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Chapter 40 (1) Cheng Kiln Colorful Cup

It is said that Baoyu's embarrassment and slander in the past were originally caused by the kiln cup.This treasure was bought by Prince Zhongshun's mansion. He was very surprised and asked Leng Zixing about the origin of this treasure.It's also relevant—for example, if it's sold by a stranger, or purchased by a dealer, where can I find the original owner?When Pian Wang Gou'er went to the city to sell, his grandmother had already instructed him to find Zhou Rui's son-in-law, Leng's shop; Leng Zixing heard that Wang Gou'er was an old friend of Zhou Rui's family, so he started talking naturally, and heard: this cup The cup was given to his grandma by the elder brother Bao Erye of Rongfu—grandma also recognized that it was used by a monk girl in a nunnery in the garden when serving the old lady to drink tea, and grandma actually drank from this rare thing. Most of the cups.Because of this, Leng Zixing said that he had given the palace to the palace.Unexpectedly, this led to a catastrophe.

After the case of Chengyaocup was revealed, the government heard that a nun abandoned it and gave it away. It was unbelievable. They thought it was a deceitful word, and became even more suspicious. They wanted to investigate Miaoyu.The official said, you are a nun and you are a monk. How can you get such an antique treasure and discard it like dung?It must be a person who pretends to be a monk, and there are other reasons in it.Besides, this person is a small nunnery in the garden of Jia's mansion, but for the purpose of worshiping the Buddha, it is an external form, which is difficult to compare with the real Buddhism outside the world, so it should be judged as a case of people in Jia's family.First, I interviewed all the people in Jia's family, and they all said that this person was strange, and no one paid attention to him.

Arrogant and unrestrained, it is really hard to describe what people often say about her "monk is not monk, vulgar is not vulgar; male is not male, female is not female."However, Li Wan never liked Miaoyu in the past, so the government's investigation naturally relied on the words of Li Wan, the young housewife who took care of the garden, but Li Wan didn't say a word on behalf of Miaoyu. After hearing this, the official said, isn't this a "monster"!What's more, we must look for her roots, and we must not use Buddhism as an excuse for barriers.Searching the Changcui Temple, and sure enough, many rare treasures were copied, which are rare in the world.Checking the scriptures again, there are poems, Lao Zhuang, drama books, and many "miscellaneous books" outside of Buddhism.There are also poems in the book.What's even more strange is that there was a letter from the Rongguo Mansion inviting her to enter the mansion, and another red post was actually an invitation letter from the son of the mansion, with the words "Bao Yuxunmu, the insider of the threshold, respectfully worship"!When the officials saw it, they concluded that it was a strange case with hidden secrets, so they went to Suzhou, south of the Yangtze River, to trace the true identity of Miaoyu, a nun in Panxiang Temple.

After Wen arrived in Suzhou, if he met a benevolent official who only reported such things as a young monk, the death of his master, and no relatives in his original secular family, etc., he would prevaricate it; The officials want to use this to curry favor and do their best to investigate. As expected, it was found out that the nun's surname was a certain one. , also hidden in this woman's place. This newspaper returned to Beijing, which is exactly the same as what Xing Xiuyan said that Miaoyu was cast here "because it was not suitable for the time and her power was not tolerated".The official didn't ask about the power and tolerance of a big event, but only judged that she was the daughter of a criminal family who escaped and hid in the prisoner's family.

But it is true that the predecessors often said, "No coincidence makes a book", so the power that cannot be tolerated by her family is the one who is loyal to the side of the palace. Because her family has collected books, history and literature for generations, her character is extraordinary, and her greed has not been fulfilled. , So he framed his father for owing money to the government, was arrested and imprisoned, and died of injustice. Now Zhongshun Palace heard that the old case of the family that dared to fight and refused to flatter them with their collections had been republished. Not only were many rare antiques copied, but a beautiful woman with hair who practiced cultivation was also found out. She has a wild and eccentric personality , behaved dissolutely and misbehaved, exclusively communicated with the brothers in the Jia family's poems and words..., and became an official and a slave according to the law... etc., the prince was very proud, so he made people pass the customs with the officer in charge, and forcibly captured Miaoyu Assigned to Zhongshun Wangfu as an errand.

That Miaoyu was escorted to the palace, the prince has already heard that this nun is very talented and beautiful, when he saw it, he was really surprised, saying that there are many people in my mansion, how come no one is as good as her?The prince was originally a sensual person, so he wanted to keep him by his side and become a concubine. He specially arranged a very exquisite bridal chamber and golden house, which became a "ritual" in the evening. Unexpectedly, when Miaoyu came, she knew that there must be something compelling, so she hid a pair of sharp scissors in her body.The prince finished drinking and left, and when he came into the room to see, he saw Miaoyu sitting on the ground with his eyes closed, solemn and dignified, really like a Bodhisattva, with no fear of women or women on his face.Then she gently approached her side—unexpectedly, Miao Yu pulled out a pair of sharp scissors from her sleeve, pointed at the prince, and said, "Will you die tonight, or will I die? It's up to you, this pair of scissors is the one who decides for you!" "

This unexpected approach stunned and shocked the prince, and he dared not move again.After the shock was settled, he shouted: "People come!" A group of ladies and maids who were on duty at night came running.The prince ordered, grab the scissors, and tie them up! But none of the women who came had the guts to step forward.Seeing many people, Miaoyu knew that she was no match for them and wanted to be controlled by others. She suddenly turned her hand back, quickly opened her hair, and raised the scissors to cut it.All of a sudden, the strands of blue hair fell to the ground one after another——when I looked at Miaoyu again, the top of her head was half long and half short, scattered and out of shape.Everyone was startled, scared, surprised, and panicked... all at a loss.

The prince's sweet dream had already been shattered at this time, he was anxious and angry, so two strong servants came to snatch Miaoyu's scissors and tied his hands together.The prince ordered: Put it in the stable!Tomorrow, I will hand over to the boss of the toilet and ask her to clean the latrine - let's see how her "cleanness" is to the end! The prince was very annoyed, saying that this woman really doesn't know how to flatter her, so he matched her with a well-known You Miaoyu in the mansion and suffered daily humiliation.Fortunately, there are kind-hearted people in that mansion, as well as good men and women who believe in Buddhism, who couldn't bear to see such heartless and ignorant things, and secretly rescued her and kept her safe.Miaoyu originally wanted to fight to the death, but she knew it would be useless, her own strength was weak, and if she couldn't kill her enemy, she would be killed instead, in order to make the enemy happy.So bear with it for the time being and bide your time.

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