Chapter 265: Peach Blossoms on Human Faces

In late spring in March, the grass grows in the south of the Yangtze River, the peanut trees are mixed, and the warblers are flying around, which is really a good season for spring outing.

A huge team slowly moved forward, everyone was dressed in fresh clothes, and most of them had happy faces.

Only the three leading ones are not.

The first one is our Cui Daxian Commander, who carefully pays attention to the topic of the two people next to him, lest he be burned.

As for the other two people, of course, they are Cao Yuechan and Lu Ruolan.

Originally, according to their temperament, let alone accompany Cui Geng on a spring outing with other women, even if they accompany Cui on a spring outing alone, they have to think twice.

However, this time, no one said a word "no", but cheapened Cui's blessings. After all, who said no, isn't it equivalent to admitting defeat and surrendering to the "cheap ~ people" in their respective eyes? So, in the end, no one raised any objections, and the matter was settled.

But along the way, the two girls were arguing, and they didn't know how many times they fought.

Along the way, Cao Yuechan also figured out two things: first, Lu Ruolan's little hooves definitely had intentions for Erlang; Second, don't look at yourself as a closed female disciple of the great Confucian Tong Benshan in Qingyuan County, but if you really talk about tongue and debate kung fu, you can't beat the horse and Lu Ruolan's little hooves. She couldn't help but secretly wonder, what is the origin of this Lu Ruolan? She didn't believe that the other party was a simple niece of the Zou family.

is aware of her shortcomings, so she also played to her strengths and avoided weaknesses, and began to talk about the customs and customs of various places, after all, in the past two years, she has traveled all over the country in order to gather Fenglong's branch, and she has a wide range of knowledge, and Lu Ruolan can only bow down to this point.

However, Lu Ruolan is not a vegetarian, and soon introduced the topic to local ancient and modern celebrities, who only know a lot more than Cao Yuechan.

Cao Yuechan did not back down and began to talk about the way of doing business......

Lu Ruolan did not show weakness and talked about the taboo of officialdom......

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In the end, the two daughters realized that they couldn't tell the winner in this way, and pulled Cui Geng to help.

Cao Yuechan said that she and Erlang have an oral marriage contract and a two-year contract, although they are not husband and wife, they can be regarded as talking about marriage, and they should help themselves speak.

Lu Ruolan said that an agreement is worth a lot, but the two agreed to ...... Then it can only make people hehehe. If you and Erlang don't fight, they don't know each other, and they can be regarded as friends, but you can't let that scheming person get cheap.

No matter how stupid Cui Geng is, he also understands at this time that Lu Ruolan is somewhat interesting to herself.

is such a beauty, knowledgeable and gentle and generous, if it weren't for the fact that his identity was a little unclear, he was simply the most perfect wife candidate, how could he not be tempted?

Of course, Cao Yuechan is not worse than her, not only is she beautiful, but she also helps herself deal with Jufenglong Yinhao, a powerful arm in her career, and the most important thing is that she is still her first love. In addition to being always close to yourself, hot and cold, it is also perfect!

Which side should this help?

In the end, no matter how smart Rao is Cui Geng is, he has to use Tai Chi Yun to deal with this kind of war between women, and he will not be offended.

But these two women are Lan Xinhui, how can they not see through his little thoughts?

When they arrived at their destination, they finally began a showdown.

Here, there is a place called "Peach Blossom Creek", and peach trees are planted all around.

At this time, the peach blossoms are in full bloom, a breeze drifts by, and the falling flowers are colorful, straight into the stream.

The peach blossoms float with the flow of the stream, romantic and beautiful, like a fairyland on earth.

Of course, this place has an owner, but with the face of Cui Daxian's order, it is still easy to occupy a section of the stream, and Buman is surrounded on three sides, leaving only one side to enjoy the scenery.

It is said that it is time to get to the main topic of the Shangsi Festival.

Before the Sui and Tang dynasties, men and women jumped into the stream on this day to wash away the filth and bring good luck for the year.

Of course, if young men and women are interested in seeing each other, it is not a new thing to find a place to "pop".

But now, the bold Tang style has also begun to become more and more conservative, people will not really take off their clothes and jump into the stream to bathe, but take off their shoes and socks and wash their feet.

