Tang riddles

In December, in the west of Suiye City, in Dajialan Temple, a brand new stone pagoda has just been completed.The seven-level pagoda is hung with colorful victory banners.The top of the Mani treasure is made of heaven and earth, and the colorful silk hangings overlap step by step. There are three layers up and down, with elegant ribbons, golden handles, and various treasure strings.The three layers of hanging curtains represent the completeness of the Buddha's body, which is equivalent to three times the size of ordinary people, and it also represents the three bodies of the Buddha.

Here is the place where he became a monk in the early years.Now, she has returned after leaving here for decades, and her ashes will be buried here.Not only her, but also Hong and the sacrificed brother Qianyumen.Shen Sui hoped to find a good destination for them, she was willing to believe in the afterlife that the Buddha said, and hoped that they would be free from suffering in the next life.

Shen Sui and Zhang Ruohan invited the mages and monks in the temple to hold a grand ceremony of entering the pagoda.They followed and participated in the whole process, until they saw all the columbariums entering the pagoda and the pagoda gate was sealed, and the ceremony was considered to be over.Shen Sui knew that Buddhism does not pay attention to sacrifices. After the death of Buddhist disciples, they go to the Paradise of Ultimate Bliss. People with low cultivation levels have fallen into the six realms of reincarnation and have already turned into other things. There is no saying that ancestors in the underworld protect their descendants .Therefore, she complied with Zhang Ruohan's wish and buried Yi in such a far away place.From then on, just chanting and meditating, you can see that the ancestors bathed in the holy light of the Buddhist kingdom, Zhang Ruohan said.

Shen Sui felt that this kind of burial ceremony seemed to be more sacred than the Central Plains tradition, and it was more able to relieve people's inner sorrow.So she was happy to think so.

She did not bury the ashes of her mother-in-law and Bai Liuniang in the pagoda. She believed that the two were guilty, and that they could not go west, nor could they reincarnate. tortured.But Shen Sui did not do anything cruel after all. Long before she left Loulan, she temporarily buried the ashes of the two people not far from the main altar of the cult, and set up a tombstone for them.She thought, at least they were mother's close friends. If she found mother, mother might want to visit them in the future.You have to leave something to think about, and leave a place where you can worship.

The pagoda was completed, the ceremony of entering the pagoda was over, a big wish was fulfilled, and finally it was time to go back.They spent nearly two months in Suiye, a town in the Western Regions full of exotic customs, and they had enough rest.Seeing that Xiao Huang'er is about to turn half a year old, Zhang Ruohan is also eager to return.The wind and sand in the Western Regions is not suitable for children's growth. The environment here is too harsh. Even though the children of Luanhuang blood have a naturally excellent physique, Huang'er still often falls ill.Since the child was born, they have been running around with them, and experienced ups and downs and crises several times. Both Shen Sui and Zhang Ruohan were filled with guilt. They only hoped to go back earlier and give the child a warm and comfortable environment for growth.

Unfortunately, when they were about to leave, the mountains were blocked by heavy snow, and they were trapped in a remote town not far from Suiye for a full ten days before they could barely set off.After that, I crossed the snow-capped mountains and went all the way south, and slowly moved east along the border between Tang Dynasty and Tubo. When I came to the vicinity of Bashu, spring was over, and the summer of the 19th year of Kaiyuan had already arrived.

I don't know if it was a coincidence or fate, but on the eve of Xiao Huang'er's first birthday, they happened to be near Shu County, so they stopped and held a birthday ceremony for Huang'er.Shu County was the hermitage of the Yin and Yi tribes. Since they left the mountains in the Nanliang period, the hermitages have been abandoned here, covered by mist and miasma, making it impossible to enter.Another reason for Shen Sui to stay here is to visit Yin's hermitage.For this reason, he has sent an advance team into the mountain to investigate.

Little Huang'er is smart and smart, although she is only a little big, she is quite sensible.This child's personality is more like Zhang Ruohan's, calm and introverted, but in his bones he has the mischievousness and strong curiosity of Shen Sui's childhood.One year old is the period when curiosity is at its peak, and Huang'er eagerly learns all kinds of knowledge.

