Under the sun, Daming Palace is solemn and majestic.

In the light house square that is only one street away from the Daming Palace, a courtyard full of locust trees is born, but it looks gloomy.

Huifan, a high monk who had just been stripped of his title and dismissed his post, carried a bucket of water and staggered through the garden. I scooped the water with a gourd, and slowly poured it along the edge of the furrow, and watered the new seedlings that had just emerged from the ground until they were verdant.

"Senior brother, senior brother, senior brother!" The senior monk Huiming rushed into the garden with a smoke, and his old face was full of ecstasy, "Cracked, cracked, entrusted by Princess Anle, Sima Chengzhen ......"

"Steady!" Hui Fan didn't raise his head and reminded in a low voice. The gourd scoop in his hand was slightly tilted, and the cold water inside was evenly distributed to the five adjacent new seedlings, and not a drop splashed out of the vegetable bed.

"Yes!" Huiming's face immediately turned red, and he lowered his head and folded his head to be taught.

"Say!" Hui Fan dropped a word and continued to use the gourd scoop to irrigate. It's as if the most important thing of the day is not as good as the new seedlings in front of you.

"Yes!" Huiming agreed in a deep voice, and then added with a face full of shame, "At noon the day before yesterday, Princess Anle entrusted Sima Chengzhen to solve the mystery of the fire meteor!" It has been established that the so-called fire meteor is a thunder technique, which originates from the Taoist Five Thunder Method. The activation conditions are extremely complex and require long hours of chanting of mantras. ”

"Are you sure?" Hui Fan glanced at his junior brother, carried the empty bucket, and staggered to the pond in the distance. The movements are a little old-fashioned, but the pace is consistent.

"It's confirmed, Sima Chengzhen demonstrated twice. Li Xianzong demonstrated it again in the same way, and both of them successfully sparked firelight. But......" Hui Ming added in a low voice, "but the fireballs that were sent out only appeared about ten steps away. Unable to fly further. ”

"Oh!" Hui Fan smiled and continued to stagger towards the pond, not making any comments on Hui Ming's answer.

"Senior brother!" Hui Ming was apprehensive, so he quickly chased after him and bent down to help. Hui Fan turned her head to look at him, scooped a ladle of water from the pond, and threw it into the distance. "Whoa!" Six or seven paces away, the water splashed, and the sunlight shining through the treetops shimmered with golden light.

"I know, I know it's too close! hasn't splashed a scoop of water far yet. Huiming's face rose to the color of pork liver again. After hesitating for a moment, he explained in a low voice: "But when Zhang Motou sparked the fire meteor that day, he used five bronze bells. And it is the moment when the eclipse appears, and the solstice turns into the yin. And Sima Chengzhen and Li Xianzong were both done at noon the day before yesterday, only to the yang, not to the yin! ”

"After all, the distance is ten times worse, and the power is probably the same!" Hui Fan carried the water ladle and filled the barrel in an orderly manner. Immediately, he picked up the wooden barrel and continued to water the new seedlings. disdainful of the research "results" of Sima Chengzhen and Li Xianzong.

"Yes, it's closer, and it's less powerful." Huiming was in a hurry, and while chasing after him, he reminded in a very low voice, "But senior brother, this is enough." Knowing the conditions for the fire meteor to trigger, you can not give the demon a chance to trigger. Slay them in one swoop! ”

"Princess Anle suggested you?" Hui Fan placed the bucket next to the vegetable bed, straightened up, and tapped his sore back with both hands.

"Yes, it was her proposal!" Hui Ming didn't dare to hide it, blushed, and replied in a low voice, "But I thought that we had to eradicate that demon as soon as possible." Right now, not only the emperor and the saintess are becoming more and more estranged from our White Horse Sect. Those officials and children of the family who originally entrusted the management of their money to the sect also began to find excuses to withdraw their funds. From the time when Senior Brother Huizhong was unfortunately devoured by the devil to the present, it has only been a month, and the funds controlled by the sect have dropped by more than 140,000 yuan. If this continues......"

