The Golden Hairpin

Huang Zixia was silent for a long time, then nodded and said, "Yes, I will pay special attention to him."

Li Shubai didn't say anything any more, and Gu Zi went to eat his own snack.

Zhou Ziqin felt that the atmosphere was a little embarrassing, so he hurriedly squeezed the buns and laughed "hahaha": "Hey, one catch is my favorite bean paste bun! Is it my luck, or the cook likes me?"

No one paid attention to him, and his laughter echoed in the flower hall, making it even more embarrassing.

Zhou Ziqin had no choice but to take a bite of the bun, and then asked Huang Zixia: "Chonggu, where should we go today?"

Huang Zixia paused and looked up at Li Shubai. Seeing that his expression hadn't changed, she sighed inwardly and said, "You go to Yu Xuan's place, I'll go to Aunt Gongsun's place."

Zhou Ziqin was surprised: "Huh? Why do you want to split up? Let's go find Yu Xuan together! Didn't you say that Yu Xuan has a good looks, a good character, a good personality, and a good temper? Go ahead. Go, it’s a pleasure to get along with him!"

"I...when did I say that?" Huang Zixian only felt that the scalp was numb. She simply convinced Zhou Ziqin to find someone's death hole to stabbing her.

I heard Zhang Xingying's coughing sound, as if he was choked by soy milk--even a dull person like Zhang Xingying felt it, but Zhou Ziqin didn't know it!

Huang Zixia secretly raised his eyes to look at Li Shubai, and found that he was finally looking at herself, but his face was not the kind of storm and thunder that she had originally expected, but a calm smile.

He looked at her with a smile, and said, "In this case, since Ziqin needs you, you should cooperate with you. There are some things, and you don't need to mind too much. Yuxuan, why don't you go with Ziqin?"

"...Yes." She quickly replied in a low voice.

"I was invited to inspect the Xichuan Army today, and I will leave later. Go with Ziqin, don't be too tired." He said, taking the tea from the servants standing behind, and standing up after gargle. Go outside.

Zhang Xingying quickly followed him out. Zhou Ziqin and Huang Zixia both stood up to see him off.

As he walked by Huang Zixia's side, he suddenly lowered his head and whispered in her ear: "Don't worry about me, you said you would be by my side, I remember."

Listening to his frank and relaxed words, she felt that the heavy stone in her heart suddenly dropped, and the corners of her lips couldn't help showing some smiles, saying, "Well, I remember it too."

Huang Zixian took Zhou Ziqin to take a shortcut to the Yuxuan House by the Hanyuan Bridge.

Zhou Ziqin, who was eager to see Yu Xuan, had a look of excitement. He clung to the door and clasped the knocker. Others knocked on the door two or three times, but he was fine. He clasped a total of 17 or 8 times in a row, almost even the knocker was pulled. Down.

There was still no sound inside such a big movement.

The two were waiting. An old lady who was squatting on the ground pulling weeds raised her head and said, "It is estimated that Yu Juzi is not at home, so stop knocking."

"Oh..." Zhou Zi Qin Yi suddenly stopped, "I don't know where he went?"

The old lady obviously didn't know, ignored him, and continued to squat looking for grass on the ground.

Huang Zixia asked, "Mother-in-law, what are you looking for?"

"Oh, there are a few moles on the back of my hand, I have to find two Eclipta proteas to wipe it." The old lady said, pulling up a piece of grass to take a look, and she held it in her arms.

Huang Zixian knows that this is snakehead, commonly known as Eclipta prostrata, which stops bleeding and reduces swelling. When you use it to wipe the mole on your hand, the mole will shrink and fall off within a few days.

She said: "This grass is really good, but the sap will leave black marks on the hands, which can't be washed off easily. Use more saponins."

"The old lady is getting old, and her skin is darker. It's hard to see it, it's okay."

Those pictures suddenly flashed through Huang Zixian's mind.

There was a black mark on Fu Xinruan's finger. Gongsun Yuan looked at Qi Teng's hand thoughtfully. After Qi Teng died, there were a few small scars on his hands.

She stood under the willow tree, and suddenly felt a touch of sadness in her heart.

Seeing her silence, Zhou Ziqin asked, "What are you thinking about?"

"I'm thinking..." She said slowly, "It's not worthy of you to give the most precious thing to others, but others are too tired to get rid of it."

Zhou Ziqin was inexplicable, still thinking, the door behind him finally opened, and Yu Xuan stood inside the door, dressed in ordinary Tsing Yi, but he became more and more straight and upright.

Behind him, there was a person standing. He was dressed in a robe, his face was old, his figure was thin, and his eyes were narrow and restrained. He was the Master Mu Shan in the Guangdu Temple.

They didn't expect that Master Mu Shan would actually be in Yu Xuan's house, and they were all very surprised, after saluting him.

Master Mu Shan smiled and said, "Lao Na will leave first and let the guests come first."

Huang Zixia said quickly: "The mage stays first, we have something to ask you."

Master Mu Shan said "Oh" and looked at Zhou Ziqin.

Zhou Ziqin said quickly: "Chengdu Mansion will catch Zhou Ziqin."

Master Mu Shan's expression sank, but then he smiled and said, "I don't know who is in the public door, what's the point of looking for someone outside of us?"

"Master, please." Huang Zi Xia reached inward and extended his invitation.

The four of them walked around the pink wall and saw the water lily in the patio, and the purple flowers were blooming. They sat down in the hall, facing a pond of green lotus.

Yu Xuan went to the back hall to make tea. The three of them sat in the hall, and the atmosphere was embarrassing for a while.

Huang Zixian spoke first and asked: "The Master is here today, but I don't know if I'm looking for Yu Xuan to discuss the Dharma?"

