Chapter 21 6. Tanzhe Temple promises love

Yang Du looked at Jing Zhu who was leaving gracefully with fluttering clothes, and suddenly felt a sense of loneliness in his heart.This is a lovely woman, although he only spends a short time with her, her smile, behavior, and speech have been deeply imprinted in his mind with an invisible charm, which makes him recall, Fascinated him.How much Yang Du didn't want her to leave, how he wished that time and space would freeze forever on that warm moment just now!Suddenly, Jing Zhu stopped, turned around and walked towards him, and Yang Du walked up to him in surprise. "Mr. Yang, I will be at Tanzhe Temple in the western suburbs in five days. Would you like to go there and meet me again?"

"Yes, I am willing!" Yang Du agreed without hesitation because it was really the gods' wish to fulfill him. "Okay, then it's settled, and we'll meet again at Tanzhe Temple in five days." Jing Zhu smiled sweetly again, revealing two rows of fine white teeth that looked like shells.In an instant, Yang Du felt that all the beauty of the world was concentrated in front of his eyes, concentrated on this Jiangnan woman who lived in the capital. "Tonight and Hexi, see this encounter!" Yang Du murmured the poems of the ancients, staring at Jingzhu who was walking farther and farther, until she disappeared into the crowd.Only then did he remember that he had already booked a mule cart for tomorrow's departure. "Even if eight sedan chairs come to carry me tomorrow, I won't leave the capital!" Yang Du made up his mind.

In the evening, he lied to Xia Shoutian, saying that he had caught a cold and had to rest in the guild hall for a few days before leaving, and told the owner of the mule cart to wait.Of course Xia Shoutian would not urge him to leave. Tanzhe Temple is located at the foot of Baozhu Peak in the western suburbs outside the city, eighty miles away from the city.Three years ago, Yang Du and his friends went there once, and it was a tourist attraction.In order not to miss the schedule, Yang Du went to hire a carriage outside Xizhimen the afternoon before.When the sun was about to set, he came to the foot of Baozhu Peak.

Tanzhe Temple has always had a lot of guests, especially summer and autumn are good seasons for the capital, tourists and pilgrims come and go to the temple in an endless stream, and the several inns outside the temple gate are full of people.Yang Du wished to see Jing Zhu sooner, so he went to the inn to search around, but he never saw her.He thought to himself: If she doesn't live in a hotel, where will she live?It's not here yet, do we have to wait until dark to enter the store?Or maybe she didn't come at all?Yang Du lay on the bed thinking wildly, and didn't sleep well all night.He got up early the next morning, ate breakfast casually and walked towards the monastery.It's really Mo Daojun who travels early, and there are even more early pedestrians. There are already many people on the road leading to the temple, or strolling with their hands behind their backs, or carrying a sachet, or walking alone, or in groups of three or five. It was originally quiet The lonely mountain temple has become bustling.

I don't know which eminent monk with extraordinary eyesight chose the temple site. Tanzhe Temple is really built on a wonderful land.On the left, right and back of the temple, there are nine mountain peaks surrounding its side; a peak in front of the temple stands like a huge screen.There are more than a hundred temples in the capital, and none of them can catch up with it.There is a deep pool on Baozhu Peak, the main peak, called Longtan. There are many Zhe trees on the mountain, so this mountain is also called Tanzhe Mountain.The temple was built in the Taikang period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It was originally named Jiafu Temple. It was renamed Longquan Temple during the Wu Zetian period. Because the name of the mountain is Tanzhe, people are used to calling it Tanzhe Temple after the mountain.Tanzhe Temple was established in the Jin Dynasty, more than 800 years earlier than Beijing. Therefore, historians say that Tanzhe came first and then Youzhou.

