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When Liu Mu and his party returned to Huguo Temple, Abbot Benji had already retreated and practiced, and it was said that it would take nine months before he could leave the closed door.In Huguo Temple, Master Fa Neng temporarily took care of the affairs of the temple on behalf of Abbot Benji.Many people in the temple are in favor of severely punishing Liu Mu, but the burning of the wooden Buddha is too serious. Faneng also heard that Liu Mu's grandfather was a close friend of Abbot Benji during his lifetime. He was not sure how to deal with Liumu, so he put it down in advance, saying that he would deal with it after Abbot Benji left the customs.

During the time when they left Huguo Temple, Liu Mu, Yu Wanran and Zeng Qing's flowers were all taken care of by Han Ce.Han Ce said to Zeng Qing, "Before you left, you asked me to take good care of your flowers. I dare not neglect you at all. I am afraid that the uneven temperature and heat will make your flowers feel wronged. Now it can be regarded as a complete return to Zhao." gone."

Zeng Qing looked at the potted flowers in Han Ce's room and said with a smile, "I didn't expect you, a big man, to be so careful. You can take care of these flowers so well in winter."

Liu Mu looked at her potted flower and admired, "I never thought you would take such good care of this half-dead flower!"

Han Ce smiled and said, "If I take care of this flower for a while longer, I'm afraid I can go to the palace to be the royal gardener."

Zeng Qing joked, "I think it's better to forget it. The gardeners in the palace are all eunuchs."

Han Ce said to Liu Mu again, "It's really brave of you to burn down the wooden Buddha."

"I don't want to burn the wooden Buddha either, but if we don't burn it, we will be frozen to death."

Han Ce said, "But what you said about taking relics is shocking enough, but it makes sense."

Zeng Qing smiled and said, "I saw Master Faneng's face turn green with anger after hearing what brother Liu said about taking the relic."

Han Ce said, "Let me tell you, the two brothers Feng Langqu are the most angry. They must have thought that Huguo Temple would use this matter to drive Liu Mu out of the academy. They don't want this matter to just go away."

When Yu Wanran came back from the outside, she happened to see Zeng Qing clumsily holding a flower pot and trying to open the door.

Yu Wanran hurried over in two or three steps, and helped Zeng Qing open the door.

Zeng Qing simply said thank you, and then hurriedly put the flowerpot on the table, watered it, trimmed the branches and leaves, and finally picked up a rag and carefully wiped off the soil on the edge of the flowerpot.

Yu Wanran smiled and said, "How come classmate Zeng also likes white flowers?"

Zeng Qing smiled and said, "That day I was wondering which pot should I choose, or did brother Liu choose this pot of flowers for me. Brother Liu said that the more gorgeous the flower, the more tacky it will feel after looking at it for a long time. But this The white one answered that sentence, it doesn’t see itself, so it’s clear.”

Yu Wanran smiled and said, "I don't see it, hence the name. I never thought that Liu Mu could say such a thing."

Zeng Qing smiled, "Of course Brother Liu didn't say that, it was just a summary of Brother Liu's esoteric principles based on the words of the sage."

Yu Wanran asked otherwise, "Then what do you think of the potted flower in front of you now?"

"I didn't have any special feeling before, but since Big Brother Liu said that, I think the white color is more and more flattering. It makes people feel refreshing when they see it in hot weather, and it feels refreshing when it rains. Seeing you on a lifeless autumn day will also make you feel much more at ease."

Yu Wanran said, "This potted flower must be very important to you."

Zeng Qing said fondly, "Brother Liu helped me choose, of course it is very important."

"It's still like this for a potted flower. Given the friendship between the two of you, the willow tree must be very important to you."

"That's right. I've never seen a man as interesting as Brother Liu. Although his behavior is naughty occasionally, his speech is not as elegant as a scholar, and he hasn't read many books, but his words often reveal great truth. I don’t know how many times stronger than those nerds.” Zeng Qingyue said that his eyes became more gentle, “The first student I saw when I came to Huguo Temple was Brother Liu. At that time, he was sweeping the floor with a broom, looking stupid When I saw him again, he was teaching Wen Siren and Feng Langqu a lesson. One was splashed with ink by him, and the other was beaten until his face turned green and he couldn't fight back. It was both relieved and funny. "

Yu Wanran said, "He was used to messing around in Jinling before, so there's nothing worth mentioning about such a trivial matter."