This child is a genius, and when he was seven months old, he could talk.Nine months old, he was already crawling all over the ground, and even with Shen Sui's support, he could stand up straight and walk two steps with his little meaty legs.The first thing the child said was Zhang Ruohan's mother, which moved Zhang Ruohan to tears.Since she became a mother, the maidservant has become more emotional, and her tears have increased.If there is something wrong with the child, she will be very anxious.Fortunately, after the child got older, the maidservant's mood stabilized a lot, and she was no longer as sensitive as when the child was born.

Now that the child is one year old, she can already speak slightly more complicated short sentences. She can understand what adults say, and she knows more and more words and things.The two mothers, Zhang Ruohan and Shen Sui, took turns to enlighten their children, and it was not too early. One recited poems and essays, the other chanted scriptures and sang poems. Little Huang'er grew up slowly under such baptism. A few words from the "Book of Songs" or "Diamond Sutra" would pop up in surprise, Shen Sui and Zhang Ruohan would be excited for a long time every time this happened.

It is a custom in Jinling to celebrate the first birthday.Shen Sui searched the local market in Shu County and found a lot of things.On the day of the catch week, the things were spread out in a long case.On the other end, Zhang Ruohan carried Xiao Huang'er out.As soon as the child saw the huge pile of things on the table, his big black and moist eyes immediately straightened, and he stared at it without blinking.The child's small face is chubby, as cute as carved jade, her eyebrows and eyes are very similar to Shen Sui's, but her face, mouth and nose are exactly the same as Zhang Ruohan's. What is miraculous is that the faces of the two people blend together perfectly on her body, but A one-year-old child, at first glance, is unbelievably beautiful.When I grow up, I don't know what kind of alluring beauty it should be.

Zhang Ruohan carefully placed the child on one end of the long case, and protected the two sides with his hands.Her long hair, which was not completely coiled up, hung down on her shoulders, extremely gentle and graceful.Those eyes, which were as clear as a mirror lake, looked at the child in his arms full of love, and the faint smile on his face seemed to melt the ice.

On the other side of the long case, the slightly tanned Shen Sui called the child with a smile:

"Huang'er, take a look at what you like on the table, can you bring it to Dad?"

As for the child's address to Shen Sui, the whole family agreed that it is better to call him "Daddy" from ordinary people, and the child should at least develop the habit of calling Shen Sui "Daddy", otherwise, if he is not careful, his secret will be revealed.But this does not mean that it is necessary to hide the true gender of the child Shen Sui.Back then, Yin Yu never told Shen Sui her real gender, which caused many unsolved mysteries, so that Shen Sui gradually understood Yin Yu's life after many years.As a successor, Shen Sui did not want to repeat the same mistakes.She plans to tell the child her true gender when she is four or five years old and gradually has gender awareness.

Huang'er didn't pay attention to Father's call, she was already concentrating on the case and started to explore.She seemed interested in everything, almost touching it, picking it up, playing with it for a moment.Shen Sui waited patiently on the other side of the long table, watching the child slowly crawling towards him, his mood was like when he followed Yin Yu to hunt for the first time back then, full of anticipation.

Finally, the child came to the other side of the long case. She held two objects tightly in her hands, and looked at Shen Sui cutely with her big black pearl-like eyes, and called out childishly:

"Father..."

Shen Sui hurriedly hugged her into his arms and kissed her. At this time, a strange smile appeared on her face.Because, the child brought two things that made her laugh and cry - a small powder case and a long pink ribbon.

"Our little Huang'er, what are we going to do in the future?" She pinched the child's little nose.

Zhang Ruohan burst out laughing suddenly: "I think it's pretty good, it's not as wild as you, our Huang'er is very girly, and she knows how to dress up at such a young age."

"Nonsense, I wasn't wild when I was young. You know, when I caught Zhou, I caught a roll of red silk thread. This kid looks like me." Shen Sui retorted.

Zhang Ruohan just shook his head.

Shen Sui was not convinced: "Then what did you catch when you caught Zhou? Lotus?"

