Yutai Bi

Chapter 268 Trap
Su Zhai can charge 20 taels of silver for a table, and with the perennial offering of sesame oil, Shuiyue nunnery will not worry about the production of the nunnery.

Buddhism and Taoism in the Tang Dynasty are highly respected.The masters of Shuiyue Nunnery have a compassionate heart, and distribute medicine and porridge to the poor and hand-copied scriptures without taking a cent.Treat the rich and noble ladies with more respect, and the vegetarian dishes are well prepared.With the praise of all the people, the incense of Shuiyue Nunnery became more and more prosperous.

It is extremely difficult for Shuiyue Nunnery to close its doors for three days and not accept other pilgrims.

It sounded like she was chanting sutras for Mrs. Cai Guogong, who led the commander to pacify the Western Turks.The presiding meditation master recited Amitabha Buddha and said: "Cai Guogong killed the enemy for the protection of the frontier and benefited the people in the frontier. It is a meritorious deed to chant sutras for his wife and eliminate the killing brought by the Duke. My Buddha is merciful. .”

Forget about the auspicious day, I wrote a post and sent it to the Duke's Mansion.

On the first day, Mother Fang brought the girl and mother-in-law into Shuiyue Nunnery.There are three sets of Buddhist temples in Shuiyue Temple.Fang's mother thinks that Qingsongju is too close to the front, making it noisy.Picky Meishe relies on water, and there are many mosquitoes.Finally, the quietest bamboo house was selected.Lifting the box, cage and mattress, the household utensils that my wife used to use were carefully laid out.

Even the kitchen of Shuiyuean went in and walked around twice, and personally drew up the menu for three days, and the ingredients were delivered by the mansion alone.

Mrs. Jingxin looked at the 12 maids and women who were fighting the pre-war in the Duke's Mansion. She was thinking about how many people should take care of the meals. She had to remind Mother Fang: "The nunnery only treats female guests, and the guards of the young lady You cannot enter the nunnery."

Mother Fang smiled and said: "Our Duke's Mansion will naturally not break the rules of your nunnery. There are all female masters in the nunnery, and the guards are naturally not allowed to enter. However, my young wife is not allowed to bring guards when she comes to the ceremony. Entering the nunnery, the nunnery master will protect the safety of my young lady. If there is an accident, hehe, the nunnery will wait for the emperor to punish me!"

Mrs. Jingxin smiled when she heard what she said before, but at the end she also put away her demeanor, a little panicked.I thought that if something happened, I really couldn't resist the anger of the Duke's Mansion.

Fang's mother was beaten enough, so she took out 1000 taels of silver to donate sesame oil money.The bold move made the meditator too overjoyed.Pull up your spirits and divide the nuns in the nunnery into shifts to patrol the backyard.

It is hot in August, so it is better to travel early.

When it was dawn, the guards in cars and sedans had already lined up outside the Duke's mansion.When Cen Sanniang got into the carriage, she carefully guarded and left in a mighty manner.

In front of Shuiyue Nunnery, the ground has been cleaned with clean water, and Master Jingxin is waiting at the door with the nuns from the nunnery.

"Young lady, be careful."

At this time, it was already bright, and the shops and stalls around Shuiyue Nunnery were opened. The good people watched the team from the Duke's Mansion arrive, and talked about the three-day closure of Shuiyue Nunnery for Mrs. Cai Guogong.

Cen Sanniang wore a peony bun and wore a light blue shirt with double breasts and large sleeves, with only a few silver ornaments and pearls in the bun.She looked not in good spirits, and with her plain attire, her face was pale and haggard.

She helped Aqiu and Fengchun get out of the carriage, nodded slightly to Mrs. Jingxin and said, "Master Jing is too busy these days."

Master Jingxin recited Amitabha Buddha, led all the nuns and surrounded Cen Sanniang into the nunnery.Then the nunnery door was closed.The guards of the Duke's Mansion never went in.I booked a courtyard in the nearby inn next to Shuiyue Nunnery.

"It's clear, it's Mrs. Cai Guogong." A person who was eating breakfast at the stall said softly.

The other person next to him put down his chopsticks, threw ten big coins, got up and left.

After entering the backyard, Mrs. Jingxin accompanied Cen Sanniang to the bamboo house slowly.

Cen Sanniang looked at the scenery of the backyard of the nunnery, rubbed her chest and sighed softly: "As soon as I entered here, the summer heat disappeared completely. My eyes are full of greenery, and I feel a little bit better."

Hearing her praise, Master Jingxin also laughed: "It's not that the scene in the nunnery is good, as long as you cultivate your mind calmly, your troubles will disappear."

"Cultivated to calm down... Thank you, Master, for your guidance." Cen Sanniang said weakly, showing a look of sudden enlightenment.

Master Jingxin was secretly proud, so Shuiyue Temple must have gained another big family who has been worshiping for many years.

Talking and joking has entered the bamboo house.

The yard here is all built with bamboo, and the inside is not simple.The ground is covered with carpets, and the bamboo chairs are covered with beautiful chair burdens.A white gauze is hung on the bamboo bed.On the desk are the four rooms of the study and a stack of idle books.There are Su embroidery screens on the case table, and peacock feathers with Buddha dust in the plum vase.

