Chapter 85: Purpose
The good times are always fleeting, the two people who look at each other and have unlimited affection don't think it lasts long, but a mess in Hongruo Temple, or with the efforts of everyone, has come to an end.
The presiding abbot was dissatisfied, and sent Xue Shoubei away with a smile on his face, roughly settled the affairs in the temple, and hurried back to the Zen temple.
At this time, the pilgrims who were alarmed had already dispersed, and he didn't need to hold it anymore, that compassionate and compassionate expression, his face was unconcealable, and he really felt that Xue Shoubei was really deceitful this time!
As the saying goes, it depends on the owner to beat the dog, these ordinary people dare to come to the century-old temple with swords and sharp weapons so arrogantly to make trouble.
It's really 'bearable, it's unbearable!' ’
Seeing that the presiding abbot's face was pale, and the corners of his lips were tight, this person seemed to be in a mood that had not improved after seeing Cui Wanqing and Qi Xuanhui in the hall.
Cui Wanqing: How many people are there in the eyes?
Knowing that he is a woman's family, it is not easy to ask anything, and it is even more difficult to get in the way here, so he simply vacates the place for others and takes the lead in saying goodbye.
Before going out, she looked down and happened to see Qi Xuanhui talking to the abbot master.
I couldn't help but be secretly happy, thinking that when I waited until the evening to eat, I would know why the presiding abbot was so indifferent to fame and fortune, and the monk who abstained from anger and anger would lose his temper uncontrollably.
On the way back to the guest room, Cui Wanqing and the others kept seeing the monks with solemn expressions, busy with their own things in a hurry, and it seemed that they were just in that time. The officers and soldiers of that steam did not harm the things in the temple.
Mother Fang couldn't help but scold, "What a brute with no humanity, he actually refuses to let go of the pure land of the Bodhisattva, he really deserves to be thundered by the sky!" ”
Yulan's face changed, and she hurriedly looked around, pulled Fang's mother's sleeve, and signaled her to be cautious.
After Cui Yongzhong's change, Fang's mother believed that the Bodhisattva had reached a pious realm, and she still wore three incense sticks in the morning and evening, and her filial piety continued. How can you see others so contemptuous of the holy and solemn Buddha Dojo?
The feeling of indignation in my heart. overshadowed everything for a while, and even left all the previous cautions behind, and in front of the public, he said his words of resentment.
After being reminded by Magnolia. Fang's mother is a spirit. Quickly pumped himself in the mouth. regretfully said: "Hey, hey, it's all this trouble-making mouth." ”
Cui Wanqing watched Jin Ling hold Fang's mother's arm and stop her from continuing to abuse herself. With a pause in his footsteps, he said softly: "This will be a panic, look at these people, which one is not in a hurry?" ”
"They are too busy with their own affairs, how can they have the leisure to listen to your complaints?"
Fang's mother thought about it, but she still felt that she was a little out of proportion, and she didn't know if it was because of her age?
She hung her head and followed her master back, looking preoccupied and thoughtful.
Back in the guest room, the anxious Cao Tang personally waited at the gate, and when he saw Cui Wanqing's figure, he trotted up to meet him, asking this and that worriedly, for fear that his cousin would be embarrassed outside.
Cui Wanqing originally wanted to talk to Fang's mother alone, but when she saw the current situation, she could only give up for the time being, and pulled Cao Tang back to the house, patiently solving her little cousin's doubts.
When it was time for the evening fast, Cui Wanqing and Cao Tang came to the dining hall, still sitting on the side of the screen, because of Cao Mu's instructions, there was tea and dried fruits on the table, and the food was not yet visible.
This is because Qi Xuanhui had a meeting at the next meeting, and through clever listening, he already knew why the presiding abbot, a person with six pure roots, was so happy and angry.
Now, he is polishing what he has heard, and telling everyone here that he knows.
It turns out that in this Hongruo Temple, there is a Hall of Kindness that is not open to visitors, and the geographical location of this Hall of Virtue is particularly good, just behind the main hall.
The front is connected to the Great Ri Rulai Palace, but the back is completely sealed.
Cui Wanqing couldn't see the door in the main hall because the door was behind the Buddha's golden body, and there were no pilgrims allowed to pass through.
As for why there is such a hidden place, it is because the things enshrined in it are too precious, all of which are the inscriptions given to Hongruo Temple by the emperors who traveled to the south of the Yangtze River in the past dynasties, or the clear decree of Jia'en.
