In the morning, the rain had stopped, a piece of golden sunlight from the high air window exhausted from the sleep to open his eyes, the beautiful woman beside him was gone, he was frightened, a bone crawled up, the firewood room had already been neatly tied, the brazier and the iron kettle were moved aside, the ground was swept clean, the door was open, and a large piece of sunlight shone in from the door.

Li Qing just walked to the door, but saw Li Jingyan, who was dressed in a cloth dress and thorn skirt, walked into the house with hot tea and rice, she saw Li Qing's eyes surprised, so she smiled and said: "I gave them the golden hairpin on my head in exchange for this dress and tea and rice, which is still worn by her daughter-in-law when she passes through the door." ”

Seeing that Li Qing was about to take over, she gave in lightly, "This is our woman's business, you just sit down and eat." ”

Hearing the word rice, Li Qingcai felt that his stomach was already hungry, and he raised the chopsticks on the table and said with a smile: "You have been served since you were a child, will you still serve me now?" ”

"Whether it will be one thing, whether there is that heart or not is another."

Li Jingyan brought the rice to Li Qing with both hands, pursed her lips and smiled: "In this family, my status may not even be comparable to Xiaoyu, how can I do it if I don't work hard." ”

Li Qing saw that there was only one bowl of rice, and the vegetables were only a few green vegetables and salted radish strips, and an oil star was missing, so he couldn't help but be surprised: "Don't they have any extra rice at all?" What you gave them was a golden hairpin! ”

Li Jingyan wiped his hands on his apron, and said, "Li Lang, don't blame them, their family only has this little rice, and the others have been replaced with millet." ”

Speaking of which. Li Jingyan grinned and said, "I ate radish rice with them, and the first time I ate it, it tasted pretty good." ”

Li Qing shook his head and put the rice on the vegetable bowl a little, "The radish rice is bitter and astringent, how can you eat it, you should pad your stomach first, and we will eat it when we go back later." "Stop. Li Qing glanced at her, and laughed in a low voice: "Besides, I was already full last night." ”

"You can only bully people, you are not allowed to say it!" Li Jingyan was ashamed, and knocked on his head with chopsticks, and a touch of red light flew over his face. She suddenly remembered something, and said worriedly: "Li Lang, I asked just now, we are now at the foot of the mountain behind Shugang, above is Daming Temple, I have heard people say that this Daming Temple is very effective, I am afraid that the Buddha will blame us last night." ”

"It's okay, which couple doesn't have sex, he doesn't care."

"You disciple. Where did you think of it? "I mean, we use predators as mediators." With fire as a medium, but I didn't think of the Buddha. I'm worried about this. ”

"Oh! That's what you mean, the Lord of the Buddha lives in the Western Heavens, doesn't this heaven and earth include him? Besides, monks don't get married.

Li Qing laughed, but saw that Li Jingyan was worried, knowing that she was actually worried about the fact that she was a monk yesterday, and she was afraid that she would be angry and not easy to say, so she smiled and said, "Isn't this easy?" Since the mountain is Daming Temple, let's go up the mountain later. ”

Eaten. The two packed up and deposited the horses with the old couple. Holding hands and walking to the mountain, Shugang Mountain is low, the forest is lush, stretching for more than ten miles, Daming Temple is located on the mountainside, Yangzhou is the economic heart of the south of the Yangtze River, Buddhism is also flourishing, in addition to Daming Temple in Shugang, there are more than a dozen temples of all sizes Zen Temple, although it is early in the morning, but the pious pilgrims have been in an endless stream.

Daming Temple is built according to the mountain, layer by layer, the temple is huge, it can be used for one or two thousand monks to practice here, Li Qing is wearing a high-grade official uniform, there are already monks who have seen it, and they are busy running back to report the news.

"Amitabha, is the Lord Tobe Li Shilang?" The presiding officer of Daming Temple is about fifty years old, and he looks happy, and he leads dozens of monks to greet him with a smile.

Li Qing smiled, "The eyes of the senior monk are quite discerning, and they recognize me from afar, but can they be inferred from my official uniform?" ”

"Amitabha, the old monk is difficult, presided over the Daming Temple, has not gone down the mountain for half a year, and does not know the scene in Yangzhou."

