Noble First Daughter-in-law

376 - Enlightened
"Eldest son..."

When these three words came out of Mu Xian's mouth, Shang Ruyi suddenly felt a glare in front of her eyes, which almost made her faint.

She suddenly stretched out her hands to support her body, lowered her head, and took a few deep breaths before she managed to stabilize her figure.

When I looked up again, I found that the sun had risen.

That dazzling light penetrated everyone's eyes at once, and dispelled the deep darkness and restless emotions of the night, but transmitted a more complicated emotion to her and their hearts.

Shang Ruyi's heartbeat was like thunder.

Eldest son, Yu Wenjian!
Wait, why are people like him wearing white monk robes?
White robes? !

At this moment, Shang Ruyi only felt that her mind was in chaos, as if countless messy thoughts turned into a tide and rushed up, almost engulfing her.

But Yu Wenye, who was sitting beside her, was so quiet that he couldn't even hear his breathing.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, without any change in expression on his face, but after a long silence, he slowly raised his eyes to look at Mu Xian's restless face, and said, "I see, you go down."

"……Yes."

Mu Xian bowed cautiously, then turned and left.

Although he left, the remaining two people didn't say anything immediately. Not only did they not say anything, but a strange quiet atmosphere surrounded the two people. Not only did the tight breath make people dare not speak, even their breathing and heartbeat seemed to They all became cautious.

After an unknown amount of time, Shang Ruyi finally plucked up the courage and turned to Yu Wenye: "You—"

Yu Wenye looked up at her.

With just one glance, I couldn't say a single word that I wanted to say.

Shang Ruyi only felt a lump in his throat, and his whole body was in a mess like he couldn't find the end of a rope, but at this moment, Yu Wenye's eyes were more serious and clearer than before.

He said, "Do you want to ask me about my brother?"

"..."

"What do you want to ask?"

"..."

Shang Ruyi struggled for a long time. Even though she had had too many doubts about this person before she got married, even if Yu Wenye opened her mouth like this, she still didn't know what she should ask in order to clarify everything. .

After a while, she finally said, "Monk robe, what's the matter?"

"..."

"Your brother—"

Yu Wenye said: "He is a Buddhist."

"...?"

Shang Ruyi opened his eyes wide in surprise.

Practice Buddhism?

Is Yu Wenjian a Buddhist?

It was only then that she remembered that although there were many compliments about Yu Wenjian inside and outside the imperial court, including among the aristocratic families, there were many compliments about Yu Wenjian. A thin figure who came from a famous family but had no military achievements, and even lived away from home for several years.

It turned out that the special reason was - he was a Buddhist practitioner.

But, speaking of him, he is young, and he has a background, appearance and ability that almost all the princes of the family envy, so why does he want to practice Buddhism?
She looked up at Yu Wenye: "He, why does he want to practice Buddhism? Why doesn't his family ever mention this?"

Yu Wenye said: "Of course my father doesn't like him practicing Buddhism, so the family never mentions this matter, it's his taboo."

"Then, is he a monk?"

"Without shaving, he is practicing the precepts and practicing Buddhism, which is the limit of my father's patience, and my father will not allow him to really shave and become a monk."

"..."

"Over the years, he has spent most of his time traveling abroad, and rarely returns home."

Shang Ruyi gasped.

Only then did she remember that when Guan Yunmu passed away, she overheard Yu Wenye asking Aunt Hui about Yu Wenzhen's whereabouts, and Aunt Hui said that he had become enlightened and went to travel; after that, they stayed in Banyan When he was in the temple, Yu Wenye talked about Yu Wenzhen to the monk in the temple again, and the monk also mentioned that Yu Wenzhen had stayed in the temple.

Enlightenment, traveling in the clouds, staying overnight in temples...

These words and sentences are used to describe an ordinary person, especially a prince of the Duke's Mansion, it seems very strange, but if it is used to describe a wandering monk, Monk Yunshui, it is not surprising.

But he happened to be the eldest son of the Duke's Mansion.

For a moment, Shang Ruyi's thoughts drifted away.

"What are you thinking?"

Yu Wenye's voice suddenly sounded next to her ear, Shang Ruyi was taken aback, then turned her head to look at him again, her expression became more dignified, she was silent for a while, then she said softly: "I, I didn't think that I would meet someone about him so soon. - news."

The atmosphere between the two became a little tense.

Yes, about him.

This "he", even if it was Chu Yang, or even Empress Jiang, was not as shocked as the appearance of "him".

Because the existence of "him" is not only an emotional entanglement, but more importantly, their marriage was built behind Yu Wenjian. It can even be said that his shadow will always hang over the hearts of the two of them. superior.

Yu Wenye looked at her for a while, then said in a deep voice: "He is my elder brother, you guys will meet sooner or later."

