This news is related to Zhang Xutang of Daxiangguo Temple.
Since Zhang Xutang entered the Daxiangguo Temple to practice meditation, he seems to have been truly inspired by the Buddha. He eats fast and chants Buddha's name every day, and is very diligent. Even when the wife of the in-law family came to visit, he never showed up.
Everyone lamented that the Buddha's power was boundless, and it was easy to save young dandies. If he had practiced Qing Dynasty for another year and a half, I am afraid that Zhang Yanei would have put down his butcher's knife and become a Buddha immediately.
However, while Du Lan was sitting in the foot shop, he heard from Yaren that Daxiangguo Temple was buying people.
It's not that Xiangguo Temple wants to buy it, but Zhang Xutang wants to buy smart children to chant sutras with him.
This is not something that should be surprising. Zhang Yanai loves to be lively and is afraid of being alone. He always has people around him, so it is not unusual for him to go to the temple to find a few playmates.
Moreover, it is better for these children to go to Xiangguo Temple than to be sold elsewhere.
No one else took it seriously. After hearing this, Du Lan felt something was wrong, so he came to tell Song Huiyue.
"Madam, do you want to go to the Daxiangguo Temple to find out what's going on? I'm afraid Zhang Xutang will do something wrong. You can ask the second brother. The second brother can avoid the eyes of the imperial army."
Song Huiyue slowly rolled her eyes and thought slowly.
Not only did she hope to find out what happened to Zhang Xutang, she also hoped to kill him with one blow.
But Zhang Xutang was afraid of death. The more senior and powerful a person was, the more afraid of death he was. The more afraid he was of death, the more he had to put up more defenses, not to mention that the Zhang family also raised dead soldiers.
Coupled with Zhang Xutang's viciousness, anyone who falls into his hands will not end well.
Moreover, these words happened to be heard by Du Lan, and she was also worried that it was a trap.
She thought for a long time and whispered: "Don't worry about him."
She can't let the Zhang family disrupt her plan, let alone let her lead her away.
"Someone else has to follow Zhou Ke." Song Huiyue even suspected that Du Lan had also exposed his whereabouts outside the palace, but there were many officials in the palace, and they didn't know who Du Lan was following.
Du Lan thought for a moment and realized that as a retainer of King Jin, he would definitely have eyes on him, and immediately said: "We who are staying in Kyoto are all idle, we can talk to the second brother and let the second brother arrange to follow him in turns."
Song Huiyue still frowned: "Zhou Ke doesn't go anywhere else except the public house and home?"
Du Lan nodded: "His wife was jealous, so he secretly took a concubine and asked her to sell her to Yazhou. He dare not not return."
Song Huiyue bit her nails: "I understand, just keep watching. Don't mess with Xiangguo Temple."
In the Daxiangguo Temple, Zhang Xutang held a string of Buddhist beads and dominated the room behind the Buddhist scripture building. There were four or five ministerial monks who provided for his food and drink, and ten boys were at his disposal. Although he
He was a Qing cultivator, but he never endured any hardship.
Today King Yan came to see him. The two of them were sitting in the Zen room, each with a cup of tea in front of them. They looked very peaceful.
Zhang Xutang hung his head, and there was always a breath of depression in his heart that he couldn't let out, and it turned into a ball of fire. He sincerely prayed in front of the Buddha every day to let the Buddha drop a thunder and kill Song Huiyue. If he could get it,
My wish is to build a larger golden body than it is now, not gilded with gold, but made entirely of real gold.
Probably because all living beings have prayed too much, his magnificent prayers have not been able to fulfill their wishes for the time being. Song Huiyue is still alive and well, and she is showing off her power in the Kyoto teahouses, fighting all the old teahouses down.
His people also found Du Lan wandering around outside the Sanshi Company, so he made a small plan to lure Song Huiyue to Xiangguo Temple and get rid of her, but he did not expect that Song Huiyue was so cunning that she refused to take the bait.
It's really abominable.
"Xu Tang?"
