Everyone Xu Xing to Pingkangfang Star Picking Tower, a team of three or four hundred people, monks and laymen, is very eye-catching.

Before arriving at the Star Picking Tower, he saw an old man with a crown waiting, but it was Sima Chengzhen, the sect master of the Taoist Maoshan Sect and one of the five great magicians of the empire.

"Sima Lao Immortal don't come unharmed" Dugu Xinci hurriedly saluted, this is an old friend, after being injured by the magician's ******** Yuanshen, Sima Lao Immortal also traveled thousands of miles to Temple Street for treatment, this kind of kindness can not be forgotten.

"The Daimyo of Dugu Ming Mansion spread the word about Gyeonggi, but did you forget the old way?" Sima Chengzhen, the old immortal, was also smiling.

"Sima Lao Immortal Qing cultivates and studies the Tao, and he doesn't dare to disturb him" Dugu Xinci also extended Sima Dao to enter the Star Picking Tower.

After a greeting and politeness, they each sat in the private room of the Star Picking Building, and the old fairy Sima took the lead in making a difficulty, "Dugu Mingfu's poetry is agile, and there is still a lack of words in the Sanqing Palace of Daming Palace, and I hope that Dugu Mingfu will give poetry as a congratulatory ah"

Dugu's heart is tumbling, but if you don't know how to deal with this Daomen boss, today I just bothered to worry that it would be in vain, so I got a poem after a deep sigh:

"The first day of the first month of the month moves, and the light of the Ding furnace is full of curtains. The Five Elements are too subtle. It's hard to turn things upside down.

In this urgent situation, it is necessary to enter the fire, and the quick repair is still delayed. Where to ask the heavens. To understand, you must rely on the teacher's instructions. ”

Everyone was full of admiration, and they all interpreted this poem to be in line with the Taoist scriptures, and Dugu Mingfu was a great genius.

Master Kukai was silent, and when he saw that everyone's admiration gradually subsided, he asked Dugu Xinci to give poetry to the Buddhists.

"Dugu Mingfu is the Buddha of the world, the Buddha nature is transcendent, and a certain still wants to teach" Master Kukai fell for Dugu Xinci's words in Temple Street.

"When Dharma Moses came, he did not set up words, but pointed directly to people's hearts, and became a Buddha by seeing nature"

Dugu Xinci smiled bitterly, "Master Kukai, a certain ordinary man, has not yet glimpsed the breadth and profundity of Buddhism, how can he be believed?" ”

Master Kukai, whose common surname is Saeki, and his young name is Mayu. Fuso Sanuki people. At the age of fifteen, he learned the Analects, the Book of Filial Piety, etc. At the age of eighteen, he entered the Ming Classics Department of University and studied works such as "Book of Books", "Book of Songs", and "Zuo Chuan". Occasionally, I read "The Void Tibetan Seeking and Hearing the Dharma", believing in Buddhism and becoming a layman. He received full ordination at Todaiji Temple in Nara, and his legal name was Kukai. Before entering the Tang Dynasty, he had already written works such as "The Deaf and Blind Fingers" and "The Three Teachings Pointed to the Return", revealing a profound cultural accomplishment. In order to more thoroughly understand the difficult Buddhist esoteric teachings, as a scholarly monk, he and the most Cheng accompanied the seventeenth Tang envoy to the Tang Dynasty to exchange the law, and after several twists and turns, they arrived in Chang'an. During his stay in Chang'an, he first lived in Ximing Temple. He visited all over the world, from Liquan Temple to Muni Sri to exchange the "Huayan Sutra", etc., and with Tan Zhen to exchange Sanskrit. In the following year, he received the mandala method of the Tibetan realm and the vajra realm from Huiguo in the east pagoda of Qinglong Monastery, and received the empowerment of the dedication of Dharma Acharya, and called himself "Panzhao Vajra". He has obtained the status of the authentic descendant of Esoteric Buddhism and the status of teaching the Dharma to future generations.

