Chapter 141: In place
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The old Taoist thought he was going to say something very confidential and asked to talk to Shen Wen separately, so he left the little Taoist and Su Wanniang outside the house. The little Taoist saw the shadow of the skeleton looming on Su Wanniang's face, and he didn't dare to look at her. When I noticed her beauty, Su Wanniang finally came across a true abiding man, and deeply felt that this little Taoist was indeed a monk and cultivator.
In the room, the old Taoist priest looked at Shen Wen and sighed: "The little lady is green between her eyebrows..."
Shen Wen didn't know what the old Taoist priest was here for, and interrupted with a smile: "That's not a good thing."
The old Taoist laughed dryly and said in a low voice: "Qing Qi is the atmosphere of hatred and resentment. Is it because the little lady has turned into hatred because of resentment and anger, did she reverse the situation and reorganize the universe?"
Shen Wen also laughed dryly: "What's the matter with the chief Taoist, it might as well be blunt."
The old Taoist sighed and said, "I know that you are an unfathomable person, and I don’t hide anything from you. I owe a big favor to my younger brother, and I drank him for nothing for a long time. Now he...I think anyway. He has no good fruits to eat in the future, so he wants to ask you to save him."
Shen Wen was very suspicious, always wondering if the other party was sent by the prince. When I think of the prince, and then look at the Taoist priest in front of me, I think of the Taoist Taoist recommended by the prince. The person in the previous life is indeed not good to die. Shen Wen frowned and asked tentatively: "You are not talking about Taoist Mao, right? "
The old Taoist was so frightened that he almost wanted to worship Shen Wen, but the other party was a young girl, and she was really saluting. For fear of the other party's unpleasantness, he could only look straight at Shen Wen and whispered: "Just... Exactly."
Shen Wen still didn't dare to believe the old Taoist priest too much, and asked, "You are telling me, why doesn't he have any good fruits."
The old Taoist sighed again: "He has a face of death. I have calculated for him. He will live a long life if he is poor, and he will live a short life if he is rich. I have repeatedly said that he is not allowed to build a view, just build, and don't build it in the capital. , And don’t be too famous... He doesn’t listen, he just goes his own way, pursuing to make himself proud. It’s better now, to the emperor’s side... His life is in jeopardy with the emperor. You must have changed the fate of many people, and many of me have passed. The face of the people who have been killed is not allowed to change. But I don’t think the face of my brother’s death has changed, so I come to ask for your help."
Shen Wen believed the old Taoist priest at this time, and then asked: "What do you think is the most proud of his heart?"
The old Taoist pinched his finger: "He is proud that he built the Xiaoyun View. He said that this is his painstaking effort and is something he left behind. He is proud that he has developed the eternal life pill to help others. He is proud of his disciples. There are hundreds of people and countless pilgrims. He is a good evangelist. He is proud to have a field of money and can live comfortably... I can’t say that he is not doing well, and I have taken advantage of him. Although he is very happy to pursue fame and fortune or something. , But he is not a bad person, he has no intention of harming others, and definitely shouldn’t die. Therefore, just to pay back his love, I have to ask you to help save his life. If you have something you want me to do, as long as it is not harmful Yes, I will certainly help you too."
Shen Wen took a deep breath, it was great! She said to the old Taoist priest: "It's actually very easy to save him. Just let him go out of the palace."
The old Taoist sighed: "How could he listen to me if he listened to my advice, he wouldn't have come this far."
Shen Wen said: "When the time comes, you just need to do what I said, and you will naturally be able to let him go out of the palace and return to Xiaoyun. If he leaves the palace, maybe he will have a way out."
The old Taoist was shocked: "Really! He will really have an accident in the palace"
Shen Wen nodded: "Of course! If I don't change the status quo, he will be burned to death as a demon in the future."
There were tears in the eyes of the old Taoist: "He really shouldn't end up like that! You must save him."
Shen Wen said: "You can do something for a friend of mine, and if these things are done, your junior will definitely be able to come out of the palace and return to Xiaoyun."
The old Taoist hurriedly asked: "What's the matter?"
Shen Wen said: "Oh, it's actually not a difficult thing, just ask you to help refine...Pills and the like."
The veteran Taoist immediately became alert: "What are these things? What are you going to do?"
Shen Wen shook his hand: "I can't say yes. Although it is not a good thing for people to eat, I am not used to poison, but only used to blow rocks."
The old Taoist said clearly: "Oh, you just want me to refine something" it was discovered by Taoist alchemy.
Shen Wen nodded again: "Yes, but I have to configure it. You just refine some... uh... ingredients."
The old Taoist asked very seriously: "You are definitely not doing things that hurt the truth."
Shen Wen raised his hand and said, "I swear! It's just used to blow up rocks!"
The veteran once again confirmed: "Not to hurt people"
Shen Wen said honestly: "It's just to blow up the rocks!"
Looking at Shen Wen's extremely honest eyes, the old Taoist finally nodded and asked: "Where do you practice?"
Shen Wen thought for a while and said: "Of course you can't be here, those things are not easy to transport. You have to go to a place, and I will find someone to **** you there. Do you have a place to live now? If not, you can live with the monk next to you. In the temple, wait until the rainy season has passed. You come to see me and I will tell you what I want."
The old Taoist priest made Shen Wen's wish to take action achieved, and he relaxed in his heart. He heard that he could live nearby, and he nodded hurriedly when he heard that he could live nearby. He nodded hurriedly because he had to work. No It's nothing to eat for nothing.
On the same day, the old Taoist and the little Taoist went to the monk's temple nearby. The old Taoist said that Miss Shen Er let him stay. The people in this monk's temple were arranged by Ping Yuan Hou, just to protect the nun's nunnery over there. Miss Shen Er. Hearing that it was sent by Miss Shen Er, she connected the two people to the guest room and sent another person to verify it.
The old Taoist felt a little awkward living in the monk temple, so he hung a gossip picture on the wall to show his steadfast faith. The little Taoist didn't feel any discomfort. The people around him changed from Taoist to monk, and their attitude was much better. At least they didn't roll their eyes when they saw him. Unlike the old Taoist priest, he always sat in the house and meditated and chanted mantras. After living for a few days, he finally got a sunny day without rain, so he slipped out of the guest room and walked around in the yard. He went to the backyard and encountered two A young man of his own age. Although they all wear monk clothes, they still have hair.
The little Taoist priest has been with his master since he was a child. He rarely has a playmate of the same age. He went to meet up with Su Chuanya and was ruthlessly rejected. Now seeing these two teenagers, he is a little shy and tilted his head slightly on the side of the road. Holding the patched Dao robe with both hands, he wanted to stop talking.
Shen Qiang smiled and yelled at the little Taoist priest, Zhang Yunzhao pulled Shen Qiang and ran over: "Eh, you are a Taoist priest! Why are you here at the monk's temple?"
The little Taoist said: "You are not a monk, why do you live here?"
Zhang Yunzhao said: "I'm here..." He couldn't say that he was practicing martial arts, so he said confidently: "Being a fake monk!"
The little Taoist laughed: "I'm a true Taoist!"
Zhang Yunzhao asked: "A true Taoist priest, can you recite mantras and draw amulets?"
The little Taoist immediately became short of breath: "This...my master will do! I...I'm by the side, that, just take a pen and ink..."
Zhang Yunzhao also laughed: "You are also a fake Taoist! Come, will you hide and seek, let's play together"
The little Taoist nodded: "Okay!" The three of you chased me in the yard and ran. The sky is rare at this time, and there is a faint rainbow in the distance.
This rainbow was also seen by the prince who was walking in the palace of the capital. He looked up at the sky and felt that this was the hope that God was echoing in his heart, indicating that he will eventually dazzle the heavens after the wind and rain...
Suddenly there was a sound in front of him. The prince lowered his head and turned his face to look over. A group of eunuchs and maids in the palace walked over with the imperial nuns. When they were near him, a woman's soft voice sounded: "Stop it."
As soon as the curtain was opened, Concubine Xue went down to the palace with a graceful figure, and saluted the prince: "I have seen the prince."
The prince's heart moved, with a rare smile on his face, and he replied: "The empress is polite."
Concubine Xue Gui looked up and smiled and said, "It is a good sign that there is a rainbow in the sky. I wish the prince all his wishes come true."
This sentence was in the heart of the prince, and his smile became deeper: "Thank you, Niang Niang, for your kind words."
Concubine Xue Gui is younger than him, but it can be said that she is his little mother. The two have met many times at palace banquets and various ceremonies in the past, but they have never spoken in private. Concubine Xue Gui was favored by the emperor as soon as she entered the palace, and there was a tendency to become a queen when she was pregnant with a child. The prince made people stare at this thing all the time. At that time, he felt that his father seemed dissatisfied with him and distrusted the three princes. He might re-train another prince. Therefore, if Concubine Xue Gui became pregnant, she would not be allowed to live. But time passed, and the emperor's harem has been childless. Different from the imperial concubine who had no children in the harem of the East Palace, the emperor had no children in the harem, indicating that the emperor was probably too old to give birth to children. Only then did the prince relax his surveillance of Concubine Xue, and now that the emperor concentrates on health preservation and has few sexual intercourses, he does not spend the night at Concubine Xue's place. The prince is completely relieved of Concubine Xue.
This fear disappeared, and the prince seemed to have really observed Concubine Xue's appearance for the first time. Concubine Xue Gui's eyebrows are like distant mountains, her eyes are gleaming, her complexion is delicate, and her waist is graceful. She is indeed a beauty. It's no wonder that the emperor has been pampered by her father for so many years... The prince smiled more cordially.
Concubine Xue's eyes drooped slightly, her mouth turned up, and she said with an unspeakable amorous feeling: "I wanted to go to the alchemy room, and wanted to ask Mao Daochang to make some beauty pills for me..." Mao Daochang made alchemy for the emperor. , Naturally you have to come in person to appear respectful.
The prince smiled and said: "The empress is so beautiful, why don't you eat any beauty pills, wouldn't it be a day to fly into a fairy?"
Concubine Xue Gui lowered her head shyly: "His Royal Highness, what a joke..." She raised her eyes a little, and was looking at her with the Prince's eyes... At this moment, silence is better than sound.
Concubine Xue Gui blushed and saluted: "The slave family retire first."
The prince nodded: "The empress is going well, the palace feels that it is better not to go to the Mao Dao chief." So as not to arouse the emperor's suspicion.
Concubine Xue Gui looked up and blinked innocently: "His Royal Highness feels that the slave family's actions are not appropriate"
A trace of ambiguity appeared in the eyes of the prince: "My palace says that the empress really doesn't need a beautifying pill. Doesn't the empress believe it?"
Concubine Xue Gui bowed her head and said: "His Royal Highness is so complimented, the concubine is really ashamed and embarrassed... Just as your Royal Highness said, I won't ask for pill in the future." She looked up again, and the two of them looked at each other and smiled, both of them are grown-ups who have gone through the trouble. , Naturally understand what it means, it can be regarded as understanding.
