Chapter Eighty-Nine: Ghost Grinding

The polo turmoil soon passed, the weather began to gradually cool, this day at dusk, Zhang Huan went to the autumn water view again, every year in the autumn mother's asthma will attack, in previous years in Taiyuan there is a master medicine nourishing, the disease can be controlled, but this year there is no master medicine, and left the life of more than ten years in Taiyuan, water and soil adaptation will also cause aggravation.

Although Zhang Huan knew that the head of the family would make proper arrangements, but the head of the family has been seriously ill recently, and it is impossible for the head of the family to be able to cover all these details.

The sun is setting in the west, and it is the time for tourists to return to the city, and the endless stream of carriages along the way is full of the tiredness of the elderly and the laughter of the young.

"Go to sick brother, where is this going?"

There was a bearded young man who greeted him loudly, Zhang Huan recognized him as a scholar of Longyou Academy, named Li Feizhi, and also a famous family, one of the five people who went down to Maanling with him at that time, and later he was admitted to the Jinshi and served in Guozijian.

"my brother, don't you remember me?"

Li Fei came to his side directly, looking quite nervous, no wonder, there was his fiancée not far behind him, Shicai was too full of words, if Zhang Huan didn't know him anymore, that face would be lost home.

"How could I not remember, we are a lifelong friendship, Li Fei is bearded!"

The two horses were staggered, Zhang Huan affectionately punched him in the shoulder, and saw a beautiful carriage behind him, so he laughed in a low voice: "What, are you going to get married too?" ”

Li Feizhi touched the back of his head embarrassedly and said with a smile: "She is the daughter of Du Envoy, the left attendant of the household department, and she has been a relative since childhood." ”

"Traveling to Qujiang with beauty is enviable!"

Zhang Huan sighed, he suddenly remembered something, and asked anxiously: "Later, Xin Bailing also fell off the list, I don't know how he is doing?" ”

"He also joined the army, and now Shuofang Jiedu will be appointed as a partial general, and he will come to Chang'an to participate in the polo match in a few months, and everyone will be able to meet again."

Zhang Huan smiled, "When the time comes, I will be the east, please go to Taibai Mansion to drink!" ”

The two exchanged a few more pleasantries, and Li Fei left directly, and he heard his smug laughter coming from afar, "Zixuan, I'm right!" Zhang Quai's illness is my lifelong friend. ”

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Go straight from here, it is very likely that there are people you know, Zhang Huan groaned, then turned the horse's head and galloped towards a small road, the trees on both sides of the road are luxuriant, the eyes are full of lush color, but there are also walls everywhere to block, here are mostly the private gardens of the magnates of Chang'an, the exquisite buildings are hidden in the tall trees and bushes, the most is the Taoist temples and temples, the Tang Dynasty Wu Zetian era worshiped the Buddha to the climax, the Tang temples each occupy the mountain enclosure, they raise slaves, collect money, greatly affected the financial income of the Tang Dynasty, After Li Longji ascended the throne, in order to curb the development of Buddhism, he began to promote Taoism, and Taoism in China also reached its peak during this period.

In the Anshi Rebellion that followed, Buddhism and Taoism were also impacted, and then the people of the Tang Dynasty began to raise their heads in order to heal the wounds of the war, and the wind of believing in Buddhism and respecting the Tao began to rise again, which was still obvious in the powerful families.

After walking more than ten miles, the more he walked forward, the more desolate he was, Zhang Huan knew that he had taken a fork in the road, but he did not meet a pedestrian who could ask for directions, at this time the sky gradually darkened, Zhang Huan came to a low mountain, the scenery in this area is particularly beautiful, three thousand-year-old trees go straight to the sky, and the mountains are full of plum trees.

A small stream falls from the cliff to form a waterfall, and a stout woman is seen carrying two buckets of water winding upward, and a Taoist temple is faintly visible on the mountainside.

Finally someone could ask for directions, Zhang Huan tied the horse to a tree and struggled to climb up the mountain.

