Chapter Twenty-Four: Those who take refuge are brothers and sisters
Kaifeng Daxiangguo Temple is an ancient temple in the Central Plains, and it was once the first big landlord in Kaifeng. Although a lot of land was lost after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there will never be a shortage of good men and women. Zhang Jiagu Taijun believes in Buddhism, especially the monks who believe in the Great Xiangguo Temple the most, and they don't know how much incense money they have thrown into this temple for decades, and even lit the everlasting lamp in front of the Buddha, so they are naturally the number one benevolent person in the Great Xiangguo Temple.
Hearing that the number one benevolent man had come to Daxiangguo Temple to take refuge, the abbot Master Juehai was suddenly ashamed. His junior brother likes the rich and noble people the most, and also loves to open the river, this time he even boasted everywhere, the Tao is the Buddha dreamed that the Yellow River will not break this year, but the big river at this time is not angry, and now it is the reputation of the Great Xiangguo Temple! Thinking that Gu Lao Taijun was likely to have a prejudice against the Great Xiangguo Temple at that time, he almost didn't dare to come forward to meet the guests.
So, when he put on his robe and went to meet the guests, he found that the person at the front was not the Gu family he expected—it was a ten-year-old boy who claimed to be the third son of the Zhang family, and he also brought several female dependents—he instinctively sighed.
stepped forward to ask the reason, and learned that the Zhang family was separated when they took refuge, and now they are only the three juniors of the third generation of the Zhang family, and he couldn't help but look at Zhang Yue in amazement.
"Every year of catastrophe, there are always few villains who do evil, and the third prince only takes these people to protect the sisters in the family to arrive at the Daxiangguo Temple safely, which is really wise and brave."
Zhang Yue had already changed into a dry and fluffy monk's robe at this time, and he was in the Buddhist hall, and the wind and rain outside couldn't get in, and he finally got rid of the tension of the big water. At this time, listening to the abbot praise him, he hurriedly obediently and modestly reduced his ability infinitely, and then enlarged Peng Shisan's bravery and Du Zhen's insight infinitely, and finally apologized for disturbing the quiet place of Buddhism in his own line, and he actually refused to mention the monk of Daxiangguo Temple who had made a guarantee for the first time.
Pointing at the monk and scolding the thief, he wants to count on other people's turf to take refuge at this time, so it's better not to do this kind of immoral thing!
Although Peng Shisan once followed the British Duke Zhang Fu to fight in the south and the north, he had seen many big people, but at this time, he saw that Zhang Yue first praised him and Du Zhen to the sky, and then negotiated with the abbot and the old monk like a little adult, and put forward a lot of various questions and requirements, he was really amazed, and finally coldly bumped into Du Zhen next to him with an elbow.
"Mr. Du, has the third young master always been so young and old? How do I think he has twenty or thirty if he says less? ”
Although his clothes were soaked, Du Zhen insisted on refusing to change into monk's clothes, and the rain on the placket fell to the ground little by little, forming a distinct circle of water stains around him.
He quietly pushed away Peng Shisan's elbow, but his eyes rolled on Zhang Yue, and he thoughtfully tugged at the few whiskers on his chin. After a long time, he asked rhetorically: "It's not good to be a young man, do you have to be young and frivolous?" ”
Peng Shisan rolled his eyes and didn't say a word, but he thought in his heart how this seemed to be a reference - his British Duke was not also a young man and a great achievement, but the two younger brothers of the British Duke were genuine young arrogant!
Zhang Yue and Juehai negotiated the conditions and arrangements, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but feel a little scared.
In fact, even if there was a lot of water, depending on the sturdiness of the Zhang family's houses, it would be water at most for a while and a half, and it might not be dangerous to stay inside, but he ran out rashly because of the fear of being flooded in his previous life. If he hadn't respected his teacher and picked up Du Zhen, even if he wasn't intercepted by those villains on the road at this time, I'm afraid he would only have to go around in Kaifeng City!
