As night fell, Zhu Pingan, Liu Mu, and Liu Dadao rode their horses into the Linhuai Marquis Mansion before the curfew. .
At the same time, the lights inside Baiyun Temple in Xicheng District of Beijing were brightly lit. In stark contrast, the gate of Baiyun Temple was a little dull.
The temple gate is empty, with only a door frame but no door. There are still traces of rotten vegetable leaves, fruits and eggs that have not been thoroughly washed on the door frame. There is still a shallow line on the temple wall that reads "Buddha is born from the heart, and there is something in the heart."
"Buddha, everything you see is Buddha; your heart is cow dung, everything you see turns into cow dung". I don't know what kind of ink was used to mix it. The monks of Baiyun Temple washed it more than ten times but still couldn't wash it away completely.
At the entrance of Baiyun Temple, there were two warrior monks standing with sticks in their hands. Their eyes were bright, and they were looking around, guarding against the coming of unruly guests during the day.
After the door was smashed today, I haven't had time to replace it.
On the day when Guanyin Bodhisattva became enlightened, more than a hundred everlasting lanterns worshiped by believers were burned in various halls of Baiyun Temple. In each hall, there were several monks sitting on futons, meditating and chanting sutras.
These brightly lit Buddhist halls are distributed in an orderly manner at both ends of the central axis of Baiyun Temple. They spread out in depth and have numerous palaces and pavilions. There are also several courtyards built around the palaces and pavilions, sometimes wide and sometimes narrow, in an orderly manner.
Among these courtyards, the courtyard built around the Dabei Pavilion has the best scenery and the most complete furnishings in the entire Baiyun Temple. It can be said to be the essence of the entire Baiyun Temple.
This courtyard is where Baiyun Temple provides accommodation for laypeople, and is also where Baiyun Temple entertains distinguished guests.
At this time, the lights in the courtyard of Dabei Pavilion were brightly lit, and there was a burst of hearty and Zen-like laughter.
In the main room of the courtyard, a table of exquisite and sumptuous vegetarian dishes was set up. Six people were sitting around the table. Sitting at the head of the table was an official wearing a seventh-grade official uniform. He was more than forty years old and had a long hair.
He had an upright face and a sense of official power. He was stroking his beard, smiling, and letting out a burst of hearty laughter.
This person is Liu Dengwen, the well-known seventh-rank supervisory censor in the capital. Liu Censor came from a family of officials, or to be more precise, from a family of censors. His father was the censor of Liaodong when he became an official.
His uncle is now Changlu's salt inspector.
Liu Yushi's name is Liu Dengwen, and the word "Dengwen" is taken from his father's "Dengwen Drum". This rotating Dengwen Drum is one of the duties of the two capitals to supervise the censor. It can be seen that his father hopes that his son
Inherit the father's legacy.
Liu Yushi did not disappoint his father. He was selected as a scholar at the age of twenty-five, passed the imperial examination at the age of thirty-five, passed the Jinshi examination at the age of forty, and became the censor of Shuntian at the age of forty-one.
With the help of his father and uncle's connections, as well as Liu Yushi's own efforts, he soon became famous in the Yushi circle.
Liu Yushi is good at seizing opportunities and has keen political intuition. He selectively impeached many people in the capital, and he soon became famous. Among the censors in the capital, Liu Yushi is now considered to be famous.
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Although Liu Yushi is only a seventh-rank official, he is quite famous and influential in this capital city where throwing a brick can hit two or three sixth-rank officials.
Firstly, it is because Liu Yushi is supervising Yushi in Beijing. His official position is not high, but his power is not small. He has the power to inspect the capital camp, supervise Linxiang, inspect the general examination and martial arts examination, inspect Guanglu, inspect the warehouse, and inspect the inner treasury.
, the Imperial City, and the Five Cities, have the right to ascend and hear the drums on a rotating basis, and enjoy the power to directly impeach officials who violate laws and disciplines and are incompetent to the emperor; secondly, it is Liu Yushi's connections and his personal popularity.