Next, the activities to be carried out in the Shangsi Festival are "Qushui Liuzhen", or "Qushui Floating Eggs" and "Qushui Fujiang Jujube".

Qushui Liuzhen is to put a wooden wine cup into the stream, and when the wine glass flows in front of you with the water, you will drink a glass or write a poem.

As for the latter two, hard-boiled eggs or jujubes are put into the stream and carried downstream. Downstream people who pick up and eat it will be considered very lucky.

However, when it comes to this link, there is a moth.

The two big beauties blushed with shame, and neither of them refused to take off their shoes and socks first.

Lu Ruolan blushed, pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "It's not difficult to let the concubine take off her shoes, as long as Cui County Lingken is willing to compose a poem and give it to the concubine." ”

Cao Yuechan's interest is in business, and she is not interested in poetry and songs. However, since Lu Ruolan said so, of course she was not to be outdone, and said: "The concubine body is also the same condition, but you have to make a poem and send it to me first." ”

Lu Ruolan said angrily: "Cao Yuechan, do you talk about the rules? I said it first, first come, first served. ”

Cao Yuechan didn't give an inch, and said meaningfully: "If you really talk about this rule at first, I'm afraid that Lu Niangzi is far behind." ”

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Damn, it's pinching again!

Seeing that the smell of gunpowder between the two daughters was getting stronger and stronger, Cui Geng hurriedly persuaded him.

But he soon set himself on fire, and the second daughter had to ask him to compose a poem, and he was free to decide who to dedicate it to.

Obviously, whoever you give it to first is looking for death!

Cui Geng was squeezed into a hurry.

When he was embarrassed, he had an idea, and suddenly pointed to a house in the distance and said: "Here, there has been a twisted and bizarre marriage story, I wonder if you want to hear it?" ”

"What's the story?" Sure enough, love stories are the main theme in women's hearts.

"This story is not short, you two have to be a little patient, don't let me tell it, you two pinch again. Words ......"

Legend has it that a few decades ago, there was a celebrity named Cui Hu, who came here for an outing on March 3 and came to this house in front of the house.

He was very thirsty, so he knocked at the door and begged for a drink, and a very beautiful little lady opened the door for him. Although Cui Hu fell in love with this woman as soon as he saw her, he wanted to participate in the imperial imperial examination, and he was afraid that falling in love would affect his hard work, so he hid this love in his heart.

The next year, he revisited the place with the title of the gold list, but found that the courtyard walls were the same, and the doors and windows were locked.

So, Cui Hu put up a poem on the door: "In this door last year, the peach blossoms on the human face were red. The face of the person does not know where to go, and the peach blossoms are still smiling in the spring breeze. ”

After mentioning the poem, Cui Hu left in a daze.

Unexpectedly, an old man came to the door a month later and scolded Cui Hu: "You bastard, you can kill my daughter." ”

Cui Hu didn't know what to do, and after asking, he learned that the little lady also fell in love with Cui Hu at first sight, and often looked forward to meeting him again. Coincidentally, on March 3 of that year, the little lady went to relatives, and the two fell in love.

When the little lady returned home, after reading the poem on the door, she fell ill and almost died.

His father saw that it was not a problem, so he came to Cui Hu to settle the account.

What else can I say, in the end, Cui Hu married that beautiful little lady and lived a lifetime with Hemeimei.

After listening to it, the second daughter was not only moved by the story, but also deeply felt that the poem was wonderful, and she was immersed in it for a while.

As for Cui Geng's poetry, of course, it was also forgotten by the two.

Just when Cui Geng thought he had a plan and secretly praised himself for his quick reaction, Cao Yuechan suddenly came back to her senses and said suspiciously: "No, isn't this Peach Blossom Creek?" Then Cui Hu just drank the stream water, why did he go to the little lady's house to ask for water to drink? ”

"Uh...... Maybe he was deliberately accosted. Cui Geng hurriedly patched his story.

Lu Ruolan also shook her head and questioned: "It's still not right, this poem is so well written, it should have been sung by everyone a long time ago, why have concubines never heard of it?" ”

Now, Cui Geng was asked.

Because this story does not happen here, let alone before, but after that, almost a hundred years later, in the late Tang Dynasty. The place where it happened is not called Peach Blossom Creek, but in the southern suburbs of Chang'an, which tells the story of the poet Cui Hu who met a beautiful woman in the southern suburbs of Chang'an after he entered Chang'an to participate in the scientific expedition. Therefore, this poem is famous in history and is called "The Title Capital City Nanzhuang".

