Subversion of the plot [Comprehensive]

Weak and unable to resist, Ping An agrees with Shi Niang and avoids Sun Fu.They had no relatives and no reason, and they wanted to prevent Sun Fu from finding them, so they couldn't go to ordinary places, so Ping An proposed to stay in the temple for a few days under the pretext of offering incense and performing rituals.The new house is still under construction, and Ping An sent Liu Da into the city every day to have a look, and by the way, to find out if Sun Fu had left the capital.

Sun Fu failed to find Fang last time, but came back in a mess, full of anger, and vowed to get Shi Niang.Unexpectedly, when he went back two days later, the gate was locked, and the neighbors couldn't get any information. Sun Fu was unwilling, so he took money to Fangzheng's place, and Fangzheng shook his head.

When he came to Beijing to do business, his father was worried that Sun Fu was young and immodest, and he didn't know the taboos of the rich and powerful, so he sent an old servant, Uncle De, along with him, both as a helper and as a supervisor.Uncle De is a senior citizen, and he is also a capable person in front of his grandfather. He is very respectable, and Sun Fu is also very polite when talking to him.

Uncle De saw that he was so busy these days because of a firework girl that he missed the return date, so he couldn't help but remind him: "Young master, before coming to Beijing, the master told you to return home immediately after the business is over, and you can't stay in Beijing. It's too late now." It’s been a long time. The master’s temper is known to you, so if you continue to delay..."

Hearing these unfinished words made Sun Fu uncomfortable.

The Sun family is indeed thriving, and Sun Fu's status is also extraordinary. He is the only son of the first line, and his mother's family is an official. He has been doted on since he was a child. It doesn't mean that everything in the Sun family will be transferred to him safely.Sun Fu himself is the only legitimate son, but Mr. Sun has many concubines, not to mention those sisters, there are five brothers born from concubines alone, and there may be more in the future. Mr. Sun is not harsh on those sons. If he annoys Mr. Sun, Master Sun will not beat him, but he will distribute the rights in his hands to other brothers, which is most unacceptable to the face-loving Sun Fu.

Although he still missed Shiniang, Sun Fu didn't dare to delay any longer, so he could only order to pack up his things and set off on another day.

Unexpectedly, things went wrong that evening.

The big housekeeper of the Sun family, Sun Cai, brought a group of people to the Sun family's house in Beijing, accompanied by a well-wrapped carriage, surrounded by women and maidservants, the formation was very different.Sun Fu is an old hand in flower bushes, as soon as he smelled the faint fragrance, he knew that there was a female guest inside, and he was surprised and surprised.

"Uncle Sun, this is..." Sun Fu couldn't help asking.

Sun Cai wanted to order someone to settle the people in the carriage, and waved back the people, only Sun Fu and Uncle De remained, and then said: "Master ordered me to come, please stay in Beijing for now, there is another matter to be done The son should have heard that the crown prince wants to choose a concubine..."

Sun Fu had a clear face: "Is this for the prince? But our family has no relationship with the prince."

Sun Cai paused and said with a chuckle: "Young master misunderstood, this is for His Royal Highness Fu Wang."

Sun Fu was not embarrassed at all, and nodded, understanding what Master Sun meant.

Their family's business has been clinging to Concubine Zheng Guifei, and every year there is a lot of filial piety, but they have never been close enough.Hearing that King Fu loves beauties, the Sun family specially recruited two stunning young girls, trained them for two or three years, and now they finally achieved results.As soon as the crown prince released the will to choose a concubine, Concubine Zheng and King Fu became restless. The mother and son communicated with everyone openly and secretly, hoping that two virtuous women who knew how to be warm and cold would be brought into Prince Fu's mansion to flourish.Which of the following is not a human being?As soon as the wind came out, the Prince Fu's Mansion was more lively than the Prince's Mansion.The Sun family got the news and immediately sent the two beauties.

Mr. Sun was very scheming, he only took advantage of the families of the two women, and did not enslave them. If he really fell into the eyes of His Highness Fu Wang, then as long as he has the ability, he will not only be a bed warmer, but Might get a point.The two women's natal families have no power. If they want to gain a foothold in Fu Wang's mansion, they can only support each other with the Sun family.

Sun Fu was secretly happy that he could spend some time in Beijing again, and at the same time he was thinking about how to find Du Shiniang.

At the same time, Ping An, who was avoiding disaster in the temple, did not know that disaster was falling from the sky.

Because they came to live temporarily in the temple under the banner of practicing rituals, after the two discussed, they performed rituals for the deceased relatives of the two families, and lit an ever-burning lamp to pray for the living relatives.Shiniang came to the temple and listened to the wooden fish chanting sutras every day, as if her body and mind were washed, and her heart became much calmer.Shiniang thought of all the past events and all the difficulties in the future, but she was no longer confused, and she and Pingan copied the scriptures every day, but she was also happy.