Concubine Xue Gui saluted again, turned around the palace, and a group of people turned back. The prince raised his head and looked at the rainbow in the sky again, feeling depressed, and looking forward to the future again.
Concubine Xue Gui clasped the Sipa in her hand tightly, and the Sipa was already wet. This first step has already gone out, and it has gone smoothly. She didn't even want to ask for any pill, but she knew that the prince would often walk in the palace, and she had long been secretly observing the prince's whereabouts, and finally met on the road today! Moreover, there are rainbows in the sky!
What made her even more pleased was that the prince seemed to be interested... Concubine Xue Gui thought for a moment, and she felt that the prince must be a very lonely person. Everyone said that the prince was very jealous, and the prince had to dismiss the harem. She had met the princess a few times. She was a withered-looking woman, older than herself, but she looked like a person in her thirties. The prince must not be happy...
Back in her palace, Concubine Xue's mouth was slightly tilted, with a smile on her face. Pa Rong, who had always taken care of her, sighed when she was changing clothes in the interior. Concubine Xue Gui seemed to know what she was thinking, and whispered: "There was still Wu Meiniang in the previous dynasty..." Wu Meiniang, who was just a concubine of Li Shimin, handed a handkerchief to someone in the toilet, but she got the prince! The two were emotionally moved when the emperor was seriously ill and the prince came to attend. If the emperor is ill and she serves in front of the couch day and night, she should have a chance with the prince. But now the emperor is in good health, she had to take risks like this.
The dark slug said: "Niang Niang speak carefully! How can Wu Mei Niang compare herself to her?" That is the only female emperor in China, what kind of arms and arms is that how can I think so if I let others know, can I still live?
Xue Guifei sighed slightly: "Who wants to be her I just want..."
Is the dam value broken and the wreckage invaded?"
Concubine Xue Gui could not answer, and suddenly found that she wanted too much: She wanted a husband, a child, a good life...
Bars, Jing Mou, O 锬铮 ∈ Quietly about the raccoon dog> Mugong, sometimes people have to admit their fate! "
Concubine Xue Gui felt a burst of colic in her heart, and she felt a strong hatred: At the beginning, at the beginning! If it weren't for those two people who arrived in Jiangnan and didn't care about them, she wouldn't be angry for a while, and agreed to enter the palace, which really ruined her whole life...If there is a chance, she really wants them to die! It took them a thousand swords to compensate her for the hardships she spent in the palace these years.
She almost burst into tears and murmured: "How can I recognize that I can't recognize it..." She just kept her empty boudoir alone, waiting for the emperor to come once every five or ten days, carefully making him happy, and then he left. ! In this way, it may not last long!
In the future, when the emperor really died, he had no children, so he could only live his old age in the temple. How can you be so useless in this life! The women of her generation have already married and have children, and now she can only fight for it once again. If she can be favored by the prince, then after the emperor's death, she will have a second spring... But if the emperor lives to be seventy to eighty, then she will be forty or fifty years old... Suddenly, Concubine Xue had a thought that made her shudder: If the emperor has passed away now, and he has only been two years old, he is just youthful, and has received the love of the new emperor, then... there is still hope for everything!
Seeing Concubine Xue’s expression from frustration to excitement, Bian Yiwei once again persuaded him: "Manny! Don’t force anything..."
Xue Guifei interrupted: "I didn't force it! People want to survive, ah [Huang Jiao Ren Fei!
The eighth gear is broken, and it’s a heartfelt slap in the face..."
Concubine Xue Gui said: "Now life is not the same as death, there is no hope..."
Raking the state of mind of the concubine Tianzi, I can only say: "The empress must be careful and then be careful."
Concubine Xue nodded: "Of course."
Concubine Xue Gui wanted to meet the prince again, but unfortunately, the prince began to rain continuously for several days. Not to mention that the prince was burnt to death by the memorials from all over the world. Not to mention, in time for the emperor to meet the courtiers, the three princes alluded to the prince's disaster relief in the court hall, saying that there were many disasters There was no response to the report. People thought that the imperial court allowed the river embankment to burst and the people were displaced!
The prince was very angry: the emperor hadn't reacted before, why don't you dare to talk about him!
Several courtiers who were not the prince who were still in the court also joined in the fun, saying that after four years of drought, the court did everything that should be done before they could do nothing. But the flooding just started, and there are many things that can be done, such as instructing officials to strengthen patrol of the embankment and evacuate the people. If something goes wrong, the official responsible should be held accountable. You can't just say "known" and "read" in a perfunctory manner.
The prince was angrily defended: "Those are what the officials should do, do they have to teach them in the palace!"
Without waiting for the ministers to speak again, the emperor glanced at the prince reproachfully, and said to the face of a hundred officials in the civil and military affairs: "After all, the prince has no experience in dealing with floods. The princes should be more considerate. If there is an extremely urgent matter. , You can indicate on the memorial that you want me to read it personally."
This is simply a slap in the face of the prince in public! Although the third prince next to him was as cold as ever, the prince still felt that he was sneered! The prince gritted his teeth, not daring to let the emperor discover his emotions, so he bowed his head and apologized vaguely.
After he descends, people will stare at the actions of Concubine Xue, this line can't be broken!
The four princes at the imperial tomb have not slept for several days and nights. He was supported by the attendant Ding Nei, and stayed with Huang Cheng and Wang Guoliang by the flood channel day and night to prevent flooding.
Wang Guoliang's attitude towards the four princes is very good now. These days, he watched with his own eyes several times that the flood almost passed the temporary embankment built by the soldiers with sandbags and stones, and he was afraid for a while. If he hadn't listened to the words of the four princes and had adopted Huang Cheng's suggestion, people would prepare for sandbags and other things in advance. At this time, he would definitely not be able to save the danger. Therefore, he is now very active in fighting floods, and he dare not be vague at all.
This afternoon it was raining as if the sky had opened a hole, and the robes and hats couldn't stop it, and the four princes were already drenched. In the rain, the attendant Ding said loudly to the fourth prince: "His Royal Highness, let's go back!"
The fourth prince panicked and shook his head and said: "No, I have to stare here, it's too rainy..." Before the words were finished, there was a bang, and someone shouted: "A cave in the upper side!" The flood that ran down was mixed with rocks. , Tilt down.
Someone lost his voice: "Oh! It's about to break the embankment!" Some of the soldiers ran back. Wang Guoliang yelled: "Don't run! I will kill anyone who runs!"
Huang Cheng also shouted: "Send the sacks quickly! Hurry up!"
Someone replied: "It's all delivered, not much left!"
Huang Cheng called: "Take off your clothes! Pack the stones, hurry!"
The fourth prince was hesitating whether he should take off his clothes, the sandbag at his feet was loosened, and the dam next to him was swept open. Ding Nai Attendant shouted: "Come on! The embankment is broken here!"
Someone said, "Run away!" Hula la, several people turned around and ran away.
The four princes suddenly remembered that they had a room of books. He had already written more than 200,000 words of "Machiavellian Theory" manuscripts. The imperial mausoleum was washed away. Is the dynasty unstable? …He immediately jumped into the gap and was almost overwhelmed, but he quickly climbed the embankment built by sandbags on both sides with his arms. Attendant Ding was terrified, screamed and jumped down with the fourth prince, hurried to the fourth prince, while supporting the fourth prince, while crying: "Where are you! Your highness is in the water!"
Wang Guoliang saw it not far away. He drew a knife and chopped a man running backwards to the ground. He ran to the side and shouted: "The palace of the Four Princes has gone down to plug the gap, everyone is up!" Although the Four Princes were out of favor The prince, but if he died here, he wouldn't be able to escape the relationship. Wang Guoliang had no choice but to jump and reach the gap, standing in the water with the fourth prince. When the other soldiers met, they didn't dare not to jump, they also puffed through the ground. A dozen people became a human wall, preventing further collapse of the embankment.
Huang Cheng loudly commanded people to drop the stone-wrapped baggage in front of them, and soon the gap was blocked, and the people above pulled up the people in the water with all their hands.
Wang Guoliang said touchedly to the four princes: "His Royal Highness swears to protect the emperor's tomb sincerely, and he will definitely report it to the emperor!"
The fourth prince shivered and waved his hands: "Don't do that, this is me... I lost my foot for a while, you know, I can't stand still."
Wang Guoliang understood it as soon as he thought about it-the four princes were avoiding suspicion, lest the emperor thought he had close contacts with the soldiers guarding the mausoleum. Wang Guoliang said with tears: "His Royal Highness, if there is a place to help the end general in the future, please speak up. Your Highness will go back and rest soon."
The fourth prince shook his head: "The rain is still too heavy, I'll wait."
Wang Guoliang said: "His Royal Highness! My Kingdom Liang is guaranteed by the head of the prince, that he must guard the dam."
The fourth prince said that if you can’t hold it, what's the use of your head, can you write my manuscript again, and insisted: "No, I have to wait until the rain is lighter."
Strangely speaking, the rain then subsided, and in the evening, it stopped. The west also showed a glow, and the wet mountains after being washed away by the flood reflected colorful light everywhere. The fourth prince was relieved, and was supported by the servant Ding and a few soldiers, went down the hillside, and went back to the courtyard to rest. After that, the four princes suffered from a cold. Wang Guoliang was grateful to the four princes for their reminders and bravery in fighting the flood. Fortunately, the fourth prince's body became much stronger after going north, and after a few pairs of anti-cold medicine, he gradually healed.
After that day, there has never been such a heavy rain. By the end of August, the rainy days became less and the rainy season was over.
Shen Wen passed her sixteenth birthday in the temple. Shen Xiang went to the temple to see her specially and brought her small gifts from Zhang Yunjin and the fifth princess.
Shen Wen lay lazily on the bed while Su Wanniang served them tea and vegetarian snacks. It was the same as before, not like a lady at all.
Shen Xiang is not picky about this younger sister now, thinking that Shen Wen has the meaning of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, but she still can't understand her being so lazy. She frowned and said to Su Wanniang: "You can't be so used to her anymore, she is sixteen, and mother every day says to give her a wedding..."
Shen Wen yelled and sat up: "Oh! I don't want to make an appointment! Mother didn't really make an appointment, right?"
Shen Xiang despised: "Look, you are anxious now, are you afraid that you won't be so lazy if you marry someone"
Shen Wen nodded and said, "Of course! Sister, didn't grandmother say I'm still young?"
Shen Xiang nodded: "Yes, my grandmother stopped it."
Shen Wen let out a sigh of relief and fell on the bed like a zombie. Shen Xiang and Su Wanniang both laughed, although they had different meanings.
In the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, the Yang family anxiously said to the old lady: "Mother, look at these people, they are really better than one! Erlang is a young talent, especially this one is called Zheng Qian, the most suitable, is a civil official. His family is fairly wealthy, and I saw him with my own eyes, a very good child."
The old lady listened in silence, only then interjected: "How did you see?"
Yang did not hear the voice-over of the old lady, and then said: "It's a coincidence that he came to see Saburo that day, and Saburo was not in the house. He said he wanted to wait, but by mistake, the servant took a pot of tea. When I fell on my body, I had to change and wash my clothes immediately. The servants came and told me that I thought the lady was too young, so I went out and apologized. When I met, I couldn’t say anything, so he even apologized and said that he was not. Be careful, no one else has done anything wrong, let me not be offended, very polite! The children in our house have no such kind of style..."
