Chapter 361 The monk who was born at the wrong time
After saying these words, Zhu Zhen stood up and left the table.
A group of Jiangnan wealthy people hurriedly sent off to His Highness the King of Chu. After his honor guard disappeared on the stone steps down the mountain for a long time, everyone breathed a sigh of relief as if they were exhausted.
The sense of oppression this young Highness gave them was beyond imagination...
Everyone was not in the mood to sit down anymore, and all looked at Xie Yunzhang.
"Everyone, everything that needs to be said was said yesterday." Xie Yunzhang said: "Don't worry and go home to celebrate the New Year. If the sky falls, you will be able to bear it."
"Yes, yes." Everyone nodded and glanced at Lu Zhonghe from the corner of their eyes. They saw Mr. Pingjiang closed his eyes and raised his head slightly, like a wooden sculpture that had stood by the river for a hundred years, showing decay in his silence.
The blow given to him by His Highness the King of Chu was too severe. Can this golden beam connecting the sea in the south of the Yangtze River still be able to withstand it?
"Don't worry, I haven't seen any storms before?" Feeling everyone's gaze, Lu Zhonghe slowly opened his eyes and said, "Everything is under control."
"Okay, then we can rest assured." All the big family members felt a little calmer, and they all said goodbye and went back to their homes.
"Mr. Pingjiang..." Xie Yunzhang supported the shaky Lu Zhonghe.
"I have never suffered such a shame and humiliation in my life," Lu Zhonghe said to him in a low voice as he slowly walked out: "I will commit suicide when I get back."
"Ah, that's not the case..." Xie Yunzhang exclaimed: "Throwing people into the porridge pot was something only Xia Jie and Yin Zhou could do. Others would only say that the King of Chu was cruel and would not laugh at Duke Ping Jiang.
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"No, you misunderstood." Lawrence Lu shook his head and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "I just said I wanted to commit suicide, not that I wanted to die."
"Oh, that's it..." Xie Yunzhang understood.
Pingjiang Gongwan committed suicide, which indeed had many benefits. First, it could save his reputation, and second, it could put great pressure on the King of Chu.
Especially after Ye Boju's death, both the government and the public were simmering with anger. Lu Zhonghe would add fuel to the fire at this time, ensuring that the King of Chu would become the target of public criticism.
"It would be great if the emperor could not allow Lao Liu to torment Shibo Company again." Mr. Li Ting couldn't help but think about it.
"Look, it doesn't matter whether he can set up a shipping company or not, no one can do it anyway!" Lu Zhonghe punched the frame of the car hard and said with resentment: "I will risk my life!"
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Jinshan Temple.
In front of the main hall, after the birds and beasts dispersed, only a mess was left.
The monks in gray robes began to clean up the mess. The abbot in yellow robes and a fat monk in brown robes stood on Cishou Pagoda, watching the fleet of His Royal Highness the King of Chu set sail.
"Dao Yan, you came to Zhenjiang just to eat a bowl of Laba porridge from a poor monk?" Master Ju Wu asked calmly.
"I have long heard that His Royal Highness the King of Chu is going to hold a Laba banquet at my senior brother's place. Of course the poor monk will come to see the excitement." Monk Daoyan nodded, his honesty was annoying. "It is indeed a worthwhile trip."
"Are you just watching the fun?" Master Juwu smiled faintly and asked, "Didn't you see any clues?"
"You know what you're doing, I can tell a little bit about it." Dao Yan took out a greasy pig's trotter from his sleeve and was glared at by his senior brother.
"The pure land of Buddhism."
"It's for you." Daoyan smiled and handed the hoof to his senior brother.
"Out of sight is pure." Ju Wu took it without squinting.
"There's another one here." Daoyan took out another wine gourd.
"If you have such a good thing, you shouldn't have taken it out earlier." Ju Wu scolded him, and then he happily ate meat and drank wine on the high tower without anyone else.
"Enjoyed..." Ju Wu's face turned rosy after drinking a cup of wine. He sucked his fingers and said, "Master is obviously a Taoist priest, why did he let us become monks in the first place?"