Zhang Ruohan glared at her and said, "What lotus, I'm grabbing Buddhist beads."

Shen Sui let out a long sigh, and said, "I'm sorry, Layman Xinlian."

As a result, Zhang Ruohan's waist was savagely pulled, and he immediately cried and surrendered.

"Good lotus maid, I was wrong, please forgive me." Shen Sui's tears burst out of pain, and she didn't know why she couldn't bear the lotus maid's tugging magic if she could endure the sword wound.

Zhang Ruohan snorted, snatched the child from Shen Sui's arms, held the child in his arms, and twisted his body away, as if he and his daughter disliked Shen Sui together.Shen Sui was dejected, grinning and rubbing his waist.The little Huang'er in Zhang Ruohan's arms blinked at Shen Sui innocently, her father and mother often staged such scenes in front of her, she was used to it.

Zhang Ruohan hugged the child and played with the powder case and ribbon in his hand with the child, ignoring Shen Sui.Shen Sui moved to her side pitifully, and said in a low voice:

"Give me a hug, too."

Zhang Ruohan still ignored it.

Shen Sui pouted his mouth high, and suddenly said:

"Hmph, if you don't give me a hug, I have my own way."

Zhang Ruohan was just about to ask you what to do, but suddenly someone grabbed her waist, and then her feet lightened, and her whole body flew into the air.She was in the state of holding the child, and Shen Sui hugged her whole body.She was startled and almost cried out.Then Shen Sui said with a smile:

"Even if you hug me together, wouldn't that be enough?"

For some reason, Zhang Ruohan's cheeks suddenly turned red after hearing this.She became annoyed and said:

"Don't make trouble! What can I do if the child falls, I really don't have the calmness of an adult. Let me down!"

Shen Sui pouted as if she was a child, very reluctant.But she couldn't resist Zhang Ruohan, and she was really afraid that she would get angry too much, so she had to let Zhang Ruohan go.Zhang Ruohan glanced at her, knew that she was wronged, thought for a while, took advantage of Shen Sui's bending over, and approached her lips sideways, and suddenly kissed her on the cheek quickly, then turned around as if nothing happened, Take the baby and leave.

Shen Sui was stunned for a moment, pondered for a moment, and then a hearty laugh sounded behind Zhang Ruohan.Zhang Ruohan pursed her lips and suppressed a smile, and then heard Shen Sui's voice chasing after her calling her:

"Lotus Maid! Wait for me! Come again!"

"No!" Zhang Ruohan said.

"Come again~~~"

"Don't!" Zhang Ruohan was very disgusted, this person became more and more annoying, like brown sugar.

Xiao Huang'er played with the new toy in her hand the whole time, ignoring her father and mother. This child probably already understood that she would watch such scenes for many, many years to come.

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Shen Jin was pushing a wheelchair, in the other courtyard of the Shu County mansion, staring at the blooming phlox in a daze.Qianhe and Yingniang were beside her, processing a new batch of herbs.The mansion is the field house that Shen bought here in the early years, and now it is the place where they temporarily stay.Yesterday was Xiao Huang'er's Zhou Catch Ceremony, but unfortunately, Shen Jin has not been in good health these days and has been bedridden, and only came out of the house with a little energy today.Elder sister didn't bother her, so she missed Huang'er's grasping week.Xiong Niang said that the child grabbed the powder box and ribbon, and Shen Jin said with a smile that this child will develop the powder and silk business of Changfengtang when he grows up.This explanation is more in line with the bride's wishes.She doesn't want her child to become an ignorant woman who only knows how to dress up.

"I see, the powder box and the ribbon represent attracting bees and attracting butterflies, and throwing fruit to make cars full." Liao Niang covered her mouth and smiled, "Your Yin family has always been so attractive. Look at how good Xiao Huang'er is, it will be a big deal when she grows up in the future, there will be a sea of ​​people who love her."

[Tiaoniang, don't talk nonsense, this is not a good thing. 】Shen Jin smiled wryly.

