The next day, Zhang Bin accompanied Xiao Xi and Yelu Shiwu to visit the places of interest in Tokyo, which was a procedure that Liao envoys had to take after coming to the capital of the Great Song Dynasty in the past.

The Liao people believe in Buddhism, and the Daxiangguo Temple is famous all over the world, even in the Song Dynasty, it can be regarded as a long history.

Therefore, the first place for Xiao Xi and Yelu Shiwu to visit is Daxiangguo Temple.

"Chess cloth gold, the picture is like Biluo, the clouds are eight scenes, the rain scatters the four flowers, the land is full of gods, the tower temple is beautiful, and this is the extreme." Looking at the magnificent temple in front of him, Xiao Xi suddenly said such a paragraph.

"The ambassador is really knowledgeable, and even the Tang Dynasty genius Li Yong described the words of the Great Xiangguo Temple, and he knows that His Majesty the Emperor of your country sent an ambassador to our court, and there is really a reason, I admire it." Although Zhang Bin before the soul pierced was not able to be a high eight bucket, but under Zhang Zai's cultivation since childhood, he can be called a rich man, and he immediately remembered the source of Xiao Xi's words.

Xiao Xi smiled reservedly and said, "Where is it, Yangwu County has won the prize." ”

Unexpectedly, Yelu Shiwu looked disappreciative later, and suddenly said: "What can you do if you know these words, there are not a few people who want to come to the Song people who know these words, and it's not that they can't beat our Da Liao." ”

The smile on Xiao Xi's face suddenly stiffened, his chest and abdomen rose and fell violently, and he suppressed the anger in his heart with a strong will, and did not attack on the spot.

After Yelu Shiwu said this, he regretted it for a while, and wondered in his heart: "What's the matter today, although I have always looked down on Xiao Xi, a person who relies on a mouth, why did I say some things in my heart at will, and I also said it in front of the Song people." ”

Xiao Xi's expression returned to normal, and he took the lead in walking towards Daxiangguo Temple.

Zhang Bin said to Yelu Shiwu sincerely: "General Yelu hit the nail on the head, knowing that these words are indeed useless, and the people who know these words are often useless scholars like me. ”

When Yelu Shiwu heard this, he immediately put the doubts in his heart to the back of his mind, and said with a smug smile: "What Yangwu County said is reasonable, and a brave military general like me disdains to know these words. ”

quickly diverted Yelu Shiwu's doubts, and by the way, he added "eye medicine", and Zhang Bin chased after Xiao Xi.

Although today is not the main day of the five times a month in Daxiangguo Temple, the pilgrims who worship the Buddha and the tourists who visit the temple are still full of people.

Zhang Bin arranged for someone to greet Daxiangguo Temple in advance, and the temple host had already opened the main gate that was rarely opened, and greeted Zhang Bin and his party.

The presiding officer of the Great Xiangguo Temple has a thin face, a dark face, and a bit of an ascetic monk's temperament, wearing a yellow robe that is said to have been given by the first emperor Renzong.

"Looks good." Zhang Bin saw that this monk was not the kind of monk who ate fat and had a shiny face, so he muttered to himself.

"Poor monk Zhichen, I have seen a few donors." The host of Daxiangguo Temple folded his hands expressionlessly, and took the lead in saluting Xiao Xi and Zhang Bin and his party, and did not have the slightest enthusiasm because Zhang Bin was an official or Xiao Xi was the ambassador of Liao, it was more like a task-completing procedure.

Zhang Bin didn't like Buddhism, which didn't do anything to produce, relied on a mouth to get the people's hard-earned blood into his hands, and occupied a large amount of land but didn't pay taxes to the state, and he didn't bother to pretend to be a Buddha in front of the Buddha, so he just nodded.

