Yuanxiao Temple is close to the Qingquan Falls and Yunmeng Daze. The water is steaming white, but it is desolate and desolate. It is covered with weeds and wild flowers. The intersections are all broken walls. Today, it is packed with people for the first time. Many people.
Gu Ruosu and Xie Hao'an watched the Taifu enter Yun Zhen's yard, and watched several unscrupulous fellow apprentices caring for Yun Zhen with rare eagerness. Although this might only be the moment, Gu Ruosu and Xie Hao'an still showed off their skills. Feeling satisfied, he quietly exited the sweltering hut.
Gu Ruosu and Xie Hao'an, mother and son, found a shady place under the shade of a tree and slowly sat there. They also held a dog's tail grass that they had taken from somewhere in their hands and kept playing with it.
"Mom, tell me, how can there be people as stupid as them in this world? I just heard from the little medicine boy that this girl named Yun Zhen has been coming to this Taoist temple for more than ten years. Years are not enough for them to get to know one person, and it is not enough for them to trust their fellow disciples and sisters."
"Sigh... who knows, maybe they are really stupid in reading, or maybe the rank called Yun Duo is too high."
"Tsk, why is the rank too high? It's just that they like the new and dislike the old. The relationship of more than ten years is not as good as the relationship of one or two years. It's really heartless to drive people to live in this shabby place... I don't know what their master is doing. Thought……"
"I heard that they are all disciples of Taoist Yehe, the master of Yunxiao Temple. Taoist Yehe is in charge of the whole temple and often travels to help the world. It is inevitable that he will be negligent... maybe he doesn't know about it either..."
"Huh~ In my opinion, Taoist Yehe is obviously careless. My father also helps the people of the world and is so busy with official duties, but I have never seen him pretending to be indifferent to your affairs, mother. of……"
"Your father and I are in love, this is different... Perhaps the person your father cares about the most in this world is me, but Master Yehe and Yun Zhen are, to put it mildly, master and disciple...
But in the final analysis, they are still relatives who are not related by blood, and Yun Zhen is not Ye He’s only apprentice, so he may not be able to take care of him wholeheartedly..."
"Tch~ Even if it's not love, it should be family affection. Master, master, after all, there is still a word for father. Since Master Yunhe has recognized this apprentice, he must teach and take care of her well.
If you really care about someone, even if you are thousands of miles away, you will do everything you can to care for her. Even if you care about her afterwards, you still care. Saying you don't have time to take care of her and caring are just excuses! "As a child who has never endured hardship and has grown up under the love and care of his parents, Xie Hao'an naturally cannot understand how difficult it is to care for someone wholeheartedly in a world that is not just black and white. Therefore, , accused with great indignation.
Gu Ruosu looked at his very stunned son and couldn't help but shook his head. This child could say such things only because he had not suffered from society.
"You are just too young. If you let your father throw you into some ravine to experience life, you will know that this world is not as simple as you said. Sometimes you are too busy to take care of yourself, how can you protect yourself? The good of others?
But what you said is quite right. Since Master Yehe has accepted his apprentices, he should teach them well, not only to learn skills, but also to learn virtues..."
"That's right. Fortunately, I didn't listen to my father's arrangement and come here to practice. Otherwise, mother, your son and I will have to be handed over here..." Xie Hao'an nodded, and then, again He seemed to remember something from the past and said.
"Huh? You? Study art? What kind of art do you want to learn? Is it possible that Taoist Yehe also likes you?" Gu Ruosu suddenly tilted his head and asked.
"That's not true, it was when I was a child. Once I pestered my father to take me out to play. I met Master Xianyun, Taoist Master Yehe's junior brother. That Taoist priest talked about the immortal Taoist spirit that is famous all over the world and loves the world. A good Taoist priest...
As a result, as soon as they met, he picked me up and asked my father to agree to accept me as his disciple. He told me that I had a lot of wisdom, and if I followed him, I would definitely inherit his mantle and make great achievements..."
"Master Xianyun? I have an impression that your mother and I should have had a fortune-telling. The fortune-telling is quite accurate. Your mother and I will be rich and wealthy in this life. I should have a few brushes. Why? You didn't agree?"
"Of course! How could I let go of my mother! And my father, sister, brothers... those family members who love me so much!" Xie Hao'an pretended to be flattering.
