Chapter 213: The Daughter of the Horse Master

The next morning, as soon as the sky was bright, Wang Ping'an got up early, washed up, and had breakfast, he found Huizheng and told Huizheng that he had something to go out today, so he would not go to the temple to see a doctor.

Wang Ping'an went to Di Renjie again, saying that he had something urgent to deal with today, so he didn't take him with him. Di Renjie blinked his eyes, looked thoughtful, and didn't ask anything.

Afraid that the news would be revealed and provoke others to ask questions, Wang Ping'an only took Ouyang Li alone, rode a horse with him, went out of the Inspiration Temple, and rushed to the Ganye Temple. When passing by Zhuque Street, Wang Ping'an specially bought a map of Chang'an, that is, a map, and galloped out of Guanghuamen and headed northwest.

Ganye Temple is not in Chang'an City, but in the northwest direction outside Chang'an City, which is on the site of Chang'an City in the Han Dynasty. You have to walk through a large forest to get there.

According to folk legends, this temple was built specifically for noble widows. This is because before the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, the ruling class was still the Hu people. The Hu people have a problem, and of course the Hu people themselves don't think it's a problem. That is, whenever the head of the family dies, it is not directly inherited by the son, but by the younger brother, in the process of inheritance, in addition to the wife of the head of the family, so the concubine must also be inherited by the younger brother, that is, the younger brother married the former sister-in-law, and the sisters-in-law are also part of the property in the eyes of the Hu people.

Later, under the influence of the Central Plains culture, the Hu people began to gradually change this atmosphere, and became the little sisters-in-law who had children, who were supported by their children, and the younger brother did not inherit it, but the little sister-in-law who had never given birth to children still belonged to the younger brother.

However, after the death of the younger brother, the property was inherited not by his own son, but by the son of the head of the family. This has created a situation where his father's little wife has become his own little wife, of course, this is not a matter of course in the steppe, that is, the current Turkic people still have this custom. But after all, Xianbei people have a high degree of sinicization, in fact, they have become Han people, so in order to eliminate this unethical custom, I persuaded those sisters-in-law who had not given birth to children to either remarry or become nuns, so as not to be regarded as property, inherited to inherit, everyone is embarrassed!

As a result, the nobles began to spend money to build a nunnery, and the Ganye Temple was not built by ordinary nobles, but by the royal family of the former Sui Dynasty, which is considered a royal temple, and most of the nuns in it were former noble women, as well as their former maidservants.

Of course, this is just a folk saying, the description in the wild history, whether it is true or false, there is no way to verify, even if someone has a good faith to verify, that person's purpose must be similar to Zhao Bi, can only understand, not speak! In fact, there are many sayings about Ganye Temple, all of which are quite reasonable, but whether Ganye Temple was merged with other temples, or later renamed, or whatever, Wang Ping'an is not interested, as long as it can be found, no matter what it is!

Out of Chang'an City, all the way to the north, not long ago, came to a small village, the small village is not big, only a dozen families, but the houses are built very neatly, it seems that this village is relatively rich.

Wang Ping'an took out the map, looked forward, and said to Ouyang Li: "This was once the bell room of Changle Palace, and it was here that Han Xin was hacked to death by Empress Lu!" ”

Ouyang Li sighed, pointed at the small village with a horsewhip, and said, "It turns out that Han Xin died here!" However, there is still a shadow of a palace here, and it has long become a place for the people to live! ”

"The vicissitudes of the sea, time has passed, how can there be an undefeated family, how can there be a prince who will live forever!" Wang Ping'an sighed, looked at the map again, and said: "It's not too far to go further, it's Ganye Temple, let's go quickly, it won't take more than a while to get there!" ”

Ouyang Li's face was a little embarrassed, and said: "Master, I have heard of that Ganye Temple before, most of the nuns in it are beautiful, and it seems that there have been rumors in the market, especially in the mouths of the evil young people in Beijing...... Speaking of this, he feels that it is not easy to find out, so as not to make the master unhappy, he had to say: "But they are monks after all, if the master wants to try it, what kind of woman can't buy it in the market, why bother to come here!" ”

Wang Ping'an waved his hand and said, "I'm not here to see a nun, I'm a ...... I want to renovate the Inspiration Temple, and I want to refer to the layout of the Ganye Temple, don't get me wrong! ”

"Referring to the pattern of the nunnery, go to renovate the monk's temple?" Ouyang Li grinned, this reason was too far-fetched. But Wang Ping'an is the master, he is a servant, even if he understands one, two, three, in his heart, he can only say four, five, six. He nodded and said, "I see, seeing that the Temple of Inspiration is dilapidated like that, it's time to repair it well!" ”

The two of them fought again, passed through a large wood, and then came to the front of the Ganye Temple.

