Chapter 158: Conformity
After leaving the Shakya Hall with Lu Guang, Tuoba Shen walked left and right in the temple and found a viewing tower for pilgrims to visit. Because it is for viewing, the construction is not cumbersome, there is no inner house, it is just a simple two-story building, not even a wall, only more columns are erected on the lower floor, the second floor is in the shape of "back", twelve columns, four distributions outside and inside.
Probably because on the day of the temple master's lecture today, there were not many people on this observation tower, only a few women with children chasing and playing.
Tuoba Shen circled around the second floor, and found four large ponds in the southeast direction connected with the character "Tian", which were full of lotus flowers and weeping willows on the embankment. This is supposed to be excavated by the monastery itself to raise fish.
After looking at the general path, Tuoba Shen went downstairs and headed in the direction of the pond.
This is the place agreed by King Ren Cheng in his letters.
He and Lu Guang walked through the fruit forest more than 100 meters long and came to the pond and found that there were also some monks and pilgrims here. Tuoba Shen looked left and right, took a pink embroidered long belt from Lu Guang's hand, and then threw the prop apple into the water and tied the long belt. Then he took a scroll with the Lotus Sutra inscribed on it handed over by Lu Guang, tied a red ribbon at the head, hung down a foot, and then paced slowly along the causeway.
The four ponds here occupy about the area of the acre, plus the flowers and trees are shading, and I don't know where the dark room of the joint is, so Tuoba Shen looked for it while walking, and carefully searched for people according to the information in the letter.
Fortunately, there were not many people here, and Tuoba Shen soon found two middle-aged people sitting in the pavilion by a pavilion in the southwest corner, one of them was wearing a wide coat, a black cloth belt around his waist, and a small crown on his head, and the hairpin of the fixed crown was made of a new bamboo, and he also held a book in his hand. The other looked fat, combed two cupola buns, held a casual noodle in his hand, and the long belt in his waist almost hung down to the ground, giving people the impression of Han Zhongli from a distance.
That's it!
Tuoba Shen turned his head and coughed lightly at Lu Guang, motioning for him to pay more attention to his surroundings later. Then turn the side of the scroll with the three characters of the Lotus Sutra in your hand facing forward, and then walk forward with your head held high.
The two people standing on the edge of the pavilion naturally also noticed Tuoba Shen, and they didn't care about it at first, because they didn't expect that it would be a child who came to join the symbol, and when Tuoba Shen walked a little closer, they noticed that Tuoba Shen was wearing a long pink belt and holding a scroll of scriptures in his hand, and then they realized that the other party was here to match them. The two of them glanced at each other and did not take the initiative to step forward, for fear that it was just a coincidence.
Tuoba Shen walked to the pavilion and sat down, looked at the scroll in the hand of the person wearing the small crown, on which were written five thousand words of Lao Tzu, unfolded the scroll, and chanted: "Han died Fang Fen, Qin Emperor Lu is ashamed." ”
"Originally from Jianghai, a gentleman with a sense of loyalty and righteousness." The middle-aged man holding the scroll continued.
After receiving Xie Lingyun's poem and determining that this is today's connector, Tuoba Shen took out the winged bat bronze talisman in his hand.
The two middle-aged people looked at it and didn't answer, but just turned around and walked out of the pavilion together after making a look, and walked towards the bamboo forest next to them.
Tuoba Shen put away the scroll and followed from behind, while Lu Guang followed behind. After turning back and forth in the bamboo forest for dozens of steps, I came across a thatched hut made of bamboo and wood. After the two middle-aged men entered, Tuoba Shen followed in, leaving Tuoba Shen to guard by the door.
After the two middle-aged people waited for Tuoba Shen to come in, they also hurriedly took out the other half of the bronze talisman, which was interlocked with Tuoba Shen's copper talisman positively and negatively, and it was exactly the same.
"Villain, wait for Your Highness!" When the two saw that there was no difference, they immediately fell to the ground.
"The two of them are in the tiger's den in Longtan, why be polite!" Tuoba Shen will not slack off because of their low status, and hurriedly support him. Now is the time when he needs to rely on these people, and some false manners are not exquisite.
"Where is Erqing County? What's your last name? ”
The two of them glanced at each other, lowered their heads, and said embarrassedly as a literati: "How dare you mention the word Junwang." The villains and others are all from the Han family. The villain Zhang's name is Yao, a native of Changguang County. This Zhao name is Yi, originally a person from Jiangnan, but because his father was killed by the county tyrant when he was a child, he and his mother were adulterous and trafficked, and he was exiled to Huaibei. The villain and others all came to Jiankang five years ago, and their families are still in Xuzhou. ”
Hearing that they all have a foundation, Tuoba Shen was relieved, and it was good to have a family member to restrain him.
