Chapter 445: Cousin
Xu Hao patiently coped with it indifferently, and suddenly heard the sound of footsteps, and looked at it, and saw that it was an eight or nine-year-old girl, born with picturesque eyebrows, I saw pity, it was a rare beauty.
Xu Hao turned a blind eye quietly, and said in his heart that it was no wonder that the flower monk of Song'an had been peeping vigorously before, and the gift that King Gu had prepared for himself would naturally not be an ordinary beauty, plus the scholar who looked like a woman before, the good guy had taken into account all his hobbies.
Seeing that he was unmoved, he got up and said: "The virtuous nephew is not an outsider, the old man is really a little girl's business, although there is no shortage of children and nephews in the clan, the old servant can also be entrusted, but he has been entrusted to think about it, so he came to the capital to inquire about the Zunfu, whether he can take care of it nearby." Fortunately, I met my nephew today, and when the little girl came to visit, the old man was in his old age, and he would have to take care of the nephew in the future. ”
After a while, the maid came out with a stunning beauty, it is not an exaggeration to call it the national color and heavenly fragrance, followed by the little girl with bright eyes and zirconia, but before they could greet each other and speak, Xu Hao suddenly sighed.
At this time, the tourists on the boat were noisy, and immediately the sound was like a boil, and some people excitedly shouted: "The tide is coming, the tide is coming." ”
The rain poured down again, and the hull of the ship swayed, and the outside became an endless ocean.
In order to make room for the young ladies, Xu Hao withdrew from the cabin step by step, and suddenly his body was crooked and he didn't stand on his heels, and shouted and went with the flow.
Not to mention that the father and daughter were half frightened to death and panicked. Xu Hao, who escaped by water, did not go directly to the boat of the guard, but swam freely in the water, and after half a day, he ran out of strength to climb onto the boat and change into clean clothes.
After chatting with Li Dong and other family members for a while, the boat sailed to the vicinity of Zhaoqing Temple, and faintly heard a cry coming from ahead.
Xu Hao listened attentively, the cry was close and far, and it was always difficult to hear it. The boat is coming this way.
Zhaoqing Temple is located in the south of the island in the center of the lake, the ancient temple Zen forest is the remains of the Song and Yuan dynasties, the famous scenery of Jinling is everywhere nearby, and there are few tourists here, not to mention that it rained heavily for a day today, and the visitors are basically extinct.
On the shore is a courtyard with collapsed walls, a few peach and apricot trees have been blown by the strong wind, and a clump of miscellaneous trees with new reeds growing taller than a person, blocking the light of the lake. Can't find a place to get off the boat.
Xu Hao jumped off the boat, stepped on the uneven mud and walked forty or fifty steps forward, followed the sound of pulling away the reeds and grass, and saw that there was a man and a woman dragging inside.
The woman, who was not very old, struggled and cried out, "My brother is here, let go quickly, and thank you very much." ”
Xu Hao suddenly guessed a few points when he saw this situation, and said to the man: "This is my sister-in-law, I think you saved her." But why is the girl crying? ”
The woman struggled in the man's arms and said, "I accidentally fell into the water, and it was this gentleman who rescued me, who knew that I had to go with him." My sister refused, so he forcibly pulled me. ”
Xu Hao took a few steps forward and said, "Since you are a life-saving benefactor, you should repay it." Today, my brother and sister fell into the water and died. I don't have any money on me, so please come with me to my house. ”
The man sneered, "Who wants you to be rewarded?" Your accent is Jinling, and she is Suzhou. How do you pretend to be a brother and sister? I won't tell you the truth, my old Tao is a murderer who doesn't save people, and today I watched her struggling in the water by the lake, and her appearance was good, which was just my use, so I was willing to fish her ashore. If you talk about money, Lao Tzu is on an errand in Zhao Wangfu, I'm afraid that it won't be enough to use, do you want to thank you? You kid go quickly, Lao Tzu's fists have always been ruthless. ”
Xu Hao was murderous, learned from the style of a scholar, pointed at him and scolded: "How can brother and sister pretend? If you take advantage of people's danger and are no different from robbers, you are not afraid of being investigated by the government. ”
The woman struggled to break free at this time, and the man hugged her and said angrily: "You are also a slut, seeing that he looks better than me, I called a passer-by to call my brother here, and you will die tonight." ”
Before the words fell, a sharp knife came out of the man's mouth, and then the guard slashed the woman unconscious. Xu Hao stepped forward to take the short gun in Li Dong's hand, fired six shots in a row to smash his head to pieces, and ordered: "Find a place to bury it, this woman is carried to the shore, and when she wakes up, she secretly follows her home." ”
Li Dong said: "This man will not appear on the island in the middle of the lake for no reason, the young master has to be more careful, or let's go back, the dangerous place can't stay for a long time." ”
Xu Hao was silent, since he was implicated with Zhu Gaosui for no reason, he knew what evil thoughts this guy was fighting with his toes, he must have colluded with the monks of Zhaoqing Temple to try to kill Zhu Gaochi, and when his young nephew Zhu Zhanji ascended the throne, as an imperial uncle, he might be able to take the opportunity to control the government, and then abolish the throne and establish himself as the emperor.
It can be said that this is the change brought about by Zhu Di's death, Zhu Gaochi is not in good health and misses family affection, giving Zhu Gaosui and other vassal kings an opportunity to take advantage of, Xu Hao is most worried about Zhu Gaoxu, I am afraid that he will make a big mistake in a moment of confusion, and the crime of plotting to usurp the throne is too big, and no one can save him in case of an incident.