Dugu thought about it, and since he was perfunctory to Taoism, he couldn't ignore Buddhism, so he replied with a smile, "Buddhism is now blooming with a hundred flowers, Zen is flourishing, and Shenxiu Zen Master once had a saying: The body is a Bodhi tree, and the heart is a mirror platform." Always wipe diligently, don't make dust. A certain quite felt, and then heard that there is still a side in Luoyang Jialan Temple: Bodhi has no tree, the mirror is not a platform, there is nothing originally, where to stir up dust. It's even more of a pity."

Shenxiu Zen Master is the chief of the Buddhist sect, and Master Kukai has also heard of that sentence, but the latter sentence has been thought about for a long time but there is no trace, and Luoyang Jialan Temple has long been destroyed.

Bodhi has no tree, the mirror is not a platform, there is nothing originally, where to stir up dust.

This realm is obviously better than the words of Shenxiu, although Kukai has recently studied tantra, but the more he reads it, the more profound he feels. Although his hands are folded, he praises "Dugu Mingfu is worthy of the Buddha, this side will be enlightened day and night, if he has the Dharma in the future, he will be given by the Buddha"

"Master Kukai is a master of Buddhism, we are a prodigal son in the world, how can we understand the true meaning of Buddhism, but Buddhism and Taoism are now coexisting in the same domain, living together in the red dust furnace, when joining hands to participate in the Buddha enlightenment, a glimpse of the heavenly principles, and solve the troubles of the world" Dugu is kind and humble.

"Dugu Mingfu is really a god and a man, and Allah will bless Ru," the Puritans of the Dongshi Temple also praised, and Dugu was stunned.

Everyone applauded, picked up the star building's special vegetarian food, frozen tofu fried honey beans, vegetarian three silks, vegetarian fried soybean sprouts, cabbage stewed tofu, sweet and sour lotus root steak, five treasures of fresh vegetables, auspicious monkey mushrooms, Ruyi Jiejiegao, cranberry bean curd pot, cabbage fried fungus, steamed spring rolls, vegetarian oil stewed bamboo shoots, cold lettuce shreds, miscellaneous mushroom soup, even if the two Buddhists and Taoists are Qing cultivators, they are also full of praise.

"I heard that Tanhualang once created a dish, called Buddha jumping over the wall, I don't know how delicious it is?" Sima Chengzhen relied on his familiarity with Dugu Xinci and asked.

"A work of secular games, don't mention it, as the saying goes, wine and meat pass through the intestines, and the Buddha sits in his heart, Master Kukai won't be surprised, right?"

"There is a Buddha in the heart, and what you see is the Buddha. Dugu Mingfu is a man of temperament, "Master Kukai tried his best to make friends with him, and everyone in the Daomen was quite hot-eyed.

During the banquet, the merchants also frequently consulted Dugu Mingfu, and Dugu Xinci cheered up his spirits, pointed out one by one, and each had his own income, which was quite harmonious.

In the afternoon, everyone in the Star Picking Tower dispersed, and they all said that they would raise money as soon as possible to pay taxes in Wannian County, which made Dugu Xinci very complacent.

Dugu Xinci returned to the county party with several subordinate officials of Wannian County, and the household department has replied, and tomorrow will send a division to help collect taxes, of course, they are all half-convinced, this tax amount is distributed, and the announcement of the surrounding Qi County has not yet been delivered, and there is no movement in Chang'an County.

Dugu Xinci ignored it and instructed Wei Qing, the chief bookkeeper, to act for the lantern exhibition, let Jiang Helu allocate funds, search for craftsmen, and start arranging.

In the afternoon, the people who pay the land tax and household tax are still queuing, and the lonely heart is nested in the study to read idle books.

On the seventh day of the first month, Dugu Xinci has been in office for six days, Dugu Xinci saw that everything in the county party was in order, and he was not in a hurry when he was on duty, and he checked the lantern preparations of Qiu Bin and the guards in the palace of Liaoyang County, and after several mockery, he was driven to the top by Qiu Bin.

Today's county party is even more busy, there is still a long queue under the corridor of Cangcao, Du Juan discussed with Wen Guyan and Record Jianghe, and simply invited the people from the household department to the second hall to collect taxes here.

Merchants who paid the taxes and fees of Caoqu, donated temples and Taoist temples in an endless stream, the people of the household department only came to four or five officials before, seeing this situation, they immediately asked for help again, and the servant of the household department, Yu Wenrong, heard that he was overjoyed, so he sent twenty more people to come, but it was also in order.

