Chapter Twenty-Six: The Shadow in the Bamboo Forest
Old Madam Xue has not yet found a second suitable candidate, and the fifteenth day is approaching.
During this time, Xue Jinyi came to Mrs. Xue every day to say goodbye, and by the way, she told Mrs. Xue about her plan to go to Baiyun Temple on the fifteenth, the reason was to thank the Bodhisattva for her favor and enlightenment.
Moving out for such a reason, Mrs. Xue naturally agreed, and on this day, some female relatives of the Xue family also wanted to go to Baiyun Temple to pray for the Buddha to bless the safety of the Weiguo Mansion and the smooth marriage of Xue Fangyi.
Xue Fangyi was unhappy, "Mother, listen to her pretending to be a ghost!" ”
Mrs. Xue smiled and said, "Jinyi is also kind enough to pray for everyone, Fangyi don't think nonsense." ”
As the future crown princess, she should be dignified and calm, and talk about ghosts and monsters every day, making people think that the Guogong Mansion is not properly disciplined, so she doesn't want Xue Fangyi to interfere in Xue Jinyi's affairs.
Xue Jinyi smiled lightly and sat down in a proper manner.
It seems that she guessed correctly, Xue Fangyi was named the crown princess, not only did she have to go to the ancestral hall to tell the ancestors and ancestors, but Mrs. Xue, who believed in Buddhism, would definitely go to the temple again, but fortunately it was not Yushan Nunnery, otherwise the next thing would be difficult to do.
Xue Fangyi ran into a wall here with Xue Jinyi again, and couldn't help but feel angry, and didn't dare to attack in front of Mrs. Xue, and when she came out of the broken courtyard, she slapped the maid next to her fiercely, just because the maid walked a little faster, and almost walked side by side with her.
"Some people better see who they are." She said in a weird manner, her eyes glancing at Xue Jinyi, who came out of the house obediently like a little rabbit, "Don't think that if you pretend to be a human and a dog, you will take yourself seriously." ”
Regardless of whether Xue Jinyi has changed or not, she just wants to step on all the things that she doesn't like to see under her feet.
Xue Jinyi didn't seem to hear it, and left the main courtyard in a hurry, she still had important things to do, so she didn't bother to take care of this little girl.
Xue San reminded her: "I think Xue Jinyi took your words as a deaf ear, and didn't take them to heart at all. ”
Xue Fangyi realized at this time that just as she was about to have a seizure, Mrs. Xue happened to come out of the house and asked why she didn't go to study yet.
She had to hold her breath and leave.
Xue Jinyi took advantage of the fact that there was no one in the courtyard of the subordinate halfway, stole a set of small clothes, and rushed to break the courtyard.
Mama Yao was cooking medicine for Caiyun, and she deliberately put less medicine so that Caiyun's illness would not be fatal, but it would not get better.
Hearing Xue Jinyi's coming back, Caiyun's eyes lit up and asked, "What delicious food are you going to cook today?" ”
In the past two days, Xue Jinyi has cooked a vegetable and lean porridge and fried a few home-cooked side dishes, but I have to admit that her skills are no worse than the cooks in the Weiguo Mansion.
She grew up with Xue Jinyi, and she never saw her learn to cook, why did she suddenly know it?
Caiyun thought left and right, and realized that maybe the bodhisattva's enlightenment was real.
She follows Xue Jinyi every day, can she get a little Buddha spirit, be rich and live a long life?
As a result, her attitude towards Xue Jinyi changed, and she didn't even notice it for a while.
Xue Jinyi opened the steamer, and a burst of heat spread along with the fragrance of vegetables, and when the vision was clear, what caught her eye was a few emerald green flower roll steamed buns.
She took two, one for Mama Yao, and one in front of Caiyun, "This is made by chopping and mashing green leafy vegetables and mixing them with noodles, you can taste them." ”
She didn't wait for Mama Yao's evaluation, she went back to the wing room to change into the clothes of the little girl, her hair bun was also broken up and tied up again, and then her eyebrows were thicker, at this time, she had to thank the original owner for her yellow and thin face and shriveled figure, she didn't need to dress up too carefully, and the figure reflected in the water was a little ugly teenager.
She sighed too lazy, said hello to Mama Yao, took two vegetable steamed buns, and sneaked out of the Weiguo Mansion.
Xue Jinyi had already inquired with Mama Yao about the location of Baiyun Temple, found an ox cart out of the city, paid a few copper plates, and smoothly came to the foot of the mountain where Baiyun Temple was located.
Today is not the fifteenth day of the new year, there are not many people who make incense, she climbed the stairs, and she never thought that her legs would be weak and out of breath after she climbed for a long time.
Generally, large families have horse-drawn carriages to travel, and they can go from another road around the mountain, but the owner of the ox cart does not plan to go to Baiyun Temple, and he has not met anyone who is willing to take a ride with her, a stranger, so he has to choose to climb the stone steps.
However, she overestimated the quality of this body, and it was much weaker than she imagined.
Xue Jinyi gritted her teeth, opened her legs and feet and continued to climb up.
In order not to marry a stranger, and to convince Mama Yao to let her come out alone, she has to persevere!
A quarter of an hour later, Xue Jinyi was so tired that she sat down on the stone next to the stone steps, feeling that her mouth was dry and about to burst into flames.
She looked around and heard from Mama Yao that there were a few families scattered on the mountain who made a living by planting fruit trees and selling fruits, incense candles and wild herbs, so she decided to find a family to beg for water to drink.
She found traces of people walking in a bamboo forest for a long time, so she cheered up and walked along the wild road to the depths of the bamboo forest.
After walking for a while, the sound of "brushing" sounded in the forest, like a whip pumping through the air.
Explain that there are people!
Xue Jinyi was overjoyed in her heart, and couldn't help but speed up her pace, following the sound, and after a while, through the bamboo, a black figure could be seen standing in the bamboo forest.
The man turned his back to her, stood with a sword in his hand, the breeze rolled up the bamboo leaves, and flew by the corners of his fluttering clothes, and he could afford the words "manners and grace".
Looking at the long sword glowing with cold light, Xue Jinyi paused.
Baiyun Temple is three quarters of an hour away from the capital, it is one of the temples that the wealthy families in Beijing like to come to, the government often sends people to check, I didn't hear Yao Mama say that there are any dangerous people here?
Xue Jinyi touched her chin, and at this moment, she saw that the man pulled a sword flower, and then moved his footsteps, and the long sword was horizontal at the same time, and it turned out to be a sword dancing with the falling bamboo leaves.
She was stunned, the man's body was agile and chic like a white crane, the long sword was as powerful as a rainbow, and those bamboo leaves seemed to have spirituality, fluttering around him, the blade of the sword slashed through the air, making a rustling sound, and even could easily cut off a piece of floating bamboo leaves.
She was fascinated, shook her head and sighed silently, it would be nice if she could learn from a teacher, and when she could travel back one day and play a costume woman, it would be good to use it as one of the methods of exercise.
Xue Jinyi was thinking about good things, and suddenly, a cold light flashed in front of her, almost dazzling her eyes.
When she looked at it again, she suddenly found that the man in black was like a ghost, silently floating in front of her, it didn't matter, after all, she was thinking about worshipping this person as a teacher, and the important thing was that the sword in this person's hand was pointed directly at her throat, and if she went further, she could pierce the flesh and take her life.
"Heroes spare their lives!" She exclaimed, looking up at the man's face.
Hey, why is it the King of Chu?