Raiders of the maid who crossed the Red Mansion

Hearing what King Beijing Jing said was interesting, Liandu couldn't help but smile, and said in agreement: "Yes, Miss Lin is gentle and quiet, but the girl Zijuan beside her is shrewd and agile, which is very different from ordinary girls. It's rare. Her master and servant get along very well, thanks to Zijuan's care, Miss Lin looks much better than when she first came here."

"It seems that Sister Lian and this Miss Lin are destined to hit each other?" Hearing Lian Du's praise of Daiyu's master and servant, Shui Rong was also quite relieved.

Finally, Taoist Zhang recommended the right person, and holding the "Miaofa Lotus Sutra" written by Daiyu, he couldn't hide his admiration in his eyes.

All along, Shui Rong's eyes have been calm and restrained, like the warm spring sun, even Liandu, rarely sees his eyes that are so radiant and brilliant at this moment, and he doesn't feel his heart move.

"My lord, my lord?"

"Ah, Sister Lian, what's the matter?"

"Pfft, my lord was fascinated by reading it. Since my lord loves this scripture, I should take it with me. Thanks to the blessing of the Buddha, everything will go smoothly when I go to the frontier."

"No, no, I just flipped through it casually..."

After Liandu said this, Shui Rong felt a little embarrassed, closed the scriptures, put them back where they were, and pretended to look at the slanted plum branches outside the window with his hands behind his back.

"My lord." Liandu walked up to him again, and asked tentatively, "Aren't you going to see Miss Lin?"

"Huh?" Her proposal was extremely abrupt, and Shui Rong turned around in surprise, "What do you mean? Although Miss Lin lives here temporarily, I am a foreigner after all, so how can I visit? Sister Lian When it's convenient, just give me my best regards."

"I'm afraid this is inappropriate. Lianhua Temple is the family temple of Prince Jing's mansion in Beijing, and the prince is also the owner of the place. It's okay if Miss Lin doesn't know that the prince is here. Since I met Miss Zijuan, if I don't want to go, I'm afraid that Miss Lin will kill you." I misunderstood the prince, or I might not be happy for her to live here."

Liandu's words made sense, for this woman who had a bleak life experience, a strange life, lived away from home, but wrote a good handwriting, the King of Beijing was more or less curious, but he always He is a person who acts prudently and abides by etiquette. Even if his heart is moved, he still hesitates.

Liandu was about to persuade her again, when suddenly a wisp of zither sound floated leisurely from outside the window, sometimes clear, sometimes ethereal, like a gossamer floating in the breeze, sticking lightly to one's heart, and then disappearing without a trace, leaving nothing behind. Lingering melancholy.

In this quiet lotus nunnery, when has there been such a beautiful piano sound?

Shui Rong and Liandu looked at each other, and they both saw surprise in each other's eyes.

Shui Rong pondered for a while, then shook his head: "This tune is too desolate, a monk who is purely practicing Buddhism, shouldn't be in such a mood..."

Liandu listened carefully for a while, suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "The sound of the zither came from the backyard. I think Miss Lin played with it in her spare time. It's rare that the prince is also a bosom friend."

Shui Rong nodded: "That's right. I heard Zhang Zhenren talk about Miss Lin's life experience. She is a weak woman who lost her parents. She was still relying on her uncle's family, but now she lives in a nunnery. Terrible."

Liandu quickly persuaded him: "Since the prince also has a heart of compassion, why don't you just go and see Miss Lin?"

Shui Rong smiled wryly: "Sister Lian, it's not that I don't want to go, it's that this matter is indeed inappropriate..."

"What's wrong? My lord, please don't forget that Miss Lin's father, Mrs. Lin Hai, was the teacher whom he kowtowed to. Even if he only taught him for more than a month, the lord and Miss Lin should have the same friendship. Go visit me. Junior sister, what's wrong? If you care about the defense between men and women, you just don't have to meet."

"This..." Shui Rong felt even more emotional when Lian Du mentioned the deceased master.

Back then, Mrs. Lin Hai came to prominence and was newlywed. It was the time of spring breeze. Although he was a naughty boy, he was impressed by the first sight. Miss Lin was not born at that time. Died young, but Miss Lin ended up living in her own family temple, isn't this some kind of fate?

Liandu saw that Shui Rong seemed impatient, so he quickly called Cui'er and told her to go to the backyard to deliver a message, saying that after half an hour, he and Prince Beijing would go to visit Miss Lin.

Tweety and Zicuckoo are very close. After hearing this, she immediately dragged her skirt and ran away happily.

But when Zijuan returned to the backyard and met Daiyu, she also talked about meeting King Jingjing in front of the mountain gate, and she really praised her water-soluble appearance, demeanor, and how she treated herself kindly. .

Daiyu is not completely unfamiliar with King Shui Rong of Beijing County. Back then, she followed Jia Lian and went back to Yangzhou to take care of her father's funeral. The gift of wagtail incense beads was forwarded to myself.

Just because he knew that it was worn by a man other than Baoyu, he refused to take it after throwing it, and blamed Baoyu for not understanding himself, and said sarcastically that it was something that a stinky man took.

At that time, besides Baoyu, was there any other man in his eyes?But she never thought that it was only two years later that Baoyu had married someone else, but she had gone through life and death, and ended up in the family temple of this "stinky man"...