And to the top of the mountain, but just saw the woman carrying water into the view, the Taoist temple is not big, but quite like a large courtyard, in the mercury-like night, only to see that the door of the Taoist temple is not closed, leaving a gap, Zhang Huan ran up the steps, looked up and saw a plaque hanging on the door, on the book 'Plum Blossom Palace' three big characters.

Zhang Huan hesitated, this is very likely to be a place for female Taoist priests to practice, whether it is appropriate to push in abruptly, but after waiting for a while, he did not see the people who closed the door, Zhang Huan gently pushed open the door, inside is a small courtyard, rockery fish pond, extremely exquisitely arranged, where is a Taoist temple, it is clearly the back garden of a large family.

The courtyard was quiet, there seemed to be no one, Zhang Huan quietly stepped into the threshold, he suddenly found that there was actually a young female Taoist priest standing in the corner of the courtyard, she was staring at a bright moon in a daze, looking from the side, only to see that under the cold moonlight, her complexion was as crystal as jade, her facial features were delicate without a trace of flaws, her temperament was noble and dusty, just like the lady in the master's pen, not stained with a little fireworks in the world, she saw it so fascinated, as if she had been a fairy in the Moon Palace.

Zhang Huan slowly retreated again, unable to bear to disturb her meditation by asking for directions, but as soon as his feet stepped out of the door, a sound of footsteps came from the other end of the courtyard.

"Princess, it's cold outside, let's go back to the house!"

"Princess?"

Zhang Huan was slightly taken aback, he immediately exited the gate, only to hear a cold voice coming from the courtyard, "Didn't I say that?" You are not allowed to call me a princess at any time. ”

Then I heard her reprimand, "How many times have you said that you have to close the door after carrying water in, why can't you remember?" ”

"The slave knows what is wrong!"

The gate slammed! The ground slammed shut, and Zhang Huan flashed out from behind a tree and quickly descended the mountain along the same path.

He rolled over his horse and looked up at the temple on the mountainside, where a gray mist fell, gently enveloping it in a dreamlike night.

Is it a princess or a palace master? If it was a princess, how could she appear in the barren mountains and mountains, he shook his head puzzled, then dropped the matter, spread the reins and continued to run forward.

.......

It was easy to find an old couple guarding the mountain, Zhang Huan finally asked the way, when he arrived at the Qiushui Temple, the moon had hung up in the sky, Zhang Huan stepped forward and knocked on the door, for a long time, the door 'squeaked! She was slightly stunned, and then recognized Zhang Huan, with a kind smile on her face.

"It's late at night, and she's resting."

Zhang Huan immediately took out a flight ticket and a prescription from his arms, and handed them over respectfully, "My mother has a lot of cough in autumn, please take care of the teacher too much, this is her usual prescription, and a little incense money I donated to Sanqing, Wanwang smiled." ”

The old Taoist girl took it with a smile, only glanced at it, her face turned red, and what she was holding in her hand was a 10,000 yuan ticket, 10,000 yuan, which means that they can build ten autumn water temples, which means that they no longer have to go to other people's souls to earn a little hard money.

"Donor, how can this—how can this be!" The old Daogu's hands trembled so much that she couldn't hold the ticket.

Zhang Huan smiled slightly, took out half a hosta, handed it to the old Taoist aunt and said, "Take money with this thing!" ”

"Donor, please wait!"

The old Dao Gu turned around and ran back, and after a while, the host of the Qiushui Temple hurriedly came, she was a middle-aged Dao Gu with a beautiful appearance.

She was followed by four or five Taoist aunts, all of whom saluted Zhang Huan with their palms, "Amitayus longevity!" The benefactor is gracious, and the contempt will be engraved in the heart. ”

Zhang Huan turned over and said with a smile: "Please take good care of my mother, I will have incense money every year." ”

After that, he urged the horse to gallop away, and the black and thin old Taoist looked at his back and said worriedly: "Lord, how can we accept such a large sum of money." ”

The middle-aged Dao Gu glanced at her and said lightly: "Accept it and atone for her, why not, go!" Clean up the master's old courtyard and change her place. ”

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(I'm a little embarrassed, but I still want to ask for a ticket)