King Yan frowned and called Zhang Xutang twice.
"Here." Zhang Xutang came to his senses and poured tea for King Yan. Seeing that the tea was no longer hot, he handed the teapot to Lao Wei and asked him to go out to find a traveling boy to exchange the heat.
King Yan's internal servants are completely useless.
Only then did King Yan relax his brows: "Since the young lady of the Yue family has come to see you, you should also cooperate and say a few nice words. Why don't you even see her face?"
As soon as he lowered his eyebrows, Zhang Xutang's eyebrows wrinkled: "Do you also think that I must marry her?"
He did not dislike Yue Huaiyu at all: "Her father is the Privy Councilor, which is also one of her strengths."
King Yan made him picky and angry and laughed: "You still don't look down on her. It's time for men to get married and women to get married. You two are in love with each other. Even if I don't want you to get married now, I won't let you waste any more time."
Once you get married, I will feel relieved."
Zhang Xutang understood what he was thinking.
Yue Huaiyu had better marry him quickly, otherwise King Yan would not be at ease with whomever he marries.
What's more, there is the King of Jin who is watching covetously in Kyoto.
The Zhang Yue family must become an alliance without any gaps, and no one can take advantage of it.
Nowadays, Prime Minister Zhang and Envoy Yue are in charge of civil and military affairs. Prime Minister Zhang is not allowed to intervene in the military affairs. Although Yue Zhongtai is a kind-hearted old man over fifty years old in Kyoto, he should not be underestimated.
Kyoto emphasizes culture over military affairs. The privy councilors before Yue Zhongtai were literati, but Yue Zhongtai was an out-and-out warrior with great military exploits.
Today, I asked about the military affairs of Dingzhou in the court. Hundreds of officials quoted scriptures and talked eloquently. Yue Zhongtai kept silent. Today I asked him why he didn't speak. He said that he didn't know much and couldn't understand what his colleagues said, so he could only speak.
Let’s talk about several wars he has experienced personally.
After talking about it, I now praise him for his alertness, his ability to conquer battles, and his stubbornness, and he is promoted to the rank of Privy Councilor, in charge of military deployment and strategy.
Later, Yue Zhongtai married his eldest daughter to King Yan as a show of goodwill, and the military power also gave the Zhang family great convenience, but Yue Zhongtai never touched the three yamen of the Forbidden Army, and did not even make friends with the people in the three yamen.
What I said above is true. Yue Zhongtai is indeed very alert and will not reveal his net worth until the very end.
The eldest daughter of the Yue family had no choice when marrying King Yan. Only when Yue Huaiyu married Zhang Xutang would the real Zhang and Yue families form an alliance.
Once they get married, they can ask Yue Zhongtai to contact the Forbidden Army, and at critical moments, they can use the seal to mobilize the Forbidden Army.
King Yan has noticed the change in the situation, and today he specially came to beat Zhang Xutang.
Zhang Xutang thought for a while and said to King Yan: "She was disobedient and messed up my situation in Tanzhou."
This was something he only thought about after returning to Kyoto. There should have been a short transaction between Yue Huaiyu, Jin Wang, and Song Huiyue.
He doesn't like women who are disobedient and too smart.
Such a person is just like Song Huiyue, who will bring uncontrollable variables, and it is impossible to think about what she does like an ordinary woman.
In the past, he could marry Yue Huaiyu, but now he doesn't want to marry her.
King Yan glanced at him, a little displeased: "How powerful she is. Besides, if she doesn't marry you, who do you want her to marry? Don't you know that if she marries someone other than the Zhang family?
, it will be bad."
Even if Yue Huaiyu marries a beggar, they all think that the King of Jin will start with the beggar and coax Yue Zhongtai over.
Zhang Xutang held the tea cup and slowly drank the tea inside. He listened to the sound of chanting sutras from outside. The sounds came in one after another, making people drowsy.
In the sound of Buddhist scriptures, which was separated from the mortal world, he smiled and said: "Then kill her."