Dugu was kind to two sentences, and instructed Jiang Helu to entertain everyone in the household department, and was about to sneak to the study to lie down, when the people from the ministry came.

The ministry is to send people to take up the new post, and Wang Qiu, the servant of the ministry, does not want to come to this county party that is only five grades repeatedly, and can send a director.

This time, the Ministry of Officials finally put the establishment of Wannian County in order, and sent the rest of the main books and records and the three county lieutenants.

The new master book is called Zhang Yaoting, I heard that it is Zhang Jiazhen's family members, and he knows a lot about money and food, and the main book of the head of the thousand counties is also on the eight products.

The name of the record is very coincidental, the original record surname is Jiang Minghe, the new surname is Jiang Si, and the record of Wannian County is from the eight products.

The three county lieutenants are also experienced people, the first county in the world in Wannian County, the little county lieutenant actually has a subordinate from the eighth grade, Wu Huan of the three also participated in the battle of Mohe in the previous year, Yan Qifeng is a royal family, and he also has official experience, and a Lu Shuangyi is also a shrewd operator.

Dugu Xinci received the head of the Ministry of Officials in the study, and had a cordial conversation with the newly appointed officials of Wannian County one by one.

Dugu Xinci was not polite, and immediately assigned the duty division to everyone, and the three county lieutenants went to the director of Liucao to assist Cangcao in collecting taxes.

Zhang Yaoting, the chief bookkeeper, coordinated the tax matters of Caoqu and supervised the affairs of Liucao, and the original Wei Qing returned to his cultural and educational career.

He Jiangsi, the recorder, asked him to negotiate with the Jianghe recorder and was in charge of the division.

Dugu Xinci personally took a few people to take the county party Yousi away, seeing such a busy situation, several people were surprised, but also excited, they praised the Ming Mansion for its wisdom, and Dugu Xinci happily accepted it.

In less than an hour, the procedure was completed, and the head of the ministry was sent away, and Dugu Xinben Shi Ran went back to the study to lie down, pondering the lunch meal.

At noon, Dugu Xinci still called people to pick up the star building to set a seat, sent it to the county party, and greeted the household department and several colleagues who were in charge.

It is said that since Wannian County opened the precedent of ordering and delivering food, this business has exceeded the seats for lunch in the building at noon every day.

This is the most neat group dinner in Wannian County, all the duty divisions are full, Dugu Xinci is very excited, which means that leisure time is coming.

The new officials were very surprised to see that the lunch was so sumptuous, and they were not surprised to see that the original colleagues were not surprised, so they knew that with this Far Eastern Marquis as the Ming Mansion, this benefit must be almost the same.

Old and new colleagues deliberately create a harmonious atmosphere, and the meal is harmonious even without alcohol.

Drove away the colleagues who were still relying on the tea, Dugu Xinci was ready to take a nap for a while, and Master Kukai sent someone to get the full copy of Journey to the West.

Dugu Xinci thinks about it, has this Journey to the West not been sent to the Queen Mother Dugu yet? Anyway, there was nothing to do in the afternoon, so I went to the front yard to explain to Du Xuanwen and Gu Yan, and drove to Miyagi Yiqiu Palace with the big bear and dog.

Du Juan and Wen Guyan, an old man and a young county, are very effective, Wen Guyan has been in Lantian County for many years, and has encountered a lot of things, although he is indecisive, but he is very familiar with strategies and routines, and Du Juan is also humble to seek advice, which is quite compatible.

Dugu Xinci went out of Xuanyang Fang and went straight to Jingxi Gate, and then entered Chengtian Gate, with a goldfish bag on his waist is a pass, and he arrived at Yiqiu Palace all the way unimpeded.

In the afternoon, the warm sun was very warm, the Empress Dowager Dugu Doulu of Yantang was enjoying the brocade quilt in the courtyard, and was very happy to see Dugu Xinci come in, but she complained that she had forgotten the old woman, and she was very unfilial.

Dugu Xinci complained about his grievances, saying how Wannian County was embarrassed, how the dignitaries in the region bullied him, and the Queen Mother immediately exposed his bullying of the guards of the Auxiliary General's Mansion, Dugu Xinci was thick-skinned, and complained that the Queen Mother didn't think about him and didn't love him.

