There are two important festivals in April, the 8th day of April is the birthday of the Buddha Shakyamuni, and the 13th day of April is the birthday of Emperor Zhao Huan of the Qianlong Festival. The two festivals rushed together, the merchants wanted to make more money, and officials from all over the country also brought tributes to Beijing to celebrate their birthdays, and Bianliang City became more lively.

On the third day of the first month, the king of Qin and the princess entered the Longde Palace to visit the emperor and the queen mother, and on that day he and his wife personally cooked a sumptuous lunch for the emperor and his wife, and they talked very happily during the banquet. But when leaving, the king of Qin suddenly turned around and knelt down, kowtowed to the emperor and the queen mother three times, and said that he was unfilial.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, the king of Qin sent someone to send a birthday gift to the emperor, and proposed to Zong Zhengsi that the Buddha bathing festival should take the princess to the Daxiangguo Temple to pray for blessings.

Daxiangguo Temple is a famous royal temple, one of the top ten historical temples, formerly known as Jianguo Temple, was built in the Northern Qi Tianbao period, the temple site is the former residence of the fourth prince of the Warring States Period, Xinlingjun. Later, in order to commemorate his ascension to the throne by King Xiang, Ruizong of the Later Tang Dynasty gave the name of Daxiangguo Temple. To the Song Dynasty, many times of expansion, covering an area of more than 500 acres, under the jurisdiction of 64 Zen, law institutes, thousands of monks, is the national Buddhist center.

In the Song Dynasty, because of the worship of the emperor, the status of Xiangguo Temple was like the sky, and it became a "royal temple". Whenever overseas monks come to China, the emperor orders the Great Xiangguo Temple to receive them; When the envoys from all over the world arrive, they must enter the temple for sightseeing. On the birthday of the Buddha, the Buddhist monks and disciples bathed in the water with the bronze Buddha on this day, so this day is called the Buddha Bathing Festival.

All the monasteries in Bianjing hold a Buddha bathing meeting on this day, especially the ceremony of the Great Xiangguo Temple is the most grand, so the royal people will also go to the Xiangguo Temple to watch the incense on this day. This is a normal thing. But Da Zongzheng didn't dare to call the shots, and hurriedly reported to the emperor.

Zhao Huan was quite hesitant. Because on this day, the Great Xiangguo Temple was full of tourists, and a large number of people poured into Kaifeng City. He was worried that King Qin would take advantage of this to escape, but if he didn't let him go, it didn't seem to be very close, and he couldn't find a legitimate excuse.

"Li Fu, which temple in Bianjing City has fewer people bathing in the Buddha Festival?" Zhao Huan asked Li Fu, the chamberlain who was standing on the side, that he was responsible for monitoring King Qin.

"Your Majesty, on the day of bathing in the Buddha, monks, nuns, Taoists, officials, people and female dependents in the capital. From all directions, the old and the young will go to the temples in the city to pay homage to the Buddha, and the temples are overcrowded. Li Fu replied.

"King Qin is going to Daxiangguo Temple to offer incense, can you see it?" Zhao Huan asked again.

"It's... Your Majesty, the King of Qin is too smart, and most of his subordinates are brave and ruthless people, if he wants to take advantage of the chaos to escape, the small one is not sure to follow! Li Fu hesitated and said honestly.

"A bunch of waste, even a person can't look at it!" Zhao Huan scolded.

"Your Majesty, the little one has an idea. I don't know if it's possible? Li Fu thought for a while and said.

"Say!"

"Your Majesty, since King Qin only said incense, then we will let him go to Kaibao Temple, and we will send someone to pick him up on the road on the grounds of protecting King Qin's safety. Then we drove all the monks and visitors in the tower away in advance, and only let the Qin Wang couple climb the tower to burn incense and pray for blessings, and the small leader guarded the tower gate. The pagoda is twenty zhang high, and the king of Qin is on it without help, and it is impossible to escape! Li Fu said.