This is a very magnificent Brahma Temple.There is a tall wooden archway outside the mountain gate. The archway has three rooms and four couplets on the third floor. The top is covered with yellow glazed tiles, and the eaves are decorated with bucket arch structures, all painted.There are four gold characters on the forehead: "Cuizhang Danquan", and four gold characters on the back forehead: "Xianglin Pure Land", both of which are written by Emperor Kangxi.There are two stone lions in front of the archway.Next to the stone lion are two stone pine trees with strange shapes. The two pine trees hold hands shoulder to shoulder, like a pair of close friends. The branches and leaves communicate with each other to form a green ceiling.Behind the archway is a stream with a single-hole stone arch bridge on it, facing a wall that stretches for more than ten miles.The wall is about a person's height, painted with crimson paint, and covered with blue glazed tiles.Without seeing the palace, the wall alone gives people a sense of grandeur.The tall mountain gate is a brick and stone structure on the top of the mountain, all of which are made of white marble, with the Kangxi imperial pen "Chi Jian Xiuyun Temple" embedded in the middle.On both sides of the mountain gate, there are eight huge white powder scripts written in regular script. On the left is "Buddhist Kingdom Brilliance", and on the right is "Dharma Wheel Constantly Turning".Walking into the mountain gate, Tanzhe Temple will appear in the field of vision.

Its main buildings are the Tianwang Hall, the Daxiong Hall, and the Pilu Hall, which are built on the north-south central axis according to the mountain situation. Thirty halls.The ancient trees inside and outside the temple are towering, the flowing water is gurgling, the monk's pagoda is like a forest, and the bamboo is like a shade.Although Yang Du is a revisiter, he still has a strong interest in this solemn and quiet No. 1 ashram in the suburbs of Beijing.While admiring, he paid attention to the tourists and pilgrims coming in and out, trying to find Jingzhu's beautiful shadow.

The sun has risen very high, and there are more and more people, but Yang Du did not find Jing Zhu in the crowd.Did she really not come?This question popped up in his mind dozens of times.Whenever doubts arise, he quickly denies them himself: How could such a lovely daughter's family break their promise?What's more, she took the initiative to ask me out!Yang Du didn't complain or regret, he walked and searched passionately, and kept saying: She will definitely come, I can definitely find her! Yang Du walked along the north-south central axis, and unknowingly walked to Pilu Hall, the northern end of this huge building complex.On the east side of the Pilu hall is an elegant and small abode with green tiles and vermilion columns, surrounded by a circle of walls.This house was originally built for Kangxi. After it was built, Kangxi lived in it several times, and Qianlong also lived here when he visited Tanzhe Temple.After Qianlong, the emperors of Jiaqing, Daoguang, and Xianfeng never visited again, and the house was locked and uninhabited.In the fifth year of Tongzhi, the Dalai Lama of Tibet visited Tanzhe Temple and stayed here for two days.Since then, the abode has been downgraded from the status of the emperor's palace and has become a resting place for distinguished guests.First, princes, beiles, beizi and their families could live here. Later, the abbot made good friends, and the first and second rank officials in the capital also lived here.Later, rich merchants from other places, as long as they donated one or two thousand taels of silver to the monastery, they were allowed to live here for a few days.The mountain monk can't understand how many years, one leaf falls and knows the autumn of the world.The elderly monks never leave the monastery, and they don't know the evolution of the current situation. They just feel that the world's customs are no longer ancient from the changes in the tenants of this abode, and they often shake their heads and sigh.The young monks laughed at them for being ignorant of current affairs. Why not use this ready-made house to earn money?Not to mention monks, even the Buddha can eat fireworks in the world!Without silver, how can Buddha's gold outfit be renewed?How can the oil lamp in front of the seat stay bright?

Behind the wall of the jingshe is a bamboo forest with the size of an acre of land. In the forest, there are many bamboos, and the branches and leaves are verdant and verdant.The clear water flowing down from the Longtan on the top of the mountain forms a stream that passes through the bamboo forest.Dingdong in the stream adds a bit of vitality to the quiet bamboo forest.Looking at the gently swaying green bamboos and the cheerful and clear stream, Yang Du couldn't help sighing: If he could live here for a few years, his whole life would be worth it! While lingering, a clear and soothing sound of pipa suddenly came out from the bamboo forest.There are people in the forest!Yang Du was about to follow the sound to go in, but stopped after thinking about it, if such a beautiful piano sound, if he ventured in, wouldn't it be interrupted?That's a pity, it's better to eavesdrop outside!He leaned against a big bamboo and listened attentively.

