calmness.
She is a businessperson. When she suddenly learned that her plan of more than ten years had failed, she was not sad and regretful that her hard work was in vain, but was thinking and analyzing. It was obvious that she was estimating the cost of your training and figuring out where to sell you so that she could stop the loss in time. Think about it.
The next buyer won't be as old as Lin Dongyang, Lin Boru is one year older than you."
Miss Li Jiu turned pale and shouted: "Shut up!"
"Oh no." Xin Zhen said, "Only by selling you to an old man who is older than Lin Dongyang can we recover the cost. Even if we want to marry you at the same age, how much benefit can it bring to the Li family? It's not in vain.
You have spent so much money on you for more than ten years? Mr. Li Jiu is sixty years old at least..."
Mrs. Li and Miss Li Jiu shouted at the same time: "Shut up!"
Xin Zhen smiled sweetly, took Miss Li Jiu's hand and said, "Don't be angry. Come on, I'll have a private conversation with you." He couldn't help but move closer to her ear, "You old ladies will ask you later what I said.
Just tell her: Xinzhen only said one thing over and over again, 'I won't tell you even if you kill me.'" Miss Li Jiu was stunned. Xinzhen continued, "I was originally like you, raised by my family as a marriage partner.
I was clever and borrowed a ladder to become a monk. My sister married me to a very ugly and ill-tempered general. It was miserable. You and I have the same fate. If you want to escape from the Li family, you can go
There is a franchise chain antique shop called Daguanyuan next to the Longevity Palace in the south of Taiyuan City. The owner's surname is Ma and his name is Sili, and he is a good friend of mine." After that, he immediately moved away from her and said loudly, "Listen clearly, that's it."
He turned around and winked at Mrs. Li, picked up the chess box and left.
Miss Li Jiu stood there blankly. Mrs. Li ordered the maid to call her back and asked: "What did she tell you?" Miss Li Jiu did not hide anything and told the truth, starting from "I won't tell you even if you beat me to death."
"I told them all down to "The owner's surname is Ma, and his name is Sili".
Old Mrs. Li nodded and said: "This thief Taoist nun wants to sow discord between our mother and daughter, but you are sensible. Don't worry, even if this thing doesn't work out, my old lady will choose a good marriage with you."
Miss Li Jiu suddenly blushed: "Old lady~~"
Mrs. Li looked around the yard for a long time and sneered: "It's still unclear whether she can marry into the Lin family." After looking at it for a while, she felt determined and led the others away.
He walked back and looked at the scenery all the way until he exited the gate of Xuanwu Temple. He straightened his back and said, "Nine girls, even if Lin Dongyang doesn't marry you, there is no way he can marry this Taoist nun." He laughed a few times and strode into the sedan chair.
A few days later, the fifth master of the Li family asked to see the prince. Because the prince had received Jia Cong's promise a few days ago, "The prince can rest assured that the stability of the Jin country is most beneficial to the railway and the federation." He felt much more at ease and in a good mood. Although the Li family has been in recent years,
Although it has declined, the foundation is still there, not to mention that the old Wuji in their family can talk, so they let him in.
Master Li Wu held a scroll in his hand and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I got a picture of a beauty. She is really a beauty. Take a look!"
The prince nodded at him: "That's how you get ahead!"
Mr. Li Wu put the scroll on the table and said, "I snatched this thing away. It was destroyed after a while!" He slowly unfolded it.
The painting was rolled from bottom to top, and the beauty's feet were naturally revealed first when unfolded. The beauty was wearing a pair of Shifang shoes worn by Taoist priests. The prince smiled and said, "Could it be that this beauty is a Taoist nun?"
Mr. Li Wu praised: "Your Majesty has good eyesight and is just like a Taoist nun."
The scroll slowly moved up, and the body of the Taoist nun was revealed. The woman was wearing an apricot Taoist robe, holding a white Go piece in her hand. Her posture was graceful and graceful. When she reached the Taoist nun's neck, Li Wuye paused deliberately.
Suddenly, the prince glanced at him. Mr. Li Wu chuckled and raised his hands gently, and the Taoist nun's appearance appeared in front of the prince. The prince was immediately stunned.
Mr. Li Wu said proudly: "How? She is a beauty, isn't she?"
The prince stared blankly at the beauty in the painting, motionless. Mr. Li Wu was a little surprised and shouted twice. A eunuch next to the prince laughed and said: "What a beauty, the prince was stunned." He also came closer to take a look.
After glancing at it, he immediately froze as if he had been cast on a body-fixing technique.
Master Li Wu realized something was wrong at this moment and patted the eunuch twice: "Father-in-law, what's wrong?"
When the father-in-law came to his senses, he took Master Li Wu and asked urgently: "Where did this painting come from?"
