Zhaoming Temple is located in Dongtianmu Mountain, and there is a Mituo Village at the foot of the mountain.

Yu Tang, Ma Xiuniang and Master Zhang agreed to meet here, and then pretended to meet by chance and went to Zhaoming Temple together.

Ma Xiuniang and Master Zhang arrived before Yu Tang.

Yu Tang got off the sedan chair and apologized repeatedly.

Ma Xiuniang brought her maid Xi Que, smiled, pursed her lips, took Yu Tang's arm, and said with a smile: "We are not much earlier than you." Then she asked Yu Tang, "Have you had breakfast? Did you bring snacks or tea?" After saying that, she glanced at Ah Tiao, who was panting.

To get to Zhaoming Temple, you have to climb half a mountain, and the road is quite long. People usually get off the sedan chair at the foot of the mountain and walk all the way up, either because they need to be pious when burning incense or because the price of sedan chairs is too expensive.

Ah Tiao hurriedly patted the bag on his back and said, "Don't worry, Miss Ma, Mrs. Chen prepared it for us yesterday." He then stepped forward to pay his respects to Master Zhang.

Master Zhang nodded.

Yu Tang glanced at him quickly out of curiosity.

He was about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a delicate and fair complexion, tall and thin, and looked very gentle.

Despite his poor family conditions, he was able to pass the examination to become a student at such a young age, which shows that he was diligent and had good qualifications.

Yu Tang likes smart people.

Master Zhang brought a servant with him and asked Ma Xiuniang and Yu Tang to walk in front.

Yu Tang nudged Ma Xiuniang and whispered jokingly, "Brother-in-law looks good! Uncle has chosen a good marriage for my sister."

Ma Xiuniang's face turned red with shame, but she didn't say a single polite word.

It can be seen that he is very satisfied with this marriage.

Yu Tang asked, "What's your brother-in-law's name?"

Ma Xiuniang whispered, "It's just Hui, and she hasn't chosen a given name yet."

Zhang Hui?

I wonder when I passed the imperial examination in my previous life?

Yu Tang once again lamented how magnanimous he was in his previous life.

Perhaps there were many people walking there. The mountain road leading to Zhaoming Temple was winding but very flat. It was not a lecture or incense burning meeting, so there were not many people going there to burn incense. And they were all elderly or middle-aged women. Young girls like them, with a young man far behind them, were very eye-catching. People who passed by them would turn around and look at them twice.

Although she was wearing a veil, Ma Xiuniang was still very shy and whispered to Yu Tang, "Let's, let's make an appointment with Master Zhang to meet somewhere, shall we?"

In broad daylight, Ma Xiuniang brought her maid and she brought her servant. Yu Tang thought about it, smiled and nodded.

Ma Xiuniang turned around and said a few words to Xi Que, who covered her mouth and smiled while passing the message to Zhang Hui.

Zhang Hui looked up at Ma Xiuniang a few times and nodded reluctantly, which made Yu Tang laugh again.

Ma Xiuniang went to pinch Yu Tang and said coquettishly: "We are all doing this for you. If anyone finds out, we will no longer be human beings!"

Yu Tang apologized repeatedly and said jokingly, "Don't worry, sister. When you leave the house, I will personally embroider a pair of mandarin duck pillows for you to keep in your closet."

"You damn girl, you are still talking nonsense."

Ma Xiuniang and Yu Tang chatted and laughed, and time passed quickly. When the sun just rose, they arrived at Zhaoming Temple.

The two went to the Heavenly King Hall.

Yu Tang took off his veil.

Ma Xiuniang exclaimed in a low voice: "Atang, you are so beautiful today!"

Yu Tang wore a scarlet silk jacket with embroidered flower branches, a white shirt with a stand-up collar and narrow sleeves with silver stripes today. Her dark black hair was tied into a bun, and a small silver-plated pearl-studded hairpin was inserted diagonally near her temples, which made her skin as white as snow, her eyebrows and eyes as beautiful as a painting, and she looked fresh and beautiful.

She smiled slightly.

Li Jun said that he was attracted by her appearance, and she wanted to know how much Li Jun liked her appearance.

Not only did she apply facial mask, she also had her forehead tattooed and her eyebrows plucked.

Come with full makeup.

Ma Xiuniang sighed and said, "You should dress up more often."

Maybe because Chen was a beauty, although Yu Tang often heard people praise her for her beauty, most of them were relatives and friends or the elders next door. When she looked at herself in the mirror side by side with her mother, she didn't think she was that beautiful, thinking that everyone was just being polite. Later, when she married into the Li family and was coveted by Li Duan, she realized that she might be prettier than many people, but she was already a widow at that time, and her dress and grooming were very strict. Lin regarded her as a thorn in her side, and she had no intention of violating customs, so she tried to dress herself as simply and low-key as possible on weekdays.

After her rebirth, some habits have not been changed for the time being, no wonder Ma Xiuniang was a little surprised.

The two of them burned incense and rested in the veranda where pilgrims were entertained. Ah Tiao went to inquire about Li Jun's exact whereabouts.

Ma Xiuniang stared at Yu Tang's face again and sighed: "You know what, the more I look at you, the more beautiful you seem to me, especially the way you talk and look at me, which seem to be very different from before. But I think you just changed your clothes and put on jewelry! Could it be that I didn't interact with you enough before?"

Maybe it’s because some experiences in her previous life are engraved in her bones, so now she is more independent and courageous than she was in her previous life.

Yu Tang smiled and said, "You are a lover who sees beauty in everything. I wonder if you feel the same way about your brother-in-law?"

