I have a book to play

The sun in July is very hot, and the ground is scorching hot before noon.Fortunately, when the wind blows from the mountain, it can vaguely bring a coolness, otherwise no one will be able to stand up.

Xie Chen went back to the meditation room, his meditation room was facing the sun, and in summer it was inevitable that the sun would shine in through the window, after only standing for a while, there was a thin layer of sweat on his forehead.

The life in Jingming Temple is no better than that in the palace. In summer, there is no ice to cool down, and there is no charcoal fire to keep warm in winter.When he first came to the monastery, he did not get used to it, but the dignified prince lived well in fine clothes and fine food, as well as commoner clothes and vegetables.

He undressed and took off his belt, and only after he changed the sweaty monk's robe on his back, a little novice came running over and shouted through the door: "Senior brother, Mr. Sun Xiaolang is here."

The hand holding the monk's robe paused slightly, and Xie Chen replied directly: "Please come here."

The little novice ran away grinning, and led him back to the meditation room after a while.

The door of the meditation room was open, and Sun Peng smiled and stuffed a bag of freshly baked vegetarian pancakes into the hands of the little novice, and walked into the room.

The meditation room was brightly lit, and the faint sandalwood lingered on the tip of his nose. After sniffing, Sun Peng opened his mouth and said, "Master, I have something to think about—"

The unspoken words came to an abrupt end, and Sun Peng stared in astonishment at the side of the room with his back turned to his body.

The crescent-white monk's robe is hanging on the side, and all you can see is a broad back like a mountain, a toned waistline, and clearly visible muscles in both arms.

This is a very masculine body, with an unobstructed view of the back, every inch of the line is so strong, it is impossible to imagine that such a body is covered by such a flowing monk's robe.

Sun Peng held his breath subconsciously, and couldn't help but let out an "ah".

"What's wrong?" Xie Chen turned his head, and half of his exposed chest could still be seen in the monk's robe he put on.

Sun Peng shook his head, a little embarrassed to say that he was surprised.But when he was talking, he couldn't help but glance at Xie Chen's chest.Covering his hands with his wide cuffs, he reluctantly twisted his thighs, chanting "Amitabha" back and forth silently in his heart.

The sun is always hot, even on a day like the Hungry Ghost Festival, the sun is not polite at all.

Sun Peng and his family offered vegetarian meals to their ancestors, and they left the city with the old man's permission.He just went out of the city to go to Jingming Temple. Besides himself, he also brought a group of female relatives at home. Aunt Feng even brought Xu Yuxiu and Mrs. Xun up the mountain together.Now they are offering incense in the Daxiong Hall ahead.

He helped Yin's waiter light the lamp, took the time to ask the monks in the hall, and learned that Xie Chen was probably in the meditation room, so he slipped over immediately.

This run, I ran out of sweat.

Xie Chen felt refreshed a lot, looked up and saw that Sun Peng was drenched with sweat, even the sweat could be seen on his temple hair, he raised his hand and pulled him to a place where the meditation room was not exposed to the sun.

"Are you in trouble again?"

Xie Chen took out his cattail fan, stood in front of Sun Peng, and fanned him.

Sun Peng raised his hand and wiped his forehead and shouted, "It's nothing troublesome." After speaking, the smile on his face couldn't hold back anymore, he sighed, leaned forward, and leaned on Xie Chen's body, "I was on the job last night. When I was there, I met Yin's servant."

He has other purposes for Xie Chen, but whether it is before rebirth or after rebirth, he knows that his feelings for Xie Chen are too filthy, one step forward is hell, but he is reluctant to part with it in the future.

So he would rather choose to suppress himself, and only hope that people can treat him as a friend. In his spare time, he would like to sit down and drink a cup of tea together, and say a few words, that's enough.

It's just how greedy he is, Sun Peng has always known that the most he does when he arrives in Xiumu is to run out of the city, up the mountain, and to Xie Chen's side.

A cup of tea, a game of chess, even if you just sit for a day, you will be satisfied.

