Standing on the high platform, seeing the crowd disperse and a gust of wind blowing, Jiang Anyi's heart felt cold. To tell the truth, he really didn't want the believers to give alms, if it wasn't for Master Hongxin's disagreement, Jiang Anyi originally intended to pay for the construction of this temple himself, just to repay Master Hongxin's kindness to him.

As a result, the master refused, because no matter how much a person gives, he is only a believer. The Buddha crosses sentient beings and spreads the Dharma to the world, not to ask everyone to give incense money, but to take their kindness, so that more people can understand the Dharma and transcend the sea of suffering, which is the immeasurable merit.

Seeing that Jiang Anyi walked off the stage with some loss, Master Hongxin smiled and said: "Jiang Tan is more than in the picture, with good thoughts in his heart, and his heart is the greatest charity. The poor monks were in Anlong Temple, a brick and a tile, a dish and a porridge were all done by themselves, and now they are not afraid of difficulties in building this Huangyangshan Temple. ”

Some people dispersed and some people came around, hearing the master's words, they all said that they would contribute money and efforts to the construction of Buddhist temples. Master Hongxin said with a smile: "Offering incense is a great merit to worship the Buddha and respect the Buddha, but you should do your best." My Buddha's compassion is originally to save the world, if in order to worship the Buddha and cut down on food and clothing, it violates the original intention of the Buddha to save himself first, and then cross the people, to know that the Buddha receives incense from all directions, and also blesses the eight directions, so as to show the meaning of the Buddha to purify all sentient beings. ”

"Amitabha, my Buddha is compassionate." When everyone heard this, they all joined together as a salute, and their hearts of giving became more and more determined, and some people were about to stuff them into the hands of Master Hongxin with silver and two copper coins.

After discussing with Master Hongxin, Zhao Tingshi and others, Jiang Anyi returned to the high platform and said loudly: "The construction of a Buddhist temple is immeasurable merit, everyone is rich and poor, but the heart of the Buddha is the same. Therefore, the official decided to place a large vat under the Xuanhua Workshop of the county ya, and those who are powerful donors may wish to put the money into it. ”

Those who were about to leave in the distance stood their feet, what? Not only is it not forcibly raised, but it also allows people to take incense money from the jar for their own use, what is compassion, this is true compassion. It seems that these people are living the Buddha's degree with the heart of a villain.

The clay pot under the Xuanhua workshop is three people hugging thick, about three and a half feet deep, less than half a day, the whole cylinder is full of yellow and clear copper coins, and people continue to come to the cylinder to throw money, and then recite the Buddha together. There was no one guarding the side of the cylinder, and the officials saw that the copper coins in the cylinder were overflowing, and two large cylinders were added after Jiang Anyi.

These three large vats full of copper coins have become a scene in Fuluo County, highlighting the heart of the people of Fuluo County to the Buddha, some people have made a special trip from other places to see these three vats, and then throw some copper coins into it, reverently chant a few "Amitabha Buddha", everyone looks at these three vats with awe, even the most inferior thieves will not pick up the copper coins that roll down to the ground when passing through the vat. These coins were later cast into huge bells that hung in the temple tower, and whenever the bells were ringed, the pilgrims would stand together and remember the prosperity of the day.

The day after the end of the festival, Master Hongxin followed Jiang Anyi to Huangshan Village, Zhao Tingshi wanted to go back to Jingyang Mansion, and also went to Huangyang Village to see, the court rewarded the merit of exterminating Huangyang Village, Du Jitao and others and Li Ma's two school captains were promoted to one level, these people talked in private, and they all talked about Jiang Anyi's merits. It is the dream of countless literati to establish martial arts, Jiang Anyi sent an envoy to the Northern Desert, fought in Huazhou, and now he is suppressing bandits and yellow sheep, it should be said that he has repeatedly made military exploits, so Zhao Shulun is full of curiosity about Jiang Anyi.

