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Zhiqing bypassed the Daxiong Treasure Hall and went straight to the Xiyuan Meditation Hall, but saw Master Huiming, Huifa, and Huijue accompanying Cao Xianling in the living room, and a few little monks serving tea and pouring water on the side, waiting left and right. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhiqing saw that Master was chatting with the guests, and it was difficult to interrupt their conversation, so he had to sneak into the room quietly and hide beside Uncle Hui, listening to their conversation.

"The poor monk has heard the name of Master Li for a long time, but he didn't have the opportunity to meet, and today the adults can visit the temple, which really makes the small temple flourish!" This Master Hui Ming is quite proficient in poetry and literature, and has always liked to make friends with literati and artists. And Zhiqing is the most promising apprentice in Huiming's eyes, and when he encounters this kind of scene today, he is bound to come to observe and learn.

Zhiqing came to see that Mr. Li, about the age of his early fifties, saw that he was wearing a round-necked soap robe, wearing a black green scarf, and a belt embedded with white jade around his waist. Zhiqing secretly thought, in the end, it was an official from the capital, and he really had an extraordinary bearing.

When Master Li heard Hui Ming's compliment, he just smiled and said: "Master is polite, I don't hide it, I have already resigned from Master Hanlin, and now I am just a member of the Ministry of Engineering." This time I came to Jiangnan, one is to visit my uncle in Jinling, and the other is to take this opportunity to visit the scenery of Jiangnan. He also said: "Master I don't know, I have always been used to being casual, I only like to drink wine and chant poetry, travel the mountains and waters, pass by Jiangdu today, and hear that there is a century-old ancient temple on this Poria Mountain, and I came to visit." I didn't want to disturb the state capital, but I didn't expect that Lord Cao was so hospitable, and I would definitely accompany him personally, and I didn't want to live up to Lord Cao's good intentions, so I came to the temple together. ”

When Cao Youdao heard this, he hurriedly smiled and said: "Lord Li is too modest, although you are no longer in the Hanlin Academy, but in the end you are still a person by the side of the Son of Heaven, when you come to our wild place, how dare the lower officials not come to accompany you!" Besides, Master Li's poems and articles have long been famous all over the world, and the lower officials can see the demeanor of adults, which is also a blessing from the previous life! ”

It turns out that this Li Hanlin is no one else, it is the Qinglian monk Li Bai who "sleeps in a restaurant in Chang'an City, and dares to be proud of the Son of Heaven when drunk", this Li Bai is too white, his ancestral home is Bashu, born in Longxi, he was arrogant and uninhibited when he was young, and his career was not smooth, but his poems were elegant and elegant, bold and refined, and he was especially good at drinking and making friends, so he has long been famous all over the world. In the first year of Tianbao, recommended by He Zhizhang, a waiter of the Ministry of Works, Li Taibai was summoned to the Hanlin Academy to draft public documents for Xuanzong, which was deeply loved by Xuanzong, and then ordered him to serve before driving. In the eighth year of Tianbao, Li Taibai was unwilling to yield to the powerful, and once reprimanded those sycophant eunuch bureaucrats after drinking, and was later framed by the eunuch Gao Lishi, and was demoted from the Hanlin Academy by Xuanzong, leaving only the false title of a member of the Ministry of Labor.

At this time, Li Bai was already over fifty years old with two sideburns, and he was already tired of the deceit of officialdom, and often sought immortals to visit the Tao to send love to the landscape, and this time he went south to avoid the ridicule and persecution of political enemies, and by the way, he traveled to the places of interest and historic sites in the south of the Yangtze River.

After a few greetings, the little monk of Zhibao brought up the brewed tea, and Hui Ming said: "Two adults, this temple is remote and mountainous, and there is nothing to entertain, this is the new tea just picked this year, please taste it!" After that, he instructed Zhiqing, who was standing behind him, "Zhiqing, serve tea to the two adults." ”

Zhiqing got the order, and hurriedly took the cup in Zhibi's hand, and presented a cup of fragrant three-color porcelain cup to Li Bai with both hands, Li Bai bowed down to take the porcelain cup, and thanked: "There is little master Lao!" ”

Zhiqing hurriedly gave another cup of tea to the county commander Cao Youdao, who bowed down and stretched out his arms to take the teacup, but he retracted his arm again with a sigh, and then began to knead his shoulder with his other hand.