But what if you are speechless when asked?

Then admit it shamelessly!

I saw Cui Geng thief grinning, pointing to his nose, and said, "Okay, this official admits that I made up this story, but this poem ...... But I did it. What do you think? It's time for the two little ladies to take off their shoes, right? ”

Just got mixed up like that?

The second daughter was stunned by Cui Geng's shamelessness, and choked for a while.

At this moment, Cui Geng suddenly noticed a commotion in the distance, and shouted: "Look, someone is coming!" ”

This time it wasn't a fool, but I saw a group of people coming out of the courtyard of the mansion in the distance.

It can be seen that the purpose of these people is very clear, that is, they are coming to Cui Geng's side.

The first one was an old man, with a wrinkled face, gray hair, kind eyebrows, and a dragon's head crutch.

Song Genhai, who was patrolling with the officials, also noticed something strange in the distance, trotted over, and said to Cui Geng: "My lord, this old man's name is Zheng Zechang, and the entire peach forest is his family's property. It was through him that he found such a good place for the adults. ”

Dare is the owner of this place is here, Cui Geng did not hold it up, and waited for Lao Su Zheng to approach and get up to meet him.

After a few words of greeting, Old Man Zheng looked at Cao Yuechan and Lu Ruolan, secretly praised the beauty of the two women's sinking fish and geese, and complimented Cui Geng: "It coincides with the Shangsi Festival, and Cui County Ling can be accompanied by such a beautiful woman, which is really a blessing." ”

The old man's words, Cui Geng's heart sounded quite beautiful.

On the contrary, it was Lu Ruolan and Cao Yuechan, listening to the four words that were a little frivolous, and their pretty faces were slightly displeased.

Zheng Zechang is so old, he can naturally read people's faces, and he knows that he has made a mistake for a while, so he hurriedly started to gossip: "The county magistrate should be the first time to come here and there, right?" The good education county let the adults know that there is a small hidden temple not far from here, and there is a three-life stone in the temple, which is very effective. ”

"Sansheng Stone?" Cao and Lu asked each other in unison, and it could be seen that they were quite interested.

"Yes, according to legend, as long as the names of both men and women are engraved on this stone, they can be destined for three lives." Old man Zheng stroked his beard and smiled, "Cui County Ling is a rare trip, and the old man suggests that adults can take the two little ladies and go to Xiaoyin Temple for a tour." ”

This kind of thing naturally has to ask for the opinion of the female companion, Cui Geng looked at the second daughter next to him and asked, "What do you think, do you want to go around?" ”

But after all, it was to see the Sansheng Stone, the meaning of the Sansheng Stone, Old Man Zheng also said, the two women actually twisted for a while, and no one was embarrassed to squeak first.

Seeing this, Cui Geng secretly complained, sister, when you two were in the county government house yesterday, weren't you so reserved, and you almost fought for the ownership of your brother, okay?

Cao and Lu didn't express their stance in time, and they were cold for a while.

Seeing this, Old Man Zheng thought that they were not interested in Sanshengshi, and said: "Cui Xianling and the two little ladies have never been to Xiaoyin Temple, so they may not know. In this temple, in addition to the Sansheng stone, there is also a kind of crane grass. The grass blooms in spring and withers after half a moment. It is said that if a young woman can take it while the flowers are blooming, she will be able to maintain her youth. ”

"Really... It's true? This time, the two women no longer pretended to be dumb, but asked in unison, their eyes shining.

Cui Geng sneered and said: "You can pull it down, if the crane grass is really as magical as you say, it will be everywhere a long time ago, and the monks of Xiaoyin Temple can still keep this kind of fairy grass in the world?" ”

On flickering and bragging, on the chatter of gods and gods, Cui Geng consciously dares to admit the second, no one should dare to admit the first, right?

"Don't believe it, Lord Order, the crane grass really grows in the Xiaoyin Temple. But it's strange to say," Old Man Zheng smacked his mouth, brushed his beard and frowned, "This crane grass can only grow near the Xiaoyin Temple for some reason, and if it is transplanted to other places, it just can't survive." Moreover, in the entire Xiaoyin Temple, there are less than ten plants in total, and once a new crane grass grows, it is bound to have old crane grass wither and die. ”

said it clearly, at this time, Cui Geng couldn't help but feel that Old Man Zheng really didn't seem to be bragging and fooling people.

