The Temple of Mercy and Grace is really big, and the young monk took Zhang Bao'er and Hou Jie around and walked for a while. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhang Bao'er heard Yuan Jue call the young monk Purun just now, and knew that this was his monk's name, so he talked with Purun.

Zhang Bao'er asked, "Master Purun! How many incense rooms are there in the temple? ”

"Fifty-four in all!" Purun replied without thinking.

"So much?" Zhang Bao'er was taken aback, the incense rooms in the Temple of Mercy and Grace were even more than the rooms in ordinary inns.

"Of course!" Purun said proudly: "Ci'en Temple is the largest temple in Chang'an, covering an area of 400 acres, with a total of 13 courtyards of Yunge Zen Temple, more than 1,000 rooms, and more than 2,000 monks. These incense rooms are nothing at all? ”

Zhang Bao'er asked tentatively: "Is it very troublesome for foreign monks to place orders in Ci'en Temple?" ”

Purun shook his head and said: "The matter of placing orders has always been the responsibility of Zhike, and the specific poor monk is not clear!" ”

While speaking, Purun had already taken Zhang Baoer and Hou Jie to a room.

Purun stepped forward and knocked on the door.

After a while, the door opened, and a man who looked like a scholar appeared in front of them.

Purun bowed to the scholar and explained, "Master Cen Shi, the two of them are just staying here for one night, and they will leave tomorrow!" Because the incense room is full, I have to wronged you to share a room tonight. ”

The scholar nodded, said nothing, and turned back to the house.

Zhang Baoer thanked Purun and entered the house with Hou Jie.

Zhang Baoer looked at the incense room, not only the beds in the room are complete, but also bookshelves, desks and chairs, it seems that the conditions are not bad.

The scholar sat at the desk with his head bowed and stunned, not glancing at them since they entered, as if they did not exist.

Zhang Bao'er smiled and asked the scholar, "I don't know the name of Brother Taizun?" ”

"Cen Shaobai!" The scholar didn't raise his head, and threw out three words.

"My name is Zhang Bao'er, his name is Hou Jie, I'm disturbing my brother's stage, please bear with me!" Zhang Baoer crepe said.

Cen Shaobai just nodded slightly, not even a kind word.

Zhang Bao'er was bored, shook her head and no longer paid attention to Cen Shaobai, but sat on the bed with Hou Jie.

Hou Jie finally had the opportunity to ask Zhang Bao'er: "Bao'er, why do we live here?" Can there be a pending order? ”

Zhang Bao'er said with a smug face: "Monk Yuanjue said that there should be no problem with talking to us when his master comes back." Not only is it okay for you to place an order, but even I have no problem with placing an order! ”

"You? Pending orders? Are you also a monk? Hou Jie was taken aback and said.

"Monkey, you don't know that!" Zhang Bao'er said proudly: "The monk who temporarily lives in the temple is called a pending order, and the layman who lives in the temple to practice is also called a pending order." If I live here in the name of a layman, and we both have orders in the temple, won't we even solve the problem of food and lodging? ”

Baoshan Temple is a small temple, there has never been a layman order, of course Hou Jie does not know that there is a layman order. The Temple of Mercy and Grace is a big temple, and the monks who often practice come to place orders, and the monks in the temple have become accustomed to it.

Of course, what Zhang Baoer said was all heard from Monk Yuanjue.

"But, didn't Master Yuanjue say just now that the order was already full?" Hou Jie was still puzzled.

Zhang Baoer said indifferently: "It's one thing to say, but it's actually another thing, how can we live if the order is full?" ”

"How did you do that?" Hou Jie asked stupidly.

"It's very simple, silver opens the way!" Zhang Baoer is serious.

"Huh? Is that okay? Hou Jie was stunned, he didn't expect that Monk Yuanjue would accept Zhang Bao'er's silver privately, which was obviously a violation of the temple rules.

"Alright, let's not talk about it!" Zhang Bao'er was afraid that Hou Jie would be more serious, so she hurriedly said to him: "Monkey, you stay here, I'll go out for a walk and learn about the situation in Chang'an City!" ”

"Bao'er, I'll go with you!" Hou Jie was a little worried about Zhang Baoer.

"No need, it's too inconvenient for you to follow me as a monk! I'll go on my own! Zhang Baoer waved her hand.

"Then be careful!" Hou Jie admonished.

"Got it!"

As she spoke, Zhang Bao'er had disappeared from the door of the guest room.

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At this moment, the street where Zhang Baoer walked is the fifth horizontal street in Chang'an City from north to south.

Hengjie refers to the east-west street, and there are a total of 14 horizontal streets in Guocheng outside Chang'an City, counting from south to north.

The Fifth Hengjie is the main arterial road in Chang'an City, starting from the Chunming Gate in the east of the city in the east and the Jinguang Gate in the west of the city in the west. The middle section of the north of the street is the imperial city where the civil and military officials work, and the Suzaku Gate, the Hanguang Gate, and the Anmen Gate look down from the height. At the east end of the north of the street is the South Inner Xingqing Palace, and the diligent government affairs stand on the street. There is the East Market in the east section of the south section of the street, and the West Market in the west end.

Zhang Baoer had long heard that there were many merchants in Chang'an's east and west markets, and there were many shops and items, so she naturally wanted to take a look.

The fifth side street is full of people coming and going, and the cars are like flowing water.

As she was walking, Zhang Baoer suddenly heard someone shouting her name behind her.

How could anyone in Chang'an City recognize themselves?

Zhang Baoer felt strange and turned her head to look behind her.

After seeing it, Zhang Baoer couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

It turned out that behind them was an old man and a three- or four-year-old child, who looked like grandparents and grandchildren.

Coincidentally, the child's name is also Bao'er.

The old man bent over and coaxed the crying child: "Bao'er is good, the silver on Ah Weng has to be given medicine to Grandma, and when Grandma's illness is cured, Ah Weng will buy candy for Bao'er to eat, okay?" ”

The child named Bao'er barely stopped crying, but his nose still twitched, as if he had been greatly wronged.

The scene in front of her made Zhang Baoer can't help but call her a flower.

The grandfather and grandson passed by Zhang Bao'er, looking at their backs, Zhang Bao'er shook his head and sighed deeply. He was about to move on, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a thin young man, clinging to the old man's back.

Zhang Baoer couldn't help frowning, this teenager is a "clear insert" nine times out of ten.

The so-called "clearance" is a thief.

Thieves are another type of people living in the bustling urban and rural markets, and the more prosperous the place, the more thieves there are, which seems to be a "law of prosperity".

Chang'an is the "richest" place in the Tang Dynasty, and of course it is also a paradise for thieves.

Zhang Baoer is also a person in the market in Chenzhou, and he knows the three religions and nine streams, and he is naturally no stranger to thieves. In the name of begging, they first go to the door to observe the terrain and the location of their belongings, and then look for opportunities to steal, called "iron abacus"; The thief who specializes in taking advantage of people's unpreparedness and stealing other people's clothes to dry is called "Collecting and Drying Lang"; Those who specialize in stealing chickens are called "picking up tents"; Those who specialize in stealing cattle are called "nose pullers"; Those who steal from the ship's cabin are called "drill bottoms", and "bottoms" refer to ships; Those who use long rods and other tools to "fish" for property are called "digging kidneys"; The thief who steals in the crowd is called "meddling", among them, the thief who steals with his bare hands is called "clearing", and the thief who steals with the help of scissors, blades, etc., is called "muddy".

The young man who followed the old man was obviously a "clear insert" among thieves.