But Xiao Xi followed the example of a thin monk, folded his hands, and said quite reverently: "This envoy specially went to Daxiangguo Temple to worship the Buddha, disturbing the whole temple. ”

Monk Zhichen said expressionlessly: "The monks naturally open the door of convenience, and the donor invites you to come in." ”

Monk Zhichen invited Xiao Xi and Zhang Bin to enter the temple, and accompanied them to explain the origin of the Buddha statues in the temple and the corresponding Buddhist scripture stories. Zhang Bin seemed to listen carefully, but in fact, he was mainly enjoying the scenery of the temple.

The mountain gate hall of the Great Xiangguo Temple doubles as the Tianwang Palace, and the main gate is the three words of "Great Xiangguo Temple", and the font is overflowing. There is a statue of the Buddha that Zhang Bin does not know in the hall, the back is the protector of the Dharma, and the two sides are divided into the four heavenly kings of holding the country, growing, wide-eyed, and multi-smelling.

After the Tianwang Palace, I saw that the courtyard was open, the ancient trees were towering to the sky, and the cigarette smoke was swirling. There are hundreds of years of cypress in the west, there are hundreds of years of ginkgo biloba in the east, there are three bronze tripods, from these three weigh up to a thousand catties, and obviously go up to the big tripod of the year can be seen, the history of the great Xiangguo Temple is long and the fire is prosperous.

Walk through a granite-paved passage and you will arrive at the Daxiong Treasure Hall. Daxiong Treasure Hall is the building of the Tang Dynasty, there are six rooms in the face of the wide foot, the front and rear corridors, the eaves are five times high, and the flower ridge is leaking. There is a treasure mirror embedded in the high part of the ridge, and the sunny side is written "Guotai Min'an", and the yin side is written with "the wind and rain are smooth".

Monk Zhichen's tone was calm, and he took people to visit the huge temple group unhurriedly, and walked around like this for half an hour.

As we reached the depths of the temple, the number of tourists and pilgrims became scarce, until there was no longer a single person to be seen.

"This is the inner temple of this temple, ordinary tourists and pilgrims are not allowed to enter, only distinguished guests can visit."

Zhang Bin suspected that Zhichen might have facial paralysis or something like that, because since he met, he hadn't seen even a trace of superfluous expression on the latter's face.

As he spoke, Zhichen continued to take everyone on a tour, turned a corridor door, and his eyes suddenly opened up, and Zhang Bin couldn't help but light up.

There is a small lake with a beautiful scenery here, and there is a cool pavilion in the center of the lake, which is connected to the wooden bridge by the lake.

"The master didn't say that only distinguished guests can come here, why are there a few little girls here." Yelu Shiwu is a sharpshooter, and his eyesight is better than ordinary people, and he was the first to see a few women on the pavilion in the center of the lake.

Zhang Bin looked at it and was suddenly a little surprised.

"It's Zhu Niang and that Han Yiyi......"

Yesterday, Han Yiyi sent someone to invite Zhu Niang and Xiao Jinzi to play, Zhang Bin asked Zhu Niang to decide for herself, Zhu Niang thought about it for a while, and agreed, and she didn't come back last night.

Zhichen said to Yelu Shiwu with his hands folded expressionlessly: "Those female donors are also distinguished guests of this temple, and they are here to find poor monks and disciples to tell fortunes. ”

"Fortune telling?" Zhang Bin frowned slightly.

"The poor monk thinks that his fate is determined by heaven, and everything cannot be said, and it is wrong to say it, so the poor monk has always disagreed with his junior brother to tell fortunes." Zhichen shook his head and said lightly.

Xiao Xi looked at the gazebo, his face showed strong interest, and said to Zhang Bin: "Yangwu County, I'm quite curious about fortune-telling, so it's better to take a look at it in the past." ”

Zhang Bin naturally will not refuse, the Taoist priest has seen a lot of fortune-telling, but the monk is still the first time to tell fortunes, and since the person in the pavilion is Zhichen's junior brother, he is also very senior in this Daxiangguo Temple, and most of them are also so-called high-ranking monks.