Zeng Qing said again, "Let's say this time at Jin'an Temple. Although Feng Langqu and Feng Langqu read a lot, they are not nerds. Burning the wooden Buddha and killing animals and eating meat in the temple, but the reasons given are undeniable. And it also contains the meaning of Zen!"

Yu Wanran sighed secretly, it seemed that this little girl did not just simply like Liu Mu.

Where there are willows, there must be restlessness. The teacher in charge of teaching is also very upset by all kinds of troubles caused by willows. He only begged Jiekong to punish her to clean the main hall by burning down the wooden Buddha.This is the best of both worlds, Liu Mu wished she could stay away from her books, as long as she didn't need to read, she didn't care whether she was sweeping the floor or cleaning the table.And there is no willow in the academy, and other students can finally study with peace of mind.

The most famous thing in Huguo Temple is the golden Buddha in the Daxiong Hall. The golden Buddha is more than two feet high, and the distance from the back wall is about three feet.Most of the time, Liumu would lie down behind the Golden Buddha to rest after cleaning the Daxiong Hall.

As usual, Liu Mu was tired of cleaning and laying on the back, crossed his legs and took out an apple from his bosom and took a bite, very leisurely.

Suddenly a woman was heard crying, "Buddha is merciful, bless my daughter through this catastrophe. My husband owed that bully two taels of silver, and now they want to sell my daughter to a brothel to pay off the debt. I am just such a daughter, if I die again If they sell you to a brothel, then I might as well die."

Liu Mu wanted to give the woman some silver, but when he touched his waist, he didn't even have a copper coin.

Liu Mu patted the Golden Buddha, and said to himself, "You will be fine, you will be offered food and drink every day, and the incense will burn, and you don't have to do anything while sitting here, wearing golden clothes, and being worshiped by everyone. "Suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed between the words, he took out the dagger from his arms, and scraped vigorously on the back of the Buddha statue, unexpectedly scraping off a layer of gold flakes.

Liu Mu looked around, walked over slyly, pretended to be worshiping Buddha and knelt on another futon, then moved carefully to the woman's side, kowtowed, knelt up again and folded his hands together, pretending to be praying, He whispered, "Auntie, don't cry. Don't you want to save your daughter, I have a way!"

The woman glanced at Liu Mu, seeing Liu Mu like that, she thought this man was talking to Buddha, so she ignored Liu Mu.

"Ma'am, I'm talking to you."

"I?"

Liu Mu nodded, "It's you!" In order not to let others see, Liu Mu carefully passed the scraped gold piece from his armpit, and whispered, "You can exchange this for silver."

The woman was confused by the strange man in front of her, and she didn't understand the situation for a while.

Liu Mu whispered, "This is gold! It's enough to pay off your debt."

"Master... Seriously?" The woman seemed to be knocked out by the pie that fell from the sky, and looked at Liu Mu in disbelief.

Liu Mu said, "The money left over from repaying the debt is enough for you mother and daughter to make a living. If those bullies are really here for your daughter, even if you pay back the money, they will come to make trouble again. In my opinion, it is best for you to go back. It’s better to sell the property as soon as possible, take the money and go far away. It’s better to go to a relative or something in another place, at least there is a care.”

The woman took the gold piece and said gratefully, "Thank you, my lord!"

Liu Mu hastily made a silent gesture.The woman wanted to kowtow to Liu Mu, but was stopped by Liu Mu. Liu Mu whispered, "Remember, don't tell anyone about this. Don't tell anyone in the temple either."

"The young master does not intend to repay his kindness, he is really a living Bodhisattva."

Liu Mu was afraid of being seen by other people, so he asked the woman to leave Huguo Temple as soon as possible.

On the eve of New Year's Eve, when Liu Mu returned to the other courtyard after cleaning the Daxiong Palace, it was almost past You Hour.Everyone had already had dinner, and Zeng Qing left food for Liu Mu in the room, "Brother Liu, you must be very tired after cleaning for so long every day."

While gobbling, Liu Mu said vaguely, "As long as I don't study, I'm not afraid of how tired I am!"

"The master gave us a holiday, so we don't have to study tomorrow. We can go to the town to play."

Liu Mu drooped his head and said, "It's all right, you can go out to play. I'm not the same, I'm going to clean the Daxiong Palace. I don't know how long I will be locked up in this temple that doesn't shit."

Zeng Qing said, "You don't need to clean in less than half a month. We can go to the Lantern Festival when the Lantern Festival comes. Master Jiekong said that we can go back to the temple later on the Lantern Festival."