Yang Du is very interested in music, and he can play the piano to make music.After listening to it for a while, he already concluded that it was an ancient song, and after listening to it again, he smiled knowingly, isn't this "Neon Clothes and Feather Clothes Song"?This beautiful and soft music, which is almost decadent, reminds the young man of the magnificent and luxurious large-scale song and dance party in the Tang court thousands of years ago, and the soul of the song and dance party-the noble concubine who led the dance, and Bai Juyi. Recited by the first generation.The sound of the pipa is soft and slow, which is exactly "the spring cold bathes Huaqing Pool, the hot spring water washes the fat", and suddenly it becomes hurried. when.Gradually, Yang Du's mind came up with Taoist priests who emptied and controlled Qi, the imaginary fairy mountains overseas, Fairy Taizhen who was startled from dreams and souls, and the whispers of imperial concubines in Qiqi Changsheng Palace...

Yang Du was intoxicated in the beautiful realm of music and poetry, and suddenly he remembered that, in such an elegant bamboo forest, playing such a beautiful ancient pipa song, she must be a graceful and graceful woman, that is, a peerless beauty. Looking for her thousands of Baidu Jingzhu? At this moment, the string broke with a "pop", and the sound of the pipa stopped abruptly. Only a charming female voice came from the bamboo forest: "Mr. Yang who eavesdropped on me playing the pipa, please come into the forest!" It really is Jingzhu!Yang Du was overjoyed, and hastily separated the bamboo branches and rushed in.There is a small lawn in the bamboo forest. There is a square stone table in the lawn, and there are four stone benches beside it.Jing Zhu was standing by the stone table, holding the bean green silk fan with Yang Du's inscription in his right hand. "Miss Jingzhu, you are hiding here. I have been looking for you everywhere." Yang Du looked at the girl he was looking for, and saw that Jingzhu looked more beautiful today than five days ago: she was wearing a fashionable comb. A high bun with a phoenix tail hairstyle, a jade catenary inlaid hairpin is inserted horizontally on the head, a pearl silver ribbon is wrapped around the hairline, and a heart-shaped dark green gemstone falls lightly in the middle of the belt. The goose-yellow dress with pleated black silk and embroidered edges is thin and evenly powdered, with a deep depiction of Mount Daisy, and two strings of shimmering and flowing water rings hang on the earlobes that are as white as cream. "Mr. Yang..." "No, you can call me Xizi!" Yang Du interrupted Jing Zhu's words a little forgetfully, "That's what everyone calls me." "Okay." Jing Zhu said with a smile, "I've been waiting for you here for a long time." "How do you know I'm listening to you playing the pipa?" Yang Du asked happily. "The ancients said that when the string is broken, there is a bosom friend. I guess it must be you." The girl replied, with a faint blush on her face. "I am very happy to hear what you said. But I want to tell you something." Looking at the beautiful girl who seems to be integrated with the surroundings, Yang Du said caressingly, "This is a quiet and peaceful Buddhist temple. How can you play the pipa here? If the monks hear it, they will definitely condemn you." "It doesn't matter, I got the permission from the abbot." Jing Zhu still said with a smile. "Really?" Yang Du asked suspiciously, "Why did the abbot give you permission to play the pipa?" "I'll tell you later!" Jingzhu smiled sweetly and changed the subject, "Mr. Xizi, have you ever been to Tanzhe Temple before?" "I went swimming with my friends three years ago." "Great!" The girl clapped her hands lightly, "You can show me around, this is my first time here." "Okay, let's go!" Jing Zhu walked out of the bamboo forest next to Yang Du. "Oh!" Yang Du suddenly remembered something, "Miss Jingzhu, your pipa is still on the stone table!" "It's not in the way, it won't be lost." Jing Zhu quietly pushed Yang Du, and a hot current flowed through Yang Du's body instantly. Yang Du took Jingzhu around the Pilu Hall and came to the Sansheng Hall. Jingzhu was not very interested in the hall, but was surprised by the two ginkgo trees on the left and right sides of the hall.These are indeed two rare ginkgo trees.As high as six or seven feet, the trunk is luxuriant from the middle.It was almost noon, and the thick shadow cast by the two trees covered most of the courtyard. "Xizi, how old do you think this tree is?" Yang Du found that the word "Mr." had been removed from Jingzhu's address, and he felt a burst of joy, and he also removed the word "Girl" immediately, "Jingzhu, in my opinion, it has lived at least a