Chapter 25 Chapter 25 Something is wrong! Something is very wrong! ...
Half a month later.
Early in the morning, the Yin family's carriage arrived.
The car door was pushed open from the inside, and Yin Ruizhu leaned half of her body out to greet Nan Xu.
Nan Xu was about to speak when she was shocked by Yin Ruizhu's dress.
She had a fair face and red lips, a sweet smile, and was wearing a silk skirt with her black hair tied up in a bun. The fine jade hairpin on her head, which she had casually thrown into an inconspicuous dressing box a few years ago, was actually worn on her head today!
"Have you...changed your gender?"
Except for the day of her wedding, Ruizhu always dressed as a man when she went out, never caring about the secular view. Her family friends tried to persuade her but to no avail. Her uncle Yin, who had countless disciples, was so angry that he almost knelt down in front of her. It was very strange to see her dressed like this now.
Seeing her friend seemed frightened by her, Yin Ruizhu looked down at her outfit, then awkwardly stroked her hair, and raised an eyebrow at Nan Xu with pride, "How about it? Not bad, right? My cousin personally did this for me. Not to mention you, my father and mother were both shocked when they saw it this morning, they thought I was possessed!"
Cousin? Is sister-in-law here too?
As expected, a head popped out from behind Yin Ruizhu, "Ah Xu, good morning."
Just as she finished speaking, a furry little carrot head appeared. It stretched out its chubby arms towards Nan Xu and said in a baby voice, "Auntie, hug me."
Who else could this mother and son be but sister-in-law Yin Wu and Yao Ge'er?
Nan Xu hugged Yao Ge'er and kissed him deeply. Just as she was about to tease her sister-in-law about how she had time to accompany them to burn incense today, she heard a familiar voice of "Second sister" from the carriage.
Nan Yun's face squeezed out from behind Yin Wu, with her hair full of jewels and jades swaying in all directions. If Nan Xu hadn't protected Yao Ge'er, it would have almost hit Yao Ge'er's face.
Yin Wu's heart was in his throat. Seeing that she was about to rush out, he quickly grabbed her and said, "Third sister, don't forget what mother told you before you leave!"
Speaking of the Marquis' wife, Nan Yun didn't dare to be too presumptuous. She reluctantly withdrew her arm and secretly rolled her eyes at Yin Wu. "Sister-in-law, you're too harsh. I just saw Master Bo and wanted to go over and say hello. We're all family, and there's no need to accuse a girl from our Marquis's Mansion of being ignorant of etiquette."
No wonder she stood in front of the carriage for so long and no one called her. It turned out that he saw Duan Wenpei.
Nan Xu lowered her head and coaxed Yao Ge'er, her face full of sarcasm.
Her sister hasn't given up yet!
After Yin Wu heard Nan Yun say this, he noticed that the Bo Mansion had a larger carriage.
She and Yin Ruizhu exchanged a glance, raised her hands to pick up Yao Ge'er, and whispered to Nan Xu, "Is Uncle going too?"
Nan Xu hummed and said soothingly, "If he insists on going, there's nothing I can do. But let's just go about our business and leave him alone."
Yin Wu gave a meaningful smile and nudged Yin Ruizhu with his elbow, "I told you our Ah Xu is amazing!"
Nan Xu was stunned for a moment, then understood what was going on. She pretended to be shy and punched Yin Wu twice, so she didn't notice Yin Ruizhu's brief loss of consciousness.
On the other side, Liu came back and urged Nan Xu to set off.
Just as she was about to go over, Yin Wu stopped her and said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Ruizhu was praying for Auntie, and I thought I'd get a peace charm for Yao'er on the way. The one inside heard about it from somewhere and shamelessly came to Mother to beg her, insisting on coming along." She gestured at Nan Yun, who was sitting in the innermost part of the carriage, and continued, "Mother didn't want to allow it at first, but she came to Father to beg. Mother had no choice but to let me watch her. How could I keep an eye on her with Yao'er? She's never dared to offend Ruizhu, so she had to bear with her and ride in the same carriage with us."
