After a simple wine talk, Han Zemu and Yang Yun walked out of the verdant residence.

Han Zemu was going to use his own carriage to drive Yang Yun to Dakongguan, but Yang Yun was accompanied by Wu Yuan, so he took the carriage alone, and the two carriages went to Dakongguan one after the other.

Outside the Great Sky View, Yang Yun got out of the carriage and immediately felt a different atmosphere from before.

After the year, not only did Taoist believers not come to worship, but there were also a large number of officers and soldiers guarding it, and the Dakong Temple was closed behind closed doors, and only internal personnel were allowed to enter and exit.

"At the beginning of the year, the imperial court wanted to repair the statue of the Taoist patriarch, and no outsiders were welcomed, and ordinary people were not allowed to enter." Han Zemu explained.

Yang Yun glanced up at the towering Taoist statue, and from the outside, he couldn't tell that the restoration project was underway inside, mainly because he didn't want to attract the attention of the people...... The renovation was completed by the emperor himself last year, so why did it re-do it at the beginning of this year?

In fact, the reason for the official closure is also that the royal family and nobles practice here to avoid the people from being disturbed.

The secrecy work of the government is extremely complete, and it is not ordinary officials who guard the Great Sky Temple, but the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Forest, even if the officials come to block it.

Even if Han Zemu is a waiter of the Ministry of Works, he has the power to coordinate the construction, and the identity must be checked when entering and exiting, as for Yang Yun, with Han Zemu's guarantee, it takes a lot of work to enter and exit.

"King Shou hasn't come to see it yet...... If His Royal Highness King Shou personally brought Yang Daochang over for a trip, no one would dare to make trouble in the future. ”

Han Zemu said to Yang Yun apologetically.

Yang Yun nodded.

He can understand the difficulties he encountered in front of him, and it is still necessary for the imperial court to do some necessary secrecy work in order not to cause panic among the people, and also to maintain the emperor's face.

This is also related to his reputation as Yang Yun, how to say that he participated in the renovation last year, and the origin of his title of "Little Heavenly Master" is also related to this.

Entering the Great Void View, it is a different scene.

There are a lot of timbers and stones piled up on the empty dam in front of them, and there are a large number of craftsmen working, and the crowds are crowded, but there is no sound, and the Great Empty Temple does not erect a towering scaffolding on the outer wall, and the restoration is all carried out inside the hollow Taoist statue, which is also because the Taoist statue is too majestic, if the repair works are carried out outside, the people in the city will know what happened.

"Daoist, please." Han Zemu first summoned a subordinate official of the Ministry of Industry and asked about some information, and then came over to invite Yang Yun to take a look inside the statue.

Yang Yun pointed to the towering Taoist statue and asked, "Repair is only to make a fuss about the interior?" ”

"Of course not, if you want to make the statue of the patriarch completely stable, you have to repair it inside and out, but you don't want the people to see it during the day, and you only repair it at night...... The restoration work has just begun, and many of the facilities are not yet complete, so you'll find out when you come back...... Let's go inside and talk about it. ”

Han Zemu led the way in front and took Yang Yun all the way through the construction area of the Great Sky View and arrived at the foot of the Dao statue.

Bypassing the road statue, there is a wooden door leading to the inside of the road statue, entering the middle, it is a hot scene again, from top to bottom, a large number of craftsmen are knocking on the hanging ladder.

Yang Yun glanced up and found that the load-bearing column he had repaired before was being reinforced, pouring iron reinforcement triple soil from the inside out.

Sanhe soil appeared in the fifth century A.D. in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, composed of lime, clay and fine sand in a certain proportion, with a certain viscosity, before the invention of cement, widely used in the construction of buildings.

"Han Shilang, why are you here?" While Yang Yun was observing, an old craftsman dressed in coarse cloth and covered in darkness walked over and saluted Han Zemu respectfully.

Han Zemu said with a smile: "This official has come to see, the construction period may be completed before the end of February?" ”

"Nature can ......"

