Rebirth: Traveling To Ancient Times As A Companion Reading Chapter 22

Compromise

Fengming Temple is built on the mountain and is located on the top of Fengpeng Mountain.

There is a strong wind on the mountain. Even inside the palace, the mountain wind outside can still pass through the hall and hit people directly.

Joey and Qiao Yunlan knelt down to burn incense in the Tathagata Buddha Hall, feeling that their brains were going to be blown out of their minds.

It was obviously not the first time Qiao Yunlan came here. After putting on the incense, she asked the maid to put on the cloak she brought, and she also put one on Joey.

Qiao Yunlan carefully tied the belt of Joey’s cloak, “It’s windy on the mountain today and it will be cold, so wear more clothes.”

Joey stood there and let Qiao Yunlan move obediently, “Yeah.”

After making sure that the cloak was fastened, Qiao Yunlan tidied up Joey’s hair and clothes that were messed up by the wind, “This is your first time coming to Fengming Temple. We will stay here for a few days. When my mother goes to chant sutras, I will let Minghuan and Minghua take you around the temple to get familiar with it. Maybe you will come here often in the future.”

Joey: “Okay.”

Qiao Yunlan wanted to say something more, but the abbot from the temple came over, clasped his hands and said to Qiao Yunlan: “Madam, all the matters for chanting sutras this time have been prepared. Please go over and start.”

Joey: “Go ahead, mother, I’ll leave first.”

Qiao Yunlan patted Joey on the shoulder, “Well, go ahead.”

Watching Joey’s leaving figure, Qiao Yunlan turned around and followed the abbot toward the inner hall after he was out of sight.

Although it is located at a high altitude, there are no shortage of various kinds of plants.

Joey walked in front, and Minghuan and Minghua followed behind and explained everything to Joey carefully, for fear that Joey might not understand something clearly enough.

As they talked, the three of them came to an ancient banyan tree, and Joey suddenly stopped.

Minghuan and Minghua looked at each other without knowing why.

Minghuan took a step forward and asked, “Master, what’s wrong?”

Joey: “Among the things you just brought up from the mountain, is there a black cloth bag?”

Minghuan: “It seems there is. What’s the matter? Master?”

Joey: “That’s what I put in the carriage. Find it for me. I want to use it.”

Minghuan: “The monks in the temple have left all the luggage in the temple for the past few days. Do you want to go there now, sir?”

Joey: “Yeah.”

Minghuan turned around and was about to take Joey to the meditation room.But Minghua suddenly stopped her at this moment and said, “Wait a minute.”

Minghuan turned around, somewhat confused, and asked, “What’s wrong?”

Ming Hua whispered in Ming Huan’s ear: “When I came from the Tathagata Buddha Hall just now, I saw the Lou family walking towards the Zen room. I guess the princess and the prince are also there. If the madam is not there, we don’t want to take the young master there.”

Minghuan and Minghua were both serving Qiao Yunlan. At this time, they naturally knew how important Joey was to Qiao Yunlan, not to mention that they also knew that the Lou family had always wanted to steal Joey to be the prince’s companion.

The status of the princess and the prince is not ordinary. Moreover, the wife is not here at the moment, the prince is young and ignorant, and the two of them are just maids with insignificant status.If the princess and the prince insist on using force to oppress, then there is nothing they can do.

Thinking about it, Minghuan and Minghua looked at each other and saw the same answer in each other’s eyes.

Joey looked at the two people who seemed to be discussing something. After making a unanimous decision, Joey turned back and told him that they would not go to the meditation room.

“?” Joey was very puzzled. He tilted his head and asked, “Why?”

“This…” Minghuan didn’t know whether to tell Joey the truth or not, so she looked at Minghua in confusion.

Minghua didn’t do ink, so she told the reason directly.

Minghua explained as he spoke: “Sir, it’s not that we don’t want you to go to the meditation room. It’s just that if you happen to run into the princess and the prince, it will be really difficult for the two of us to protect you.”

Joey thought it was a big deal, but he was right and said directly: “Go ahead. I’m afraid they will do something. There’s no reason why I have to avoid them wherever I go. Let’s go first.”

After Joey said so, Minghuan and Minghua couldn’t say anything more, so they took Joey back to the meditation room.

However, it seemed that the Lou family had already arranged everything, and the group did not see anyone when they returned to the Zen room.

Minghuan opened the Zen room, led Joey in, and took out the things Joey wanted.

Joey looked at the black cloth bag and made no move. Instead, he turned to Minghuan and said, “You go out first.”

Minghuan bowed his head and said yes, then left.

The next moment after the door closed, the black cloth bag moved, and the knot on the top was loosened, and then a dark cat’s head emerged from the cloth bag.

“Meow!”

Black Pa waggled his tail and jumped into Joey’s arms in three steps and two steps at a time.

Joey also caught it easily and slowly touched its back with his hand, “It shouldn’t be boring, right? I carefully selected this cloth bag.”

“Meow.”

Joey: “As long as it’s okay. But don’t hang around here these days. Lou Ling is also here, so don’t let him see you again.”

