Jianghu temples

After the book continued above, Yuwen Shen learned the rules of the lantern meeting, and the group came to the front of the bamboo building, straight up to the fourth floor of the bamboo building, after going up the stairs, I saw a green bamboo screen carved with mountains and rivers, bypassing the screen, in the middle of the empty hall is a bamboo table, the bamboo table looks much larger than the general one, surrounded by a couch. Hearing that someone had come up, a handsome scholar who looked like he was about seventeen or eighteen years old got up on the couch, put down the scroll in his hand, smiled and arched his hand: "Distinguished guests from afar, before they can greet each other, forgive your sins." ”

Yu Wenshen didn't answer, and the scholar-like person said again: "The carriage and horses are tired, why don't you sit down and drink tea and rest?" ”

Yuwen Shen saw that he was a little scholar, so he had a contemptuous heart in his heart, and he didn't sit down, stood with his hands in his hands, and asked, "Is there another floor above this bamboo building?" ”

The scholar replied: "You may not know, this bamboo building has only four floors, the lowest T-shaped floor, the reception of ordinary people, the second C-shaped layer, the reception of visitors from the rivers and lakes, the third B-shaped layer, the reception of wealthy businessmen, as for the highest A-shaped layer of the reception......

"It's the reception that can't be spoken." Before the fairy tale of the book was finished, it was interrupted by Yu Wenshen.

"Yes, it is true that the reception of the first layer cannot be spoken, but there is another name for this layer, called the Seven Lives Layer, what does the distinguished guest mean?" The boy asked.

"Seven Lives?" Yuwen was puzzled.

"Yes, the seven life layer, the distinguished guest came to this layer, you should know that I Da Zhou official system, I Da Zhou selection officials, the use of nine products in the system, each of the central officials to participate in the selection of the person to measure the degree of ability, it will be divided into upper, middle, lower three products, each major product is divided into three products, a total of nine products, and then appointed, after the appointment of the official level is divided into nine lives, the official residence of the nine lives of the extremely human minister, its next time. The so-called seven lives layer is something that is within the scope of the seven lives of the official residence, and the gang can speak, but it will never act, and it is beyond the reach of more than seven lives. The scholar talked eloquently.

"Looks like I'm here by mistake today?" Yu Wenshen joked.

"I don't know why you're here? Let's put it bluntly. The scholar asked respectfully.

"The rule of your gang is to write down what you want on a certain floor and put it in a lantern, right? However, what is needed today is a lantern that illuminates the world! "Yuwen Shen pretended to be arrogant.

"I understand, please take a seat in Changcheng, and let me talk in detail." Scholar, please.

"This ......", the people on the upper floor all looked at each other when they heard that the identity of the son was recognized.

"Wait! How do you know it's Ben Gongzi? Yu Wenshen was surprised.

"Childe, please forgive me for the crime of presumptuousness, a month ago, I heard that Childe was ordered by the emperor to inspect Jingzhou, all the way to the Tao, I am very happy, I think it is something to gain, right? The disadvantage gang has a slight reputation in the rivers and lakes, and he also knows several seniors, and he smells that the son is a corporal, approachable, and thirsty. I thought that the son might take Yizhou, plus the things that the son asked, and the son's bearing was Lingyun, his behavior was good, and the people around him were not general, so he rashly made assumptions. "The scholar is a boy.

"In that case, then your gang must know what happened to this son?" Yuwen Shen said calmly.

"The Gang already knows what Childe asked, and has an answer," the scholar replied.

"Oh?"

"However, there are rules for cheating......"

"Please make a price, the rules of your gang, this son naturally has to abide by them."

"Okay, Childe is a cheerful person, and I will say it bluntly below, what Childe asked needs ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine taels of silver." Scholar offer.

"Good! Tomorrow I will go up to the bamboo building again, hoping to get a satisfactory answer and say goodbye. Yuwen arched his hand and turned to leave.

"Childe go slowly, see you tomorrow." The book boy is in charge.

After going downstairs, Yuwen Shen and the others rested indiscriminately all night, and their hearts were anxious, like every three autumns. Early the next morning, the entourage took the 100,000 taels of silver that had already been prepared, and then went up to the bamboo building.

On the first floor of the bamboo building, yesterday's scholar was already waiting, after the two sides finished the ceremony, Yu Wenshen ordered someone to take out 100,000 taels of silver, handed over to the scholar, after the scholar was under his hands, he said: Childe is really a person who talks about credibility, but I will do things with lanterns, and it must be fair and reasonable, and I said that I will not accept any more than one cent, and I will not do anything less, this is one or two silver to find Childe, please accept it. ”

Yuwen smiled deeply and let him accept the money. Subsequently, the scholar presented a bag and advised: "The things that the son asked are in this bag, but if the son can trust the gang, please open it after returning to Chang'an, remember to remember." ”

"What does that mean?" Yuwen was puzzled, he naturally didn't suspect that the lantern would deceive his silver.

"The secret of heaven must not be revealed, and the son will naturally know when he returns to Chang'an." The scholar is also very mysterious.

Yuwenshen was helpless, so he had to leave and go downstairs. The scholar sent him downstairs and instructed him again not to open the bag on the way back to Beijing. Yu Wenshen had no choice but to express his willingness to follow the advice. He hurried back to Beijing.