He secretly wondered, could it be that there was a special situation in the soil around the Xiaoyin Temple, so that Rausch Crane Grass could be planted and survived?

At this time, Cao Yuechan had already been aroused by the four words of Chang Bao's youth, and she couldn't wait to say: "Since this is the case, then let's go to Xiaoyin Temple to have a look." Maybe I'm lucky, I'll be able to meet the crane grass blooming. ”

Lu Ruolan also nodded again and again, saying that she wanted to go to Xiaoyin Temple to see what was going on, and this time she had a rare agreement with Cao Yuechan.

Since the two beautiful girls had something to ask for, and they had time to be idle, Cui Geng immediately agreed, and immediately ordered to put everything in place and go to Xiaoyin Temple.

Under the guidance of Old Man Zheng, a group of people waited to go to Xiaoyin Temple.

Walking and walking, Cui Geng found out that the so-called "not far from here" in the mouth of Old Man Zheng was really Nima Pit!

This is not far away, but quite far away, okay? They walked for about twenty miles before they saw the mountain gate of Xiaoyin Temple.

This small hidden temple, the small temple is not big, it looks quite dilapidated and dilapidated, and there are not many pilgrims. Couldn't help but be disappointed by Cui Geng and his entourage, this didn't look like a rush to an ancient temple in the mountains.

Cui Geng's eyes were wrong when he looked at Zheng Laobald, and he was full of suspicion, and he didn't say anything.

Seeing this, Old Man Zheng hurriedly explained: "Cui County doesn't know anything, the monks of Xiaoyin Temple have always liked to be quiet, and they have always kept the Sansheng Stone and Crane Grass secret, and they don't want to provoke Hongchen. If it weren't for the fact that Xiao Lao'er and the abbot of the temple had a deed, they still didn't know that there were such treasures hidden in this inconspicuous little temple. ”

"Huh, huh?" Cui Geng still didn't believe it.

Just when everyone was suspicious, more than a dozen monks suddenly came out of the mountain gate, led by two monks, clasped their hands together, and preached in unison: "Amitabha, I don't know which distinguished guest visited our Xiaoyin Temple?" ”

The two monks at the head, one is tall, dignified, and not angry; The other is of medium stature, with a white face and an elegant atmosphere.

Since the owner of the temple was alarmed, Cui Geng naturally didn't want to turn back, so he immediately led everyone forward to salute.

After some introduction, I learned that the tall monk, the Dharma name Ye Xuan, was the abbot of this temple.

As for the white-skinned monk, the Dharma name is Yekong, and he is his junior disciple.

Through Zheng Laosuo's mouth, Abbot Yexuan also knew the identity of Cui Daxian Ling, but it seems that the great monk did not seem to be very happy with Cui County's visit, let alone a flattering attitude, just maintained a polite enthusiasm.

Subsequently, under the guidance of the abbot of Yexuan, everyone came to the Daxiong Treasure Hall.

In the middle of the main hall is enshrined the Buddha of Nyorai, and on both sides are the Medicine Buddha Liuliguang Buddha and Amitabha Buddha. The three are collectively known as the "Three Treasure Buddhas" or "Three Buddhas".

Enter the temple to burn incense, enter the temple to worship the Buddha, Cui Geng still understands this truth. He asked for a few sticks of incense, offered them to the Buddha, and knelt down to worship as if it were a ritual.

After some piety, he was about to get up, but out of the corner of his eye, he found that in the corner of the main hall, there was a small statue.

Although this statue is much smaller than the Three Treasures Buddha, it is also wiped clean, and there are tributes and three incense sticks in front of it, which shows that it is taken care of every day.

To his surprise, this figure was not a common Buddha statue in the temple, but a secular old man with a crown and big sleeves.

That's weird!

The Taoist temple is for the three Qings, and the Buddha is worshiped in the temple.

This small hidden temple is a Buddhist temple, why is there still a statue of a secular old man?

He couldn't help but ask curiously: "Abbot Yexuan, dare to ask who this old man enshrined in the main hall of your temple is?" ”