Wang Ping'an rode on the white dragon horse, looked at the mountain gate of Ganye Temple, and said: "This temple is really not small, if you go around the back of the mountain, I am afraid that you will not be able to ride a horse!" ”

Ouyang Li thought to himself: "Sure enough, I still go to the back of the mountain!" He said, "Master, should we go in directly, or go to the back mountain first?" ”

Wang Ping'an hummed twice, shook his head and said: "Although they are all monasteries, but there are nuns living in them, I am afraid that it will be inappropriate for the two of us to venture in." Why don't you go to the back mountain and enjoy the scenery! ”

Ouyang Li thought to himself: "Then this is not to see the pattern, but to see the nun taking a bath!" He didn't speak again, and followed Wang Ping'an around to the back of the temple.

The mountain behind Ganye Temple is a large forest with overgrown weeds and a small stream flowing out. It seems that this creek is the one Zhao Bi said!

Unable to ride a horse in the forest, Wang Ping'an got off the white dragon horse, threw the reins to Ouyang Li, and said, "You wait here, I'll go in and have a look, and I'll come out in a short time." ”

Ouyang Li sighed, and couldn't help but say, "Master, don't you want me to go in with you?" What if you want that...... When something happens, I can help you press it! ”

Wang Ping'an reprimanded and said, "What nonsense, wait here honestly, don't run around!" With that, he tucked the corners of his robe into his belt, straightened his shoes and socks, and walked into the woods.

Ouyang Li looked at it from behind and shook his head, is the nun so good? No matter how good the nun is, people don't necessarily come out to bathe every day, and there are so many mosquitoes in this forest......

Wang Ping'an walked out of thirty or forty zhang, then came to the side of the stream, looked up along the stream, and could see that there were several steps on the opposite bank, and above the steps, there was the back gate of the temple!

Squinting his eyes, Wang Ping'an stood on the shore, looking along the wall, wanting to see where the flower wall Zhao Bi said!

Ganye Temple, Buddha Hall.

The nuns had just finished their morning service and had already dispersed, but the presiding officer of the temple had not left, and she was entertaining a guest, who was a noble lady in Beijing.

At this time, the aristocratic lady was kneeling on the futon in front of the Buddha statue, her palms clasped together, her eyes closed, and her mouth whispered something, but the voice was so small that even if the old nun raised her ears, she could not hear what she was saying.

This aristocratic lady is in her twentieth year, with black hair like a waterfall, a goose egg face, long eyelashes, a hanging gall nose, a cherry mouth, and delicate and smooth snow-white skin.

After a long time, the aristocratic lady opened her eyes and said to the host with tears in her eyes: "Master, I have thought about it, I wish to go to the green silk, and from now on I will be accompanied by the wooden fish, please do this for me!" ”

The host sighed, clasped his palms together, and said: "Miss Ma, you are in your youth, and you have never been married, and there is no man and half woman in the world, how can you get rid of the red dust, your parents in the family must not be willing!" ”

The aristocratic lady blinked, tears slid down, and she shook her head and said, "My parents have my own brother to take care of, and I don't need it." I have sinned so much that I can't redeem myself for a hundred deaths, except for being a monk, I can only use white silk to cut off the rest of my life. If Mrs. Shi doesn't accept me, I have no choice but to ...... I had to ......," she said, sobbing and crying.

The host thought to himself: "The four words of deep sin are too much, you are just a girl's family, and you are not married, and it is not your turn to bring disaster to the country and the people, everyone has sin, but it is not necessarily serious!" "I wanted to ask what bad things you did, but because of my identity, I was embarrassed to open my mouth.

This aristocratic lady is not Princess Gaoyang, but the only daughter of Ma Qianli, a director of the Ministry of Rites, named Ma Mingmei. Ma Mingmei has been regarded as a pearl in the palm of Ma Qianli since she was a child, and she has been trained to know how to play piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and she is really a dignified and skillful daughter, who marries into anyone's family, she has to be loved by her parents-in-law, and her husband will treat her as a treasure!

But it's such a good girl, but she can't get married! It's not that no one wants her, but her father Ma Qianli doesn't dare to let others want her!

Ma Qianli, as the head of the Ministry of Rites, is not too big, but it is not small. Because he is a good learner, he has made friends with a lot of dignitaries, and few people in Chang'an dare to mess with him!