thousand years. " "Oh." Jing Zhu nodded, "There is that, maybe it is one thousand two or three hundred years old. Look at how thick this tree trunk is. Let's take a look around it." Then he stretched out his hand.Yang Du took her slender hands, and the two of them pressed against the tree trunk, stretching their hands vigorously. "Look, Xizi, we haven't surrounded half of it yet!" Jing Zhu giggled, her face flushed red.In Yang Du's eyes, a bright red peony bloomed clearly.He suddenly realized: this is the most beautiful woman he has ever met in his life. "Jingzhu, do you see any difference between the one on the left and this one?" After letting go of his hand, Yang Du pointed to the other one and asked. Jingzhu leaned against the ginkgo tree and looked at the one in front of him: "It's almost as thick. By the way! It has a side branch at the lower part of the main trunk, but this one doesn't." "How did that side branch grow, do you know?" "I don't know." Jing Zhu shook her head. "In that year, Emperor Kangxi was going to come to Tanzhe Temple to pay pilgrimage to the Buddha. Half a year earlier, the temple began to make preparations. It was also to build a palace, to build a post road, and to reshape the golden body of the Buddha. Everyone was busy. They didn’t notice these two ginkgo trees. It wasn’t until the day before Emperor Kangxi’s visit that the abbot suddenly discovered that the ginkgo tree on the left had grown a three-foot-long side branch. The monks in the temple were very surprised when they heard about it: this tree has Thousands of years old, how can new branches grow? The next day Emperor Kangxi came, and the abbot told him about it, and Emperor Kangxi laughed. The ministers around him took the opportunity to compliment, this is the emperor's prosperity, Only then did the thousand-year-old ginkgo grow new branches. Emperor Kangxi was very happy and said to the abbot that this tree actually knew to grow new branches for me, and I named it the emperor tree! The abbot bowed to the emperor and said that the poor monk will lead it on behalf of it, thank you Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Yang Du subconsciously imitated the appearance of a monk with clasped hands and bowed his head, Jingzhu was amused to laugh happily, and after laughing, he said: "Xizi, where did you hear this nonsense, what are you talking about? Lord’s influence and so on, those are all words of flattery. In fact, it is very simple, that ginkgo plant belongs to the female, and this ginkgo plant belongs to the male, and the male and the mother love each other for a long time, so there is no reason for not having children!" "Yes, yes!" Yang Du applauded and praised, "It's still our Jingzhu who has great knowledge. The father and mother love each other. Not only are people, but everything is the same." "Don't talk too far away." Jing Zhu realized that what she said just now was a bit out of line, and her face was flushed with shame. Next to the Sansheng hall is the Guanyin hall.Jingzhu said: "Guanyin is a female Bodhisattva, you can go in with me to have a look!" "Okay, let's pay homage to this kind-hearted Bodhisattva who saves the suffering and the suffering." The Avalokitesvara Hall is not big, with only three houses, and a horizontal plaque with gold characters is hung on the lintel in the middle, and the words "Lotus World Cihang" on it are written by Emperor Qianlong.The statue of Avalokitesvara enshrined in the hall is handsome and dignified.There is an old big cattail mat in front of the statue.Jing Zhu hurried over, knelt on the cattail mat, kowtowed three times to the Bodhisattva, muttering something.Yang Du didn't catch a word of what she said.When she stood up, she pointed to the vacancy in front of the mat and said, "The monks in this monastery are too lazy. They don't fill in the missing brick. It happens to be in the middle of the statue of the Bodhisattva. It's so ugly." Yang Du smiled and said, "It's not that the monk is lazy, there is a story here." "What story, tell me." Jing Zhu begged, pulling on Yang Du's sleeve, ignoring the rules of the Buddhist temple. "Look at you, just like my naughty sister, when you hear that I'm going to tell a story, you'll be in a panic." "How old is your sister?" "I'm twenty-one years old this year, older than you." "Then I'm going to call her sister." Jing Zhu said happily, but soon her eyes dimmed, and she said in a low voice, "Unfortunately, I don't have a real sister." "My sister can be your real sister from now on." Looking at Jing Zhu's sudden gaze, Yang Du comforted her from the bottom of his heart. The girl's eyes did not shine brightly, she was still silent: "Xizi, let's not talk about this, let's listen to your story!" "Six hundred years ago, the capital of the Yuan Dynasty was built in Beijing. Kublai Khan, the founding emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, had a daughter named Princess Miaoyan. Although this princess was a golden branch and jade leaf, she didn't like wealth and honor. She yearned for Buddhism, and later she simply lived in the She went to Tanzhe Temple. Every morning and evening, she came to the Guanyin Hall to burn incense and kowtow to the Bodhisattva. It has been uninterrupted for decades. When she passed away, the bricks next to the cattail pads were worn down by the soles of her shoes more than two inches deep. Temple This brick is called the worship brick of Princess Miaoyan. