Chapter 219: A chance encounter in Daming Temple

In the early morning, the rain had stopped, and a golden sunlight shot into the high air window. Li Qing opened his eyes tiredly from his sleep. The beauty beside him was no longer there. He was shocked and got up. The woodshed had been neatly tidy, and the brazier and iron kettle were moved aside. The ground was swept clean, the door was open, and a large area of ​​sunlight shot into the outside of the door.

As soon as Li Qing walked to the door, he saw Li Jingyan wearing a cloth dress walking into the house with hot tea and rice. Seeing Li Qing's eyes surprised, she smiled and said, "I gave them the golden hairpin on my head to exchange for this outfit and rice. This was what her daughter-in-law wore when she passed by."

Seeing that Li Qing was about to take the plate, she gave in lightly, "This is our women's business, just sit down and eat."

When Li Qing heard the word "Food" and felt that his stomach was already hungry, he raised the chopsticks on the table and smiled, "You have been served since childhood, can you still serve me now?"

"Will it be one thing, or whether or not you have that heart is another."

Li Jingyan brought the meal to Li Qing with both hands, pursed her lips and said, "In this family, my status may not be as good as Xiaoyu, so how can I not work harder?"

Seeing that there was only one bowl of rice, the dishes were just a few green vegetables and salted radish strips, and a single oil star disappeared, Li Qing couldn't help but feel surprised: "Does their family have no extra rice? What you gave them is a golden hairpin!"

Li Jingyan wiped his hands on the apron, saying, "Don't blame them, Li Lang, their family only has this little rice, and the rest are replaced with millet."

Speaking of this, Li Jingyan laughed and said, "I ate radish and millet rice with them. The first time I ate it, it tasted pretty good."

Li Qing shook his head and pulled the rice a little into the vegetable bowl. "Radish and millet rice is bitter and astringent. How can you eat it? Let's just put your stomach first. We'll go back later." After a while, Li Qing glanced at her and then joked in a low voice: "Besides, I'm already full last night."

"You are a bad guy who can only bully people, don't say it!" Li Jingyan was embarrassed and knocked his head with chopsticks. A red glow flew over her face. She suddenly remembered something and said worriedly: "Li Lang, I asked just now. We are at the foot of the back mountain of Shugang, and there is Daming Temple above. I have heard that this Daming Temple is quite effective. I am afraid that the Buddha Lord will blame us last night."

"It's okay, no matter which couple has sex, he doesn't care."

"Where did you think of me again?" Li Jingyan's face was shy and said angrily: "I mean we use natural enemies as the media and fire as the media, but we didn't expect the Buddha Lord. I was worried about this."

"Oh! That's what you mean. The Buddha lives in the West. Doesn't this world include him? Besides, the monks are not married."

Li Qing was joking, but saw Li Jingyan with a worried look on her face. She knew that she was actually worried about the fact that she became a monk and returned to the secular world yesterday. She was afraid that she would be angry and could not say it. She smiled and said, "Isn't this easy? Since the mountain is Daming Temple, let's go up the mountain later."

After dinner, the two packed up and placed their horses in the old couple. They held hands and walked up the mountain. Shugang Mountain was low and lush with trees, stretching for more than ten miles. Daming Temple is located in the middle of the mountainside. Yangzhou is the economic center of Jiangnan, and Buddhism is also prosperous. In addition to Daming Temple, there are more than a dozen temples and Zen temples of all sizes on Shugang. Although it was early in the morning, there were endless pilgrims.

Daming Temple is built according to the mountain, with layers of upwards. The temple is huge and can be used for one or two thousand monks to practice here. Li Qing was dressed in high-quality official uniforms. A monk saw it and hurriedly ran back to report the news.

"Amitabha, is Lord Li, Minister of Revenue?" The head of Daming Temple was about fifty years old and looked happy. He led dozens of monks to greet him with a smile from afar.

Li Qing smiled, "The monk's eyes were quite distinct, and he recognized me from afar, but it was inferred from my official uniform?"

"Amitabha Buddha, the old monk's Dharma name Si Nian, was presided over by Daming Temple. He has not gone down the mountain for half a year and does not know the scene in Yangzhou."

He pointed to the two monks behind him and smiled and said, "It would be biased based on the official uniforms. My two junior brothers have met Mr. Li in Chang'an, so I know."

Seeing that the two monks behind him were over forty years old, both had thin cheeks and tough eyes. The robes he wore were different from those of other monks, but he didn't know them. He smiled and said, "I really don't remember them when I asked the two monks for the Dharma name.