“Meow!” Hei Pa reacted extremely loudly when he heard Lou Ling’s voice. His hair exploded, and he purred from his mouth, as if he was very angry.

Joey kept smoothing the hair of the black handkerchief: “It’s okay, it’s okay, as long as I’m here, he won’t do anything to you again.”

“Meow!”

Joey: “It wasn’t your fault in the first place. It was that person who was too fussy.”

After Joey tried to persuade him, Hei Pa’s mood stabilized.

Joey: “I’m just going to put you here. If someone comes, you have to learn to hide by yourself, do you hear me?”

“Meow.”

Joey was about to say something more when there was a sudden knock on the door.Joey immediately shut up, put down the black handkerchief, and whispered: “Hurry up and hide.”

Black Pa also jumped down immediately.

After making sure that the black handkerchief was hidden and would not be seen, Joey turned around and opened the door.

Joey thought Minghuan or Minghua wanted to talk to him about something urgent, so after opening the door, he turned around without even looking and said, “Come in. Make me a cup of tea by the way. I’m thirsty.”

“What’s wrong? Just come in.” The person outside the door made no move. Joey was still a little strange and wanted to turn around and ask what was going on.

But the next moment, Joey heard the footsteps of people coming in.

Joey didn’t think much, just found a stool and sat down, “Go and boil some water for me to make tea. And bring out some of the pastries prepared this morning. I’m hungry.”

After saying that, Joey waited for someone to answer, but after a long time, Joey didn’t hear anyone reply to him.

“Huh?” Joey looked up and looked at the person at the door. He was about to ask what was wrong, but he saw a green figure.

After seeing that face clearly, Joey didn’t have a good attitude at all and asked angrily: “What are you doing here?”

Lou Ling didn’t respond, but walked over unhurriedly and sat down opposite Joey.

Joey glanced at Lou Ling, who was silent. “If you still want that box, let me tell you, I really can’t find it. If you really want it, you can find someone to find it for you in the Qin Mansion.”

After returning from Lou’s house that day, Joey wanted to try to find the box.As a result, when I hurried back from the kitchen that night, I didn’t know where the box had fallen.However, in order to walk quickly that day, he specially chose a remote path. It was overgrown with all kinds of weeds as tall as a person, and he couldn’t find it even if he tried to find it.

Lou Ling still didn’t speak.

Joey: “If nothing happens, just go out. I’m leaving.”

After speaking, Joey stood up and left before Lou Ling could speak.

“Wait a minute.”

Joey is just ignoring him, Tsk!I’ll stop if you tell me to stop?

“You are not Qin Yi.”

Joey paused in his steps and turned around, “What did you say?”

Lou Ling stopped talking.

Joey looked at Lou Ling’s back, cursed secretly, and sat back.

Joey: “What do you mean? I’m not Qin Yi, are you?”

Lou Ling was not in a hurry to explain, and just looked at Joey quietly.

Joey felt a little frightened by Lou Ling’s eyes. He turned his head away deliberately, not to look into those eyes.

Finally, just when Joey couldn’t help but ask again, Lou Ling spoke slowly, “From a beggar who died in a dark alley to now the legitimate son of the governor’s wife of Jiangzhou, this is not something that a child raised by servants can do.”

“Tch! If you can’t do it, you think everyone else can’t do it?” Joey dismissed it. He thought what this man could say, but this is what happened?

Lou Ling ignored Joey’s weirdness and said calmly: “It was supposed to be a corpse lying in a dark alley on Luoyang Street, but it suddenly appeared on the street the day after it died, and even dared to snatch a cat from under a carriage on the street. After that, he directly begged for food from others on the street. As a result,The news was sent to the Qin Mansion, and he was captured.After returning, he did not let himself be slaughtered like before, but he ran away.As a result, he happened to meet Aunt Wu and was brought to the governor’s wife.Within a day, he was recognized by the governor’s wife and became the legitimate son of the Qin Mansion.”

The smile on Joey’s face froze, “Are you investigating me?”

“Investigation? It doesn’t count.” Lou Ling said, “Just ask anyone in the Qin Mansion about these matters, and everyone will know about it.”

Joey: “So?”

Lou Ling: “Do you think that Qiao Yunlan, as the legitimate daughter of the Minister of War, who grew up with the Queen Mother, will wholeheartedly recognize you as her biological son just based on the few words you cried in Baixiang Garden? Don’t forget that your death and the death of that servant are inseparable from Qiao Yunlan.”

Joey didn’t say anything, just looked at Lou Ling.

Lou Ling continued: “If I remember correctly, Qiao Yunlan must have had an idea on the night I sent Mother Wu back. From the time when her first child had a miscarriage ten years ago to now, has Qiao Yunlan really not known anything about what happened in the Qin Mansion in the past ten years? Does she really not know anything about you, Qin Yi, and the situation of your biological mother?”

Joey: “So what do you want to say?”

Lou Ling: “What I want to say is nothing. It’s just that I can find out that you are not Qin Yi. Qiao Yunlan may not have noticed it. But she still recognized you. Why do you think it is?”

