Chapter 38 Roses and Peonies
In Jinhe Mansion, the tiles outside the Reclining Buddha Temple hang down along the edge of the tiles, like sharp swords hanging on it. As night falls, a little novice monk's face turned red with cold. In order to watch the night, he had to stomp his feet back and forth in the Buddhist temple, hoping that his legs, which had already been numb, could slowly recover their consciousness.
A conversation between a man and a woman came from a brightly lit room. Although this is a Buddhist holy land, the pilgrim has rights that other pilgrim do not have, and he cannot be disturbed. Someone asked, what if the life case is here? This is basically impossible. There is a high cliff behind the room where the pilgrim is located, which is thousands of feet high. If a person falls down, there is basically no possibility of surviving. Others cannot touch it from below.
The front of the room is the Dharma Courtyard, and the left and right are the Luohan Hall and Prajna Hall, respectively. There are some martial monks with high martial arts skills. Usually, their host lived here, but since the host left, it has become the private residence of Manager Wu.
Maybe someone else asked, why are there still women here? This is someone’s private life, and there is no way to interfere. Just as the owner of the Taoist Academy said: "If you don’t see it, you will be quiet, if you have Buddha in your heart, all things will be natural." Looking at others’ cultivation, it is simply not an ordinary high.
The woman said coquettishly: "How did you know that they would tamper with trauma medicine?"
The man replied playfully: "Actually, their tricks were quite clever this time. But when they met me, they collected one of the medicinal materials, which made it impossible for the whole city to buy. With so many people in Duke Yunwen's mansion, there will inevitably be a few people who will suffer some skin trauma, not to mention that there is a big stupid person who causes trouble everywhere, so there is a great demand for trauma medicine in their mansion. So no matter which medicine they buy out, they just take advantage of the opportunity to send medicinal materials to secretly send some things that can make others lose their heads, and achieve their true purpose. Do you understand if I say this?"
The two people here are Wu Yonglin and Song Ningxue. Song Ningxue asked again: "How do you know that their partner is Duke Yunwen?"
"Actually, I have to thank Hong Xiu for this. When she went to Xiao Mansion that time, she happened to meet the housekeeper of Duke Yunwen who went to borrow medicine there. In fact, they could lend him in person. Why did they still ask Manager Qian from "Miaochuntang" to send medicine in person in the middle of the night? So I judged that there must be something tricky about it. So I asked Hong Xiu to follow it tentatively. As expected, there is a lot of articles inside, which is also a kind of luck."
"Actually, they could have killed each other, why should they save Duke Yunwen? Isn't your purpose here to provoke their civil strife?"
"If one side of the country becomes bigger, when he clears all the stumbling blocks here, what do you think with Chopard's ambition, his next goal will be?"
"Wei Chao." After Song Ningxue said this, a chill broke out in her heart. If these foreigners were really invaded into the pass, how many innocent bosses would be massacred, how many families would be broken, and how many children would become orphans.
"But this pattern will always turn to Chopard's side. I do this now, just give the 'Red Shirt' some breathing time to grow. I don't have any hope for Wei Chao."
"You and I are both from Wei Chao, how can you say such words?"
"But this court has long been corrupt. If it doesn't love me, how can it still hope that I will be patriotic?"
"Why don't you try to change all this? It's done by man."
"History has its own trajectory, and cannot be changed by my own ability. No matter how hard I try, it will always lead to the end point it should have reached."
After Wu Yonglin finished saying this, Song Ningxue was silent. He felt that Wu Yonglin was a wise man who was very knowledgeable and had the ability to predict the future. Perhaps she was unwilling to accept that she was extremely dissatisfied with Wu Yonglin's attitude of letting herself go and not doing anything.
"Then do you do your best? You can make these heroes and wise men in this world so funny. Why can't you use all your intelligence to change everything now and let the world move in the direction you think is good? To save the people of the world. The most heroes are for the country and the people, not to mention that what you do now is not all for those who follow you to live some good life."
The authorities were confused and the bystanders were clear. When Song Ningxue finished speaking these, Wu Yonglin felt that she was awakened by her in a dream. Perhaps the physics he had learned before completely imprisoned his thinking. He took it for granted that some things could not be done, but this proposition he had never argued was a false proposition, and it was very likely to get unexpected answers. Now his mind suddenly became clear, and just a simple sentence made his heart completely open: Everything was possible.