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the Empress Dowager Xiaozong often came to Tanzhe Temple to burn incense. She was moved by Princess Miaoyan's piety. When I returned to the palace, I ordered the craftsman to make a box and put it up as a sign of treasure. In this way, there has been an empty space here, and it has not been filled up until now, so that the monks and pilgrims in the temple can see it. If there is an empty space, I will think of Princess Miaoyan and encourage them to worship Buddha devoutly." Jing Zhu listened quietly, this story seemed to move her very much, she stared at the empty space in front of the mat for a long time.Suddenly, she found that a corner of a brick next to the empty space was cracked.She bent down, shook the corner of the brick with her hand, and pulled it out unexpectedly. It was a triangular brick corner that was inch long and wide. "What are you doing pulling it out?" Yang Du asked strangely. Jing Zhu smiled but did not answer.In the corner of the hall, there is a peace jar filled with water.She walked to the tank, washed the corner of the brick in the water tank, then took off the piece of light green silk that was the same color as the clothes from the button of her jacket, wrapped the corner of the brick carefully, and handed it to Yang Du with both hands, serious Sutra said: "That day you wrote an inscription on the fan for me. This is a precious gift. I have been thinking about giving you something in return for the past few days, but I feel that I can't give you anything. I just heard about Princess Miaoyan I was very moved by her perseverance in decades of cold and heat. Princess Miaoyan is our daughter's family. Although she has perseverance, she can't do great things. Xizi, you are a man with great talent and good looks. Tangtang, if there is the perseverance of Princess Miaoyan in the future, what kind of great cause in the world cannot be accomplished? The worship brick has been hidden in the palace, and I can't get it. The loose corner of the brick next to the worship brick seems to be given to us by the Bodhisattva on purpose. Yes. I will pull it out and give it to you today, so that it will always be by your side. When you encounter difficulties in the future, when you see it, you will think of Princess Miaoyan, who overcomes difficulties with her perseverance in worshiping Buddha. , and walk towards the goal you have identified. Xizi, I believe that you will have great achievements in your life." Yang Du looked at this slender and weak woman in surprise, never expecting to say such bold words from her mouth.A descendant of a general of the Hunan Army who studied the knowledge of emperors deeply, suddenly felt that this beautiful woman had suddenly grown taller, just like the bodhisattva in front of him.He took the gift with both hands with infinite excitement, knelt down on the cattail mat suddenly, and murmured to the statue of Guanyin: "Bodhisattva above, I worship bricks as a witness, if I, Yang Du, don't make some great achievements in this life, I will die!" He is not a man in the world!" After finishing speaking, he stood up, bowed deeply to Jingzhu, and said forgetfully: "Jingzhu, thank you for your gift, it is so precious, it is better than ten thousand taels of gold, better than Liancheng and Bi, it is yours. A pure heart, it is a priceless treasure. I accept it, and I will keep it with me forever. Don’t worry, I will definitely do a great cause to satisfy you.” When Yang Du finished speaking and raised his head, he saw Jing Zhu pursing his lips silently, without saying a word, tears were streaming down, and a big green brick under the light yellow pleated skirt had already been soaked with tears. Yang Du was at a loss for a moment and stared dumbfounded.Suddenly, he desperately hugged Jingzhu tightly, and gently wiped the tears from her face with his hands.At this moment, Yang Du had a strong desire in his heart: "I want to marry her!" He pressed his face against Jing Zhu's, and the two hot bodies got closer together. Solemn