He pointed to the two monks behind him and said with a smile: "It is inevitably biased to infer only based on official uniforms, my two junior brothers have seen Li Shilang in Chang'an, so they know." ”

Li Qing saw that the two monks behind him were both in their forties, both with thin cheeks, tough eyes, and the robes they wore were different from those of other monks, but he didn't know them, so he smiled and said: "Ask the two senior monks to ask the Dharma name, where did you see me in Chang'an, I really don't have any impression." ”

One of them stepped forward and replied: "Poor monk Rong Rui, that is my junior brother Puzhao, we once went to Chang'an Honglu Temple to do business, and we saw Li Shilang in the imperial city. ”

Li Qing heard that their accents were jerky, and the law name was taboo, thinking that he was not a monk of the Tang Dynasty, he couldn't help but smile slightly: "If I guessed correctly, were the two of them driven out by the officials of Honglu Temple after handing over the Dharma disc?" ”

The monk was surprised, "How does Lord Shirou know?" The two of us applied for the approval of the master Dongdu, but they were repeatedly rejected, I really don't know why. ”

"Of course, your Dharma name bears the number of the Emperor Dimiao, who dares to receive you, if it weren't for you who are not Tang monks, you will be arrested."

"Wait!" Li Qing suddenly reacted and said, "What did you just say?" Master Dongdu, is your master a master of Jianzhen? ”

"Exactly, the two of us Tianbao came from Japan in the first year, and in order to invite Master Jianzhen to travel east to Xinghua, they have failed to cross east twice."

The two of them suddenly knelt down in front of Li Qing, clasped their palms together and said, "I implore Lord Shilang to help us and let the government agree to the master's eastward crossing." ”

"Let's get up!" Li Qing helped the two of them up and said with a smile: "If you don't experience a few setbacks, how can you Emperor Xiaoqian know the value of Master Jianzhen, those who have aspirations, things can be done, as long as you persevere, you can succeed in the end." ”

He turned around and said to the host of Daming Temple: "Today I took my wife to your temple to make a wish, please take my wife to make a wish first, I want to meet Master Jianzhen, and I hope that the host will be fulfilled." ”

"Amitabha, Lord Shilang has this wish, and the poor monk thinks he is fulfilling."

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Jianzhen, the Tang Dynasty Kaiyuan, Tianbao period of the monks, in the Buddhist scriptures, the precept altar law, the sound of music, temple architecture, sculpture and painting, medical medicine, calligraphy engraving and other aspects of the comprehension, at the age of forty for a party of the head of the sect, holding the law to give the ordination, the only show, before and after the ordination of people roughly more than 40,000, Ze and the world, the customs to the heart, Yang for the "Jianghuai Lord".

In the first year of Tianbao, the Japanese scholar Rongrui and Puzhao came to Yangzhou Daming Temple to pray for Jianzhen to travel to Xinghua, which lasted 11 years, failed five times, lost his sight, and finally was in Tianbao 10

The Japanese National Mission to the Tang Dynasty successfully crossed to the east, and was the founder of the Japanese Ritsu sect and made outstanding contributions to the development of daily chemicals.

At this moment, Jianzhen had just experienced his second failure and returned to Daming Temple to retreat.

Li Qing followed the host, turned a few corridors, passed through several mountain gates, walked about a thousand steps, and came to a meditation room, the host went in, and after a while he bowed his head and came out, and posed to Li Qing for a please, "The master has invited Master Li." ”

Li Qing condensed his mind, crossed the door and entered, only to see that the light in the room was dim, it seemed unusually quiet, the whole room except for two futons, there was nothing else, there was an old monk sitting on the futon in the middle of the room, Li Qing had just entered the black room, and he couldn't see his face clearly for a while.

The dark eyes flashed with a faint light of wisdom, containing the wisdom of life, Li Qing stepped forward and knelt down slowly, "The last Li Qing sees the master,"

"Master Li Shi, please sit down, I don't know if I want to see the poor monk, I don't know what's going on?" His voice is soft and flat, like spring breeze and rain, which makes people feel peaceful and tranquil.

Gradually, Li Qing's eyes have adapted to the darkness, and he can see Jianzhen's appearance, only to see that his nose is high and straight, his cheekbones are open forward, and his body is thin.

Li Qing also sat cross-legged on the futon, his hands on his knees, and leaned forward slightly towards Jianzhen and said solemnly: "The master is tenacious, and he is dedicated to preaching and purifying all sentient beings in the east, which is admirable, but Li Qing thinks that Japan is a small country with a vast sea all around, and it is not easy to survive. This is a natural geographical constraint, its island mentality is also destined to its later national policy is bound to expand outward, from the Sui to the present, our original country is strong, Japan has repeatedly sent envoys to come, called learning, in fact, to steal our original chemistry, system and various skills, over time. It must be a tiger for trouble, and over time, Japan will gradually become stronger, and if the original is turbulent, with its wolf ambitions, how can it not take advantage of the void?

