Chapter 106: Revisiting Kotakuji Temple
Xiao Yao came to the Guangzhai Temple again, but this time it was relatively low-key, only with two guards, the big tiger and the two tigers, but Bao Liang had already let Wukong guard the door, and when he saw Xiao Yao coming, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Welcome Xiao Gongzi, Wukong has been waiting here for a long time!" ”
"Little monk, why is your Guangzhai Temple so deserted? During this time, didn't the emperor want temples all over the country to hold various activities? Why doesn't your Guangzhai Temple look like the incense is as good as before? Xiao Yao saw that there were only three or three people coming to Guangzhai Temple to worship the Buddha, so he asked curiously.
"We already had a puja a few days ago, so we won't do it now, and these days it's been other temples doing prayer pujas about the Midyear Festival, so I guess those donors are going there! But we're in a quiet place here! Goku said honestly.
"Really? I thought that Master Bao Liang was snubbed by the prince, and those villains who tended to be inflammatory, would not come to your Guangzhai Temple! Xiao Yao sneered, and then followed Wukong to Bao Liang's meditation room.
Wukong and the big tiger and the two tigers stayed at the door to wait, Xiao Yao walked into the meditation room alone, it was still as simple as the last time he came in: the huge room only had a bed, a table and a few round stools, a few calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall, and there was nothing extravagant, it seems that the famous master Baoliang in Jinling is also a simple monk who abstains from luxury and frugality!
Master Bao Liang had already made tea, and was looking at Xiao Yao with a smile and said: "Amitabha, Shiro is really a trustworthy person, it has been half a year since he said goodbye last time, and Shiro has become Xiao Xiaoxiao at a young age!" It really surprised everyone! ”
"It's Shiro's honor to be so highly praised by the master! Shiro has entered the military camp in the past half a year, and many things in Jinling City have not paid much attention to, but it seems that the master has not been doing well recently, and these few days are the Midyear Festival, and it is also the most prosperous day of incense, but this Guangzhai Temple is so deserted, just now I thought that the master had opened up people again, and wanted to attack me! Xiao Yao said sarcastically.
"Haha, Shiro, your mouth is really more powerful than a knife, and it goes straight to the sore spot of the old man, and he doesn't leave the old man with any affection at all!" Bao Liang was not angry, and still said with a smile.
"The master is a monk, what do you want to do? And I'm an old acquaintance with the master, isn't it good to order directly? Xiao Yao also smiled.
"Acquaintances? Haha, Shiro is really joking, maybe we people are acquaintances in your eyes, because you have seen through us all, but we still can't see through you! Bao Liang smiled a little bitterly.
"Lao Wei has followed the prince for many years, and has become his teacher, giving him advice and gaining his trust, but he can't compete with your Xiao Shilang's trick 'Ming Xiu Plank Road Darkness Chen Cang'! On the surface, he didn't follow King Xing with all his heart, and he was willing to take refuge in the prince, but he made a fireworks, haha, and caught Yinhai Commercial Bank off guard! Of course, there is also the paper armor in the back and the current magical thing called perfume, which has pressed them all down! ”
"In half a year, through these unprecedented miraculous products, General Commercial Bank has developed so rapidly, and now it is even involved in the salt and iron business, which directly hurts the foundation of Yinhai Commercial Bank, and it is you who caused all this!" Bao Liang's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at Xiao Yao excitedly.
After looking at Master Baoliang for a while, Xiao Yao smiled and said: "Half of the general trading house belongs to my master, of course I want to contribute to the development of the trading bank, as the so-called shopping mall is like a battlefield, how can I be soft in the face of the enemy?" The master invited me this time, didn't he want to complain to me, right? And when I heard the master say this, I seemed to regret it, why, do you really want to attack me? Take me down, and then ask the prince for credit, and regain the prince's trust? After speaking, Xiao Yao subconsciously touched the pistol on his waist.
Bao Liang laughed and said: "Haha, Shiro's words are wrong!" Let's not say that Lao Qu is a monk, he can't commit such a big precept, and now Shiro is also a captain of the infantry battalion, holding a heavy position, if there is any mistake here in the Light House Temple, Lao Ke can't afford it! ”
"In the past six months, I've been thinking about where I lost, when you said that it was just a cooperative relationship with Xingwang, I could see that you weren't lying! And if the prince could open his mind at that time, regardless of his past suspicions, put down his body and recruit you, I believe that you would also agree to switch to the prince's camp! It's a pity, the time is not lost! We missed it! Bao Liang shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"Does the master really mean to complain to me now? As I said, we never wanted to be enemies of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but we are not going to sit idly by! But we didn't say we wouldn't move forward, you just misunderstood! Xiao Yao smiled.
"Haha, Shiro is really a master, if other people listen to your words, they will definitely scold you, a little fox, who has already done it in Haiyan County, and scared His Royal Highness the Crown Prince a lot, and now he is embarrassed to say that he doesn't want to be an enemy of His Royal Highness! But I still believe Shiro's words, sometimes the best way to deceive others is to tell the truth! ”
"At first, we were all deceived by your age, thinking that you were just a teenager, and you were deceived into his camp by King Xing's rhetoric, but bystanders are clear, in the past six months, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has deliberately alienated me, so that I can stand aside and watch you make moves, plus I also have some secret news from sources, which makes me see clearly, you really did not take refuge in King Xing, and you really don't want to be an enemy of the prince! That's why I invited Shiro to come here again! Bao Liang suddenly looked at Xiao Yao proudly.
Xiao Yao was really shocked in his heart: secret news? Did he see something? His own trick is true and false, but it is a panacea, and the truth is mixed with the false, so that people can't guess it, why is this old monk now saying that he can see it clearly?
Bao Liang also saw Xiao Yao's changes, and his smile became even more proud, and Xiao Yao, who had calmed down, decided to take the initiative!
Xiao Yao said with a smile: "Actually, I accepted the master's invitation to come here to talk to the master, and I was also a little curious, the master is a monk, and he is a respected Zen master in Jinling, why is he so keen on these court politics, and even threw himself into the party struggle, if it is said that for the sake of glory and wealth and a splendid future, this is very contradictory to what you monks often say about seeing through the red dust!" And looking at the master doesn't look like a person chasing fame and fortune, so Shiro is curious! ”
Xiao Yao's move to advance and retreat was really effective, not only diverting Bao Liang's pressure on him step by step just now, but also making Bao Liang also show a trace of panic, but Bao Liang quickly returned to normal, smiling silently.
Xiao Yao knew that Meng was right, so he continued to laugh and said: "It is said that the master has profound Buddhism and outstanding literary talent, and it can be said that he is the first Zen master in Jinling, but he is only the abbot of this small Guangzhai Temple, I heard that the emperor wants the master to be the abbot of the famous Jiming Temple more than once, and the master has also refused, and people praise the master for his fame and fortune!" But I heard that the master was already the abbot here when Emperor Wu was in the previous dynasty, and this Guangzhai Temple seemed to be the former residence of Emperor Wu before! ”