Huangyang Mountain, "County Chronicle" records: there are yellow sheep haunted by it, and the villagers take the name of the yellow sheep. Master Hongxin saw that the terrain of Huangyang Mountain is steep, the scenery is beautiful, the grass and trees in the mountains are flourishing, the waterfall flies down, and the steps go up, and the clouds roll up with the wind, which is a good scene.

Jiang Anyi from the first layer of checkpoints can be changed to the mountain gate to speak, all the way up, the Tianwang Palace, the Bell and Drum Tower, the Jialan Hall and other letter fingers come to the top of the mountain, here was originally the Huangyangzhai Juyi Hall is located, the terrain is open, as long as a little modification can be built Daxiong Ding Palace. Master Hongxin nodded with satisfaction and said: "Jiang Tanyue, the temple is very good here, thank you to the poor monks." ”

Zhao Shulun sighed: "Half of the world's famous mountain monks, the scenery here is excellent, after the temple is completed, there will be pilgrims like clouds, and I have one more place in Lizhou." ”

There is also a peak opposite the Juyi Hall, and the two peaks are just like the two horns on the head of a sheep. Zhao Shulun pointed to the mountain peak and asked, "Anyi, where is it?" What are you going to build there? ”

"It was originally the grain storage place of Huangyang Village, I plan to build a small academy there, I have written to Deng Shanchang, the head of Zechang Academy, and invite him to give a lecture on the day the academy is completed, and by the way, I will invite a few scholars to sit in the academy to add literary style to my Lizhou."

This is a very elegant and prestigious thing, Zhao Shulun is especially interested in the temple, and asked with great interest: "Anyi, your idea is very good, and the state government is willing to fully fund it." It is better to arrange the construction of the academy and the teaching of Confucianism. ”

Jiang Anyi thought to himself that this Zhao Thorn Shi would really pick peaches, and the construction of the academy would inevitably cause a big repercussion in Shilin, once the academy produced a few jinshi and people, not to mention Lizhou, even people from several nearby states came to study, and as the history of Lizhou, his reputation naturally soared.

However, Jiang Anyi does not intend to compete with Zhao Tingshi, as a scholar, it is his duty to do something for a scholar, not to mention that he will not stay in Fuluo County for a few years, once the "tax integration into one" pilot is successful, he will have to leave. Nodding in agreement, Zhao Shulun looked at Jiang Anyi's eyes and said with a smile: "Anyi, I have written down this situation, if the county government has something, just come to me." ”

The mountain breeze blew the hair of Jiang Anyi's sideburns, and his young and handsome face shone in the sun. A trace of jealousy flashed in Zhao Shulun's heart, this Jiang Anyi is really a capable person, the Son of Heaven asked him to come to Fuluo County to implement the "tax as one", but he didn't do anything serious, but did two off-topic things first, which of these two things is a vigorous and vigorous event, and it can even make himself go further in his career. Although this son is young, he is very shrewd, and seeing his actions after coming to Fuluo County, he is thoughtful and clever, and such a person can only be a friend and not an enemy.

Zhao Shulun made up his mind that Jiang Anyi tried his best to be friendly with him when he was in Fuluo County, and buried a smile for the future, thinking like this, the smile on his face became more and more blooming.

Zhao Tingshi is the honor of a mansion, and there are a lot of things waiting for him to make decisions in the yamen, so he can't stay outside, say goodbye to Master Hongxin, and ask Jiang Anyi to go to the state capital to talk when he is free, and take people down the mountain and leave. Only Master Hongxin and Jiang Anyi were left on the mountain, and the two talked casually, Master Hongxin said: "Anyi, I am very satisfied here, starting tomorrow, I will start to rebuild the temple." ”

Jiang Anyi smiled bitterly: "Master, the New Year is coming soon, where is the manpower?" ”

"It doesn't matter, there is everything here, you just need to have someone send some food, and the poor monk will take a few apprentices to do it first, and after the New Year, it will not be too late to build it with all his might." I think the foundation of Huangyang Village is good, so it shouldn't take much effort. ”