"Money is something outside of one's body." Hui Fan glanced at him and grabbed the scoop again. While irrigating, he slowly added: "Others put their money in the White Horse Sect and entrust the sect to help take care of it, because they trust that my White Horse Sect can make money with money and pay attention to the rules." Instead of trusting me how powerful the White Horse Sect is. Otherwise, why wouldn't they give their money to a nobleman? ”

"Yes, yes, Senior Brother has taught you a great lesson!" Huiming didn't dare to talk back, and continued to nod like garlic, "But right now, the outside world is rumoring that our fighting method was lost to the demon surnamed Zhang." There are also rumors that our cultivation is not a true scripture. Especially on the Zen side, it even openly declared that the White Horse Sect had gone astray! ”

"A bunch of crazy people who like to play with their lips, you took care of them, and you fell for them!" The expression on Hye Beom's face finally changed a little, and he stood up and pouted disdainfully.

"Of course, I won't let my disciples ignore the crazy people of Zen Buddhism, but there are many followers of Zen Buddhism in the Gusu generation. Let them reverse black and white, I am afraid that the people of Jiangnan will be deceived by them, and they will really have a misunderstanding of our White Horse Sect! Huiming raised his hand to wipe the corner of his forehead and continued to add in a whisper.

"Those who drum up their lips and tongues will go to hell when they die!" Hui Fan glanced at him, and his voice suddenly became a little muffled.

"Yes!" Hui Ming solemnly bowed his hand, "I'll arrange for Demon King Kong to do it immediately." Although my Buddha is compassionate, he cannot allow people to be humiliated in person. ”

"What are you going to do with the demon surnamed Zhang? And if that fire meteor really can't be hastily fired? Hui Fan leaned over and picked up the barrel and staggered to the next vegetable bed.

"Senior brother, have you agreed to do the exorcism?" Hui Ming was overjoyed and followed Hui Fan's footsteps to ask. Without waiting for the latter's answer, he couldn't wait to introduce, "My original plan was to send more Demon King Kong, ambush them on the road, and kill them in one fell swoop." But the princess decided that the move was too risky. The last assassination was fruitless, and the hundred horsemen must have been on guard. Therefore, the princess suggested that she find a way to transfer Zhang Motou out of Chang'an and stay away from the lair. Then, the sect hired bandits and dead soldiers to attack his car! ”

"Hmm-" Hui Fan stopped and muttered in a low voice.

"The bronze bell is heavy, and it is impossible for the demon to carry it with him. He was a civilian official, and the number of guards around him was limited. Also, this person doesn't like to hire a housekeeper. In order to win the support of his senior brother, Huiming thought about it and listed the favorable conditions for his side one by one, "Also, the princess will inform the sect of his itinerary in advance." and, to the greatest extent possible, to extend the duration of stay in the field. ”

"What does Princess Anle want?" The more Hui Fan listened, the sharper his eyes became, and before he knew it, his eyes lit up into two invisible horizontal knives.

"Princess, the princess wants to be the next saint of the White Horse Sect!" Hui Ming shuddered and replied honestly.

"That's all?" Hui Fan refused to believe it, and shook his head with a sneer.

"She still wants to be the crown princess, and after a hundred years of the Shenlong Emperor, she will inherit the throne!" Hui Ming shuddered again, and added carefully and quickly, "We must assist her at any cost, just as we did when we pushed her father to the throne." In exchange, if she can ascend to the throne, she will make Buddhism the religion of the protector of the country! ”

"You promised?" Hui Fan raised his eyebrows slightly, his waist straightened, and an invisible murderous aura came out of his body.

Forced to stagger back with murderous aura, Huiming waved his hand with a white face, "No, no, senior brother, I didn't dare to agree." The stakes are very high, and you have to ask your senior brother for advice first. I ......"

"Promise her!" A voice suddenly came from the thatched hut under the locust tree by the pond, clear and decisive.

"Yes!" Hui Fan, who was still full of murderous aura before, suddenly changed back to the appearance of an old monk in Longzhong. He turned around and saluted the hut. Immediately, he turned his body to Huiming again, condescendingly, "The Dharma King has an order to agree to Princess Anle's request." As for Devil Zhang's side, I still hope that my junior brother will deal with it calmly, and don't burn yourself like last time! ”

"Yes! The poor monk obeys the decree of the Dharma King! Hui Ming didn't know when, he was already lying on the ground. He kowtowed three times in the direction of the source of the sound, and then responded with a reverent face.

