Cold and warm depend on each other

Diagonally opposite to the inn is a tea house, in which tables and chairs are ingeniously circled with vines, and the Four Seasons Spring is baked extremely well.An eleven or twelve-year-old tea boy walked upstairs with a drawer of exquisite tea, and the wooden stairs creaked.

At the corner of the second floor sat two young men, both dressed in brocade clothes, with arrogant expressions.One of them held a white porcelain cup and took a sip of the tea, his eyes still falling on the bustling street scene.

The son sitting across from him was bored, chattering about cockfighting and running dogs, but the tea drinker suddenly regained his spirits, looking sideways at the street, with a playful and greedy smile on the corner of his mouth.

The drizzle wet the bluestone road, Xue Wanxiang held an oil-paper umbrella and held a small cloth bag in her arms.The newly received embroidery has been embroidered, and she took it to the tailor shop to exchange for silver, and bought back the brocade robe she had been longing for.The fat shopkeeper smiled and told her that the customer who had picked up the skirt last time admired her craftsmanship and wanted to ask her to embroider a spring shirt.

Xue Wanxiang was silent for a while, then shook her head and refused.The fat shopkeeper was a little surprised and hurriedly asked what happened.Xue Wanxiang said lightly, "My husband has traveled a long way and has not returned. I have been looking forward to it for a long time, and my mind is so hard to leave. I really don't care about it."

The fat shopkeeper thought of the young man who walked into the shop arm in arm with her that day, and thought of the rumors about bandits in the west of the city in recent days, and accompanied her with a long sigh.

It was still early, Xue Wanxiang returned to the guest house, spread the brocade robe with orchid leaves and pine needles on the bed, and gently stroked the flat gold embroidery patterns on the cuffs with her fingertips, one stitch at a time, warp and weft.

"Azhe, I bought you new clothes. When will you come back? The money I earned myself is the clothes I bought for you for the first time."

There was no one else in the room, only herself. She stared blankly for a long while, and then slowly laid her pillow on the front of the brocade robe. Before she knew it, her eyes were reddened.

In the light rain, the sunflower blooms in large swathes of flowers, pink blue and purple, transpiring like clouds.By the patio in the courtyard of the inn, a few women gathered in the Chaoshou corridor, washing and washing clothes while chatting with each other, and their laughter spread to the pavilion from time to time.

However, the joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys of ordinary people, if you can know how to cherish them when you have them, it would be great.

No matter how difficult it is, life will always go on, the dinner is still brought up by the kind kitchen woman, Xue Wanxiang took the food box and said thank you.

The mother-in-law knew that she was worried, so she sat with her at the table and said some homely things.When talking about her daughter-in-law finally becoming pregnant, she clapped her hands and shouted: "Ma'am, why don't you go to the Tiancong Temple to worship the Bodhisattva?!"

"Worship the Bodhisattva?" Xue Wanxiang lost her mind, but couldn't get back to her senses.

The mother-in-law persuaded enthusiastically: "Yes! There is a Tiancong Temple in the south of the city, which is very effective! My daughter-in-law has been married for several years, and her stomach has not moved. Sincerity is spirit!"

"How far is Tiansong Temple from here? Can I come back in a day? I... I'm afraid that I will be anxious if my husband can't be found when he comes back."

"It's not too far, and you don't have to go out of the city! You are burning like lamp oil, and you didn't sleep well last night. You have lost a lot of weight in just two or three days." The old woman sighed and kindly comforted her: "Left and right also There is no other way, go to the temple to worship, ask the Bodhisattva to show kindness, maybe Mr. Su will come back. I don’t have to go to work tomorrow, so let’s go with you. My daughter-in-law is pregnant, and I also Go pay homage to the Bodhisattva and make a wish.”

As the ancient capital of the three dynasties, Yanzhou City naturally has some unusual scenery.The so-called East Tower and West Forest, South Temple and North Temple are talking about the four sceneries of the ancient city.

After walking for less than half an hour, Xue Wanxiang followed his mother-in-law to Tiancong Temple.Just in time for Avalokitesvara's birthday, there are noisy crowds in front of the temple gate, and people come and go like weaving.

It's just that Xue Wanxiang didn't care at all, as if all the troubles were just a cloud of clouds in the sky,

The golden body of the Buddha statue was enshrined in the main hall, and the faithful men and women knelt down on the ground.Xue Wanxiang quietly walked into a secluded side hall, and quietly knelt down on a futon.It doesn't matter which Bodhisattva is worshiped in the temple at this time.In fact, she knew everything, but she was just asking for a wish.

She kowtowed three times respectfully, then clasped her hands together, closed her eyes, and silently prayed in her heart: Bodhisattva, please bless Su Zhe to come back safely.She went to the west of the city for the innocent people in the city, and now she fell off the cliff, her life and death are uncertain.The Bodhisattva is so merciful and merciful, I beg you to save her from suffering and relieve her surroundings.The little girl Xue Wanxiang is willing to use ten years of life, no, I am willing to use 20 years, 30 years, just in exchange for her safety!Bodhisattva, please save her and come back!Bodhisattva, please.

While she was chanting silently, she knelt down/stood down, knocking her forehead on the blue brick floor, making a slight sound.

Walking out of the palace gate, the sun was bright, and it hurt people's eyes for a moment.It turns out that the rain has passed and the sky has cleared.Will the person I'm looking forward to appear in front of me?

"Madam Su? Are you Madam Su?"

Xue Wanxiang turned her head in response.

A yamen servant in official clothes trotted over a few steps, his forehead was still sweating: "Mrs. Su, do you remember me? That day I went to the inn with Deputy Chief Liu to look for Mr. Su!"