After all, it is rare to leave the kind of strange heart that endures your parents. Tuoba asked himself cautiously, if there is someone around him who wants to leave, he will not dare to use it.
"This dynasty appoints people to be capable, and it is not better than the Southern Dynasty to take people to the first place, so why can't the second secretary be rich and noble. Today, the lonely relatives are here, just to see the second qing, and the second qing's loyal lonely return to the dynasty will be reported to the uncle of Rencheng Wang. ”
Zhang Yao, Zhao Yi was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "The villain has lived in Moling for a long time, and he is not allowed to serve the imperial court. ”
"Good, good! The country relies on the sages, regardless of whether they are inside or outside, they can all serve the imperial court. Qing and other meritorious areas can naturally be heard in the court. ”
After saying these kind words, Tuoba said cautiously: "Lone is here today, and he can't stay for a long time. I am afraid that it will be suspected by the Southern Dynasties. If you have any requests, you can tell Yu Lonely. ”
Zhang Yao said: "There is no big difficulty for the villain, but His Royal Highness has lived in the museum for a long time, and if there is an emergency, I am afraid that I will not be able to communicate with the museum, and I am afraid that I will miss a major event." This is the only difficulty. ”
This is true, if you always send people to contact them, I am afraid that it will not be long before the Southern Dynasty will find out.
After thinking about it, Tuoba Shen said: "In this way, tomorrow Gu will send the envoy Zheng Daozhao to go to the Douchang City to buy some slaves and maids." As he spoke, he took out a jade pendant wrapped in silk and showed it to the two of them, and then said: "Lone uses this pendant as a token, and Zheng Qing brings it to the city, and the second secretary can sell the servant to Zheng Qing, so that it can cover the eyes and ears of the Southern Dynasty." ”
Zhang Yao thought it was feasible and said, "Please also ask Your Highness to give you a handwritten letter as proof." In case of mistakes. ”
Tuoba Shen nodded, walked to the side of the desk, and wrote the word "Zheng" on jute paper.
Tuoba Shen didn't dare to delay much time, and after leaving the handwritten letter, he left the thatched hut, walked out of the bamboo forest with Lu Guang, put away the powder and brought it to Lu Guang to put away, and left without looking back.
Out of the fruit forest, Tuoba Shen went straight to the lecture hall. Although he didn't intend to make a secret word with this death, it didn't hurt to look at it from a distance.
When I arrived outside the lecture hall, I found that there was no place to fence it out, and everyone lined up at the door.
Crossing the threshold, you can see three monks in the hall, and the middle of them is a goatee with a handsome man who looks young in appearance.
Tuoba Shenwei found a place in the most, sat cross-legged, and listened to the Buddhist scriptures.
Although they have a general view of Buddhism, they are not only wary of the harm caused by excessive worship of Buddhism in history, but also suspicious of the retribution of good and evil and the cycle of life and death. However, as for the fact that he is now reborn, psychologically he cannot completely abandon the theory of reincarnation. But if there is really reincarnation, why has he, a smuggler, never encountered any fairies, ghosts, or psychics. At that time, I often heard that others often encountered ghosts and gods.
When he was in Pingcheng Palace, because the Empress Dowager worshiped Buddha, she often opened a dojo with monks and nuns in the palace to lecture on the Dharma, and the emperor and Feng Qing were also deeply edified, and even the palace was filled with the atmosphere of worshipping Buddha. In this atmosphere of collective worship of Buddha, Tuoba Shen is certainly not immune to influence. It's just that he has the knowledge and experience of the previous life to protect his body, and he can always maintain a true heart and not be tempered by Buddhist philosophy. So when he listened to Buddhism, he listened to some of the philosophies and stories of the Buddha.
The head monk of Changgan Temple is talking about the 500 disciples in the Lotus Sutra today, and he has already talked about half of it, and now he is talking about the Venerable Chen Ru, one of the bodyguards of the prince who was in his own position.
The atmosphere at the scene was very good, and there was silence in the hall, as if the World Venerable had descended and was giving instructions to the five hundred disciples.
After listening to it for a few minutes, the temple master subdued his voice and frustrated, and the long and short orderly lectures seemed to have the effect of initiation, so that Tuoba Shen's spirit, which had been a little tense in the past few days, gradually relaxed, immersed in the world of Buddha's thoughts, and unconsciously couldn't even remember the time, as for Mrs. Chen, he didn't know where to put it.
After a quarter of an hour, Mrs. Chen, who came to the lecture hall, saw Tuoba Shen sitting on the ground, immersed in the Dharma, and breathed a sigh of relief, but did not come forward to disturb her, but only waited quietly.