Hongruo Temple has a long history, it is very famous in the south of the Yangtze River, since the royal car visits, it will definitely leave some ink treasure and other things, this day and time, the hidden Grace Palace, is actually enshrined more than ten pieces of imperial objects.
The old one, there is even the emperor of the previous dynasty enshrined, a pure gold inlaid beads thousand hands Guanyin standing rosette golden body.
The nearest baby is also a pair of handwritten four-character banners of Emperor Tianwu of this dynasty, not to mention the emperor of the previous dynasty, Emperor Tianwu is an old man, that is Qi Xuanhui's grandfather.
In such a sacred and majestic place, Hongruo Temple has always rarely let people in, and even few people know about it.
I'm afraid that if I'm not careful, these precious treasures will be lost.
And the special place of the Hall of Grace will only be known by the top-level aristocratic bureaucrats in Jiangnan.
But today, this Xue Shoubei, but a four-rank general, with his status and status, it is absolutely impossible to know that behind the Great Ri Rulai Treasure Palace, there is a mysterious Hall of Kindness.
But this one didn't know why, when he entered the main hall, he went straight to the back of the golden body, and he had to open the locked temple door, and he had to go in and take a look.
Xue Shoubei said that the more places like this, the easier it is to be remembered, and you have to go in and take a look to rest assured.
Because this matter was too strange, the presiding abbot became more and more afraid to spit out, and let Xue Shoubei enter the Hall of Grace.
You must know that there are not only ink treasures of the emperors of the past dynasties in the Ende Palace, but also ten kinds of antiques given by the emperor, all of which are priceless and rare in the world.
He vaguely felt in his heart that Xue Shoubei's trip was under the guise of arresting the fugitives, but it was the idea of the treasures in the Ende Palace.
The two sides confronted each other at the gate of the Ende Temple, but fortunately, Hongruo Temple was blessed by the Buddha. This noise also alarmed the ladies who came to offer incense.
These female dependents happen to have the old lady of the Jiangzhou prefect, as the saying goes, the county official is not as good as the current management, and this prefect happens to be the top boss of the garrison.
This Xue Shoubei saw that the old lady Huang was in person, and hurriedly paid a big salute, and listened to the old lady, who asked him to sell face with a pleasant face, and said a compromise method to solve the stalemate situation in front of him.
It's actually quite simple. It is Mrs. Huang. It is enough to go and see in the temple of kindness in person, so as to prove that there is no one in the temple.
Xue Shoubei had already been arranged by some people, this person was going to be searched, and it was best to take this Hall of Kindness into it. Take a look to see if there's really something in there.
Originally, there was no Mrs. Huang. He held chicken feathers as arrows. If you don't do it, you will break in like this, but at the critical moment, someone he is afraid of came.
Xue Shoubei also beat a little drum in his heart. I was afraid that it was really the Buddha's manifestation and deliberately let people protect the Ende Temple, but in the end, he didn't dare to make a mistake, he didn't break into the Ende Palace, and he did it according to Mrs. Huang's idea.
As a result, there will definitely be no one inside, you know, even if it is cleaned in the Ende Palace, it is the personal disciple of the presiding abbot, and the defense is very tight.
How could a realm where not even a fly could fly into it be broken into by a fugitive?
Cui Wanqing heard Qi Xuanhui talk about the Ende Hall countless times, but she was snickering in her heart, thinking that they would definitely not hide people in the Ende Palace.
But coincidentally, this Xue Shoubei focused all his energy here, but he ignored a lot of the surrounding realms.
After all, he took the benefits to do things, and the errands under him were all acting on orders, all of which belonged to normal errands, not only did he not take the benefits, but he couldn't find people, and he would also meet each other in the heart, who could go all out?
The time to come to the temple for tossing in the afternoon is not short, but hundreds of officers and soldiers have not found anything, and it has a lot to do with the passivity and sabotage of these people.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but be curious about Yan Shiba, who didn't see him, but heard his name.
This middle-aged man who is in his forties is not confused, what kind of charm does he have, which is worthy of Xuanping Hou to make such a big fight for him?
There is no order to transfer the army, this is also in Jiangzhou City, 108,000 miles away from the capital, you dare to try it near Gyeonggi?
Not to mention hundreds of officers and soldiers, even dozens, you are also a capital crime of rebellion, that is to be beheaded all over the house!
It's really some, if I can't get it, I will have to destroy the posture that I don't let others get.