Xue Wanxiang remembered that there was such a person, no wonder he had a kind face.She nodded, with light in her eyes: "Did you come to find me on purpose? But is there any news about my husband?"

"Yes!" The young yamen servant nodded desperately: "I went to the inn to look for you, and the shopkeeper said you had come to Tiancong Temple, so I hurried to find you. Mr. Su was rescued, but he was injured all over, and now he is in our yamen where."

"Ah!" Xue Wanxiang was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly asked, "Is it badly hurt? I...I want to go and see her. Shall I go now?"

The yamen servant smiled and said, "I'm here to pick you up. The car is ready for you. Come back to the government office with me to have a look."

Xue Wanxiang followed him and walked two steps, then suddenly said: "But there is an old lady who came with me, she just went to pray for Zi Guanyin to fulfill her wish..."

Seeing people coming and going in the temple, the yamen servant frowned and said, "Today is Guanyin's birthday, right? There are too many people, when will we find you? Madam can't find you when she comes back, so she will go back to the inn. Don't worry."

After all, she couldn't match the worry and joy in her heart, Xue Wanxiang only hesitated for a moment, and followed the yamen servant out of the temple.A small blue cloth car was parked beside the mountain road, and the clerk pulled up the cloth curtain for her. When Xue Wanxiang got into the car, the clerk glanced left and right before jumping on the shaft and whipping his whip loudly.The carriage Linlin trotted up from the mountain road, turned around the col, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

After running for more than half an hour, the carriage stopped.The yamen servant was talking outside, Xue Wanxiang supported the dizziness from the bumps, and raised the small window on the side, but before he could see clearly, the carriage moved again.She rubbed between her brows and endured the pain, but luckily this time she didn't go far, the car stopped again, the yamen servant jumped off the shaft, and said by the door: "Mrs. Su, I've arrived at the yamen."

The blue cloth curtain was lifted, Xue Wanxiang's face was pale, but thinking that he would see Su Zhe soon, he was a little happy again.

The yamen servant gave her a high and low posture, and stood a few steps away. When she came down, she raised her eyebrows and saw that the courtyard was deep and wide, and it was not the front hall of the government yamen that she had seen the day before yesterday.The yamen servant seemed to have guessed what she was thinking, pointed to the room ahead and said, "Young Master Su was injured, he was brought here to recuperate. The doctor has come to see him, he must be still inside."

Xue Wanxiang didn't doubt that he was there, she stroked her chest and suppressed the ups and downs along the way, and followed the yamen servant to the door.

The yamen servant pushed open the door, bowed and said, "Madam Su, go in and have a look at Mr. Su."

Standing at the door, she always felt that something was wrong, the house was too spacious and gorgeous, silent, she raised her voice and shouted: "Azhe!"

Not a sound was heard inside.

Xue Wanxiang frowned, and was about to ask, when the yamen servant next to her suddenly pushed her on the back, she said "Ah!", before she could fully react, she knew something was wrong in her heart, and when she hurriedly turned around, the door had already slammed closed.

The brass lock clicked, and the sound of locking was so clear, Xue Wanxiang was terrified, got up from the ground with her skirt in hand, and slammed on the door: "Who is it! Let me out!! What are you going to do!!!"

She slapped until her palms turned red. Naturally, no one responded to her.

Xue Wanxiang walked back and forth at the door for a few steps, her heart slowly calmed down.

It's Xiaoqing!

As smart as she is, she has already seen his evil intentions in the greedy eyes that can hardly be concealed, so the day before yesterday she invited the woman who worked as a handyman in the inn to accompany her to the government office, but she did not expect that the dignified official The lord's son-in-law dared to rob civilian girls in broad daylight!

No, no one knows that she was robbed, people will only see her riding in a blue cloth car with a yamen servant...

She was flustered and confused. Has Su Zhe been found? Will she know that she was kidnapped here?No, she can't just wait for Su Zhe to come to save her, because she still has to go out and save Su Zhe!

Xiaoqing pretended to read the book in the study room of the government office all afternoon, and watched the yamen servant sent to Tiancong Temple pretending to pass by the study room casually, and gave him a wink, Xiaoqing raised his lips and smiled, dusted his robe, and turned back I went home.

"Click!" Someone opened the copper lock, and the moment the door was pushed open, a delicate figure rushed out!Xiaoqing took a step back because of the collision, but he came prepared, immediately hugged Xue Wanxiang and pushed the door.

Xue Wanxiang yelled loudly: "Help!! The government's son-in-law robbed... um..." Her voice was muffled between her lips and tongue, and was firmly covered by the young man's palm.

"Don't yell! Tell me to knock you out again! Who dares not obey me in this deep house and compound!" He showed his fierce face, and breathed viciously into her ears.

Xue Wanxiang felt sick for a while, she stared at Xiaoqing coldly, and stopped struggling.

Xiaoqing let go of her hand slowly, and her immature face was obviously relieved. After thinking for a while, she put on a polite look: "Mrs. Su, don't get me wrong. I just invite you to be my guest. Uh... Su The young master is gone, you are a woman, it is really not safe to live outside. If something happens, how can I feel sorry for the dead Mr. Su."

After bumping along the way and then struggling, Xue Wanxiang's hair on the temples was a little disheveled, and she stared coldly, with undisguised sarcasm and guard in her eyes.

Xiaoqing's father is a magistrate of a city. Since she was a child, she wanted the wind and the rain. At the age of thirteen or fourteen, she went to brothels. When she first saw Liu Qingqing, she was already shocked. Now, looking at this cold beauty, Beginning to feel that this is the love of my heart.

But unfortunately, both of them fell in love with the skinny Su Zhe!What's so good about Su Zhe? !He smiled coldly, no matter how good she is, if she falls off the cliff for three or four days, her bones will be cold!