Chapter 80: East Garden
Master Xile wanted to communicate with the remaining apprentices, and talk about how they had been doing all these years, Du Xiaoxi and Du Zhiqian were directly sent to follow the little monks in the temple to live there. Chapters are updated the fastest
Master Xile is coming back, Huaihua presided over a few days ago began to close the door to thank guests, there is no one on the side of the guest house now, there is a strange and scary place, the little junior sister is a child, Huaihua and a few junior brothers discussed and arranged Du Xiaoxi and Du Zhiqian in the courtyard next door where the monks lived.
The three of them walked side by side towards the place where they lived, and along the way, Du Zhiqian gave full play to his brother's duty and set up the current situation of the Shanshui Temple.
Master Joy accepted thirteen disciples, depending on fate.
The current presiding officer of the Shanshui Temple is called "Huaihua", is the first apprentice of the master of joy, standing every year, with an honest face, because of the lack of parents since childhood, the beloved wife died of childbirth and early death to see through the red dust, after jumping off the cliff, he was picked up by the passing master of joy and converted to my Buddha, and became the eldest disciple of the master of joy to manage the big and small things in the temple of joy.
Although Huaihua is not profound in Buddhism, because of his loyalty and honesty and good listening, his own tragic experience can always be resonated with the weathered old pilgrims. In the past few years, there have been a lot of believers, and the big Buddha of Xile Temple has survived without the Xile Master.
As for the other twelve disciples, most of them were orphans picked up by Master Xile when he traveled around the world, and he had been with Master Xile for many years, and had seen the most touching joys and sorrows in the world, and experienced the most tragic plague disasters.
All in all, although the disciples of Master Joy are not famous, they are all ancestors worthy of respect.
Du Xiaoxi and Du Zhiqian were really shocked, but they didn't expect to sweep the floor and cook every day. Food, clothing, housing and transportation are all-inclusive, and Senior Brother Huaiming, who is versatile and can be called an all-round little nanny, is so deeply hidden and famous. Du Xiaoxi, this little apprentice, is simply useless except for being stupid.
Xile Temple closed its doors well, and contacted the Queen Mother's birthday for more than a month, and those who secretly followed Xile Temple knew that it was Master Xile who had entered Beijing.
On the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival, Xile Temple reopened the mountain gate, and a large number of pilgrims flocked to see Master Xile, but there were very few people who could really see people.
Stained with the light of the master, Du Xiaoxi, the only female apprentice, has also received great attention. From time to time, I receive cherry blossom viewing posts from various families.
"Hi sister. This was sent by the sixth sister's family, and my father called you to go with the sixth brother. Liu Yao pushed two posts with pictures of flowers and rich peonies to Du Xiaoxi and Du Zhiqian.
"My father said that the peonies in Dongyuan are the best, so let's go and play together when the time comes."
Du Zhiqian's eyes lit up when he heard this. "Dongyuan? The largest garden in Kyoto? â
"That's right! Sixth Brother knows? My dad said it was all fun, so let's go together, okay? â
"Good! Let's go together! After speaking, the two looked at Du Xiaoxi with bright eyes.
The East Garden is the place where the founding monk Duyi lived and sat for a long time, Duyi Master loved flowers very much, and Emperor Taizu rewarded a lot of cherished flowers and trees during his lifetime. Devout believers also collected a lot of gifts for Master Wataichi. At that time, Master Wataichi was afraid that the world would work hard and lose money, and he never accepted the flowers and trees of the believers, so the believers planted them outside the East Garden where Master Wataichi lived. In time. The area of the East Garden is getting bigger and bigger.
Master Wataichi left his last words before his death, Dongyuan came from the people, and after his death, he hoped that Dongyuan still belonged to the people. Emperor Taizu thanked Master Du Yi for helping him a lot, so he decreed that Dongyuan should not be bought and sold forever, and anyone could enter the courtyard to watch, but not destroy one of the flowers and trees.
Now, decades have passed. The East Garden is even better than it was back then, and has become a must-visit place for everyone who comes to Kyoto. On the way to Beijing, Liu Erye repeatedly described to a few small people how beautiful the scenery in the East Garden is and how fragrant the flowers in the East Garden are. Be sure to find time to bring a few people to check it out. For such a place that has been praised many times by a knowledgeable person who listens to Uncle Liu, even if Du Zhiqian has always been steady, he has been yearning for a long time. Wait to go home, tell your brothers that you must envy them to death!
In Du Xiaoxi's feeling, the East Garden is a comprehensive garden. In the previous life, as a person from Shaanxi Province, the World Garden Fair held at his own door naturally could not be missed. Dongyuan is naturally nothing to Du Xiaoxi, a person who claims to have seen the world, but seeing that the steady sixth brother is rarely interested in something, Du Xiaoxi smiled and echoed, "Okay!" We can bring some delicious food and play while eating! After speaking, Du Xiaoxi looked left and right and saw that there was no one around, so he leaned into Liu Yao's ear and whispered: "Brother Xiaotu, remember to bring more meat, there are many people here watching, my brother and I have not eaten meat for a long time and are hungry and thin." â
Liu Yao's frightened eyes widened when he heard this, touched Du Xiaoxi's little meat hand, and said pitifully: "Sister Xi, you are so pitiful, when the time comes, I will let my father buy a lot of meat for you to eat." â
In the land of my Buddha's compassionate Buddha's family, the three of them muttered in a low voice what kind of meat was good to eat that day, and then they drooled and parted.
Liu Zi'an was relieved to see his son come out with a smile.