Jin Yiming on the side interjected: "Master, I and other sinners have nowhere to celebrate the New Year, so it's better to do something together with the master during this time." ”

Because these captured bandits are serving prison sentences, they naturally cannot be let go home for the New Year, not to mention that most of these people are alone. Jiang Anyi's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "It's so good, let these bitter prisoners build Buddhist temples, and by the way, let them alleviate their sins, and then let them build roads after the first month." ”

Jiang Anyi went back to send people to deliver food without mentioning it. Master Hongxin said to do it, Huangyangzhai demolished the checkpoint to level the land, leveled the land according to the topography, and some materials entered the site one after another. There is really no shortage of money for the construction of the temple, Guangjiang Anyi donated five thousand taels, the officials of Fuluo County made up eight hundred taels, and the rich pilgrims certainly did not throw copper coins into the jar, and the silver tickets they gave were sent to the hands of Master Hongxin's apprentices, about three thousand taels, and Zhao Tingshi and the officials of the government gave one thousand four hundred taels, which was enough to build the temple.

Although it is almost the New Year, but there is money to earn or someone to start work, not to mention the construction of Buddhist temples to accumulate merit, many believers even bring their own dry food to the mountain temple to help transport stone and wood, the mountain temple is changing day by day.

Jiang Anyi can't take care of the Huangyang Temple anymore, he is a layman, the New Year is like the sky, and he is in a foreign land, and the New Year is even more lively. During the Chinese New Year, the yamen was sealed, and Jiang Anyi moved back to the Huang Mansion with Dong'er, where there were Zhang Keji's family, as well as Huang Dongquan and others, which was lively.

On the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, a team of carriages and horses came out of the door, Jiang Anyi heard the news and took Dong'er to greet him, and saw Jiang Huang's standing in front of the door with a smile, and Yan'er standing next to him, who was already almost as tall as Jiang Huang's.

"Mother, why are you here?" Jiang Anyi exclaimed in surprise.

Jiang Huang looked at his son, honey was dripping from his eyebrows and eyes, and before she could speak, Yan'er rushed to say, "Brother, Sister Dong'er is pregnant?" I'm going to be an aunt? ”

Dong'er blushed and was about to bend down to salute, but Jiang Huang hurriedly stepped forward to stop her and said, "You are a person with a body, why are you so careless, don't flash your waist." Quick, let my mother see, why haven't you shown her pregnancy yet. ”

"Mother, Master Hongxin said that it was less than two months, and it was still early." Dong'er felt the love of her mother-in-law, and responded sweetly and warmly. Yan'er came to Dong'er's side, took Dong'er's arm and said: "Sister-in-law, you don't know, my mother was so happy when she received the news, she immediately asked people to prepare a car to come to Fuluo County to see her grandson. ”

Jiang Anyi patted Yan'er's head dotingly, and scolded with a smile: "Little girl, I don't recognize my brother when I grow up, and I don't know how to salute when I see my brother, Master Zhou taught you in vain." ”

"Brother", Yan'er shook her head dissatisfiedly, pouted, and said: "Men and women don't kiss, don't treat me as a child, I'm fourteen years old." ”

Huang Dongquan came to meet his aunt, and the family walked in with a smile, Jiang Anyi looked at Yan'er and laughed: "Yan'er has grown into a big girl." ”

Yan'er raised her head arrogantly, and snorted at her brother with her nostrils, but Jiang Anyi then smiled and said, "The eldest girl should find her mother-in-law." ”

"Mother, you see my brother chewing his tongue, and you don't teach him a lesson." Yan'er blushed and didn't follow the truth.

I don't know who said that a place with a mother is home, although Jiang Anyi is used to spending the New Year alone outside, but with his mother and sister-in-law, this year has become extremely lively. The Chinese New Year's Eve of Fengle's thirteenth year passed quietly in warmth and sweetness.