His mother's Zhang Dingbian, looking for Lao Tzu once, was not enough trouble, and even hit the door again, and the courage of copying the handcuff in his hand immediately strengthened a lot, and he rushed out of the door angrily and shouted: "Zhang Dingbian, you are finished!" Hey? ”

There was no eight-foot-tall and tall Zhang Dingbian outside, only a monk who looked sick and wore a black robe and a yellow face, and when he saw Ma Du, he smiled and said, "Amitabha!" Uncle Ma Guo, don't come unharmed! ”

Ma Du was stunned for a moment and then laughed: "Haha...... It turned out to be Master Daoyan, I thought it was someone else! He threw the handcuff to the porter and scolded: "I really don't have any eyes, why don't you open the middle door quickly, and invite Master Daoyan into the mansion!" ”

The monk who came was not Zhang Dingbian, but Yao Guangxiao, who he knew when he was trapped in Suzhou, and he had not seen this bald donkey for a few years or the sick appearance he had before, his head was shaved clean, and the sun was shiny.

"I haven't seen Uncle Guo for many years and still remembers the poor monk, which has made the poor monk feel deeply honored, and I don't deserve such a great gift from Uncle Guo!"

"How can I not be, when Ben Hou fell into Pingjiang, the master also said that if the city of Suzhou can be sheltered in me, Ben Hou remembered it, and today I have to see it as a good student to entertain, it is hot outside, please hurry up in the house!"

Ma Du let Yao Guangxiao into the house, let the servants serve tea, Yao Guangxiao held the tea bowl and poured two big mouthfuls, obviously thirsty all the way, Ma Du asked him to take a popsicle to eat, he squeaked and ate it in one breath before saying: "It's really happy!" This popsicle is really a good thing to relieve the heat. ”

"If the master likes it, Ben Hou will let someone bring a few more."

Yao Guangxiao bowed to his hand, "Thank you Mahou for your kindness, this popsicle is enough to quench your thirst, and if you are greedy." ”

Ma Du said in his heart: "It's obviously a fake monk, what kind of Buddhist language is playing." He put down the tea bowl and said, "The master came from afar, it shouldn't be Youfang's fate, right?" ”

Yao Guangxiao smiled, "If the Taiping Temple is full of incense today, naturally there is no need to travel to the party, and the poor monk is here to take the test." ”

The imperial court opened a department to recruit scholars, but could not recruit any talents, so Lao Zhu hit the idea on the head of the monk. It is not unreasonable for him to do this, the monks are considered to be a group of people with the highest average level of education, most of them can recite scriptures, and Lao Zhu's own first cultural knowledge was learned in the temple.

As a cultured and ambitious monk, Yao Guangxiao naturally would not miss such an opportunity, and he came to Beijing to take the exam after being recommended.

"The poor monk was anxious and came a little early, and the examination of the Ministry of Rites was held in September. I found the Dinglin Temple in Fangshan to place an order, and I heard that Uncle Guo lived here, so I came here to visit the disturbing place and invited Haihan! ”

"What's the bother, the master doesn't have to go to Dinglin Temple to place an order, he lives in my house."

Hearing Yao Guangxiao's stomach squeaking, Ma Du said, "Hasn't the master eaten yet?" ”

Yao Guangxiao nodded and said calmly: "Please ask Uncle Guo to give some food." As he spoke, he took out a shiny black bowl from the burden behind him.

Ma Du immediately ordered the servants to make a table of vegetarian food, but Yao Guangxiao stopped him: "Uncle Guo loves Daoyan and understands it, but if the poor monk eats Uncle Guo's vegetarian seat, he will lose his duty as a monk, and if he can have a bowl of porridge and cold rice, it will be enough." ”

Unexpectedly, Yao Guangxiao was still a very principled monk, so he reached out and took the clean bowl that had been washed, "Just hand it over to the servant and go and serve a bowl of porridge and cold rice to the master." ”

The fat cook at home is actually a very smart person, naturally he will not really take the porridge and cold rice to entertain the guests of the Hou Ye, and soon sent the rice bowl, the snow-white rice is covered with red mapo tofu, which makes people have a great appetite when they look at it, and the servant also made him tea again and sent a fruit bowl.

Yao Guangxiao began to eat as soon as he confessed, although he was also a monk, but the way he ate was very different from the other monks Ma Du knew.

Don't look at Lao Zhu eating Xiangswen in front of Wenchen, eating in private is gobbling up, and the same is true for Yuansheng and Zhang Dingbian. Yao Guangxiao is different from them, he eats like Liu Ji and Zhu Sheng, and his demeanor is exactly the same.

He wears a monk's skin and learns the Taoist art of yin and yang, but he is a Confucian in his bones, which has been proven in history, and he is really an interesting person.

Yao Guangxiao ate all the rice in the bowl, rinsed the bowl with tea, and then drank the residue and put the bowl back into the baggage, and didn't look at the beautiful fruit bowl.

"This meal given by Uncle Guo is really delicious, such a spicy taste is the first time the poor monk has tasted it, and it will never be forgotten!"

"The master is really patient, if he had changed to someone else, he would have bared his teeth and grinned. If you like it, you can taste it for the rest of your life, and this mapo tofu is available every day in the cafeteria of the academy. ”

As the so-called courtesy and diligence are either treachery or theft, Ma Du treats Yao Guangxiao so politely in the hope that he can stay in the academy, people are not only knowledgeable, but also full of bad water and intrigues, a little exposure is enough to make the students of the academy infinitely useful.

"Academy? But is it the Royal Academy presided over by Uncle Guo? ”

"That's right, but it's not me who presides, the mountain chief is Mr. Fenglin, and I'm just teaching in it."

Yao Guangxiao smiled and said, "With your courage and talent, teaching in the academy is really wronged. ”

"Who called me a relative, a peaceful and rich life is enough, is the master interested in going to the Royal Academy to take a look!" Seeing that the thief didn't react, Ma Du had no choice but to take him to the academy to have a look, hoping that the academy would attract him.

The two of them walked to the academy until they left the mansion, Yao Guangxiao looked left and right, looked at the lively trading market in the east, looked at the beautiful community in the west, and pointed to the place where the tenants lived, "Master Mu is right, this is really a rich Zhuangzi." ”

"Mu said? Have you seen Zhang Dingbian? ”

"Well, before the poor monk set off, he happened to meet Master Mu Jiao in my temple, and the poor monk talked with him all night."

"Ben Hou said that there are not no temples in the city, why bother to come all the way to Fangshan Dinglin Temple to place an order, it was Master Mu Jiao who pointed out the special Fangshan Yuan, at that time he saw that my Zhuangzi was rich but did not get less dry food."

Yao Guangxiao laughed and said: "The poor monk will not let Master Mu Jiao concentrate on the front, and he will turn around and turn into a burden of dry food before leaving." ”

The two of them went to the Royal Academy while talking, and the school was about to start, whether it was an internship in the Yamen or a popsicle seller in the city, they had already returned, and one by one they were rolling up their arms and sleeves and holding sickles and brooms to clean up, which was very lively and similar to a construction site.

The two boys carried the bucket and bumped into it headlessly, Ma Du pulled Yao Guangxiao to dodge, "Fourth, Li Jinglong, you two can't be careful." ”