"..."

"I just didn't expect—"

He didn't seem to be able to say the following words, but Shang Ruyi glanced at his stern eyes that rarely showed a trace of hesitation, and seemed to understand his mood.

She said softly: "You didn't expect that he would return to Dad's side?"

Yu Wenye was silent for a while, but he acquiesced.

If Yu Wenzhen had been wandering outside like in the past and hardly ever went back to Yuwen's house, then he would not have many opportunities to meet Shang Ru, and there would be no embarrassing moments; but now, since he has returned to Yuwen's house, Moreover, with the gesture of making great contributions and fully participating in the affairs of Yuwen's family, it is obvious that he will no longer roam around like in the past, and his whereabouts are erratic.

His state has changed from "being a monk", or "being born into the world" to "joining the world".

Then, it is not a question of whether they will meet or not, but will get along for a long time in the future.

At this time, Tusheer saw that the two had already got up, so he sent hot water towels and green salt, helped them wash up, and then went to cook porridge by the campfire next to them, and everyone around them also got up. , started to make breakfast, the surrounding smoke was curling up, the air was filled with the smell of food, and the surrounding people were noisy, all of these belonged to the hustle and bustle of this world of mortals.

In such a hustle and bustle, Shang Ruyi's mind became clearer.

She asked again: "Then, why did your elder brother practice Buddhism? Did he have a connection with Buddhism since he was a child?"

Yu Wenye said: "That's right."

"Is it?"

Shang Ruyi looked at him: "How to say?"

Yu Wenye thought for a while, and said: "In my impression, when I was a child, when I was about four or five years old, I suddenly fell into a serious illness, and the medicine didn't work, and I almost died. At that time, my father and mother took I took my family members to Dayan Temple to pray for me, and not long after I came back, my illness was cured."

"..."

"However, after recovering from illness, I didn't see my elder brother at home. I found out after asking. When he followed his father and mother to Dayan Temple, he listened to the Zen master's lecture there, and he listened to it and refused to come back."

"..."

"Later, although his father still forcibly brought him back, his heart seemed to stay there."

"..."

"After that, he often went to live in the temple, listened to the monks' lectures, and began to recite scriptures and practice Buddhism. Gradually, as he grew up, his father couldn't control him, and he began to wander away from home. Over the years, he rarely return."

Speaking of this, Yu Wenye sighed lightly, and said: "Actually, before the incident in Daxing City, almost everyone thought that he would devote his whole life to the Buddhist family, and would even find an opportunity to become a monk in the future. I never thought that -"

Although he didn't say what happened next, Shang Ruyi fully understood it.

No one thought that a person who had practiced Buddhism for so many years and never returned home not only entered the world suddenly, but also returned home suddenly.

Speaking of it, this is indeed a very strange thing.

Judging from Yu Wenjian's previous behavior and whereabouts, he is a person who is indifferent to everything, travels around the world, and depends on the world, so he is alone. In Sheng Guogong's great cause, even—alone, he took down Daxing City without bloodshed, and opened the city gate to welcome Yu Wenyuan into the city.

This is Geshiqigong.

It's more like—he returned to his father as compensation for not being filial to his son all these years, and not doing anything for the family.

But looking at it before and after, it is too contradictory.

Why did he suddenly have such a change?
Thinking of this, Shang Ruyi looked up at Yu Wenye: "A person who has been devoting himself to cultivation, why did he come back suddenly? Do you know the reason?"

Yu Wenye's eyes flickered again.

For some reason, Shang Ruyi felt that there was a bit of clarity in his flickering eyes.

After a while, he said, "Maybe he—has enlightened."

"...?"

Shang Ruyi's heart skipped a beat.

enlightened?
This is what Aunt Hui said before.

However, after enlightenment, why didn't he become more profound in Buddhism, but instead started to enter the world and returned to the family?
All this made her unable to understand, but Shang Ruyi also understood that she hadn't even seen Yu Wenjian's side now, so it was naturally impossible to understand his actions.

only--

She looked at Yu Wenye and asked, "Then, do you think the figure Mu Xian saw could be him?"

"...!"

Hearing this question, Yu Wenye's eyes suddenly trembled.

It felt as if his heart had also been extremely shocked.

Shang Ruyi's heart subconsciously tensed up.

But at the next moment, Yu Wenye returned to his indifferent expression. He lowered his head and glanced at Shang Ruyi, then raised his head to look at the sun that had risen high in front of him. The sunlight illuminated his face. The outlines are so clear, but they can't illuminate the deep emotions hidden in his deep eyes.

After a while, he said, "Maybe, maybe not."

"..."

Shang Ruyi frowned slightly.

Maybe, maybe not.

Of course there are only two possibilities.

But, if not, then everything is fine.

if--

(End of this chapter)