In a blink of an eye, it was the first day of Master Qu Bai's life. Zhong Yuqing received a letter from the capital, saying that Xia Houhui, the eldest son of the second wife, would escort his sister Xia Houchun back to the capital to be married. There were still many dowries that Zhong Yuqing needed to go back to help purchase.
In his early years, Xia Houchun made a marriage arrangement with He Ziyan, the third son of Taiwei He Zongdao. After the Chinese New Year, the wedding will be in March. Although there is still more than half a year to go, the end of the year will be approaching after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and things will be more complicated at the end of the year.
If there is too much, it will definitely be difficult to prepare for the dowry, so Zhong Yuqing weighed it again and decided to return to Beijing to make preparations. However, Xia Houshu still had unfinished tasks, so he stayed to continue to express his condolences.
Zhong Yuqing was worried about Xia Houshu, so she kept Liao Huwei and Pei Lang behind, and privately told them to take good care of Xia Houshu before returning to Beijing worriedly.
Xia Houshu breathed a sigh of relief now that her mother was gone. With her mother here, she couldn't have trouble with the people in Boyunguan. Now that there were no elders to look after her, she wouldn't be constrained by what she was going to do next.
On the day Zhong Yuqing returned to Beijing, Xia Houshu went to Miaoru's residence to find her. During this time, Miaoru took care of Master Qubai day and night, while taking care of the affairs of Boyunguan. Master Qubai was too late.
Later, she was busy arranging the funeral ceremony. She lost a lot of weight and was in low spirits.
It was not as good as when Xia Houshu first came. Seeing Xia Houshu come to her, she was a little surprised and said: "I have been busy with Master's funeral these days and haven't cared about anything else. I heard Miaofei and the others say,
Your mother has gone down the mountain today, why didn't you go back with her?"
Xia Houshu was stunned for a moment, then looked at Miaoru seriously, thinking to himself, don't you know why I stayed here?
"Why are you looking at me like this?" Miaoru asked in surprise. She touched her face unconsciously.
"It's okay. I just feel that Senior Sister has become a lot haggard recently." Xia Hou calmed down and continued, "Senior Sister, now Boyunguan still relies on you to manage it. You must not get sick."
Miaoru smiled and said: "Master treats me like my biological mother. I couldn't keep her when she was alive. I will definitely try my best to do well after her death, so this is nothing."
If these words had come out of Miaofei's mouth, Xiahou Shu would have felt that the other party was secretly mocking him. But when these words had come out of Miaoru's mouth, Xiahou Shu felt that they were sincere. But the topic continued.
If we continue talking like this, I'm afraid we won't be able to achieve our goal.
Xia Houshu thought for a moment and then said: "Senior Sister, Master told me something before he died. She said that she had already discussed it with you. After she leaves, Senior Sister will come to me. Now Master's
The first seven days have passed, but I haven't seen Senior Sister come to see me. I thought you were too tired, so I came to find you by myself. I wonder what Senior Sister is planning?"
The smile on Miao Ru's face gradually cooled down, and after a while she said: "Junior Sister Xiahou, I know that you are also filial to Master, so you will definitely complete what she told you. But have you ever thought about anything else?
People? Everyone in Boyun Temple is Master’s disciple. It’s not an exaggeration to say that they are like mother and daughter. Have you ever thought about how other people will react if you do what Master wants?”
Xia Houshu heard something and asked: "Then the senior sister means that she will not abide by the master's last wish?"
Miaoru said: "It's not that I don't want to, but I can't ignore everyone's feelings."
"So in order to take everyone's feelings into consideration, does the world have to break its promise to the master?" Xia Houshu's voice also turned cold, "What about the master's feelings? Don't you need to take it into consideration?"
"What did you say?" Miaoru frowned.
Xia Houshu used to think that among all the sisters, Miao Ru was the most unselfish, gentle and kind to everyone, and had an amiable smile. However, at this moment, she was also in a daze, and she couldn't help but recall what her master had said before that Mia Ru had her own thoughts.
In other words. So has Miaoru changed, or did she not want to help Master fulfill his last wish?
Xia Houshu reluctantly persuaded: "Master, she has been cultivating in Boyun Temple for more than thirty years. From an unknown little Taoist nun to now the abbot of Xiaoyu Sifang, in order to abide by the promise she made to her master, she
Follow the rules, be careful
She has worked hard and dedicated most of her life here. Now she has only one last wish left, which is to return to her hometown with Mr. Qiu and renew their relationship under the Nine Springs. As disciples, shouldn’t we do it for her?
Is it done?”
Miaoru listened quietly. After Xia Houshu finished speaking, she said: "I agreed to Master at the beginning because I wanted to make her happy, but in my heart, I actually disagreed. Master has been since he stepped into Boyun Temple.
She is no longer a human being in the mortal world. She is our master and the abbot of Boyunguan. If the world knows that she actually has such thoughts, wouldn't it ruin her reputation?"
Xia Houshu looked at Miaoru and said seriously: "Senior sister, are you afraid that this matter will be spread out and damage the master's reputation, or are you afraid of damaging the reputation of Boyunguan?"
Miaoru was stunned, suddenly raised her voice, and said slightly angrily: "Junior Sister Xiahou, you were once a disciple of Boyunguan, don't you appreciate the friendship between our disciples at all?"