Cui Wanqing thought secretly in her heart, and Cao Mu and Cui Yongzhong, who were sitting outside, inevitably expressed some of their own opinions on this matter.
A sudden event made this dinner unexpectedly lively.
These people still don't know that the reason why Hongruo Temple will be focused on this time is that Yan Eighteen is one of them, and an important treasure in the Ende Hall is remembered by others, which is also another reason.
In the evening, after the evening class of Hongruo Temple, as the monks went back to their respective monasteries to rest, the whole monastery gradually quieted down.
About the end of the hour, I saw that near the left door of Hongruo Temple, there was a faint light, coming from far to near, a little pause, then unhurried, leisurely out of the side door, gradually farther and farther, it seemed to be going in the direction of the temple vegetable field.
The geographical location of Hongruo Temple is considered to be remote, and the nearest village is also ten miles away, so it is also a long-standing tradition for monks on the mountain to cultivate land and grow and eat themselves.
The temple is full of incense, so you can't feel anything, but once you get out of the temple, the more you go out, the more you can feel desolate.
At this time, along the path by the field, there was a group of people walking quietly under the moonlight, and there were only six or seven people in the front and back.
The leader was a middle-aged monk, and after a closer look, Qi Xuanhui was walking in the middle of the team, wearing a rare black and blue cloth scholar's robe.
He silently followed behind Huang Chunguo, his attention basically focused on his feet, the path that was getting more and more difficult to walk.
He really didn't expect that the monks in the temple would hide people in the realm of this barren mountain range, and what he didn't expect was that the Master Guangsi who led the way in front of him, the proud disciple of Master Puguang, was actually Yan Shiba's classmate and friend.
This person, who was also involved in the imperial examination fraud case 20 years ago, was a heel, but Master Guangsi had a relationship with the Buddha, and when he came out of prison, he became a monk.
However, judging from the current situation, this is not a person who is pure and quiet, only the fact that he still has private dealings with Yan Shiba, he knows that Master Guangsi's heart is still difficult to calm down.
Because of Master Guangsi's active help, he saved Master Ran's side.
Although Qi Xuanhui was wary of Yan Eighteen's connections being too wide, he could save himself some trouble without having to take action from Master Ran.
After all, this is Hongruo Temple, and the master is respected again, he is also a guest living here, and it is not a simple matter to hide from the masters of Hongruo Temple, and to do things in other temples without permission.
Qi Xuanhui tried to walk steadily, while secretly calculating in his heart, but when he saw Master Guangsi in front of him, he pointed to a small grass shed on the mountainside in front of him and said, "Master Qi, we are about to arrive." ”
I heard Shen Chao, who followed behind, whispered vigilantly: "Cheer up, this place is a little weird." ”
Can the situation in front of you not look weird?
You must know that even if the soldiers are divided into two routes, there must be at least a dozen big men hiding here.
It's just a grass shed about ten steps in size, and he can't stuff it in!
Qi Xuanhui smiled without saying a word, raised his foot and stomped lightly twice, and immediately fell silent.
None of the people who can follow Qi Xuanhui out are stupid, and they immediately understood that the two feet that their master stomped on were definitely not for no reason and without a purpose.
Nine times out of ten, there is something dark underground, but because of their own duties, they still dare not relax, and the four of them protect Qi Xuanhui in the middle.
The grass shed in front of me is even thinner when seen closely, and it should be used by the great monks in the temple to see the vegetable patch in summer.
The place inside is not big, but there is no shortage of things that should be there, there is an earthen kang coiled against the south, and there is a stove and a wooden table on the east side.
On the wooden wall to the west, there is also a statue of Guanyin, and on the table in front of the portrait, incense wax candles are also enshrined.
The whole room looked clean, but it was not a place where no one stayed, but there was no one in the room, only an oil lamp lit on the square wooden table, and half of the unfinished white water.
Master Guangsi smiled at Qi Xuanhui, raised his hand and hung the lantern in his hand on the nail at the door, walked to the side of the kang, and struck it several times according to a specific rhythm.
Twisting his face to Qi Xuanhui and explaining: "This place is the boundary of the temple to hoard food in the famine years, and it has been commonly used in recent years, and it is cheap to come and go. ”
"It's just that this side is the exit, so it can only be opened from the inside, and the outside can't be opened, and the entrance is at the bottom of the mountain, so as not to let the people who deliver food go around the mountain road."
Don't look at just a few words from Master Guangsi, Qi Xuanhui immediately got a lot of useful information from the words. (To be continued......)