Chapter 757 Wu Meiniang carries water in the middle of the night

Looking at the sky outside, Wang Ping'an thought to himself: "It's getting dark, so I'll go to Ganye Temple to meet Wu Meiniang. It's best to see it. If you can't see it, I'll have something to say in the future. It's not that I didn't see her, but that the rules in the temple are too strict, so I can't blame me!"

He left the house, called Ouyang Li, and said, "Last time you sent Wu Meiniang to Ganye Temple, she was doing a great job. Have you ever contacted me during this period?"

When Ouyang Li heard Wang Ping'an mention Wu Meiniang, he immediately became bitter and said, "That Aunt Chunhua, if you want to make it easy to serve, then she is much easier to serve than ordinary people and doesn't pick anything, but the subordinates really never want to see her again in their life. As long as everything is involved, things will be difficult to do!"

Wang Ping'an waved his hand and said, "Don't complain, complaining is useless. No problem can be solved by complaining. I ask you, have you heard from her during this period? Have you been in touch? I'm too busy and forgot to pay attention to her affairs."

Ouyang Li shook his head and said, "There is no contact. My subordinate sent her to Ganye Temple and then returned to Qingzhou. He followed his master to expedition. He didn't have time to contact her. Master, according to his subordinate's wishes, let's turn a blind eye and forget about it. Don't contact her again in the future. Let her be a nun for the rest of her life. Why bother to provoke her!"

Wang Ping'an hummed and said, "Isn't I going to take care of the Buddha to the West and send him to be a nun? Besides, Xiao Taiping is raised in our family. If the child is grown up, how can I answer when asked where his mother is? If she wants to see her mother, what should we do? This is not something that can be stopped. It is better to solve it early than to solve it later. Even for the sake of Xiao Taiping, he has to help Aunt Chunhua!" When he said the four words "Aunt Chunhua", he couldn't help laughing.

Ouyang Li also smiled and said, "Since the master is not afraid of trouble, then the subordinate should follow him. Master, do you want to see Aunt Chunhua, go tonight?" He followed Wang Ping'an for a long time. Since the master asked this, he said he would go and see him now.

Wang Ping'an nodded and said, "Of course, when I go to the door and save the seal, I will definitely attract the attention of others when I want to go out. It is better to take advantage of the fact that those who flatter me have not had time to queue up at the door. Let's go to Ganye Temple first!"

Ouyang Li nodded, then wanted to turn around and leave the house, saying, "I will get some food for my master, and go after I have enough. The master hasn't eaten for a day."

Wang Ping'an hurriedly said, "No, I won't eat at home. You bring more delicious meat and a bottle of good wine. I go to Ganye Temple to meet Wu Meiniang and eat with her. Only then can I show a deep friendship."

Ouyang Li agreed and went to the kitchen to prepare, but thought to himself: "Wu Meiniang, although she was favored by the emperor, she is now a nun. Do you still expect her to be favored in the palace again? Is there any friendship with her? Is it necessary? "

After preparing the wine and food, the Ouyang brothers arrived and accompanied Wang Ping'an out of the Duke's Mansion from the back door and rushed outside the city.

At this time, it was dark. According to the usual rules of Chang'an, the city gate had been closed long ago. However, because we wanted to celebrate Wang Ping'an's surrender to Goguryeo, the court issued a special order that the city gate would not be closed within three days, and the people could enter and exit the whole country to celebrate.

Wang Ping'an was wearing casual clothes and walked on the street to cover his face with his sleeves. Although the street was brightly lit and people came and went, fortunately, he was not recognized and he successfully left the city gate.

Ouyang Li smiled and said, "Master, we came out so smoothly, thanks to you! In fact, our Tang Dynasty has been peaceful and foreign countries have surrendered, and there is no war. The city gates are not closed and there is no big effect. It is better to be open like this. With the night market, it is more prosperous and lively, and the people can make more livelihoods."

Wang Ping'an nodded and said, "No. If my Tang Dynasty capital is not closed, I can tell the world that my Tang Dynasty has strong national strength, and secondly, it also means to accommodate all rivers. Thirdly, it can make the market prosperous, the people make more livelihoods, and live a richer life. Your suggestion is good. When I go to the provincial government to take office, I will mention this to the emperor. It is my first government affairs!"

Ouyang Li was overjoyed. He could actually give advice to his master. It seemed that he had other abilities besides fighting and killing! He was happy and energetic. He said, "Master, you and your brothers go slowly. My subordinates go to Ganye Temple to find out where Wu Meiniang lives. If you can call her out in advance, you will save you from waiting!"

Wang Ping'an naturally agreed, Ouyang Li galloped at the horse and rushed to Ganye Temple first.

Ganye Temple is not far from Chang'an City, but the place is remote and there are many woods around it. So after walking for a few miles, I saw no pedestrians on the road, and there was no other light except the moonlight.

