Chapter 85 It’s snowing

The white fog is entangled among all things.The visibility was not high this morning, and Zhu Gaoxu and others dared not follow him. Fortunately, the carriage had a big goal, otherwise they would definitely lose it.

The car that came out of Chi Yueguan went west.

Zhu Gaoxu has been arranging Wang Gui to capture Xu Miaojin's whereabouts since July. By the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, it has been nearly five months!

Zhu Gaoxu pulled out and even guarded Chi Yueguan for several days.

If you don’t have obsession with such a thing, you will definitely not be able to persevere.

What kind of emotions linger in my heart?

Zhu Gaoxu didn't even know himself, but he could conclude that although the emotion was not as intense as crying, it was buried very deeply, just like the drizzle that had been continuously flowing for many days, completely soaked in the soil.

The carriage that Chi Yueguan had already left the city from Zhangyi Gate. Zhu Gaoxu asked Wang Gui to follow him from afar. After leaving the city, his vision was wider and he was safer.

The familiar city tower and familiar place, Qu Neng led his troops in from here last year and retreated from here again... But now he himself has been locked in the city of Peiping.

Chi Yueguan's carriage went straight to the west.

There is a temple called Longquan Temple at the foot of Xishan Mountain, which Zhu Gaoxu has been to.

Before he reached the west mountain, he picked up the curtain and took a look, and then he faintly saw several big trees in the temple. It is said that the ginkgo tree and ancient cypress are hundreds of years old!

Let's go another way.Zhu Gaoxu ordered.

He only lifted the corner of the curtain and when he looked carefully, he saw that the car was parked under the mountain gate.

After a while, Xu Miaojin, wearing a blue fur cloak, walked out of the front of the carriage... Could it be that she drove the car herself?

She twisted a cloth bag in her hand, looked up at the sky when she came out, and reached out to close the green silk covering her head.

While driving the car in the other direction, Wang Gui muttered: It’s strange, the Taoist priests in the Taoist temple don’t worship the Jade Emperor, but come to worship the Buddha?

Zhu Gaoxu felt strange as much as Wang Gui.

Their carriage rushed to another intersection, and Zhu Gaoxu asked Wang Gui to stop and got off the car himself: Wait here.

After saying that, he pressed his hat downward, covering most of his face, and he quickly climbed up the hillside from the small road.

Zhu Gaoxu quickly entered another small door.Fortunately, he came to Lingquan Temple to do things. He asked Wang Gui to find out clearly before and was familiar with him everywhere.

This Lingquan Temple faces west and east, and the houses below the north are places where vegetarian food is used.

Zhu Gaoxu thought: Xu Miaojin, a Taoist priest, must have something to do when he came to the temple, and he had no intention of having vegetarian food.

He then climbed up the mountain to the west, looked back and forth, but saw no one.

In the middle of winter, people in the north don’t like to go out very much. Now it’s very early, there are only a few people walking around in the temple, most of them are monks.

Zhu Gaoxu walked into the Guanyin Bodhisattva Hall quietly. Seeing a monk next to him, he went up to worship for a few times, took out a piece of Daming treasure banknote from his arms and threw it into the box of merit.

Zhu Gaoxu walked around the Bodhisattva's body shaping again, went out through the back door, looked around and saw a figure wearing green fur clothes swaying in at the door above.He immediately felt confident.

He walked around the two temples below, climbed straight up from the stone steps, and walked to the place where he saw the figure just now.He looked up and saw two red words with a little faded color at the entrance of the courtyard: Monk's Door.

This place should not have been visited by pilgrims, but it is the residential area of ​​monks.Zhu Gaoxu wondered if he would be stopped by the monk when he went in, and his whereabouts were exposed?

But it's okay yet. There is no one here. The walls and the ground are very dry, the water is frozen, and no one is moving outside at all.

Zhu Gaoxu then left the courtyard gate and touched the hillside next to him. There were only bare branches and dead weeds.

After a while, he took a good look at a good place: there was a brick and wooden house inside the fence, but it was not built against the fence, and there was probably a gap in the middle.

Zhu Gaoxu was wearing a gray robe and was inconspicuous when he stood still. He observed for a moment and decisively reached his hands on the wall. He suddenly felt the bricks were cold, and then he climbed up agilely.

He climbed over the wall and put his feet down first, still holding onto the wall with his hands, slowly moving down without making any sound.

He walked to the corner of the wall, poked his head out and looked into the yard, and immediately shrank back.

In an instant, a rough picture flashed through Zhu Gaoxu's eyes. There was no Xu Miaojin in the yard, but there was a child carrying a package.

That cloth bag seemed to be twisted when Xu Miaojin got off the carriage!

Zhu Gaoxu stood there motionless. After a while, he walked out decisively and quickly.

At this time, the child had already pushed open a dilapidated wooden door. Zhu Gaoxu rushed over and called out: Little brother, stay!

The little boy's head was shaved. He thought he was only six or seven years old. When he was called out, he really stood at the door, looking at Zhu Gaoxu with innocent eyes open.

