[Red Mansion] Mother Jia has a paralyzed face

The children went to the temple fair, and Zhang Rui took a few servants to the temple on the mountain alone to pray for safety.

There were also many people at the top of the mountain, and the servants handed the name card to the little novice monk. Not long after, a young monk came and led them in.

Zhang Rui has seen the convenience brought by this kind of power since he became Jia's mother, and he will not feel unbalanced, but treats it calmly.

"Female Tanyue, please wait here for a moment, the abbot has a guest." The young monk clasped his palms together and said.

"Little master, I can just wait by myself."

They were the only ones left in the meditation room waiting for the guests. Zhang Rui picked up the teacup and sipped the tea that seemed to have Buddha nature, while flipping through the Buddhist scriptures on the table with the other hand.

After a while, there was a knock on the door, and it was still the little master, "Female Tanyue, the abbot is here."

Zhang Rui stood up and flicked his sleeves, and said gently, "Master, please lead the way."

After walking a few steps, Zhang Rui saw Mrs. Yang coming out of the arch. When she saw Mrs. Jia, Mrs. Yang took the lead in smiling and said, "I didn't expect it to be you, but we got together today, let's have a drink together later." How about a cup of tea?"

"Of course, but I don't know when the abbot will be there, so don't delay your business."

Mrs. Yang smiled cheerfully, "I have nothing to do at all, it is my honor to drink tea with you, old lady!"

It would be easier for people who can talk like Mrs. Yang to sit together. Speaking of this, Zhang Rui naturally readily agreed, but before that, he still needs to meet the abbot, the eminent monk.

"Tanyue, please sit down." The old abbot sat cross-legged on the futon with his eyes closed, twirling the beads with his fingers.

Zhang Rui Shi sat down calmly. She had never been afraid of anything if she had never done anything wrong in her life, so she was very calm even when she saw the abbot with such a Buddha appearance.

In the Zen room, the sandalwood in the incense burner between the two of them was shaking. The old abbot opened his eyes and looked at the female Tanyue sitting opposite him quietly: "Why did Tanyue disturb the cause and effect?"

Zhang Rui raised her eyebrows. Before she came, she heard that the abbot had great supernatural powers, and she was a little suspicious, but she didn't expect to hit the center with her mouth.

But Zhang Rui wasn't afraid either. The corners of his mouth raised and he casually said, "What does the abbot mean? Why don't I understand?"

The abbot's face did not change because of her attitude, he turned the beads a few more times, and said: "Tanyue, cause and effect change, sowing the cause will have different results, everything in the world is like this."

"But shouldn't people in the Buddhist sect be compassionate?" Zhang Rui had to think a little while listening to the old monk's words, and felt a little uncomfortable after thinking too much, "I don't think I have done evil, and I am lenient to others. Don’t you think that your children and grandchildren will accumulate some blessings? In this life, because of today’s fruits, it’s the right thing to do. Don’t the abbot feel a bit overbearing because of the fruits in the previous life?”

The beads turned faster, the old abbot sighed after a long time, and said: "Tanyue has great fortune, look at remembering today's heart, that's all the poor monk said." After speaking, he closed his eyes and asked people to leave in silence.

Zhang Rui was a little speechless, she was the most annoying to beat around the bush, the abbot's nonsense made people feel very boring.

As soon as she walked out to the abbot's yard, she was stopped: "Female Tanyue."

Zhang Rui turned around and saw that it was the young monk from before. He was a little surprised and said, "Little master? What's the matter?"

The young monk performed a Buddhist salute with one hand, and said: "The abbot told me to give this sandalwood box to the female Tanyue." After speaking, he handed over a sandalwood box with both hands.

Zhang Rui took it and thanked it. After the little master turned around, he opened the box, and there was a Guanyin jade pendant inside, with warm tentacles.

Turn over the other side, and there is only a "卍" character on it, and nothing else.

Zhang Rui couldn't figure out why the abbot gave this jade pendant for a while, but the quality of the jade pendant looked very good, so if you don't want it for free, you don't want it, so let Yuanyang put it away carefully.

It was agreed that Mrs. Yang would wait in the pavilion halfway up the mountain, and Zhang Rui went straight to the octagonal pavilion after leaving the temple.

The two went to the foot of the mountain to find a place with exquisite scenery and few people and sat down. Mrs. Yang's servants brought out the tea making utensils, and the maid knelt down in front of them to make tea for them.

After brewing, he respectfully put two cups of tea on the temporary small table. Mrs. Yang stretched out her hand as a gesture of invitation. Zhang Rui took it up and smelled it. The fragrance was pleasant, and she praised: "Good tea!"

"It's a pity that there is no snow. If you are in the capital, enjoying plum blossoms, snow and tea is one of the most elegant things in life."

Remembering that she was nodding on the face after hearing this, but she was not interested in the scene at all in her heart. The only feeling she had after drinking tea here was "it's finally warm", and she can enjoy the scenery at all in the capital. Not in the mood.

But she was the one who agreed to drink tea. The former Jia Mu was considered elegant when she was young, so she, a commoner, should not damage Jia Mu's image.

