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9. Huaguduoer

On the day when he went to Mingjue Temple to burn incense, Su Xi asked the master of the clan for a long time to leave, and then went out with Yin.

After leaving the second door, several people came towards him. Su Lingrong was wearing a autumn-colored chest-length skirt, followed by a mother and daughter. She was dressed very simply. Her daughter was wearing a red satin butterfly patterned horse-faced skirt that she was fashionable last year. The color was a bit white, but it looked quite clean, looking like she was fourteen or fifteen years old. After Su Xi saw the woman's face clearly, she paused and her eyebrows were slightly frowned.

Su Lingrong led the mother and daughter forward, squatted to Yin, and smiled and said, "Auntie."

Yin nodded and his eyes fell behind her. "What are these two?"

Su Lingrong followed the boat and introduced the two to Yin, saying, "This is my cousin Liao, this is my cousin Li Xiangru, who lives in Kaifeng. This time I went to Beijing to ask for help. I am about to take them to Xihuyuan."

Xihu Garden is the courtyard where the second house lives, located to the northwest of the Su Mansion.

Yin looked at the Liao family and daughter. Liao hurriedly took his daughter Li Xiangru and saluted her respectfully, "I have met the eldest lady."

After all, Yin was a clan wife. She had been in charge of the family for nearly twenty years and was very meticulous in dealing with people and affairs. She said, "Since she is a relative of her second brother and sister, the girl Rong will arrange a place to live and don't neglect it."

Liao said with great etiquette: "Thank you, Madam."

Li Xiangru, who was behind, also thanked him. When he stood up, he secretly glanced at Su Xi next to Yin. He saw Su Xi wearing a primrose-colored Su-embroidered Ruyi cloud pattern short jacket and a pine green skirt underneath. Although the style looked simple, the fabric used was the most fashionable Xiangyunsha this year. Xiangyunsha was always called soft gold, and a piece of valuable piece was very valuable. If it weren't for a wealthy family, he wouldn't be able to wear such clothes. Li Xiangru lowered his head, and a hint of envy flashed in his eyes.

Because Yin was going to Mingjue Temple to fulfill his wish, he didn't say much, so he left after a few polite words.

Li Xiangru looked at the backs of Yin and Su Xi leaving and asked, "That's Miss Nine, right? She is so delicate." The clothes and jewelry are also very good. The jade pendant with two cranes on her waist costs no matter how much silver it costs. At first glance, she was a girl raised by a mountain of gold and silver.

Su Lingrong naturally disagreed with this statement. After hearing this, she sneered disapprovingly. She didn't look obedient in front of Yin. "Exquisite? I think it's an exquisite jade dumpling. If my sister eats more, she can become like her."

Having said that, she was a little hesitant. She always felt that Su Xi had changed a lot recently, and as for where she had changed... she couldn't say it. She seemed to have a smaller face, taller body, and her face was covered with pink, which was more shiny and delicate than before. For some reason, Su Lingrong actually thought of the buds that were about to bloom in the flowers in the backyard.

Su Xi followed Yin out of the house, and she still frowned tightly until she got on the carriage.

Su Xi remembered Li Xiangru's eyes, with slightly drooping eyes, and she looked at people with a little innocent and pitiful look. In her previous life, Li Xiangru used these eyes to deceive everyone. She insisted that it was her elder brother Su Li who ruined his innocence and forced her to marry her into the house for a re-string. But if the elder brother had not saved her drowning, she would have died long ago, so how could she live well?

After Li Xiangru married her eldest brother, she was a small family and had a narrow vision and had no common topics with her eldest brother. She was even more likely to take care of her eldest brother. Su Xi only knew that her eldest brother was very unhappy in those years. She frowned all day long, and grew white hair in her twenties.

Later, when Su Xi married Li Yan, she was not sure about the situation at home. In short, Li Xiangru was not as simple as it seemed.

Su Xi recalled the situation when Li Xiangru fell into the water. It was raining lightly that day. Not long after Su Baiyu went there, my elder brother was drinking in the pavilion in the middle of the lake in the backyard. Li Xiangru fell into the water nearby.

