rotten son-in-law

The abbot of that temple is called Jikong, with a snow-white beard hanging down to his chest. Because of the lack of incense in the Buddhist temple, most of the time he sits in the meditation room to study the Dharma.

It's just that Mu Qingchen has been seriously disturbing these days.

"Master Mu, you are not only seeking Buddha, why do you come to disturb the peace of my Buddhist school." Ji Kong said, and whispered Namo Amitabha to the Bodhisattva statue.

The bodhisattva has a serene smile on his face, a mysterious expression, and clear eyes, which make people calm down their impetuous mind unconsciously.

Mu Qingchen was wrapped in the Buddha's incense, and was using the futon as a pillow, taking a nap with peace of mind. When Jikong made such a noise, he slowly opened his eyelids and stared at the golden prayer flags hanging above his head.

The light in the center of the pupil was faint, as if still waking up.

"This is a sacred place of Buddhism, don't be fooled by the benefactor." Jikong said again.

As a result, Mu Qingchen's newly cultivated temper was completely ruined.

She was really annoyed by this old bald donkey, she thought who would want to stay here, if it wasn't for His Royal Highness the eldest princess, she wouldn't come here to ask for trouble.Aside from the abundance of mosquitoes, the vegetarian food was not tasty at all.

Blind her twelve sesame oil money for nothing.

But having said that, if you want to blame, you can blame Mrs. Chang Shu's benevolence. According to her usual methods, she only needs to scare the old bald donkey and ask when and why the third lady comes every month.

If he dares to speak harshly, he will be arrested and tortured in the Princess's Mansion, and it will be over.

Anyway, it took a lot of effort.

But Chang Shu refused, saying "good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded with evil, it's not that there is no reward, the time has not come", and then added a sentence "put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha immediately".

He said so much, did many evil things, and Qingchen was terrified. After several hours of mental torture, he decided to come to the Buddhist hall to find the handle of the third wife... Oh no, it was to find clues to impress the third wife.

After searching for it for ten days, she simply stayed there brazenly, ate and drank every day and refused to leave.

In order to quickly integrate into the large group of monks, he also decided to knock on the wooden fish and chant scriptures with everyone.

Chang Shu thinks this is very good, even if no clues can be found, at least Mu Qingchen has been baptized in Buddhism, and the hostility in her body can be reduced, which can be regarded as a blessing for future generations.

If someone comes to visit the mansion, it will be said that Mu Qingchen is ill and does not see any visitors.

Fortunately, hard work paid off, and Mu Qingchen gradually grasped the law of the third wife's worship of the Bodhisattva, that is - there is no law.

According to her speculation, Zuo Xiang's family has a big business, and the affairs in the mansion are cumbersome, so the third wife can only come here when she is free.

As soon as he came, he locked himself in the meditation room in the backyard, and he would not come out until sunset.

That night, Mu Qingchen fell asleep, and when everyone rested and the courtyard was so quiet that only the cicadas were singing, he slipped out of the room, stooped like a cat, and groped his way into the meditation room in the backyard.

When I opened the door and walked in, the strong sandalwood choked my throat, and I couldn't help sneezing.

As soon as the voice came out, he was anxious and annoyed, he hurriedly covered his mouth, and looked back at the courtyard to see if there was anything strange.

Fortunately, it was quiet.No one found her.

Layers of veils as thin as cicada's wings hang in the meditation room, separating the small boundary into many square spaces, like a complicated maze, which disturbed Mu Qingchen dizzily.

She settled down, saw a faint light behind the veil, and walked straight past layer after layer of barriers.Only then did I see the ever-burning lamp in front of the altar.

The inside of the lamp is full of oil, which should have been filled by someone not long ago, and a bean of flame dances on the wick.

Under the lamp was a piece of yellow paper with the words "Zuo Yuekang" written on it.

It turned out that this ever-burning lamp was lit by the third wife to her son.

It is understood that the third wife gave birth to Zuo Yue'an when she had a difficult labor. Although the mother and daughter were safe later, their bones were completely broken, and there was no possibility of childbirth.

In this way, he couldn't let go of the son who died young.

So Mu Qingchen thought of a new trick, the main purpose of which is: to comfort the wounded heart of the third wife.

