Idle courtiers

Chapter 256

When I entered Xun Fangyu's room, I saw her lying on the bed, crying loudly with a cotton towel covering her face.

Surrounded by a large group of women and maidservants by the bed, they whispered comfort with panicked faces.

Seeing Zhou Nan, Mrs. An hurriedly said to her: "Auntie, the master is back, as long as he comes back, there will be a way."

Zhou Nan signaled everyone to go out, sat on the head of the bed, and said, "Fang Yu, what's wrong with you, let me see your face."

He reached out to remove her veil.

Xun Fangyu screamed, grabbed Zhou Nan's hand vigorously, and screamed: "I don't want you to see, I don't want you to see."

So hard, so painful.

Zhou Nan didn't even frown, just looked at his wife with a smile.

Probably because of excessive force, the cotton towel fell off Xun Fangyu's face, revealing a colorful face.

The former youth beans on this face have been completely shriveled and turned into black shells, here and there.In some places, the skin has peeled off, revealing the new tender red skin inside, and in other places, there are small pieces of chapped skin.

This situation is indeed a bit scary.

Zhou Nan asked softly: "How did you make it like this?"

"How do I know, how do I know." Xun Fangyu was still crying loudly: "Master, how can I see people after I am like this?"

Zhou Nan: "Fang Yu, you don't go out much anyway, what are you afraid of?" As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he realized that he had said something wrong, and he wanted to slap himself.

As a standard straight man, he really doesn't know how to talk to women. ,

"Sure enough, sure enough, you really dislike me and don't want to see me, I'm dead!" Xun Fangyu buried her head in the quilt, her shoulders twitching uncontrollably.

Women in the world do not love beauty, and such a thing was really a big blow to Xun Fangyu.

Zhou Nan felt a pain in his heart, hugged her in his arms, looked at that face, and said seriously: "Fang Yu, no matter what you become in the future, you are my wife and the mother of the child in your belly .”

Xun Fangyu suddenly screamed again: "Sure enough, it is true. You really only care about the child in my womb. If I wasn't pregnant with Liujia, you probably wouldn't bother to look at me."

Zhou Nan was stunned: Did I say the wrong thing again?Hey, woman, it's really difficult to deal with!
He wondered again, this Sixth Sister Xun used to be such a reticent person, why is she so talkative today, why is she so hysterical.It can be seen that this pregnancy can really change a woman!

There is no way for her to cry like this. Zhou Nan moved in his heart, held her face, and said in a tone full of emotion: "I know you, and I will always remember you. At that time, you were still young, and everyone said you were beautiful. Now, I come here to tell you that, to me, I think you are more beautiful now than when you were a little girl, and I love you more now than you were then A devastated face."

"Ah..." Xun Fangyu murmured, his eyes clouded with mist.

The shoulders of her violent sobs calmed down, and she pressed her face on Zhou Nan's chest, her jacket was soaked with tears: "Master, I... I used to be ugly... so I am not beautiful..."

Zhou Nan: "You were the most beautiful girl in the world at that time, and you are still the most beautiful girl now. No matter what time you are, you are always the most beautiful girl in my heart."

As a straight man, after traveling to the Ming Dynasty, Zhou Nan has always been simple and rude when dealing with men and women.This was the first time he said such love words to a girl, and he felt a little embarrassed for no reason.

"Master...Zhou Lang, my Zhou Lang..." Xun Fangyu wrapped his arms around Zhou Nan's neck, a drunken blush appeared on his face.

For a moment, the affection in my heart could no longer be contained.

I don't know how long it took before Zhou Nan woke up from his satisfaction.Looking at the lazy wife beside the pillow, he smiled and said, "Fang Yu, do you feel better now?"

"I hate it. If you hurt the child, I, I, I... can't forgive you." In broad daylight, Xun Fangyu couldn't help but feel ashamed, and when he saw women and maids in the future... he was ashamed to death.