One of them stepped forward and replied, "I am a monk Rongrui, that is my junior brother Puzhao. We have gone to the Honglu Temple in Chang'an to do business and met Mr. Li in the imperial city."

When Li Qing heard that they had awkward accents and had a taboo in the Dharma name, he thought that he was not a monk from the Tang Dynasty. He couldn't help but smile and said, "If I'm not wrong, were the two of them expelled the Dharma discs and were kicked out by the officials of the Honglu Temple?"

The monk was surprised, "How does the Minister know? I was repeatedly rejected by my master's approval of the Eastward Journey."

"Of course, your Buddhist name contains the temple name of the former emperor. Who dares to receive you? If you were not a monk from the Tang Dynasty, you would have been arrested."

"Wait!" Li Qing suddenly reacted and said in surprise: "What did you say just now? Master travels eastward. Could it be that your master is Master Jianzhen?"

"That's right, I came from Japan in the first year of Tianbao. In order to invite Master Jianzhen to travel east to Xinghua, I have failed to travel east twice."

The two of them suddenly knelt in front of Li Qing, and said with their hands together, "I beg the Minister to help us and let the government agree to the master's crossing east."

"Get up!" Li Qing helped them up and said with a smile: "Without going through several setbacks, how could you Emperor Xiaoqian know the value of Master Jianzhen? Those who have ambition will succeed. As long as you persevere, you will be able to succeed in the end."

He turned around and hosted the Daming Temple, saying, "Today I will take my wife to make a wish. Please take my wife to make a wish first. I want to pay homage to Master Jianzhen, and I hope the host will fulfill his wish."

"Amitabha, I will fulfill this wish."

Jianzhen, a high-ranking monk during the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, and during the Tianbao period, he understood many things in Buddhist scriptures, precepts and precepts, music for burning sounds, temple buildings, sculptures and paintings, practices of medicine and herbs, calligraphy and engraving. At the age of 46, he became the leader of the sect, and he was the only one who was incompetent in keeping the law and teaching the precepts. He taught the precepts in front and behind. He had more than 40,000 yuan in the past and later, and he had a lot of money to save people. He was far away and far away. He returned to his heart and admired him as the "Jianghuai Transformation Master".

In the first year of Tianbao, the Japanese scholar Rong Rui came to Daming Temple in Yangzhou to pray for Jianzhen to travel east to Xinghua. It took eleven years and failed five times in succession. He finally succeeded in sending the Tang envoy to the east with the Japanese government in the 12th year of Tianbao, making outstanding contributions to the founder of the Japanese Vinaya Sect and the development of Japanese Buddhism and culture.

At this moment, Jianzhen had just experienced a second failure and returned to Daming Temple for rest.

Li Qing followed the host, turned over several corridors, walked through several mountain gates, and walked about a thousand steps. Before coming to a meditation room, the host went in. After a while, he lowered his head and showed a call to Li Qing, "Master, please invite Mr. Li."

Li Qingning calmed down and walked into the door. He saw that the light in the room was dark and extremely quiet. There was nothing else except two cushions in the room. There was an old monk sitting on the cushion in the inner room. Li Qing had just entered the dark room and couldn't see his face clearly.

In the darkness, the two eyes shone with a faint light of wise men, which contained the wisdom of life. Li Qing stepped forward and knelt down slowly, "The last generation Li Qing met the master,"

"Master Li asked to sit down, but I didn't know what it was. I didn't know why?" His voice was gentle and plain, like the spring breeze and rain, making people feel peaceful and peaceful.

Gradually, Li Qing's eyes had adapted to the darkness, and he could see Jianzhen's appearance. He saw his nose was high and straight, his cheekbones were wide open, and his body was thin. Perhaps because of his long-term sitting on the futon, his legs were a bit deformed, as thin as a numb rod.

Li Qing also sat cross-legged on the cushion, holding his knees with his hands, and leaned forward slightly forward toward Jianzhen and said solemnly: "The master is tenacious and devoted to the mission east to spread the world, which is admirable. However, Li Qing thought that Japan is small in territory, and the vast sea is surrounded by it, and it is difficult to survive. It can be seen from the battle of Baijiangkou. This is a natural geographical constraint. The mentality of its island country also destined to expand its national policy in the future. From the Sui Dynasty to the present, our Central Plains has been strong. Japan has repeatedly sent envoys to come here, called learning, but in fact, it is to steal the culture, systems and various skills of our Central Plains. Over time, it will inevitably be a disaster for raising tigers. By the time, Japan will gradually become stronger. If the Central Plains is in turmoil, how can it not take advantage of the situation with its wolf ambition?

