The Moon Over Tang Dynasty

Chapter 198 April is a heinous month in the world.

"Monk Huijing of the Great Buddha Temple has been in the temple for two years and has lived in the mountains. He has brought his own food, rice noodles, pots, felt mats and all the furniture. However, he was beaten and scolded by Yilang. Daoqing and others saw it and Huijing went to the temple. The monk complained, but Yilang falsely accused the kilns of losing their property. In fact, on the night of November 10th last year, Yilang smuggled two cars of pears, wood, and wood to Gaochang City. Several people have seen this, but they still don’t reflect on themselves, so they blame Hui Jing for everything..."

The document in front of me has elegant and elegant handwriting, but the content is extremely trivial. Liuli read it twice and couldn't help but laugh. To put it bluntly, a young monk with only two years of experience moved to a cave outside the Buddhist temple, but was beaten and scolded by the big monk. He went to the temple to complain, but was falsely accused again. He stole something. In fact, the big monk stole things himself. When he stole two carts of preserved fruit wood last year, he was seen by the little monk... What a mess this is! It turns out that there have been a lot of rumors in Xizhou City in the past two days. It is said that the dispute between two monks is strictly kept secret by the government and the Great Buddha Temple. Is this such a trivial matter?

She raised the writing paper in her hand that the ink had not yet dried on, and looked at Pei Xingjian in disbelief, "Is this the petition from the monks of the Great Buddha Temple? You have been reviewing it for two days, and this is it?"

Pei Xingjian had packed up his pen and ink, put down his sleeves, and nodded with a smile, "Of course it will take two days to examine whether anything was lost in this cave, where the two carts of wood went, and who witnessed the beating, scolding and theft. We have to go through the trials one by one. The cave dwelling is outside the city, and it will take some time to summon the witnesses. It doesn't take two days to come and go? "

Liuli asked curiously, "Then what will happen in the trial?" Maybe there is another mystery in this?

Pei Xingjian said seriously, "Although this monk named Hui Jing is young, he is very upright and has never lied. Since the matter does not involve secular affairs, I asked the abbot of the Great Buddha Temple to take the two of them back and deal with it themselves."

Liuli was just glad that she didn't drink water - Pei Xingjian spent two days, mobilized so many officers, and blocked the road in front of the Duhu Mansion. So this was the result of the trial? Everyone in Manxi Prefecture thought something big had happened! She couldn't help but grimace, "If sister-in-law and the others ask, how will I answer?" Yesterday, Kang made an excuse to come over and asked around for a long time.

Pei Xingjian said with a smile, "That's the truth."

Liuli shook her head. This kind of truth sounded more false than a lie. She even thought it was a lie when she took the paper that Pei Xingjian copied silently, let alone others. I'm afraid that if you just make up something shocking, others will be willing to believe it. But Pei Xingjian's smiling expression... Liuli looked at him carefully and asked, "What kind of medicine is buried in your gourd?"

Pei Xingjian shook his head regretfully, "I am also acting under orders. Prince Qu specifically ordered that this matter involves the internal affairs of the Great Buddha Temple. Don't let other people hear about it. If I don't do this, what can I do?"

 This is also called acting on orders? Liuli couldn't help but laugh out loud. He was so angry at Kokoro that she told herself not to provoke him again.

Looking at the document in her hand, she shook her head regretfully, "It's a pity that your handwriting was used to write this." If she had known this, when she heard Pei Xingjian mentioning "the most boring form of paper" in an understatement, she would not have said that she wanted to read it. .

Pei Xingjian took the paper from her hand, put it aside, and put his arms around her waist. "What's the regret if I write my handwriting for you to see?" There was a strange softness in his voice.

Liuli looked up at him strangely, and Pei Xingjian lowered his head, his eyes full of smiles, "What day is it today? Whatever you say will be whatever it is."

Liuli felt warm in her heart and couldn't help but smile on her face. Yes, today is April 17, and they have been together for a whole year. I didn't expect that he would remember it so well.

Pei Xingjian whispered, "I have a few days off. Where do you want to go? I'll accompany you."