"Don't talk about these bad things. Have you already figured out that you've figured out? Come to me so late, and the lonely man and the widow are living in the same room. Do you have to agree to it? Hehehe." Wu Yonglin's thoughts had already settled down. At this time, he deliberately wanted to tease the beauty in front of him.
"You think it's beautiful. You don't have to think about it. Now you can be your dream of spring and autumn." Song Ningxue smiled and her branches trembled, her breasts swayed. Her charming look made Wu Yonglin even more itchy.
"Who is going to marry whom?" Another beautiful echo of a lark that was so gentle and charming that it was heard from outside.
The beauty did not have any deliberate decoration at all today, it was completely an original style, with dark eyebrows like distant mountains, affectionate eyelids, pink but not thick ink-like red lips, beautiful face as white as a new lyre, and a snow-white fur coat, which looked warm and comfortable, making Song Ningxue on the side sigh lightly, and Wu Yonglin was even more shocked. What happened today? It was late at night, why did both beauties like to go into the monk temple?
"Of course I'm marrying him." Wu Yonglin felt guilty in front of this beauty, and his head was so low that he wanted to bury it in his collar. Instead, Song Ningxue confessed boldly, and at the same time, he pointed at Wu Yonglin who was huddling in the corner with his little hand.
"Oh, is that so? Do you really want to marry her?" The beauty ignored Song Ningxue, but looked at Wu Yonglin with a hint of eyes.
This person is Xiao Empress and Xiao Hongling who visited late at night. Wu Yonglin winked at Song Ningxue without comment. Song Ningxue originally wanted to get the answer he wanted from him, but he had already recognized the beauty as Xiao Empress. He knew that she had to talk to Wu Yonglin about something important and was about to quit.
"Don't leave, you'd better hear some words, as this will stop some people's delusions." Xiao Hongling looked arrogant and aggressive and provocative tone, which immediately made the originally spring-filled Buddhist temple full of strong smell of gunpowder.
"What the hell do you want to say?" Song Ningxue was not willing to be outdone.
"Shopkeeper Wu, I'll ask you to agree to my second day's condition: I will never marry this woman. As for the last condition, I'll tell you after I think about it."
Song Ningxue and Wu Yonglin shouted softly at the same time. Wu Yonglin originally wanted to refute, but Song Ningxue pointed at her nose and asked: "When did you agree to this woman's three conditions?"
"This...this...the situation was critical at that time. If I didn't agree, I would have lost my life." Wu Yonglin stammered.
"Then I must let you agree to me three conditions now. The first condition is that you will never have any contact with this woman. The second condition is that you must marry me tomorrow." Song Ningxue was so angry that she began to talk nonsense.
Wu Yonglin is a big man with two big heads. Looking at the two pairs of beautiful eyes that cannibalize people, he no longer has the delusion of hiding two beauties. He really wants to escape from this vortex and make his ears more pure, but the most pure Buddhist sect is still like this, where can he escape?
In the end, he broke the embarrassing situation. After all, the person who tied the bell must be untied and started to come out and call it out: "This kind of life event needs to be considered more. Queen Xiao, you cannot control my life event. We all agreed at that time. This matter cannot be forced to do things I don't want. As for Xueer, you, your life event cannot be so hasty and careless. I haven't even invited a matchmaker yet. How can you just marry? This etiquette still needs to be said, otherwise you will be wronged and I will be sorry."
Song Hongning burst into tears and smiled. She came up and held Wu Yonglin's warm big hand in emotion, wishing she could immediately stoop into his arms. Xiao Hongling next to her knew that Wu Yonglin was willing to favor her, but she couldn't swallow the suffocation, so she had to turn her head angrily, so she would not let the victorious party see her ugly appearance.
After Wu Yonglin quietly bit Song Ningxue's ear for a while, Song Ningxue twisted his arm lightly, smiled and left, turning back ten steps until he disappeared from sight, Wu Yonglin came to his senses.
"I wonder what the so-called Empress Xiao is visiting late at night?" Wu Yonglin returned to his former tone.
"Don't let Xiao Empress Xiao call me, it seems too disgusting. My name is Xiao Hongling. You can call me Hongling in the future."