The old craftsman couldn't help but look at Yang Yun again.

Han Zemu introduced on his behalf: "This is Yang Daochang, the Yang Xiaotian Master who repaired the head of the big stone statue in public when the Holy Lord was in charge that day...... Yang Daochang, he is the craftsman steward here, just call him Lao Zhong. ”

When Lao Zhong heard that Yang Yun was coming, he was surprised, and hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Old Zhong Jingnian, I have seen Yang Xiaotianshi. ”

"You're welcome."

Yang Yun smiled slightly at such a respectful old stonemason, and said, "I just came with Han Shilang to check the progress of the restoration of the Dao statue, I don't want to get in the way, you just have to ...... if you have something."

Zhong Jingnian lowered his head and said respectfully: "Our work is a radish and a pit, each position corresponds to a person, the old decay takes turns to rest, and someone in my position is busy...... You are a nobleman, the old man has long heard of the little heavenly master's supernatural powers, but I didn't expect to see a real person today, it is really a blessing for three lives......"

Han Zemu pushed Zhong Jingnian and said with a smile: "Yang Daochang, don't look at the old Zhong's age, but the craftsmanship is not comparable to ordinary craftsmen...... When he was young, he participated in the construction of the Ming Hall of the Luoyang Imperial Palace, and he basically did the repair work in the harem, which can be said to be a rare good style in the Ministry of Industry. ”

"The old man is just a mouthful of food, where can he compare to the supernatural powers of the Heavenly Master...... At that time, my friends mentioned it and were amazed by the methods of the Heavenly Master, and the old man was fascinated by it. Zhong Jingnian had a sincere smile on his face, peeking at Yang Yun from time to time, and his tone was full of amazement.

Yang Yun led people to repair the Taoist statue by "magic", and also put the head of the Lao Tzu statue back to its original place smoothly, which really made the craftsmen who witnessed it at that time a miracle.

Zhong Jingnian was not present at the time, but as a top craftsman who rebuilt the Taoist statue, he naturally heard a lot about the situation at that time from those craftsman friends.

Han Zemu said again: "Yang Daochang is supervising the construction of the project for King Shou this time, if there is anything, if I am not here, Lao Zhong, you will directly say the same to Yang Daochang, if there is something you don't understand, you can ask for advice." ”

"Yes, yes, yes."

Zhong Jingnian was busy.

Han Zemu glanced at Yang Yun and found that Yang Yun had been looking up at the top of the stone statue, and couldn't help asking, "Daoist Yang, why don't we take a wooden cart up together to have a look?" ”

Yang Yun glanced at the winches that were being hoisted with ropes, these winches were shaky, and they were not firm at first glance, and the chance of an accident was not small. Although he can be suspended in the air through telekinesis, the loss of spiritual power is very large, and if he can avoid it, he shook his head with a smile: "That's it, since we said that there are people in every job, we don't need to affect the construction above." ”

"Then I won't go up this time, and it's the same when the repair is completed." Han Zemu also felt that it was a little dangerous to take the winch, and said with a smile.

Zhong Jingnian asked: "Han Shilang, do you want to call the brothers down and see the little heavenly master?" If they knew that Yang Xiaotian Master was coming, they would definitely want to pay a visit. ”

Han Zemu waved his hand: "Daoist Yang is just here to take a look and check and fill in the gaps, you group of people come down, won't Daoist Yang be abrupt?" ”

Even if Han Zemu is polite to Zhong Jingnian, the difference in status between the two sides is like mud, and in Han Zemu's opinion, Zhong Jingnian's request is very excessive.

Yang Yun didn't put it on the shelf, and said to Zhong Jingnian with a smile: "Zhong Lao is still busy with the work at hand first, I will come often in the future, and there will always be a chance to meet with the brothers." ”

"Okay, okay."

Zhong Jingnian was very happy, it was rare for the Heavenly Master to be so approachable, in his impression, the Heavenly Master should not eat the fireworks of the world, and ordinary Taoist priests were more stylish than the little Heavenly Master in front of him.