The old lady snorted and said, "I think it's better for the children in our house! Why do you want to be so humble."
Yang knew that the old lady was protecting her calf to the extreme, and explained anxiously: "How can you be low-spirited? It's a good temper! Look at Wen'er's temper. If you can't find a good temper, I asked him if there is a marriage. He If he said no, a matchmaker came to him the next day to say a kiss for him. The matchmaker said that the son of Zheng saw that I was so kind, and the daughter must not be wrong, so he dared to ask Miss Shen Er. He also said that son of Zheng had been filial to his parents since he was a child. He is humble and diligent in his studies. After winning a Jinshi, he became a small official. He loves the people like a son, gets promoted and makes money, and he can expect to be promoted soon..." Yang is very happy.
The old lady shook her head: "I don't know the basics, but it's useless to listen to those matchmakers with a good temper on the surface."
Young’s discouraged: “Of course it’s Pingyuan Hou’s Mansion who knows the roots. The kid in the remote house I saw was pretty good. The kid’s eyes are bright and he looks sincere. There is definitely no evil, which is reassuring. But Didn’t the emperor want our mansion to have something to do with Pingyuanhou Mansion? This Wen'er is also sixteen years old..."
The old lady said, "So what's the matter, Xianger hasn't married yet, so I should wait for Xianger to settle down first."
The Yang family was afraid of hearing this, so he took out the silk to wipe his eyes: "How can I wait for Xianger to be eighteen? Wen'er is not waiting, and it will delay my age at Wen'er! Two children! Isn't Dalang's wife also living at the age of sixteen? Xianger had children when she was so old... But my two daughters didn't even have a family member. How good is this..."
The old lady felt that her ears were coming out of her ears. Wang Tian sighed, and said, "Wen'er can't be married right now anyway! You are right to listen to me." People helped her back to the backyard, ignoring Yang's nagging. .
Yang didn’t get the old lady’s approval, but didn’t give up. After a month, after Shen Zhuo finally returned to the house for a meal, he asked Shen Zhuo in front of the old lady, "Sanlang, there was a man named Zheng Qian who came to see you that day. You, do you know, don’t tell others first, there is a matchmaker who will tell him about your little sister’s marriage, have you heard of this person, go and ask for me.” Didn’t the old lady say you don’t know the details? Up.
When Shen Zhuo heard Zheng Qian's name, he almost yelled at him, but he was no longer a teenager, and Shen Wen didn't mean to keep Zheng Qian out, but to perfuse him so that he felt that he had hope, so Shen Zhuo endured it. After this bad breath, he tried to smile and said: "I really met him on the road. He also helped local officials to rescue the people. He seemed to be a very good person."
Yang sighed, and the old lady on one side immediately said, "What does it mean? It seems to be good. You young people have any eyesight. I have to look at it for Wen'er someday."
Yang twitched the corners of his mouth, feeling that the old lady was making things difficult for her, but Shen Zhuo smiled and said: "Grandma is right. Grandma must have more things than us, and her eyesight must be accurate."
Shen Xiang didn't say a word, she pretended not to hear anything about marriage.
After this, the Yang family wanted to arrange the old lady to see Zheng Qian several times, but the old lady was sore and lacking energy, so it was winter after dragging the ground.
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After staying for a while, the old Taoist priests also began to walk around in the temple to bask in the sun. That day I met the middle-aged monk who was in charge of the temple. Both of them were pretending to have things in their hearts. They knew that they couldn't talk more. They only said some indifferent words. They talked and walked, and they went to the backyard.
The little Daoist and Shen Qiang and Zhang Yunzhao got acquainted, and the three of them would meet and play for a while every day. In the past, when the little Taoist did not come, Shen Qiang and Zhang Yunzhao had already climbed all the trees in the temple and the house. Now the little Taoist has come, you can do it again. On this day, the little Taoist priest was criticized on the tree and couldn't get down, so he had to shout, Shen Qiang and Zhang Yunzhao originally ran away, but they heard the voice of the little Taoist, Shen Qiang screamed and ran back and stood in the tree. Down, let the little Taoist step down from the trunk and step on his shoulder, then he squatted down and the little Taoist went to the ground.
The old Taoist priest watched Shen Qiang twirling his beard silently. The middle-aged monk smiled and said to Shen Qiang: "The little benefactor has a generous heart and is destined to my Buddha." Shen Qiang laughed and yelled twice, and ran with the little Taoist priest. Up.
The old Taoist sees the middle-aged monk: "The abbot really thinks so"
The monk turned his head and looked firmly at the old Taoist priest: "Yes, this son is pure by nature, and he is a person in the Buddha."
The old Taoist shook his head: "The abbot knows..."
The monk interrupted the old Taoist priest: "Even if he opens his mind any day, he cannot change his conscience. No matter what he does, one day, he will wake up and enter my Buddhism!"
The old Taoist did not say anything. After the little Taoist had enough fun in the afternoon, he returned to the guest room. The old Taoist asked, "How does that dark and fat kid treat you?"
The little Taoist blushed as he ran, panting, and said, "Oh, that's great! Every time he carried me down to the house under the tree or something. I was angry and beat him, and he never returned..."
The old Taoist was startled: "You beat him"
The little Taoist nodded and said: "Of course! The two of them always teased me, let me catch the opportunity, of course, they have to beat him twice!"
The old Taoist frowned: "You can't beat him! Although he hasn't done anything yet, he is not the one you can beat!"
The little Taoist said: "Why not! Although he was anxious, he yelled, but he didn't hit me."
The old Taoist sighed, "Thank God..."
The little Taoist asked curiously: "What's wrong?"
The old Taoist said: "If I told you, would you tell them?"
The little Taoist nodded: "Probably, I think I can't hide anything from them."
The old Taoist shook his head: "Then you must remember, never hit the fat black man, be very nice to him. Don't quarrel with the other kid, you can't quarrel him."
The little Taoist disagreed and said, "I don't think..."
The old Taoist stopped the little Taoist: "Don't talk back! You have to listen to me! Otherwise, you can't eat for nothing!"
The little Taoist said: "Why can't I say that he has money, he can give it to me in the future..."
The old Taoist patted the little Taoist on the head: "You can't be so lazy! Can you ask for your money? It's not yours. If you take it, it will be miserable! You have to do it! Go draw the talisman!" The little Taoist sat down crying.
Although the little Taoist was stern, he was really good to Shen Qiang. He never beat Shen Qiang again and spoke affectionately. Shen Qiang also took special care of him. When the rainy season passed, they ran to the mountains to play, and when they encountered ditches and ridges, Shen Qiang also took the initiative to carry him over, and the little Taoist was very grateful. He stopped quarreling with Zhang Yunzhao. What Zhang Yunzhao said was. Now, the three people are really fun to be together, and they can’t have fun at home, so that the old Taoist priest and Mr. Gu issued a ban almost at the same time: three people are not allowed to play twice a day. More than an hour, lest they are too happy!
When winter comes, people are full of fear for the coming year. I wonder if it will be another disaster year. Food is more expensive, and bandits are rampant everywhere. However, the Li family in the south of the Yangtze River began to sell grain. Many people followed up selling grain after seeing this, and somewhat stabilized the price of grain.
In the mountains to the south, the first batch of food and weapons sent to the north got on a large ship from the southern port and headed slowly northward against the wind. Zhang Yunzheng, who had sent weapons and food on board, did not accompany the ship. Instead, he headed for the capital by way of land.
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The old Taoist thought he was going to say something very confidential and asked to talk to Shen Wen separately, so he left the little Taoist and Su Wanniang outside the house. The little Taoist saw the shadow of the skeleton looming on Su Wanniang's face, and he didn't dare to look at her. When I noticed her beauty, Su Wanniang finally came across a true abiding man, and deeply felt that this little Taoist was indeed a monk and cultivator.
In the room, the old Taoist priest looked at Shen Wen and sighed: "The little lady is green between her eyebrows..."
Shen Wen didn't know what the old Taoist priest was here for, and interrupted with a smile: "That's not a good thing."
The old Taoist laughed dryly and said in a low voice: "Qing Qi is the atmosphere of hatred and resentment. Is it because the little lady has turned into hatred because of resentment and anger, did she reverse the situation and reorganize the universe?"
Shen Wen also laughed dryly: "What's the matter with the chief Taoist, it might as well be blunt."
The old Taoist sighed and said, "I know that you are an unfathomable person, and I don’t hide anything from you. I owe a big favor to my younger brother, and I drank him for nothing for a long time. Now he...I think anyway. He has no good fruits to eat in the future, so he wants to ask you to save him."
Shen Wen was very suspicious, always wondering if the other party was sent by the prince. When I think of the prince, and then look at the Taoist priest in front of me, I think of the Taoist Taoist recommended by the prince. The person in the previous life is indeed not good to die. Shen Wen frowned and asked tentatively: "You are not talking about Taoist Mao, right? "
The old Taoist was so frightened that he almost wanted to worship Shen Wen, but the other party was a young girl, and she was really saluting. For fear of the other party's unpleasantness, he could only look straight at Shen Wen and whispered: "Just... Exactly."
Shen Wen still didn't dare to believe the old Taoist priest too much, and asked, "You are telling me, why doesn't he have any good fruits."
The old Taoist sighed again: "He has a face of death. I have calculated for him. He will live a long life if he is poor, and he will live a short life if he is rich. I have repeatedly said that he is not allowed to build a view, just build, and don't build it in the capital. , And don’t be too famous... He doesn’t listen, he just goes his own way, pursuing to make himself proud. It’s better now, to the emperor’s side... His life is in jeopardy with the emperor. You must have changed the fate of many people, and many of me have passed. The face of the people who have been killed is not allowed to change. But I don’t think the face of my brother’s death has changed, so I come to ask for your help."
Shen Wen believed the old Taoist priest at this time, and then asked: "What do you think is the most proud of his heart?"
The old Taoist pinched his finger: "He is proud that he built the Xiaoyun View. He said that this is his painstaking effort and is something he left behind. He is proud that he has developed the eternal life pill to help others. He is proud of his disciples. There are hundreds of people and countless pilgrims. He is a good evangelist. He is proud to have a field of money and can live comfortably... I can’t say that he is not doing well, and I have taken advantage of him. Although he is very happy to pursue fame and fortune or something. , But he is not a bad person, he has no intention of harming others, and definitely shouldn’t die. Therefore, just to pay back his love, I have to ask you to help save his life. If you have something you want me to do, as long as it is not harmful Yes, I will certainly help you too."
Shen Wen took a deep breath, it was great! She said to the old Taoist priest: "It's actually very easy to save him. Just let him go out of the palace."
The old Taoist sighed: "How could he listen to me if he listened to my advice, he wouldn't have come this far."
Shen Wen said: "When the time comes, you just need to do what I said, and you will naturally be able to let him go out of the palace and return to Xiaoyun. If he leaves the palace, maybe he will have a way out."