Speaking of which, the relationship between Liu Yushi and Baiyun Temple began six years ago, when Liu Yushi was forty and had just become an official in Beijing.
In the year when he was established, he won the imperial examination, in the year when he was not confused, he was a Jinshi, and he was in an official position. It can be said that Liu Yushi reached the peak of his life at that time, but Liu Yushi had one regret, that is, he married a wife at the age of eighteen and married at the age of twenty.
He took concubines, divorced his wife at the age of twenty-five and married another. Now, more than twenty years after starting a family, he has three concubines, but he has no children, not even a daughter.
Six years ago, Liu Yushi's wife heard that the incense in Baiyun Temple was flourishing, and it was very efficacious, so she came to the Guanyin Hall of Baiyun Temple to worship the Buddha and make a wish.
Once, twice, and even to show my sincerity, the third time I fasted for three days in Baiyun Temple and knelt down in front of the Buddha statue for three days.
Sincerity is said to be true, Liu Yushi's wife was moved by Guanyin. Shortly after returning for the third time, Liu Yushi's first wife became pregnant. Although the son was born half a month prematurely, his body and bones were no worse than those of other full-term children.
, on the contrary, he is very strong.
From this, Liu Yushi became connected with Baiyun Temple. Liu Yushi was a frequent visitor to Baiyun Temple and was regarded as a "lay scholar" of Baiyun Temple.
Liu Yushi's wife also often came to Baiyun Temple to offer incense and fulfill her wishes to bless her children's safety.
Last month, Liu Yushi's wife was pregnant again.
This time, Liu Yushi came to Baiyun Temple to fulfill his wish.
Sitting next to Liu Yushi is an official and a supervisory censor named Wang Dongfang. His reputation is not as good as Liu Yushi's, but his connections are no less than Liu Yushi's. Both of them are officials in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
We have a good relationship. We often sing poems, wine, and songs. When you impeach someone, I’ll sign up with you and so on.
The remaining four are all monks. Sitting opposite Liu Yushi is the abbot of Baiyun Temple. Sitting next to the abbot of Baiyun Temple is Master Manjusri, an eminent monk who came to Baiyun Temple to conduct Buddhist teachings. The other two are all monks.
He is the deacon of Baiyun Temple.
"Hahaha, Master Manjusri's sign that says 'Zhu Ping'an and dogs are not allowed!' is a good virtue." Liu Yushi stroked his beard and said with a smile, "I'm yelling at Zhu Ping'an for blaspheming our Buddha."
This is the only way to kill someone."
"Amitabha, if I don't go to hell, who will go to hell? I didn't expect to implicate Baiyungui Temple, which made the poor monk feel quite uneasy." The eminent monk Master Manjusri recited the Buddha's name, clasped his hands, and said to Baiyun Temple with an apologetic expression on his face.
The host said.
"The Bodhi tree has no tree, and the mirror is not a stand. There is nothing in the beginning. There is no door that attracts dust, and there is no filth. Why should Master be obsessed with this." The abbot of Baiyun Temple smiled slightly.
"That's good, that's good. It's the poor monk who has taken the form." The eminent monk Manjusri held the Buddha's seal with his hand and nodded with a smile.
"Abbot, Master, your Dharma is profound, but we can't stand it. It's in vain that Zhu Ping'an is still a scholar. He is lax and shameless at home. He actually allowed a Taoist woman to come forward and instruct her slaves to come to our Buddhist holy land to run wild and fight.
Not only did he smash the temple door, but he also painted some obscene words on the temple walls and the main hall to insult our temple."
A deacon from Baiyun Temple sitting at the bottom said angrily.
"That is, Zhu Pingan bullies others by relying on his official authority to bully us powerless monks and insult our Buddha." Another deacon of Baiyun Temple was also indignant.