"Worshiping Prime Minister Zuo and the third wife as relatives?" Chang Shu exclaimed.

She paced back and forth in the Zhaopeng Pavilion, and the skirt that dragged the floor followed her movements, like a lotus leaf blown by the wind, its edges rippling and rippling.

"Your ideas are getting worse and worse."

In the more than three hundred years since the establishment of the Dahua Dynasty, no royal heir has ever worshiped a minister as a relative.

When it was spread outside, it was thought that Princess Mu Ning was trying to win over the Prime Minister.

Kui Mu Qingchen figured it out.

"Prime Minister Zuo won't agree." Mu Qingchen held her shoulders and pressed her to sit down, "Prime Minister Zuo can think of anything you think of."

"Since he became an official in the court, that old antique has sworn never to form cliques, has always remained neutral, and gained a lot of good reputation."

If he really accepted the small sugar alcohol, wouldn't it ruin his reputation completely.

Chang Shu couldn't figure out what medicine was in her gourd, so she said anxiously, "Don't make excuses, tell me quickly."

Mu Qingchen once again doubted Xiao Tangchun's stupidity and left it to Chang Shu: "I said this to the third wife. Her dead son is a Lord, so we sent Xiao Tangjun to mend her wounds." .If she likes it, Xiao Sugar will have an excuse to visit her house more in the future."

She paused for a moment: "Of course, the premise is that Little Sugar Alcohol is willing to move around more."

Therefore, there must be something attractive to her in Zuoxiang's mansion - a playmate.

There is nothing lacking in the eldest princess's mansion, except that she can't give Xiao Sugar alcohol a playmate.

Chang Shu thought about it, and it was the same reason.

All the people in the house who can play with Xiao Tangchun are servants, and they are careful to give way to her, which encourages her domineering temper.

If I have a playmate of equal status, maybe my temperament can be changed.

The so-called playmate, of course, refers to Zuo Yue'an.

In order for Xiao Sugar Alcohol to successfully attract her idea, Mu Qingchen racked his brains, but he lacked love experience and was not good at wooing Zijun. No, it should be said that she had never been in love in her life. She was favored by Chang Shu, and she was selected as the son-in-law in a daze, and became a married person directly. How could she have the opportunity to feel the ignorant love...

I feel sad when I think about it.

Therefore, it is still necessary to invite Her Royal Highness the eldest princess to go out.

In her words: "Zijun knows Zijun best, and I will be the best of both."

After an intense and unsatisfactory discussion, Chang Shu decided to let Xiao Tangchun and Zuo Yue'an have a "fate to meet thousands of miles away" encounter.

As for the location...it must be ancient, delicate and elegant.

Didn't you see that Xu Xian and Bai Suzhen met on the Broken Bridge?Didn't Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai worship each other in Caoting?Aren't Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian just...

Let alone the latter.

In a word, the place of encounter must be romantic, beautiful and lingering.

Hearing this, Mu Qingchen couldn't help recalling the past, thinking of the first encounter with Chang Shu.

It was a dark and windy night, the forest was pitch black, and she couldn't see her fingers. She mistook Chang Shu for a wild boar... and beat her crazily...

Xu Shi had a tacit understanding, Chang Shu seemed to think of this incident, and glanced at Mu Qingchen slowly.

His expression was indescribably weird.

"Hmph, why doesn't Ben Gong have romantic, beautiful and lingering encounters?" Chang Shu turned around angrily, "It's all your fault."

Is this after the fall?

Mu Qingchen counted with her fingers, it happened nine years ago, the eldest princess's reaction was slow enough.

After waiting for a while, she didn't see Mu Qingchen coming to coax herself, Chang Shu couldn't bear to look back, then quickly looked away, and left the back of her head to Mu Qingchen again, as if to say again, I am very merciful to you, A chance to apologize.

Before he could get enough of the haughty peacock look, the next snap of his fingers was carried by Mu Qingchen on his shoulders.

"Ah! What are you doing, let me down quickly."

Mu Qingchen obeyed, threw her into the Arhat couch with a bang, and pinned her wrists so that she couldn't move.

You can imagine what happened next.

Niu Juhua, who was guarding the door, hastily closed the door.

Chang Shu expressed his disappointment to him.

"Don't proclaim obscenity day in and day out."