Therefore, Li Qing wanted to advise Master Jianzhen that it is good to preach Buddhism, which can educate the people to be good, but he must also try to prevent the advanced culture of our Tang Dynasty from being used by him, gradually catch up with the Central Plains, and in the future, it will cause trouble for my descendants."

Jianzhen didn't speak for a long time, and the room was silent. Seeing that his eyes were slightly closed, as if he hadn't heard him speak, Li Qing couldn't help but ask again: "Does the master think what Li Qing said is not worth listening to?"

Jian Zhen shook his head, opened his eyes slightly and smiled: "People say that wise people can see for a hundred years, but donor Li's eyes are more than a hundred years. Although there is some truth to it, what they say is above assumptions. How can it be convinced? But donor Li has the heart of the people in the world, which makes the great monk feel deeply ashamed. I might as well give Mr. Li a word to make a conclusion today's relationship."

This result was also expected by Li Qing. His advice was pale and powerless, and there was no basis for facts, but what could he say? The Japanese pirates were invading the territory or the July 7 Incident. Li Qing couldn't help feeling helpless. Perhaps it was also a purpose to meet Master Jianzhen!

"The master sees through the world and knows the good and evil in the world. Li Qing is young and shallow, and is very confused about the future. He is in a chaos in the court and does not know how to advance or retreat. I wish to listen to the master's wonderful exposure!"

Jian Zhen smiled slightly, "Isn't this forcing the old monk to death?"

"Water will overflow, and the moon will be full and will lose. If you are a person, you will have seven parts of your heart and leave three parts of your way out for everything." After Jian Zhenyan, he refused to open his eyes again.

The meaning is to tell yourself not to do too much. The reason is very simple. Li Qing also understood that it is difficult to do this. In the officialdom, it is important to be cruel to the enemy and never tolerate him. Could he have a simple heart? It is better to leave a three-point retreat, but it is not now.

Seeing that Jianzhen had stopped talking, Li Qing quietly withdrew. The host had left, and there was no one outside. After walking a few steps, he suddenly felt that there was footsteps behind him, but he turned around but no one was seen. Li Qing ran a few steps quickly and rushed out of the yard, but stopped suddenly, turned around and waited with a smile.

A chaotic footsteps and complaints from each other sounded, and two monks appeared in front of him, the two Japanese monks, Rong Rui and Puzhao. Li Qing smiled and said, "Don't you both give up?"

He suddenly felt a little worried about whether his words to Jianzhen would be heard by these two people. They saw them looking at each other, and Rong Rui begged softly: "We know that it is difficult for the Minister of the Secretariat to deal with it, so it's enough for the Minister of the Secretariat to send us a boat."

Puzhao said next to him: "We won't ask the Lord Shigong for nothing. Didn't Lord Shigong come to promote the salt method? We know that there is a place where there are a fleet of hundreds of ships, full of salt."

The news was indeed unexpected. If hundreds of ships were loaded, there were at least tens of thousands of stones. "How could you know?" Li Qing asked again without saying a word.

The two sighed, "In order to get a boat, we ran all the rivers and lakes near Yangzhou, and we also discovered it by accident."

At this moment, I suddenly heard a noise outside. Li Qing turned his head and saw Di Wuqi, Gao Shi and other groups of people pointing at him and walking quickly.

"How did you find it?" Li Qing was surprised.

Wuqi laughed and said, "When we saw your horse, we knew that you and the princess went up the mountain, so we asked all the way and happened to meet the princess who was asking for Buddha."

Li Qing looked back and saw Li Jingyan standing not far away, looking shy and worried. Li Qing knew that she was afraid that she would let go of her last night.

Li Qing beat him up, "It's good if you find it, let's go back now."

"Sir, what's our business?" The two monks next to him asked nervously when they saw Li Qing leaving.

"Don't worry! I won't forget."

Li Qing pulled Di Wuqi over and pointed at the two monks and smiled at him: "These two monks knew that there was a place where there was more than 100,000 stone of salt, and wanted to exchange this news for a ship with us."

Wuqi was stunned and then was overjoyed. He rushed Li Qing to the side and whispered in his ear: "I didn't have time to report to you. Yesterday, I went to the salt warehouse and found that 200,000 stones of official salt were scrapped just a month ago. According to them, it was the wind and waves that overturned the fleet. When asked how many people they injured, I couldn't say it. I suspected that there was a problem. Could this be the salt they said?"
Chapter completed!