Han Zemu took Yang Yun to walk around the inner edge of the stone statue, and whispered: "The junior official shouldn't let the old bell come over, people will become verbose when they are old, since Yang Dao can't go up, then let's go to Kaiyuan to watch the situation over there, you can know it in your heart, and you can return to King Shou." ”

In Han Zemu's view, Yang Yun's visit to Dakongguan was just to see the general situation of the restoration of the statue of Lao Tzu, and did not involve specific work.

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In order to prevent the craftsmen above from hearing that the little Heavenly Master was coming, Han Zemu took a winch down to see it, disrupting the order here, and also displeasing Yang Yun, so he simply took Yang Yun out of the stone statue early.

"Yang Daochang, forgive me, a group of rough people don't understand the rules." Han Zemu said apologetically.

Yang Yun waved his hand modestly: "They have no malicious intent, they can understand it." ”

Han Zemu looked at Wu Yuan, who had been following Yang Yun silently, and pointed to the side of the guide: "Let's go over here, take Xinzhong Bridge, and go to Daodaofang to have a look, if Yang Daochang feels bored, we can take Nanshi for a walk." ”

Perhaps realizing that he couldn't always talk to Yang Yun about business, Han Zemu had plans to invite Yang Yun to dinner.

In fact, this is what Yang Yun is looking forward to, Yang Yun hopes that Han Zemu can introduce Luoyang scholars to him, and he thinks that there are many famous people who will leave history among them.

But after all, he was not very familiar with Han Zemu, so he couldn't talk too directly, so he smiled and said: "Business is important, I will have time to do it in the future, and invite Han Shilang to eat and drink." ”

"How can this be deserved?"

Han Zemu saw that Yang Yun was free and easy, and suddenly increased his favor, he felt that Yang Yun had no shelf, but he could make friends.

This time, the two did not immediately board the carriage, but walked a little way into the surrounding streets and alleys after leaving the gate, observing the large stone statue from all directions.

Han Zemu expressed his views on the restoration of the statue of Lao Tzu, believing that if the statue could be repaired by mid-February, the Taoist Dharma would be more suitable to be held here.

"It's up to me to decide." Yang Yun said with a smile, "Since the Holy Lord feels that it is not suitable to be held in the Great Void Temple, why bother to force it? ”

Han Zemu knew that holding a puja at the Great Void Temple might cause a lot of trouble, but since he was in charge of the restoration of the statue of Lao Tzu at the Great Empty Temple, he also had a great credit for holding an unprecedented Taoist festival here.

"Then look at the Holy ...... And what does His Royal Highness King Shou mean? Han Zemu had a little regret, but it was not obvious.

The two talked again, and Yang Yun mentioned that he would participate in the Luoyang Provincial Examination in the first half of the year as a tribute of Hanzhou Township in Jiannan Province.

Han Zemu was surprised again: "Daochang Yang is so powerful, he actually wants to participate in the provincial examination?" In fact, as long as you say a word, the saint will arrange an official position for you, even if you have no merit in the future, there will still be high-ranking officials and dignitaries, which even His Royal Highness King Shou respects you? ”

Yang Yun looked longing: "My Yang family was originally an official eunuch's family, my father was an official in Shudi, and he was tired because of things, so that the family fell in the middle of the road, and now there is still a respect for the elders in the court as an official, and I want to concentrate on my career in the future, and it is not my wish to cultivate the Tao." ”

Han Zemu was even more surprised: "You can have such achievements in cultivating the Tao by the way, and if you enter the imperial examination in the future, I am afraid you will be a pillar of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China...... I really look forward to being a minister in the same hall with Yang Daochang. Ha ha. ”

That being said, Han Zemu didn't think that Yang Yun could pass the imperial examination.

In his view, whoever has achieved great things in one area will hardly benefit from others.

A Taoist priest is an official, more like a minister.