The Hao family posted this time to invite their son to participate in the flower viewing party, and the fools know that their drunkards do not mean to drink, Du Xiaoxi, the apprentice of the joy master, is a mule and a horse, and must be led out to shine.
Although Dongyuan said that Emperor Taizu decreed that any common people could go in and play, how could there be such a good thing in the world. Several generations of emperors have passed, and Dongyuan has always been a public place for various families to hold banquets, and ordinary people can really go in and have a look or two, but it is only a cold winter when there is no good scenery in the moon.
Although Liu Ziping is a businessman with small family resources, the big businessmen do not have zĂ i heavy agriculture and suppress business, and the status of rich businessmen is not low, but compared with the big families in Kyoto, Liu Zi'an instantly became a village, and he is not even a nouveau riche, and the little money of the Liu family is only a drop in the bucket in the eyes of the real big family.
This time, the housekeeper of the Hao family who sent the flower viewing sticker reminded Liu Zi'an that this time the flower viewing party was very grand, in addition to the unmarried lady Langjun in Kyoto City, the family members of the feudal kings and the townside generals who entered Beijing to celebrate their birthdays will also participate.
If it was just like this, Liu Zi'an would never let his son participate for the sake of his son, although the eldest brother could be regarded as the ruler of a state, but in the eyes of Kyoto and those feudal officials, it was nothing at all, Liu Zi'an didn't want his son to meet any unreasonable people, but he was bullied because of his lack of identity.
However, the steward vaguely revealed that because Master Xile had a high prestige among the people, he was praised by everyone after raising fish in the rice fields. Since the Hao family and the Liu family are related, and they have occasionally got in touch with Master Xile, many people have begun to send messages to the Hao family, hoping to introduce Master Xile.
The Hao family is a family of military generals, although the ancestor is not a very smart person like Taizu, and it can even be said that he is a martial artist who has nothing but loyalty. But the Hao family can go through several generations of emperors and have a lot of power in the army, not like most of the descendants of the founding heroes, or they are all unknown, or there is no scum left, so they naturally have their own way of survival. What's more, after several generations of successive generations of marrying the housewife of Xiuwai Huizhong, Zai Scum's genes have also been improved by excellent genes, so that the offspring are no longer so tendonous.
The Hao family doesn't want to be involved in the battle for the throne, they just want to be their loyal ministers who hold a little military power and watch others fight to the death. Naturally, he pretended to be stupid and refused the requests of various families.
This time, several families jointly put pressure on the Hao family, and they must invite the apprentices of Master Xile to participate in the flower-viewing banquet, and the Hao family hesitated again and again but agreed.
When the two lay disciples of Master Xile decided to take the line of Master Xile, the Hao family had already found out clearly.
The eldest apprentice, Tranquility, was an orphan picked up by Master Xile when he was passing through a mountain forest, his father was killed by bandits to save his wife and children, and his mother was slashed when he escaped. Then he was accepted as a lay disciple by Master Xile, and his Dharma name was quiet. It is said that Ning Jing was almost cut off by the bandits at that time, and she is very sensitive to the outside world, has low self-esteem, and rarely appears in front of others.
The little apprentice Du Zhixi is also the only female disciple of Master Xile, but the daughter of a rural butcher in Shanshui County, because she has a long-term master-apprentice relationship with Master Xile and was included in the door, and is now the only son of the Liu family, a major landlord in Shanshui County. However, it is rumored that Master Xile is very good to this woman, and he often receives personal teaching from his side, and because of this woman's relationship, he sent the method of rice field fish farming to the Du family. It is even rumored that this woman is actually born from Master Joy breaking his vows and fornicating with others, but she is actually the daughter of Master Joy, and it is only because Master Joy that he loves it so much.
In short, the Great Apprentice Tranquility is a background wall that anyone can ignore. If you want to befriend the master of joy, you must first befriend the master's 'daughter' Du Zhixi.
The flower viewing will soon come in the expectation of Du Zhiqian and Liu Yao.
The day before, Liu Erye took Du Xiaoxi's brothers and sisters from Xile Temple to his home, and was dragged out of the quilt before dawn, washed and dressed up, and had a simple breakfast, and the three of them went out in a carriage.
The two carriages slowly drove towards the outside of the city, and the three small ones sat in the front car, and Aunt Xiaorou, who was waiting for Liu Yao, and the spare things sat in the back car. The reason why Toen is called Toen is because it is located in the east of Kyoto Castle. Therefore, Dongyuan is not in the city, but on a grassland on the outskirts of the city.
When the group arrived at the city gate, there was already a long queue at the gate of the city, and the leader of the soldiers guarding the city gate smiled and took the reward thrown by the girl and led the team out of the city. Today, the nobles gathered in Dongyuan, and a little bit of it was enough for their brothers to eat for a few years.
The east city gate has one large, two small and three doors for entry and exit, and the middle gate can only be opened when the emperor orders it, and at this time the two small gates are in front of each family to go out of the city in the east garden. Qing Feng, who was driving, looked at the people on the left and lined up.
The Liu family had no roots in Kyoto, and the carriage was also a green cloth and silk carriage used by ordinary wealthy families, and there was no sign on the carriage, and the servants of the families lining up on both sides carefully looked at it to guess which carriage it was.
Because there are a lot of nobles who went to Dongyuan this time, the guard received a notice early that the idle people at the east gate today cannot stay at will, and the people who need to enter and exit the city have already made a detour to enter and exit from other city gates, and it is natural that they can line up here this time to go to Dongyuan. (To be continued.) )>