Since the old emperor said so, Hu Xiaotian didn't have to be polite to him, and he didn't want to kneel down for him, so he bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, please eat!" ”

At this time, Kung Fu Yin Zheng and the others had already put breakfast on the table, and when Long Xuanen saw a table full of breakfast, he immediately looked a little unhappy and frowned and said, "I came to Tianlong Temple to chant scriptures and worship the Buddha, not to pamper me?" What do you do with such pomp? ”

He glared at Hu Xiaotian and said, "Is it your idea?" ”

Hu Xiaotian secretly shouted in his heart that he was unlucky, do my? It's all your henchmen who make breakfast so grand. He hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, the minister is only responsible for supervising them to prepare meals and ensure the safety of His Majesty's diet, as for what to do?" How much to do has nothing to do with the minister. "He pushed it cleanly.

Long Xuanen said: "Go back and tell them, don't make it so complicated, since I came here, I didn't think that I would be the same as in the palace." ”

Yin Zheng said on the side: "Your Majesty is angry, let's eat as much as possible." ”

Long Xuanen came to the table and sat down, his eyes searched among the dazzling breakfasts, and finally fixed on the cornmeal nest that Hu Xiaotian casually stuffed into it, stretched out his hand and grabbed it, took a bite, and stretched out his frowning brows: "It's delicious!" ”

Hu Xiaotian smiled secretly in his heart, knowing that this old guy was used to eating fine clothes and jade in the palace, and his taste was also tricky, but coarse grains were more in line with his appetite.

Long Xuanen said: "You go down, remember to tell them that from now on, don't exceed four dishes a day, and you should be simple in the morning." ”

Hu Xiaotian said respectfully: "Yes! Then he went back and commanded them. When he was about to leave backwards, Long Xuanen stopped him again: "By the way, in the past, an old friend of mine once offered a Buddha statue in Tianlong Temple, can you help me inquire where that Buddha statue is now?" ”

Hu Xiaotian said: "Dare to ask the name of that old friend." ”

Long Xuanen thought for a while before he said, "His name is Chu Fufeng!" Speaking of which, the adoption of a Buddha statue was more than 40 years ago. At that time, I was still young, and I came to Tenryu Temple with him. His gaze seemed a little confused, and he was caught up in the memories of the past.

Hu Xiaotian said: "The minister will do it." "I searched carefully for Chu Fufeng's name in my mind, and I didn't have any concept, this Chu Fufeng shouldn't be a famous person. But since I can become friends with the emperor. This person should not be simple.

Long Xuanen told him again not to let people know that he was going to inquire about this matter.

Hu Xiaotian left the Fuxian Courtyard after saying goodbye to Long Xuanen, Qi Danei was still waiting outside the gate of the courtyard, and when he saw Hu Xiaotian coming out, he came up with a smile: "Lord Hu, how is Your Majesty feeling?" ”

Hu Xiaotian said: "Okay! He didn't want to talk to Qi Danai too much, and he was about to leave. Qi Danei followed his footsteps closely again, and said in a low voice: "Master Hu, in fact, the brothers have followed His Majesty here, and it has been very hard to abandon his wife and children this month. ”

Hu Xiaotian narrowed his eyes and looked at him and said, "What do you mean?" Why can't I understand? ”

Qi Danai said: "Although we have shaved our hair and worn monk's robes. But after all, he is not a real monk, so Master Hu should not be too strict, and treat his brothers more compassionately. ”

Hu Xiaotian sneered: "I heard me right, are you teaching me a lesson?" ”

Qi Danei said with a smile on his face: "Master Hu, don't get me wrong, how dare your subordinates teach you a lesson, just give you a advice, this is also for your consideration." Think about it, if you are too harsh on your brothers, it will chill your brothers' hearts. In case they have a confrontational situation and get into trouble with the emperor, I am afraid that Lord Hu's face will not look good. ”

Hu Xiaotian said: "In this way, I want to thank you." ”

Qi Danei said: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, after all, the commander is new to the city, and he is not clear about our internal affairs." ”

Hu Xiaotian said: "So you just take them to twist into a rope and fight against me, right?" ”

Qi Danei said: "Why did Lord Hu say that. The lowly does not have that kind of mind. ”

Hu Xiaotian laughed and said: "Do you have such a mind, we all know in our hearts, this is the pure land of Buddhism." Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Arhats don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at us, if they are lying. I am afraid that I will be damned. As soon as he finished speaking, the sky became dark, but a dark cloud covered the rising sun.

Qi Danei knew that he was intimidating himself, but he was still a little uneasy in his heart, and squeezed out a smile and said, "Master Hu is too careful." ”

Hu Xiaotian said: "Since someone is looking for you to complain, then you might as well help me sue them, during the Tianlong Temple, it is best for everyone to abide by my duty, if you dare to do anything that makes me unhappy, hehe, don't blame me for not being emotional." ”

Back at Wuguantang, the two imperial chefs had already begun to prepare lunch, and Hu Xiaotian came to the kitchen to tell them what the emperor meant. The two imperial chefs heard that the emperor was going to live a day of coarse tea and light rice, so they naturally couldn't ask for it, but fresh ingredients would be sent every day, if the emperor didn't eat it, would the excess ingredients be wasted?

Hu Xiaotian had already thought thoughtfully for them: "If the emperor doesn't eat, those of us who are courtiers can only share the emperor's worries, two chefs, in the future, the three of us will partner up, and I will eat whatever you eat." ”

The two imperial chefs couldn't laugh or cry when they looked at each other, this guy obviously deceived them, it seems that this month not only has to serve the emperor but also has to serve this young master.

