Ma'am, is there someone out there?

In the old temple and old square, there is a bell ringing.In the temple, there is a statue of a mountain god carved in white marble. The mountain god has kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and his long sleeves are fluttering.

Qingzhou Mountain Temple has gone through several dynasties and has survived for several generations.

There are old customs in Qingzhou.When the wanderer leaves, the family will go to the mountain temple to offer incense, hoping that the wanderer can return home safely, and when the wanderer returns, they will burn incense with bare hands to fulfill their wish.

This is the second time for Shen Qing to come to this mountain temple.

The first time was after Lu Chen left home in a hurry, he was escorted by the old butler to offer incense in this temple.He didn't believe in God back then, but he felt that the ancients were very superstitious.When I come back now, I understand that it is not because of the superstition of the ancients, but because the wanderer left his hometown and his family asked for comfort.Those who come and go, which one is not pretending to be a person.The gods may not exist, but the thoughts in my heart are always there.

This time, he came to fulfill his wish.

Come back safe and sound, good luck.Shen Qing kowtowed devoutly to the unknown mountain god.

The pilgrims kneeling on the futon beside them, one by one.

Xiao Bao was sandwiched between Shen Qing and Lu Chen, imitating the appearance of an adult, making the movement of turning his feet.Xiaobao is wearing a lot of clothes, looking from a distance, he looks like a meatball.Some pilgrims who came to offer incense, saw Xiaobao's round buttocks in the yard before entering the door, and couldn't help laughing.After laughing, he quickly covered his mouth, for fear of disturbing the mountain gods and making their wishes not come true.

Lu Chen's ears were sharp, and he was still laughing outside the door. When he looked up, he also saw Xiaobao's round buttocks.He reached out and patted Xiaobao's butt.Xiaobao looked at Lu Chen in puzzlement.

"Ahem, the incense is ready. Let's go out and leave the seats for other pilgrims." Lu Chen stood up and helped Xiaobao up to avoid people watching.

But Lu Chen didn't know that it was his turning around that attracted more onlookers.

"Isn't that the general?" Someone pointed.

The people around him stopped him: "Don't point, be careful that the general draws his sword and chops off your finger."

"That's the lady over there, right?"

"It's Madam. I haven't seen Madam for quite a while. I heard that she went to the military camp a few days ago."

"The military camp, it's really amazing. This time the war was won, and my man came back. Oh, my man said that he often saw the general and his wife in the barracks. Oh, my man said that the general and his wife have a good relationship. I'm envious of one of their gang of men who didn't marry a wife. In the past, didn't they say that the general is a lone star, marrying a man without a pair? You see, after marrying his wife, everything is calm. What kind of pot is matched with a cover? What word is it, born to be absolute??"

"It's a perfect match! Hey, what kind of soldiers in your man's barracks do you often see?"

"The fireman in the kitchen."

"..."

"Look down on the Firehead Army?"

"...No, no, hey, who is the general with that child?"

"You really don't know much. That little chubby baby has been in and out of the General's Mansion for a year, and now it is brought by the old housekeeper and the eldest girl of the General's Mansion every day. I don't know where the young master is."

"Young master?? Madam gave birth?"

"That's right. Look, does it look a lot like Madam..."

"This is too scary, isn't Madam a man?"

Shen Qing didn't hear the passers-by watching and discussing.I heard it, probably just smiled in my heart and passed away.He is now happy and happy, so why be afraid of these remarks.I have no choice but to be extremely sensitive to these words.

He picked up Xiaobao with one hand, held Lu Chen's hand with the other, and the two left the hall.They came early for the first injection of incense, and left at this time, walking in the opposite direction with the coming pilgrims.Some passers-by covered their mouths in surprise, and some hurriedly bowed when they saw them.Shen Qing thought in his heart, fortunately he came early, and didn't encounter unnecessary crowds when there were more people.

Although few dared to watch Lu Chen.

Lu Chen's body grew slowly. When he was a teenager, he was a head shorter than his peers.At that time, some boys of the same age were also upset when they saw Lu Chen wearing a mask who was silent and always looking gloomy and cold. Several of them teamed up and wanted to beat Lu Chen up.Although seven or eight people doubled in the end, Lu Chen cleaned up and beat him until his teeth fell out.

The boys complained with snot and tears when they returned home. The family relied on Duke Huan's kindness and reputation for innocence, so they came to the Duke's mansion together to ask for an explanation. common people.

Duke Huan loved Lu Chen so much that he sent those people back.Lu Chen suffocated in the room and did not go out.He almost died and was sent to foster care in Duke Huan's mansion.Duke Huan treated him very well, and he liked it quite a lot, even more than where he used to live.

He actually doesn't have a deep impression of him before the age of seven.The resplendent and magnificent palace, all the beautiful maids, concubines painted with makeup, or the father-in-law with orchid fingers... These memories have become blurred.

Qingzhou is far better than the palace.

But few people like troublesome children.Lu Chen, who was still young at the time, thought in his heart that he didn't want Duke Huan to think that he was a bad boy.

Although he can't say sweet words or laugh like other children, and always looks gloomy, but...

"Be careful, look at the steps." Shen Qing hugged Lu Chen's waist very quickly, and looked at the steps with fear, "Why are you always in a daze, almost fell in the air."

