boudoir

Chapter 312
He stood up and walked slowly to the back door.It was only then that Liuli realized that his walking posture looked very strange. When he crossed the threshold, he lifted his back foot, and the cassock lifted up to reveal his right foot. Only then did he see clearly that his right foot was raised when he walked.What kind of person would walk on tiptoe?Only people with disabled feet.Unexpectedly, this monk who had been sitting in the inner hall of the Buddhist temple for many years waiting for people to ask for signatures turned out to be a person with leg problems.

Liuli slowed down unconsciously so that he could walk more comfortably.After a while, he arrived at a courtyard with thick moss growing on the brick wall. Yongcheng pushed the door open, first entered by himself, and then let Liuli in.

Liuli entered the door, and found that the courtyard was completely different from the outside, it looked like no one lived in it for a long time, but the courtyard was clean everywhere, not even a single fallen leaf.Although the doors and windows are old, they are well protected and there is not a single damaged place.

"Is this the master's yard, or the yard of Master Yongxin?"

Liuli turned around and asked.

Yongcheng looked at her, walked to the big magnolia tree in the courtyard, and said, "This is the courtyard of Master Xu Shenxu, the servant of the imperial pen."

"Xu Shen?!"

Liuli was surprised, "Master Xu lived here?"

Yongcheng supported the tree trunk and said: "Speaking of it, it's been nearly 30 years. Mr. Xu was in the prime of his life at that time. After he resigned, he lived in Bi Temple for a while. At that time, Lao Na and Yongxin were about the same age as him, and they were very young I looked up to Master Xu, so the abbot sent me to accompany him for a few months. At that time, my wife’s grandmother and mother also lived here. Master Xu held Miss Xu’s hand and taught her how to read in the corridor every day. It’s all like it happened yesterday.”

He looked at the top of the magnolia tree, and seemed to have infinite emotions. Liuli heard him talking about grandma and Xu Niang, and then realized that he already knew her own origin.

Indeed, since he already knew that what she was looking for belonged to Xu Shen, how could he not know who she was?It's just that when Liuli suddenly heard him mention the past of his grandfather and mother here, he couldn't help but feel a surge in his heart.

"Ma'am, wait a moment."

As Yongcheng said, he suddenly turned to the house, took a short hoe, and started digging under the magnolia tree.Yongcheng looks old, but his men are very energetic. In less than a moment, he dug a small hole two feet deep in the complete land, and after digging two more hoes, the hoe suddenly hit a hard object, and only There was a bang, and the hoe had been bounced away.

Yongcheng squatted down, pushed away the floating soil with his bare hands, and then saw a dark yellow object with patterns engraved on it.Liuli was agitated for a while, and quickly squatted down.

Soon, a complete one-foot-square flat box was revealed. Yongcheng used a hoe to pry the edge of the box, and the copper box was pried out.Yongcheng held it up, and said to Liuli: "This is what Madam wants. Mr. Xu has stayed here for many years, and the old monk and Yongxin have also been waiting in the back hall for many years, and finally they can return it to you gone."

Liuli looked at the complicated and old lines on the box, and suddenly her nose felt a little sore.

"When Madam came back to look for Yongxin, I thought it should be you. So after Madam left, I also went to investigate and confirmed that Madam is Xu Shen's granddaughter. Now I ask Madam to take out the key and compare it. Make a confirmation to the old monk face to face, and when the old monk dies, he can explain to Master Xu."

Liuli sealed her eye sockets, took out the copper key given by Master Xu from her purse, and inserted it into the keyhole.

Yongcheng saw her inserting it, and he clasped his palms together and said, "Madam, please take back the things, I can finally explain to Lord Xu."

Liuli stood up with the copper box in her arms, then knelt down and bowed to Yongcheng three times: "Master and Master Yongxin are the most sincere and trustworthy people in the world. Yizhen is here to thank the master on behalf of Grandpa!"

Yongcheng said "Amitabha", and said: "Madam doesn't have to do this when entrusted by others to be loyal."

Liuli calmed down, looked at his right foot, and said, "Dare to ask Master's leg disease, is there any possibility of curing it?"

Yongcheng shook his head: "Ma'am, don't worry about it. This old man's leg disease has been around for a long time, and there is no possibility of cure."

Seeing what he said was decisive, Liuli had no choice but to stop.So he bowed to him and bowed his palms together, and followed him back to the apse.

Thinking of Ye Tong and Liu Wei who were still waiting in the outer hall, Liuli stepped back to the threshold and said to Yongcheng, "Master, can you give me two scriptures and a fur-skin?"

Yongcheng nodded, and gave her two copies of the "Diamond Sutra" and a furoshiki.She put the copper box into the burden, then put the scriptures on top, tied the burden, and left the gate of the palace again.

Yuegui Haitang had been waiting impatiently for a long time, and she was relieved when she came out.All the way out to the outer hall, Ye Tong and Liu Wei were also in a hurry, saw her coming and couldn't care less about etiquette, so he came up and said, "Why did grandma go for so long?"

Liuli said in a low voice, "I'm going to listen to Master Yongcheng talk about Zen for a while."