"Go ahead!" In the hut, there was another clear command. Calm and crisp, as if from the mouth of a battle-hardened general.

"The poor monk retires!" Hui Ming saluted again respectfully, and walked backwards out of the garden. Although I didn't see what the Dharma King looked like from the beginning to the end, I was already sweating nervously.

"Princess Taiping's request, you might as well agree to it!" In the thatched hut, the instructions of the Dharma King were once again transmitted, not to Hui Ming, but to Hui Fan, the sect leader of the White Horse Sect. "Recently, Datang has been too quiet, and there must be some waves to make the world more aware of my Buddha's compassion!"

"Yes!" Hui Fan's body trembled, and he immediately bent down and saluted solemnly.

In the vegetable furrow beside him, a few new sprouts of mandala flowers that had just broken the ground for a long time were swaying in the wind!

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"Senior brother, senior brother, what do you think this is?" Guo Nu used a clay pot to support a few thin new seedlings, and broke into the study in a hurry.

In the study, Zhang Qian and Wang Maobo were thinking about how to maximize the use of the existing accessories on the windmill and use them for the waterwheel. Hearing the sound, he raised his head and looked at Guo Nu's hand, just in time to see two familiar leaves, swaying slightly in the sun.

"Rose, where did you get it?" didn't care about the waterwheel, Zhang Qian dropped the charcoal pen and jumped up. fell directly in front of Guo Nu, snatched the clay pot, and looked carefully in front of him.

It is indeed a rose, not a moon season. Although it is not very tall, small thorns can already be seen on the stalks. Sharp serrations can also be seen on the edges of quail eggs-sized leaves.

"A friend's family, someone in his family had been a florist for Emperor Yang of Sui." Guo Nu smiled, showing off proudly, "He still has all kinds of flowers at home. The name of this thing is Rose, and it's exactly the same as what you said last year, Senior Brother. There were people as early as the Han Dynasty. But in recent years, it has become popular to mix Persian and Han species, which can be opened from spring to winter every year, and after winter, move into the house, bake a brazier, and continue to shine! ”

"That's it, that's it! Talk to your friend. How much he has, let's buy as much as we want. In my Zhuangzi, I plant dozens of acres first. Plant a few hundred more in pots and move them into the house in winter! Zhang Qian rubbed his hands excitedly, and his command voice seemed a little incoherent.

Since he found it last fall, he has finally found the best raw material for refining essential oils! How could it not be inexplicably excited.

You must know that the essential oil content of roses is hundreds of times that of chrysanthemums. And as long as the temperature is right and the nutrients can keep up, this flower can bloom all year round.

"Dozens of acres, I'm afraid I can't get so many flower seedlings." Following Zhang Qian's flower dew for so long, it was the first time for Guo Nu, seeing that his senior brother was so excited for a flower seedling, he hesitated for a moment, and responded cautiously, "Senior brother, will this rose and essential oil be very special?" ”

"You want as much as you want. Then, ask him to help collect the roses. This thing is a cutting, cut one from the branch, insert it into the wet mud, and it will take root. Very good species! Zhang Qian's excitement continued to disappear, and he waved his hand without hesitation, "As for whether the essential oil is special, you can refine some by yourself after the flowers bloom and make it into flower dew." It can be said that with it, the flower dew can really become the flower dew! ”

That's really not what he said. According to the information he found when he first started making flower dew last year. Rose essential oil, the king of essential oils. Not only is the smell intense and pleasant, but it is also inherently pleasurable and aphrodisiac, making it perfect for perfumery.

In addition, rose essential oil also has the functions of removing acne, anti-inflammatory and reducing the color of freckles, which directly meets the multi-faceted beauty needs of ladies. Add a little of this to the Rokujin Flower Dew, and you can take the grade of the Flower Dew to a new level. And those so-called authentic flower dews of the big food country with rosemary added may be reduced to 20 wen and 1 he, and no one may still be interested.

"This thing likes the sun rather than the yin, doesn't like clay, and is afraid of waterlogging. Plant on a slope away from the riverbank! "When it comes to planting, Wang Maobo is better than Guo Nu and Zhang Qian, and he is itchy to listen to it next to him, and he can't help but interject in a low voice." Plus, this stuff needs chicken manure. Put chicken manure on the roots, and the flowers will bloom more fragrant! ”

"You've planted it before?" Guo Nu and Zhang Qian turned their heads in surprise and asked in unison.