Cen Sanniang nodded in satisfaction and sat down on the couch.

Fengchun went to bring the tea set and put it on the small square table, and knelt in front of the couch to make tea.

Master Jingxin ate a cup of tea and left: "The time has come, and the poor nun will go to the front yard to do the three-day puja. The young lady is inconvenient, please send someone to change clothes to go to the puja for you. The young lady can burn incense and chant scriptures here. The poor nun has ordered the nuns in the nunnery to patrol the backyard, so don't worry, madam."

"My girl Nuan Dong has fasted for three days for this, let her go with you." Cen Sanniang asked Nuan Dong, who had changed into plain clothes, to go with Master Jingxin, and asked Xia Chu to send them out.

After leaving the door, a silver ticket was delivered to Mrs. Jingxin without leaving a trace.Xia Chu pointed at the back door and said with a smile: "I have to send the girl back to the mansion to report the news to the old lady every day, and I also ask the teacher to tell the disciples, it's convenient."

Jing Xin responded with a teacher's smile.When I left the bamboo house, I saw that it was a 500 tael bank note.Jingxin couldn't help being overjoyed, cheered up and led Nuan Dong to the front hall.

The faint sound of chanting came from the front hall, and the Dharma meeting had already begun.

After dinner, Ah Qiu went to the back door with a woman dressed as a woman.

The nun guarding the back door had already received the order, took a glance, and opened the door to let them out.

A carriage was parked behind.Ah Qiu helped the woman into the car, and Hei Qi drove the car away from Shuiyue Nunnery.

The person staring at the back of the nunnery hastily called someone to report the news.

Wearing a bamboo hat, Hei Qi drove the car slowly along the Qujiang River, heading towards the Duke's Mansion.

"It's a good trick to get rid of the golden cicada's shell, but it's a pity that I can't hide it from my eyes." Cui Jidong stood on the second floor of the only way Heiqi must pass, watching the car walking slowly, and said coldly.

Standing beside him was a man in a long gown who was dressed as a manager, and said softly: "Second Master, how did you guess that the woman dressed as Mrs. Du was Mrs. Du? Don’t dare to let people go without permission to ruin the good reputation of the nunnery. The Dharma conference is also real. How could Mrs. Du think that this is a trap?”

Cui Jidong sneered and said, "Other women believe in Buddhism, are kind and gentle. Cen Sanniang dared to roll around at the gate of my Kaiguohou's mansion, if she believed it, it would be a strange thing!"

"But the Duke's Mansion said that she had been tricked, and the spies at the front door also came to report that she didn't look good." The steward was a little puzzled.

Cui Jidong stood with his hands behind his back, and said calmly: "I ordered people to guard at the exit of the ditch in the Duke's mansion. Do you know what I saw? Cen Sanniang never drank the medicine at all. All the decocted medicine was poured into the ditch. There is always a hundred secrets. Sparse. She never imagined that I actually saw the flaw from here."

The steward was surprised: "So, she came to Shuiyue Nunnery to lure us..."

"So what? It's not that our Cui family wants to deal with Du Yansui. The aristocratic families who oppose Empress Wu are all secretly joining hands. The Du family wants to use tricks to lure out the troublemakers. Cen Sanniang did not hesitate to show her face and let people know that she entered Shuiyue Temple. It's a pity, as long as she dares to come, she won't be able to escape."

"If that's the case, how dare she disguise herself and go through the back door?"

Cui Jidong smiled: "If it's just our family, we're not strong enough. That car might just be a decoy..." He paused, pointing in the direction Hei Qi was going, and said, "It's better to kill by mistake than let it go. People are watching, don't let our people take action."

The steward took his orders and went.

Hei Qi carefully drove the carriage, walking very smoothly.Although Shuiyue Nunnery is in the city and close to Qujiang, it is not a bustling downtown area.When he walked to a street and alley according to the established route, he heard the sound of the wind brought by the passing arrows.

Hei Qi whipped his whip and yelled: "Young Madam, be careful!" She retreated swiftly into the carriage.

A shop on the side of the road opened its door suddenly, and seven or eight swordsmen masked in black scarves rushed out.

There was a man holding a longbow standing on the roof, just as Hei Qi's whip stretched out from the car curtain, an arrow shot over like lightning.

In an instant, people came and surrounded the carriage tightly.

The leader glanced at the archer standing on guard on the roof, without saying anything, raised a gesture, and the swordsman swung his knife and slashed into the carriage.

At this moment, there was only a miserable howl on the roof, and a crossbow arrow flying from nowhere hit an archer fiercely, and the impact brought him down from the roof.

The person for it yelled: "No, there is an ambush!"

As soon as the sound fell, the crossbow shot at the swordsmen besieging the carriage.

He shouted again: "Catch the man in the carriage!"

"Just grab it!" Hei Qi laughed loudly, two crossbows stretched out from the car window, and shot towards the swordsmen.

Inside the attack, the swordsmen killed and injured several people.

If the people on the carriage were not caught as hostages, the whole team might die in this back alley.The swordsman also slashed at the carriage desperately.

The wall of the carriage was kicked away vigorously, and two people jumped out from inside.A group of guards from the Duke's Mansion also rushed out from all around the alley.

(End of this chapter)