Standing by the ox cart, until he saw Lady Zheng and her party enter, Tuoba Shen instructed Lu Guang to communicate with a few bhikshunis on duty. It is estimated that the conversation with Mrs. Zheng and her party just now was noticed by the monks in the temple, and these bhikshunis probably thought that Tuoba Shen was familiar with them, so it didn't take long for Lu Guang to come over with two temple slaves.

"Lang Jun, the little slave has already agreed with the temple, just hand over the ox cart to them."

"Well, let's go inside!" This Yaoguang Temple often receives foreign visitors, and naturally there are places to place chariots and horses and guards.

After entering the temple gate, I couldn't see the shadow of Mrs. Zheng and others, only a few cleaning temple slaves, and two female fasting guests who were traveling together, looking like they were about to leave the temple, and they looked like they were dressed as women from the official family, but one of the older women was full of Qirong, and was supported by the girl next to her, and whispered something with tears in her eyes along the way, the mother was unwilling, so she chased to Yaoguang Temple to persuade her, and the result was naturally obvious. That's why he came out crying.

Tuoba Shen passed by the woman and the girl, and listened to their conversation, and could not help but sigh at the current prevalence of Buddhism in the north and the south. She didn't know why the woman's daughter became a monk, but she saw that this woman was only more than thirty, and the daughter would not be old, was it really good to abandon her family and become a monk at such a young age?

I think of the original history, after the crazy worship of Buddha during the reign of Emperor Xuanwu Yuan Ke and Empress Dowager Ling, Buddhism in the Northern Wei Dynasty reached its peak. Even the Southern Dynasty, which was written by the Tang Dynasty as "480 temples in the Southern Dynasty, how many buildings are in the smoke and rain", is far less popular than Buddhism in the Northern Wei Dynasty. You must know that the number of Buddhist monks and nuns in the Northern Wei Dynasty reached the highest level of one-tenth of the total population of the country, and among the 20 million population, there were two million monks and nuns, which can be called a terrifying order of magnitude. Although most of them became monks in order to avoid tax service, the state lost a large number of household registration and military resources, and the "monastic economy" that appeared in history can be seen in its harms.

At that time, in Luoyang City, I don't know how many daughters were bewitched by ideology, and they rushed to enter the temple as nuns, and they were punctual for the mud tire wood carving. How much experience do these girls have, just because their minds are immature, and they are also tempted by the prevailing Buddhist ideology, they abandon their parents and families, abandon poetry, books and rituals, and enter the temple with a heart of worship for the Buddha. How many of these parents chased after the temple to persuade her, like this woman?

Thinking of this, Tuoba Shen stopped, grabbed a hanging dead branch, looked sideways at the main gate of Yaoguang Temple, as if he saw a lot of cheerful girls walking in outside the door have retreated from their gorgeous clothes, put on monk's robes, and went to show their hair, suddenly, a pair of soldiers in bearded clothes rushed into the temple gate, with wild laughter in their mouths, and rushed towards these girls, in the girls' dodging and crying, as if a great era had ended.

When I recalled that I was studying in my previous life, I had a sense of regret and hatred for my past history. Looking at the brilliance in the Yaoguang Temple at this moment, I suddenly feel that this place is so hateful.

"Hey!" Tuoba Shen turned around and paced towards Feng Zhaoyi's single courtyard.

What can I do? For this suffocating era and country, the people ......

"Your Highness, what's wrong?" Lu Guang watched Tuoba Shen stop and look at the main entrance for a while, then turned around and sighed, feeling a little strange, not understanding what His Highness was thinking.

"It's nothing, just thinking about something. When you get to the place, you can stay outside and wait! ”

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This Yaoguang Temple, Mrs. Zheng often comes, so after taking her niece and eldest grandson Qin into the temple, she walks towards the Buddha hall that often visits, Yaoguang Temple is vast, there are many Buddha halls, the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Arhats are also countless, and people who do not come often do not know where they should go to worship.