After rushing in the dark, Wang Ping'an also arrived outside Ganye Temple. He turned over and dismounted and asked the two Ouyang brothers to watch the horses outside the forest. He took the remaining Ouyang brothers, carrying the food box, and walked around the back mountain gate, hid beside the stream, waiting for Ouyang Li.

Ouyang Li arrived at Ganye Temple in advance, so he naturally could not go to the front door. Like Wang Ping'an, he also put his horse outside the forest and turned in through the back mountain gate. It was not too late at this time, and the nuns of the big and small in Ganye Temple did not fall asleep. The nuns of Hesi were all doing evening classes in the front hall.

Ouyang Li came from the roof to the front hall, lifted the tiles and looked down, and saw the bald heads in the hall under the lights. The weather is very warm now. The nuns do not wear monk hats in the hall, and they all have their heads bare. Looking from the top down, they can't tell who is coming, and they can only see their heads!

Ouyang Li couldn't do so, so he had to put the tiles back, jumped off the roof of the hall, hid in the darkness, and visited the hall, but he could only see his back, but he could not see his face. He and Wu Meiniang were not very familiar with each other, so he naturally couldn't tell the difference from his back, so he had to wait and wait for the nuns to finish the sutras and finish the evening class.

After waiting for a long time, the nuns recited one sutra, and then recited the second one. They kept reciting it for more than an hour before they finished reciting it.

Ouyang Li was waiting outside and his feet were numb. He admired him. The nuns' sitting skills were really great. My feet were numb. I wonder if their butts were numb. It seems that being a nun is really a hard work, and he has to practice iron butt skills every day!

Finally, the nuns stood up and left the hall. Ouyang Li opened his eyes wide and looked at it. Sure enough, he saw Wu Meiniang being among the crowd!

Wu Meiniang stood up and was a little shaking. It seemed that her legs and feet were numb, and the same was true for other nuns. The nuns just stood up and took a breath, and then hurried out together. Wu Meiniang was not walking slowly.

Ouyang Li was surprised in his heart. What are these nuns going in the same direction? Could it be that the nuns in the entire temple live together and live in a large shop? That's bad. If you want to call Wu Meiniang out, the difficulty will increase exponentially!

He didn't dare to come out immediately, so he had to continue hiding in the dark. When the nuns rushed out of the hall like a swarm, he dared to slid down the wall and followed him all the way to the yard behind. He saw the nuns of He Temple lined up in two lines, all lowering their heads and not making a sound, not knowing what they were doing!

Ouyang Li gritted his teeth and risked being discovered, and walked forward again. Seeing Wu Meiniang standing in the team, her eyes closed, her body trembling slightly, and she didn't know what she was thinking!

Ouyang Li sighed softly, without making a sound, thinking: "These nuns are so weird. After they finish evening classes, they all ran here to queue up... Ah, it turned out to be in the cottage!" He sighed and inhaled again, he suddenly smelled a stinking smell. This place was the location of the cottage of Ganye Temple. The nuns had been doing evening classes for a long time, not only were their legs and feet numb, but they were also in a hurry, so everyone came to queue up to go to the cottage!

Ouyang Li was so amused and crying. After waiting for a long time, he actually waited for the nuns to go to the cottage. What's this? He had no choice but to wait. Of course, even if he had something to do, he could only wait here.

After a while, it was Wu Meiniang's turn to go to the cottage. After she went in, she walked out with relief, but lowered her head and walked towards the side courtyard at the end.

Suddenly, a middle-aged nun said, "Look, go to the back mountain to fetch water first, fill the water tank, and cook tomorrow morning is easy to use!"

Wu Meiniang paused, turned around, raised her head, and moved her lips. She looked at her expression and wanted to resist, but she didn't say anything she didn't want to go. She put her palms together and said, "Yes, senior sister!" She turned her direction and went to another yard.

Ouyang Li tiptoed behind her and entered the yard together. He saw that there was a kitchen in the yard, which was the place where Ganye Temple cooked vegetarian food. Wu Meiniang picked up a shoulder pole, carried two wooden barrels, left the yard and walked towards the back door.

Ouyang Li was overjoyed. It seemed that it was not difficult to find Wu Meiniang. She wanted to go out of the temple to carry water. Isn’t this a good opportunity to meet? Followed up from behind and followed Wu Meiniang out of the back door.

The back door is naturally the back mountain gate. Outside the back mountain gate are woods and streams. When Wang Ping'an first came here, he had seen the stream. He also saw nuns coming out to carry water, but now the work of carrying water has been assigned to Wu Meiniang!

Wu Meiniang left the back door, because she was going to come back, so she did not close the door. But after walking a few steps, she heard a creaking sound and the back mountain gate was closed. Wu Meiniang thought to herself: "There is no wind tonight, why did this door be closed by itself? It's not like this in the past!"