The Empress Dowager Dugu scolded him for being too naughty, and wanted him to put up a case to speak, but after thinking about it, she said that Dugu Xinci is now Baili Hou, the Ming Mansion of the first county in the world, can no longer do this entertainment business, and let him go to the top duty as soon as possible, Dugu Xinci quite disagreed, saying that there is a system of rest and a day of leisure in the court, and he will be a day of rest today, but he also said that the matter of Journey to the West is also from what he said.

Seeing that Taigong Qiu and Dugu Jialuo were fiddling with some bamboo, wood and silk cloth in the courtyard, they smiled and said that Yiqiu Palace was also making lanterns.

When Mrs. Qiu heard this, he immediately invited him to give advice, Dugu Xinci was surprised, this lantern was received from the inner library, and saw that the Queen Mother Dugu was a little excited, knowing that she didn't want to provoke Queen Wang Yanran, who was in charge of the inner library, she praised the lantern made by the Queen Mother Dugu herself must exceed the inner library.

The Empress Dowager Dugu asked her to help, and ordered her to do her best to do better things than the inner library, so Dugu Xinci was dumbfounded. The queen mother then scolded her for being a cunning person, and said that she didn't do good deeds.

Dugu Xinci then had inspiration, saying that it is better to depict the image of the monkey on the lantern or the characters on the Journey to the West, when the time comes, it must be ingenious, everyone is very excited when they hear it, and they have asked it to paint on the silk cloth, Dugu Xinci is very distressed, which digs a deep pit for himself.

Qiu Taigong commanded the eunuchs to bring out the case table and serve the pen and ink, so under the watchful eye of everyone, Dugu Xinci began to paint with high spirits.

Dugu Xinci is lazy, he doesn't want to paint, just a few brushes to outline the shape of the figure, and then dye a few strokes of color ink, the handsome and peaceful Tang Sanzang, the monkey full of Sun Wukong, the simple and cute pig Wuneng, the honest and honest Sha Wujing, and a handsome flying little white dragon.

The Queen Mother Dugu smiled when she saw it, and hurriedly brought pastries and snacks to let her paint slowly, dozens of palace lights.

Dugu Xinci painted a group photo of the four Tang monks and apprentices, and painted their own separate images, since they have entered the pit, they have to climb out when they kneel, right?

Dugu Xinci tried his best to make each painting different, Sun Wukong has a tiger skin skirt, a golden crown carved feather, a Bi Ma Wen official robe, when he first wore clothes and other images, even Qiu Taigong also said that Dugu Xinci conceived ingeniously and originally, and the paintings painted were lifelike and ready to come out.

Dugu Xinci accompanied everyone to talk to relieve boredom, while his hands did not stop, and the painting was quite fast, and after painting nearly a dozen or so, someone came to report that the saint and the queen were coming.

Dugu Xinci stopped his pen and wanted to go out to greet him, but the Queen Mother Dugu asked him to continue, saying that he couldn't delay his inspiration, and the saint would not be surprised if he favored him so much.

"It turns out that you are here, and you don't need to be polite to do things for the queen mother," the saint came in with a smile when he heard about it.

"I've seen the saint, the queen, the concubine, the concubine" Dugu Xinci put down the brush and bowed to give a salute.

The sage took Empress Wang Yanran and her favorite concubine Wu Huifei, and ignored the county order of this small Wannian county, and went to ask the queen mother for peace, and then paced over and picked up the palace lantern painting to take a look.

"It's not bad, it's old with a pen, and the idea is peculiar, but it's in line with your character" The sage doesn't know whether to scold or praise.

"Far Eastern Hou, this is a Journey to the West character, right?" Queen Wang also looked at it and asked.

"Queen, exactly."

"Dugu Mingfu is really versatile, this Monkey King is very expressive," Concubine Wu Hui also smiled and admired.

The Queen Mother Dugu and Dugu Xinci were silent.

The winter solstice is the beginning of the sun, and the light of the Ding furnace is full of curtains. The Five Elements are too subtle. It's hard to turn things upside down.

(End of chapter)