Joey: “Why do you care so much? I’m not your son.”

Lou Ling: “Jiangzhou is so big and the Qin family has so many children. Don’t you want to know why Qiao Yunlan chose you?”

Joey: “That’s what you said. Jiangzhou is so big and the Qin family has so many children. Why do you want me to be your companion? Just because of a box and a roast chicken?”

Lou Ling: “Because you are very smart.”

“…”

Joey sneered: “Ha!”

Lou Ling: “You are indeed very smart.”

Joey: “…What should I say, thank you?”

Lou Ling: “That’s not necessary.”

Joey breathed out: “Chi!”

He has seen many shameless people, and this is the first time he has seen someone as shameless as Lou Ling today.

Lou Ling: “Qiao Yunlan came to Fengming Temple today. I think she received the news from the capital yesterday. But she can’t go back, and she can’t go back. She can only stay in Jiangzhou. So someone must go back for her, and that person is you.”

Joey: “You fart.”

Lou Ling ignored Joey’s attitude and said to herself: “Speaking of it, if you really go back as Qiao Yunlan’s child, they may not welcome you. But if you show up as the heir’s companion, maybe your situation will be much better.”

Joey felt that this person was talking nonsense. He laughed, and he really laughed, “Are you brainwashing me into being your companion and letting me be at your mercy?”

“Brainwashing? What is that?” Lou Ling was a little confused about this word, but he did not dwell on it for too long.He looked out the door to look at the sky, counted the time, then got up and left, leaving only one sentence for Joey.

“You should seriously reconsider the relationship between you and Qiao Yunlan. After all, if nothing else happens, you will be sent away tomorrow.”

Joey looked at Lou Ling’s leaving figure and felt speechless. An eleven or twelve-year-old child came to him pretending to be serious and pretending to be sophisticated to reason with him. He must be sick. His hair has not even grown yet.You little brat, you really know how to pretend.

“It’s really baffling!”

*

Qiao Yunlan chanted sutras and prayed for a long time, and it was not until dinner time that she returned to the Zen room from the Temple of Gods and Buddhas.

Minghuan and Minghua took off Qiao Yunlan’s cloak.

Qiao Yunlan walked into the meditation room and happened to see Joey sitting at the table and reciting books.

“Mother!”

Joey, who heard the noise, turned around and saw Qiao Yunlan’s figure. He stood up happily and ran over to hug Qiao Yunlan.

Qiao Yunlan smiled lightly and touched Joey’s head, “Are you working hard again?”

“No, I’m just memorizing the homework assigned by my husband yesterday while waiting for Mom.” Joey pulled Qiao Yunlan to sit down at the table, “Mom must be very tired today. Let me give you a shoulder rub.”

Qiao Yunlan: “Can you still do this?”

Joey: “My grandma taught me this before.”

Qiao Yunlan stopped talking.

Joey just thought Qiao Yunlan was tired and didn’t say anything else, just quietly pinched her shoulders and hit her back.

“Acho.”

“Huh?”

“If your mother sent you to be a companion to your deceased son, would you blame your mother?”

The movement of Joey’s hand stopped, and he was a little confused, “Mom…”

Qiao Yunlan pulled Joey forward and said, “Mom knows you are smart. After all, the schools and academies in Jiangzhou are not as good as the Imperial College and Imperial College in the capital. Maybe you will be a companion to the prince. If you want to take the imperial examination and become an official in the future, it will be better than here in Jiangzhou.”

Joey pursed his lips, tears streaming down like broken beads, “Mom…I will be good. I will never be lazy again, and I will study hard! Don’t drive me away, I don’t want to leave…”

Qiao Yunlan wiped the tears left by Joey, her eyes were filled with helplessness and exhaustion. She actually didn’t want Joey to leave. It was not easy to have such a child. Although they didn’t get along for long, she really liked Joey.

But there was no way she could ignore what was happening in the capital.After so many years, the capital has changed drastically.Now the Queen Mother is old and frail, the Emperor is suspicious, the entire Fang family has been confiscated and exiled, and the Prince is under house arrest… one by one, each one is closely related to the survival of the Qiao family.

Qiao Yunlan couldn’t let it go, and it was impossible for her to let it go.

Qiao Yunlan hugged Joey, patted his back gently and comforted him: “Mom didn’t drive you away. It’s just that I have thought about it for a long time, and the capital city is still the most suitable for you. Whether you study in the future or become an official, it will be a hundred times better than staying in Jiangzhou.”

“Mom…I’m afraid…”

Qiao Yunlan was helpless, but she could only comfort her: “Don’t be afraid. His Royal Highness is kind-hearted. You can also learn from him by studying in Taixue. You are my mother’s child, and you just went to Taixue to study. No matter what, you are my mother’s child. Whether you are in Jiangzhou or in the capital, my mother will definitely protect you, don’t be afraid.”

Joey knew that Qiao Yunlan was determined to send him away, but he just sobbed and did not refuse or speak anymore.

Depend on!If that person really got it right, he really had to leave.

Banxia novel, a lot of fun