In the evening of that day, Ping An managed to finish copying the entire scripture, and took it to the Buddha in the front hall to worship.

Ping An is not an ancient person, writing with a brush is really difficult, not to mention small script and traditional Chinese characters, she was so worried that she wanted to give up several times.After Shi Niang copied it three times, she managed to finish one book, and the handwriting on the whole book was really horrible.Shi Niang only thought that she was born with hands, so she carefully taught her for several days, correcting her pen holding posture and upside-down strokes. Fortunately, this was copied from the copy. If she wrote it herself, she would definitely add typos.

Ping An really felt ashamed, and was afraid that too many lies would arouse suspicion, so he did not sleep well for several nights and practiced hard.

When Shi Niang saw that she had finally finished, she also breathed a sigh of relief.In fact, Shi Niang has long felt that there are many strange things about Ping An, but she has never thought of resurrecting the dead. Besides, she sees that Ping An is good, so she doesn't pursue those side details.

"I'll go with you." Ten Niang put down the scriptures in her hand and wanted to get up.

"No need, you rest, I'll go by myself." Ping An waved his hands and said with a smile: "These few days have been hard for me, and I don't want to be bored in this room anymore. The front hall is not far away, and this temple is safe. , I sent the scriptures and walked slowly, and I will be back in a while."

"Don't go to the dark place, come back early." Shi Niang was still a little worried, after all, single women should pay more attention.Today Liu Ma went back to the city to give Liu Da the money for building a house, and Xiu Gu went to the kitchen to prepare hot water. Even if there were monks in the temple cooking and boiling water, they had to be shy about female relatives, so Xiu Gu had to follow.

Ping An agreed, and took the scriptures out of the wing.

The place where they live is against the north wall of the temple, and there are a dozen or so large and small wing rooms all set up for pilgrims to stay, and most of them are single courtyards, safe and quiet.After going out the door, I faintly heard the sound of monks doing evening classes in the temple, and the air was filled with a faint scent of fireworks. Suddenly, I heard someone whooped, and Ping An was startled. Looking at the sound, I saw a figure squatting in the semi-dark place .

Ping An didn't approach, but thought he was in a temple, so he asked, "Who is it?"

"I, I sprained my foot. Can my lady do a favor and help me back. I live in the first small courtyard to the north." It was a woman who answered, ouching as she spoke, as if she was seriously injured.

Because of this, Ping An relaxed his vigilance, stepped forward to help the other party up, and asked: "If the pain is severe, you wait here, and I will find someone to carry you back. What's your name?"

"Lianxiang." The woman replied.

Before Ping An could introduce herself, she suddenly felt someone approaching behind her. Just as she was about to turn her head to look, a big hand stretched out and tightly covered her mouth and nose with a veil coated with medicine.Pingan struggled hard, and the scriptures and papers in her hands were scattered all over the floor, but the man behind her was extremely strong, and the lotus fragrance was pressing her down, so in the end she could only fall into the darkness unwillingly.

The moment she lost consciousness, she regretted meddling in her own business, which was obviously premeditated!She was worried about Ten Niang who didn't know...

The other party succeeded, and quickly carried him back to the small gate on the north wall of the temple. At this moment, the lock on the small gate had been smashed, and there was a carriage hidden outside. A group of people stuffed the unconscious Ping An into the carriage. Lian Xiang watched, The carriage quickly disappeared into the night.

On the other hand, Shi Niang couldn't wait until she came back safely, and gradually felt something was wrong.Shi Niang didn't care about anything else, and hurriedly went to the front hall with Xiu Gu to search, but saw scriptures scattered all over the floor halfway, Shi Niang's head went bang, her legs gave way, and she almost fell to the ground.

"Ping An, something happened to Ping An." Shi Niang thought it was Sun Fu who came here, and she was afraid that Ping An would be in danger, so she panicked and lost her mind.

Xiugu was also quite frightened, but she should be a servant, so she kept calm and quickly reminded, "Don't worry, Auntie, it's late at night and you're in the temple again, let's hurry to find the abbot of the temple Ask the monks to help you find it."

"Yes! We must find peace quickly!" Ten Niang walked like flying, and went straight to the front hall.