Ye Tong looked at the bundle in her hand again, and she transferred it to Yue Gui: "This is the scripture that the master gave me, so I can take it." Then he said to Ye Tong, "Go down the mountain."

Along the way, Liuli really wanted to return home, and finally got the things left by her grandfather, and she was about to crack the secrets in the copper box, how could she hold back the excitement?
After finally returning to the mansion, he still pretended to be nonchalant in front of Ye Tong and Liu Wei, went into the room to take off his make-up, changed his clothes, and finished his lunch before taking his burden to the study.

It was only now that she was able to observe the copper box carefully. Except for the complicated lines, it actually looked similar to the usual box for pens and paper. It was poured with dense wax oil everywhere to ensure that it would not hide in the soil. Will be soaked by rain.Liuli inserted the copper key into the keyhole. It hadn't been moved for many years, and the lock core was a bit heavy, but it turned with a little force.

But the lid of the box has not been opened yet.Liuli glanced up, down, left, and right, and first picked up the sealed wax with a knife until it was clean enough, only then did she discover that there was a cloud-shaped concave hole above the keyhole just now, where it was sealed with wax oil. pattern.Liuli moved her heart, and immediately took off the gold cleats on her neck, and compared them, she found that the shapes and sizes were very consistent, and the thickness of the depression was also comparable to that of the cleats.She thought for a while, and carefully put the cleat into the cloud pattern.The cleat seemed to be a little bit higher, she subconsciously pressed it down, only to hear a bang, and the box suddenly jumped away!
It turns out that the golden lock piece engraved with her birthday is another key to open the copper box!
With trembling hands, she stabilized her emotions, and slowly opened the box that popped up. The first thing that caught her eyes was a thick book. On the cover of sapphire blue, there were a few large characters written by her grandfather himself: "The Son of Yanxi Palace" set".

Liu Li held it up in both hands, carefully opened it and looked at it, the familiar smell of calligraphy and ink came to her nostrils, and a few pages were torn out, and after checking the catalog, it turned out to be three national policies including "Qi Guo Policy".

It seems that this is the original work of "Yanxi Ziji" written by my grandfather.Liuli put it aside with respect, and looked inside the box again, a piece of yellow silk folded in half was impressive, the edges were not neat, it looked like it was torn off rather than cut out.

Presumably this is the sacred edict left by the first emperor Taizu emperor to grandpa.I don't know what to write?Liuli became excited again, held it in her hand and looked at it, only to see a few words on the top of the ink pen: "The Lu family, the country, the virtuous live in it! Those who hold this edict, as if I came in person." Press the end of the word The seal of Emperor Taizu, and the seal of the country!

It turned out to be a will!Strictly speaking, it is still a will to inherit the throne!

Liuli was in a state of excitement. I remember Master Xu said that the Emperor Taizu wrote this edict when it was fruitless to keep Xu Shen, and Xu Shen appealed for justice after the crown prince unjustly killed Prince Yong and Master Xu’s family. Those who resigned in disappointment with no results, then judging from the meaning of this edict, could it be that the Emperor Taizu actually kept the current Holy Majesty with a helpless mood?But because the current sage is immoral, why did he leave such an edict to appease the hearts of all the officials including Xu Shen?
No matter what, "the virtuous live in it", this sentence is the imperial edict of the Taizu, it is the ancestral precept, and it is more effective than the imperial decree of the current emperor!At the critical moment, it is absolutely possible to turn things around!

However, these words are very ambiguous. What is a virtuous person?The crown prince was immoral in private, but in front of outsiders, he looked dignified. Prince Qing did not do anything that Liuli looked down upon, but he was a prince after all, and to compete with the crown prince for the crown prince was immoral in the eyes of the common people.

So such an edict seems to be extremely useful, but in fact it is too easy for people to take advantage of loopholes.Unless the prince really did something rebellious and outrageous that people have seen with his own eyes, he can only play the role of appeasing courtiers and scholars. "The virtuous live in it" can only show that the Emperor Taizu of the Lu family still understands this truth. This ancestral precept is good, and if it is really announced in the future, it will at most alert the future generations of the Lu family to be benevolent.

Liuli's boiling heart immediately cooled down.

I thought there was some special decree in this edict, which could change the current chaotic situation, but I didn't expect that it still couldn't.

She folded the yellow silk and put it back into the copper box. She glanced at it, and suddenly saw something under the box. She dragged it over and saw that it was a small square box one inch square, with the words "Mandala" written on it. .The mandala is poison, could there be poison hidden in it?Liuli opened the box, and inside was a small square porcelain bottle, the mouth of which was also sealed with wax.Liuli thought for a while, took a silver needle from the drawer, inserted it into the mouth of the wax-sealed bottle, and probed.After a while, I took it out, and saw that the silver needle had changed color.

How could there be poison in such an important relic of grandpa?
Liuli was deeply puzzled, but no one could tell her the answer.After thinking about it, she struck flint and poured some wax oil on it to cover the pinhole just now.

Although there is no particularly important information, at least the grandfather's things are in his hands.It can be regarded as a matter of fact.As for whether the oracle and poison here are useful, that will be seen in the future.

(End of this chapter)