"Hmm. That's a good idea, but the pagoda at Tianqing Temple is higher. Just send him to Tianqing Temple to offer incense according to what you say, if you still tell him to run away, be careful of your dog's head! Zhao Huan said, the spies sent to Jin a few days ago sent back the news that the Jin army is mobilizing heavy troops, and it is secretly rumored that they will send troops to help the King of Qin of Song State to restore the throne, if it is not for his birthday, it is not appropriate to do it, otherwise he will be taken down, and now at this time, he must not be allowed to escape!

"Yes, the little one will live up to His Majesty's trust!" Li Fu hurriedly kowtowed!

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Early in the morning of the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, Li Fu led a team of people to the Qin Wangfu to 'escort' the Qin King to Tianqing Temple to offer incense according to the prior agreement. Zhao Ta only took two small yellow doors to go out with incense and candle tributes today, and the people in the house rewarded them with money and let them go out to play.

"Before the croaking sound is endless, he will be honored, stirring up three thousand seas and mountains, and the bad water will be poured once a year, knowing that he is rewarded for his snow." As soon as Zhao Ta went out, he met a group of little monks holding a small pot of bronze statues, soaked in sugar water, covered with flower sheds, cymbals and cymbals, watered with small ladles, and recited verses aloud. Zhao Ta smiled and ordered the door to get the money and reward, these monks will go to the door of the high gate to ask for it every festival, when Zhao Ta was in Xiangyi, he drove away, but today he made an exception!

Then Zhao Ta set off to Tianqing Temple, in fact, the reputation of Tianqing Temple is also very large, and Xiangguo Temple, Kaibao Temple, Taiping Xingguo Temple and called the four famous temples in Kyoto. Built in the later Zhou Xiande period, the day of completion, it happened to be the birthday of Zhou Shizong Chai Rong "Tianqing Festival", in order to be Chai Rong's merit house, the temple was named Tianqing Temple. After Taizu Zhao Kuangyin launched the Chenqiao Mutiny and drove the last emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Zhou Gong, out of the palace, he had fled to Tianqing Temple for refuge for a period of time, and it was not a low status to let Zhao Tan go here to incense.

Zhao Ta's palace is in the northwest of Kaifeng City, and Tianqing Temple is in the southeast of Kaifeng City, the whole is a big tune, there are many pedestrians on the road, the princes and nobles in Beijing, the wealthy families also go out, each is also hugging the front and back, and the honor guard of the King of Qin is all giving way. A good man respects him for sacrificing his life to serve the country, and his loyalty and righteousness are unparalleled; The bad guy is afraid of the 'No. 1 bastard' in the capital, and he has nowhere to reason if he beats him!

The car drove fast and slow, and arrived at the Tianqing Temple after an hour, the Buddha bathing ceremony had not yet begun, but the car did not stop in front of the hall, but pulled the prince directly to the bottom of the platform.

Fanta is built on a high platform, the legend of the surname Fan's family lived in the vicinity of the high platform a long time ago, so people call this high platform Fantai, the table is wide, every spring, the peach and plum on Fantai compete for spring, a hundred flowers are gorgeous, the green trees are luxuriant, the palace is grandiose, people enjoy the flowers in spring, burn incense and worship the Buddha, drink and write poems, call "Fanta Spring" as one of the eight views of Kaifeng.

"Lord, this tower is clean, and you can enjoy the beautiful scenery around, and the small special person guards the door and waits for the prince and princess!" As soon as the car stopped, Li Fu hurriedly stepped forward to open the car door for the prince and said.

"Hehe, you kid still understands the king's thoughts, likes to be quiet, and rewards him with big silver!" Zhao Ta looked up at the towering tower in front of him and said with a smile.

"Thank you, Lord Wang, please come with the little one!" Li Fu took the silver and weighed it to ten taels, and said happily.

"It's a good place, it's a good place!" Zhao Ta hugged the princess, followed Li Fu up the steps, and looked left and right... (To be continued......)