Gu Ruosu twitched the corner of his mouth helplessly, took the dog's tail grass, and swiped Xie Hao'an's face randomly, saying:
"You're a bastard. When you were seven or eight years old, you told us that you wanted to join the army and serve the country. I didn't agree with it. You dared to run away alone and run away from home. You went to the border to join you for several months without telling everyone. Do you think I have no impression?!
You still can’t bear to leave us...tell me, what is the reason...you didn’t agree to him..."
When Xie Hao'an heard this, he couldn't help but recall his "hot-blooded" appearance and the embarrassing incident of being caught, tied up and beaten when he just left.
Immediately, Xie Haoan coughed before continuing:
"Actually, it's mainly because I heard that Xianyun doesn't like food, drink, or beauty. He's as abstinent as a monk... and he's still running around...
I'm afraid that if I really become his disciple, like him, I won't be able to eat meat, drink alcohol, or look at beauties. What's more, I will have to eat and sleep in the open air with him, a great saint, just for the sake of traveling to great places and gaining knowledge... …
Wouldn't it be better for me to be the young master of my Duke Yan's mansion... Except sometimes, my father and elder brother will be a little stricter on me, I don't want anything... I am stupid, so I am willing to leave my hometown and my father. Mother... is going with a stranger whom she has only met once...
I'm not afraid that he will sell me off... chop my hands and stamp on my feet... and throw me into the street to beg..."
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Xie Hao'an and Gu Ruosu, mother and son, lowered their heads and drew circles on the ground with dog tail grass while telling some little things about the year. They were quite happy... They didn't notice at all, the two figures, stood in front of them.
It wasn't until Xie Hao'an was about to start complaining to Gu Ruosu about what Xie Ruqing had done to him, Gu Ruosu's precious son, that the two people who had been standing in front of them and listening to them finally heard a voice and said leisurely:
"Xiao Liu, it seems that as a father, I was soft-hearted and didn't send you to be Master Xianyun's apprentice. It was a wrong decision. At your age now, you still don't know what to say and what not to say. What needs to be said.”
Xie Hao'an immediately raised his head when he heard the voice, then stood up in a swish, looked at the two people in front of him, lowered his head and shouted:
"Dad...Master Xianyun..."
Gu Ruosu also raised her head immediately, but when she saw Xie Ruqing and Master Xianyun, she did not stand up like Xie Haoan...
It's not that she's not surprised... it's not that she's not afraid of being caught for telling small things, it's just... she has been squatting for too long... her legs are numb from squatting... (Gu Ruosu: She wants to cry but has no tears)
"Haha...haha...it's you...what a coincidence...you probably didn't hear anything...haha..."
"Well, I didn't hear anything. I just heard a bunch of nonsense from this kid Xiao Liu." Xie Ruqing agreed to Gu Ruosu very cooperatively.
Immediately, Xie Ruqing walked up to Gu Ruosu as if there was no one around, carefully helped her up, then hugged Gu Ruosu's waist and said:
"I'll hold it for you. After a while, the numbness will stop. Remember, go back and soak in hot water, and don't be picky about your food."
Gu Ruosu leaned against Xie Ruqing in embarrassment, muttering secretly in her heart: "How could he see that my feet were numb... and yet... he was so careful... but in front of so many people, he said that I was a picky eater... huh ...]
"Why are you here? Didn't you say you have something to deal with with His Highness Prince Yin?" Gu Ruosu didn't think about it at the moment. People's attention stopped on her, and then she immediately asked Xie Ruqing.
"Prince Yin and I have finished our work. Just then, we met Master Xianyun and heard that something terrible happened in this Taoist temple. We understood the cause and effect of the matter and hurried over. "
"Gu Gu, you did a good job this time, but next time when something like this happens, remember, if no one is with you, you should be more careful." Xie Ruqing still said to Gu Ruosu worriedly.
"It's okay, it's okay. Don't worry too much about me. I'm not a child anymore. I have Hao An with me. Besides, you said you arranged a secret guard for me. I'm not afraid." Gu Ruosu didn't care. said.
Xie Ruqing sighed helplessly and acquiesced to Gu Ruosu's statement.
After that, Xianyun looked at Gu Ruosu and Xie Haoan and finally said what they had said, and then he started to say at the right time:
"Thank you very much, Mrs. Gu. If it weren't for you, an unjust, false, and wrongful case would have happened in our temple. Today, fortunately, Mrs. Gu and Mr. Xie Liu were here to protect the innocence of the disciples of Yunxiao Temple. …”
Gu Ruosu nodded and said:
"Taoist Master Xianyun, you're too polite. You're too polite. This is just a small matter. We just draw out our swords to help when there is injustice.