"No, I am very grateful for Master's affection for me." Xia Houshu said, "But the way I am grateful is not to prevent Master from completing her last wish, but to fulfill it."
"I can't agree to help you." Miaoru said and turned around.
Xia Houshu looked at Miaoru's back and suddenly felt that she was strange, so he said: "Sister, I'm not here to discuss things with you."
"You..." Miaoru suddenly turned around, "What do you want?"
Xia Houshu shook his head and said: "I originally thought that Senior Sister would help me fulfill Master's last wish, but now it seems that this is impossible. In this case, I can only risk the disapproval of the world to complete this matter.
Something happened."
Miaoru understood Xia Houshu's character and was a little flustered at the moment, so she hurriedly asked: "What on earth are you going to do?"
Xia Houshu said: "Since Senior Sister is unwilling to help, I will not force it, so naturally I will not tell you what I am going to do next. In addition, you promised Master about this matter, and now you say you will never do it."
I didn't agree with it from the beginning, I can't argue, and I don't want to waste any more words. I won't embarrass the senior sister, and I also ask the senior sister to consider the friendship between the disciples and the sect and not stop me."
"But I can't let you do whatever you want." Miaoru said.
"Don't worry, I will use my own methods." Xia Houshu said and left.
Returning to the courtyard where he lived, Xia Houshu immediately asked Yun Xi to find Pei Lang for a discussion.
On the afternoon of the next day, several Taoist nuns who had been responsible for the paper money for joss sticks and joss sticks suddenly felt itchy all over their bodies, and then large areas of rashes appeared on their bodies. Even the guests who came to express their condolences had similar symptoms, and even suffered from diarrhea and vomiting.
Symptoms. One of the Taoist nuns was relatively young and fell into a coma. Miao Chen, the only one who knew medical skills in Boyunguan, quickly picked up the medicine box and went to diagnose and treat everyone.
Miao Ru went to visit the guest, but Miao Chen fainted while she was still diagnosing the guest's pulse. Everyone was shocked, but they all said that she was suffering from excessive grief and working hard day and night. But they didn't expect that she would not
After a while, Miaoru's body began to appear red rash, and there was a large red area on her face, neck, and arms. As the only male disciple of Boyunguan, Miaochen was so busy that she felt dizzy.
Seeing everyone in a panic, Xia Houshu quickly said that he had brought a doctor up the mountain, so he pushed Pei Lang out.
Pei Lang's medical skills were recognized by everyone in the Yue government, so he seemed very calm when faced with this sudden illness. He quickly prepared medicine and asked people to boil water and scrub the body. At the same time, he also prescribed prescriptions for everyone.
Take.
After about an hour, the symptoms of those who had abnormalities improved, and they all praised Pei Lang for his superb medical skills. Pei Lang was neither humble nor proud, and walked aside silently. Others began to discuss this strange incident.
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Miao Chen said that they had touched something and had a skin allergy that caused the rash. But whether it was the little Taoist nun serving the incense and candles or the guests who came to express their condolences, they had been walking between the mourning hall, guest rooms and dining hall in the past few days.
I have never been to other places. Moreover, the roads here are very wide and clean, so there will not be so many people suffering from the same symptoms.
Everyone was talking about it, and Miao Chen took the opportunity to secretly move to Pei Lang and ask humbly: "Doctor Pei has great medical skills, what do you think about this?"
Pei Lang confirmed his diagnosis very plainly, but he did not say what exactly caused everyone's collective allergy.
Miao Chen felt that Pei Lang was deliberately concealing it, and was about to dig deeper. At this moment, one of the guests, a woman in her thirties, raised doubts: "I just went up the mountain this morning. After arriving, I have been in the mourning hall and have not gone.
I have passed through the dining hall and have not been to the guest room. If evil spirits really entered my body, it can only be because I encountered something in the mourning hall. In this case, why don't everyone check the mourning hall to see if there are any extra things that should not be put there.
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The female crown belonged to Bixiaoguan, and her Taoist name was Jingming. Bixiaoguan and Boyunguan were separated by hundreds of miles, and the mourners were delayed a lot of time on the way there, so they came relatively late to express their condolences.
After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but become suspicious and began to discuss in low voices.
It happened that Miao Fei came to visit everyone on behalf of Miaoru. When he heard what they were talking about, his face turned cold and he said angrily: "My master's body is not yet cold, and you are talking nonsense here. Do you want to slander my master's reputation?"
Jingming frowned and said: "Master Qu Bai's name is famous all over the world, how dare we slander it? It's just that we did have a rash in the mourning hall, so everyone is making reasonable guesses, so you don't have to worry."
Miao Fei was not convinced and was about to retaliate, but was stopped by Miao Li who came with him. Miao Fei said: "You have come all the way. We are very grateful. You should be treated like honored guests. However, my master has passed away.
Everyone in Yunguan was filled with sorrow
, I was unable to entertain you well, which resulted in your physical disobedience. Miao Li is waiting for you here at Boyun Temple. I would like to apologize to you. Boyun Temple will do its best to diagnose and treat everyone. I also hope that you will see the kindness of the lay teacher and stop criticizing this matter.
