Chapter 78 Mother-in-law on the deathbed

Tomorrow is the Lantern Festival. These days, Wang Bian and He Libo get up early to practice every day, but He Libo is more cautious. He didn't come out of the last basket, but sometimes he is still absent-minded. Wang knew that the eldest brother was really moved, and Xiao Lu also arranged someone to inquire about Miss Li.

Tong Zhong brought Tong Xiao. When Wang saw Tong Zhong coming, he specially ordered people to order tea in the study to treat him. Speaking of Wang's visit to Jianzhou to find tea, Tongzhong told Wang about the relationship between tea and Buddha.

Drinking tea became a temple that began in the Tang Dynasty. At that time, Buddhism was popular, and the temple had a special tea hall, which was a place for monks to discuss Buddhism and entertain guests to drink tea. There is a "tea drum" in the northwest corner of the Dharma hall to beat and summon the monks to drink tea. Monks sit in meditation every day, and drink tea after burning a burn of incense. There is also a "tea head", which specializes in boiling tea and serving tea for guests.

The temple uses tea to support the three treasures (Buddha, Dharma, Monk) to entertain pensers, and gradually formed strict tea drinking etiquette and a fixed tea drinking program. The ordinary abbot invited the monks of the whole temple to eat tea, which was called "pucha"; during the annual "big job", after the new deacon was confirmed, the abbot would set up a tea party.

Tea and Zen are increasingly integrated, and finally condensed into a Zen forest French that has been passed down through the ages and has been "tea Zen" at home and abroad. The meaning of tea is the meaning of Zen, and the meaning of giving up Zen is no meaning of tea. If you don't know the taste of Zen, you don't know the taste of tea. Ze'an Zong Peng's "The Same Taste of Tea Zen") In terms of "understanding", tea and Zen are connected.

In the conversation, Wang Zong also glanced at Tong Zhong. This person did not want to be a monk just because of the embarrassment of life, but practiced the Dharma wholeheartedly. I thought it would be good if this Tong Xiao had his father's achievements.

Wang Bong personally sent Tongzhong out and went back to the inner house to the courtyard garden. He happened to see Yuexia talking to a mother-in-law. The mother-in-law was talking to Yuexia with a few clothes in her hand. Wang was afraid that this was what they said about their mother-in-law. Look at the old mother-in-law, the weather is probably still cold,

Passing by them and listening to Yuexia, my mother-in-law sat down in the hall for a while.

Grandma Ao coughed and said, "No, I'll rush back after the girl took these clothes."

When Wang saw this mother-in-law, he couldn't help sighing. The hero was at the end of the road, and the beauty was late. The old man is not glorious, with pale hair and coarse clothes. It seems that the king really sympathizes with the mother-in-law.

Yuexia saw Wang coming and said, "Is this the Ao's mother-in-law who I talked to you about?" He also said to Ao's mother-in-law, "This is the prince of Meyer's house

Wang came over and said respectfully, "Good, mother-in-law." He was respectful, but he didn't expect that the mother-in-law looked at him. Her smiling face slowly froze. She widened her eyes in surprise and almost couldn't breathe. Wang didn't know who he had become in his mother-in-law's eyes.

Yuexia hurriedly followed Ao's mother-in-law's back. Ao's mother-in-law slowly recovered, turned around and walked out silently. As she walked, she muttered to herself, "Isn't it? Isn't it?" Looking at her vicissitudes of life, the king was a little confused. Isn't it?

Wang turned his head and asked Yuexia, "Did you hear what she said?" What's wrong?"

Yuexia tilted her head and thought for a while, and she didn't know what Ao's mother-in-law was talking about: "Looking at her mother-in-law, it seems that she doesn't know that the prince is someone she once knew?"

The two looked at it again. Wang saw Yuexia sneezing and hurriedly pulled her back to the room. Entering the hall, he saw that Lu Shenyan and his wife were busy decorating the lanterns, and He Libo was also busy.

