No matter how good the vegetarian food in the temple was, it was vegetarian. Hou An found it tasteless. He ate a few bites in a hurry and then waited outside the room. He stood in the courtyard with his hands behind his hands and looked out through the gate.
Although this Iron Buddha Temple has experienced sword battles, the damage to the outside of the temple was much less.
The long and short incense paths, combined with the natural features of jungles, streams, and mountain roads, are decorated with mountain pavilions, archways, small bridges, release pools, Moyan statues, Moyan inscriptions, etc., forming the prelude to the landscape of the temple garden.
Seeing that he was lost in thought, Liu Ming was quite puzzled, so he asked in a low voice: "Master Sikong, what's wrong with this incense path?"
Hou Andu smiled lightly and said: "The Incense Road looks like a road, but in the minds of believers, it is the emotional transition from the 'earthly world' to the 'pure land' and 'the fairyland'. It can heighten the Buddhist atmosphere, stimulate visitors' interest, and play a role in
Gradually introduce the paving role of religious world and beautiful landscape."
Liu Ming chuckled: "The general is a rough man. Although I don't understand what Master Sikong said, I still think it is the truth."
Hou Andu said: "Incense path, incense path, there must be an incense path in Buddhist temples, and so do we."
Liu Ming said doubtfully: "I will not be able to understand what Master Sikong said."
Hou Andu said: "It's okay if you don't understand. Just tell me what you found."
Liu Ming took a step forward, stood next to him and reported in a low voice.
Liu Ming is responsible for Chen Chang's peripheral protection, while Zhou Honglai is responsible for the personal guard.
Since Wutouyi, Chen Chang has been targeted. The assassins who came to assassinate him did not leave a single person alive, and naturally no clues could be found. Hou Andu ordered Liu Ming to keep an eye on Ning Jingrong, but he did not find any
What a flaw.
His intuition told him that the identity of this Miss Ning was not as simple as she said, but he was unsure of his decision to deal with her rashly.
Judging from the current situation, Ning Jingrong does not pose a threat to Chen Chang's life for the time being. Hou An will not dare to take risks until Ning Jingrong's true purpose is clear.
Hou Andu had a vague feeling that it was not just Wutouyi's group of assassins who were interested in Chen Chang. Keeping Ning Rong alive might play an unexpected role at a critical moment.
Liu Ming reported that suspicious people were found around the Iron Buddha Temple. These people were moving around strangely. Most of them were hiding sharp knives and seemed to have some agenda.
Liu Ming was not a vegetarian. Before Chen Chang arrived at Tiefo Temple, he sent soldiers in plain clothes to guard the front station.
Hou Andu narrowed his eyes: "Tiefo Temple, haha, their information is quite good. As soon as we arrived, their people followed closely. It seems that Northern Qi has worked hard on the ground in Jiangling."
"Looking at the future, these people seem to be different from the assassins in Wutouyi."
"Oh?" Hou Andu's eyes narrowed even smaller: "What's the difference?"
Liu Ming thought for a while: "The people around Tiefo Temple are far less ruthless than the assassins in Wutouyi."
He suddenly thought of something, turned around and asked: "Yesterday I heard that Jiangling City was arresting Beiqi's secret agents?"
"Yes! This matter has caused a storm in the city."
Hou Andu clasped his hands behind his back and asked doubtfully: "Are we being targeted by people from the Northern Qi Dynasty? We didn't make any publicity along the way, but it's not easy to keep it secret. Even if we don't say anything, Xiao Jin's people will
No one will keep secrets for us... So these Northern Qi spies are very courageous and dare to assassinate us right under our noses!"
Liu Ming hurriedly said: "There are our people here, as well as Cai Daye and a group of Zhou troops. Those assassins are simply hitting an egg with an egg. The general will inform the other two families and arrest all these assassins."
After he finished speaking, he quietly waited for Hou Andu's order, but Hou Andu did not express his position immediately. Liu Ming couldn't help but feel uneasy. Although Lord Sikong was a warrior, his scheming was unfathomable.
Suddenly, Hou Andu's eyes flashed, he pondered for a moment, and smiled.
Liu Ming took a step forward and said, "Lord Sikong?"
Hou Andu said calmly: "We only need to protect His Highness, the rest has nothing to do with us!"
Liu Ming was stunned. He was immediately in trouble. It was right to protect King Hengyang, but the assassin came for Chen Chang. There was bound to be a conflict between the two sides. Should the assassin run and chase or not?
Hou Andu has not made it clear yet, what should we do?
In the Zen room, Chen Chang and Ning Jingrong had finished their fast meal. Chen Chang took a sip of tea and sighed: "The world is corrupt and life is very difficult. How can we become a monk and get rid of the worldly thoughts, not be entangled by other things, and enjoy a pot of incense?"
, a pot of tea, pouring it down makes you feel at ease."
Ning Jingrong said: "Freedom is leisure. It's really hard to live a lifetime of loneliness and just waste your youth."
Chen Chang just sighed and said nothing.
When Ning Jingrong saw him lowering his head and saying nothing, he felt quite sad. He sighed secretly and said with a smile: "Your Highness, even if you can't sit in the Golden Palace, it's still great to be a leisurely prince."
Chen Chang shook his head and said: "You don't understand these things."
Although Ning Jingrong has a delicate appearance, Chen Chang is not a person who is addicted to beauty. Naturally, it is inconvenient to reveal his inner thoughts to her, and he just keeps his head down and drinks tea.
After a while, the door knocker was knocked lightly from outside, but Hou Andu and the abbot of the temple, Xu Yun, walked in one after another.
