The moment you push the door open and walk in.

The cold wind carried the broken snow and suddenly blew out the red candles enshrined in front of the Buddhist altar. The sound of playing with Buddhist beads and tapping wooden fish could be heard faintly in my ears. In my breath, I could smell the scent of sandalwood that only exists in temples.

In Taoist temples, everything is temple stuff.

Mo Siyan was not surprised. He closed the door calmly, opened the fire box, and relit the extinguished candle.

Under the swaying candlelight, the shadow of the person on the right was stretched very long, reflected through the gauze curtain on the faded Buddha statue inside the room. At this time, the sound of wooden fish had stopped.

What followed was an old voice.

"You are here..."

Mo Siyan opened the eye-catching yellow curtain and strode over. An old man wearing a blue robe held a Buddhist bead in his hand. In front of the low table, there was also a wooden fish used by monks.

The fusion of Taoism and Buddhism.

When outsiders look at it, they will only think it is nondescript.

But Mo Siyan knelt down on the futon very devoutly. He clasped his hands together and performed a Buddhist salute respectfully, "Taoist Master, this junior is here to disturb me again."

The old Taoist priest who had kept his eyes closed slowly opened his eyes. Under the dim candlelight, the fine lines around his eyes were covered with brown and blue pupils.

There's something indescribably weird about it.

Outside, the cold wind howled, and the snow fell heavier and heavier, seeming to submerge the heaven and earth.

*

After a blizzard, Kyoto ushered in a brief sunny day. Chen Nian directed the carriage and marched to the northern suburbs in an orderly manner.

Su Yuelan sat in the carriage and said worriedly: "Ms. sir, if we do this, will we really not bring trouble to Tangtang? I'm still a little worried."

As soon as she came in, she recognized that the carriage was made of black walnut. This kind of wood is produced overseas, and its transportation is troublesome and risky, so it is basically priceless.

The price is even more shocking.

There are only six people in Kyoto who can afford to use this kind of wood to make carriages, and there are five carriages sent by Tangtang, which is an exaggeration -

Any piece of sawdust dropped from the top is solid gold, so black walnut is also known as wood gold.

Gu Zhengdao held his wife's uneasy hand and smiled to comfort him, "Madam, since we have decided to stand with Tangtang, the one in the palace will find out sooner or later."

Su Yuelan sighed, "I'm not afraid myself, but I'm always worried that it will implicate Tangtang."

After all, anyone who has seen the coup that could be called a massacre more than ten years ago will feel a little unsure. No matter how pure something is, as long as it is tainted with power, it will bring carnage and bloodshed.

Gu Zhengdao understood her concerns and said softly: "Madam, we were too cautious before, so we let Tangtang suffer for two years in vain."

Although Gu Tang is not the couple's biological child, they completely regard her as their own flesh and blood.

That's why they asked someone to send Gu Tang to Yaowang Valley since she was a child, and that's why they agreed to the Shen family to take her. They just wanted her to live a better life.

Unexpectedly, it almost caused a disaster.

When Su Yuelan thought about the information that people below were inquiring about, she couldn't help but feel distressed, and her eyes gradually became moist.

Seeing his wife's self-reproaching look, Gu Zhengdao put his arm around her shoulders and said, "Actually, according to our current situation, we don't have to be afraid of anyone at all. It was the past and it is now."

The past was before, the present is now...

After hearing these words, Su Yuelan was slightly stunned. It seemed that something had cleared away the long-lasting fog in her heart, and the worry that had been stuck in her heart also dissipated at this moment.

Her glimmering eyes gradually became firm.

"My husband, you are right. Over the years, I have been too attached to the past, so I am afraid of doing anything."

"And no matter what happens, Tangtang still has Yaowang Valley and His Highness Prince Yan to protect him, so what do I have to fear?"

With the support of her husband and Gu Tang, Su Yuelan's knot in her heart was suddenly untied, which meant she felt suddenly enlightened.

And without the knot that had been bothering her, she felt refreshed and her mood became lighter.

However, Gu Zhengdao was in a bad mood.

"It's hard to say whether that guy is trustworthy or not. Men nowadays are all lustful bitches. Tangtang is engaged to him, but I, the father, have not yet agreed!"

Maybe in the eyes of all the father-in-laws, they can't stand their future son-in-law, and they all feel resentful that their own cabbage has been eaten by a pig.

As Su Yuelan's mother, Gu Tang told her more things about King Yan, and from a woman's sixth sense.

She thinks King Yan is pretty good.

Seeing Gu Zhengdao's angry look, Su Yuelan poked his forehead with a warning tone.

"Prince Yan, I and my father-in-law will go to investigate. Don't get in the way. If you cause any trouble, my father-in-law will be the first to spare you."

She was very aware of her husband's temperament. During the years when he had no restraint in the countryside, his rebellious temper became more and more serious.

Gu Zhengdao touched his painful forehead, folded his arms and leaned aside aggrievedly, looking helpless.

"My father doesn't love me, my wife doesn't love me, and no one cares about me. I'm like rotten cabbage in the field."

"When I am trying to coax my daughter-in-law, I am her caring little husband. When I have a different opinion from my daughter-in-law, I become an unreasonable and troublesome scoundrel. Alas, life is so long, so hard, and so hopeless..."

Su Yuelan: "..."

She is in love with her fool.

Due to the snow on the ground, the carriage took half an hour longer than planned to reach the northern suburbs.

After getting off the bus, the group walked along the steep path for more than half an hour before arriving at a familiar village.

The houses in the village all have gray walls and blue tiles. Although they are not rich, they look very solid. However, in the corner, there is an out of place thatched house.

The courtyard wall was just made of a few wooden sticks and corn stalks. The broken gate fell down when blown, and there was a rusty iron lock hanging on it.

The people who followed Gu Tang looked at each other in surprise. Even Chen Nian could not hide the surprise on his face.

Most of the disciples in Yaowang Valley are from very well-to-do families. Even if there are one or two from poor families, they can still live on and it is not difficult to do so.

And this thatched house in front of me.

I'm afraid it will fall apart if the wind blows...

Ignoring those sympathetic glances, Gu Tang calmly ordered Chen Nian, "Put your men into two groups and follow my parents' orders to move things."

"Everything is first transported to the bottom of the cliff on a pallet truck, and then everyone moves it up together."

"When I go back to the dark pavilion in the evening, remember to give each of my brothers three ingots of silver and take them out of my private treasury."

Three ingots of silver!

The men were instantly excited, "Thank you, Miss!"

No one wants to do such a thankless job like moving to the suburbs. People like them today are more or less squeezed out.

I didn’t expect there to be so much reward money!

The subordinates who were somewhat complaining at first are now rolling up their sleeves and are full of energy. They can't wait to perform a chest-breaking performance for Gu Tang on the spot.

Gu Tang originally wanted to help, but Su Yuelan, Gu Zhengdao, Chen Nian and others strictly prohibited her from interfering because the splint on her left hand had not been removed.

So she sat at the door and became a mascot when Gu Tang had nothing to do.

"Are you Gu Tang?"

A woman dressed in brocade, with a graceful figure.

Her slanted eyes looked up and down at the girl like a poisonous snake. Her raised chin and arrogant tone made people feel uncomfortable from the bottom of their hearts.

Gu Tang narrowed his eyes, "Who are you?"

In her memory, the Shen family did not have the fat woman in front of her, but besides the Shen family, who else would come to the countryside to cause trouble for her?

The woman did not answer her question directly, but commented in a tone of choosing goods.
Chapter completed!