Spring Forest Evening

Before Zhou Heng could ask what the cloth strip was, Shen Fu had already handed it over. It turned out that it was the thing he saw holding in his hand when he first came in. When he took it over and saw it, there was a series of small characters written on it:

At unitary hour tomorrow, a small building in the lotus pond.

The first four words are not difficult to understand, but the last four words are a bit confusing, especially for a non-indigenous person like Zhou Heng.

"Hetang Xiaozhu..." Zhou Heng felt that it should be a place, but she wasn't sure what it was, so she didn't dare to speak easily, so she quickly looked up to Shen Fu for help.

"I'll ask someone to investigate later," Shen Fu glanced at her, and replied in a deep voice: "Restaurants and teahouses are always places for this kind of entertainment."

It seems that everyone didn't know, so Zhou Heng nodded in relief, and then asked another key question:

"Then you don't know who sent this cloth, do you?"

After saying this, Shen Fu didn't answer, but looked up at himself.

It should be looking at the flower he had just put on his hairpin. Zhou Heng was a little embarrassed, so he stretched his hand to his head and took the flower off again.

"Why take it off?" Shen Fu spoke again, pointing to the little guy in his arms who quietly turned to look at her, and smiled slightly: "Ah Hua wants you to wear it."

Obviously you wanted Ah Heng to wear it, and you used Ah Hua as an excuse!Shen Yi who was behind secretly rolled her eyes in her heart, but she still smiled and helped her younger brother:

"The flowers are quite fragrant, and they're useless now, right, Uncle He? Ah Heng, you can just wear them!"

After saying this, Zhou Heng was even more embarrassed to put it on again, and just followed Shen Yi's words and asked Uncle He with the flower:

"What kind of flower is this? It's really fragrant. Did you find it with the cloth?"

"The name of this flower is Jianghua." I didn't expect that Uncle He knew it, and he knew a lot: "The flower is put together with the cloth, Ayi, you just said that this flower looks familiar, but I can't remember where I saw it. But, in fact, Ms. Zhou must have seen it too, think about it carefully, have you seen it in Daxiangguo Temple or other temples?"

Seeing Shen Yi's sudden realization, Zhou Heng looked at Shen Fu helplessly, and said boldly:

"I haven't been there much this year, and it may not be in flowering season when I go. I may have seen it a few years ago, but after all, it's been a long time, so I don't remember it for a while."

That's right, this year this girl won't have the chance to go to the temple to offer incense and enjoy the flowers leisurely. Shen Yi and Uncle He were silent at the same time, and then Uncle He coughed lightly and hurriedly continued talking about the ginger flower:

"Yes, when it comes to the flowering period, ginger flowers bloom in summer, and most of them are white, but the temples mentioned just now are all yellow ginger flowers. It is said that this yellow ginger flower is one of the "five trees and six flowers" in Buddhist temples. "One of the "Six Flowers" of "Six Flowers", so it is planted in many temples, and every summer, it is also enshrined in front of the Buddha."

Seeing the two girls listening intently, they couldn't help laughing inwardly, knowing that daughters like them wouldn't walk around too casually even if they went to the temple. If you have free time to enjoy flowers, taking Daxiangguo Temple as an example, you usually take advantage of the spring to see the camellias that are said to be planted by Master Jingkong himself. How can you notice these Buddha flowers that grow in the forest? Even in front of the Buddha It can be seen that the main hall is usually full of incense, and most of them will not pay too much attention to these fragrant turmeric flowers.

However, perhaps because of this, the one in the palace really has something special about him, right?Uncle He sighed silently in his heart, and Su Rong continued to talk to the three people in front of him:

"In addition to temples, some people will also plant a few plants in their homes. After all, this turmeric flower is beautiful, fragrant, and can be used as medicine. But two or 30 years ago, if you want to talk about which family in the capital loves to grow this turmeric flower, Jiang Taifu The family does its part.”

Jiang Taifu?Or was it 30 or [-] years ago?Zhou Heng didn't show it on the face, but he was smiling wryly in his heart. She didn't even know who the current Taifu was.

Shen Yi and Shen Fu looked at each other and were quite moved after hearing this, thinking that the siblings who were born in the palace knew quite well about these court affairs.