Cao Youdao's abnormal behavior surprised everyone present, and Li Bai asked, "Lord Cao, what's wrong with you?" How unwell is you? ”

That Cao Youdao hurriedly waved his hand and explained with a smile: "It's nothing, it's nothing, probably because the quilt wasn't covered last night, and I slept on the pillow, hehe, it's not in the way, it's not in the way." After that, he took the cup of tea in Zhiqing's hand again.

Although everyone felt that Cao Xianling's behavior was a little strange, they didn't ask carefully, only Zhiqing knew in his heart that Cao Xianling's shoulder and back were sore, it must be because he received his own palm, fortunately, he didn't use too much force last night, otherwise this Cao Youdao would definitely not be able to get out of bed today.

Everyone drank fragrant tea, then began to play the temple, Huiming Zen Master accompanied Li Hanlin and Cao County to order the Jietai Zen Temple's Luohan Hall, Tingfeng Pavilion, Bell and Drum Tower, Stele Forest, Dongyuan Meditation Hall and other places one by one, and finally went to the Daxiong Treasure Hall to burn incense and worship the Buddha, Li Bai saw that there were many monuments in the temple, the Buddha's light shone, praised again and again from time to time, and also donated ten taels of silver to make merit.

After everyone finished visiting the temple, Master Huiming asked Zhiqing to take two adults to the white dragon stream in the west of the temple to go around, the white dragon stream is located under the main peak of Poria Mountain, it is a mountain stream of perennial flowing water, there is a curtain of waterfall in the stream about three zhang high, there is a deep pool under the waterfall called "white dragon pond", the water of the pond is clear to the bottom, sweet and clear, it is the drinking water source of the monks in the temple, the flowers and trees on the side of the stream are flourishing, the forest is beautiful, it is known as "the first holy realm of Jiangdu".

It was already late afternoon when he spoke, and the Cao County Commander saw that the sun was already slanting westward, and it was getting late, so he smiled at Li Bai and said: "Lord Li, it's not too early this day, you must be a little tired, it's better to play here today, let's go down the mountain early, and the lower officials can pick up the wind and wash the dust for you!" ”

This Li Bai saw that the spring color of Poria Mountain was beautiful, and he couldn't bear to leave for a while, so he said to Cao County: "Don't get in the way, don't get in the way, how can you not enjoy this kind of holy realm in the world?" I'm not going down today, so I'll stay in this temple for the night. He also said: "Lord Cao has official business to be busy, so you don't have to accompany me here." ”

Cao Youdao had already arranged for his subordinates to set up a banquet in the county town, to wash the dust for Li Bai, as soon as he heard that he was going to spend the night on the mountain, he hurriedly smiled bitterly and persuaded: "My lord, how can this work, you are an official of the six departments from the capital, how can you not let the officials show their filial piety, the officials have already ordered their subordinates, arranged a post house in the county seat, and booked a banquet, and the adults should go back to the city with the officials to live!" ”

Li Bai said with a smile: "Brother Cao is polite, I can't hide it, Li left Beijing this time, just to visit relatives and friends, there is really not much official business to do, I really don't want to bother the officials in the state capital, besides, I have always been used to being casual, and I don't want to be drunk and linger in that cup." I see that the spring in this mountain is beautiful, and there is this pure land of the Buddhist temple, which is just right for me to be a person outside the world for a day here, and enjoy the beauty of quiet and inaction. ”

