Shu Blossoms

Chapter 294 Negotiations with Zhang Rui

The next day the sky was slightly red, and the Zheng residence was quiet except for the sweeping women who were busy. Zheng Wei quietly left her small courtyard to go to Ma Peng to lead the horse and was about to leave through the back door. At the courtyard gate, she met her mother. Sister-in-law He next to her, realized belatedly that she came back too late yesterday, so she didn't say hello to her grandmother and mother.

"Sister-in-law He, is mother looking for something for me?"

Zheng Wei said with a sneer.

Aunt He smiled to Zheng Wei's heart, seeing Zheng Wei's complexion, she guessed that she had stayed up all night, and said with concern: "Princess, don't dislike your servant's nagging, no matter how busy you are, you should have a good rest. If you are sick, madam will How worried!"

"I see," Zheng Wei listened patiently, "I have an urgent business trip to the city today, and I'll take a good rest when I get back."

"You go by yourself and bring more people. If you feel that it is not easy to take A Luo, you can bring a few guards. Madam and uncle can rest assured!"

Seeing Zheng Wei alone, Mrs. He hurriedly said.

"Ah Luo is going to help me prepare the horse. Today is a business trip. Someone will be with me, so Madam doesn't have to worry."

Zheng Wei hastily explained, Ah Luo, who was hiding behind the door, heard that he hurried out from the courtyard wall, and happily went to the stable to prepare the horses.

Hearing the words, Mrs. He seemed relieved a lot, and then she suddenly remembered what happened, and hurriedly reminded Zheng Wei, "Princess, Madam asked the slave to remind you that there are three days before Princess Zhaoyang's wedding ceremony, you can do not forget!"

"I can't forget, I'm going to Jiming Temple today, and I'll be back home later, not far away!"

Zheng smiled and promised, and then left, "It's getting late, I have to leave quickly!"

Now that she had been discovered, there was no need to go through the back door, she went straight to the gate of Zheng's mansion, and sure enough Ah Luo had prepared a fast horse and waited for her.

Mrs. He got Zheng Wei's guarantee, and happily returned the call to the eldest princess.

The owner of the princess has a charter. Since agreeing to the Eldest Princess, she has never traveled far in the past three years except for a trip to Danyang every year. This time the Eldest Princess must be overwhelmed.

Zheng Wei turned her head to look behind her, with a strange expression on her face, Ah Luo looked back curiously, and asked, "Princess, do you still have to wait for someone?"

"No, it's already here." Then Zheng Wei got on the horse and told Ah Luo, "Follow."

They galloped all the way north, and when they reached the foot of Jilong Mountain, it was already time. They tied up their horses at the foot of the mountain, threw a few copper coins to the nearby vendor and asked him to look after them, and then walked up the mountain.

Jiming Temple is located on the hill at the eastern foot of Jilong Mountain. They walked for about half an hour and arrived at the gate of Jiming Temple. A sage monk greeted them and saluted, "Will the two benefactors play or fulfill their vows?"

"Little master, we are looking for someone." Zheng Wei replied straight to the point, "Is the national teacher Zhang Ruo here as a guest?"

The Zhike monk was taken aback when he heard the words, and then said softly: "Two benefactors, come with the little monk."

Zheng Wei took A Luo and followed the Zhike monk to the outside of the abbot's courtyard of Jiming Temple, the Zhike monk turned around and bowed to Zheng Wei, "Almsgiver, please wait a moment, the little monk is going to report."

But for a quarter of an hour, Zheng Wei saw Zhang Ru in the thatched cottage in the abbot's backyard, still in the white robe with wide sleeves, holding the appearance of a floating dust fairy, standing in the narration of the abbot Zong Shan, he looked more like a fairy about to become a fairy.

Zheng Wei first made Buddha salutes to the abbot, and apologized: "Come here uninvited, sorry to disturb you!"

"The benefactor is polite!"

Abbot Zong Shan knew that the well-known Danyang princess in Jiankang, seeing that her aura was stable, but her eyes were fixed on Zhang Ruo, obviously she had something to say, so she offered to give them the thatched cottage.