And if something happened, it would become a reason for him to go up the mountain to find Xie Chen to "explain".

He didn't dare to ask Xie Chen, for fear that this man who had been in Buddhism for more than ten years would be tainted by his filthy thoughts.

Sun Peng told Xie Chen carefully about Yin's servant from the beginning to the end, and he was still a little lost in thought when it was over, but his eyes didn't drift far away, instead, they flicked across the man's chest, and then again.

Xie Chen had contacted Yin Neishi before he became a monk, so he naturally knew about this person.After Sun Peng finished talking about him, he finally forced himself not to pay attention to his chest, but when he raised his eyes, he met Xie Chen's dim eyes.

He thumped in his heart, a little afraid that he would be caught right when he kept looking at the person's chest just now.

"The waiter Yin is the mother... an old man next to A Niang. He entered the palace early and failed to leave any children outside the palace. It is normal for the palace to recognize one or two goddaughters and sons. But..."

Sun Peng looked at Xie Chen in surprise, but he didn't expect him to be half-spoken: "But what?"

Xie Chen said with a sullen face, "You are still young, there are some things you don't need to know."

Sun Peng was in a hurry: "I'm still young, someone else's husband is probably already looking at the little lady at my age."

As soon as he said that, seeing Xie Chen's expression startled, Sun Peng hurriedly changed his words: "No, I'm really... I'm really not young anymore, is there anything I can't know?"

Xie Chen looked at Sun Peng, slowly put down his fanning hand, and rubbed the top of his hair: "The servant Yin is right, the palace is a place to eat people. There, no matter men or women, they are all beauties. His life is as thin as grass, so how could they care about it?"

"But when a person dies, he can always see the corpse..."

Xie Chen turned around and poured tea, his voice was neither sad nor happy, without waves: "Qilang, you are the younger brother of the Crown Princess, and no one in the East Palace will let you see those dirty things. If you can see it, it means that the Crown Princess can See. Moreover, whether it is the East Palace or other places, the only ones whose lives are as thin as paper are those maids and servants. They can not be carried out of the palace and thrown into the mass graves, because there are other places to go."

"What...where are you going?"

"The most remote places in those palaces, whether it's under a tree or a barren well, may have more than one life buried."

Xie Chen's voice was calm and calm, but Sun Peng heard a coldness just like that.

The bone-chilling chill that covered his limbs made him open his mouth, but it was as if someone had strangled his throat, making him unable to make a sound.

He had actually seen the corpses being carried out through the side door.

At first it was only by chance, thinking it was Xie Zhang's concubine, Feng Yi, who lost her temper and killed the maid of honor with a cane.Later, after seeing it a few times, I realized that some palace maids were not killed for no reason, because they were born well and won the favor of Xie Zhang, which also provoked the wrath of the concubine Liang and Fengyi.

All he could do at that time was to feel sorry for them, and sometimes he bumped into the maid who was being punished, and he would help if he could.

But maybe, he wasn't helping at all.

He sat by the side, his thoughts were confused, and Xie Chen's deep chanting sound was heard next to his ears, chanting the "Mantra of Rebirth" over and over again, word by word.

"Namo Amida Poye Dotagata Ye, Duodiye Ta Amitabha..."

*****

"So, Qilang thinks that the bodies of Chunying and Xiaogouzi should still be in the palace?"

Sun Xian looked at Sun Peng in surprise.The siblings have always talked about everything. Earlier, Sun Peng was transferred to the cold palace with a paper transfer order, and she thanked Zhang for it for a long time.

In the past, in the East Palace, no matter what Sun Peng did, she could protect one or two, but she went to the Leng Palace...

Although the people there were sent in by the first emperor, their identities are always extraordinary, and who knows if there is a mother's family who is now powerful in the court behind them.She was afraid that Sun Peng would be bullied when he went to the Leng Palace, and she worried for a long time before she heard that Xie Zhang accidentally missed a few words, and learned that although he went to the Leng Palace, he was transferred by His Majesty to the Empress Dowager.

