Placid Chang'an

After the death of the abbot of the temple, the whole temple must chant sutras for him for three days, and then he can bathe and change clothes, and seal the altar for a funeral.Li Shi and the others presided over the incense sticks for Hui Kong the next day and then went down the mountain first.

After returning to Xingqing Palace to rest for a while, Su Cen took a shower and changed his clothes, ordered the back kitchen to make some meat dishes and took them to Li Shi's room. The two of them ate and chatted, summarizing what happened last night. It is almost possible to guess.

Six months ago Song Fan killed the coachman at Wanqing Pavilion and kidnapped Huang Wan'er, and has been hiding her in the Caotang Temple ever since.To hide a person in the temple, deliver food every day, and be guarded, it is obviously impossible for Song Fan to do it alone. The host Hui Kong must know about it, and it can even be said that he and Song Fan have colluded to hide everything. People made a scene, Song Fan pretended to be subjugated, and Huikong presided over Song Fan's downhole in front of everyone, and then secretly replaced people.The monks in the temple didn't know about it, so they all thought that it was Song Fan who went down the well, but they didn't know that it had already been replaced by Huang Wan'er.

"Things make sense, but there are still a few doubts." Su Cen bit his chopsticks and frowned slightly, "First, why did Song Fan kidnap Huang Wan'er? It took so much trouble to hide her, even for Song Fan, wouldn't it be easier to kill her? Second, why did Huikong preside over a monk, why did he help Song Fan do this kind of thing? Also, last night Who is the man in black who killed Huikong and presided over it, or what is the reason why Huikong presided over the suicide?"

Li Shi put a shrimp in Su Cen's bowl, "I don't know why Song Fan kidnapped Huang Wan'er, but Huikong can guess a little."

"Oh?" Su Cen raised her eyes and asked with a smile, "What's your opinion, my lord?"

Li Shichong nodded his chopsticks, and signaled him to listen while eating——Su Cen just talked about this meal, and the chopsticks hadn't been lowered a few times.

Seeing people move their chopsticks, Li Shicai said: "There is a story in the Buddhist scriptures that the Buddha killed a thief and saved 500 people. A villain came in and plotted to murder the people on board. The Buddha knew the purpose of the villain through a dream, but he couldn’t do it. If he told other merchants, the merchants would definitely kill the thief, and the 500 people would kill him. If you don’t do anything, the thief will kill the businessman, and you will fall into the endless hell. Finally, the Buddha decided to kill the thief himself and bear the retribution of going to hell. This is the so-called "I will not go to hell, who goes to hell'."

"It's the words that Host Huikong left before his death."

Li Shi nodded.

Su Cen began to bite his chopsticks again, "Huikong is in charge of imprisoning Huang Wan'er, let's assume that Huang Wan'er is the 'villain', who are the five hundred merchants?"

Li Shi tapped the table lightly with his knuckles, and said after a while: "Cang Sheng."

Su Cen suddenly said, "That's right, Master Huikong is a person who has realized everything and voluntarily fell into the evil of reincarnation to save the common people. However, how could Huang Wan'er, a little girl who has not been out of the court, stand on the opposite side of the common people, and what role does Song Fan play in it?" ?”

Li Shi frowned, and gave Su Cen another dish with chopsticks, "If you don't understand, eat first."

Su Cen was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that his bowl was covered by Li Shi's pile of hills.As soon as he thought about the matter, he forgot that the faults in his actions really needed to be rectified, and he couldn't starve himself to death as soon as he started a case.

He simply stopped using chopsticks, grabbed a spare rib with his hands, and gnawed it directly into his mouth.

Li Shi asked: "Huang Wan'er, how do you deal with it?"

"What else can I do? Send it back to the Huang family," Su Cen said while eating, "I can't keep raising her forever, her belly is so big, who will be born?"

"She really likes you."

Ever since Huang Wan'er came back, she didn't recognize anyone, and she clung to Su Cen every step of the way. She just put her to sleep before escaping.

"Maybe I'm likable," Su Cen raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Isn't someone also very fond of me?"

Li Shi looked at the person in front of him, with a smile on his face, tan lips and bright teeth, and finally nodded, "It's likable."

Su Cen smiled more cheerfully, ate two more ribs, licked the sauce on his hand, and looked satisfied.It is simply not a life in the temple, how can one eat radishes and cabbage? Host Huikong also said that he has a relationship with Buddhism, and he would not go there for a second time just for the food.

"Don't look at Huang Wan'er like this now, she's actually pretty smart," Su Cen rubbed her slightly protruding stomach with satisfaction, "She knew how to show her identity by taking out the earrings when she was in the temple, but it's a pity that the person who received them It’s a stick, or a stick with six unclean roots. Fortunately, he is greedy and knows to pawn off the earrings, otherwise I wouldn’t have found Caotang Temple.”

Li Shi was also full, picked up the handkerchief and wiped his hands, "Everything has a cause and effect."

Su Cen squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Why do you go to the monastery to practice Zen? You speak like a monk."

Li Shi stretched out his hand and pulled him over to wrap him in his arms, while his other hand was restlessly stuck into his clothes, "Then do you think I act like a monk?"

On the second day, Su Cen cleaned up Huang Wan'er and sent her back to Huang's house. Huang Wan'er's mind recovered a lot, and she was already able to call him "Brother Su" like Qu Ling'er.

After entering Huang's family, Huang Wan'er got better again, recognized her father and elder brother, and she burst into tears as soon as she spoke.

The Huang family hugged each other and wept bitterly. Su Cen originally thought that Huang Ting didn't care about this daughter, but unexpectedly, he cried the most sadly. Huang Wan'er stopped crying, and Huang Ting's emotions still didn't settle down. In the end, it was Huang Mian's representative. Su Cen was entertained by his father.

