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Once upon a time, there was a large family in Jinling City. The owner’s surname was Xu, named Zuyin. There was no boy or girl in the house, and it was not until he married the fourth concubine that he gave birth to a daughter, named Jingyi.

Although she is a girl, the whole family is still very happy and regards her as the apple of their eyes. What is amazing is that this girl has been extremely smart since she was a child. She can read with photographic memory at the age of three, and can read and write at the age of four. He has a talent for reciting poems, especially couplets, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Once, Xu Zuyin was walking alone in the garden. When he saw the flowers blooming in the garden, he couldn't help but be moved by the scene. He recited a couplet: "The house is full of flowers and there are many things to do." Little Jingyi suddenly responded: "Speechless is the most lovely thing!" Xu Zuyin couldn't help being surprised when he heard that she was not yet five years old at the time. After this, Xu Zuyin cherished this daughter even more and gave Qin to her. , chess, calligraphy, and painting are carefully taught to each other.

When Jingyi reached the age of seventeen, she was as well-off as a hibiscus, and it was time to talk about marriage. At this time, people from far and near knew that the Xu family had a talented girl who was as beautiful as a fairy. The princes and nobles who wanted to marry her were flocking to her, almost crossing the threshold of the Xu family. However, this young lady from the Xu family did not seek a wealthy and prominent family when choosing her son-in-law, claiming that as long as someone could match her According to the three couplets, she will marry this person regardless of age.

Half a year has passed, and of course there are many people who have come to apply, but no one can match the three couplets submitted by the young lady, which makes Xu Zuyin very troubled.

On this day, a handsome boy named Wang Baoyao came to the Xu Mansion to see Miss Xu, saying that he came from thousands of miles away. When Xu Zuyin saw Wang Baoyue's extraordinary aura, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. He hurriedly went to the back hall and told his daughter that she shouldn't be too biased or too difficult when the couple was together later, lest they wouldn't get along with her and miss out on a good match. Jingyi agreed verbally, but she didn't agree in her heart. She thought to herself: "If he didn't have real talent, I would still send him away!" But when they met in the flower hall, she couldn't help but admire him in her heart, and she liked him a little bit.

Miss Xu said shyly: "Master, please listen carefully, the slave family is going to publish the first couplet." Bao Yao said happily: "Miss, please!" Jingyi chanted: "The green shirt is upright, Could it be that Taibai was reincarnated?" After hearing this, Bao Yao understood that she was praising him and immediately responded: "Ding Dang, it turns out that the goddess has come to earth!"

The two of them looked at each other and smiled. Jingyi chanted again: "The article is eternally good." Bao Yao said: "The official career is a glorious one." Xu Zuyin on the side put his palms in his hands and smiled and said: "Wonderful, wonderful! I think we will be here today, and the third chapter will be two days away. It’s never too late.” After that, he ordered a banquet to wash away the dust of the treasure key.

In the next few days, Jingyi and Baoyao were either walking in the courtyard or playing the piano and talking. They fell in love with each other, but they never mentioned the couplet. In the end, it was Bao Yao who asked for the lady first and then made the last couplet so that they could have a good relationship. Jingyi pondered for a while and then said: "This third couplet is wrong!" Bao Yao said: "Why is this?"

Jingyi didn't answer at first, but then couldn't help but asked again and again, and said: "The two previous couplets were made simply because my father told me not to embarrass the young master. I have been with the young master for the past two days and I feel that I am very close to each other, so it's okay." Baoyao was young and energetic, and was deeply moved after hearing these words. Feeling insulted, he immediately said categorically: "The young man came here to ask for marriage in a couplet, how can he lose his original intention just because the Lord and the young lady favor him? That is to ask the young lady to come out with the third couplet. If the young man cannot accept it, he should say goodbye and go back to his hometown, and dare not mention the proposal of marriage again. "

Seeing that he ignored her affectionately, Jingyi felt extremely angry and said in annoyance: "That's what you said!"