Yuexia looked at Wang and said, "It's so fast that it's a year in a flash." The tone is a little sad. Wang Bian naturally knew that several people were still in Chenzhou at this time last year, and there are still a few people today. The difference is that they are already in Bianjing, and Wang Bian also has his own mansion. Looking back on this year, it has changed a lot.

Seeing that Yuexia was in a bad mood, Wang was comforted, can I accompany you out for a walk today? The two went out of Meyer's house and entered the inner city. They saw the lights in the city, and then strolled around the vicinity of the imperial city with the flow of people.

But seeing that the main gate of the imperial city is decorated with mountain tower shadow lights, a terrace has been set up, and mountain sheds have been set up inside and outside the imperial city.

Outside the court, each of the three doors has a colorful gold book brand, the middle is called the capital gate, the road is left and right, and the door of the left and right guard, there is a big card said: ' Xuanhe and the people have fun'

The king pointed to the colored mountain to show the moon. The colored mountain was formed by Manjushri Bodhisattva to ride a lion, and the Puxian Bodhisattva rode the colored model of the white elephant. The Bodhisattva's arms can move, and each hand points out the five paths of water. The method is to use a shaft to twist the water into a water cabinet at the height of Dengshan, release the water regularly, like a waterfall, and draw the water to the hands of the Bodhisattva. Its ingenuity is really amazing.

There are also double dragon lights on the left and right doors of Xuande Gate. It was tied into two dragons with grass, the dragon's body was covered with a blue curtain, and tens of thousands of candles were placed on the grass, winding like two dragons flying away. From Dengshan to Xuandemen Tower, the horizontal street is about a hundred feet, surrounded by thorns, called a thorn basin, with two long poles, dozens of feet high, ending with color, paper paste hundreds of opera characters hanging on the poles, the wind is like flying immortals. There is a music shed inside, sending former musicians to make music and miscellaneous plays, and left and right military dramas

Seeing that the moon had softened, he was not as melancholy as before, so he said to her, "Do you want to see the emperor?" Yuexia looked at him doubtfully and pointed to the palace and said, "Are you going to take me in?"

Wang laughs. When the moon can't see through people's hearts, sometimes the silly girl looks very cute. He gently raised his index finger and scratched the nose under the moon. Silly, the emperor will come to watch the lights tomorrow night. At that time, I will take you to see it. Not only you, but also people in the whole city can see it.

"Really?" The eyes are bright under the moon.

"Well, in the future, every festival will be seen together." The king promised that Yuexia was already immersed in incomparable happiness.

Wang said in a low voice with a smile, "Do you know? In the future, the needle will be the emperor. I will definitely be happy. If you follow me, I will make you happy to death.

Suddenly under the moon, "Ah! Isn't his father too emperor"

Wang said, "Yes!"

The moon frowned, and she remembered the days when she was imprisoned by Zhao Zongshi: "Let's leave the capital, I'm afraid"

When Wang saw Yuexia's expression, he also thought of it, so he comforted her and said, "What are you afraid of? There will be nothing wrong with your father. Besides, his father has only been an emperor for four years."

In the second half of the month, he looked at Wang suspiciously: "How do you know?"

"Tianji!" Wang made a mysterious expression. Yuexia saw what he said, but he was still a little nervous.

On the day of the Lantern Festival, Wang Bian and others came out of Meyer's house early to watch the songs and dances of the Lantern Festival. Before dark, the tourists had gathered in the two corridors of the imperial street, with magic and powers, singing and dancing, scales and scales, and the music was noisy for more than ten miles. Artists competed to the streets to perform their art: hitting pills and kicking, stepping on the pole, Zhao Yeren ate cold Tao, Zhang Jiuge swallowed the iron sword, and Li Waining's medicine puppet. Xiao Jianer spit out five-colored water and boiled mud balls.