"No, my family has little land, and I didn't have enough food to grow before, so how can I have the courage to plant flowers. But I've seen others fiddle with it! Wang Maobo grinned and waved his hand wryly, "Around Chang'an, there are gardens of many large families. The place with the most peanuts and the most dense is Weiyang Palace. The specific location is not far from our ordnance superintendent. Weiyang Palace was a forbidden garden in the Han Dynasty, and there were many strange flowers and plants in it. At present, although a small half of it has been cut out to become the garrison of the Royal Forest Army and the weapons supervisor, a lot of plants and trees have taken root in the ground, even if no one cares about it, the leaves will still sprout in the spring! (Note: Roses are native to China and have been widely cultivated since the Han Dynasty.) But the variety is slightly different from modern roses. ）

"What did you say?" Zhang Qian couldn't believe his ears, his eyes widened, and he asked in a loud voice.

If there are a lot of roses in Weiyang Palace, you can really plant as many acres as you want.

As an emperor who was not greedy for pleasure, Li Xian had no interest in Weiyang Palace. Except for the spring and winter seasons to review the Imperial Forest Army, the rest of the time will not appear in Weiyang Palace at all. And because the ordnance supervisor is located in the Weiyang Palace, entering and exiting the Weiyang Palace by himself is as simple as entering and leaving his own home. Spend some money, please take care of the farm supervisor of Weiyang Palace, cut thousands of rose branches and plant them at home, it is as easy as a breeze.

"Roses, the moon season, are planted too much, and they are prone to disease. It is best to plant at intervals with different flowers and plants to grow better! "Recently, Zhang Qian has received a lot of favors, and Wang Maobo has completely lost his heart to him, so everything he knows will tell the truth," In that case, it covers a wide area. Although the young eunuch's family has a lot of land, if they don't grow food and just grow flowers, they will definitely attract the impeachment of the official! ”

"How can you not grow food? Didn't you just say that roses like the sun and are afraid of waterlogging. I grow roses in the high places of Zhuangzi and grain in the low areas, so that no one can find faults? Although he had long understood the boredom of the Tang Dynasty officials, Zhang Qian still didn't care about the response.

"In the low-lying areas, you can only grow sorghum, and it doesn't grow well. Even if the silt has been drained, but there is alkali in the ground, at least for two or three years, only sorghum can be planted! Wang Maobo smiled, very expert, and pointed out Zhang Qian's wishful thinking. Most of the crops at home are sorghum, and although the official will not find fault, it is inevitable that there will be boring people who will take this matter as a joke. ”

Chang'an people like to eat noodles, but those who really don't have money eat millet, and sorghum has always been unpopular. Only when the land at home is too barren, or the housekeepers and farmers are too lazy, will they plant some sorghum indiscriminately and watch the weather for food.

And Zhang Qian, as a high-ranking official from the fourth grade, will be stared at by many pairs of eyes in every word and deed. The green gauze tent has been set up in pieces at home, which saves trouble, and food self-sufficiency has become a problem. If you have thousands of acres of land at home, and you have to buy food from outside, there is no doubt that you will be secretly despised by your parents and fellow villagers as a loser!

However, for Wang Maobo's reminder, Zhang Qian didn't take it seriously at all. After a moment's silence, he immediately decided, "It's okay, the roses are planted on the gentle slope facing the sun, as many as possible." In the low-lying areas, there are fields that have just been drained and are not suitable for growing wheat, and all of them are planted with sorghum. Sorghum should not be used for food in the first place, and making wine is the best way out! ”

"Winemaking?" This time, it was Wang Maobo's turn to be surprised, his eyes widened, and he muttered, "Sorghum can make wine, such an astringent thing?" ”

"Brewing rice wine is definitely not possible, making white wine, but it is the best choice!" Zhang Qian smiled and clenched his fists confidently.

defeated the Treasure Pavilion, which had the eldest princess as a backer, and brought him more than just a large amount of wealth. At the same time, it also made his mentality change greatly.

A lot of things that would have been careful, he is no longer careful. And many steps that needed to be thought over and over before they were put into practice, he began to quietly accelerate the pace of implementation.