However, just looking at Master Liandu's temperament and demeanor, her husband might not necessarily be a vulgar and disgusting man.

But in Daiyu's mind, whether other men are good or bad has nothing to do with her at all. Zijuan was beaming with joy when she said that, but she just said "yes" lightly: "It's okay, don't tell the prince to go, lest Sorry."

Zijuan said proudly: "Don't worry, girl, I have a sense of proportion. These words are only chewed by us in private, how can we say them in front of others? Hey, it's a pity for Master Liandu, guarding such a person." I don’t want a high-ranking, flamboyant and handsome husband and son-in-law, why should I become a monk to be an aunt? He also comes to visit from time to time, which shows that he is very affectionate!”

Daiyu heard that Zijuan's words became more and more outrageous, her cheeks flushed slightly, and she cursed in a low voice: "Crazy talk..."

Zijuan made a face at Daiyu, picked up the vase by herself, and went to the porch to water the flowers. She was in a good mood and couldn't help humming softly:

You are a young brother without parents,

It's all up to you to make up your own mind.

The spring breeze will blow the old pear blossom face,

It is slipping by lightly.

In the world, there are as many kings and grandsons as sand,

It's all there, with three wives and four concubines facing Qin Muchu.

I treat each other like a guest and rarely see them,

Abandon the old and love the new to see more.

As the saying goes, ten thousand taels of gold is easy to get,

It's rare to know someone...

Daiyu couldn't hear clearly, so she couldn't help asking her, "Zicuckoo, what song are you singing?"

It was only then that Zijuan realized that what she sang just now was a part of her own libretto in the Yue opera "Dream of Red Mansions". She practiced and replayed it repeatedly on weekdays. After all, she was too used to it.

She was afraid of bringing back Daiyu's sadness, so she replied perfunctorily: "It's nothing, I don't know where I heard it, so I just memorized a few words."

As he said that, he ran away quickly, afraid that Daiyu would question her again.

Daiyu only silently memorized a sentence and a half, pondering over and over again in her heart, but felt that "spring breeze", "time", "abandoning the old and loving the new", "a bosom friend", every word seemed to be knocked on her heart, and her heart was immediately throbbing. Shaking, like joy or sadness, almost unbearable.

Then she walked into the house, sat in front of the Yaoqin, tuned the silk strings, twisted them slowly, and the gurgling ancient rhyme flowed out from her fingers.

Daiyu stroked the song "Shuiyun in Xiaoxiang", her mood gradually calmed down, and seeing that the sky outside the window was fine, she didn't want to be closed in the house, too indulging in emotions, so she took the fish food and wanted to go to the release pond to play with the fish.

Seeing her coming out, Zijuan hurriedly put down her work: "Girl wait a moment, although it's hot, but there's a strong draft over there, you'd better put on some more clothes."

She was about to go back to the house to get her clothes, when she saw Liandu's little disciple Cui'er running into the yard calling "Sister Zijuan" all the way.

"Tweety? What's the matter?" Seeing that Tweety's face was flushed, Zijuan seemed very excited.

"Miss Lin, sister Zijuan, get ready, the prince and concubine, ah no, they are my master, they are coming to see you!"

"My lord?" Liandu had been here before, so Zijuan was not surprised, but King Beijing's coming really surprised her.

She didn't necessarily understand the etiquette here, and she also understood that the king of Beijing County was a person of great status, and she had seen his majesty before. Hearing what Cui'er said, she immediately became nervous.

Daiyu who was standing under the brick was also startled, then frowned slightly, lowered her head, and said nothing.

Even though she hits off with Liandu very much, and she is grateful to King Beijing for taking her in, but she has always disliked socializing with others, and she is still a strange man, so she is a little unhappy right now.

Cui'er thought that Daiyu was afraid, so she ran over to comfort her attentively: "Miss Lin, just rest assured, although our prince is noble, he is very kind and never puts on airs. I also heard from Master that he once paid homage to the girl. My father is a teacher, and the girl is a brother and sister."

Daiyu was slightly surprised, she didn't know if Tweety'er was telling the truth, her parents both passed away early, and no one mentioned this relationship to her.

Still hesitating on her side, Zijuan has already hurriedly pushed her into the room, urging: "Girl, go in quickly, I heard that unmarried girls are not allowed to face men outside, even if they are My lord, don't let him look down upon you, girl."

Daiyu lost her mind for a while, and just let Zijuan push herself into the room, sat down by the bed, moved the screen to cover it, and cleaned up the desk and the piano table quickly with her hands and feet, and then ignited a stove of Ruinao.

She had just finished her preparations in a hurry when she heard Liandu calling from outside the yard: "Miss Lin, Miss Zijuan, is it convenient?"

Zijuan hurriedly ran out of the yard to meet the King of Jingjing and Liandu before she knelt down, but Liandu took a step ahead and supported her, and persuaded her gently: "This is a nunnery, so you don't have to stick too much to the etiquette of the world. , did the lord say so?"

King Bei Jing nodded kindly: "Exactly, Miss Lin is my king's distinguished guest, so naturally she doesn't need these red tapes."

Zijuan hurriedly said yes in panic, and greeted King Jing and Liandu to the door of Daiyu's room, only to hear the rustling of clothes inside, thinking that Daiyu stood up behind the screen.