palace, majestic Bodhisattva, please forgive their blasphemy against Buddha, this couple of boys and girls have been immersed in the most noble and holy emotions of human beings! "Someone will come, let's go!" After cuddling each other for a long time, Jing Zhu whispered to Yang Du. The sun was shining outside, and the voices of people were noisy. After they went out, they quickly returned to normal, pointing, talking with a smile, stroking the ancient sites, passing through the halls, and the two came to a four-cornered stone pavilion. The pavilion is covered with green glazed tiles, with a huge yellow glazed orb on the top, and a horizontal plaque marks its name: Yixuan Pavilion.They went into the pavilion.Yixuan Pavilion is not the usual pavilion for tourists to rest, but a place for entertainment.On the base of the white marble in the pavilion, a winding waterway in the image of a dragon is carved.The clear water flowing down from the dragon pool is led here, flows in from the tap, passes through the zigzag channel, and flows out from the tail of the dragon. There is a small double-eared porcelain cup on the stone base at the exit. "What is this?" Jing Zhu asked, pointing to the waterway. "This is an ancient entertainment." Yang Du squatted down, holding a small porcelain cup with two ears in his hand and said, "This kind of cup has a name, it is called the wine cup. In ancient times, on March 3rd every year, relatives and friends Friends gather by the stream in the suburbs, pour wine into wine glasses, and let them float in the stream. The stream is tortuous, and the wine glass will stop when it floats to the bend, and the person sitting at the bend will drink it. This glass of wine. This activity is called repairing disasters.” "Oh, this is modeled after the ancient Xiuxiu. I know, it's mentioned in the first paragraph of "Lanting Collection Preface." "Have you read Wang Xizhi's "Lanting Collection Preface"?" Yang Du asked rather strangely. "I have read it. My father taught me to read it when I was a child." "do you remember?" "Remember." "You recite the opening paragraph to me." Jingzhu contemplated for a moment and then said: "Yonghe Ninth Year, the year is Kuichou, at the beginning of late spring, we will meet at the Orchid Pavilion in the shade of Kuaiji, and do the ritual. All the sages will come, and the young and old will gather together. There are lofty mountains here, There are lush forests and bamboos, and there are clear and turbulent streams, which are reflected on the left and right, and it is thought to be flowing water..." "Okay, okay." Yang Du interrupted Jingzhu's recitation, "I recited it very well, without missing a single word. Now we sit on both sides, let the wine glasses float, and whoever stops in front of him will drink." "Okay." Jing Zhu hurriedly agreed, and then smiled, "It's a pity that there is no wine." "If you don't have alcohol, use water instead!" "I want it too." Jing Zhu enthusiastically filled the wine glass with water, put it on the faucet, and the wine glass floated along the running water. "Wait!" Yang Du picked up the wine glass. "Drinking clean water is tasteless after all, let's play in a different way." "How to play?" Jing Zhu looked at Yang Du, with clear and bright light waves shining in his eyes. Yang Du thought for a while, and said emotionally: "Jingzhu, since I met you in Jiangting that day, I feel that we are destined, and today's reunion is even more joyful. I want to be with you forever, but I don't know you Agree or not, I don’t know what God’s will is. Now I don’t care what you think, let’s see what God’s will is.” "God's will? How do you know what God's will is?" Jing Zhu's heart was sweet, and her face blushed again. "This is how we test God's will." Yang Du stood up and took out a piece of paper from his body. "I think there are four kinds of relationships between us: husband and wife, siblings, friends, and passers-by. I will tear up this piece of paper." Divide it into four pieces, write a relationship on each piece, twist it into a ball of paper, put it at the bend of the waterway, where the wine glass stops, it will show what kind of relationship we will have in the future. This is God’s will, what do you think? " Jingzhu was shy and happy at the same time, nodded and said, "Where can I get a pen to write?" "Really, there is no pen." Yang Du glanced out of the pavilion and said, "Well, I will go outside to get four small things: small flowers represent husband and wife, leaves represent brothers and sisters, stones represent friends, and clods represent passers-by. You Do you want it?" Jing Zhu pursed her lips and nodded. Yang Du turned around and left the pavilion, and came back quickly, with four small balls of paper in his