"It's better to obey your orders than respect, okay, Hongling."
Xiao Hongling was shocked by his unrestrained call. She was stunned for a moment, and then threw a circle of pictures in her arms back to Wu Yonglin: "How do you explain this?"
"It seems that I don't need to explain it, right? Since you are willing to give it back to me, I probably already know the secret inside. I'm just joking with you, why should you take it seriously?"
"Why are you doing this? Who are you?"
"I am just a businessman, a businessman who just wants to get more benefits. I think you have seen Hongling, and I have now obtained the benefits I want."
"I'm not interested in you, I just want to know who taught you your chess skills?"
"I said I learned to myself without a teacher. Do you believe that I am gifted with great talent?"
"Do you have any unspeakable difficulties?"
Xiao Hongling's mind seemed to evoke some unpleasant memories, and her head began to hurt again, and she fell on the chair in a daze.
"What’s wrong with you?"
"It's okay, it's an old problem. The head hurts occasionally, and it's fine after a while."
"You may have been too hard on state affairs recently. Why do you care about so many things? You should have more rest. Don't run to me if you have nothing to do in the future. If you really have something to come and discuss with me, just send someone to the palace and I will go to see you. As for the matter of the master of the isolated island, I will say sorry to you. I have my own difficulties. When the time is right, I will naturally tell you."
Looking at Xiao Hongling's pretty back slowly disappearing, Wu Yonglin shook his head helplessly. Not everyone can be "Wu Zetian". I hope she can live a happier life.
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Xiao Zhijun’s favorite thing now is to find Hongxiu, and then go to the “delicious street” of Jinhe Mansion to swim around. The various delicacies inside include: ginger and vinegar, charcoal roast lamb, honey juice, oysters, strange smelly tofu... The two have already been excited, and they wish they had four stomachs like cows. Every time they have not finished halfway, they have already been unable to hold on.
Since the "Ten Evil Forces" of "Ru Minglou" was cracked, Xiao Zhijun did not have to report to Wu Yonglin every day, and she was even more leisurely and leisurely, but every time there was a tail behind her, the silly Xiao Qiang, and every time the bills of the two little girls were paid by this big reckless man. Perhaps it was Xiao Zhijun's conspiracy that played a role, Xiao Qiang's military pay and his wife were exhausted, but he didn't come with him again today.
When the two of them walked on the street with their bulging belly, many people thought they were two pregnant women. Looking at their unpacking buns, there was a deep disgust in the eyes of the other women. Which woman who was angry with the customs actually had such a secret engagement. No matter how Lao Wang and I were next door, at least the protection measures were done. It was so embarrassing that we dared to come out to walk around the street.
"Have you heard that? The prince from the neighboring country came to propose marriage to Empress Xiao. The prince was born with a very handsome and handsome man. I don't know who could have such a good fortune to be favored by this prince." A woman chattered endlessly to the people next to her.
"No wonder Xiao Qiang didn't come to help us pay the bill today. It turned out that he was going to welcome Prince Yelu." Xiao Zhijun whispered to Hongxiu.
"The Barbarian King has no children. I heard that he intends to let Chopard's daughter get married instead."
This rumor in the world was heard in Xiao Zhijun's ears, as if a bolt from the blue. He was already shocked and at a loss. The originally happy heart suddenly became confused, and the little hands that grabbed Hongxiu's arm began to tremble.
She actually had no idea about this so-called marriage. When a girl grew up, she always had to get married. Her original idea was to find someone she liked to marry in Jinhe Mansion or Muchuan Mansion. Later, her father intended to match her and Xiao Qiang. Although this person didn't understand the charm and was a big and thick man, she knew him well after all. She came to such a rash way, and she had never had any interaction with him at all, and she had to marry so far. If she was bullied in the future, she wouldn't find a place to cry. So, from the bottom of her heart, she refused the marriage.
She looked at Hongxiu, hoping to find a way out there. Hongxiu seemed to understand the difficulties in her eyes. After these two little girls had been together for a long time, they had a good relationship. Hongxiu blurted out: "I have nothing to do, don't forget that tricky shopkeeper Wu, he will definitely have a way."
Xiao Zhijun's haze just now swept away, and the two of them swayed and slowly came towards the Reclining Buddha Temple.
Chapter completed!