When he turned around, Wu Meiniang was shocked and screamed. She saw a burly man standing next to the back mountain gate, facing the moonlight, unable to see his appearance clearly!

However, Wu Meiniang only yelled, and her surprise immediately turned into a surprise, and she asked softly: "Is it Brother Ouyang?"

Ouyang Li exclaimed and whispered: "How did you recognize me? Your eyes are very good!"

With two dongs, the shoulder pole fell off Wu Meiniang's shoulder and the wooden barrel fell to the ground. Wu Meiniang took a step forward, grabbed Ouyang Li's sleeve, and choked with sobs, saying, "*** I'm looking forward to Brother Ouyang coming day and night, and I finally waited for it tonight!"

Ouyang Li glanced at the shoulder pole and wooden barrel on the ground and thought to himself: "It seems that her life in the temple is not very easy!" He said: "Master knows that you are anxious to wait, so he dare not delay. He returned to Chang'an yesterday and talked with the prince at night. Today, he couldn't come during the day. It was not dark, so he came to see you immediately. I waited for you in the temple for more than an hour, so I had the chance to see you!"

Wu Meiniang whispered, raised her sleeves and wiped the corners of her eyes, and said, "Is uncle here too?"

"Yes, of course the master is here!" Ouyang Li looked around. The master should be nearby, but he was waiting for where he was, but he didn't know. Maybe he was just by the stream. There was a sound in the flow of the stream, which could cover up the master's voice.

There was a slight sound in the grass, and a black shadow flashed in the distance. It was Ouyang Yi. Ouyang Yi smiled and said, "Aunt Chunhua, are you coming out? But let's wait, why did you come out so late?"

Ouyang Li hurriedly asked, "Where is the master, but is next to the stream?"

Ouyang Yi said: "It's not true. It's the best place to hide, but there are more mosquitoes. The mosquitoes outside this nunnery listen to Buddhist scriptures too many times, but they are not affected and still eat meat!"

Wu Meiniang said anxiously: "I, I want to see my uncle, where is he?" She lifted up the monk's robe and ran to the other side of the stream.

Ouyang Li and Ouyang Yi looked at each other and smiled. Ouyang Yi immediately followed and whispered: "Slow down, don't fall." Ouyang Lizhe carried the shoulder pole and the bucket, and followed him to the stream.

Before Wu Meiniang could run to the edge of the stream, Wang Ping'an strode towards him. Wu Meiniang cried out with a hurried step, ran a few steps, rushed to Wang Ping'an, hugged Wang Ping'an's thighs, and started crying.

Wang Ping'an hurriedly comforted him, and the Ouyang brothers looked at the back mountain gate together. It was deeper in the middle of the night. Wu Meiniang cried so loudly, but don't disturb the nuns of all sizes in the temple.

Wang Ping'an gently patted Wu Meiniang's back and said, "Speak softly, don't alarm the host. If she comes out, things will be difficult!"

Wu Meiniang raised her head and wiped her tears, saying, "They won't come out at this time. No one comes to the back door at this time. After they finish evening classes, they all go to have dinner!"

Wang Ping'an yelled and asked, "Then they didn't ask?" As he spoke, he glanced at Ouyang Li who was following him. Seeing Ouyang Li carrying a shoulder pole, he couldn't help but be furious and said angrily: "Why, are you coming out to carry water? How can you let you come out to carry water in the middle of the night? Why don't you carry it during the day, so why do you just have to carry it alone?"

He helped Wu Meiniang up and walked to the edge of the stream. The Ouyang brothers immediately put the horse on the stool and let the two sit down.

Wu Meiniang was emotionally excited and had been stable for a long time before she could speak well. She said, "At the beginning, when Meiniang first entered the temple, they treated me well. They asked me about my long and short questions and took good care of me. But over time, after the host took the property given by his uncle, he saw that no one came to visit me again, and his attitude changed. He said that Meiniang was a new temple and had the lowest reputation, so he should practice hard and assigned me all the hard work and tiring work!"

Wang Ping'an frowned and said, "Why do you have to come out to fetch water at night? Isn't it okay during the day? If there are bad people in the woods when you leave the temple this night, wouldn't you be in danger?"

Wu Meiniang said: "The food in the temple is not oily and water, so I have to eat three meals a day, two meals during the day, and there is one meal after evening class. They want Meiniang to come out at this time, just to prevent Meiniang from having the evening meal."

In the early Tang Dynasty, ordinary people had two meals, and only officials only had three meals a day. For example, Wang Ping'an ate breakfast and sometimes had midnight snacks. Although most of the nuns who became monks in Ganye Temple were women from officials, they naturally didn't pay much attention to it when they became nuns, so they ate two meals. But if they were just vegetarians, they would easily be hungry and they would go to bed early at night. If they woke up hunger, it would be uncomfortable. Then they would have to add more meals at night and put on their stomachs. In fact, it would be midnight snacks.
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