Su Xi hurriedly lifted up the curtain and looked at the weather outside. Fortunately, the sun was shining brightly and the cloudless was gone.

*

Seeing that Su Xi had been pursed from her house, she looked worried and pointed at her forehead with her fingertips, "What are the little girl thinking?"

Su Xi thought that Su Baiyu had nothing to do in this life, so his elder brother wouldn't have gone to Huxinting to drink? Su Xi sat in Yin's arms, like a coquettish cat, pretending to be casual: "Mom, brother seems to be quite busy recently?"

The carriage rumbling, drove out of Ping'an Lane and headed towards the city gate.

Yin nodded and followed, "Your elder brother just entered Honglu Temple, and there were many services and social events in the officialdom. After staying for a while, it would be fine after it stabilized." After that, he looked at the little daughter in his arms, and his beautiful eyes softened. "I heard that you took Brother Bai to Hualutian Xiang before. Brother Bai got along well with you? This child has a weird temper. Even if I talk to him, he sometimes ignores him."

Speaking of Su Xi, he was very proud. Recently, Su Baiyu has become very close to her and will talk to her on his own initiative. Sometimes Su Xi is playing shuttlecock in the yard. This little guy has short calves and can't learn it. Su Xi asked him to pick up shuttlecock for himself. Unexpectedly, he really picked up the shuttlecock obediently. Su Xi said, "I am Bai Ge'er's aunt. My eldest brother is busy recently, so I should take good care of Bai Ge'er for my brother."

Yin stared at her for a while, Daimei raised her eyebrows slightly in surprise, and then said with emotion: "We are young and sensible."

Su Xi paused for a moment, raised her head and asked, "Mom, Brother Bai can't have no mother forever. My sister-in-law has been away for a long time, have you never thought about letting your elder brother remarry? According to his elder brother's appearance and ability, even if he is re-stringed, he will definitely find a good one." At least he will be better than Li Xiangru.

It wasn't Su Xi who boasted that her two brothers were both very outstanding, her eldest brother was mature and wise, and her second brother was handsome. Looking at the capital, Su Xi had never seen many better than her two brothers. Besides, the eldest brother valued love and friendship. It can be seen from the fact that Su Li did not renew his marriage for three years after Luo's death. Su Xi felt very uncomfortable when she thought of such a good eldest brother being ruined by Li Xiangru.

"Did you think I haven't mentioned this?" Yin's tone was helpless. She said this to Su Li no less than ten times. "Your elder brother is still thinking about Luo's old love and refuses to marry another girl to delay others. Even if I was talking nonsense, he wouldn't listen to me."

Yin has seen many girls for Su Lixiang, all of whom are well-educated and beautiful. However, after Su Li has seen them, she closed the scrolls without saying anything and said, "My mother knows my situation. If she lets her marry into our house, she will probably delay her life."

What do you say is that you don’t delay? Not only has anyone fallen in love with it? If you fall in love with it, how can there be so many excuses?

Seeing that Yin's face was not good, Su Xi didn't continue to say anything. Not long after, the carriage stopped at the gate of Mingjue Temple.

*

The monk from Zhike led them into the temple and arrived at the Main Hall. Yin knelt on the cushion to fulfill his wish, and Su Xi followed him to take three incense sticks. Afterwards, Yin heard that the abbot of Jue Temple had returned from Yunyou in another place, so he wanted to find the abbot to help draw a few peace talismans and give them to his three children.

Speaking of which, it was due to Su Xi that Yin was able to know the abbot of Mingjue Temple. If she hadn't broken Jianlan, who had the abbot, Yin would have compensated another Emei Morning Light, and Mingkong was quite fond of it, and he would probably not have anything to do with Mingkong's abbot.

Yin asked a little novice monk to help him pass the message. After a while, the little novice monk came back and said, "Female donor, please come here."

Su Xi followed Yin to the door of a Zen room, pushed open the inner fan, and saw a master wearing a cassock sitting behind a small table of vermilion mother-of-pearls. Abbot Mingkong must have heard of Yin's purpose, so he made a "please" posture and said, "Madam, please sit."