Zhaoqing Temple is more conspicuous should not have any flaws, Xu Hao went to the dilapidated ancient temple located behind it, there are several monks' rooms behind the hall and there is not even a figure, the kitchen stove is connected to the garden wall, there is no food in the kitchen, there is only a pickle jar in the east and west, there are winter vegetables in the next year.
Xu Haoxin said that there is really no one to live in? Fish out one casually, smell it salty and smelly, come out and push open the left monk's room, there is only a bamboo collapse in the house, a broken quilt, a horizontal table next to the collapse, a tile lamp and a tile pot on it, several tea bowls, and the rest do not see the cabinets and other things.
I went to the window on the left and looked outside, there were three or four coffins inside, I don't know whose funeral room was still empty coffin, and I couldn't see any flaws for a long time.
The next day, Xu Hao took a boat to the dock and went ashore, helping a beautiful young woman, just entering the mountain gate when he bumped into Song'an, and exclaimed: "I didn't see Gongzi come back last night, I asked someone to explore the lake a few times, but I didn't see a trace, fortunately Gongzi is safe and sound, where did he come from at this time?" Who is this lady? ”
Xu Hao explained: "I accidentally fell into the water and floated dozens of miles away, who knew that I happened to save my cousin, which shows God's love." ”
Songan didn't believe that it would be such a coincidence, and he said that he might not know where to hook up with a good family, but this kid is so glamorous. He couldn't stop looking at the beauty and said, "Yesterday's strong wind blew down the pavilion outside the mountain, and the people who sat to shelter from the rain crushed one to death and injured a few." Everyone said that the pavilion was in disrepair and caused deaths, and it was all a matter of the temple. When the corpse came and heard this, he came to stalk him, and he made trouble all night, and the poor monk promised ten hanging money, but he was not willing to give up. When I was Matsuan was a good bully? Rather than plug the city gate, don't fill the dog hole! I'm going to go to Shuntianfu now to ask someone to come to the test, and listen to the official break the knot and tell the corpse to get out, and I'm out of company first. ”
After saying that, Song'an went by himself, and at that moment Xu Hao helped his cousin into the door, walked to the door of the guest room, and suddenly paused and said: "After locking the door yesterday, the key fell into the water." ”
A little novice came up to him, and when he saw this, he said, "Xu Gongzi is back, there is someone worthy of the family teacher, you wait a while, I'll get it." Why don't you invite Childe and this young lady to sit in the shrine for the time being, if Childe hasn't eaten yet, he can use it in the meditation hall, which will save trouble. ”
Xu Hao was the day before yesterday by this fair-eyed little novice Zhang Luo trivialities, smart with a bit of thickness, interrogating his family history to know that his background was not a thief, but the loss of his parents at a young age and being adopted by monks, I really felt a little pity.
At this time, seeing that he was very attentive, he did not have any doubts, and turned around and walked out with the little novice. From the alley on the left side of the Tianwang Palace, bypass the back of the Luohan Hall, and turn in front of the door of the Jizo Palace, and see several halls in the east area, with flowers and trees, and a low wall separating them.
The little novice ran in first, looked into the east room, ran out, and led the two into the west room and sat down. Xu Hao knew that there was someone over there, and he didn't care.
Who knew that the people in the room over there looked at the little novice and knew that someone had come in, so they peeked through the curtain and exclaimed, "Isn't this the eldest lady?" ”
Xiao Shami was stunned and watched the two beauties hugging and crying, Xu Hao sighed: "Yesterday, my cousin's cruise ship capsized, and a boatload of people is gone, and the sky can see that the relatives can still touch together." ”
Xiao Shami suddenly said: "This female benefactor asked about her relatives in the vicinity and was invited by the senior brothers to rest. ”
When he went out, Li Su'e, a brocade guard pretending to be a maid, immediately sneered: "Sure enough, it's a thief's nest, and my subordinates are inquiring around on the shore, and there is a monk named Haifeng, who can't help but say that he brought more than a dozen monks, so he forced his subordinates here." ”
Zhang Luan, who pretended to be a cousin, blew his eyes and said with a smile: "It's good to wait for the prince to go out under the pretext, my sister will definitely find out the clues, there are two big beauties, forgive these stinky monks who can't stand it and will do their tricks." ”
Xu Hao smiled and nodded, lost his eyes, the three of them were silent for a moment, the little novice led people to bring the food, and the monk saw the three of them sitting together, and said: "It turns out that this young lady is also a son of the family, so the meal does not have to be set separately." ”
While setting the table for dinner, he beckoned people outside the window to come in, and Xu Hao saw that she was a beautiful woman in her thirties.
The monk pointed to the second daughter and smiled: "Sister, now I have a companion." ”
The beautiful woman walked in with a smoky eye, carefully looked at the appearance and clothing of the second daughter, and said in surprise: "Oops! This sister's feet are all wet, but unfortunately the slave family only brought a pair of shoes and socks. Oh, there is, there is, wait for the slave to get it, and change it for my sister. ”
asked Zhang Luanchui about the origin of the blow again, Li Su'e told her a few words, the beautiful woman looked familiar, turned around to take a look, and smiled at Xu Hao: "Miss Gongzi, please eat, the slave family will come back in a while." ”
Seeing her twist her waist and walk out, Xu Hao was very surprised and said, "Is there such a person in the temple?" ”
Li Su'e couldn't help but smile and said, "My subordinates came in and came to talk nonsense for a long time." She said that her husband was a local, and her mother's family, He, was far away in the northwest, and was a relative of Song'an, the head of the temple. Her subordinates don't look at her as a good person. ”
After the three of them finished eating, Xiao Shami led someone in again and said that Xu Hao deliberately patted him on the shoulder, and asked him to take care of the master and servant, and then went out alone under the pretext of looking for his missing relatives. (To be continued......)