Master Mu Shan nodded and said with a smile: "The donor Yu often has unique insights into Buddhism, and Lao Na often comes to talk about it, and feels refreshed. Lao Na will go to Beijing tomorrow, but he seems to have something on his mind to see the donor Yu, so I will come to Yu first today. Goodbye to the donor."

"Master really has the heart." Huang Zixia said, and asked: "How did the master and Yu Xuan meet?"

"It's the end of last year. Not long after Yu's beneficiary was elected, Qingyuan held a poem meeting, and Chen Lunyun invited me to go. Although there were more than a dozen people in the poetry fair at that time, Yu's benefactor was outstanding. I saw him among the crowd and stayed behind. Mage Mu Shan sighed, “Later, after the accident in Huang Junshou’s family, Yu’s foster father, he slumped on his chest and committed suicide. Although the judge Qi rescued him, he saw that his heart was ashamed, so he invited him. I went to educate him, and since then, donor Yu has had more contacts with me."

Huang Zixia nodded and sighed: "I also heard that judge Qi had a lot of contacts with masters."

Master Mu Shan nodded and said: "Amitabha, Qi Shizhu also frequents Lao Na. He speaks witty and often smiles. It's a pity that he died young, and there is one less wonderful person in Chengdu..."

Zhou Ziqin hurriedly said: "The master really saves all living beings. Yu Xuan committed suicide on the same day. It was the master that dispelled the thought of suicide."

Although Master Mu Shan still had a smile on his face, his gaze wandered: "Yes, who can leave the mortal world? The donor Yu wants to get rid of his troubles by death, always begging for fish."

Huang Zixian asked, "So, the mage also knows Yu Xuan's troubles?"

Master Mu Shan said: "Naturally know. He is the son of Huang Junshou, and everyone knows that the Huang family poisoned the whole family for him. He hates himself for killing his benefactor's family, so he feels guilty and counts all the blame. When I got to my head, the heart demon was deeply planted, so it was extreme..."

"I think he often has headaches nowadays. I don't know if this is a heart disease or the root cause of suicide?" Huang Zixia asked again.

Master Mu Shan sighed: "In my opinion, it should be both."

Huang Zixian nodded and asked: "Please forgive the disciple's curiosity. He listened to the judge's steward who said that the Master had traveled to the capital and brought a piece of Agashne back to Shu to give it to judge Qi?"

"Yes, Lao Na occasionally got a gift from a nobleman in Beijing, so he took it back to Chengdu. Who knew that this fish was bloodthirsty and ominous in the scriptures, I was afraid that it was not in harmony with Buddhism and purity, and I was wondering if it should be released. Judge Qi happened to come to visit and was quite fond of Xiaoyu. I told him clearly, but he didn't care about it and asked Xiaoyu to go away--well, I'm afraid I missed him and brought him the disaster of blood and light."

"The mage thought too much. It was just a small fish, so why is it ominous? Didn't the mage ever hear that King Kui often carries a small fish with him? It is also Aghashne." Huang Zixia said.

When Zen Master Mu Shan saw that she was talking about King Kui, he hurriedly recite the Buddha's name: "Amitabha Buddha, the body of King Kui, is blessed by the heavens. Small fish from the non-local area can harm you in case."

"Moreover, it is said that judge Qi, the little fish, has disappeared?"

Zen Master Mu Shan's expression froze, but then he smiled: "There is no guilt in my heart, no waves of shock, how can foreign objects hinder myself? As long as you stick to yourself, what is the difference between the presence and absence of a small fish."

Seeing that the old monk started to change the subject again, Huang Zixian had to come back again: "Since Judge Qi likes the small fish that the Zen master gave him so much, he doesn't know why he hasn't properly maintained it? I don't know where that fish is now? I once Xiang Yu Xuan asked about this, but he seemed to know nothing about it, and there was no whereabouts of the fish in his house. I heard from the housekeeper Qi Fu that he had heard the judge Qi mention it to the Zen master. I wonder if this is possible. thing?"

The corners of Zen Master Mu Shan's drooping eyes moved slightly, and his tone became slower and slower: "It's true. That fish... was killed by the benefactor Yu."

At this time, even Zhou Ziqin was surprised: "I heard that Agachene is extremely strong and has a life span of one hundred years. How could Yu Xuan kill this fish for no reason?"

"I think he suffered an illness and did not notice for a while and broke the fish tank. No matter how tenacious Agashne is, he will never be able to live without water."

Huang Zixia saw that his answer was not leaking, so he nodded, and said, "That's it...the disciple has one more question to ask about this fish. Can the mage enlighten me?"

Mage Mu Shan expressed her permission, and she asked, "As for that fish, Agashne, please tell us about the history of that fish, who gave it and how to get it, okay?"

"Fish..." Master Mu Shan hesitated before nodding for a long time, "After I became a monk, I don't like yellow and white, and I have no relationship with mundane things. So before I went to Beijing, Wang Gonggong gave me a few volumes of work by Master Xuanzang. The copy of the scriptures, there is also the Agashne. It is said that this fish was transformed by the dragon girl in front of the Buddha, and was born with Buddha nature. After I brought it back to Chengdu, Qi Teng liked this fish and asked me Many times, I also feel that I am a monk, so why bother to keep alive, so I gave it to him."

Speaking of fish, Zhou Ziqin remembered something again, and quickly took the Pisces bracelet out of his arms, put it on the table, and said, "Master, this..."

Before the words fell, Master Mu Shan had already shrunk his hand abruptly, as if he did not dare to touch it. He was old and slow, and suddenly moved at this time. Huang Zixian and Zhou Ziqin were both surprised and noticed the strangeness.