We, mother and son, just can't bear to see such unjust, false and wrongful cases happen, so I will leave the follow-up matters to you, Taoist Priest, to handle it properly.
But... I still suggest... Even if the disciple who made the mistake is called Yun Duo, he is a very junior disciple in your monastery and entered the monastery very late, but you cannot tolerate it... Otherwise, Yun Zhen has suffered all these years. , it’s all in vain…”
Although Gu Ruosu only met Yun Zhen once and didn't know much about her, she still felt sorry for this little girl from the bottom of her heart. Thinking of Taoist Xianyun's reputation of being philanthropic, she was inevitably afraid that he would show mercy, so she Added the "but" in the last paragraph.
"Don't worry, Mrs. Gu. You don't need to talk about this matter. I will handle it well. I will definitely not bend the law for personal gain. Our Yunxiaoguan can allow people who are not good at academics to exist, but we will never allow people with corrupt morals to continue to stay." Here..." Xianyun didn't care about Gu Ruosu's doubts about him. On the contrary, he assured him very seriously, but as if he was afraid that Gu Ruosu wouldn't believe it, he added:
"Don't worry, Mrs. Gu. Although my reputation outside is not as good as that of an impartial judge, the so-called compassion and love for the world will not apply here. Here... I will only be impartial. give the most just judgment...
Although my senior brother is still in retreat, my two senior brothers have the same intention. "
Gu Ruosu nodded with satisfaction, then pointed to the room with Xie Haoan and others and said:
"Taoist Master, please invite me. Almost everyone involved in this matter is there, except for the disciple named Yun Duo. If necessary, our little Liu'er can help when the time comes..."
Before Gu Ruosu finished speaking, he was interrupted by Xianyun: "Okay, it's really ridiculous to let Mrs. Gu handle the scandal in our house. I'll go in and deal with this matter first...
After the treatment is completed, let those unscrupulous disciples make a good apology to Mrs. Gu and Mr. Xie Liu. "
After saying that, Taoist Master Xianyun nodded to Gu Ruosu, Xie Ruqing and Xie Haoan, and walked towards the hut...
The eyes of Gu Ruosu and others followed Master Xianyun's footsteps until they saw Master Xianyun pause at the door for a long time and finally walked in, then they looked away.
And it was at this time that Gu Ruosu and Xie Haoan discovered that under the pear tree not far away, there were several disciples holding a female disciple with a messy dress kneeling on the ground, and behind the woman, there were several The disciple holding the torture stick was hitting her on the back...
The woman's mouth was obviously sealed because she didn't even say a word...
Gu Ruosu couldn't help but frown, curious about who the beaten woman was. When she was about to move over, she was stopped by Xie Ruqing.
Gu Ruosu looked at Xie Ruqing doubtfully, and Xie Ruqing paused and said:
"Don't go there. The person being beaten is Yun Duo. Master Xianyun just sent people to arrest him. He specially brought the punishment used around here. The punishment is not important. It's just twenty sticks. It's their sect rule. It's not necessary. Heartbroken."
"I don't feel bad, it's just my own fault. Everyone has to pay the price for what they do, but... if there are only twenty boards, it will offset the suffering that this girl named Yun Zhen has suffered in the past few years... It would be too cheap for her..."
"My Gu Gu is indeed not the so-called 'Clay Bodhisattva'. Don't worry. Although Yunxiao Temple is not a court, it only has its own rules. This Yun Duo's end should not be so easy."
"Let's go back. Don't worry about this. I'll accompany you to burn incense and ask for a fortune." After Xie Ruqing finished speaking with a smile, she wanted to pull Gu Ruosu away from this place of right and wrong.
Gu Ruosu naturally understood Xie Ruqing's good intentions, and followed Xie Ruqing's footsteps very sincerely, but she still said reluctantly:
"What's so good? What do we ask for? We have fame, fortune, and children. What do you want to ask for? Please ask me not to grow old. Besides... you are an official... I am just a woman. We How can the things you ask for be the same?”
"You will always be as beautiful in my eyes as the first time I saw you. Women can ask for a lot. As a couple, we are naturally in tune with each other, and we must want the same things... not to mention... all I want is for you to be safe and healthy." That’s all…”