Little brother, who gave you this cloth bag? What good things are contained in it?Zhu Gaoxu asked with a smile.

The child hugged the cloth bag with both hands and said: Who are you?

Zhu Gaoxu maintained a friendly smile: I am your father Zhang Yan’s friend, here to pick you up.

You're lying!The child immediately raised his head and said, "The eldest sister said, the monk who picked me up was a shaved monk!"

Children are prone to being cheated, and the truth is revealed in just a few words!Zhu Gaoxu said: Then your father is Zhang Yan?

The child was stunned, a little confused, and after a while, he said: No, my surname is Ma!

It seems that I picked up the wrong child.Zhu Gaoxu frowned.

The child hurriedly said: Who are you?Are you really my father’s friend?

At this moment, there was a faint sound of footsteps behind me.Zhu Gaoxu suddenly turned around and saw Xu Miaojin standing in the yard!

Her face was pale, her eyes were filled with fear, and even the fur cloak was shaking slightly, not sure if it was frozen or scared?

He is still a child, please let him go.Xu Miaojin said in her voice.The child in front said: Big sister, he said he is my father’s friend.Xu Miaojin responded coldly: Go in first!

Zhu Gaoxu's mood was also particularly complicated. He finally calmed down and asked: Since Zhang Yan's son has been rescued, he has not been sent away yet?

Xu Miaojin said in a trembling voice: Zhang Yan received the urgent order, and he was in a hurry. He didn't make any arrangements and no one could take care of his family... But no matter what, he died for me, and I can't sit idly by!

It is said that in the past few months, there were detailed works by the Yàn Prince's Mansion at all intersections, and the child was being searched.Even people from the court, few people knew who I was, and I couldn't find the right person for a while.

She did not make any arguments, and she was very honest at this point.Zhu Gaoxu was speechless.

Xu Miaojin was silent for a while and said: I should have walked on the Huangquan Road long ago, King Gaoyang saved me once.Now I only ask you one thing, let me leave the world quietly...

At this moment, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly saw a few white snowflakes falling down in the sky.After a while, the snow fell heavier and heavier, and the whole world was silently enveloped.

It's snowing.Zhu Gaoxu looked up and took a look.

A gentle voice seemed to sound in his ears: this road is slow, but it passes fast.

But now the person who is talking is right in front of him, but he feels very far away.

Zhu Gaoxu said: Can you accompany me for a walk?Let’s leave this monk’s dormitory first.

Xu Miaojin glanced at him and nodded slightly. She slowly turned around, feeling a little unsteady.

Zhu Gaoxu accelerated a few steps a little and walked with her for the first time.The two walked out of the yard silently and walked under the stone steps.The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and soon snowflakes were floating on the top of the head and shoulders.

Zhu Gaoxu let out a sigh of relief, and he was immediately breathless.

Xu Miaojin's voice said: The princess treats me very well. I really don't want to do such a thing as betraying others... Her expression was cold and desolate.

Um.Zhu Gaoxu made a voice and sighed, "That night, you asked me who was the most miserable person, and said it was my parents."You were forced by your father, right?

Yes... Xu Miaojin's voice changed.When Zhu Gaoxu turned to look, he saw that she was crying silently.He touched his sleeve bag, took out a handkerchief and handed it to her.

Xu Miaojin's voice choked and gradually sobbed. When I was a child, I didn't know what bitterness was... I could get clothes and food to open my mouth, and my appearance was also loved by people and I was loved thousands of times. I didn't have to worry about anything. My father was as high as a mountain, and he had everything... But...

Zhu Gaoxu didn't say anything. He was extremely calm on the surface, but his heart was in a mess. He was most disgusted by women crying, especially beautiful women. On the one hand, he felt like he was twisted in his heart; on the other hand, he reflected on it, no wonder he was always deceived by women!

During the Hongwu period, my father once revised someone else's memorials without authorization and was sentenced to prison.Taizu was very strict with officials. Everyone who was accused of skinning and filling grass was frightened by the news, and my father was also scared.Xu Miaojin said softly that the emperor was already the crown prince and rescued my father from the imperial prison.My father has vowed to repay his kindness with death since that day!

She paused and then confided: In my father's heart, loyalty is the greatest, and daughter cannot be compared.He wants to repay his kindness because he has received the favor of today; I have also received the favor of my parents for many years, and it is time to repay his kindness...

No wonder she said that people are born with debts.This sentence seems to be correct, at least it owes debts to parents.How many people say emotionally: I can't repay my parents' kindness in my life.

Xu Miaojin cried: I know I am unfilial. These are all things I should do. I should not resent my parents... People like me must go to hell if they die. The soul suffers from the pain of the oil pan to redeem the sins of the great debauchery in their bodies...

Zhu Gaoxu sighed again.The snow fell even harder, and the whole world seemed to be covered by snow, and even the dirt discarded by pilgrims on the road seemed to be clean.