The old Taoist was shocked: "Really! He will really have an accident in the palace"
Shen Wen nodded: "Of course! If I don't change the status quo, he will be burned to death as a demon in the future."
There were tears in the eyes of the old Taoist: "He really shouldn't end up like that! You must save him."
Shen Wen said: "You can do something for a friend of mine, and if these things are done, your junior will definitely be able to come out of the palace and return to Xiaoyun."
The old Taoist hurriedly asked: "What's the matter?"
Shen Wen said: "Oh, it's actually not a difficult thing, just ask you to help refine...Pills and the like."
The veteran Taoist immediately became alert: "What are these things? What are you going to do?"
Shen Wen shook his hand: "I can't say yes. Although it is not a good thing for people to eat, I am not used to poison, but only used to blow rocks."
The old Taoist said clearly: "Oh, you just want me to refine something" it was discovered by Taoist alchemy.
Shen Wen nodded again: "Yes, but I have to configure it. You just refine some... uh... ingredients."
The old Taoist asked very seriously: "You are definitely not doing things that hurt the truth."
Shen Wen raised his hand and said, "I swear! It's just used to blow up rocks!"
The veteran once again confirmed: "Not to hurt people"
Shen Wen said honestly: "It's just to blow up the rocks!"
Looking at Shen Wen's extremely honest eyes, the old Taoist finally nodded and asked: "Where do you practice?"
Shen Wen thought for a while and said: "Of course you can't be here, those things are not easy to transport. You have to go to a place, and I will find someone to **** you there. Do you have a place to live now? If not, you can live with the monk next to you. In the temple, wait until the rainy season has passed. You come to see me and I will tell you what I want."
The old Taoist priest made Shen Wen's wish to take action achieved, and he relaxed in his heart. He heard that he could live nearby, and he nodded hurriedly when he heard that he could live nearby. He nodded hurriedly because he had to work. No It's nothing to eat for nothing.
On the same day, the old Taoist and the little Taoist went to the monk's temple nearby. The old Taoist said that Miss Shen Er let him stay. The people in this monk's temple were arranged by Ping Yuan Hou, just to protect the nun's nunnery over there. Miss Shen Er. Hearing that it was sent by Miss Shen Er, she connected the two people to the guest room and sent another person to verify it.
The old Taoist felt a little awkward living in the monk temple, so he hung a gossip picture on the wall to show his steadfast faith. The little Taoist didn't feel any discomfort. The people around him changed from Taoist to monk, and their attitude was much better. At least they didn't roll their eyes when they saw him. Unlike the old Taoist priest, he always sat in the house and meditated and chanted mantras. After living for a few days, he finally got a sunny day without rain, so he slipped out of the guest room and walked around in the yard. He went to the backyard and encountered two A young man of his own age. Although they all wear monk clothes, they still have hair.
The little Taoist priest has been with his master since he was a child. He rarely has a playmate of the same age. He went to meet up with Su Chuanya and was ruthlessly rejected. Now seeing these two teenagers, he is a little shy and tilted his head slightly on the side of the road. Holding the patched Dao robe with both hands, he wanted to stop talking.
Shen Qiang smiled and yelled at the little Taoist priest, Zhang Yunzhao pulled Shen Qiang and ran over: "Eh, you are a Taoist priest! Why are you here at the monk's temple?"
The little Taoist said: "You are not a monk, why do you live here?"
Zhang Yunzhao said: "I'm here..." He couldn't say that he was practicing martial arts, so he said confidently: "Being a fake monk!"
The little Taoist laughed: "I'm a true Taoist!"
Zhang Yunzhao asked: "A true Taoist priest, can you recite mantras and draw amulets?"
The little Taoist immediately became short of breath: "This...my master will do! I...I'm by the side, that, just take a pen and ink..."
Zhang Yunzhao also laughed: "You are also a fake Taoist! Come, will you hide and seek, let's play together"
The little Taoist nodded: "Okay!" The three of you chased me in the yard and ran. The sky is rare at this time, and there is a faint rainbow in the distance.
This rainbow was also seen by the prince who was walking in the palace of the capital. He looked up at the sky and felt that this was the hope that God was echoing in his heart, indicating that he will eventually dazzle the heavens after the wind and rain...
Suddenly there was a sound in front of him. The prince lowered his head and turned his face to look over. A group of eunuchs and maids in the palace walked over with the imperial nuns. When they were near him, a woman's soft voice sounded: "Stop it."
As soon as the curtain was opened, Concubine Xue went down to the palace with a graceful figure, and saluted the prince: "I have seen the prince."
The prince's heart moved, with a rare smile on his face, and he replied: "The empress is polite."
Concubine Xue Gui looked up and smiled and said, "It is a good sign that there is a rainbow in the sky. I wish the prince all his wishes come true."
This sentence was in the heart of the prince, and his smile became deeper: "Thank you, Niang Niang, for your kind words."
Concubine Xue Gui is younger than him, but it can be said that she is his little mother. The two have met many times at palace banquets and various ceremonies in the past, but they have never spoken in private. Concubine Xue Gui was favored by the emperor as soon as she entered the palace, and there was a tendency to become a queen when she was pregnant with a child. The prince made people stare at this thing all the time. At that time, he felt that his father seemed dissatisfied with him and distrusted the three princes. He might re-train another prince. Therefore, if Concubine Xue Gui became pregnant, she would not be allowed to live. But time passed, and the emperor's harem has been childless. Different from the imperial concubine who had no children in the harem of the East Palace, the emperor had no children in the harem, indicating that the emperor was probably too old to give birth to children. Only then did the prince relax his surveillance of Concubine Xue, and now that the emperor concentrates on health preservation and has few sexual intercourses, he does not spend the night at Concubine Xue's place. The prince is completely relieved of Concubine Xue.
This fear disappeared, and the prince seemed to have really observed Concubine Xue's appearance for the first time. Concubine Xue Gui's eyebrows are like distant mountains, her eyes are gleaming, her complexion is delicate, and her waist is graceful. She is indeed a beauty. It's no wonder that the emperor has been pampered by her father for so many years... The prince smiled more cordially.
Concubine Xue's eyes drooped slightly, her mouth turned up, and she said with an unspeakable amorous feeling: "I wanted to go to the alchemy room, and wanted to ask Mao Daochang to make some beauty pills for me..." Mao Daochang made alchemy for the emperor. , Naturally you have to come in person to appear respectful.
The prince smiled and said: "The empress is so beautiful, why don't you eat any beauty pills, wouldn't it be a day to fly into a fairy?"
Concubine Xue Gui lowered her head shyly: "His Royal Highness, what a joke..." She raised her eyes a little, and was looking at her with the Prince's eyes... At this moment, silence is better than sound.
Concubine Xue Gui blushed and saluted: "The slave family retire first."
The prince nodded: "The empress is going well, the palace feels that it is better not to go to the Mao Dao chief." So as not to arouse the emperor's suspicion.
Concubine Xue Gui looked up and blinked innocently: "His Royal Highness feels that the slave family's actions are not appropriate"
A trace of ambiguity appeared in the eyes of the prince: "My palace says that the empress really doesn't need a beautifying pill. Doesn't the empress believe it?"
Concubine Xue Gui bowed her head and said: "His Royal Highness is so complimented, the concubine is really ashamed and embarrassed... Just as your Royal Highness said, I won't ask for pill in the future." She looked up again, and the two of them looked at each other and smiled, both of them are grown-ups who have gone through the trouble. , Naturally understand what it means, it can be regarded as understanding.
Concubine Xue Gui saluted again, turned around the palace, and a group of people turned back. The prince raised his head and looked at the rainbow in the sky again, feeling depressed, and looking forward to the future again.
Concubine Xue Gui clasped the Sipa in her hand tightly, and the Sipa was already wet. This first step has already gone out, and it has gone smoothly. She didn't even want to ask for any pill, but she knew that the prince would often walk in the palace, and she had long been secretly observing the prince's whereabouts, and finally met on the road today! Moreover, there are rainbows in the sky!
What made her even more pleased was that the prince seemed to be interested... Concubine Xue Gui thought for a moment, and she felt that the prince must be a very lonely person. Everyone said that the prince was very jealous, and the prince had to dismiss the harem. She had met the princess a few times. She was a withered-looking woman, older than herself, but she looked like a person in her thirties. The prince must not be happy...
Back in her palace, Concubine Xue's mouth was slightly tilted, with a smile on her face. Pa Rong, who had always taken care of her, sighed when she was changing clothes in the interior. Concubine Xue Gui seemed to know what she was thinking, and whispered: "There was still Wu Meiniang in the previous dynasty..." Wu Meiniang, who was just a concubine of Li Shimin, handed a handkerchief to someone in the toilet, but she got the prince! The two were emotionally moved when the emperor was seriously ill and the prince came to attend. If the emperor is ill and she serves in front of the couch day and night, she should have a chance with the prince. But now the emperor is in good health, she had to take risks like this.
The dark slug said: "Niang Niang speak carefully! How can Wu Mei Niang compare herself to her?" That is the only female emperor in China, what kind of arms and arms is that how can I think so if I let others know, can I still live?
Xue Guifei sighed slightly: "Who wants to be her I just want..."
Is the dam value broken and the wreckage invaded?"
Concubine Xue Gui could not answer, and suddenly found that she wanted too much: She wanted a husband, a child, a good life...
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Concubine Xue Gui felt a burst of colic in her heart, and she felt a strong hatred: At the beginning, at the beginning! If it weren't for those two people who arrived in Jiangnan and didn't care about them, she wouldn't be angry for a while, and agreed to enter the palace, which really ruined her whole life...If there is a chance, she really wants them to die! It took them a thousand swords to compensate her for the hardships she spent in the palace these years.
She almost burst into tears and murmured: "How can I recognize that I can't recognize it..." She just kept her empty boudoir alone, waiting for the emperor to come once every five or ten days, carefully making him happy, and then he left. ! In this way, it may not last long!
In the future, when the emperor really died, he had no children, so he could only live his old age in the temple. How can you be so useless in this life! The women of her generation have already married and have children, and now she can only fight for it once again. If she can be favored by the prince, then after the emperor's death, she will have a second spring... But if the emperor lives to be seventy to eighty, then she will be forty or fifty years old... Suddenly, Concubine Xue had a thought that made her shudder: If the emperor has passed away now, and he has only been two years old, he is just youthful, and has received the love of the new emperor, then... there is still hope for everything!
Seeing Concubine Xue’s expression from frustration to excitement, Bian Yiwei once again persuaded him: "Manny! Don’t force anything..."
Xue Guifei interrupted: "I didn't force it! People want to survive, ah [Huang Jiao Ren Fei!
The eighth gear is broken, and it’s a heartfelt slap in the face..."
Concubine Xue Gui said: "Now life is not the same as death, there is no hope..."
Raking the state of mind of the concubine Tianzi, I can only say: "The empress must be careful and then be careful."
Concubine Xue nodded: "Of course."