Monk Mingsheng has been helping in the Wuguan Hall, one is the abbot's arrangement, and the other is to take the opportunity to learn some cooking skills from the two imperial chefs, although it is just a bystander, it has been an eye-opener.

Hu Xiaotian called Monk Mingsheng outside and said in a low voice: "Master Mingsheng, I want to ask you about something." ”

Most of the monks of Tianlong Temple are simple, and Mingsheng is no exception, he said respectfully: "Lord Hu just speaks." ”

Hu Xiaotian said with a smile: "I'm dressed up like this, the purpose is to hide my identity, you just call me junior brother, I call you a senior brother, in fact, it's not a big deal, I used to have a relative, once in Tianlong Temple to raise a Buddha statue, this time before I came to Tianlong Temple, he entrusted me to go to the Buddha statue to have a look, on the pillar incense, entrusted by people to be loyal to the matter, so I thought of inquiring." ”

Mingsheng monk said: "This matter is not difficult, there are thousands of Buddha statues in Tianlong Temple, although the number of donors is tens of thousands, but the donors of each Buddha statue will be registered, if the junior brother wants to complete his wish, he needs to consult the merit book, and the little monk will take you over." ”

Hu Xiaotian was overjoyed, nodded and said, "There is Senior Brother Lao." ”

Mingsheng took Hu Xiaotian to the merit hall of Tianlong Temple, which is the place where Tianlong Temple stores the merit book, and with the guide of Mingsheng monk, it is still much more convenient to do things. The old monk heard that Hu Xiaotian wanted to find out the Buddha statue from more than 40 years ago, and his face couldn't help but show embarrassment, Mingsheng said something good, and finally the old monk nodded and agreed, and took them to the west hall of the Hall of Merit, pointed to a row of bookshelves in front of him and said: "Forty years ago are on the top, if you know the specific year and month, it is easy to check, but you only said that it was more than 40 years ago, then it can only be found from 41 years ago to 49 years ago, you must check the merit book of these nine years." ”

Hu Xiaotian didn't feel troubled, he thought that the Buddha statue must be tall and big, and the old emperor's friend was naturally not an ordinary person, and the adopted Buddha statue must be very large, so he started with the largest Buddha statue, and he could check the Buddha statue of more than one zhang, and there was no donor named Chu Fufeng, so he could only check it one by one.

The Buddha statues are classified from large to small, from more than one zhang to the three-foot Buddha statue, and the name of Chu Fufeng has not been found, but two full hours have passed, this is still the premise that Mingsheng and the old monk help to check together, if Hu Xiaotian alone can not finish the search even if it is dark.

Although Hu Xiaotian usually has a hippie smile, he really starts things from the beginning to the end, and he has the momentum of never giving up until he finds this person, and it took another hour to read all the rest of the merit books, and there is still no name of Chu Fufeng found in it, and there is not even anyone surnamed Chu at all.

Hu Xiaotian closed the last merit book, rubbed his sour eyes, and secretly wondered if this old emperor was old and confused? Misremembering something from the past? Or did he deliberately find a way to toss himself? It stands to reason that the old emperor has no reason to be so boring.

Mingsheng and the old monk also stopped to check, and neither of them found it. Hu Xiaotian said apologetically: "There is Master Lao." ”

Just as he was about to leave, the old monk said, "Actually, there are some Buddha statues that are not in the merit book. ”

Hu Xiaotian and Mingsheng looked at the old monk with a look of surprise, including Monk Mingsheng, who had never heard of such a thing.

The old monk said: "Some people will come to the temple to make offerings to the Immortal Buddha when their children are just born, with the intention that the Buddha will bless their children with a safe life, and these offerings of the Immortal Buddha are not on the list of merits. ”

Hu Xiaotian was pleasantly surprised: "Where is the Immortal Buddha?" ”

The old monk said: "But all the donors of the Immortal Buddha have a deep relationship with the Tianlong Temple, many of them have grace and the Tianlong Temple, and there are also lay disciples of the Tianlong Temple, thirty years, the former abbot abolished this kind of thing, since then no one has offered the Immortal Buddha, and those Immortal Buddhas are now placed in the Rift Cloud Valley in the back mountain. ”

Hu Xiaotian thanked the old monk, left with Mingsheng, and came outside Hu Xiaotian said: "Where is the Rift Cloud Valley?" ”

Mingsheng said: "Behind the East Courtyard, close to the forbidden land of the back mountain. ”

Hu Xiaotian said: "Rift Cloud Valley is not a forbidden land? He knew that the back mountain was the forbidden place of Tianlong Temple, not to mention outsiders, even the monks of this temple were not allowed to set foot lightly, so he asked this question.

Ming Sheng shook his head and said, "No, but it has been idle for many years, and even the monks of this temple rarely go there." From Hu Xiaotian's gaze, it was already clear that he intended to go, and Ming Sheng said: "Although it is not a forbidden place, but this matter may be consulted by the abbot, and if the abbot allows us to go." ”

Hu Xiaotian said: "Senior Brother Mingsheng, this is just a trivial matter, why should you alarm the abbot, and I don't want the emperor to know about this matter, I won't tell you, that Chu Fufeng is my grandfather, he was dying when I came, and I don't know if he can last until I go back, he only has this hope, how can he not meet his wish as a grandson, the monk is compassionate, and I hope that Senior Brother Mingsheng will have mercy." (To be continued) R580