Lingyin Temple, also known as Yunlin Temple, is located at the foot of Lingyin Mountain in the west of West Lake in Hangzhou, built in the first year of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, that is, in 326 AD, one of the famous ancient temples in the south of the Yangtze River, the earliest famous temple in Hangzhou, and one of the top ten ancient temples of Zen Buddhism in China.

The foot of Lingyin Mountain is backed by the north peak, facing the Feilai Peak, the two peaks are holding each other, the forest is towering, the ancient temple in the deep mountains, the clouds and smoke are all in shape.

Lingyin temple is magnificent, the building is majestic, simple and magnificent, it integrates exquisite architectural structure and exquisite carving art, and can be called a masterpiece of ancient architecture.

There are poems and clouds: flying to the Sansheng stone under the ridge, and the blue cave rock is a line of sky. Qingping horizontal stone halberd, golden lotus blue water spit clouds and smoke. The cold spring willow waves and red flowers smile, and the tower warbler sings and the egret swirls. Luohan Longhong Guang Wandao, Jigong Ling hidden life for thousands of years.

As a famous temple in the world, Lingyin Temple is full of incense all year round, the believers are like a tide, under the bright sunshine, Li Yuntian and Lei Ting and others in casual clothes are mixed in the people of incense, talking and laughing into the temple gate.

"This donor, please stay, we host the donor to go to the meditation room for a while!" After finishing the incense in the Daxiong Treasure Hall, Li Yuntian went out of the palace gate, and an old monk wearing a red robe who was guarding outside the door greeted him, bowed to him with his hands folded and said.

"Oh?" Li Yuntian was slightly stunned when he heard this, and felt quite surprised, but this old monk seemed to have a high rank in Lingyin Temple, so he stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please, and said in a deep voice, "Master, please!" ”

Under the guidance of the old monk, Li Yuntian and his party came to the backyard of Lingyin Temple, which seemed much quieter and deserted compared to the noise in the front yard.

"Amitabha, the Marquis of Zhenwu is here, the old man has missed the distance, and I hope that the Hou Ye will forgive the sins." After entering a meditation room, an old monk who was sitting on a futon and bowing to the Buddha with his eyes closed stood up, put one palm on his chest and pronounced the Buddha's name, and then bowed to Li Yuntian.

"The master is serious, there is no Hou Ye in Guibao Temple, only the common people." Seeing this, Li Yuntian smiled and bowed to the old monk, bowed and returned the salute, if he was not mistaken, this old monk was the master of the Lingyin Temple, Master Kongming, who was very senior in Buddhism.

"Donors, please be seated." Master Kong Ming smiled slightly when he heard this, and stretched out his hand to invite Li Yuntian and the others to sit down.

"I don't know what happened when the master asked him to come down?" After the two young monks served the steaming and fragrant tea, Li Yuntian smiled and asked Master Kong Ming, who obviously would not invite himself here for no reason.

As for how Master Kong Ming knew his identity, Li Yuntian was not curious, because it was not a secret that he came to Hangzhou, as long as those who were a little attentive could know his itinerary, Lingyin Temple is a famous temple in Hangzhou, and naturally has close contacts with all walks of life in Hangzhou, and it is natural to know that he came to make incense.

"I don't know what the Hou Ye thinks of the plague that has plagued my Daming coast?" Master Kong Ming pondered for a moment and looked at Li Yuntian quietly.

"Freezing three feet is not a day's cold!" Li Yuntian was a little surprised when he heard this, he couldn't imagine that Master Kong Ming would ask him such a question, so he replied after thinking about it.

As for the origin of the Japanese and the reasons for their rise, it is not only related to the situation in Japan, but also related to the national policy of the Ming Dynasty to ban the sea, so it is not easy to answer this question.

"I don't know if the Hou Ye knows that since the beginning of this year, the Japanese have successively landed on the coasts of Fujian, Zhejiang, and Nanzhili, and attacked dozens of cities and towns in our Ming Dynasty, with more than 10,000 military and civilian casualties and countless looted property."

Master Kong Ming bowed his head slightly when he heard this, and was quite satisfied with Li Yuntian's concise answer, and then said with a stern expression, "Hou Ye, Lao Wei is a person outside the party, and he shouldn't care about this worldly matter, but God has the virtue of a good life, and Lao Gao can only go through the red and earthly world, mention the matter of misfortune to Hou Ye, and look at Hou Ye Haihan." ”

"The master's words are serious, guarding the land and defending the people is the duty of the subordinates, and the master is merciful and deeply admires the subordinates." When Li Yuntian heard this, he first smiled at Master Kongming, and then his face turned pale, and he said solemnly, "Master, the emperor is now working hard to govern and rest with the people, and the national strength of the Ming Dynasty has gradually improved. ”

"Having said that, whenever I hear that the coastal people have been harmed by the Japanese robbers, the old man is very distressed, and asks the Hou Ye to explain this matter to the imperial court and save those coastal people from fire and water!"

Although Li Yuntian did not say it explicitly, Master Kong Ming knew that the situation in the southwest, northwest and northeast frontiers of the Ming Dynasty was unstable, and the guards he set up were being invaded by people of different races year by year.

"Master rest assured, after returning to Beijing next time, he will definitely let the emperor clarify this matter, although he cannot clear the troubles, but he must be deterred, so that he will no longer loot unscrupulously." Hearing this, Li Yuntian bowed slightly to Master Kongming and replied in a deep voice.