"Brother Su laughed." Huang Mian cried with red eyes, but his face was happy, "Little sister's life-saving grace can never be repaid. My Huang family owes Brother Su a life."

"Brother Huang is serious." Su Cen couldn't say that he went to investigate specially. He only said that he found someone by accident when he went out for a spring outing. He was afraid that the Huang family would anger the Caotang Temple, and he didn't say that Huang Wan'er was imprisoned. It was taken in by the people in the temple.

Anyway, they will still ask Huang Wan'er afterwards, right and wrong have their own considerations, Su Cen doesn't want to say more.

"Your sister is pregnant." Su Cen didn't want to interfere in other people's family affairs, but he was afraid that Song Fan's anger from the Huang family would be transferred to the child, so he could only say: "The child is innocent."

"I will let Wan'er be born as my own child." Huang Mian clenched his fists and thumped it on the table, "But my Huang family doesn't want to marry him in the Ding'an Houfu. Go and annul the engagement, my Huang family and the Song family have nothing to do with each other!"

Su Cen didn't want to say anything more, and nodded: "That's fine."

Huang Mian wanted to keep Su Cen for dinner, but Su Cen thought about how hard it was for the family to reunite, and he was not so blind, so he stood up and said goodbye.

On the second day Huang Mian came to the door in person and brought many thank you gifts, but Su Cen could not refuse and had to accept.

The next day Su Cen picked out some good ones and sent them to Xingqing Palace to Li Shi.Although he knew that Li Shi didn't like these gadgets, Li Shi had contributed a lot to this matter, so he couldn't take credit for it all, at least he meant it.

When I met Qi Lin on the road, he saw a circle of Buddhist beads wrapped around his hands, so he asked casually, "Does Guard Qi believe in Buddhism now?"

Qi Lin raised his hand and took a look, "Ling'er gave it to me. She said she bought it at the foot of the Caotang Temple. Everyone has it." He raised his eyebrows and glanced at Su Cen: "Why, Mr. Su?"

He has a fart!

Only then did Su Cen remember that when he went down to save people, it was fine if Qu Linger didn't help, but he still made a bet with him from above, picking them up one by one from their bead strings.Those few Buddhist beads have been played by those monks every day, they are smooth and round, with a thick layer of oily skin, and the blessings on them are also profound, how can they be compared with those cheap ones at the foot of the mountain.

I silently rolled my eyes in my heart, the autumn wind that I used his name to fight, now it's showing off to him.

Seeing Li Shi take out his things, Su Cen suddenly felt that he was very vulgar. With so much incense money, why didn't he know how to order things like Qu Linger, and it would be good to take two scriptures.

... "Heart Sutra" forget it.

Fortunately, Li Shi didn't care, so he just accepted it with a nod.

As the weather became hotter day by day, Li Shi moved a pot of orchids to the shade, took a handkerchief and slowly wiped the leaves, and casually asked Huang Waner some questions.

Prince Ning took care of everything, but he took care of these orchids by himself. Sure enough, delicate flowers had to be taken care of by delicate people. At the beginning, these flowers did not bloom when he was with him, but now they are blooming all year round with Li Shi.

Thinking about it, he didn't know which of these flowers liked sun and which liked shade, which liked drought and which liked waterlogging, and he didn't know which ones. He took them out to bask in the sun and water them together every day. It was already a face for him not to die in his hands.

Su Cen wanted to help, but couldn't do anything, so he followed Li Shi's example and pulled up a leaf to help wipe.

Li Shi asked: "Will the Huang family plan to pursue Song Fan?"

Su Cen shook his head, "The Marquis of Ding'an has the iron certificate of Dan Shu, and there is nothing he can do for a while, and the Huang family has always played with an attitude of calming things down, now that he has been found, this time he will suffer from being dumb, and he will admit."

"Dan Shu Iron Coupon can protect him, but it doesn't mean that there is nothing we can do about him."

"Huh?" Su Cen raised his head.

"It can't be punished, and rewards are not enough."

Su Cen frowned, "What do you reward him for?"

"Since Huang Wan'er has been found," Li Shi suddenly raised his lips and smiled, "then give him a big marriage."

"A marriage?" Su Cen was taken aback, "But the Huang family has already decided to call off the engagement."

"With Huang Wan'er's current situation, do you think there is a better choice?"

In fact, Su Cen also knew that Huang Wan'er had been missing for half a year and came back pregnant, so it's really hard to find someone else in the future.Moreover, the child is Song Fan after all, Huang Wan'er used to be the mistress of the Hou Mansion, and the child will grow up to be the new Young Lord of the Ding'an Hou Mansion, inheriting the privilege of the Dan Shu Iron Coupon, which is the best destination for both of them.

Su Cen was still a little worried: "What if Song Fan treats their mother and child badly?"

"The marriage bestowed by the emperor is not child's play, and..." Li Shi said slowly, "Do you really think that Song Fan will marry Huang Wan'er?"

Su Cen frowned, if the marriage was really bestowed by the emperor, why would Song Fan regret the marriage?Having said that, he also felt in his heart that Song Fan would not really marry Huang Wan'er. He couldn't say why, but he just secretly felt that if a marriage was granted, Song Fan would be more difficult than the Huang family.

"Zixu," Li Shi called him suddenly.

Su Cen came back to his senses: "What's wrong?"

Li Shi said in a deep voice, "Don't wipe it."

Seeing the dull expression on Li Shi's face, Su Cen suddenly felt a thump in his heart.

Sure enough, when he looked at the ground, a pot of orchids was about to be bald by himself.