Tiao Niang stuck out her tongue, knowing that she had said something wrong.Seeing that Shen Jin's mood was getting depressed, Qianhe secretly gestured to the girl.Tiaoniang understood, patted her to show she understood, then quietly left, leaving the two of them alone.

Qianhe's eyes were inconvenient, and when she saw Lienniang leaving, Shen Jin knew that she had something to say to him, so she took the initiative to roll the wheelchair close to the bed where she was sitting.Sensing her approaching her side, Qianhe stretched out her hand, groped for her hand on her knee, held it in her hand, and said softly:

"How do you think about it? About that blood pill."

Shen Jin was silent for a moment, leaned close to her ear, and whispered in her ear:

【I have not decided yet. 】

"Qin Nu, you should understand that what happened back then has nothing to do with you."

【Um. 】

"Then why do you have to torture yourself like this, and also torture your elder sister? This is not a difficult matter. Your elder sister wants you to be healthy, and you also hope so, why not accept it?" Qianhe said.

[But...it was made from Yin Yuyue's blood...] Obviously, Shen Jin still couldn't accept this kind of thing that was equivalent to sucking human blood, not to mention that she didn't have a good impression of Yin Yuyue.

"Why do you always think this way? You only think of it as medicinal materials. In fact, it is also made by mixing blood and various medicinal materials. Blood is only one of the formulas."

[However, Qianhe, everyone in this world covets the blood of our Yin family and regards us as a great medicine for nourishment.If we think this way ourselves, what is our Yin family... what are we?Isn't it like pigs and sheep, for people to raise, take blood, and kill for food.Even pigs and sheep scream and struggle before they die, but they seem to have gotten used to their fate of being killed and eaten.We have pigs raised in this farm, and if we feed them the meat residues of the same kind, they can swallow them as a matter of course. 】

Qianhe was speechless for a while, she felt that this girl was on the edge of her horn, how could pigs and sheep be compared with humans, pigs and sheep did not have the high intelligence of humans, so of course they would not think so much.Before they are slaughtered, they are always led by the nose, as long as someone feeds them, they can live obediently until the end of their lives.

The two were silent for a moment, Qianhe decided not to talk about this topic anymore.She smiled and said:

"I'm wondering if we should pray to heaven and earth and officially become a couple."

Shen Jin lowered his head and smiled, pursed his lips, leaned into her ear and said: [Then...you go and talk to sister. 】

The airflow from her speech was warm, blowing into Qianhe's ears, immediately rendering a layer of beautiful pink.Shen Jin looked at the layer of red, his beautiful eyes looked a little blurred.She raised her hand and plucked the hair around Qianhe's ear, then moved it closer again, her lips brushed against her auricle lightly, the fine fluff on her ear rubbed against her lips, itching to the bottom of her heart .

Probably her actions stimulated Qianzuru's most sensitive point, Dongying Swordsman's cheeks were flushed like fire, and his hands were tightly clenched into fists.

"I really..." Qianhe said weakly, with an intriguing fascination and desire in his tone, "I want your voice to heal, and I want to hear your voice. I think it will be the sound of nature... What do you do every day? Talking to me like that is really exhausting."

Shen Jin bit his lower lip at what she said, and his pretty face blushed.

Qianhe groped and touched her lips, rubbing her fingertips, her lips were already close together.When their lips were about to touch, she withdrew her thumb and unexpectedly bit Shen Jin's lips lightly.

"Just as I thought, so soft." Qianhe smiled.

Shen Jin patted her in embarrassment.

"Cough..." Suddenly, there was a coughing sound from behind, and Shen Jin was taken aback. When he looked back, he found that his sister was standing not far away, pretending to be looking at the scenery.

She was so ashamed that she couldn't lift her head.

On the contrary, Qianhe was calmer and asked, "Dalang, what are you doing here?"

"Qianhe, Qin Nu, get ready, we plan to enter the mountain tomorrow. The brothers Qianyumen who were sent into the mountain a few days ago have heard back, and they have found a way to enter the hermitage."

The author has something to say: the plot of the hermitage is not complicated, these two chapters should be able to be finished, and this volume is coming to an end soon.