Therefore, Zhang Rui was very happy throughout the whole process. The two women who were not close in age had a good chat, and Mrs. Yang's conversation was even higher than when she was a guest at her house.

Mrs. Yang did not really have a sense of identity with this honorable lady at this time. She is the daughter of the noble family of the Qing Dynasty, so she has always looked down on the style of the honorable family.

When I met Mrs. Jia before, although she somewhat broke her previous impression, there was still some estrangement after all. Now that she was making tea in the wild, she suddenly felt like she wished she hadn't met earlier.

Zhang Rui didn't understand the thoughts of those young ladies who came from a scholar's family, but seeing that her tone was more enthusiastic, she also acted more kindly.

"Our family is old with the Lin family. When your daughter married into

I also went to the Lin family to observe the ceremony, has it been two years in a flash? "

"That's not right, my daughter said a few days ago that her son-in-law will be released and will go south to work in Yangzhou in a few days."

"That's a bit far away from the capital. Is the old lady going to return to the capital after your parents and grandchildren take the exam?"

Zhang Rui shook his head and said coolly: "The house is the housekeeper of my eldest daughter-in-law. My wife finally came out for a visit, but I will go back when I have lived enough. I am also planning to live in Yangzhou for a while after my grandson finishes his exams. Also let the children learn more from their uncle."

Mrs. Yang was amazed, she didn't expect Mrs. Jia to be so generous. One must know that even her princess mother-in-law was not so generous to hand over the rights of housekeeper to her daughter-in-law and just let go.

Zhang Rui saw the surprise in her eyes and laughed a little, "Are you so surprised?"

"Your junior loses his composure, please don't mind."

"It's not a big deal, it doesn't need to be like this." Zhang Rui waved his hands indifferently, "Don't look at my old lady with a fierce face, I'm going to be a kind old lady!"

"You are not old! Those who don't know think you are only a few years older than me!" Madam Yang is not flattering, at least among the old ladies she has met at the same age, Madam Jia is relatively young. Fierce, although there are indeed some, but Mrs. Jia's eyebrows are not wrinkled, and she looks like a broad-minded person.

Zhang Rui really doesn't care much about many things, as long as her taboos are not violated, she is willing to be a kind old lady, but if her taboos are violated... then there is a chance to know what a storm looks like.

Before Zhang Rui and Mrs. Yang came to drink tea, they left someone waiting for Jia Hu and the others in the monastery. If they had had enough fun, they could bring the children over, but she expected that the children would not be too early, that is, Just in case.

While talking to Mrs. Yang, suddenly Mrs. Yang pointed behind her and said, "Madam, is that your servant? Why is your face so flustered?"

As soon as Zhang Rui turned her head, she saw Jia Hu's servant and her servants who had stayed in the temple running towards them. When they came to a place a few steps away from them, they "plopped" and knelt on the ground and shouted: "Old madam! Master Lian!" Gone!"

"Missing?!" Zhang Rui suddenly stood up and asked anxiously, "What do you mean missing?! What's going on?"

Jia Hu's servant explained with a mournful face: "At first the two young masters followed our young master all the time, but later the young master of the Zhen family insisted on taking Master Zhen and our young master to watch those opera performers behind the stage. The young master really couldn't refuse. Let the two young masters wait outside, and when you come out, you won't see the two young masters~"

"Did they run out to play by themselves?" Although she asked this way, Zhang Rui didn't believe her grandson would be so disrespectful at all. Even if Jia Lian was playful, Jia Zhu was not that capricious.

The old lady's voice was gloomy, and the young servant subconsciously trembled before trembling and said: "Yes... it was the two younger masters of the Zhen family who took Master Zhu and Master Lian out, and we went out to look for it for a while. I found Young Master Zhu, but Young Master Lian couldn't be found anyway, according to Young Master Lian's servants, I haven't seen Young Master Lian for more than half an hour, and the young master was worried that something might happen, so he sent his servants to find the old lady."

"Then what are you waiting for, lead the way!" Zhang Rui was anxious to leave, turned to look at Mrs. Yang and apologized: "I really can't continue drinking tea together today, my grandson doesn't know where he is now, I have to go have a look."

Mrs. Yang understood: "It's important to find someone, old lady, you can do it yourself."

Zhang Rui didn't believe that such an intelligent child as Jia Lian would disappear for no reason. As soon as he stepped forward, he turned around and said to Mrs. Yang: "My eldest grandson sent someone to make sure he didn't find anyone at the temple fair, and he still has to trouble Yang." Your Excellency asks the guards to help you find it, maybe you have to ask some people."

"What do you say, this is what the husband should do." Mrs. Yang also knows the priorities. If the children of the Jia family really disappear in this Jinling area, although it sounds like it is related to the Zhen family, it must also affect the family. My husband.

So Mrs. Yang immediately sent people to rush back to the city to inform her husband. Zhang Rui rushed to Jia Hu and the others and quickly sent a servant to explain the cause and effect to the magistrate Yang in detail, so that he could look at other things.

"Hu'er, you should send someone to notify me as soon as Lian'er is gone." Even though Zhang Rui saw the nervousness and guilt on Jia Hu's face, he still said solemnly: "I won't talk about you for now, wait until you find your brother, I will punish you."