Nan Xu glanced inside.
No wonder she was surprised just now. Although the carriage was not small, it was still awkward for three people to sit together.
This resolved her doubts.
There must be something wrong when there is something abnormal!
Nan Xu knew that this was her sister-in-law reminding her.
This is a Buddhist holy land. She didn't expect Nan Yun to do anything out of the ordinary, but human hearts are unpredictable and she had to be on guard.
The aunt and sister-in-law smiled knowingly, and Nan Xu told Yin Wu not to worry, she knew.
*
Since it was not a big day, not many people went to the Big Buddha Temple to burn incense.
When the abbot heard that not only the Yong'an Marquis Mansion and the Yin family were coming, but also Wei Yangbo, he hurriedly ended his morning prayers and took a few monks to the gate of the Big Buddha Temple to welcome them in person.
After knowing their purpose, the abbot hurriedly asked two novice monks to take Nanxu and other female relatives to the Buddhist hall, while he personally led Duan Wenpei to the back room to rest.
Duan Wenpei was used to the abbot's flattery, so he left a few guards to protect Nan Xu's safety and followed the abbot.
Yin Ruizhu took Nan Xu's arm and secretly made a face at the abbot.
"Regardless of other people, this great monk doesn't really understand the Dharma, but instead follows the worldly tendency to cling to the powerful. His six senses are truly impure!"
In Buddhist lands, people don't gossip. However, Yin Ruizhu was used to being unorthodox. Nan Xu pretended not to hear what she said. However, Nan Yun looked at Duan Wenpei's departing figure reluctantly and whispered, "What do you know? The abbot is also a human being. As a human being, he should have seven emotions and six desires."
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Nan Xu glanced at her sideways. It was the first time she knew that her third sister had such strange thoughts.
The Buddhist hall is built at the highest point of the Big Buddha Temple. Climb up the ninety-one steps, pass through the incense burning platform where smoke rises, enter the Buddhist hall, and you will face the compassionate Buddha.
A novice monk who was dedicated to worshipping Buddha handed incense over. Nan Xu and Yin Ruizhu took it, walked reverently to the Buddha, and touched his head in worship.
Nan Xu actually doesn't really believe in Buddhism.
It’s not that she doubts whether the Buddha really exists. She just feels that God is watching what people do. As long as they create good causes, the Buddha will naturally see it and bestow good results.
Kneeling in this Buddhist temple, the flesh and blood only look pious, but whether the heart inside is black or white, only heaven and earth know, and Buddha knows too. Only the world cannot see clearly.
After three kneelings and three kowtows, they stood up and inserted the incense into the incense burner on the table in front of them. The novice monk led them to the side to shake the lots.
This lottery was mostly done to cater to the women in the city seeking marriage partners. Nan Xu was already married, so there was no need for her to seek help. She just accompanied Yin Ruizhu to shake the lottery.
Yin Wu also led Yao Ge'er to light a stick of incense. Seeing Yin Ruizhu shaking the incense stick with great enthusiasm, he secretly thought that the sun was rising from the west. Smilingly, he asked Nan Xu to accompany her to shake out a golden marriage, while he took Yao Ge'er to the side hall to pray for a peace talisman.
She wanted to call Nan Yun, but she saw that she also took the incense stick, turned around and knelt in front of the Buddha, and could not get up for a long time.
Yin Wu looked at her with a gloomy face for a long time, but did not call her. He only ordered the maids to watch her and not let her run around.
Since she wants something, why should she stop her?
Rather than trying to stop the boiling water by adding more water, it is better to remove the firewood from under the pot.
It made her realize that things in this world cannot be fulfilled by just praying to Buddha.
*
Yin Ruizhu shook the lot for a long time and finally got a peach blossom fortune.
Nan Xu was about to take a closer look at the fortune slip when Yin Ruizhu glanced at it out of the corner of her eye. She saw something and exclaimed with joy.
