Chongfu Temple (today's Fayuan Temple), located in the east side of the south end of the Xuanwu Gate Waijiaozi Hutong, was built in the 19th year of Tang Zhenguan, is the oldest temple in Beijing, seven into six courtyards, the layout is solemn, wide and mammoth, because it is located in the city, the incense is prosperous, the tourists are weaving, it is actually not a very good leisure place, especially for Hongqing and other people who do not believe in Buddhism, that place is really too noisy, but can not stand Qinglian to go, Hongqing has no way, can only sacrifice his life to accompany the "woman".

"Lian'er, let's go in together."

Today, it is not a New Year's Day or a festival, but there are still a lot of people in Chongfu Temple, just got off the carriage, and when I saw the good men and women in and out of the temple gate, the scene was very chaotic, Hongqing's brows couldn't help frowning, I really didn't want to go inside, just saw the pious face of Qinglian next to him, and the words that didn't go in were really hard to say, so I could only shake my head helplessly, and greeted me with a peaceful voice.

"Hmm."

Qinglian obviously had something on his mind, he didn't notice the helpless expression on Hongqing's face, and he didn't say much, just said lightly, and then silently followed Hongqing's side, accompanied by Li Minxing and several other guards and two maids, he marched into the temple gate, and slowly entered the Daxiong Treasure Hall.

"The Buddha is above, the little woman is here to ask you to bless my Marfa spirit in the sky, and the little woman should be ......"

There were a lot of people in the hall, Hongqing and others waited for a while, and only then did they wait for a vacant seat, Hongqing did not believe in Buddhism, so he would not go up to kneel and worship, but Qinglian was very pious, kneeling on the futon, clasping his hands together, and praying in his mouth.

Alas, poor girl!

Although Qinglian's murmuring is very quiet, almost inaudible, but Hongqing's ear power can be heard clearly, and a burst of pity can't help rolling in his heart, no side, Qinglian's family has now been driven out of the Niu Hulu family, although Alinga's move is just a helpless choice made to protect future generations, but the removal of the clan is an out-and-out fact, according to the rules, Qinglian's family can no longer sacrifice to Aling, who died last year, and even tablets are not allowed to be placed at home, otherwise, if they are really reported, then there will be a lot of disastersQinglian can really only take the opportunity to incense for the Buddha to give birth to a filial piety, this kind of suffering, Hongqing can understand, although he does not believe in Buddhism, but he still burned the pillar of incense, wordlessly saluted, it can be regarded as a prayer for Alinga in the spirit of the sky.

"The lower official knocks on the prince."

Hongqing doesn't have a good impression of Ah Ling'a, the reason why he is incense is just looking at Qinglian's face, naturally there can't be too much piety, and it's enough to show his mind on the pillar incense, but Qinglian knelt in front of the Buddha and prayed, Hongqing saw this, and didn't disturb Qinglian, and slowly retreated to the side, just standing firm under his feet, he saw that a person had flashed out from the side, and knelt down in front of Hongqing.

"Huh? It's you? ”

Hongqing was traveling in casual clothes today, but he didn't expect to be recognized, so he couldn't help but be stunned, and then looked at it, and found that it was Zhao Xiongzhao, the eldest son of Zhao Shenqiao, who knelt in front of him, and his brows were even furrowed.

"The lower official accompanied his father to come to the incense, and he left temporarily because of trivial matters, and he happened to see the prince here, so he took the liberty to come, and he was disturbed, and asked the prince to forgive his sins."

Zhao Xiong kowtowed in a proper manner, and explained apologetically.

"Oh, that's a coincidence, Hou Chi (Zhao Xiongzhao's words) don't have to be polite, and just be flat."

Hongqing's coming to Chongfu Temple this time was completely at the request of Qinglian, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it was a temporary intention, since he didn't believe that the Zhao family's father and son would make a special trip to wait for themselves, and he would not have much doubt about Zhao Xiongzhao's explanation, so he smiled indifferently, and his voice was calm.

"Xie Wang Ye Longen, the lower official ......"

The reason why Zhao Xiongzhao dared to come to stir up Hongqing was not the result of impulse, but wanted to ask Hongqing to come forward to take care of his brother's case, but he and Hongqing were just nodding friends, and it was inevitably a little difficult to speak if he asked for help, and he stammered for a while, but he couldn't say a complete sentence.

"Where is Zhao Shangshu now?"

Although Zhao Xiongzhao couldn't tell the reason, how could Hongqing's IQ not know what Zhao Xiongzhao was going to say, but Hongqing didn't say anything, but smiled and asked in a calm tone.

"Back to the prince's words, my father is in the backyard Jingye Hall and is talking to the host master Chenghai."

Hearing Hongqing's question, Zhao Xiongzhao hurriedly restrained his scattered thoughts, bowed down, and replied respectfully.

"Well, let's stay here, Minxing will go with this king, and then go to see Zhao Shangshu."

Hongqing originally planned to contact Zhao Shenqiao in private, but there was no side, although he was in the center, but there was no department in charge, whether it was openly summoning Zhao Shenqiao to Changchun Garden, or going to the household department to see him, it was easy to attract people to gossip, but now, Zhao Shenqiao was here to offer incense, but it was the best thing to see him in private, so he turned around and explained a few words to the guards, and then looked at Qing Lian who was still praying with his eyes closed, smiled apologetically, turned around, waved his hand at Zhao Xiongzhao and said: " Hou Chi and lead the way. ”

"Oh, lord, please."