Therefore, Li Qing wanted to advise Master Jianzhen. It is good to preach Buddhism, and it can educate the people to be good, but we must also work hard to prevent the advanced of our Tang Dynasty from being used for its own purposes, gradually catching up with Shangyuan, and ruining my descendants in the future. ”

Jianzhen didn't speak for a long time, the room was silent, Li Qing saw that his eyes were slightly closed, as if he hadn't heard himself speak, and couldn't help but ask: "Does the master think that what Li Qing said is not worth listening?" ”

Jianzhen shook his head, opened his eyes slightly, and said with a smile: "People say that a wise man can see for a hundred years. But Master Li's gaze is not limited to a hundred years, although there is some truth in his words. But what is said is based on assumptions, how can it be convincing. But Li Shizhu has the heart of the people of the world, but the great monk is deeply ashamed, I might as well send Li Shizhu a word, and it can be regarded as today's fate. ”

This result was also expected by Li Qingdi, his own persuasion was pale and unfounded, but what could he say? The Japanese invaded the realm or the 77 incident, and Li Qing couldn't help but feel helpless. Maybe it's also a purpose to come and meet Master Jianzhen!

"The master sees through the world and knows the good and evil in the world. Li Qing is young and shallow, very confused about the road ahead, in the chaos of the imperial court and does not know how to advance or retreat, I am willing to listen to the master's wonderful revelation! ”

Jian Zhen smiled slightly, "Isn't this forcing the old monk to death?" ”

"The water will overflow, the moon will be full and the moon will be lost, be a man with seven points of plain heart, and leave three points of retreat in everything." After learning the truth, he refused to open his eyes again.

It means that he should not do too much, the reason is very simple, Li Qing also understands, but to be able to do this, but it is extremely difficult, the officialdom pays attention to the enemy's cruel methods, and he will never tolerate mercy, can he be plain? It's advisable to leave three points behind, but not now.

Li Qing saw that Jianzhen had stopped talking, so he quietly withdrew, the host had left, there was no one outside, he walked a few steps, and suddenly felt that there seemed to be footsteps behind him, but he turned back but no one was seen, Li Qing ran a few steps quickly, rushed out of the courtyard door, but stopped suddenly, turned around and waited with a smile.

A chaotic sound of footsteps and mutual complaints sounded, and two monks appeared in front of him, it was the two Japanese monks, Rong Rui and Puzhao, Li Qing smiled and said: "Aren't you two still giving up?" ”

He was suddenly a little worried that what he said to Jianzhen would not be heard by these two people, only to see the two of them look at each other, Rong Rui begged softly: "We know that Lord Shilang is also difficult to do, so as long as Lord Shilang sends us a boat." ”

Next to him, he said: "We won't ask Lord Shilang's boat for nothing, isn't Lord Shilang here to implement the salt law?" We know of a place where there is a fleet, hundreds of ships, laden with salt. ”

This news is really unexpected, if hundreds of ships are full, not to mention hundreds of thousands of stones, "How do you know?" Li Qing asked again without revealing his face.

The two sighed, "In order to get a boat, we ran all over the rivers and lakes near Yangzhou, and we also found it unintentionally." ”

At this time, he suddenly heard a commotion outside, Li Qing turned his head, but saw a large group of people such as Fifth Qi and Gao Shi pointing at him and walking quickly.

"How did you find that?" Li Qing was pleasantly surprised.

Fifth Qi smiled and said: "When we saw your horse, we knew that you and the county lord had gone up the mountain, so we asked all the way, and we happened to meet the county lord who was seeking Buddha." ”

Li Qing flashed his eyes and looked back, only to see Li Jingyan standing not far away, his expression twisted and worried, Li Qing knew her thoughts, she was afraid that she would leak out about what happened last night.

Li Qing snorted, "It's good to find it, let's go back." ”

"Lord Squire, what about us?" Seeing that Li Qing was leaving, the two monks next to him hurriedly asked nervously.

"Don't worry! I won't forget. ”

Li Qing pulled the fifth qi, pointed at the two monks and smiled at him: "These two monks know that there is a place where there are more than 100,000 stone salts, and they want to exchange this news with us for a ship." ”

Fifth Qi was stunned, and then overjoyed, he hurriedly pulled Li Qing aside, and whispered in his ear: "I didn't have time to report to you, yesterday I went to the salt warehouse and found that just a month ago, 200,000 Shiguan salt was scrapped, according to them, the wind and waves overturned the fleet, and asked them how many people they injured but couldn't say, I suspected that there was something wrong with it, is this what they said about salt?" ”

Li Qing's eyes have narrowed into a slit, 200,000 stones, such a big stroke, I'm afraid only King Qing or King Yong can handle it! He sneered slightly: "Don't make a public announcement about this matter, and then gather people to arrest it in the evening." ”