As Zhang Qian's junior brother, Guo Nu feels very direct about the changes in his senior brother. After hesitating for a moment, he was ready to make a reminder. However, before he could consider his words, he saw Steward Cui running in excitedly.

"The proprietor, Guo Shaolang, the king is in charge!" has changed from the cold and fierce way a few months ago, and now Steward Cui, no matter who he sees, has a smile on his face. First bowed to Zhang Qian, Guo Nu and Wang Maobo, and then reported with a smile, "Qiqi proprietor, the school is enrolled today, and Zhang Shanchang asks you if you have time to go over and have a look." By the way, a few words to encourage the schoolchildren to be motivated! ”

"Go, of course!" When Zhang Qian heard this, he smiled decisively and waved his hand. "Senior brother, Uncle Mao, do you want to go together!"

"I can't ask for it!" Guo Nu is born to be lively, while Wang Maobo is worried that Zhang Qian will encounter unforeseen things again, so he has the heart to protect him. So, both smiled and nodded.

The three brothers, laughing, walked out of the study, jumped into the carriage and mount, and headed all the way east. After a short time, I came to the original White Horse Temple, before the current Chengxian Academy.

Because Zhang Ruoxu served as the chief of the mountain, and the plaque was inscribed by the Shenlong Emperor Li Xian, the situation that Zhang Qian was worried about when no one came to school did not appear at all. On the contrary, many wealthy families in Weinan, Xinfeng, Baling and other places who do not need to save money on food and tie their stomachs have also sent their school-age children over.

Therefore, the 80 places in the first phase of the scheme are simply not enough. Someone even specially entrusted Sun Anzu's relationship and stuffed people inside. As a result, Zhang Ruoxu had to increase the quota to 120 people before he could meet the requirements.

Hearing that Zhang Qian, a young eunuch of secret arts who was deeply favored by the emperor, was ready to give a lecture to the students. Many parents who sent their children to school also stopped. Everyone gathered in the open space in front of the academy, looking forward to it. They all look forward to the legendary Zhang Shaojian who is very good at being an official, and he can give his children a face-to-face lesson. Or the tiger's body is shaken, and the blessings are scattered, so that the children will also have the opportunity to be like him in the future.

However, when Zhang Qian finally walked to the steps and began to lecture. Many parents are disappointed. There are no other reasons, first, Zhang Shaojian's words are actually very easy to understand, so that people can understand what he wants to express as long as they listen to it in their ears and don't need to think about it at all. Second, Zhang Shaojian's requirements for the students are very low, so low that he is sorry for the inscription on the plaque.

“…… The so-called elementary school, as I have said, is the opposite of the university. It does not talk about how to govern the country and secure the country, nor how to shepherd one side on behalf of the Son of Heaven, but only for the sake of enlightenment, solving doubts, and enabling people to obtain the most basic knowledge so that they can better gain a foothold in the world. Looking at the immature or old faces in front of the academy, Zhang Qian smiled and repeated his wish.

Because of the high position he was standing, he could see the disappointment on the faces of the adults clearly. He could also see the joy and confusion on the children's faces. The eunuchs and the hundred horsemen who were hidden behind the crowd could also see clearly. But today, he doesn't want to accommodate anyone.

"Some of you may be transferred to other schools in the future. Maybe when someone grows up, they will be in and out of the picture. Maybe there are people who have lived a very mediocre or even obscure life in this life. However, Chengxian Academy is still willing to become a common home for each of you. Skipping the philistine, excited, or numb adults, he focused his gaze on the children, like looking at the new seedlings, "I don't have much hope for you here, I only hope that after you read the book, you will be able to have the most basic judgment of right and wrong, good and evil." Don't follow the crowd, and don't be maverick in order to show that you are unique. I hope you can learn to think and ask more whys in everything. Know what it is, and know why it is. If you can retain a little compassion for the common people in your hearts in the future, and have some empathy for your kind, then I will definitely be proud of you. Because that is the meaning of the establishment of this academy, and it is also the biggest difference between this academy and other academies! ”

Suddenly a little excited in his heart, he smiled and gently clenched his fists at everyone under the steps.

He suddenly felt that even though he traveled through time and space, he was never lonely

Because, there is a pair of eyes that have been watching themselves, watching their every word and deed, every move, and being deeply proud of themselves!

The second volume of thousands of lights ended