"Really! It's so good! If we can go to the town, I will treat you to have a good meal of flower wine."

"Is that the one you said drinking with the pretty girl?"

"Yes." After Liu Mu finished speaking, he frowned in embarrassment, "Oh, but will I feel sorry for Liu Ye...I took Liu Ye's husband to drink flower wine. Wouldn't it be very pleasant if she found out? sad!"

Seeing rice grains sticking to Liu Mu's face, Zeng Qing said, "Look at you, you are so big, you still eat like a child, eating all over your face." As he spoke, he took the rice grains off Liu Mu's face.He took out the handkerchief and wiped the corner of Liu Mu's mouth.

Yu Wanran was holding a bundle, and it was windy and snowing outside, Yu Wanran just wanted to hand over the things to Liu Mu as soon as possible, so she pushed the door open without knocking.When he came in, he happened to see Zeng Qing looking at Liu Mu affectionately, wiping the corners of Liu Mu's mouth with a handkerchief.

It's a pity that Liu Mu's mouth is full of oil at this time, and he still holds a rice bowl in his hand, otherwise it must be a warm picture of a concubine in love.

"You..." Yu Wanran stood there awkwardly, her eyes flicked between Liu Mu and Zeng Qing a few times, neither advancing nor retreating.

Zeng Qing hurriedly stood up and said with a blushing face, "Brother Liu, after you've finished eating, I'm leaving."

Yu Wanran tried her best to act naturally, "Student Zeng, don't rush to leave, I just came to deliver something to my cousin. It's New Year's Eve tomorrow, and my uncle was thinking about my cousin, so I sent someone to deliver something. Nothing else I'll go first." After finishing speaking, he put the burden on the table and turned to go out.

Liu Mu frowned and said, "Zeng Qing, did you think my cousin looked weird just now?"

"Is there?" Zeng Qing said with a guilty conscience.

"No?" Liu Mu thought of Yu Wanran's unnatural expression when she saw her with Zeng Qing several times, and suddenly cried out in his heart, does that shrew like Zeng Qing!Then he looked at Zeng Qing thoughtfully, and suddenly felt that this might not be a bad thing.I thought to myself, Yu Wanran and I are just fake couples in name only, her destination is not with me, she will leave me sooner or later.It seems that Zeng Qing also came from a wealthy family in the capital. He is handsome and has no bad habits. He has never even drank flower wine and has read a lot of books. Maybe he can get a job and become a high official in the future.If Yu Wanran could be with him, she would have found a good home.But after thinking about it, I think it's wrong, if Yu Wanran marries Zeng Qing, what will my sister do!If the fat and water don't flow to outsiders' fields, we still have to persuade Zeng Qing to marry Liu Ye.

Liu Mu inadvertently caught a glimpse of Zeng Qing's cuff, and remembered that Zeng Qing seemed to be wiping his face before Yu Wanran came in, and asked, "Zeng Qing, why do you have a woman's handkerchief on you?"

"I... that was given to me by someone else."

"Could it be a gift from a girl who likes you? No, no, you are going to marry my sister. Throw away that handkerchief. I will send a letter back tomorrow and ask my sister to embroider ten or eight quilts for you." And a handkerchief that is a thousand times more beautiful! Although my younger sister is the treasure of the family, she is very good at making female reds, even better than the embroiderers in the embroidery workshop."

Zeng Qing blushed slightly, "Don't talk nonsense Brother Liu, some girl gave it to me."

"It wasn't given to you by a girl...could it be given to you by a man! Zeng Qing, you don't really like men, do you? That's absolutely impossible. If you like men, then what will my sister do! Could it be that I really love you?" You've got it!"

"Guess what?"

"I think I already know who you like!"

"Who?" Zeng Qing's tone was a little shy, and there seemed to be some anticipation in his eyes.

Liu Mu smiled and said, "You like my cousin, Yulin! Don't you?" Liu Mu remembered that when Yu Wanran came in just now, not only Yu Wanran's expression was a little strange, but even Zeng Qing was a little restrained. Could it be that Zeng Qing likes men, and Yu Wanran is a woman now? Dressed up as a man, so he took Yu Wanran as a man and fell in love with her?

Zeng Qing stomped her feet angrily, "That's not it!" After speaking, he turned and left.

Liu Mu stood in the same place and said in a daze, "Could it be that his brain is burnt out? He is inexplicably angry. This is not the first time since he recovered from his illness."