Hou Andu considered that it would be unsafe to return to Jiangling now, so he suggested that Chen Chang take a rest here.
Of course, if a suspicious person is found outside, we can't talk to Chen Chang now.
Just when Chen Chang had this intention, Hou Andu and Xu Yun retreated, and Zhou Hong also retreated outside the door.
Ning Jingrong turned around and whispered to Chen Chang: "Your Highness, I see how Mr. Hou is acting strangely."
Chen Chang said without changing his expression: "What's so strange?"
Ning Jingrong blinked: "His Royal Highness is a king, but he is obviously just a minister. On the surface, he seems to be respectful and humble at all times, but in fact... in fact... in fact..."
She frowned and tried very hard to find a word in her mind to describe Hou Andu's true attitude towards Chen Chang, but she couldn't come up with any words.
Chen Chang was amused by his playful appearance and said, "I didn't expect your eyes to be quite bright!"
Ning Jingrong said angrily: "Who here can't see that your Highness is saying that I am stupid and stupid?"
Chen Chang waved his hand and said, "I didn't say that."
Ning Jingrong pouted and suddenly said: "Your Highness, do you think the Buddha and Guanyin can really protect people's safety?"
Chen Chang wondered: "Why do you ask this question suddenly?"
Ning Jingrong said quietly: "But I don't believe it. If the Buddha Guanyin can really be such a compassionate person, why are all the people in the world trapped in dire straits and fire, with famines and famines everywhere?"
Chen Chang said angrily: "Huh, it's not like Hou Jing, a thief who poisoned the world's brains and separated the children of the world in order to gain one man's inheritance in order to become the emperor. This is so hateful..."
"Hou Jing was cruel by nature. He would set up a big blockade on a stone and kill anyone who broke the law. He often told his generals that after destroying the gate and leveling the city, the soldiers and civilians in the city should kill them all to make his reputation known to the world. Therefore, every time the generals won a victory, they would kill them.
He specializes in burning and looting, killing people like grass and grass, just for fun..."
Chen Chang never thought that if Hou Jing had not disrupted the Liang Dynasty, his father Chen Baxian would not have proclaimed himself emperor on behalf of the Liang Dynasty. Naturally, he himself would not be worried about the throne.
Ning Jingrong sat on the side of Chen Chang and said nothing. Chen Chang waited for a while and looked at her again. Seeing that she still had no reaction, he said that what he said made him sad, so he said: "Uh...
…, Gu Tong, what do you mean by this? That’s all, that’s all, I’m a little tired, so I’ll take a rest first and then return to Jiangling Posthouse in the afternoon.”
Ning Jingrong nodded obediently, helped Chen Chang to rest on the couch, then sat back on the banquet, turned her pretty face to the door, lowered her head to drink tea, and waited until her head lowered, her face as usual.
Just the corner of his mouth was slightly raised, revealing a slight arc. There was a touch of coldness in the corner, and the brilliance in his eyes flashed away...
Not long after, the rear window opened a gap...
……
Although Shan Xiong was born into a merchant family, he had been naughty since he was a child and refused to study. He could not even read a few Chinese characters. At this moment, he was staring at a piece of paper written by Chen Chang for him, turning it over and over.
I didn't understand it either, so I coughed awkwardly and handed the paper to Shopkeeper Shan: "Father, take a look..."
Shopkeeper Shan sighed, feeling extremely unhappy. His son was already a lot older, but he was still almost blind. How could he take over this business in a hundred years?
Look at my cousin, who is nearly ten years younger than Shan Xiong. He is proficient in keeping accounts, purchasing and selling goods, and welcoming and delivering goods. He is not without his faults. He is brave in wind and rain, and gallops in joy. He is a man.
Well, people don’t waste their youth in romance...
Shopkeeper Shan was distracted for a moment and failed to see clearly the writing on the paper. When his eyes finally focused, he rubbed his eyes suddenly and his voice trembled: "This...this...this..."
Shan Xiong didn't understand the reason and asked doubtfully: "Father, what's wrong? Where does this person live? Isn't it thousands of miles away? I don't want to travel thousands of miles..."
He said something to the two of them, and at first glance, they didn't know he was talking to me.
Shopkeeper Shan slapped the piece of paper on the counter angrily: "Son, this person is just teasing you and me, my father and my son, this...this..."
Shan Xiong grabbed the piece of paper with his hands and looked at it from side to side. The tip of his nose was almost touching the paper, but he didn't understand it just now. How could he recognize it now?
"Oh, it's been taken down, it's been taken down..." Shopkeeper Shan's old face was as red as a monkey's butt.
Shan Xiong turned his head after hearing this, stared at Chen Chang fiercely and said, "Hey, what are you writing on this piece of paper?"
It's okay if he didn't say this, because the people watching the excitement outside couldn't bear it anymore, and now they heard it and made everyone burst into laughter.
Chen Chang ignored it at the time, but looked towards the door. When he saw the two figures, he felt reassured, and then said to Shan Xiong: "It is written clearly on it, so it is naturally the address of my next home."<
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Shan Xiong had just made a fool of himself in front of everyone and choked him. He couldn't help but become even more angry. He grabbed Chen Chang's front and shouted: "Don't lie to me! Father, what is written on this paper?"
The single shopkeeper could not wait to find a crack in the ground to crawl in. This scoundrel only knows how to hunt for flowers, drink and gamble, and is so brave and fierce that he cannot put it on the table. He said with a grimace: "The address he wrote is the Prince Consort's Mansion!"<
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"Okay, let me entertain you!" Shan Xiong was furious, and slapped Chen Chang on the face with his big palm-like hand carrying the wind...
This chapter has been completed!