Mr. Li Wu said: "I asked my ancestors for it."
"Did you ask Mrs. Li for it?"
"It's not begging, it's being robbed." Mr. Li Wu said, "Just now I went to pay her respects to her old man, but I happened to hear her say, take this painting out and burn it quickly. When I saw it, such a beautiful beauty
How can I burn the picture? I hurriedly snatched it. My ancestors refused to give it and asked someone to take it back. Those maids and women couldn’t take it from me, so I broke free and ran away!"
The eunuch said: "Does Mr. Li Wu know..."
Before he finished speaking, the prince suddenly asked: "Who painted this painting?"
Mr. Li Wu was stunned: "I don't know. Isn't there a signature on it?"
The three of them immediately went to find the signature, and saw a small red seal on the painting, which was the word "Li Jiu". Mr. Li Wu said "Oops": "It was painted by my ninth sister."
The prince frowned. After a moment, he slapped the table and said, "Let's go to Li's house!" He didn't even change his clothes, he just pulled his horse and ran straight to Li's house.
When he arrived, he was not allowed to report, and ordered Mr. Li Wu to take him to find Miss Li Jiu. Mr. Li Wu said: "Miss Jiu lives in the old lady's yard." Seeing that the prince was so anxious, he did not dare to disobey, and he really led the way.
He went all the way to Mrs. Li's courtyard, without entering the main house, and went straight into an attic on the east side. Mr. Li Wu called at the door: "Is Sister Ninth at home?"
The prince pushed him aside and strode in. Seeing that there were only two maids and a woman in the hall, he exclaimed: "Who is this! This is the girl's room!"
The prince glanced around and immediately found a large banner in front of the window. On the banner was a long, unfinished scroll. He walked over quickly. He saw a Taoist temple painted on the painting, but the main hall was hidden by white clouds.
The painting is at the very edge. The main scene of the painting is a side courtyard. In the courtyard there are two large ginkgo trees and a stone table and chairs. The stone table is covered with a chessboard and two boxes of chess pieces are placed on it. Outside the courtyard is a
There are red and white lotus flowers in the pond, and turtles and carps are playing in it. There are several bluestone bridges drawn on the pond, and a green pine path is connected to the other end of the bridge.
Li Wuye wondered: "Why is the scene in this painting so similar to the big screen in the prince's house?"
A maid stumbled next to her: "Fifth Master! How did you bring the man in! How could we, the girl, see anyone if you spread the word!"
Mr. Li Wu coughed: "This is His Royal Highness, why don't you kowtow!" The frightened maids and women hurriedly knelt on the ground.
The prince pointed at the painting and said, "Is this painted by your girl?"
"Yes." A maid said boldly, "When the girl came back from Xuanwu Temple, she first drew a portrait and then this one."
"Xuanwu Temple? What Xuanwu Temple?"
"A few days ago, the old lady took our girl to the Xuanwu Temple on Tianlong Mountain to pray for blessings. There, she met a female crown. Our girl admired the true Taoism so much that she drew a portrait for her."
The prince's voice trembled slightly: "The portrait of the Taoist nun you girls drew is the Taoist priest Xinzhen?"
"Exactly."
The prince rolled up his sleeves and left.
Mr. Li Wu chased after him and shouted: "Your Majesty, where are you going?"
The prince ignored him and half-ran out of Li's house. He jumped on the horse and said: "Go to Xuanwu Temple!" He shook the reins and urged the horse to run. For some reason, Mr. Li Wu followed closely behind.
The group hurried to Tianlong Mountain and after asking for half a day, they found Xuanwu Temple. It was still the little Taoist boy who opened the door. When the boy heard that they were looking for Xinzhen, he said: "Uncle Xinzhen is no longer in the temple."
The prince was anxious: "Where has she gone?"
The Taoist boy said: "Her wedding day is coming soon, and she has gone down the mountain to live in her husband's guest house."
"What?!" The prince and the eunuch shouted in unison, "She is getting married?"
The Taoist boy said lazily: "My master said that Taoism is natural and you can adapt to circumstances. If my uncle has a Taoist mind, he can practice even if he is married. If he doesn't have a Taoist mind, his whole life in contemplation will be useless."
Mr. Li Wu said "Ah" from the side: "I just said that the name Xinzhen sounds familiar! A few days ago, I heard that our old lady took Jiu Mei to see the Taoist nun. It turned out to be her! Not bad.
, it's called Xin Zhen." He said to the prince, "Have you not heard, Your Highness? It has spread all over the streets of Taiyuan. It is the second wife that my brother-in-law Lin Dongyang is going to marry, and she is about to become a stepmother for my nephew's daughter.