Liuli hurriedly asked, "Can I go anywhere?" Of course she has places she wants to go. After coming here for more than half a year, she has not been to any place outside the valley of Xizhou City. Even the 800-mile Flame Mountain is only far away. Just looked at it a few times.

Pei Xingjian smiled and shook his head, "I can go anywhere these days, but...before five months, it would be better for me to stay in Xizhou City." Seeing the confusion in Liuli's eyes, he explained, "After that In a few days, another case at the Great Buddha Temple will begin.”

Liuli vaguely remembered hearing someone mention it. It seemed that someone had rented the land for the Great Buddhist Temple, but refused to pay the rent. The temple had no choice but to file a lawsuit with the government office. This matter sounds simpler and boring than the dispute between two monks. She couldn't help but wonder, "But the road is going to be closed again?"

Pei Xingjian frowned slightly, "No..." Before Liuli could ask, Liuli smiled again, "Do you want to ride a horse by yourself today, or do you want me to take you?"

 Like on the sea channel? Liuli smiled and said, "Of course you will lead me! But don't move yet." She took out something from her sleeve and lowered her head to tie it on the belt around Pei Xingjian's waist.

Liuli's head rested on Pei Xingjian's chest. Just as Pei Xingjian was about to reach out and stroke her soft long hair, she straightened up and looked at him with a bright smile. Pei Xingjian lowered his head and took the small object in his hand. It was a set of two jade seals, connected by a small silver chain. It looked like a pair of extremely delicate jade pendants. When you look closely, you can see that the two seals are engraved with the words "Keeping the promise" and "April in the world" respectively. One is in red inscriptions, and the other is in white inscriptions. They are both made of the hanging needle seal commonly used in Han Dynasty seals, which has a simple and elegant style. .

"April in the world", Pei Xingjian recited it twice in a low voice. He felt that there seemed to be an endless lingering meaning behind the simple four words. He sighed in a low voice, "It's so good. It's well carved. These four words That’s fine, Liuli, why did you think of engraving this?”

Liuli smiled and said, "Isn't it good? This is a series of seals. If one day, we are not together, we can each take one as a mark, maybe..." Before he could finish his words, Pei Xingjian's lips were sealed. With a rare cruelty, he let her go after a while, "How dare you talk such nonsense!"

Liuli looked at him and blinked, "Don't you think you'll never go out again? When you go out, each of us takes a seal and stamps it on the letter. Isn't it a mark?" She said with a smile and picked up the engraved "Shou" Seal with the word "promise", "I want this one."

Pei Xingjian couldn't help but laugh or cry. Did Liuli mean that every letter he wrote home should be stamped with the seal "April in the World"? It also…

Liuli looked at his face and couldn't help laughing. Pei Xingjian understood immediately, looked at her and nodded slightly, "Okay, let you tease me!"

Liuli saw something was wrong and tried to escape. Pei Xingjian held her tightly in his arms and laughed softly, "Are you scared now? Aren't you very brave?"

Liuli could only look at him with the most innocent eyes, "You promised to accompany me out today."

Pei Xingjian raised his eyebrows and smiled, "I changed my mind! I forgot to tell you that I am on field leave and I don't have to go to the government office for half a month."

Looking at Pei Xingjian's darkened eyes, Liuli felt a little panicked and wanted to say something. She was already hugged by him, and she hugged his neck resignedly: half a month off? I'm too big this time... Damn it, why did Datang give officials so much paid leave when they have nothing to do?

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 It was not until two days later that Liuli finally left Xizhou. Pei Xingjian, contrary to the cautious words and deeds he had been doing since coming to Xizhou, seemed to have completely let go of the burden on his heart and just spent the whole day wandering around with her. From the majestic high-walled Gaochang City to the rolling Flame Mountain and several grottoes not far from Jiaohe, I saw them all in a few days.

Suddenly, the horses were towering, and suddenly Gobi's far -reaching Western Wilderness, the flocks and oasis that occasionally appeared in the sky had a very unrealistic picture. It's just that beauty is beautiful. In such a vast world, Liuli couldn't tell the direction after walking for a long time. Fortunately, Pei Xingjian seemed to be very familiar with the road. He knew where there was a spring and where there was a trail. But when Liuli accidentally asked him how he knew, he said lightly, "I walked through it once in winter."