The rules and regulations there are so overwhelming that I can’t even eat meat.”
"Didn't Master say it?" Dao Yan said vaguely while chewing on the pig's trotters: "A man cannot live in a famous position, so he must escape into a Buddhism to be safe."
"That's right." Juwu sighed and said: "What we are learning is the art of maneuvering vertically and horizontally, and disobeying the alliance to attack and kill. Our brothers and sisters were born at the wrong time. If they had been born ten years earlier, they would have had a wise master to assist them.
In this way, we can achieve the career of Wang Jinglue and Wang Zuo like Su Lingchuo."
"It's a pity that before we even left school, Zhu Hongwu had already pacified the world and unified the whole country. As a result, our knowledge has become a dragon-slaying skill. If we don't escape into Buddhism, we will have no choice but to rebel." Dao Yan said with a bitter smile:
"It's a pity, junior brother, that I can't even become a monk. I'm still in the capital and don't have a formal monk status."
"That's because your requirements are too high. If you come to my Jinshan Temple, senior brother will at least give you a monk certificate." Ju Wu said.
"Come here? Do you really want to be a monk for the rest of your life?" Daoyan asked, "Eating fasting and chanting Buddha's name for the rest of your life?"
"You'll get used to it, hiccup..." Ju Wu said, burping with wine and meat, looking intoxicated.
"I want to see again. It took me so long to come to this world and learn this skill. How can I just go from birth to death without leaving any traces without leaving a trace?!" Dao Yan's cynical face said,
A strong hint of stubbornness and unwillingness emerged.
"Oh, you are already forty." Ju Wu shook his head and sighed.
"Extraordinary talents have been waiting for a long time, but they were promoted to the cauldron. Don't you see the Zhou family's old general Taigong, the eighty-year-old prince is fishing for silk!" Dao Yan held the pig's trotters and said loudly: "I am only half the age of Jiang Taigong.
, it’s early!”
"Okay, you are ambitious." Juwu smiled, stopped trying to persuade him, and asked again: "You haven't said yet, what secrets have you discovered this time?"
"This trip." Dao Yan gloated: "Those arrogant and selfish Jiangnan big families are going to be in trouble. Anyone who doesn't quickly seek refuge with Lao Liu will suffer!"
"Yes." Ju Wu nodded in agreement: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu asked them to write a letter of guarantee, just to let them dig their own holes and jump in."
As he spoke, he said with a look of disbelief: "Come to think of it, I haven't seen anyone in so many years treat these big Jiangnan families as if they were their grandchildren... Even Emperor Hongwu was very afraid of those people. True knowledge is like a newborn calf. He is not afraid.
Tiger."
"What kind of tigers are not tigers? A bunch of paper tigers. With these big Jiangnan merchants, we have to trample them under our feet, otherwise they will definitely kick their noses in the face! We have to punish them severely every now and then, so that they can be submissive.
." Dao Yan said disapprovingly:
"Anyway, their family has a big business and is very tolerant. No matter how hard you try, you can't force them to rebel. The most they can do is hide behind and incite the people to cause trouble... Just put a knife on their necks and they will immediately become honest."
"You, aren't you from Suzhou too?" Ju Wu shook his head and was speechless.
"But my family is not a wealthy family." Dao Yan chuckled and said, "If my family were a wealthy family, I wouldn't be a monk. I live in a brothel every day and I..."
"Where is His Royal Highness the King of Chu?" Ju Wu asked again.
"Interesting, this person is so interesting, how old is he? He will definitely turn the world upside down in the future." Dao Yan said with a regretful expression: "It's a pity that Liu Bowen got there first, that old man would not allow me to get close to him.
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"Why don't you dare to do it if he doesn't allow it?" Senior Brother smiled and said: "Besides, the decision-making power belongs to His Highness, not to Liu Bowen."
"Well, I'll look for opportunities to get in touch with him." Dao Yan also had the same intention and said: "Playing with such an interesting person will make my life interesting."