"Let me see quickly, let me tell you, have you found your ideal husband?"
Although the Yin family was a family of scholars, Yin Ruizhu had a few words in her head, but Nanxu was clear-sighted. Sometimes, these temples, in an attempt to appear refined, would compel people to write intricate and ambiguous fortune-telling texts, ostensibly to ask for interpretations, but only to collect more fees.
As for interpreting the divination, there was no interpreter in the main hall in the front mountain, so she had to take a detour to the Marriage Temple in the back mountain. The back mountain was quiet, and the official who murdered the family had not yet been caught, so Nan Xu thought it would be better not to go.
Under normal circumstances, Yin Ruizhu would have been eager to show the fortune stick to Nan Xu, but now her cheeks flushed and she held the fortune stick hesitantly to her chest.
"Ah Xu, how about... let's go to the back mountain to interpret the fortune."
Nan Xu looked at her and felt very strange, "Ruizhu..."
"Ah Xu!" Yin Ruizhu looked at her expectantly, even pleadingly. "Just come with me." She tugged at her sleeve, actually acting coquettishly towards her. "I know you're smart and literate, but this is my marriage sign. It will only be complete if the fortune teller interprets it under the watchful eye of the Buddha. Good Ah Xu, you have to consider my lifelong affairs for a while."
Something is wrong!
Nan Xu shook off the goose bumps all over her body and looked at her with a frown.
There is something really wrong with Yin Ruizhu like this!
She reached out to touch Yin Ruizhu's forehead, but she turned her head away and was instead half-dragged and half-carried by her towards the back mountain.
"Okay Ah Xu, just accompany me this time, and from now on I'll do whatever you ask me to do!"
She disguised herself as a man and often went to places of entertainment in Kyoto. She had long ago developed a strength that was not inferior to that of an ordinary man. Nan Xu had no way of resisting her, so she had to follow her to the back mountain reluctantly.
Yu Ming and Yu Xiang followed closely behind with their men. All the guards assigned by Duan Wenpei, except for one assigned to Yin Wu, followed.
For some reason, Nan Xu looked at them and felt not so worried anymore.
Glancing at the cushion in front of the Buddha, Nan Xu vaguely saw the corner of Nan Yun's clothes lingering on the ground. Although he was wondering why Nan Yun had been kneeling for so long, he thought that his sister-in-law said she insisted on coming, and she must have some big wish, so he didn't bother to care about her and just asked two people to stay to look after her.
After leaving the main hall, the further they walked towards the back of the mountain, the quieter and more secluded it became, with trees and bamboo forests growing everywhere. Not long after walking, Nan Xu felt a chill all over her body.
"Ruizhu." She wanted to let Yin Ruizhu take a rest and asked the maids to get two cloaks, but she only saw her profile, not sure whether it was excitement or nervousness.
Nan Xu's heart skipped a beat, and a chill ran from her back to her forehead.
She quietly made a gesture to Yu Ming, who saw it and quietly stepped back half a step.
Walk through the bamboo forest and onto the moss-covered stone path, and the Marriage Temple will be right in front of you.
Yin Ruizhu let go of Nan Xu's hand and ran straight to the temple.
It is not the time to worship Buddha now, and there are very few people who come to seek marriage. The ground in front of the temple is covered with flowers and plants, and no one cleans it.
Going through the temple gate and going inside, there is only one main hall and two side halls.
Nan Xu took a quick look around and found that there was no one else in the marriage temple except the young monk guarding the gate and the master who interpreted the divination sticks.
Thinking that not many people came, the fortune teller dozed off leaning back in his chair. Yin Ruizhu went up to him and called him twice, and he slowly woke up. He glanced at the fortune sticks in her hand and lazily fiddled with the tool he was using to "eat".
"Because of cause and effect, cause and effect will end. In the universe, marriage is determined by heaven."
"I will only interpret the divination for the person who asked for it. Others please wait outside the hall."
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