Her bun was loose, she was panting heavily, and her cheeks were flushed from her hard work.

How soft and weak the appearance should be, like an invitation to "May you pick more".

Mu Qingchen tapped her lips: "Duplicate, naughty."

Chang Shu: ...

After a lot of cloud and rain, the place of encounter has also been selected - Lishan Ancient Temple.

The reason is that "Broken Bridge, Caoting, Ancient Temple" belong to a series, and the charm is quite consistent.Moreover, the third wife had already taken Zuo Yue'an there often, such an arrangement was almost like picking up a ready-made.

Before departure, in order to show the grandeur of today, Chang Shu promised Xiao Tangchun that you behave obediently, and when you come back, your mother will sell you a handful of candied haws.

Little Sugar Alcohol looked hopeful, and asked: "Can I buy another cricket pot, I caught a lot of bugs again."

Chang Shu suddenly remembered the 300 taels of silver that had been spent for no reason, and looked at her with the eyes of "you prodigal bastard".

"Okay," Little Sugar Alcohol shrugged, "I use it, and the wine jar is the same."

Chang Shu: It's great that you had this awareness a long time ago.

Zuo Yue'an accompanied her mother to Mount Li again, as before, her mother went to the Zen room in the backyard to chant scriptures, and she was accompanied by maidservants to stop and go.

But her favorite place to go is the Second Lying Courtyard.

There was an acacia tree planted there, it was in July, and it was in the flowering period. The pink flower barrier was layered on top of each other, and was carefully set off by the green leaves.

I don't know when there was a villain under the tree, like a white and fat short radish, looking up at the tree like her.

Looks familiar, where have you seen it before?

I remembered that I scared her with caterpillars not long ago.

Zuo Yue frowned, turned around and wanted to leave, but she saw that the short carrot was one step ahead of her, striding into the hall ahead with difficulty, and stood motionless in front of the Buddha statue for a long time.

It's pious, Zuo Yue reassured.

Then I saw the dwarf radish stepping on his feet, reaching out to hook the offerings in front of the Buddha statue.

Zuo Yue'an: ...

Mu Qingchen and Chang Shu, who were hiding in the opposite pavilion and peeping, simply hated iron and steel!

You agreed to stay under the tree obediently.

They disliked each other with one sentence: "A loving mother often loses her children."

At the end, give each other a contemptuous look.

Fortunately, God is merciful, and the situation has turned for the better - Zuo Yue'an followed him in by mistake.

At that time, Xiao Sugar Alcohol was peeling bananas, how clumsy and clumsy his movements were. From the corner of his eyes, he saw Zuo Yuean coming beside him. He thought that someone had caught him, so he hid the bananas behind him resentfully, and said aggrievedly, "Dumb, you're hungry!" .”

Zuo Yue'an didn't speak, and waited for a while before reaching out to her.

Little Sugar Alcohol lowered his head and pursed his lips, unwilling to hand over the booty: "Take one, a little."

Although there were apples and peaches as offerings, but... her teeth were still weak, and it took a lot of effort to chew.

"Bring it."

Little Sugar Alcohol thinks that this elder sister is really scary, and she is taller than her, so if she does something, she might suffer a disadvantage.

So reluctantly handed over the banana.

But Zuo Yue'an peeled off the peel neatly, revealing the white and yellow flesh, and handed it to her again.

"Here, let's eat."

Xiao Sugar Alcohol salivated, swallowed, and asked timidly, "For me?"

Zuo Yue'an smiled faintly.

At this moment, Xiao Sugar Alcohol was stunned, a subtle feeling spread in her small chest, warm and caring, just like she caught ten grasshoppers in one breath last night, joyful and pleasantly surprised.

My sister is so nice.

Much gentler than my mother.

She tiptoed again, took another banana, and stuffed it into Zuo Yue'an's hand.

Smiling dripping with saliva, eyes like two slender crescents: "Miss sister, this is, excuse me."

Zuo Yue'an let out a sigh of relief: I have made progress, and I finally stopped sending caterpillars.

Chang Shu, who witnessed the previous process, had slightly red eyes: "It's so romantic and warm."

Mu Qingchen embraced her sweetly, and breathed lightly into her ear: "Want to eat? I'll steal one for you."

Chang Shu: ...