Concubine Xue Gui wanted to meet the prince again, but unfortunately, the prince began to rain continuously for several days. Not to mention that the prince was burnt to death by the memorials from all over the world. Not to mention, in time for the emperor to meet the courtiers, the three princes alluded to the prince's disaster relief in the court hall, saying that there were many disasters There was no response to the report. People thought that the imperial court allowed the river embankment to burst and the people were displaced!
The prince was very angry: the emperor hadn't reacted before, why don't you dare to talk about him!
Several courtiers who were not the prince who were still in the court also joined in the fun, saying that after four years of drought, the court did everything that should be done before they could do nothing. But the flooding just started, and there are many things that can be done, such as instructing officials to strengthen patrol of the embankment and evacuate the people. If something goes wrong, the official responsible should be held accountable. You can't just say "known" and "read" in a perfunctory manner.
The prince was angrily defended: "Those are what the officials should do, do they have to teach them in the palace!"
Without waiting for the ministers to speak again, the emperor glanced at the prince reproachfully, and said to the face of a hundred officials in the civil and military affairs: "After all, the prince has no experience in dealing with floods. The princes should be more considerate. If there is an extremely urgent matter. , You can indicate on the memorial that you want me to read it personally."
This is simply a slap in the face of the prince in public! Although the third prince next to him was as cold as ever, the prince still felt that he was sneered! The prince gritted his teeth, not daring to let the emperor discover his emotions, so he bowed his head and apologized vaguely.
After he descends, people will stare at the actions of Concubine Xue, this line can't be broken!
The four princes at the imperial tomb have not slept for several days and nights. He was supported by the attendant Ding Nei, and stayed with Huang Cheng and Wang Guoliang by the flood channel day and night to prevent flooding.
Wang Guoliang's attitude towards the four princes is very good now. These days, he watched with his own eyes several times that the flood almost passed the temporary embankment built by the soldiers with sandbags and stones, and he was afraid for a while. If he hadn't listened to the words of the four princes and had adopted Huang Cheng's suggestion, people would prepare for sandbags and other things in advance. At this time, he would definitely not be able to save the danger. Therefore, he is now very active in fighting floods, and he dare not be vague at all.
This afternoon it was raining as if the sky had opened a hole, and the robes and hats couldn't stop it, and the four princes were already drenched. In the rain, the attendant Ding said loudly to the fourth prince: "His Royal Highness, let's go back!"
The fourth prince panicked and shook his head and said: "No, I have to stare here, it's too rainy..." Before the words were finished, there was a bang, and someone shouted: "A cave in the upper side!" The flood that ran down was mixed with rocks. , Tilt down.
Someone lost his voice: "Oh! It's about to break the embankment!" Some of the soldiers ran back. Wang Guoliang yelled: "Don't run! I will kill anyone who runs!"
Huang Cheng also shouted: "Send the sacks quickly! Hurry up!"
Someone replied: "It's all delivered, not much left!"
Huang Cheng called: "Take off your clothes! Pack the stones, hurry!"
The fourth prince was hesitating whether he should take off his clothes, the sandbag at his feet was loosened, and the dam next to him was swept open. Ding Nai Attendant shouted: "Come on! The embankment is broken here!"
Someone said, "Run away!" Hula la, several people turned around and ran away.
The four princes suddenly remembered that they had a room of books. He had already written more than 200,000 words of "Machiavellian Theory" manuscripts. The imperial mausoleum was washed away. Is the dynasty unstable? …He immediately jumped into the gap and was almost overwhelmed, but he quickly climbed the embankment built by sandbags on both sides with his arms. Attendant Ding was terrified, screamed and jumped down with the fourth prince, hurried to the fourth prince, while supporting the fourth prince, while crying: "Where are you! Your highness is in the water!"
Wang Guoliang saw it not far away. He drew a knife and chopped a man running backwards to the ground. He ran to the side and shouted: "The palace of the Four Princes has gone down to plug the gap, everyone is up!" Although the Four Princes were out of favor The prince, but if he died here, he wouldn't be able to escape the relationship. Wang Guoliang had no choice but to jump and reach the gap, standing in the water with the fourth prince. When the other soldiers met, they didn't dare not to jump, they also puffed through the ground. A dozen people became a human wall, preventing further collapse of the embankment.
Huang Cheng loudly commanded people to drop the stone-wrapped baggage in front of them, and soon the gap was blocked, and the people above pulled up the people in the water with all their hands.
Wang Guoliang said touchedly to the four princes: "His Royal Highness swears to protect the emperor's tomb sincerely, and he will definitely report it to the emperor!"
The fourth prince shivered and waved his hands: "Don't do that, this is me... I lost my foot for a while, you know, I can't stand still."
Wang Guoliang understood it as soon as he thought about it-the four princes were avoiding suspicion, lest the emperor thought he had close contacts with the soldiers guarding the mausoleum. Wang Guoliang said with tears: "His Royal Highness, if there is a place to help the end general in the future, please speak up. Your Highness will go back and rest soon."
The fourth prince shook his head: "The rain is still too heavy, I'll wait."
Wang Guoliang said: "His Royal Highness! My Kingdom Liang is guaranteed by the head of the prince, that he must guard the dam."
The fourth prince said that if you can’t hold it, what's the use of your head, can you write my manuscript again, and insisted: "No, I have to wait until the rain is lighter."
Strangely speaking, the rain then subsided, and in the evening, it stopped. The west also showed a glow, and the wet mountains after being washed away by the flood reflected colorful light everywhere. The fourth prince was relieved, and was supported by the servant Ding and a few soldiers, went down the hillside, and went back to the courtyard to rest. After that, the four princes suffered from a cold. Wang Guoliang was grateful to the four princes for their reminders and bravery in fighting the flood. Fortunately, the fourth prince's body became much stronger after going north, and after a few pairs of anti-cold medicine, he gradually healed.
After that day, there has never been such a heavy rain. By the end of August, the rainy days became less and the rainy season was over.
Shen Wen passed her sixteenth birthday in the temple. Shen Xiang went to the temple to see her specially and brought her small gifts from Zhang Yunjin and the fifth princess.
Shen Wen lay lazily on the bed while Su Wanniang served them tea and vegetarian snacks. It was the same as before, not like a lady at all.
Shen Xiang is not picky about this younger sister now, thinking that Shen Wen has the meaning of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, but she still can't understand her being so lazy. She frowned and said to Su Wanniang: "You can't be so used to her anymore, she is sixteen, and mother every day says to give her a wedding..."
Shen Wen yelled and sat up: "Oh! I don't want to make an appointment! Mother didn't really make an appointment, right?"
Shen Xiang despised: "Look, you are anxious now, are you afraid that you won't be so lazy if you marry someone"
Shen Wen nodded and said, "Of course! Sister, didn't grandmother say I'm still young?"
Shen Xiang nodded: "Yes, my grandmother stopped it."
Shen Wen let out a sigh of relief and fell on the bed like a zombie. Shen Xiang and Su Wanniang both laughed, although they had different meanings.
In the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, the Yang family anxiously said to the old lady: "Mother, look at these people, they are really better than one! Erlang is a young talent, especially this one is called Zheng Qian, the most suitable, is a civil official. His family is fairly wealthy, and I saw him with my own eyes, a very good child."
The old lady listened in silence, only then interjected: "How did you see?"
Yang did not hear the voice-over of the old lady, and then said: "It's a coincidence that he came to see Saburo that day, and Saburo was not in the house. He said he wanted to wait, but by mistake, the servant took a pot of tea. When I fell on my body, I had to change and wash my clothes immediately. The servants came and told me that I thought the lady was too young, so I went out and apologized. When I met, I couldn’t say anything, so he even apologized and said that he was not. Be careful, no one else has done anything wrong, let me not be offended, very polite! The children in our house have no such kind of style..."
The old lady snorted and said, "I think it's better for the children in our house! Why do you want to be so humble."
Yang knew that the old lady was protecting her calf to the extreme, and explained anxiously: "How can you be low-spirited? It's a good temper! Look at Wen'er's temper. If you can't find a good temper, I asked him if there is a marriage. He If he said no, a matchmaker came to him the next day to say a kiss for him. The matchmaker said that the son of Zheng saw that I was so kind, and the daughter must not be wrong, so he dared to ask Miss Shen Er. He also said that son of Zheng had been filial to his parents since he was a child. He is humble and diligent in his studies. After winning a Jinshi, he became a small official. He loves the people like a son, gets promoted and makes money, and he can expect to be promoted soon..." Yang is very happy.
The old lady shook her head: "I don't know the basics, but it's useless to listen to those matchmakers with a good temper on the surface."
Young’s discouraged: “Of course it’s Pingyuan Hou’s Mansion who knows the roots. The kid in the remote house I saw was pretty good. The kid’s eyes are bright and he looks sincere. There is definitely no evil, which is reassuring. But Didn’t the emperor want our mansion to have something to do with Pingyuanhou Mansion? This Wen'er is also sixteen years old..."
The old lady said, "So what's the matter, Xianger hasn't married yet, so I should wait for Xianger to settle down first."
The Yang family was afraid of hearing this, so he took out the silk to wipe his eyes: "How can I wait for Xianger to be eighteen? Wen'er is not waiting, and it will delay my age at Wen'er! Two children! Isn't Dalang's wife also living at the age of sixteen? Xianger had children when she was so old... But my two daughters didn't even have a family member. How good is this..."
The old lady felt that her ears were coming out of her ears. Wang Tian sighed, and said, "Wen'er can't be married right now anyway! You are right to listen to me." People helped her back to the backyard, ignoring Yang's nagging. .
Yang didn’t get the old lady’s approval, but didn’t give up. After a month, after Shen Zhuo finally returned to the house for a meal, he asked Shen Zhuo in front of the old lady, "Sanlang, there was a man named Zheng Qian who came to see you that day. You, do you know, don’t tell others first, there is a matchmaker who will tell him about your little sister’s marriage, have you heard of this person, go and ask for me.” Didn’t the old lady say you don’t know the details? Up.
When Shen Zhuo heard Zheng Qian's name, he almost yelled at him, but he was no longer a teenager, and Shen Wen didn't mean to keep Zheng Qian out, but to perfuse him so that he felt that he had hope, so Shen Zhuo endured it. After this bad breath, he tried to smile and said: "I really met him on the road. He also helped local officials to rescue the people. He seemed to be a very good person."
Yang sighed, and the old lady on one side immediately said, "What does it mean? It seems to be good. You young people have any eyesight. I have to look at it for Wen'er someday."
Yang twitched the corners of his mouth, feeling that the old lady was making things difficult for her, but Shen Zhuo smiled and said: "Grandma is right. Grandma must have more things than us, and her eyesight must be accurate."
Shen Xiang didn't say a word, she pretended not to hear anything about marriage.
After this, the Yang family wanted to arrange the old lady to see Zheng Qian several times, but the old lady was sore and lacking energy, so it was winter after dragging the ground.
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After staying for a while, the old Taoist priests also began to walk around in the temple to bask in the sun. That day I met the middle-aged monk who was in charge of the temple. Both of them were pretending to have things in their hearts. They knew that they couldn't talk more. They only said some indifferent words. They talked and walked, and they went to the backyard.