That's good too, it's a good place to be abolished and benevolent.

"Sister, no matter who is there or not, I'm afraid there will only be a pile of bones left if I find it now. I just thought, even if I can find a piece of bone, if I find it and return it to Yin's servant, I can leave a copy for him at least." Think about it."

Sun Peng sat in front of Ao Dunzi and spoke solemnly.

"My sister has some people in the palace, so there is no need to make a big show of it. I just go to those corners where not many people usually go, take a look at the dry wells and deserted courtyards, maybe I can find some clues."

"The waiter Yin told you that he also searched for many places in the palace but failed to find it. Qilang, why do you have to search again?"

Sun Peng was silent for a while, then said in a low voice: "Sister, those are all human lives, no matter how high or low they are, they are all human lives."

Those noble people once regarded the Sun family as nothing, and the power of life and death was only between words.And the humble ones seem to have to bend down and serve them on their knees all their lives.

He once fell from the clouds to the ground, and he witnessed life and death involuntarily, blood flowing like a river.So every life is so precious in his eyes.

Seeing Sun Xian's pensive face, Sun Peng turned his face away and sighed inwardly.

He left too early and didn't have time to see Xie Zhang's ending.I don't know how long Xie Zhang has lived in that world after being seriously injured by himself, whether he has been enthroned, Da Chu...whether he was tormented by this stupid king, and the country failed to form a country, and his family failed to form a family.

"Qilang." Sun Xian said, "Sister agrees to this matter."

"Sister..."

"It's just that you promised sister that you are not allowed to go anywhere except the cold palace."

As if she was afraid that Sun Peng would agree casually, and she still had the courage to walk in the palace in private, Sun Xian grabbed his hand and held it tightly.

"You are Yuan... You are the person next to the Empress Dowager. You are not allowed to go anywhere except Qingning Palace and the Leng Palace. If something happens to you, you will be punished easily, but Empress Dowager will be implicated in serious cases."

Sun Peng held his breath, and Sun Xian in front of him had a serious expression and a serious tone, which made him feel compelled to calm down.

"In this palace, apart from Your Majesty, no one is looking forward to the life of the Empress Dowager. Your Majesty and the Empress Dowager are married, and their love is undoubted. If it were not for the Empress Dowager and the royal family, the person sitting next to Your Majesty would still be the Empress Dowager, who lives in the Eastern Palace. He will still be the former prince."

"As long as she lives, the king and queen will have to worry about it for a day. They are worried about the position of the queen and the instability of the crown prince. Therefore, once there is a chance to get rid of the deposed queen who was sent by His Majesty to protect him in Qingning Palace, which one of them You won't be soft-handed either. Qilang, you are the son of the Sun family, and you can't be the introduction for them to get rid of the abolished."

Sun Peng remembered what Sun Xian said.

Since he left the East Palace that day, he really never left the Qingning Palace.Yin's servant was also serving in the palace as usual, but Sun Peng occasionally heard from the little servant in the tea room that Yin's servant was always tossing and turning at night, presumably still thinking about the pair of children who didn't know life or death.

After a few days like this, Sun Peng had no idea how Sun Xian was helping her.

Until another day when he was resting, Sun Peng accompanied Balang to practice calligraphy in the room, and outside the door Gou Qi hurriedly led in a court lady with a familiar face.

As soon as the maid entered the door, she blessed her body and said, "My servant Yunyan, I pay my respects to Mr. Sun Lang."

Sun Peng recognized that the palace maid was someone next to Sun Xian, and immediately put down his pen, patted Balang on the head, walked around the table and walked in front of him: "Why is Miss Yunyan here, but what happened to Sister?"

Yunyan glanced around, then lowered her head and replied, "If you go back to Mr. Lang, the person whom Mr. Lang asked the Crown Princess to find... seems to have been found."

Sun Peng was overjoyed: "Where did you find it?"

Yunyan lowered her head more and more: "It's...in an unused dry well at a corner in the East Palace."