 Liu Li could only look at the sky speechlessly.

On the 27th, Pei Xingjian had breakfast but did not bring up the matter again. Only then did Liuli think of the case at the Great Buddha Temple and couldn't help but ask, "Is the case going to be tried today? Is it possible that the case has something to do with it?" What's weird?"

Pei Xingjian nodded, "The trial started yesterday." Seeing that Liuli wanted to ask, he frowned and said, "It's not a clean matter. Saying it will taint your ears in vain."

In such a simple case, there is still a romantic affair? And a monk and a tenant? Liuli's heart suddenly burst into flames.

Pei Xingjian saw her eyes wide open and looked at him helplessly, and felt helpless. He reached out and rubbed her head, "It's not that I don't tell you, human life is at stake, and I don't want those people's lives. It's just a picture." One..." He stopped suddenly, smiled and said no more.

Liuli felt her teeth itch with hatred, but she also remembered that he once said that among the three things he didn't say, some of them were related to other people's personal affairs, and she was not even sure about them. However, she couldn't force him anymore, so she could only sigh. , muttering in a low voice, "Next time if something happens, I'll hide it from you too!"

Pei Xingjian looked at her and smiled without saying a word. Liuli was so embarrassed by him that she had to turn her head and ignore him. She got up and went into the back room and found the white folded cloth she had just received. Pei Xingjian also followed in and saw Bai Di quickly picked it up and took a closer look at it, then nodded and said, "This is the thin Bai Di you are talking about? It is indeed much stronger than the original one, and it seems to be more reliable. When was it made?"

Liuli said, "Yesterday when you were taking a bath, Master Li brought it to you, but you interrupted it and forgot about it." Then he picked up another white piece that was only a few feet long and showed it to him, "This piece is the finer white piece." Stack.”

When Pei Xingjian got it in his hand, he felt that it was surprisingly light and delicate, and had a different kind of softness than silk. He nodded and sighed, "I really didn't expect that such an ordinary white fold could be made into such a delicate white fold." ”

Liuli frowned slightly, "It is indeed more refined than I originally thought. I just heard from Master Li that although the weft machine has been modified twice, eight or nine of the ten thin yarns will break during spinning. To make such a thin white The effort required to fold it is actually ten times that of thick white folding.”

Pei Xingjian took the thick white stack in his hand again, "Can ordinary people make such a white stack now?" Seeing Liuli nodding, he laughed, "This is enough, but it's not There is no need to seek refinement.”

Liuli knew that what he was thinking about was the cost of ordinary Xizhou people, and he didn't care about whether he could make such an exquisite white stack. But of course his own ideas were a little different, and he was thinking about how to express himself appropriately. With the interest and determination to break through the technical difficulties, Xiao Tan's somewhat anxious voice was heard outside, "Alang, the Protectorate has come to see you for something urgent."

Pei Xingjian's eyes lit up, he put down the white stack and walked out. Xiaotan said again, "Zhu Canjun sent someone to report that the rent arrears case has now become a case of disobedience."

 A case of disobedience? Liuli was immediately startled. In this era, disobedience and unfilial piety were a heinous crime. How could a case of rent arrears be mixed up with such a serious crime? She glanced at Pei Xingjian and saw a little shock on his face, then he frowned and his face completely darkened.

The pleading at the beginning of this chapter comes from a Turpan document from the Tang Dynasty, with only a few words slightly changed. In fact, the cattle dispute case tried by Pei Xingjian and the following case have prototypes in the history of the Tang Dynasty, and they are not entirely mine. YY drops (Actually, Fan Gao, the lord of Wucheng, Zhang Huaiji, who joined the army in the Xizhou expedition, Yan Haitao, the chief secretary, etc., are all real historical figures. Their ages and identities are strictly based on history. I am more perverted than everyone thinks) . There's only one day left before I can beg for pink, hahaha.

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