Ma Qianli's job is quite good, very leisurely, but also powerful. When he is free, he has nothing to do for several years, but once he has something to do, others are afraid of him!

What is the reason for this? Because Ma Qianli is the one who batches the exam papers! The marking of the imperial examination is very cumbersome, not that as soon as the candidates hand in the papers, the examiners begin to comment and determine the grade, but first check for typos.

Let's not talk about a candidate's knowledge, if the candidate writes a typo on the paper, or commits a taboo in the court, then the article is written well or badly, and you don't need to read it, just drop the paper!

Ma Qianli is the examiner who checks for typos. In the early Tang Dynasty, the scientific examination was not famous, whose paper was known at a glance, if he looked at someone who was not pleasing to the eye, it was really a stroke of the pen, the blink of an eye, can ruin a candidate's future.

For example, if there is the word "bareheaded" in the paper, if he looks at this candidate unpleasantly, add a little bit, and the bareheaded will become a "rabbit crown", then the candidate will go home directly!

Ma Qianli does not have the power to decide whether a candidate can pass the test, but he has the ability to decide whether a candidate will fail the test, this is the power! Therefore, in Chang'an City, or in the entire Tang Dynasty, unless he decides not to take the route of scientific research in this life, no literati dares to offend him!

Ma Qianli is a good scholar and has read a lot of books, so he will be assigned to this position, and he has made friends with many big people. He really wants his daughter to marry into a real wealthy family, so he has been looking for Ma Mingmei's in-laws!

However, Ma Mingmei's life is really hard enough, so hard that ordinary people can't reach it!

Many years ago, Ma Qianli was optimistic about Qu Tutong, Qu Tutong made great contributions, and was one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, and was rated as the first in battle when he destroyed Wang Shichong.

Ma Qianli found Qu Tutong and said to him: "My wife is pregnant, and I don't know if it's a man or a woman, but you have children and daughters, why don't we get married!" ”

Qu Tutong was very happy, so he said: "Okay, then we are in-laws!" ”

As soon as the oral marriage was decided, before Ma Mingmei was born, Qu Tutong died, and the family affairs were done!

After a few years, Ma Qianli set his sights on Li Xiaogong again, which was also a hero of Lingyan Pavilion, he found Li Xiaogong and said: "I have a daughter, she is beautiful and smart, let me be your daughter-in-law, do you think about it?" ”

Li Xiaogong was also very happy, and said the same as Qu Tutong back then: "Okay, then we are in-laws!" ”

But not long after he said this, before he could officially decide on his marriage, Li Xiaogong, like Qu Tutong, was also dead, and the family affair could only be done again!

Ma Qianli thought, my daughter's life is hard, unusually hard, other women are Kefu, but my daughter specializes in Kefu, one gram is accurate! However, this also shows that Qu Tutong and Li Xiaogong are not blessed enough, they can't be worshiped by my daughter, and they can't be her father-in-law!

Who is the most blessed in the world? That must be the emperor! He used this method to figure things out and was very happy, it seems that my daughter is destined to be the princess, and she can only let the emperor be her father-in-law.

So, it didn't take long for him to ask someone to say that he wanted to marry his daughter into the East Palace and make the crown prince Li Chengqian a concubine. But before the matter could be done, Li Chengqian was abolished!

Ma Qianli made persistent efforts, seeing the emperor's intentions, it seemed that he wanted to make Li Ke, the king of Wu, the crown prince, so he hurriedly asked people to find Li Ke again, wanting to marry his daughter to her. But it didn't take long for Li Ke to not become the prince due to the resolute opposition of the eldest grandson Wuji, but he lost his favor and was suppressed by the eldest grandson Wuji so much that he could no longer raise his head!

Ma Qianli was dumbfounded now, his daughter used to be the father-in-law of Ke, but she ran into such a powerful emperor as she didn't move, but she changed the direction of the wind and changed Kefu! And Kefuke was quite violent, and he didn't even mention family affairs, and directly killed a prince and a prince!

Is this God's will, my daughter should not marry in her life, she can only be lonely for the rest of her life?

Ma Qianli no longer dared to kiss his daughter, and kept her by his side. In this way, Ma Mingmei is twenty years old, and she has been waiting for the boudoir!

On the contrary, the Ma family is rich, and they don't care about raising their daughter for the rest of their lives. But things in the world are always the better and the worse the bad. Ma Mingmei went hunting with her younger brother a few days ago, maybe she rode a horse a little harder, but when she came back, she was unwell and had an unspeakable disease!