The little Daoist and Shen Qiang and Zhang Yunzhao got acquainted, and the three of them would meet and play for a while every day. In the past, when the little Taoist did not come, Shen Qiang and Zhang Yunzhao had already climbed all the trees in the temple and the house. Now the little Taoist has come, you can do it again. On this day, the little Taoist priest was criticized on the tree and couldn't get down, so he had to shout, Shen Qiang and Zhang Yunzhao originally ran away, but they heard the voice of the little Taoist, Shen Qiang screamed and ran back and stood in the tree. Down, let the little Taoist step down from the trunk and step on his shoulder, then he squatted down and the little Taoist went to the ground.
The old Taoist priest watched Shen Qiang twirling his beard silently. The middle-aged monk smiled and said to Shen Qiang: "The little benefactor has a generous heart and is destined to my Buddha." Shen Qiang laughed and yelled twice, and ran with the little Taoist priest. Up.
The old Taoist sees the middle-aged monk: "The abbot really thinks so"
The monk turned his head and looked firmly at the old Taoist priest: "Yes, this son is pure by nature, and he is a person in the Buddha."
The old Taoist shook his head: "The abbot knows..."
The monk interrupted the old Taoist priest: "Even if he opens his mind any day, he cannot change his conscience. No matter what he does, one day, he will wake up and enter my Buddhism!"
The old Taoist did not say anything. After the little Taoist had enough fun in the afternoon, he returned to the guest room. The old Taoist asked, "How does that dark and fat kid treat you?"
The little Taoist blushed as he ran, panting, and said, "Oh, that's great! Every time he carried me down to the house under the tree or something. I was angry and beat him, and he never returned..."
The old Taoist was startled: "You beat him"
The little Taoist nodded and said: "Of course! The two of them always teased me, let me catch the opportunity, of course, they have to beat him twice!"
The old Taoist frowned: "You can't beat him! Although he hasn't done anything yet, he is not the one you can beat!"
The little Taoist said: "Why not! Although he was anxious, he yelled, but he didn't hit me."
The old Taoist sighed, "Thank God..."
The little Taoist asked curiously: "What's wrong?"
The old Taoist said: "If I told you, would you tell them?"
The little Taoist nodded: "Probably, I think I can't hide anything from them."
The old Taoist shook his head: "Then you must remember, never hit the fat black man, be very nice to him. Don't quarrel with the other kid, you can't quarrel him."
The little Taoist disagreed and said, "I don't think..."
The old Taoist stopped the little Taoist: "Don't talk back! You have to listen to me! Otherwise, you can't eat for nothing!"
The little Taoist said: "Why can't I say that he has money, he can give it to me in the future..."
The old Taoist patted the little Taoist on the head: "You can't be so lazy! Can you ask for your money? It's not yours. If you take it, it will be miserable! You have to do it! Go draw the talisman!" The little Taoist sat down crying.
Although the little Taoist was stern, he was really good to Shen Qiang. He never beat Shen Qiang again and spoke affectionately. Shen Qiang also took special care of him. When the rainy season passed, they ran to the mountains to play, and when they encountered ditches and ridges, Shen Qiang also took the initiative to carry him over, and the little Taoist was very grateful. He stopped quarreling with Zhang Yunzhao. What Zhang Yunzhao said was. Now, the three people are really fun to be together, and they can’t have fun at home, so that the old Taoist priest and Mr. Gu issued a ban almost at the same time: three people are not allowed to play twice a day. More than an hour, lest they are too happy!
When winter comes, people are full of fear for the coming year. I wonder if it will be another disaster year. Food is more expensive, and bandits are rampant everywhere. However, the Li family in the south of the Yangtze River began to sell grain. Many people followed up selling grain after seeing this, and somewhat stabilized the price of grain.
In the mountains to the south, the first batch of food and weapons sent to the north got on a large ship from the southern port and headed slowly northward against the wind. Zhang Yunzheng, who had sent weapons and food on board, did not accompany the ship. Instead, he headed for the capital by way of land.
The old Taoist thought he was going to say something very confidential and asked to talk to Shen Wen separately, so he left the little Taoist and Su Wanniang outside the house. The little Taoist saw the shadow of the skeleton looming on Su Wanniang's face, and he didn't dare to look at her. When I noticed her beauty, Su Wanniang finally came across a true abiding man, and deeply felt that this little Taoist was indeed a monk and cultivator.In the room, the old Taoist priest looked at Shen Wen and sighed: "The little lady is green between her eyebrows..."Shen Wen didn't know what the old Taoist priest was here for, and interrupted with a smile: "That's not a good thing."The old Taoist laughed dryly and said in a low voice: "Qing Qi is the atmosphere of hatred and resentment. Is it because the little lady has turned into hatred because of resentment and anger, did she reverse the situation and reorganize the universe?"Shen Wen also laughed dryly: "What's the matter with the chief Taoist, it might as well be blunt."The old Taoist sighed and said, "I know that you are an unfathomable person, and I don't hide anything from you. I owe a big favor to my younger brother, and I drank him for nothing for a long time. Now he...I think anyway. He has no good fruits to eat in the future, so he wants to ask you to save him."Shen Wen was very suspicious, always wondering if the other party was sent by the prince. When I think of the prince, and then look at the Taoist priest in front of me, I think of the Taoist Taoist recommended by the prince. The person in the previous life is indeed not good to die. Shen Wen frowned and asked tentatively: "You are not talking about Taoist Mao, right? "The old Taoist was so frightened that he almost wanted to worship Shen Wen, but the other party was a young girl, and she was really saluting. For fear of the other party's unpleasantness, he could only look straight at Shen Wen and whispered: "Just... Exactly."Shen Wen still didn't dare to believe the old Taoist priest too much, and asked, "You are telling me, why doesn't he have any good fruits."The old Taoist sighed again: "He has a face of death. I have calculated for him. He will live a long life if he is poor, and he will live a short life if he is rich. I have repeatedly said that he is not allowed to build a view, just build, and don't build it in the capital. , And don't be too famous... He doesn't listen, he just goes his own way, pursuing to make himself proud. It's better now, to the emperor's side... His life is in jeopardy with the emperor. You must have changed the fate of many people, and many of me have passed. The face of the people who have been killed is not allowed to change. But I don't think the face of my brother's death has changed, so I come to ask for your help."Shen Wen believed the old Taoist priest at this time, and then asked: "What do you think is the most proud of his heart?"The old Taoist pinched his finger: "He is proud that he built the Xiaoyun View. He said that this is his painstaking effort and is something he left behind. He is proud that he has developed the eternal life pill to help others. He is proud of his disciples. There are hundreds of people and countless pilgrims. He is a good evangelist. He is proud to have a field of money and can live comfortably... I can't say that he is not doing well, and I have taken advantage of him. Although he is very happy to pursue fame and fortune or something. , But he is not a bad person, he has no intention of harming others, and definitely shouldn't die. Therefore, just to pay back his love, I have to ask you to help save his life. If you have something you want me to do, as long as it is not harmful Yes, I will certainly help you too."Shen Wen took a deep breath, it was great! She said to the old Taoist priest: "It's actually very easy to save him. Just let him go out of the palace."The old Taoist sighed: "How could he listen to me if he listened to my advice, he wouldn't have come this far."Shen Wen said: "When the time comes, you just need to do what I said, and you will naturally be able to let him go out of the palace and return to Xiaoyun. If he leaves the palace, maybe he will have a way out."The old Taoist was shocked: "Really! He will really have an accident in the palace"Shen Wen nodded: "Of course! If I don't change the status quo, he will be burned to death as a demon in the future."There were tears in the eyes of the old Taoist: "He really shouldn't end up like that! You must save him."Shen Wen said: "You can do something for a friend of mine, and if these things are done, your junior will definitely be able to come out of the palace and return to Xiaoyun."The old Taoist hurriedly asked: "What's the matter?"Shen Wen said: "Oh, it's actually not a difficult thing, just ask you to help refine...Pills and the like."The veteran Taoist immediately became alert: "What are these things? What are you going to do?"Shen Wen shook his hand: "I can't say yes. Although it is not a good thing for people to eat, I am not used to poison, but only used to blow rocks."The old Taoist said clearly: "Oh, you just want me to refine something" it was discovered by Taoist alchemy.Shen Wen nodded again: "Yes, but I have to configure it. You just refine some... uh... ingredients."The old Taoist asked very seriously: "You are definitely not doing things that hurt the truth."Shen Wen raised his hand and said, "I swear! It's just used to blow up rocks!"The veteran once again confirmed: "Not to hurt people"Shen Wen said honestly: "It's just to blow up the rocks!"Looking at Shen Wen's extremely honest eyes, the old Taoist finally nodded and asked: "Where do you practice?"Shen Wen thought for a while and said: "Of course you can't be here, those things are not easy to transport. You have to go to a place, and I will find someone to **** you there. Do you have a place to live now? If not, you can live with the monk next to you. In the temple, wait until the rainy season has passed. You come to see me and I will tell you what I want."The old Taoist priest made Shen Wen's wish to take action achieved, and he relaxed in his heart. He heard that he could live nearby, and he nodded hurriedly when he heard that he could live nearby. He nodded hurriedly because he had to work. No It's nothing to eat for nothing.On the same day, the old Taoist and the little Taoist went to the monk's temple nearby. The old Taoist said that Miss Shen Er let him stay. The people in this monk's temple were arranged by Ping Yuan Hou, just to protect the nun's nunnery over there. Miss Shen Er. Hearing that it was sent by Miss Shen Er, she connected the two people to the guest room and sent another person to verify it.The old Taoist felt a little awkward living in the monk temple, so he hung a gossip picture on the wall to show his steadfast faith. The little Taoist didn't feel any discomfort. The people around him changed from Taoist to monk, and their attitude was much better. At least they didn't roll their eyes when they saw him. Unlike the old Taoist priest, he always sat in the house and meditated and chanted mantras. After living for a few days, he finally got a sunny day without rain, so he slipped out of the guest room and walked around in the yard. He went to the backyard and encountered two A young man of his own age. Although they all wear monk clothes, they still have hair.The little Taoist priest has been with his master since he was a child. He rarely has a playmate of the same age. He went to meet up with Su Chuanya and was ruthlessly rejected. Now seeing these two teenagers, he is a little shy and tilted his head slightly on the side of the road. Holding the patched Dao robe with both hands, he wanted to stop talking.Shen Qiang smiled and yelled at the little Taoist priest, Zhang Yunzhao pulled Shen Qiang and ran over: "Eh, you are a Taoist priest! Why are you here at the monk's temple?"The little Taoist said: "You are not a monk, why do you live here?"Zhang Yunzhao said: "I'm here..." He couldn't say that he was practicing martial arts, so he said confidently: "Being a fake monk!"The little Taoist laughed: "I'm a true Taoist!"Zhang Yunzhao asked: "A true Taoist priest, can you recite mantras and draw amulets?"The little Taoist immediately became short of breath: "This...my master will do! I...I'm by the side, that, just take a pen and ink..."Zhang Yunzhao also laughed: "You are also a fake Taoist! Come, will you hide and seek, let's play together"The little Taoist nodded: "Okay!" The three of you chased me in the yard and ran. The sky is rare at this time, and there is a faint rainbow in the distance.This rainbow was also