It happened that the Xu family A servant was driving a wooden wedge into the wall with a hammer. When Jingyi saw this, she immediately chanted: "Nail a wedge into the wall, nail a wedge into the wall." Bao Yao was stunned for a moment after hearing this. He didn't expect her to say such a sentence. First couplet. This couplet seems ordinary but it is very difficult to correct. Baoyao thought hard for a long time but could not figure out the second couplet. Jingyi was very regretful when she saw this, and was just about to get along again, but she didn't expect Bao Yao to bow deeply and said: "The young man is not very talented and has little knowledge. He made the lady laugh, so he said goodbye." Jingyi said with tears: "The matter is over, but as long as If the young master can make the second couplet in half a year, we can still renew our relationship.

"Bao Yao was speechless, turned around and left.

Bao Yao returned home, thinking about it day and night, only thinking about the first line of the couplet, and suddenly it seemed that several months had passed.

One day, he strolled to the riverside and saw a fishing boat parked on the riverside. There was only an old fisherman on the boat. After a while, the old man rowed towards the other side with his oar. As he stirred the water, an idea suddenly flashed in his mind, and he couldn't help but jump up: "Yes! "That night he packed up and rushed to Jinling.

But when he arrived at the Xu Mansion, things had already changed. Xu Zuyin told him sadly: "You are late, Jingyi has already passed away. A few months ago, I became a nun at Gumei Temple outside the city. I tried to persuade her to no avail, so I had no choice but to let her go. "

It turns out that after taking the treasure key and leaving, Jingyi no longer had any intention of making any couplets to propose marriage. She just waited for him to come all day long. Seeing that the half-year period had passed, but still no one came, She was sad and regretful, so she decided to become a monk.

Bao Yao did not expect that things would turn out like this. When he found Gu Mei'an in despair and finally met Miss Xu, At this time, she was dressed as a monk, with all the black hair on her head cut off. She couldn't help but burst into tears and said, "Miss, it's Xiaosheng who has failed you!

Jingyi said calmly: "Master Wang, I am no longer a young lady, but a monk, with the Buddhist name Yuanjing." Bao Yao said: "I have read out the second couplet. Please listen carefully. The second couplet is: The boatman shakes his oar and shakes his tip." Yuan Jing listened and was silent for a long time before saying: "It's a good match, but it's a pity..." Bao Yao said in pain: "Didn't you say that as long as I match each other's second line, you and I can renew our relationship?" Now that I have corrected myself, you should keep your word and return to secular life! "

Yuan Jing chanted to the Buddha statue: "Amitabha! How can we get involved in this world again after we have left the world of mortals? You'd better give up on this idea!

Bao Yao begged again and again, and Yuan Jing said: "In that case, I will make another couplet. If you are right with me, you will return to secular life. If you are not right with me, you can't pester me again!" Bao Yao nodded and asked, "Is there a time limit?" " Yuanjing looked around, but when she saw the ancient Buddha of Qingdeng, she couldn't help but said: "Master, listen carefully, the first couplet is: lonely, cold, widowed with an empty window. "

After hearing this, Bao Yao felt as if he had fallen into the ice cellar and was speechless for a long time. The seven-character combination of these words means "Bao Hijab", and the seven characters describe the sadness and misery of the monks. It was a really difficult sentence, maybe it was an absolute! He knew that it would be impossible for her to return to secular life. Although Yuan Jing was very sad, she just said that she still had homework and went to the back hall. Went.

Bao Yao was so disillusioned that he became a monk in a temple not far from Gumei Temple.

Three years passed by. Miss Xu. , that is, Yuan Jing, who suffered from love and thought for a long time, became ill, and died soon after.

When Bao Yao heard the news, he couldn't help but be heartbroken and came to Yuan Jing. Paying homage in front of the quiet grave

It was early summer, and somehow a wild lotus flower bloomed early in the puddle.

Bao Yao burst into tears when he saw it. Thinking that this was the change of the young lady, she looked up to the sky and laughed and said: "Miss, your first couplet is: Lonely and cold, and I am a widow in an empty window. I already have the second couplet. Listen carefully. The second couplet is: Return the lotus and return to freedom!" "After that, he laughed three times, spit out a mouthful of blood, and then sat down on the spot.