Mrs. Zheng is here today to ask for a son. She has been married to the Zheng family for five years, and she is only twenty-one years old this year, she has already had two daughters, but she has no son, her husband Zheng Daozhao has not said anything, but her father-in-law Zheng Xi has some unreasonable words, probably because of her father Li Chong, although she did not say anything unpleasant, but out of the "consciousness" of her son-in-law, she still plans to come to worship Guanyin Bodhisattva today.

Outside the gate of the Guanyin Palace, Mrs. Zheng looked at the hall, there was no one, turned back to the eldest grandson Qin and asked with a smile, "Qin Niang, would you like to go to worship the Bodhisattva together?" ”

Of course, the eldest grandson Qin knew what Mrs. Zheng was here to do today, and after listening to Mrs. Zheng's words, she remembered that she was going to get married next year, and suddenly blushed, and waved her hand again and again to say no.

Mrs. Zheng didn't care, and then said: "You don't often come to this Yaoguang Temple, since you don't want to go in, why don't you take this opportunity to look around, I'll go in with Siniang'er to worship the Buddha first, and then come to look for us when you're happy?" ”

The eldest grandson Qin looked at Zheng Niangzi, saw that she didn't say anything, and replied, "Okay, I'll be back soon, so as not to wait for Siniang'er for a long time." With that, he turned and left.

Mrs. Zheng saw that the eldest grandson Qin had gone far away, took her niece's hand and entered the hall, and told Mrs. Zheng to wait for a while, so she lit the incense in front of the statue of the Bodhisattva, knelt down and prayed for a while, and then inserted the incense, and bowed three times with her palms together.

Mrs. Zheng watched her second uncle and mother finish worshipping, walked over and got up with Mrs. Zheng. Mrs. Zheng looked at her attentive niece, a hint of discoloration flashed in her eyes, and she took her niece's hand and walked to a big tree outside the hall that was already full of dead branches.

Mrs. Zheng looked at the actions and expressions of her second uncle and mother, and knew that she had something to ask herself, so she broke away from her eldest grandson.

Mrs. Zheng paced in front and said, "Four Niang'er! Do you still know when your second uncle was born? ”

Zheng Niangzi followed behind her second uncle and replied, "It is the first year of Tai'an (455)"

"What year is the second uncle?"

"The third year of the reign of the emperor (469)"

"Yes! Your second uncle is a year and two years older than your aunt, and he has a wife and a son. When my uncle first heard that my father married the Zheng family for my uncle, I cried all day long, begging my father to quit the family. My father just didn't allow it, and was annoyed by my uncle's trouble, so he locked my uncle in the dark room, and only gave me one meal a day, and called my mother and my uncles and aunts to persuade him during the day, and let my uncle go back to bed late at night, and this lasted for five days, and my uncle had to give in. After speaking, he chuckled and looked at the scenery in the distance, as if he remembered the old things of five years ago.

Zheng Niangzi was very surprised when she heard her second uncle and mother talk about these things for the first time, and said: "My niece heard everyone outside say that my maternal uncle and grandfather were gentle and generous, how could they be ......?"

"Gentleness is true, and generosity is not false. My uncle used to have no worries like you when she was in the boudoir, but I never thought that in the end, my father would ask my uncle to marry a man who was fourteen years older. Later, after coming to the Zheng family, I got along with your uncle day and night, and after a long time, I also had feelings, and I saw more things, so I realized that my father's heart was ruthless that day, and I realized that my father's heart was ruthless that day. ”

Mrs. Zheng grabbed the hem of Mrs. Zheng's clothes and asked, "What is the reason?" ”

Mrs. Zheng stopped, looked at Mrs. Zheng, and said, "For the Li family, but also for the uncle!" ””

"How do you say this, if it is the Li family, the niece can still pay attention to it, and for the sake of the uncle, she shouldn't force the uncle!"

"My Li family has a long history, and I used to be the founder of the country, and it has been hundreds of years, and it is the descendants of all generations who have taken care of the heavy responsibility, and they are afraid of the loss of the family business and the humiliation of the ancestors. Since the Later Han Dynasty, regardless of whether they are at home or in the court, they have made extensive marriages in order to consolidate the family business and help in times of crisis. ”

"When my father was ten years old, my grandfather died of illness, so he was raised by my uncle, and when I was in Xingyang, I was close to the Zheng family, and my uncle also received a lot of help from the Zheng family in office, so he benefited from each other."