"You bad guy, I'm helping you and you're making fun of me!"

The two of them quarreled again.

After a long while, Ma Xiuniang and Yu Tang collapsed on the Luohan couch respectively.

She said, "I think, based on your appearance, you are the only one who disagrees with others, no one else disagrees with you. If you think the second young master of the Li family is acceptable, will you agree to this marriage?"

Ma Xiuniang had never seen Li Jun in person, so she didn't know what Li Jun looked like.

will not!

Yu Tang almost blurted out.

She then thought that if she denied Li Jun outright in this situation, it would definitely be very strange, so she said, "I'm not marrying just him, I'm marrying his whole family."

"That's true." Ma Xiuniang thought for a moment and said, "If I had a mother-in-law like Madam Li, I would be troubled to death."

They smiled at each other.

Ma Xiuniang finally stopped persuading her.

Yu Tang asked about Ma Xiuniang's marriage.

Ma Xiuniang told her that she and Master Zhang would get married in the second half of the year, saying that Master Zhang's family lacked someone to take charge of the marriage and wanted her to marry earlier: "My mother is also a straightforward person. She thinks that it is okay not to agree. Since you have agreed, we are a family. It is serious to live a good life. Some things are generally OK." After that, she quietly reminded her, "My mother said in front of people outside that our two families had discussed the marriage a long time ago, but we were still young and didn't mention it seriously, so as to avoid people saying that we were engaged first and then got married. If someone asks you about it, don't let it slip."

"I know, I know!" Yu Tang was a little jealous of Ma Xiuniang's smooth marriage.

I don’t know who she will marry?

It is easy to say that you are looking for a son-in-law, but it is very difficult to find one who is both well-behaved and intelligent.

Yu Tang sighed quietly in his heart.

Ah Tiao came back and reported to her, "The second young master of the Li family wore a bamboo green silk Taoist robe, a white jade bamboo hairpin, a white belt, and a pair of purses, one aqua green, shaped like a sachet, and the other lake green, shaped like a ruyi. He and several classmates were drinking tea at Wudao Pine."

Wudao Pine is located next to the Sutra Repository on the east side of Zhaoming Temple. It is an ancient pine tree with a canopy like an umbrella, providing shade for several meters. Many scholars in Lin'an like to go there to hold poetry gatherings, drink tea and play chess. The monks in the temple set up stone tables, stone benches, bamboo mats and wooden couches under the tree for those scholars to play.

Yu Tang asked, "How far is that place from the Brush Washing Spring where we agreed to meet Master Zhang?"

Xibi Spring is another interesting place in Zhaoming Temple. It is located on a cliff behind the Zhaoming Temple. There is a small spring flowing out from the mountain. The spring water is clear and sweet. It is said that drinking the spring water can clear the eyes and make one study smart. Many families in Lin'an City who have children, especially boys, will come here to get a bowl of water for their children to drink, hoping that the children will be smart. Even some people who have a headache or fever will come here to get a bowl of water to drink. Needless to say, people who come to Zhaoming Temple to burn incense must come here to drink a sip of mountain spring water.

Ah Tiao said cleverly, "I've already checked. We go out from here and head west. Then we turn north at the Enlightenment Pine. There is a gate leading to the back mountain of Zhaoming Temple. Go out and head east again. There is a road that leads to the Brush Washing Spring."

That is to say, they have to circle around Wudao Pine.

If there wasn't a door leading to the back mountain of Zhaoming Temple and someone had discovered it, would they have said that they were lost?

Ma Xiuniang covered her face.

It was she who decided where to meet Master Zhang.

Yu Tang laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten his back. He urged her, "Let's go quickly. Be careful if we go too late or something will happen."

Ma Xiuniang was too embarrassed to be embarrassed and said hurriedly, "Then let's go!"

Yu Tang adjusted his temples, put on his veil again, and went to Wudaosong with Ma Xiuniang.

There were seven or eight cool mats spread out under the Wudao Pine, a few young students were sitting cross-legged and talking, a dozen servants were standing beside them, fanning them, burning incense, or making tea... and there were also people in twos and threes watching the fun.

It seemed that all the pilgrims from Zhaoming Temple had gathered here.

Ma Xiuniang said nervously: "What should we do? Even if we walk past them like this, they won't notice us!"

Yu Tang sneered.

Didn’t Lin say that Li Jun took a fancy to her?

Then he must know himself and have a deep impression.

Ma Xiuniang asked cautiously, "What are you going to do?"

According to what they had thought before, all they had to do was walk over and attract Li Jun's attention.

Yu Tang said, "Sister, you stay here. I'll just pretend to be there to see the excitement and take a look."

Ma Xiuniang hesitated and said, "Isn't this bad?"

Yu Tang knew that this was risky, so he couldn't drag Ma Xiuniang into it.

She smiled and said, "It's okay. Just listen to me and you won't go wrong." After that, without waiting for Ma Xiuniang to react, she told Xi Que, "Keep an eye on your young lady," and walked towards Wudaosong.

Ma Xiuniang wanted to call Yu Tang back, but unexpectedly Yu Tang walked very fast and soon walked out of the area of ​​ten feet. She looked at the people around her and had to swallow her call.

Although Yu Tang was not tall, he had a slim waist, long legs, light steps and a graceful demeanor. Before he even reached the Wudao Pine, the group of teenagers pretending to be celebrities and scholars under the Wudao Pine had already noticed him and looked at him with wide eyes.

The noise under the Wudao pine tree gradually became smaller.