Thinking of the annoyance, she bit Zhou Nan's shoulder.

"Hiss, it hurts, it hurts." Zhou Nan yelled exaggeratedly.

Xun Fang said even more embarrassingly: "Don't bark, be careful not to be overheard."

"Haha, haha, I'm just kidding you." Zhou Nan straightened up, leaned against the head of the bed, and said, "Fang Yu, I'm going to stay here this time until the end of the Spring Festival before returning to work. By the way, didn't you say you were going to Will Biyun Temple fulfill your wish? My husband also promised you. In this way, you and I will set off tomorrow and rest there for the night before returning."

Xun Fangyu was surprised: "Leave tomorrow, and rest there overnight?"

"That's right!" Zhou Nan said lazily, "I've asked people about it. The Bodhisattvas in Biyun Temple are very spiritual, especially the incense of Xiaoyue and Da'an. It’s okay, we’re just a petty official, we can’t grab it. There’s no other way, we can only go there on New Year’s Eve. Fang Yu, speaking of it, you and I have been together for some time, and my husband hasn’t gone out with you to play yet.”

Xun Fangyu was delighted when she heard her husband say that she would accompany her out of the city.

However, she was sad: "Master, how can I get out of the house with my face?"

Zhou Nan: "It doesn't matter if someone looks at you, as long as I think you are beautiful."

Xun Fang said: "Okay."

Xishan Biyun Temple is just on the edge of the capital in later generations, but only a few kilometers away.However, the capital of the Ming Dynasty was much smaller than that of later generations.Therefore, the current Xishan is a suburb of the suburbs, and it takes dozens of miles to go back and forth.

With a pregnant woman, it is quite inconvenient to move.It was impossible to go back and forth in one day, and Xun Fangyu's body couldn't stand it.

Therefore, Zhou Nan first sent people to the town at the foot of the mountain to find a squire's courtyard as a residence.

On the day of Xiaonian, the whole family went to the other courtyard by carriage and horse, and had lunch under the host's hospitality.In the afternoon, I went to Biyun Temple in a sedan chair. I was going to read books in the monk's meditation hall, discuss the Tao, eat a vegetarian meal, and then offer incense to the Bodhisattva when it was dark.

All of this was arranged by the inspector Qian, and Biyun Temple was under the management of Daxing County.

Although Lao Qian suffered a big loss during the annual examination, on the surface he owed Mr. Zhou a favor and had to pay it back.

Besides, Zhou Nan is a pedestrian at any rate, and he will be a censor in the future. He is so young, and his future prospects may not be small.

In the future, if Mr. Zhou becomes a gossip-clearing officer and conducts a small inspection, even if he wants to curry favor, he may not be able to appreciate it.Thinking about it this way, Lao Qian also figured it out, a loss is a blessing, and a good relationship was formed, so he arranged this matter properly.

Biyun Temple is a great temple in the capital, and there are many dignitaries and dignitaries, so Lao Qian's inspection is nothing.But things in the world are not afraid of the county magistrate, but the county magistrate, and the Qian patrol inspector directly manages them.No one in the monastery is a human being, but they are extraordinarily polite when they see Zhou Nan.

Even the abbot, the old monk, came to greet him in person, sang Amitabha, and said that he had met Zhou Xingren because of his destiny as a poor monk.Pedestrians' names are like thunder, and they have been admired for a long time.

Zhou Nan knew in his heart that this was just a polite remark, but he didn't take it seriously.Feeling strange again, he couldn't help saying: "Master's Dharma name is very strange, I saw that there are no fruit trees in your temple!"

Several monks looked at each other, and the host laughed and said: "Pedestrians are thinking about it, the old man's dharma name is the fruit of the fruit, the cause of the cause."

Zhou Nan consciously made a slip of the tongue and said, "This dharma name is very Buddhist. Buddhism pays attention to cause and effect. Karma and fruit retribution."