According to the instructions of the Lantern Society, although Yu Wenshen kept his bag all the way, he wanted to open it every time he wanted to open it, wondering what the trick he had spent a lot of money to get, but he remembered the advice of this mysterious and well-known gang, so he put the bag back ......on his chest every time, and hurried to the capital as soon as possible. On the first day he came to the capital, he rejected the good intentions of the adults at the city gate to wash the dust for himself, one was to avoid suspicion, and the other was that the tips in his chest made him have no intention of doing anything else. After returning home, he was not in the mood to have a dinner with Shuyi, so he said that he had something to do and locked himself in Ziyun Pavilion.

This Purple Cloud Pavilion is where the second prince usually discusses things with important henchmen, and the prince is not in the pavilion, even Shuyi does not dare to enter to clean. When the first son and Shuyi got married, a somewhat famous warlock who came to congratulate said that the purple clouds here will be auspicious, and an attic should be built under it to get this auspicious blessing, so the attic is called Ziyun Pavilion after it is completed.

The second prince was in the Purple Cloud Pavilion, sitting alone behind a desk, and in front of him was a flickering lamp, and the light was as uneasy as his current heart. Slowly, he took out the bag that had been in his heart for more than a month, slowly untied it, as if he was afraid of breaking it, and then gently spread a plain silk on the table that he took out of the bag that he bought for nearly 100,000 silver, and saw that it was written in official letters:

The world is changing,

Takekai sits and looks at the lanterns.

The fire is extinguished, and the bamboo is extinguished,

But it was purple qi coming from the east.

What does that mean?

The first two sentences are well known, but what about the last two sentences? The fire is out. Bamboo withered, this is the image of withering and decaying, why does the purple qi come to the east to see auspiciousness after the decline? It is broken and then erected. Does nirvana mean rebirth? But what does this have to do with the first two sentences? ……

Yu Wenshen is very anxious now, and he wants to scold people, but he spent a lot of money to buy the answer, but he is confused and can't crack it. I had to pace back and forth on the ground, shouting a few times and asking for tea a few times, wanting to invite someone to discuss it immediately, and wanting to ponder it myself, so I had to wave my hand and let people out.

In this way, Yuwen stayed awake all night, and after thinking about it, he didn't understand the meaning of this sentence that he bought for 100,000 taels of silver, and finally stayed up until dawn, so he hurriedly arranged for the master to invite several confidants and important ministers to Ziguang Pavilion tonight to discuss. Then go to the Jin State Mansion to ask for peace, and by the way, tell your mother Yuan what you have learned from this trip, maybe your mother's intelligence can help, but it backfired, and Yuan didn't understand it. Yu Wenshen had to wait until tonight to discuss with the adults.

When the child was in the Purple Cloud Pavilion.

The world is changing, and the bamboo forest sits and watches the lanterns. The fire is extinguished, and the bamboo is extinguished, but the purple gas comes from the east.

Your Excellency has recited this poem dozens of times at this time,

"According to the old man, this lantern will be simply a mystery and a mystery. It's good to raise your own value. ”

"According to the meaning of the following, the first two sentences say that the lantern will know everything and know the affairs of the world, and the last two sentences really tell the son, otherwise Ji Tailai, as long as you survive the difficulties, there will be a time to run......"

"Survive? How to boil? Gongzi went to Zhuhai to learn how to reverse the current situation, but he told us to survive, now the prince is pressing step by step in the court, and if he is not careful, he will never recover, even if I wait for the troops to not move, the other party will follow us closely. It is simply impossible to stop. ”

"The two adults don't want to quarrel, according to the old foolish opinion, since the son has spent 100,000 taels, then spend another 100,000 taels, go to Zhuhai to ask clearly. Anyway, there is no shortage of those few. ”

At this time, Yu Wenshen said: "No, it's not one hundred thousand taels, it's ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine taels, which is exactly five nines." ”

Everyone was shocked, five nines, that is, the ninety-five index, could it be ......, when they were looking at each other, the pavilion door suddenly opened, only to see a person with a cold face, a square face and broad ears, and deep-set eyes in a person over half a hundred years old, dressed in court clothes, pushed the door in.

"I've seen Childe, hello colleagues." Although the person who came was at the door, he was full of energy, and his voice was a little sharp. As soon as everyone turned their heads, it turned out to be the chief priest of the Autumn Palace who was in charge of punishment in the court: Lu Zheng.

This great priest Kou was originally a chief of the Great Wei court in charge of the prison, and had a close relationship with Yuwen Hu, who was a general at the time, and later came to Chang'an with Dingyu Wentai, and supported the wandering Wei Emperor to ascend to the great treasure, so Yuwentai let him serve as the Qiu Palace doctor in charge of the punishment of this dynasty. Eleven years ago, after a great upheaval in the imperial court, Yuwen Hu made him the position of Grand Priest.

Seeing that it was the arrival of the Great Priest, everyone stood up to salute, and Lu Zheng first explained that there were several major cases in the Qiu Palace, which was in charge of punishment recently, and then apologized to everyone. Finally, he asked: "Childe's trip must have gained something, otherwise why would he summon me and others late at night?" ”

Yu Wenshen handed Lu Zheng the silk he had obtained from the Lantern Festival and asked him about the Lantern Festival.

After reading the silk carefully, Lu Zheng deliberately sold the old man: "You guys just quarreled endlessly, did it start because of this?" ”

Yuwen Shen had to be patient: "Please give me advice." ”

Lu Zheng stroked his beard and said slowly: "The old man does know a little about the Lantern Festival. ”