Great drop, ash medicine. Bone children's miscellaneous drama. Wen Datou, Xiao Cao Jiqin, Dangqian Xiaoguan, and Sun Si burned the prescription. Wang Twelfth plays. Zou Qian and the fields are widely dressed up. Su Shi and Meng Xuan built the ball, and Yin Chang sold five generations of history. Liu Bai's insects and ants, Yang Wenxiu's drums and flutes, and more monkeys show a hundred plays, fish jumps into the dragon gate, calls bees and butterflies, and chases ants. The rest of the selling medicine, gossip, sand books and riddles, Qiqiao Baiduan, new eyes and ears

The king took the hand under the moon and approached the Xuande building. The Xuande building was full of yellow and green curtains, and there was an imperial throne in the middle. A colorful shed was set up with yellow Luo. The royal dragon (official name) held a yellow cover, and the palm fan (official name) was listed outside the curtain. Renzong was on the throne. Each of the two buildings hangs a light ball, about a radius of more than a foot, with internal combustion of rill candles. There is also fun inside the curtain, and the sound of the palace concubine's laughter can be heard outside.

A terrace is built with fir wood downstairs. The terrace is decorated with color knots. There are forbidden guards on both sides. The head of the brocade robe, the hairpin gives flowers, and the bones are held in the north. The east shed plays, plays on the terrace, and there are also inner and other sub-shifts standing in the near door. All the surnames are watching under the terrace, and the happy people attract the names of the mountain.

The lights in front of him were brilliant, and the fireworks on his head were blooming, illuminating the night sky and the face next to the king under the moon. I only envy mandarin ducks but not immortals. If I have been living such a life of immortals and beautiful family, how desirable it is.

When I returned to Meyer's house, everyone who was crowded and separated by the crowd also came back. They were still excited when they entered the door. Speaking of all kinds of things they saw on the street, only He Liba seemed to be lucky. Wang asked, why Brother He

He Li Bo gave him a blank look. Wang knew that the search for Miss Li was not smooth and said, "Forget it, maybe they already have a marriage?"

As a woman came in, she said two things. One thing was that Miss Rouer thanked her and couldn't take care of Mrs. Wu, so she didn't go to watch the lights. Wang looked at Yuexia and knew that she was kind and afraid of neglecting Rouer, and she was even more grateful to Yuexia.

For another thing, the old woman hesitated and said that her mother-in-law Ao was afraid that she would not be able to do it, so she asked someone to tell her that she wanted to see the prince and the girl under the moon.

As soon as Yuexia sat down, he stood up as soon as he heard it: Yesterday was fine, but it didn't work today. Wang was surprised why he wanted to see himself if he didn't know each other. Yuexia pulled him: Grandma Ao lives not far away. Maybe when you think of your old friend, come with me.

Wang was already aware of Yuexia's heart, not to mention that she was worried about her going alone, so she hurriedly put on her cloak and went out of Meyer's house.

Walk in the direction of the pagoda and pass a house. At the end of an alley, there is a small yard. There are several people in the yard. They are all neighbors who came to help when they see this mother-in-law.

When the two walked into the yard, the small courtyard was dilapidated, and the door of the house was pushed out. The room was still neat, but it was so neat that there were no belongings. The entrance hall was not big, and there were several stools on a table. A Buddha niche is still burning with incense, and there is a simple kitchen in the west, and there is a piece of dry steamed bun on the stove. A few withered vegetables.

There is an old bed in the east wing of the entrance hall. ** The bedding is also covered with patches. Grandma Ao is lying there with her eyes closed. Yuexia couldn't bear to look again. He bowed his head and tears swirling in his eyes. When I got to the head of the bed, I didn't dislike my mother-in-law. I said easily, my mother-in-law, we are here.

Grandma Ao opened her eyes feebly and said with difficulty. Thank you, girl. I have a few words to say to Mr. Wang alone. Yue Xia nodded and greeted the two neighbors in the room waiting for their mother-in-law to die. They waited in the hall