The evening class of the monks was not over yet, a woman from Shi Niang rushed in with a panicked expression, which surprised the monks.But Shi Niang didn't care about saluting, she knelt down to the presiding master of the temple with red eyes, and kowtowed three times: "Master, my sister is lost safely, please help me find it, there will be no accidents in Ping An. "

"What, what's going on here?" The host's expression changed when he heard that he was ashamed.Du Shiniang and the others came to the temple to perform ceremonies, and the host naturally remembered that if he said that he was lost at night, he must have lost him in the temple. Is this okay?In the pure place of Buddhism, a young female benefactor was lost, and it was rumored that the century-old reputation of the temple would be destroyed.

The host looked at each other with several juniors, not daring to be careless, and hurriedly ordered the monks to find someone.

After searching around, they found that the small door on the north wall had been smashed. The result was obvious, and Shi Niang passed out immediately.After all, Xiugu is a girl. When Du Shiniang fainted, she also panicked and cried.The monks shy away from female sex and are not easy to support, so they have to knock on the doors of other pilgrims for help.

A courtyard door was opened, and the attendant who opened the door listened to the monk's words, and wondered: "My son didn't take his maid with him when he went out..."

"Liu Zi, what's the matter?" A male voice came from inside the room and asked.

The six sons hurried into the house to report the matter.

The young man didn't pay attention at first, but suddenly he heard a familiar name, and he couldn't help asking: "What do you think is the name of the lost lady?"

"It seems to be called peace."

"The fainted one is a beautiful lady in her twenties?" the young master asked again.

"Exactly."

The young master didn't ask any more questions, but he opened the door and went straight to the place where the incident happened.The six sons were puzzled and did not dare to ask, so they could only follow behind.Coincidentally, it was the end of July, and there were many pilgrims burning incense and worshiping Buddha, but there were only two benefactors who stayed in the temple to perform ceremonies, one was Du Shiniang and Ping An, and the other was a young master with an attendant.The monks couldn't find anyone to help, so they had to find a strong helper to carry Shi Niang back.But at this moment, a young and handsome young man came over and hugged Du Shiniang across his waist without saying a word.

Xiu Gu was stunned, not knowing whether to stop her or not.

While thinking about it, the young master had already sent the person into the room and withdrew.Seeing that the young master was just helping each other out and not doing anything wrong, Xiugu felt relieved, and the monks in the temple also breathed a sigh of relief.

The young master did not leave immediately, but asked the host for details, and then asked: "What is the host's plan?"

The host sighed: "It's all due to the negligence of the old monk's management. He actually let the bad guys commit crimes in the Buddhist gate. At this time, the city gate is closed, and the old monk will report to the officials tomorrow."

Hearing this, the son introduced himself with a smile: "My father's surname is Gao, and he is the governor of Shuntian Prefecture. I am the eldest son of the family, and my name is Mu. The lady who fainted inside is a relative and friend of my family. I am here to do things for my parents. It is not a good reputation to be taken captive in the middle of the night. Besides, the little lady is not yet married, so her reputation must not be tarnished. Please allow the master to be merciful, don't make public about this matter, go back late and report to your father, and secretly investigate. "

As the saying goes, there is no basis for words, Gao Mu didn't wait for the stunned head, and after speaking, he took out his father's name stab from his body and handed it over.

The host took it over and saw that it was indeed the famous assassin of Mr. Yin Gao of Shuntian Mansion, so he felt relieved: "Since Mr. Gao has an idea, and he is thinking of the young lady, I will follow Mr. Gao's wishes. I just hope Mr. Gao can find it." The little lady will send a message to the old monk, so that the old monk can feel at ease, and the temple will chant scriptures and pray for the little lady."

"Thank you master."

After negotiating with the monks, Gao Mu went back to his room.

When Shi Niang woke up, she immediately asked Xiu Gu if she could find her whereabouts safely.At this time, the sky was just getting bright, and Xiugu stayed with Shi Niang all night and did not dare to sleep. Seeing that she woke up, she hurriedly brought hot tea, but shook her head when Shi Niang asked.Ten Niang suddenly burst into tears and worried, and immediately ordered Xiugu to pack her things, planning to go back to the city immediately to find Sun Fu's dignitary.

Shi Niang thinks that apart from Sun Fu, no one will deliberately attack the two weak girls.

Thinking of something, Xiugu asked casually, "Does Auntie know a Mr. Gao? I heard that the father of the Gao family is the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, and all the cases in the capital city are under the jurisdiction of Shuntian Prefecture. Anniang's affairs are not right. Should they investigate? Last night, Mr. Gao seems to have promised to be the presiding officer of the temple. What's more, you are family friends, and Madam Aimin won't thank you? Why rush back to the city."

"Master Gao? Family friend?" Ten Niang was taken aback for a moment, but when she heard that he was the son of the Yin family in Shuntian Prefecture, she understood, and couldn't help but smile wryly.What kind of family friend, what kind of person she is, it's just that the other party is kind and can't bear to expose her past.