Hearing Hongqing's instructions, the look of expectation in Zhao Xiongzhao's eyes suddenly became bigger, but he didn't dare to say more, hurriedly bowed down, made a gesture of "please", and then led the way in front of him humbly, and took Hongqing and Li Minxing to the Jingye Hall in the backyard.

"Xiaguan Zhao Shenqiao knocks to see the prince!"

In the house, Zhao Shenqiao was sitting on the futon, across Zhang Jizi, talking with Master Chenghai, the host of Chongfu Temple, and seeing Hongqing coming in, a trace of surprise and joy immediately flashed in his eyes, and he hurriedly turned over, knelt on the ground, and respectfully bowed to pay respects.

"Zhao Shangshu doesn't have to be like this, just don't do it."

Although the look of surprise in Zhao Shenqiao's eyes flashed, Hongqing saw it all in his eyes, and his heart couldn't help but move, but he didn't say much, he just raised his hand and called out kindly.

"Thank you, Lord Longen."

Hongqing called up, Zhao Shenqiao didn't dare to slack off, hurriedly thanked him, and then got up, but he didn't hurry to speak, but took a step back and let Master Chenghai out.

"Master Chenghai, Xiao Wang Hongqing, took the liberty to come, there was a lot of trouble."

Although Hongqing does not believe in Buddhism, after all, he has arrived at the territory of the Buddha's family, and he still has to say a few words of politeness.

"Amitabha, the prince can come, the small temple is shining, please take a seat, come here, and serve fragrant tea!"

Master Chenghai is the first time to see Hongqing himself, but the legend about Hongqing is not less heard, since he didn't dare to take Hongqing's gift seriously, he hurriedly retreated half a step, bowed down politely, and hurriedly shouted and waited on the side of the little novices Zhang Luo served the freshly brewed fragrant tea, accompanied by a few words of gossip, and then left with a sense of humor.

"Zhao Shangshu should know that this king is coming, huh?"

After Master Chenghai went, Hongqing didn't gossip with Zhao Shenqiao anymore, but looked at Zhao Shenqiao indifferently for a while, and then smiled coldly and asked something that made the Zhao family's father and son tremble.

"The prince forgives the sin, the lower official, the lower official......"

As soon as they heard Hongqing's unkind tone, the Zhao family's father and son couldn't hold it back, and they all knelt on the ground.

"Anyway, how did you know that this king was coming to this Chongfu Temple?"

Hongqing did not have the slightest sense of forgiveness because of the trembling of the Zhao family's father and son, her eyebrows raised, and the chill between her words suddenly became a little stronger.

"The prince forgives the sin, the lower officials are indeed instructed by others, however, they are greatly favored, and they dare not forget to repay them, if the prince wants to be punished, the lower officials should bear it."

Hongqing is known as the "butcher of officialdom", and the evil aura on his body has always been great, this cold face, the aura is even more amazing, Rao is Zhao family father and son are also considered to have been in the sea for a long time, but they are still shocked by this momentum and their complexion has changed miserably, but even so, Zhao Shenqiao gritted his teeth and insisted on refusing to reveal who was behind it.

"If you don't wait, this king won't be able to guess, anyway, why does King Yongjun work so hard to help you wait, huh?"

Zhao Shenqiao kept his mouth shut, how could Hongqing's IQ not guess the roots, the truth is very simple, just think of the old thirteen's request last night and his friendship with Qinglian's father Pu Tao, Hongqing can effortlessly get the truth behind the fog, the only thing that is puzzled is how much the old thirteen owes Zhao Shenqiao, and he is willing to help him so hard, and this is precisely the key to Hongqing's decision, since Zhao Shenqiao can't be allowed to perfunctory.

"Back to the words of the prince, this matter is a long story, in the past, when the lower official was the governor of Hunan, the king of Yongjun had been to Changsha on business, when he traveled in private clothes, because of trivial matters and people conflicted, it happened that the official met by chance, and he disposed of it impartially, this detail also, the original no enough to worry about the teeth, the lower official has long forgotten, but the king of Yongjun has always kept in mind, this time the family is unfortunate, in the event of this catastrophe, the king of Mengyong County did not give up, and planned on behalf of him, so it disturbed the prince, all of them are the lower officials, and the prince is not guilty, and the lower officials have no complaints."

Hearing that Hongqing had broken the truth, Zhao Shenqiao's pale face instantly turned red and purple, he lowered his head, and did not dare to look at Hongqing'er's face.

Conflicting with a puppet? Hey, I'm afraid it's not that simple, the old thirteen was full of fiery temperament back then, and he really started with people, I'm afraid it's not very important to speak of!

Although Zhao Shenqiao said it vaguely, Hongqing only heard it and knew that the matter was not as trivial as he said, eight or nine times out of ten or thirty people were seriously injured, but Zhao Shenqiao helped him cover it up, otherwise, it really had to reach the ears of the old man, and the old thirteen were afraid that he would have to go to the Zongren Mansion to drink tea, of course, this matter had nothing to do with Hongqing, and he didn't bother to go through so many old accounts, as long as it could be confirmed that the old thirteen really wanted to repay Zhao Shenqiao's old kindness, for Hongqing, it would be enough... …