seen by the prince who was walking in the palace of the capital. He looked up at the sky and felt that this was the hope that God was echoing in his heart, indicating that he will eventually dazzle the heavens after the wind and rain...Suddenly there was a sound in front of him. The prince lowered his head and turned his face to look over. A group of eunuchs and maids in the palace walked over with the imperial nuns. When they were near him, a woman's soft voice sounded: "Stop it."As soon as the curtain was opened, Concubine Xue went down to the palace with a graceful figure, and saluted the prince: "I have seen the prince."The prince's heart moved, with a rare smile on his face, and he replied: "The empress is polite."Concubine Xue Gui looked up and smiled and said, "It is a good sign that there is a rainbow in the sky. I wish the prince all his wishes come true."This sentence was in the heart of the prince, and his smile became deeper: "Thank you, Niang Niang, for your kind words."Concubine Xue Gui is younger than him, but it can be said that she is his little mother. The two have met many times at palace banquets and various ceremonies in the past, but they have never spoken in private. Concubine Xue Gui was favored by the emperor as soon as she entered the palace, and there was a tendency to become a queen when she was pregnant with a child. The prince made people stare at this thing all the time. At that time, he felt that his father seemed dissatisfied with him and distrusted the three princes. He might re-train another prince. Therefore, if Concubine Xue Gui became pregnant, she would not be allowed to live. But time passed, and the emperor's harem has been childless. Different from the imperial concubine who had no children in the harem of the East Palace, the emperor had no children in the harem, indicating that the emperor was probably too old to give birth to children. Only then did the prince relax his surveillance of Concubine Xue, and now that the emperor concentrates on health preservation and has few sexual intercourses, he does not spend the night at Concubine Xue's place. The prince is completely relieved of Concubine Xue.This fear disappeared, and the prince seemed to have really observed Concubine Xue's appearance for the first time. Concubine Xue Gui's eyebrows are like distant mountains, her eyes are gleaming, her complexion is delicate, and her waist is graceful. She is indeed a beauty. It's no wonder that the emperor has been pampered by her father for so many years... The prince smiled more cordially.Concubine Xue's eyes drooped slightly, her mouth turned up, and she said with an unspeakable amorous feeling: "I wanted to go to the alchemy room, and wanted to ask Mao Daochang to make some beauty pills for me..." Mao Daochang made alchemy for the emperor. , Naturally you have to come in person to appear respectful.The prince smiled and said: "The empress is so beautiful, why don't you eat any beauty pills, wouldn't it be a day to fly into a fairy?"Concubine Xue Gui lowered her head shyly: "His Royal Highness, what a joke..." She raised her eyes a little, and was looking at her with the Prince's eyes... At this moment, silence is better than sound.Concubine Xue Gui blushed and saluted: "The slave family retire first."The prince nodded: "The empress is going well, the palace feels that it is better not to go to the Mao Dao chief." So as not to arouse the emperor's suspicion.Concubine Xue Gui looked up and blinked innocently: "His Royal Highness feels that the slave family's actions are not appropriate"A trace of ambiguity appeared in the eyes of the prince: "My palace says that the empress really doesn't need a beautifying pill. Doesn't the empress believe it?"Concubine Xue Gui bowed her head and said: "His Royal Highness is so complimented, the concubine is really ashamed and embarrassed... Just as your Royal Highness said, I won't ask for pill in the future." She looked up again, and the two of them looked at each other and smiled, both of them are grown-ups who have gone through the trouble. , Naturally understand what it means, it can be regarded as understanding.Concubine Xue Gui saluted again, turned around the palace, and a group of people turned back. The prince raised his head and looked at the rainbow in the sky again, feeling depressed, and looking forward to the future again.Concubine Xue Gui clasped the Sipa in her hand tightly, and the Sipa was already wet. This first step has already gone out, and it has gone smoothly. She didn't even want to ask for any pill, but she knew that the prince would often walk in the palace, and she had long been secretly observing the prince's whereabouts, and finally met on the road today! Moreover, there are rainbows in the sky!What made her even more pleased was that the prince seemed to be interested... Concubine Xue Gui thought for a moment, and she felt that the prince must be a very lonely person. Everyone said that the prince was very jealous, and the prince had to dismiss the harem. She had met the princess a few times. She was a withered-looking woman, older than herself, but she looked like a person in her thirties. The prince must not be happy...Back in her palace, Concubine Xue's mouth was slightly tilted, with a smile on her face. Pa Rong, who had always taken care of her, sighed when she was changing clothes in the interior. Concubine Xue Gui seemed to know what she was thinking, and whispered: "There was still Wu Meiniang in the previous dynasty..." Wu Meiniang, who was just a concubine of Li Shimin, handed a handkerchief to someone in the toilet, but she got the prince! The two were emotionally moved when the emperor was seriously ill and the prince came to attend. If the emperor is ill and she serves in front of the couch day and night, she should have a chance with the prince. But now the emperor is in good health, she had to take risks like this.The dark slug said: "Niang Niang speak carefully! How can Wu Mei Niang compare herself to her?" That is the only female emperor in China, what kind of arms and arms is that how can I think so if I let others know, can I still live?Xue Guifei sighed slightly: "Who wants to be her I just want..."Is the dam value broken and the wreckage invaded?"Concubine Xue Gui could not answer, and suddenly found that she wanted too much: She wanted a husband, a child, a good life...Bars, Jing Mou, O Quietly about the raccoon dog Mugong, sometimes people have to admit their fate! "Concubine Xue Gui felt a burst of colic in her heart, and she felt a strong hatred: At the beginning, at the beginning! If it weren't for those two people who arrived in Jiangnan and didn't care about them, she wouldn't be angry for a while, and agreed to enter the palace, which really ruined her whole life...If there is a chance, she really wants them to die! It took them a thousand swords to compensate her for the hardships she spent in the palace these years.She almost burst into tears and murmured: "How can I recognize that I can't recognize it..." She just kept her empty boudoir alone, waiting for the emperor to come once every five or ten days, carefully making him happy, and then he left. ! In this way, it may not last long!In the future, when the emperor really died, he had no children, so he could only live his old age in the temple. How can you be so useless in this life! The women of her generation have already married and have children, and now she can only fight for it once again. If she can be favored by the prince, then after the emperor's death, she will have a second spring... But if the emperor lives to be seventy to eighty, then she will be forty or fifty years old... Suddenly, Concubine Xue had a thought that made her shudder: If the emperor has passed away now, and he has only been two years old, he is just youthful, and has received the love of the new emperor, then... there is still hope for everything!Seeing Concubine Xue's expression from frustration to excitement, Bian Yiwei once again persuaded him: "Manny! Don't force anything..."Xue Guifei interrupted: "I didn't force it! People want to survive, ah Huang Jiao Ren Fei!The eighth gear is broken, and it's a heartfelt slap in the face..."Concubine Xue Gui said: "Now life is not the same as death, there is no hope..."Raking the state of mind of the concubine Tianzi, I can only say: "The empress must be careful and then be careful."Concubine Xue nodded: "Of course."Concubine Xue Gui wanted to meet the prince again, but unfortunately, the prince began to rain continuously for several days. Not to mention that the prince was burnt to death by the memorials from all over the world. Not to mention, in time for the emperor to meet the courtiers, the three princes alluded to the prince's disaster relief in the court hall, saying that there were many disasters There was no response to the report. People thought that the imperial court allowed the river embankment to burst and the people were displaced!The prince was very angry: the emperor hadn't reacted before, why don't you dare to talk about him!Several courtiers who were not the prince who were still in the court also joined in the fun, saying that after four years of drought, the court did everything that should be done before they could do nothing. But the flooding just started, and there are many things that can be done, such as instructing officials to strengthen patrol of the embankment and evacuate the people. If something goes wrong, the official responsible should be held accountable. You can't just say "known" and "read" in a perfunctory manner.The prince was angrily defended: "Those are what the officials should do, do they have to teach them in the palace!"Without waiting for the ministers to speak again, the emperor glanced at the prince reproachfully, and said to the face of a hundred officials in the civil and military affairs: "After all, the prince has no experience in dealing with floods. The princes should be more considerate. If there is an extremely urgent matter. , You can indicate on the memorial that you want me to read it personally."This is simply a slap in the face of the prince in public! Although the third prince next to him was as cold as ever, the prince still felt that he was sneered! The prince gritted his teeth, not daring to let the emperor discover his emotions, so he bowed his head and apologized vaguely.After he descends, people will stare at the actions of Concubine Xue, this line can't be broken!The four princes at the imperial tomb have not slept for several days and nights. He was supported by the attendant Ding Nei, and stayed with Huang Cheng and Wang Guoliang by the flood channel day and night to prevent flooding.Wang Guoliang's attitude towards the four princes is very good now. These days, he watched with his own eyes several times that the flood almost passed the temporary embankment built by the soldiers with sandbags and stones, and he was afraid for a while. If he hadn't listened to the words of the four princes and had adopted Huang Cheng's suggestion, people would prepare for sandbags and other things in advance. At this time, he would definitely not be able to save the danger. Therefore, he is now very active in fighting floods, and he dare not be vague at all.This afternoon it was raining as if the sky had opened a hole, and the robes and hats couldn't stop it, and the four princes were already drenched. In the rain, the attendant Ding said loudly to the fourth prince: "His Royal Highness, let's go back!"The fourth prince panicked and shook his head and said: "No, I have to stare here, it's too rainy..." Before the words were finished, there was a bang, and someone shouted: "A cave in the upper side!" The flood that ran down was mixed with rocks. , Tilt down.Someone lost his voice: "Oh! It's about to break the embankment!" Some of the soldiers ran back. Wang Guoliang yelled: "Don't run! I will kill anyone who runs!"Huang Cheng also shouted: "Send the sacks quickly! Hurry up!"Someone replied: "It's all delivered, not much left!"Huang Cheng called: "Take off your clothes! Pack the stones, hurry!"The fourth prince was hesitating whether he should take off his clothes, the sandbag at his feet was loosened, and the dam next to him was swept open. Ding Nai Attendant shouted: "Come on! The embankment is broken here!"Someone said, "Run away!" Hula la, several people turned around and ran away.The four princes suddenly remembered that they had a room of books. He had already written more than 200,000 words of "Machiavellian Theory" manuscripts. The imperial mausoleum was washed away. Is the dynasty unstable? He immediately jumped into the gap and was almost overwhelmed, but he quickly climbed the embankment built by sandbags on both sides with his arms. Attendant Ding was terrified, screamed and jumped down with the fourth prince, hurried to the fourth prince, while supporting the fourth prince, while crying: "Where are you! Your highness is in the water!"Wang Guoliang saw it not far away. He drew a knife and chopped a man running backwards to the ground. He ran to the side and shouted: "The palace of the Four Princes has