"This ......" Cao Youdao is obviously unwilling to let Li Bai live in this Jietai Temple, although Li Bai has been dismissed from the Hanlin Academy, but in the end he is still working in the Ministry of Industry, and he may make a comeback in the future, as a magistrate, how can Cao Youdao easily let go of this opportunity to tie up with the boss of the Beijing official? He also said: "The lower officials have no other intentions, but they just think that the monks in this temple eat vegetarian fasts, and they are afraid that they will not be able to entertain adults." ”

Li Bai smiled and said: "Brother Cao's intentions, Li understands everything, you know, I have always liked to seek immortals and visit the Tao, today when I arrived at this century-old Zen Temple, if I don't eat some vegetarian food and listen to two scriptures, wouldn't it be a worthwhile trip?" You don't have to worry, I've delayed Your Excellency for half a day, and I really don't dare to bother Your Excellency anymore. ”

That Cao Youdao saw that Li Bai had made a decision, and he didn't dare to persuade him anymore, so he had to rely on him. Yan said: "Okay, since Lord Li has this Yaxing, it is inconvenient for the lower officials to force it, I will leave two officials here to wait for the lord, if there is anything needed, just send them down the mountain to get it." ”

Li Bai was busy and resigned, who knew that the Cao County Order insisted on leaving two officials to take care of here, Li Bai saw that it was difficult to resist, so he had to agree one by one, and asked Zhiqing to arrange two rooms for him and the two officials, so he resigned from Cao Youdao and stayed on the mountain alone.

Hui Ming and the monks in the temple bid farewell to the county master, and then led Li Bai to live in the wing, at this time twilight fell, and many places in the temple have been lit with lamps and candles. Although Jietai Temple has also received a lot of state officials, it is the first time that a literati and officials from the capital like Li Bai have been encountered, so monks of all sizes are also extra careful.

Master Hui Ming specially instructed Hui Zhai and Ziyun to prepare a few exquisite dishes and send them over, and arranged for Zhiqing to be in charge of the diet and daily life of this Hanlin scholar during his time in the monastery.

Zhiqing got the master's instructions, so naturally he didn't dare to slack off, he carefully cleaned up the room where Li Bai lived, brought a neat futon to cover, and boiled two pots of water to make tea with him.

At this time, Li Bai was sitting on a chair to rest, he saw that Zhiqing had been busy and very hard, so he said to him: "Little Master, you don't have to be so polite, I'll just come by myself, it's really hard Little Master today, I've been with me for a day, I must be tired, sit down and rest for a while." ”

Zhiqing saw that this scholar was an amiable person, no better than those ordinary state officials, full of shelf, showing off his might, he stopped what he was doing, only stood by the wall, and said with a smile: "Not tired, not tired." ”

Li Bai saw that Zhiqing's actions were a little restrained, so he pulled out another chair from under the table and said, "Sit down, little master, I'm not your state official here, and I can't control you, you don't have to be too restrained, just treat me as an ordinary pilgrim, or an elderly man, don't be so polite, sit down!" ”

Zhiqing saw that this Bachelor Li was so approachable, so he relaxed a lot, and sat down on the chair. This Bachelor Li took a closer look at Zhiqing's appearance, and saw that there was a heroic spirit between his eyebrows, but he also felt that he was not an ordinary lay monk, and saw that his eyes were in a trance, and he seemed to have something to say to himself, but it was inconvenient to speak.

"What, little master? Something? ”

"Huh? … No, no... It's nothing..."Zhiqing hesitated, wanting to speak and stopped.

"Ahem, little master, there is no one else here, what do you want to say, just say it, maybe it can help you in the future." After all, Bachelor Li was a person who had experienced a lot of worldly affairs, and when he saw Zhiqing's words, he knew that he had something in his heart, so he took the initiative to ask him.

"This... It's not a big deal for a little monk, my lord, I heard that you have been an official in the capital, right? Zhiqing still couldn't help but open his mouth.

"Yes, this official has been an official since the first year of Tianbao's entry into the Hanlin Academy, and it has been thirteen years since this year, what's wrong?"

"Oh, then I'd like to ask you about someone, and you must know."

"Who? You said. ”

"Pony, Yang Xun!" ――