Guo Yuan smiled: "That's exactly what I mean. Pedestrians are destined to be with my Buddhist family." He looked at Xun Fangyu who was masked next to Zhou Nan, with a puzzled expression on his face.

Zhou Nan introduced: "This is my wife, she has a face disease, so you cover her face with a cloth towel."

Hearing her husband mention her face, Xun Fangyu's exposed eyes looked sad.

Guo Yuan persuaded: "Madam, don't worry about it. The human body is just a stinky skin. What others see is beauty and ugliness, and what they see is pink. In the eyes of the old monk, it is just a skeleton. There is no difference. What is beauty and what is beauty?" How do you define ugliness? For example, the toad in the grass, you call it ugly, but it is beautiful when it falls among the same kind. In the eyes of you and me, the beauty that seems to be as beautiful as a fairy, in the eyes of the toad, I am afraid that it is ugly. Buddha The family pays attention to the equality of all beings, but in our eyes there is no beauty or ugliness."

Xun Fangyu hurriedly saluted: "Thank you, master, for the explanation, I have figured it out." She raised her hand and took off the face scarf, and the depression accumulated in her heart these days was swept away.

Zhou Nan was amused, the old monk was purely playing with conceptual sophistry, but if Fang Yu could let go of his knots, then this trip to Biyun Temple came at the right time.

Guoyuan personally led Zhou Nan to stroll around the temple for a long time, introducing local scenery to Zhou Nan while walking.

This Biyun Temple is built on the mountain, with six courtyards, and the place is very large.It was first built by Yelu Chucai in the Yuan Dynasty. It was originally a nunnery. Later, the nuns were replaced by monks and it became a temple.

Later, during the Zhengde period, Yu Jing, the eunuch of the imperial horse, allocated funds for expansion. He originally planned to designate this place as a royal temple, and he also built a tomb for himself, planning to be buried here after his death.It's a pity that Zhengde passed away, and the owner of the palace changed, and he was a monk, so Biyun Temple failed to become the emperor's family temple as he wished.

However, as far as the current scale is concerned, it is second to none in the capital.

It was already afternoon, and when it got dark it was time to burn incense.It got dark early in the capital, and many pilgrims came to the temple one after another. Although they were all in casual clothes, it could be seen that many pilgrims were very dignified.

Guoyuan said forgiveness, and let Zhou Nan and his family go to the Zen room to rest and have a fast meal first.Then he left in a hurry, probably to accompany other pilgrims.

Zhou Nan also understands this. To be honest, he is just an official of the eighth rank now. There are not many other officials in the capital. Pretentious like that.

So I went back to the meditation hall with Xun Fangyu.

As soon as I got to the door, I heard a scream.

I saw Mrs. An, Huangdou and Wotou being driven out with sticks by some ferocious soldiers.

Soybean had a bump the size of an egg on his forehead, obviously beaten badly.

"What's going on here?" Zhou Nan was about to step forward and ask.

Another sound of "hula la" was heard, and Zhou Nan's luggage was roughly thrown out of the house and scattered all over the floor.

The other party was so rude and brought soldiers, obviously a big shot.

As soon as he came, he took up his meditation room. In such a cold day, Xun Fangyu was pregnant again. What happened if he froze?Besides, beating his servants was already a provocation to Master Zhou.

If he just endured like this, how can he be confused in the future?
Zhou Nan got angry and shouted: "Who is coming? This is my meditation room. Everything must be done first. Where is the capital? At the foot of the emperor, the first good place. You are so fierce and domineering, there is still a king's law." Is it? Zhou Nan, a pedestrian from the Pedestrian Department, quickly ask your master to come out and speak."

The soldier at the door scolded angrily: "I don't care if you are a pedestrian or a pedestrian. If you are under the feet of the emperor, we will be domineering. How about you? To tell you the truth, there is Princess Jiashan in the room, if you are sensible, get out immediately!"

Zhou Nan was even angrier: "Is Princess Jiashan amazing?"

It's really amazing.

(End of this chapter)