"Although my Li clan has been attached to the imperial court when he was Emperor Shizu, after all, it is after the Liang Kingdom, and my grandfather was the lord of a country before he was attached to the imperial court. It is necessary to make more good friends, and I dare not say that everyone is open, at least we must protect the continuation of the portal. ”

"Marrying my uncle to the Zheng family is precisely for this reason, since my uncle was born in the Li family, as a daughter of the Li family, Ande doesn't take a responsibility for the Li family? It's just that my uncle is a woman after all, and she can't be an official or go into battle. What else is there besides this one? ”

"We, the daughters of all of us, don't have to be like the children of the white-clothed family since they were born, they have suffered a lot since childhood, and the well-being they enjoy is not something they can imagine.

"As for marrying a lover, it is what a woman wants in her life, but we, the women, have been governed by family law since childhood, and have always rarely spoken to men, even if they eat on the other side, and it is not allowed to go hand in hand, let alone choose a husband, this matter is not the case in recent times, you read a lot of scriptures and histories, and you should also know the truth of "no matchmaker and no marriage". In the end, it is up to the parents to decide. ”

"The Li family and the Zheng family have been friends for a long time, and my father and your uncle are also old acquaintances, although I am more than ten years apart from your uncle, but the world is like this, so marrying your uncle can be regarded as winning people! Choosing one's own husband is certainly pleased, but if there is a good matchmaker, it may not be a blessing! ”

"My uncle has been in the Zheng family for five years, and I get along with your uncle, so what's not to be satisfied with? I really don't dare to be greedy for more. ”

"Don't you want more......?" Mrs. Zheng listened to many words that the second uncle and mother would never say, and fell into deep thought.

Second aunt, did you learn from the uncles and aunts who persuaded her back then to persuade me? Am I going to marry someone who is more than a century older, like my aunt?

Mrs. Zheng looked at her niece with her head down, thinking that she did not speak, thinking that she had not yet understood her words.

If you still miss that little Langjun, I am afraid that these four nieces will suffer a lot in the end, and it is not the father who loves her who will punish her this time, but the stern and ruthless grandfather!

Let's talk to her about the stakes clearly!

Thinking of this, Mrs. Zheng grabbed her niece's hands, looked at her niece's eyes, and asked softly: "Siniang'er, who is Langjun outside the temple gate just now, and where did you know him?" ”

Zheng Niangzi was thinking about her heart, and was confused by the sudden action of the second uncle, and replied, "What ......?"

Mrs. Zheng thought she was still pretending to be stupid, and said, "It's Xiao Langjun who just came to Yaoguang Temple outside the temple gate." Where did Siniang know that? If Si Niang'er has anything difficult to say, don't worry about it, just say it to her uncle. ”

Zheng Niangzi saw her uncle asking about the second prince, but the second prince obviously didn't want others to know his identity. I can't help but feel embarrassed.

Seeing that her niece still didn't say anything, Mrs. Zheng became anxious and said, "Okay! Since Si Niang'er didn't say it, her uncle would ask Qin Niang'er later, and she would know it. ”

Seeing that her uncle seemed to have to ask clearly, Zheng Niangzi was afraid that her eldest grandson would be embarrassed later, she was scared when she offended the eldest prince last time, how dare she say it this time.

"Uncle, you don't need to ask Qin Niang'er, my niece told you, but I just asked my uncle not to say it."

"Hey! It's not that your uncle has to force you, it's just that I'm afraid that you will be confused for a while and cause a big disaster. Seeing that her niece was finally willing to speak, Mrs. Zheng breathed a sigh of relief.

"That Lang Jun is the second prince of His Majesty today, and his niece met in Yongning Temple, the last time he went to the second sister's house, the second uncle also saw the second prince, and the second uncle went back and asked the uncle to know."

He ...... Is he the second prince? ”