I opened Taoist temple in Liao Zhai

"Chu Guanzhu is here?"

The morning light is faint, and the dewdrops on the flowers and leaves are shining with crystal light.Xiaohong was collecting dew, when she saw the blue figure not far away, she happily went to open the door.

Han Guang smiled at her: "It's been a long time since I came to see you, how are Madam Yu and Xiao Cui doing?"

"Mother is fine, Xiaocui," she laughed, and said narrowly, "She is obviously a regular wife, but she lives like a concubine."

"what's the situation?"

Xiaohong smiled without saying a word, and led her along the path, and happened to meet Wang Yuanfeng and Xiaocui watering the flowers in the garden together.The two were tired of being together, you and me, and they didn't notice the arrival of the cold light at all.

"My brother-in-law is running at both ends now." After walking a little further, Xiaohong whispered.

Han Guang understood that Xiaocui probably didn't want to go back to Wang's house, so there was such a compromise.Such days may not last long.

Xiaohong lifted the curtain, and Hanguang stepped into the main hall.Madam Yu got up quickly, and after inviting Han Guang to take her seat, she said to Xiao Hong, "Go down first."

After Xiaohong left, she said in a low voice: "I have received the Lord's letter. I invite you to come today. I really got a clue. The Lord can check it by himself."

She was very interested: "Where is it?"

Mrs. Yu said: "I have a sister who married in Penglai, Shandong, and there is a man there who fits your description..."

During these days assisting the Fourteenth Niang to face the saint in the capital, Han Guang has not been idle, and continues to search for her ancestors of the Chu family.There are many people in Kyoto, and they come from all corners of the country. Maybe someone really knows the ancestors of her family.

The person Han Guang is looking for is Chu Xingde, a generation of celestial masters in the family tree of the Chu family. His age and appearance are unknown, only his name is known, and he is a practitioner of Taoism.

Because there is too little key information, Han Guang has been looking for a needle in a haystack in the past two years, and can't find any reliable clues.A few days ago, she asked Mrs. Yu, the foxes have a huge family, so they might know more.

Madam Yu handed over a piece of paper, Han Guang unfolded it, and it said Penglai Chu family.In the generation of 'Xing', there is indeed one person who left home to practice Taoism since childhood, and it has been 50 to [-] years now.

50 years?

Isn't the other party a little old man in his 60s or [-]s?

Seeing her in a daze, Madam Yu asked with concern, "What's wrong with the temple master?"

"fine."

She came back to her senses, thanked him calmly, and said: "Just now I just remembered that the person I'm looking for seems to be from Shandong."

"I hope the Master finds this person soon!" Madam Yu guessed that she was looking for her father in a sea of ​​people, so there was a trace of pity and blessing in her enthusiasm.

Today Han Guang came alone, Madam Yu invited her to stay for lunch.She anxiously wanted to use Tudun to visit Penglai, so she declined.

Mrs. Yu had no choice but to send her out, but when she arrived in the courtyard, she heard someone shouting outside the courtyard wall: "Master, are you there?"

Judging by his appearance and attire, he looks like a servant of a rich family.Wang Yuanfeng raised his head when he heard the sound, and said displeasedly, "Why are you here again? Did my mother ask you to come and urge me to go home?"

"Yes……"

"I told you earlier, I will definitely go home before evening!" Wang Yuanfeng was a little irritable, and Xiaocui tugged on his sleeve hastily.

The boy was a little scared, but the matter was of great importance. He knelt down and cried out with tears in his eyes, "Master! My wife told you to go back, because my master...was taken away by people from Dali Temple!"

"What?" Wang Yuanfeng stood up all of a sudden, and asked anxiously, "What happened?"

"Young master, you go back first..."

The sound of the horse's hooves was urgent, and a cloud of smoke and dust rose from the courtyard wall. Xiao Cui stood on a high place and stared at it stupidly.Madam Yu shook her head and said, "You silly girl. We can't get along with people at all."

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In the evening of the next day, Han Guang returned to Kyoto from Penglai.

She had inquired in the local clan ancestral hall, and indeed there was a man named Chu Xingde, who had been away from home for many years and was a neighbor in the neighborhood. She only remembered him as a fair-looking man with a very quiet temper.It is said that when he was a teenager, he went to the south with his parents to do business. Unexpectedly, he encountered water thieves and his whereabouts are unknown.

The people of the clan only regarded him as dead and divided up his family property and fields.Unexpectedly, three years later, he escorted his parents' coffin back alone, and when others tried to bully him, he punished him heavily instead.

It is said that he was rescued by an expert and learned magic.

After Chu Xingde resettled his parents, he set fire to the old house and left with money.No one has seen him since, or known his whereabouts.

After listening to this story, Han Guang always felt that there were some intermittent clues in his heart, and there were inextricably linked in the vagueness, but they could not be connected together.

Smoke rose from the east kitchen, Han Guang pushed open the courtyard door, and saw Yan Chixia sitting in front of the main room pounding garlic.

"The temple master is back!" Seeing her, Yan Chixia threw away the garlic mortar, stood up impatiently and said, "Dali Temple has issued the result of the trial in the past two days you have been away."

Not long ago, Han Guang handed him the letter stolen from the brothel.Yan Chixia united many candidates who failed the ranking, and went to Dali Temple to beat the drums to express their grievances.

This incident has attracted the attention of the ruling and opposition parties. After all, fraud in imperial examinations has been a major event in all dynasties.

Han Guang said: "Huh? Then Yu Hangsheng and his teacher were arrested?"

"That's not true." Yan Chixia was also a little confused: "It's Mr. Wang who is unemployed. It is said that the letter was written by him."