The three of them were walking down the steps, but Lu Chen didn't know what he was thinking, he didn't look at the way, and almost stepped on the ground.

"I think of something that happened a long time ago." Lu Chen shook his head and said.

"Since it happened a long time ago, don't think about it. If you think about it, you must also think about your wife—me." Shen Qing loosened his waist, held his hand, and half-jokingly complained in a little woman's tone, " If the general misses someone else, it will make your wife very sad."

"Don't talk nonsense." Lu Chen couldn't bear Shen Qing's unserious appearance, "Be more serious." Xiaobao was also watching.

Xiao Bao didn't understand Lu Chen's meaning, but took Shen Qing's words instead: "Daddy, Daddy, besides Dad, I also miss Xiaobao."

Of course, Shen Qing didn't act dishonest for no reason, he found that as long as he was dishonest, Lu Chen would feel ashamed and put those miscellaneous emotions behind him.As long as Lu Chen is happy, he is willing to play ugly.

"Okay, you guys talk too much." Lu Chen shook off his hand and took a step first.Look at how well-behaved Xiaobao is, Jing and Shen Qing are learning a little out of tune.It's just that he said so, and his face blushed a little under the mask.

The mountain temple has a history of hundreds of years. The temple has been renovated several times, but the layout has never changed.The people are afraid that this change will damage the aura of the mountain temple.

In the temple, there is an old tree that is evergreen all the year round, and the branches are tied with red ribbons.

This tree is the famous karma tree.For lovers who love each other, write their names on red silk and tie it to a branch, so that the mountain god can bless them to grow old in peace.They say it is very effective.

Lu Chen stood at the bottom of the tree and looked up. When the wind blows, the red ribbons all over the tree sway from side to side, which is quite spectacular.Shen Qing walked over and stood shoulder to shoulder with Lu Chen.He had heard about this karma tree, and he only thought that the ancients were romantic, so he really didn't think about hanging one.

Lu Chen stood at the bottom of the tree for a long time, his heart was about to move, but he was too embarrassed to speak.Since the children are all grown up, it seems that this age is not suitable for this kind of thing that most unmarried men and women will do.Furthermore...

How could such a perverse and delicate thing be like what he, Lu Chen, would do.In the past, he would have scoffed at this, and it would be better to have two more roasted chickens instead of tying red cloth strips.If he really hung up some red cloth strips and said it, the men in the barracks would die laughing, which would damage his majesty as a general.

But... In the end, I still listened to the efficacious words.If it really can bless them forever, it doesn't matter if he has the cheek to hang one.A man can bend and stretch, just laugh when you laugh.You can't have your cake and eat it too, so Lu Chen should sacrifice his life for righteousness, and lose face if he loses face.

Lu Chen secretly took out a red ribbon from the room, and wrote his and Shen Qing's names on it. He was afraid that God would misidentify the person, so he wrote all the names and characters, and even drew the birth date.

I really can't save face, so take it out.

Lu Chen rubbed his hands, and waited for a long time before Shen Qing mentioned it.He thought to himself, as long as Shen Qing asked whether he wanted to try it or not, he would first pretend to evade, and then he couldn't evade, and agreed in due course.In this way, it is not Lu Chen, but Shen Qing who speaks first and mentions things that the elders don't know how to do!

Lu Chen made a good plan, but Shen Qing really didn't want to speak this time.He still stood on the side stupidly, thinking that Lu Chen was looking at the scenery.

"It's windy, let's go back. We didn't even have breakfast to enjoy this incense stick. I'm afraid you're starving." They came out early, and besides drinking goat milk for Xiao Bao who was about to grow up, Both were hungry.Shen Qing kept in mind that Lu Chen was prone to hunger, especially in the past few days, his appetite was much larger than before.

Shen Qing thought to himself that the mountain temple was full of incense, and there were many people who got up early to offer incense, so there should be quite a lot of food stalls nearby, so he said: "It will take half an hour to go back to the General's Mansion, and there are food nearby, why not eat nearby."

Shen Qing felt that his suggestion was very good, but Lu Chen was very unhappy, and seemed a little bit aggrieved.

"Don't eat."

Shen Qing couldn't figure it out, could it be that he was already extremely hungry?Thinking about this, Shen Qing took out a small cloth bag from his bosom, which contained ready-made steamed buns stuffed with red bean paste, the size of a bite.He was worried that when he met Lu Chen on the way, he would start screaming hungry. After all, Lu Chen's image of being prone to hunger had already been fixed in his eyes.

"Eat this." She Qing handed it over. When he was warming the goat milk in the morning, he steamed a few temporarily, but he didn't have time to give it to Lu Chen.

Lu Chen took the small cloth bag, his heart was sour and sweet, the sweet thing was that Shen Qing really missed himself all the time, but the sour thing was, idiot, why didn't he understand what he was going to do.

Lu Chen vented his anger like biting a steamed bun, feeling aggrieved.

"What's the matter?" Shen Qing knew that Lu Chen was not happy at the moment when he saw the way he was eating.

Lu Chen ate and burped, and pushed the little cloth bag back to Shen Qing, then simply took off the mask on his face, and stared at Shen Qing with his beautiful eyes.

"I want to hang this!" Lu Chen couldn't help pointing at the big tree and said.

After speaking, he blushed.

What a shame.It's not a little girl, what's there to worry about!