Shen Fu also glanced at Zhou Heng, and wanted to say a few more words to her, but he couldn't explain this kind of thing clearly in a few words, and seeing the baby in his arms, now lying on his body silently, it was very hard to hear. If he was serious, he changed his mind and let Ah Heng listen to a story. Anyway, this matter has nothing to do with her.

And listening to the story, if the ending is told in advance, it would not be fun.

Therefore, after glancing at Zhou Heng, Shen Fu didn't say much, just smiled, patted the quiet little guy in his arms, and praised him softly: "Ah Hua is so good, isn't this story nice?"

These words reminded Uncle He that he was about to become a father now. Seeing the three-year-old child obediently leaning in the adult's arms, blinking and listening seriously, his heart almost melted. You are right, this story needs to be told well.

Then he coughed lightly, and pretended to sell a somewhat blunt pass:

"Why does Jiang Taifu's family like to grow this yellow ginger flower? There is really an interesting story in it."

"Before telling this story, time has to go back to an earlier time. At that time, your father and king were still guarding the frontier in the northwest. He wrote to me complaining that he was tortured by the wind and sand over there, and he might not be able to marry a wife. Hehe, as for Taifu Jiang, he was only a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy at that time, and he stayed with the late emperor to do some drafting of edicts with others, but he already had a son and a daughter under his knees, both of whom were descendants."

"It is said that Xueshi Jiang is very upright, and he is very strict with his two children, but his eldest daughter is only five years old, not only lively, but also very courageous. When the family is not paying attention, he secretly brought a seven-year-old daughter with him. The eight-year-old little girl slipped out to play and got lost on the way, so guess what happened to her?"

Find the police uncle, and then report the mobile phone number of his parents. Zhou Heng secretly entertained himself in his heart. Of course, this is not the 21st century. Uncle He’s answer is definitely not this:

"At that time, it was said that the maid next to me was so frightened that she was about to cry, but this Miss Jiang was not in a hurry. She stood on the street and thought for a while, then ran to find the guy in a roadside shop and asked him how to get to the nearest temple. Said that my father and mother were offering incense there."

"It's quite lucky. The Daxiangguo Temple is nearby. After all, it is under the foot of the emperor. The guy patiently pointed the way to the two little girls, and they found it there."

Okay, this is a good way. Zhou Heng looked at the kid who was staring at his ears but listening to the story carefully. He couldn't help but smiled and touched his fat arm again. This time the kid didn't dodge any more. Stretched out his hand and patted her, Zhou Heng spread his hands and played with him, grasping and loosening, while continuing to listen to Uncle He's narration:

"After the little girl entered, she was still not in a hurry. First, she went to the Daxiong Palace to pay her respects. It happened that there was someone doing something there, and she saw the opportunity. She grabbed the abbot's cassock and asked him to help her back home. You should worry if you can't find her at home right now."

"There were a lot of people in the temple at that time, and everyone was shocked by this articulate little girl, but this little girl was not at all stage-frightened when surrounded by everyone, saying that she had been to the temple with her mother before and knew that this was the place of the Bodhisattva. Can’t come in, after finishing speaking, he still calmly sniffed and asked the abbot: “It smells so good, is it the fragrance from Buddha Jin’s body?””

"The aroma, you must have guessed, is from the turmeric flowers enshrined by the people who practiced things at that time, but I didn't expect this little girl to have such a good nose and speak so flatteringly. Naturally, there are species of turmeric flowers in the temple. The abbot heard She smiled and asked someone to pick a few, and asked her to play in the hall while waiting for her family to pick them up."

"After the Jiang family arrived, the five-year-old girl first thanked the abbot in a dignified manner, and then kowtowed to the Buddha seriously. It was only after she left that someone discovered that the abbot just gave her She offered those ginger flowers in front of the Buddha in good condition, and she sighed for a while, and someone in the middle said: "This child seems to have a root of wisdom, and he has a destiny with the Buddha." !"

"Whether there is a relationship with the Buddha is not something we can say, but later on, you must have guessed that this little girl from the Jiang family has a relationship with our emperor, and speaking of it, it is also because of this turmeric flower... ..."