If it is not easy to solve the problems along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, we must first change the national policy of banning the sea in the Ming Dynasty, so that the coastal people of the Ming Dynasty who are forced to join the Japanese invaders for their livelihood can return to their hometowns, and these people occupy an important proportion among the Japanese invaders.

However, the national policy of forbidding the sea was set by Emperor Hongwu, not only to prevent the Japanese invaders, but also to avoid the outflow of wealth and technology from the Ming Dynasty to foreign countries, after all, the Ming Dynasty was the most powerful empire in the world at this time, and its wealth and technology were coveted by overseas countries.

Therefore, if you want to break the national policy of breaking the forbidden sea, it will inevitably be met with many resistances, and Li Yuntian does not want to provoke this incident now, so he can only postpone it if he wants to completely eliminate the Japanese bandits.

"With the words of the Hou Ye, the old man will be relieved." Master Kong Ming immediately smiled when he heard this, Li Yuntian has always promised a thousand gold, and he will definitely contribute to the trouble.

"Master Hou, the old man has a reluctant invitation to invite Master Hou to come this time, I hope Master Hou will not be surprised." Then, Master Kong Ming turned around and nodded to a little monk standing at the door, and the little monk left quickly.

"If the master has something to do, even if he speaks, as long as he can do what he can do, he will do his best." Li Yuntian smiled when he saw this and happily agreed.

"Master Hou, some time ago, Lao Ge took in a girl and fostered her in a farmer's family at the foot of the mountain, and after thinking about it, Lao Ge still gave it to Hou Ye." Master Kong Ming pondered for a moment and said to Li Yuntian.

"I wonder where this girl came from?" Li Yuntian suddenly felt a little strange when he heard this, it stands to reason that Master Kongming's prestige and popularity are enough to properly place that girl, so he will not hand people into his hands, so he asked quietly.

"She is a girl from the Wa Kingdom, and a few months ago a Japanese raid harassed Jiaxing Prefecture, and was bravely repelled by the local military and civilians, only to find the girl who was left behind by the retreating Japanese invaders."

Master Kong Ming knew that he couldn't hide it from Li Yuntian, so he replied in a deep voice, "That group of Japanese robbers burned and looted in Jiaxing Mansion, so the indignant people wanted to kill the girl to avenge their family, but they were stopped by a lay disciple of Lao Gao, and because it was inconvenient for him to accommodate the girl, he sent Lao Gu here." ”

"I see." Li Yuntian nodded when he heard this, feeling a little strange in his heart, usually when the Japanese invaded the coastal towns of Daming, they would not bring their families, and I don't know why the Japanese who attacked Jiaxing Mansion with goods brought the girl.

"Master Hou, this is this year's Longjing before the rain, please give it a taste." Master Kong Ming then smiled slightly, and made a gesture of invitation to Li Yuntian at the fragrant tea on the side.

"Good tea, fragrant lips and teeth, endless aftertaste." Li Yuntian smiled when he heard this, although he was not good at tea ceremony, how could he brush off Master Kongming's kindness, so he took a sip of his teacup and pretended to taste, and then opened his mouth to praise.

"It's good if Master Hou likes it." How did Master Kong Ming know that Li Yuntian didn't like to drink tea, and a smile of relief suddenly appeared on his face, he was afraid that this tea was not to Li Yuntian's taste just now.

Not long after, when Li Yuntian listened to Master Kongming tell the history of Lingyin Temple, a middle-aged village woman and a little girl in linen clothes followed the little monk who had left earlier.

"Master Hou, this is that girl." Seeing this, Master Kong Ming glanced at the little girl, put down the teacup in his hand and said to Li Yuntian.

Li Yuntian looked up, and saw that the little girl Mo was about seven or eight years old, although she was dressed simply, she had a delicate appearance, a pair of bright big eyes full of agility, and a faint noble temperament on her body, she was looking at him vigilantly, and hurriedly lowered her head after seeing him over.

Then, Li Yuntian's brows suddenly frowned slightly, he finally understood why Master Kong Ming wanted to hand over this little girl to himself, the noble temperament on the little girl was definitely not something that ordinary people's children could have, which meant that maybe the little girl had a lot of background, and it was not appropriate to hand it over to others.

"What's her name?" Thinking of this, Li Yuntian opened his mouth and asked Master Kongming, wanting to know what the little girl's background was.

"Keiko Yamaguchi." Master Kong Ming looked at the little girl when she heard this, "She doesn't speak the language of our Da Ming, so she has been silent since she came here. ”

"Keiko Yamaguchi?" Li Yuntian's brows furrowed slightly, the surname Yamaguchi was very common in the Wa Kingdom, and he couldn't get any useful information from the little girl's name, and then said to Master Kongming, "Master don't worry, I will definitely settle her in the next place." ”

"With the words of the Hou Ye, a stone in the old man's heart can also fall to the ground." A smile appeared on Master Kongming's face.

As Li Yuntian expected, Master Kong Ming saw at a glance that this little girl named Keiko Yamaguchi had a different temperament, and she should be a child of the powerful family of the Wa Kingdom, but Keiko Yamaguchi's tone was very tight, which only showed that she was a civilian of the Wa Kingdom, and because she could not survive in the Wa Kingdom, she followed her father to become a Wako, and her father was not at ease to leave him in the nest of the Wako, so he brought her to Jiaxing Mansion to plunder, and later separated from her father because of the chaos.

Lei Ting, Zhao Xinyue, and Hongluan all looked curiously at Keiko Yamaguchi, who was standing there with her head down, no one could have imagined that Master Kongming would entrust a girl from the Japanese Kingdom to Li Yuntian, the dignified Marquis of Zhenwu.