He explained that the unemployed Lord Wang was called Wang Taichang, and he used to be an official to supervise the censor.Mr. Wang was just impeached last year and was dismissed as an official. He has been staying at home for a long time. How did he get involved in the case of imperial examination fraud?

Han Guang felt that the name sounded familiar, and thought, isn't this Wang Yuanfeng's father?

She asked, "Why did this Master Wang do this?"

"It is said that it is to cultivate party members so that they can come back." Yan Chixia said: "What's even more bizarre is that the handwriting of that letter is indeed Wang Taichang's."

"You don't look very happy." Han Guang looked at his expression, if he really got wronged, shouldn't he be happy?

"I just think this is a bit strange, but I can't explain why." Yan Chixia shook her head and said, "Besides, that Yu Hangsheng insisted that he just received the letter and didn't really do it. The Internet also read his article because of this, and they applauded repeatedly."

Han Guang said very calmly: "You can't rule out being blind today."

Yan Chixia was horrified: "The Lord be careful what you say!"

Han Guang flicked his ponytail, and said calmly, "I'll go to Yu's house again."

Under the cold moonlight, Madam Yu was sitting in the pavilion, and Xiao Cui was crying in her arms.

Han Guang walked into the garden and saw that Xiao Hong was also sitting beside him silently, so he asked, "What's wrong?"

"Hey, the temple master is here." Madam Yu stroked her daughter's hair and said sullenly, "Have you heard? My benefactor was arrested and taken to Dali Temple."

"Slightly heard."

Madam Yu continued to eloquently: "Yesterday, after my son-in-law left, Xiaocui was worried, so she went to the city to inquire. Then she heard that Mrs. En was involved in the imperial examination fraud case and was arrested. Now the whole Wang family It's a mess, we are foxes, even if we want to help him, we are powerless."

Xiaocui whimpered, "It's all my fault..."

Xiaohong said sharply: "I said it has nothing to do with you! Silly girl, how do you know how to blame yourself?"

Han Guang didn't know where Xiaocui's sense of guilt came from, so he listened to Mrs. Yu's explanation.As mentioned before, last year Wang Taichang was impeached and dismissed because of partisan disputes. There was a jade vase in his family that was given by a certain governor. Wang Taichang wanted to use it to bribe high officials so as to return to officialdom.

Unexpectedly, this jade bottle was broken by Xiaocui, which also became the trigger for Xiaocui to leave home.After that, Wang Taichang stayed at home until this catastrophe happened.

In Xiaocui's opinion, if she hadn't broken the bottle, perhaps Wang Taichang would have been let go of the job long ago, and she wouldn't have been framed.

Han Guang didn't know how Xiaocui's brain circuit turned around, but Wang Taichang was a supervisory censor before, and he also received contributions from local officials, so he was obviously not an upright official.

It's just that this incident was triggered by the letter she stole, and Han Guang wanted to find out.

She calmly asked: "Ma'am, did Wang Taichang really do this?"

"No." Madam Yu shook her head: "Although Engong is not a good official, he never interfered with the imperial examinations. I have calculated that this is Engong's catastrophe."

"Well, if Wang Yuanfeng is willing to come to me, I can take him to find out the truth of this matter." Han Guang handed them his address and got up to leave.

Mrs. Yu hurriedly said, "My Lord, go slowly."

On the outskirts of Kyoto, in a dilapidated thatched hut, an old man in a gray-brown robe knelt on the ground, looked at a pale young man lying on the bed, and begged bitterly: "Young master, please go back, old slave." , Kyoto is dangerous, if you continue like this, you may die.”

Lu Qing was so angry that he still insisted: "I won't leave. If I can't win her heart, I won't leave the capital."

"But the big man next to Miss Chu is not easy to provoke!" The old man trembled violently when he thought of it: "He just stretched out his fingers, and you became like this. This is the result of his mercy..."

"I said, I won't go!"

There was a huge swollen lump on his head, which was wrapped in layers of white cloth, and his whole body was covered with cuts and bruises.Suddenly three croaks sounded outside the house, and the old man said, "Come in."

The little frog that came in turned into a servant, knelt on the ground and said: "Master, I have found out clearly that Miss Chu's name is Han Guang, and she is the master of Jinhua Heishan Taoist Temple. The rest of them are all handymen in her Taoist temple."

"It turns out that she and I are fellow villagers!" Lu Qing said ecstatically.

The old man took the opportunity to advise: "Since you know that Miss Chu is from our side, wouldn't it be better if you go back and ask someone to propose marriage at the Taoist temple in Heishan, and the matchmaker is getting married?"

Lu Qing was elated, nodded and said: "Okay, anyway, she will go back sooner or later."

He happily got on the sedan chair, traveled day and night, and finally returned to his hometown.The bearer carried him into the largest frog temple in the area. Outside the back door was a magnificent palace.

Groups of maidservants in green clothes came up to welcome him and carried him into the palace.Lu Qing's father is the current Frog God. Seeing Lu Qing like this, he said angrily: "Go to the capital, how did you make yourself like this?"

His mother quickly defended himself, glared at Frog God, and said, "Eleven Lang is already like this, what do you still say?"

Lu Qing laughed and sat up with difficulty.His mother was very distressed, and asked him who hit him, Lu Qing just said that he didn't know the name, and there were many masters in the capital.

He looked around and saw a beautiful young woman weeping silently. When he saw him, he couldn't stop his tears.

"Sister Ten?" Lu Qing asked in surprise, "Why are you back?" He remembered that before he left, Sister Ten was married.

When this matter was mentioned, Frog God became more and more irritable, and said angrily: "Don't go back in the future! You bastard son-in-law, I want to make him look good!"

The author has something to say: Ten Niangs, from "Liao Zhai Frog God"