After Abbot Zong Shan left, Zheng Wei told Ah Luo to go out and wait, and then said with a smile on his face: "I never thought that the national teacher, as the head of a sect, would like Buddhism."

Zhang Rudan replied with a smile: "Buddhism and Taoism are all about solving the sufferings of the world, so there are naturally similarities. Zen Master Zongshan's Buddhism is profound, and I have benefited a lot."

"Healing the sufferings of the world is really merciful. Seeing that the national master is becoming more and more immortal, he must be ascending to the sky. Before becoming a fairy, can he help relieve the suffering of a mortal first?"

"It's really surprising that Princess Danyang has a day to seek old age." Zhang Ruo really showed surprise on his face.

Since that incident four years ago, when Zheng Wei saw him tense with swords drawn from time to time, he would be cold-hearted, even today he still smiled on the surface, but it was the most kind one.

Zhang Ru was a little curious, who could make her lower her noble head.

"It seems that the national teacher has really kept a deaf ear to the outside world recently, and is devoted to studying Taoism, so he doesn't know anything about what happened in Jiankang City yesterday?"

Zheng Wei sat down opposite Zhang Ruo, and explained to him lightly, "Yesterday, there was a servant in the palace who stole the utensils in the palace and secretly sold them to a small courtyard in the West Market. Is it because he is afraid of being punished, or because he has a grudge against the princess and wants to rob and kill me. Fortunately, General Xiao came to the rescue, and the princess was able to escape. But General Xiao was seriously injured, and the doctor Luo was not in Beijing. Helpless."

Zhang Ru understood Zheng Wei's words, and also guessed the identity of the person in the courtyard yesterday, although he was angry in his heart, his face remained calm.

"Princess, this old man knows a little bit about medicine, but he is not very good at it. His Majesty's illness has been treated for three years and has not improved, so I am afraid he cannot help you."

Zheng Wei was not surprised by Zhang Ruo's words, she knew that it was not easy to get something from Zhang Ruo.

She saw the tea soup in the earthenware pot on the small clay stove beside it start to gurgling and steaming, picked up the wooden spoon next to it, scooped it up and poured it into Zhang Ru's bowl.

Zhang Ru's eyes flickered slightly, and he smiled faintly, "It's a pity, the abbot didn't drink this good tea after brewing it for a long time."

"The tea in Danyang is ready this autumn. I will personally deliver it to Master Zongshan. If the national teacher is in Jiankang, you can come and taste it." Zheng Wei did not wait for Zhang Ru's reaction after finishing speaking, and his tone suddenly sank, "The national teacher Do you still remember Xun Ji?"

"I don't know." Zhang Ru's expression remained unchanged.

"Of course, there are so many people in the national teacher, how can I still remember him." Zheng Wei recalled: "It's just that I will never forget this name in this life. I thought that I haven't found it for so many years, so it should be dead. Maybe it was the name of the national teacher. You shut up. I didn't expect that I saw him a few days ago."

"Although his mother was rescued, the woman he was thinking of was killed by you mercilessly. He hates you to the bone. What do you think he has been doing for so many years?"

Zheng Wei's voice was very soft, but it was enough for Zhang Ruo to hear clearly.

"I have had too few people in the past few years. I have been looking for you for so long and have not found them. I only heard recently that many strongholds have been taken over in the past two years? Don't you think I did it?"

Zheng Wei suddenly leaned towards Zhang Ruo, with an aggrieved expression on his face, "I said why I couldn't find those people, it turned out that I was dormant after being beaten, alas, it's really amazing, I didn't expect Xun Ji to have this ability .”

"No matter how long a person hides, there will always be traces." Zhang Ruo's tone finally lost the indifference before.

"The national teacher is right. You can't hide alone, let alone a group of rats in the gutter? You have to come out to pick up food! You don't want me to catch a few jobs, but you don't know that they have tough bones Not hard."

"The old man's medical knowledge is really not good, the princess will just say it if it is useful!"

Zhang Ru thought for a while and actually let go, Zheng Wei was still a little surprised, thinking that she would have to produce some real evidence to make the old fox let go.

(End of this chapter)