For the sake of the Zhang family's face, for the three members of the Gu family who arrived later, the abbot Juehai also set aside a meditation room with a wave of his hand. Later, there were also several big pilgrims who came to Daxiangguo Temple for refuge with their families, and he naturally settled them one by one, and at the same time laughed at a lot of incense money. The food stock in the temple is quite sufficient, although there are dozens of people at once, but it is no problem to support it for a month.
However, in the evening, although the rain outside gradually lightened, but there were more and more people who dragged their mouths to take refuge in high places, even if the terrain of Daxiangguo Temple was not the highest, there were still many people rushed over, and the spacious shed that was specially erected in front of the mountain gate was squeezed tightly, and there were more than 200 people. Even so, people complained about the closed mountain gate.
Although he has a warm meditation room to stay in and a delicate meal to fill his stomach, Zhang Yue couldn't help but worry when he learned that there were more and more people. This worry was not noticed by others, but Zhang Qing saw it in his eyes.
After dinner, she pulled Zhang Yue aside and whispered, "Third brother, do you feel uncomfortable when you see those refugees?" I know you're good-hearted, but now we're just borrowing Daxiangguo Temple, and we can't help them......"
Seeing that Zhang Qing had already shown a gloomy look as she spoke, Zhang Yue suddenly sighed in his heart.
He is not a saint, so he can naturally weigh out his own catties, so he will not be overflowing with sympathy. But the problem is that the more and more people gather, the time will definitely make a fuss if they don't eat, how can the nearby Daxiangguo Temple not be affected? Daxiangguo Temple is not a Shaolin Temple, there is no warrior monk to guard the door, even if Peng Shisan can fight and protect him again, what about the others?
"Eldest sister, don't worry about these things, I have something to go to see the abbot, you and the second sister should go to bed early."
Zhang Yue patted Zhang Qing's shoulder gently, and then ordered Qiu Zhen and Amber to guard their heads in the room, and he went straight out of the meditation room. Since there were no secular clothes to be found in the temple, his clothes had just been washed by autumn marks, and he couldn't dry them for a while, so he was still wearing that monk's robe, and he looked like a little monk doing miscellaneous things. When he turned around for a long time and found that he was lost, so he grabbed a middle-aged monk and asked where the abbot was, he was looked at for a long time with foolish eyes.
Fortunately, although the process was tortuous, he still successfully touched Juehai's meditation room. Surprisingly, he wasn't the only guest tonight - there was already a guest in that clean and tidy room, and it turned out to be Du Zhen.
"Sir?"
"What is the matter with you coming to the abbot?"
Seeing that Du Zhen never mentioned his intentions, but instead asked him about the anti-guest, Zhang Yue was suddenly depressed. However, because he was just a child who had no say in everything, he still hoped that Du Zhen would be able to help him talk later, so he simply said his intentions directly.
"I heard that there were already hundreds of people who had taken refuge outside the mountain gate. Everyone came out in a hurry, and they definitely didn't bring any rations, and when the time came, it was inevitable that there would be a fuss. Rather than waiting until then, it would be better for the Great Xiangguo Temple to come forward to provide some relief. Those who have taken refuge are all brothers and sisters, and the monks have compassion for themselves, so they must not see them starve to death. ”
As soon as he finished saying this, he found that Du Zhen and Juehai, a Confucian scholar, were looking at him with almost the same strange gaze.
"If there is a teacher, there must be an apprentice, and the third prince and Mr. Du really coincide."
"Okay, good, it's really my disciple, think long-term!"
Zhang Yue then knew that Du Zhen was also looking for the abbot Juehai because of the same thing, and suddenly felt that he was troubled. However, he was about to get up and say goodbye, but unexpectedly Du Zhen suddenly stood up, patted him on the shoulder twice and went out without looking back, leaving behind a sentence before leaving.
"Since you have this intention, then how to plan and do this matter is up to you and the abbot to decide!"
Faced with such an irresponsible teacher who picked on his son and left, Zhang Yue was immediately depressed to the extreme after reacting. He's only a ten-year-old "kid", isn't it too embarrassing?
PS: The second update, ask for recommendation votes...... As a preview, the exam will be held at half past two tomorrow afternoon, so there should be two chapters in the morning and in the morning