Shi Niang was also very surprised that she would meet Gao Mu here.

What Xiugu said is true, no matter what the other party helped last night, you should thank her, not to mention... She was taken into captivity, even if she really went to find Sun Fu, she might not be able to get her back. She is a woman and has nowhere to appeal. There was an old benefactor with such power, could it be that she wanted to just ignore it and let Ping An live and die outside?

Shiniang pulled herself together, redressed her makeup, and went to find Gao Mu.

Yin of Shuntian Fu is a third-rank official. Because he governs the capital and several nearby counties, has similar responsibilities to departments such as Yushitai and Jiumen Admiral, and can face the emperor directly, his status is very different.As the son of the governor, Gao Mu has a great reputation and is a frequent visitor to fireworks.Shi Niang once had a good relationship with Gao Mu for a period of time, and had a good impression, but never let go of deep feelings, because she couldn't see through Gao Mu, she could only feel the difference between Gao Mu and his external performance.

Before meeting Li Jia last year, Gao Mu was also a frequent visitor to her building, but unlike the benefactors next to him, Gao Mu bore the reputation of a romantic son, but only talked, laughed, played and sang with her, seemingly staying overnight, but never really. touched her.At first she was also puzzled, and even secretly guessed that Mr. Gao had a hidden disease, deliberately making superficial articles to cover up the truth, or she learned the reason from Yue Lang later.

Yuelang is the number one name in Yichun Academy, and Gao Mu also frequents it, and Yuelang gets along well with literati and refined scholars, so he knows a lot of news.About Gao Mu, Yue Lang heard about it from the son of a rich man.

Gao Mu once had a cousin, they were in love with each other, and the two families were also of similar background, so they were considered close relatives.But just a year before that cousin Jiji, for some reason, she was attracted by the son of Uncle Zheng's family. Concubine Zheng sent someone to be a matchmaker, and the cousin went to Zheng's family.This was to break up a pair of lovers. Gao Mu was young at that time, if his family hadn't watched closely, he would have almost run to block Mr. Zheng's family.After finally letting go of it gradually, who knows that within half a year, his cousin died, Gao Mu suffered a serious illness, and after he recovered, he became a prodigal son.

This old incident happened when Gao Mu was 15 years old. Now nearly ten years have passed, and most people have forgotten it.

Of course, although Gao Mu's romantic reputation is exaggerated, it is true.Gao Mu likes to talk about poems and paintings with famous prostitutes, play and sing, but he doesn't like to have skin-to-skin contact, but there are wives, concubines, and beautiful maidservants in his family, so it's not just for display.Being out is not clean and self-cleaning, but it is dirty.

Shi Niang knew this very well, and it hurt her very much. Every time she faced Gao Mu, she hated her identity even more.If possible, who would not want to be clean?Who is willing to lean on the fence to sell their laughter?

When Shi Niang saw Gao Mu, she saw that he was clean, his eyes were faintly sad, her heart moved, and she had some guesses, but the relationship between them was not close enough to hear the news.Ten Niang thanked her, and tentatively offered to ask for help.

Gao Mu said: "Last night I promised the host that I will handle this matter." He added: "It's inconvenient for you as a woman to show up in public, and you don't know the details of those people, so you should hide for now. This temple is no longer safe, you We have to find another place to live."

Shiniang smiled wryly: "I can find it in the temple, so where can I hide? As long as I can find peace, nothing else matters."

Gao Mu glanced at her, slightly surprised and said: "Ten Niang has changed a lot."

"Young Master Gao has also changed." This is what Shi Niang felt at the first sight.

Gao Mu was silent, and said unexpectedly: "Zhuo Jing died of illness a month ago."

Ten Niang was stunned: "My lord, my condolences."

Gao Mu just sighed.

Gao Mu suddenly said: "If Shi Niang has nowhere to go, I have a village outside the city, and Shi Niang can go to live temporarily. When I find safety, I will send her there."

Ten Niang wanted to refuse, but she thought that Ping'an's whereabouts were unknown, and if something happened to her, who would worry about Ping'an?Besides, this Gao Mu has a lot of acquaintances, rich and powerful, if he is really greedy for beauty, how can he not find it?So he accepted the other party's proposal, and asked him to take Xiu Gu into the city, and greet Liu Da and his wife.

Gao Mu went to the city that day, using his identity and contacts to search secretly in the city.It's not that he doesn't look outside the city, but that once he really exceeds the scope of the capital, he will be beyond his reach.

At this time, Pingan woke up leisurely, staring at the fine gauze curtain in front of him, his ears were full of Lianxiang's words, and he was stunned.