palm: "I put them all in, and just put them like this." Yang Du put the four small paper balls on the four corners while talking, Jing Zhu put the wine glass back on the faucet, and the wine glass drifted again.Yang Du glanced at the wine glass, then at Jingzhu, and saw her Danfeng eyes wide open, staring at the wine glass with breathless breath, her serious look, as if the wine glass was filled with water instead of clear water. her life.The wine glass floated past the first turning point, did not stop, and continued to float down. Yang Du saw the corner of Jing Zhu's mouth move slightly.At the second corner, it was about to stop, but after shaking a few times, the wine glass started to float down again. "Oh!" Jing Zhu called out softly.The wine glass finally stopped at the third corner. Yang Du picked up the ball of paper and was about to open it when Jing Zhu shouted: "Let me open it!" She snatched the paper from Yang Du's hand I was so nervous that I didn't even dare to breathe out, holding the paper ball in my hand, I didn't dare to open it for a long time.She didn't know God's will, and secretly prayed for the blessing of the Buddha. "Open it, what are you holding on to?" Yang Du urged with a smile, his expression was very calm. The paper ball opened, and it was a small flower, a bright little red flower!There was a sudden joy in her heart, and she was beating hard, holding the little red flower tightly to her chest with one hand, and covering her face with the other.Through his fingers, Yang Du could see that the corners of her eyes and brows were full of happy smiles. "Jingzhu, it's God's will, God's will let us be husband and wife!" Yang Du said excitedly and sincerely, grabbing Jingzhu's hand holding Xiaohonghua. "Xizi, let me see those three paper balls." Jing Zhu broke away from Yang Du's hand, bent down and picked up the three paper balls one by one. "Don't watch it, don't watch it." Yang Du said anxiously. Jing Zhu became suspicious, she quickly opened a ball of paper, and what was revealed was actually a small red flower, she gave Yang Du an angry look, and opened the second one, which was another small red flower. "Xizi, you're lying to me!" "Jingzhu, I'm not trying to lie to you, I love you, and I want to marry you!" Yang Du hurriedly confessed, and grabbed Jingzhu's hand again. "Xizi, do you really love me?" Jing Zhu raised her head, and her two charming Danfeng eyes were full of tenderness and charm. "Jingzhu, I really love you, I will always love you! Let's go to the Daxiong Hall. I want to swear in front of the Buddha that I will never change my mind in this life." Yang Du said, and was about to pull Jingzhu out of the pavilion. Jing Zhu didn't move.Her hot hand held Yang Du's strong hand tightly, and she said in a low voice, "Xizi, you don't know who I am!" "No matter who you are, I love you!" Jing Zhu's words didn't surprise Yang Du.When he was in Jiangting that day, he had guessed that Jing Zhu might be a person of low status.He doesn't care about these. "Xizi, I am grateful that you love me, but we are afraid that it will be difficult for us to be husband and wife in this life." Jing Zhu's face began to turn from red to white, and tears rolled in his eyes. "Why? Jingzhu, are you married?" Yang Du became frightened, and grabbed Jingzhu's hand tightly with both hands, as if someone was about to come and snatch his beloved girl away. Jing Zhu shook his head. "As long as I don't get married, I will definitely marry you!" Yang Du shouted loudly, as if making an oath to the sacred Tanzhe Temple. Jing Zhu nodded, tears welled up in her eyes. "Jingzhu, you must have something embarrassing, you have to tell me, you have to tell me!" Yang Du leaned closer, if it wasn't for the place where tourists gather in broad daylight, he would really hug Jingzhu in his arms arms. Jing Zhu lowered her head and remained silent. "Speak up, Jingzhu!" Yang Du almost begged, and then suddenly said firmly, "Speak out, I can make decisions for you!" After another moment of silence, Jing Zhu finally calmed down and said, "Okay, I will tell you tomorrow." "Let's talk now, why wait until tomorrow?" Yang Du has a straightforward personality, and he can't understand Jing Zhu's coyness that hesitates to speak. Jing Zhu sighed heavily: "Let's talk about it tomorrow!" "Okay!" Yang Du agreed helplessly, "Then where will I meet you tomorrow?" "Still in the bamboo forest. When you hear the sound of the pipa, come in. I'll wait for you there." Jing Zhu gently pushed Yang Du, "Xizi, I should go. See you in the bamboo forest tomorrow." "Where are you going, I will send you off!" "Don't!" Jing Zhu resolutely stopped, "You just stay here and don't leave until you can't see me." Yang Du nodded in confusion, watching