Abbot Mingkong is over 60 years old, with a smooth head and a long white beard with a chin, which looks like a gentle Maitreya Buddha.

Abbot Mingkong asked the little shaman to go to the inner room to get talisman paper and pen and ink. His wise eyes looked at Su Xi beside Yin, and smiled and said, "This must be the little girl who broke Jianlan?"

Su Xi didn't expect the abbot to be so direct. She was a little embarrassed for a moment and confessed: "It's me..."

Abbot Mingkong still smiled and said nothing.

Su Xi raised her eyes, wondering what it meant, so she thought, "I was ignorant at that time, so please don't be as knowledgeable as me."

Abbot Mingkong said, "It's been so many years, and I have forgotten the appearance of Jianlan. Don't care too much."

Su Xi breathed a sigh of relief. She thought the abbot had been remembering his revenge until now. Since that was the case, she had the nerve to speak up for what happened next. Su Xi subconsciously sat upright, looking at the abbot Mingkong with big eyes with shimmering eyes and said, "I heard that the Sutra Library in Gui Temple contains Mrs. Wei's "Famous Ji Tie". Master, do you know if you can borrow it to me to appreciate it?"

Abbot Mingkong was indeed easy to speak and said, "The works of the predecessors were passed down to let future generations read them. Whatever the girl wants to see, I will let you, Huijing lead you over."

Huijing is the little novice monk who led the way just now.

Su Xi said gratefully: "Thank you, Master."

Yin was waiting in the Zen room for the abbot Mingkong to draw a peace talisman, while Su Xi took Tingyan to the Sutra Pavilion behind the guest room.

The Sutra Library did not allow idle people to enter. Abbot Mingkong only agreed to Su Xi go in, but did not allow Tingyan to go in. Tingyan was stopped outside the door by Huijing and said anxiously: "Girl..."

Su Xi thought about Mrs. Wei's copybook, thinking that she would come out soon, so she comforted her and said, "Let me wait for me outside the door, I will come out soon."

Tingyan had no choice but to watch Su Xi walk into the Sutra Pavilion.

The light in the Sutra Library was dim, and a few small windows were opened above. The light shone through the windows, barely illuminating the rows of bookshelf inside. The Sutra Library had three floors in total. Su Xi started looking at the first floor. The front rows were full of scriptures. Su Xi was dizzy in her eyes and did not see any traces related to Mrs. Wei. She thought to herself if the original works were all upstairs. When she was about to go up to the second floor, she finally saw the shadow of the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the last row.

Su Xi swept through it carefully and finally found that Mrs. Wei's "Mindian Tie" was placed on the top floor of the bookshelf.

The bookshelf in the Sutra Library was quite tall, and even if Su Xi stood on tiptoe, her arms could not reach it. Su Xi jumped a few times, and she was so tired that she was out of breath, but she didn't even touch the spine of "Ming Ji Tie". It's not good to be short, she must be taller than her previous life in this life, Su Xi thought angrily.

Su Xi finally gave up and wanted to find if there was a foothold in the Sutra Library. When she turned around, she heard a slow and calm footsteps.

Su Xi thought it was the little novice monk at the door who had come in, and was happy. She was about to ask the other party to help him get the book, but found that the footsteps were not coming from the door, but from the stairs.

Su Xi didn't know that there were others in the Sutra Pavilion, so she stared at the other party walking down the building, first with dark green clothes, then with sandalwood lotus-patterned sachets and jade pendants with grass on both cranes, and then with a gold belt and a straight body...

Su Xi's eyes widened wider and wider, and she never expected to meet Wei Huo here!

Perhaps the little shami Huijing was too nervous, and Su Xi subconsciously thought that there was no one else in the Sutra Pavilion except herself. At the moment, Wei Shi was also there, Su Xi stood there woodenly, motionless, subconsciously holding her breath and concentrating. Her position was dark and a little hidden. As long as Wei Shi did not look here deliberately, she would not find her. Su Xi opened her round almond eyes, hoping that Wei Shi would leave like this--
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