- During dinner in the evening, Chen Ke told Wulang and Song Duanping the news he heard... As for the young monk Xuanyu, he strictly abides by not eating after lunch, and he doesn't want them to eat big fish and meat, so
He has been meditating under the tree in the yard. The tenth of the twelve Buddha's walks is called "stop under the tree", which means that if you can't find the way among the tombs, then just like the Buddha, go to the tree to meditate and seek the way. After listening to Chen Ke's words, Song Duanping
He was also surprised: "Oh, Uncle Chen is not an official in Hengzhou, not far from Guangnan West Road."
But it is said that Chen Xiliang and Huang You were both Jinshi in the first year of the first year of the Third Class. As a rule, they were awarded the rank of Dali judge of the ninth rank of Zheng, with the right to know the political affairs of Changsha County. Last year, he was promoted to Zhongcheng of the eighth rank of Zhengdian due to his meritorious service two years in advance and moved to Hengyang.
Magistrate. Although he is still magistrate, he really has power after removing the word "quan".[]
'Quan' means 'temporary'. Those who are appointed to an official position for the first time, except for the top five in the imperial examination, must first go through a period of internship in which they do not hold official seals and have no signing rights. Only by removing the word 'quan',
It means becoming a formal official and truly having the corresponding signing rights.
Unexpectedly, he was not happy for a long time. When such a rebellion suddenly happened, Chen Ke suddenly became worried. "Yeah." Chen Ke nodded and said, "I heard that Hengzhou is the hub for southward travel to Guangdong and Guangxi. My father must be very busy... Anyway
Now we have arrived at Jinghu South Road, so I want to go over and see if I can be of any help." He said seriously: "But now that there is a war, this road may not be peaceful, so I hope you can bring it with you.
The two of them, let's go to Yingzhou to find Mr. Sima first." "Hey..." Song Duanping was tall and thin, with a smile on his face, and said with a smile: "As I said, without us three bodyguards, I'm afraid you guys wouldn't be here.
Hengyang will be killed by bandits and water bandits." Wulang also said firmly: "We must go together, or don't go at all!" "Yes, among the four of us, who can you beat?" Song Duanping said mercilessly again.
He sarcastically said: "It's not your turn to be a hero!" "Damn..." Chen Ke completely lost his dignity. He said helplessly: "You can just go. But you have to ask the little monk Xuanyu, monks may not want to hear about war.
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Song Duanping jumped up and said, "I'll ask."
After a while, he returned with a look of disbelief: "Hey, this little monk is really the best. What do you think he said?"
"What did you say?"
"He said that the ninth line of the Twelve-headed Buddhas is called 'dwelling among the tombs', also known as dwelling in the forest of corpses or dwelling in the world of the dead. It means that when you live in the tombs, you will be disgusted if you see corpses that are smelly and messy, or birds on fire are pecking at them, and they are experiencing impermanent suffering.
From the Three Realms." Song Duanping said in disbelief: "Look at that posture, even if we don't go, he will go."
"Hehe, this is called piety." Chen Ke laughed and said, "Let's be careful on the road and nothing will happen."
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The next day, when Chen Ke asked the store for the route, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed... because taking a boat from Yuezhou, you can enter the Xiangjiang River from Dongting to Hengzhou. And as long as you are willing to spend money, you can also take an official ship, which is safe and fast.
, sit back and relax, there is no danger at all...
Although it was a mistake, arriving safely was better than anything else. The group checked out of the room and happily rushed to the pier to catch the boat.
But when I went to the dock and asked, I found out that the store was talking about the old emperor's calendar. It used to be a peaceful time, and official servants were happy to make some extra money, so as long as they had money, they could take the official ships that plied the river. If there happened to be an empty cabin, they could even
Can live in a single room.
However, the war is now tense, and a large amount of grain, fodder and ordnance have to be transported to Lingnan. Many official ships have to bear heavy transportation tasks and prevent spies from causing trouble, so they no longer dare to take private jobs.
"There is no other way, we can only take a private boat." Song Duanping said a little depressed.
"Well," Chen Ke suddenly remembered something, took out a bunch of money from his arms, took out one and said, "Try this, if it still doesn't work, we can only take a civilian ship."
"What is this?" Song Duanping asked curiously.
"A fortune teller gave it to me. He said it was very respectable." Chen Ke touched the money and said, "I just don't know whether it's true or not."
"Let's try it."
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After burning incense, the four of them not only boarded the official ship, but also got a cabin.
Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Song Duanping exclaimed in wonder: "It's really amazing..."
Chen Ke was also surprised. He touched the six pieces of money left in his arms and said, "Yeah, I didn't expect that the official would really recognize this thing." At this time, he was sure that the man who drank together yesterday
That person must be Shao Yong.
It seems that people of all ages have to give face to fortune tellers.
However, although they were allowed to board the ship, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Chen Ke and the four of them were not allowed to move around at will. They stayed like this until dark. Chen Ke finally couldn't help it anymore: "I want to go out for some air." They lived there.
It's the sailor's cabin on the lower level. The air is very turbid.
"Hurry up, I will go when you come back." Song Duanping said.
"Yeah." Chen Ke responded, pushed open the door and went out, walked onto the deck, and breathed in the fresh air.
While flexing his muscles, he looked around and saw a white figure doing the same movement.
The man seemed to be aware of it. He looked back at Chen Ke and smiled at him. It was dark and he couldn't see his face clearly, but he could only see his white teeth.
"You should come out for some air." Worried that his secret would be exposed, Chen Ke said loudly: "The moon is so round tonight."
The man was obviously stunned and looked up at the sky. It was thirty tonight, so there was no moon.
"My name is Chen Ke, I'm from Sichuan. What's your surname? Where are you from?" Chen Ke took the opportunity to get close to each other and said to himself, since we are familiar with each other, you are too embarrassed to tell the truth, right?
"I..." Listening to the man's voice, he seemed to be a young man of similar age.
"It's just the two of us, who else could it be if it wasn't you?"
"My surname is Zhao, from Bianliang, Tokyo." The man thought about it and answered truthfully.
"Oh, the surname of the country." There are too many people with the surname Zhao in the world. The court will not give you a penny reward just because you have the same surname as an official. But Chen Ke still praised it falsely: "It's really good.
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"What's so good about the surname Zhao..." The man sighed and seemed to be quite touched.
"Why is it bad? He has the best surname among hundreds of families, and he can still pretend to be a relative of the emperor."
"I don't need to pretend." The man smiled bitterly and said no more.
I really can't stand it any more, so I glared at him several times. I'll give you two thousand first, and then I'll give you four thousand at noon tomorrow.