Jing Zhu drift away.He kept his promise and stood still until Jing Zhu passed through the tower forest without seeing his shadow, then he walked out of Yixuan Pavilion and ran to the tower forest quickly, trying to see which house Jing Zhu entered.Unexpectedly, when he reached the edge of Tallinn, the girl had disappeared without a trace. Lying on the bed in the inn at night, Yang Du couldn't sleep in the middle of the night again.He loves Jingzhu so much, the party during the day is so happy and happy, Yang Du feels that he has never had such a beautiful day in his twenty-four years since he was born.He also firmly believes that Jingzhu loves him, and she must have something to hide, or she has encountered great difficulties.Yang Du decided: No matter what big things Jing Zhu said tomorrow, he will take it for her.She is a weak woman, so when encountering difficulties, she is naturally not easy to bear, but she is a man of indomitable spirit, what difficulties cannot be overcome?Not to mention for the woman he loves! Early the next morning, Yang Du came to the edge of the bamboo forest. The area around the bamboo forest was very quiet. He wandered around patiently, listening to the sounds from all around with his ears.Half an hour passed, and there was no sound in the bamboo forest.An hour passed, and the sound of the pipa was still not heard.Yang Du couldn't bear his temper anymore, he walked through the bamboo forest to Kongping.The stone tables and benches are still there, but the pipa and the girl playing the pipa are nowhere to be seen.He approached the table and suddenly found a piece of paper on the table with a pebble pressed on it.Yang Du picked up the paper and saw that it said: Yang Du held this small note and sat on the stone bench blankly, not knowing what to do.After sitting for a long time, he began to beat his head hard.He regretted being late, if he stayed here just after dawn, he would definitely meet Jingzhu who pressed the note on the stone table, then he would definitely hug her and not let her go no matter what.After complaining about himself for a while, he ran out of the bamboo forest desperately, wandered around in Tanzhe Temple, searched almost every temple, every house, and every place that could be visited, and never saw him again. The trail of Jingzhu.The next day, he wandered around outside Tanzhe Temple again, hoping to bump into his beloved girl by chance.It wasn't until the sun went down that he returned to the inn disappointed.On the third day, he finally left Baozhu Peak listlessly and returned to the city. At night, he told Xia Shoutian all about the adventures of the past few days.The new No. 2 man was also very surprised. He was very envious of his friend's affair, and felt incomprehensible about the girl's sudden departure.When Yang Du said that he wanted to search around the capital and had to find it, Xia Shoutian objected: "You don't know what Jingzhu's surname is, and you don't know what she does. Finding a woman like this in the capital is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Where to start? Maybe she is a promiscuous prostitute, acting on every occasion, acting like that to tease you, but in fact she doesn't like you the next day, and writes a note like this to coax you, an infatuated bookworm." "No, if it's Firework Girl, what is she trying to do to me!" Yang Du shook his head. "What are you trying to figure out? I want you to be suave and suave, I want you to be affectionate, I want you to be a talented poet!" Xia Shoutian laughed, intentionally joking. "She also sent me a brick to encourage me to do a great job." Yang Du said to himself. "Oh, Xizi, you said she disappeared as soon as she entered the Tallinn. The Tallinn is the place where monks are buried. Could it be that this girl was transformed by a vixen who lived in the tomb? There are many such stories in "Liao Zhai"!" Xia Shoutian said seriously. remind. "Impossible, a fox has changed, can he write such real characters?" Yang Du took out the note left by Jingzhu from his inner pocket, and Xia Shoutian checked it carefully, but he couldn't smell it. A little bit of fox spirit. "No matter who she is, you won't be able to find her with what you have. Forget it. Master Xiangqi always says you're a bookworm. It looks like you're going to become a love addict!" Yang Du never gave up, as soon as he closed his eyes, Jing Zhu's beautiful figure, that graceful face, and those sparkling eyes appeared in his mind.He wandered around the countless alleys in the capital for seven or eight days in a daze, until his head became dizzy and his feet were swollen, but there was still no news at all.In desperation, he had no choice but to leave the capital and go south with endless hatred.