gone down to plug the gap, everyone is up!" Although the Four Princes were out of favor The prince, but if he died here, he wouldn't be able to escape the relationship. Wang Guoliang had no choice but to jump and reach the gap, standing in the water with the fourth prince. When the other soldiers met, they didn't dare not to jump, they also puffed through the ground. A dozen people became a human wall, preventing further collapse of the embankment.Huang Cheng loudly commanded people to drop the stone-wrapped baggage in front of them, and soon the gap was blocked, and the people above pulled up the people in the water with all their hands.Wang Guoliang said touchedly to the four princes: "His Royal Highness swears to protect the emperor's tomb sincerely, and he will definitely report it to the emperor!"The fourth prince shivered and waved his hands: "Don't do that, this is me... I lost my foot for a while, you know, I can't stand still."Wang Guoliang understood it as soon as he thought about it-the four princes were avoiding suspicion, lest the emperor thought he had close contacts with the soldiers guarding the mausoleum. Wang Guoliang said with tears: "His Royal Highness, if there is a place to help the end general in the future, please speak up. Your Highness will go back and rest soon."The fourth prince shook his head: "The rain is still too heavy, I'll wait."Wang Guoliang said: "His Royal Highness! My Kingdom Liang is guaranteed by the head of the prince, that he must guard the dam."The fourth prince said that if you can't hold it, what's the use of your head, can you write my manuscript again, and insisted: "No, I have to wait until the rain is lighter."Strangely speaking, the rain then subsided, and in the evening, it stopped. The west also showed a glow, and the wet mountains after being washed away by the flood reflected colorful light everywhere. The fourth prince was relieved, and was supported by the servant Ding and a few soldiers, went down the hillside, and went back to the courtyard to rest. After that, the four princes suffered from a cold. Wang Guoliang was grateful to the four princes for their reminders and bravery in fighting the flood. Fortunately, the fourth prince's body became much stronger after going north, and after a few pairs of anti-cold medicine, he gradually healed.After that day, there has never been such a heavy rain. By the end of August, the rainy days became less and the rainy season was over.Shen Wen passed her sixteenth birthday in the temple. Shen Xiang went to the temple to see her specially and brought her small gifts from Zhang Yunjin and the fifth princess.Shen Wen lay lazily on the bed while Su Wanniang served them tea and vegetarian snacks. It was the same as before, not like a lady at all.Shen Xiang is not picky about this younger sister now, thinking that Shen Wen has the meaning of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, but she still can't understand her being so lazy. She frowned and said to Su Wanniang: "You can't be so used to her anymore, she is sixteen, and mother every day says to give her a wedding..."Shen Wen yelled and sat up: "Oh! I don't want to make an appointment! Mother didn't really make an appointment, right?"Shen Xiang despised: "Look, you are anxious now, are you afraid that you won't be so lazy if you marry someone"Shen Wen nodded and said, "Of course! Sister, didn't grandmother say I'm still young?"Shen Xiang nodded: "Yes, my grandmother stopped it."Shen Wen let out a sigh of relief and fell on the bed like a zombie. Shen Xiang and Su Wanniang both laughed, although they had different meanings.In the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, the Yang family anxiously said to the old lady: "Mother, look at these people, they are really better than one! Erlang is a young talent, especially this one is called Zheng Qian, the most suitable, is a civil official. His family is fairly wealthy, and I saw him with my own eyes, a very good child."The old lady listened in silence, only then interjected: "How did you see?"Yang did not hear the voice-over of the old lady, and then said: "It's a coincidence that he came to see Saburo that day, and Saburo was not in the house. He said he wanted to wait, but by mistake, the servant took a pot of tea. When I fell on my body, I had to change and wash my clothes immediately. The servants came and told me that I thought the lady was too young, so I went out and apologized. When I met, I couldn't say anything, so he even apologized and said that he was not. Be careful, no one else has done anything wrong, let me not be offended, very polite! The children in our house have no such kind of style..."The old lady snorted and said, "I think it's better for the children in our house! Why do you want to be so humble."Yang knew that the old lady was protecting her calf to the extreme, and explained anxiously: "How can you be low-spirited? It's a good temper! Look at Wen'er's temper. If you can't find a good temper, I asked him if there is a marriage. He If he said no, a matchmaker came to him the next day to say a kiss for him. The matchmaker said that the son of Zheng saw that I was so kind, and the daughter must not be wrong, so he dared to ask Miss Shen Er. He also said that son of Zheng had been filial to his parents since he was a child. He is humble and diligent in his studies. After winning a Jinshi, he became a small official. He loves the people like a son, gets promoted and makes money, and he can expect to be promoted soon..." Yang is very happy.The old lady shook her head: "I don't know the basics, but it's useless to listen to those matchmakers with a good temper on the surface."Young's discouraged: Of course it's Pingyuan Hou's Mansion who knows the roots. The kid in the remote house I saw was pretty good. The kid's eyes are bright and he looks sincere. There is definitely no evil, which is reassuring. But Didn't the emperor want our mansion to have something to do with Pingyuanhou Mansion? This Wen'er is also sixteen years old..."The old lady said, "So what's the matter, Xianger hasn't married yet, so I should wait for Xianger to settle down first."The Yang family was afraid of hearing this, so he took out the silk to wipe his eyes: "How can I wait for Xianger to be eighteen? Wen'er is not waiting, and it will delay my age at Wen'er! Two children! Isn't Dalang's wife also living at the age of sixteen? Xianger had children when she was so old... But my two daughters didn't even have a family member. How good is this..."The old lady felt that her ears were coming out of her ears. Wang Tian sighed, and said, "Wen'er can't be married right now anyway! You are right to listen to me." People helped her back to the backyard, ignoring Yang's nagging. .Yang didn't get the old lady's approval, but didn't give up. After a month, after Shen Zhuo finally returned to the house for a meal, he asked Shen Zhuo in front of the old lady, "Sanlang, there was a man named Zheng Qian who came to see you that day. You, do you know, don't tell others first, there is a matchmaker who will tell him about your little sister's marriage, have you heard of this person, go and ask for me. Didn't the old lady say you don't know the details? Up.When Shen Zhuo heard Zheng Qian's name, he almost yelled at him, but he was no longer a teenager, and Shen Wen didn't mean to keep Zheng Qian out, but to perfuse him so that he felt that he had hope, so Shen Zhuo endured it. After this bad breath, he tried to smile and said: "I really met him on the road. He also helped local officials to rescue the people. He seemed to be a very good person."Yang sighed, and the old lady on one side immediately said, "What does it mean? It seems to be good. You young people have any eyesight. I have to look at it for Wen'er someday."Yang twitched the corners of his mouth, feeling that the old lady was making things difficult for her, but Shen Zhuo smiled and said: "Grandma is right. Grandma must have more things than us, and her eyesight must be accurate."Shen Xiang didn't say a word, she pretended not to hear anything about marriage.After this, the Yang family wanted to arrange the old lady to see Zheng Qian several times, but the old lady was sore and lacking energy, so it was winter after dragging the ground.---------------After staying for a while, the old Taoist priests also began to walk around in the temple to bask in the sun. That day I met the middle-aged monk who was in charge of the temple. Both of them were pretending to have things in their hearts. They knew that they couldn't talk more. They only said some indifferent words. They talked and walked, and they went to the backyard.The little Daoist and Shen Qiang and Zhang Yunzhao got acquainted, and the three of them would meet and play for a while every day. In the past, when the little Taoist did not come, Shen Qiang and Zhang Yunzhao had already climbed all the trees in the temple and the house. Now the little Taoist has come, you can do it again. On this day, the little Taoist priest was criticized on the tree and couldn't get down, so he had to shout, Shen Qiang and Zhang Yunzhao originally ran away, but they heard the voice of the little Taoist, Shen Qiang screamed and ran back and stood in the tree. Down, let the little Taoist step down from the trunk and step on his shoulder, then he squatted down and the little Taoist went to the ground.The old Taoist priest watched Shen Qiang twirling his beard silently. The middle-aged monk smiled and said to Shen Qiang: "The little benefactor has a generous heart and is destined to my Buddha." Shen Qiang laughed and yelled twice, and ran with the little Taoist priest. Up.The old Taoist sees the middle-aged monk: "The abbot really thinks so"The monk turned his head and looked firmly at the old Taoist priest: "Yes, this son is pure by nature, and he is a person in the Buddha."The old Taoist shook his head: "The abbot knows..."The monk interrupted the old Taoist priest: "Even if he opens his mind any day, he cannot change his conscience. No matter what he does, one day, he will wake up and enter my Buddhism!"The old Taoist did not say anything. After the little Taoist had enough fun in the afternoon, he returned to the guest room. The old Taoist asked, "How does that dark and fat kid treat you?"The little Taoist blushed as he ran, panting, and said, "Oh, that's great! Every time he carried me down to the house under the tree or something. I was angry and beat him, and he never returned..."The old Taoist was startled: "You beat him"The little Taoist nodded and said: "Of course! The two of them always teased me, let me catch the opportunity, of course, they have to beat him twice!"The old Taoist frowned: "You can't beat him! Although he hasn't done anything yet, he is not the one you can beat!"The little Taoist said: "Why not! Although he was anxious, he yelled, but he didn't hit me."The old Taoist sighed, "Thank God..."The little Taoist asked curiously: "What's wrong?"The old Taoist said: "If I told you, would you tell them?"The little Taoist nodded: "Probably, I think I can't hide anything from them."The old Taoist shook his head: "Then you must remember, never hit the fat black man, be very nice to him. Don't quarrel with the other kid, you can't quarrel him."The little Taoist disagreed and said, "I don't think..."The old Taoist stopped the little Taoist: "Don't talk back! You have to listen to me! Otherwise, you can't eat for nothing!"The little Taoist said: "Why can't I say that he has money, he can give it to me in the future..."The old Taoist patted the little Taoist on the head: "You can't be so lazy! Can you ask for your money? It's not yours. If you take it, it will be miserable! You have to do it! Go draw the talisman!" The little Taoist sat down crying.Although the little Taoist was stern, he was really good to Shen Qiang. He never beat Shen Qiang again and spoke affectionately. Shen Qiang also took special care of him. When the rainy season passed, they ran to the mountains to play, and when they encountered ditches and ridges, Shen Qiang also took the initiative to carry him over, and the little Taoist was very grateful. He stopped quarreling with Zhang Yunzhao. What Zhang Yunzhao said was. Now, the three people are really fun to be together, and they can't have fun at home, so that the old Taoist priest and Mr. Gu issued a ban almost at the same time: three people are not allowed to play twice a day. More than an hour, lest they are too happy!When winter comes, people are full of fear for the coming year. I wonder if it will be another disaster year. Food is more expensive, and bandits are rampant everywhere. However, the Li family in the south of the Yangtze River began to sell grain. Many people followed up selling grain after seeing this, and somewhat stabilized the price of grain.In the mountains to the south, the first batch of food and weapons sent to the north got on a large ship from the southern port and headed slowly northward against the wind. Zhang Yunzheng, who had sent weapons and food on board, did not accompany the ship. Instead, he headed for the capital by way of land.
