In this era of favoring Buddhism and Taoism, funeral ceremonies are a common custom among the people.

Datang's openness and inclusiveness have allowed many foreign cultures and religions to flourish in this land.

When the missionary envoys came to Chang'an, Emperor Taizong ordered the prime minister Fang Xuanling to personally welcome them out of the city and allowed them to preach in the Tang Dynasty, and the imperial court also funded the construction of a church in Chang'an City.

This church was built in the thirteenth year of Zhenguan, located in Yiningfang, Chang'an, called "Persian Temple", and is the earliest known Christian church in China.

So far, in the Forest of Steles Park in Xi'an, there are still the inscriptions introduced to China by Jingjiao, which are engraved with the original Chinese characters, and they are all ancient texts, and they can't read the small Chinese compositions written by foreigners without any culture.

Of course, tolerance does not mean everything, in China, religion and imperial power can never be separated, it will always serve the imperial power.

The architectural style of the Persian temple is not the Western spire or Gothic style, but the original Chinese style, and the enshrinement inside is not Christ Jesus or the Virgin, but the Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty.

When any religion comes to China, you have to coil it as a dragon, and you have to lie down on a tiger, which does not conform to Chinese taste, and it will not be able to follow the local customs, and it will definitely not last long.

It's not just religion, thousands of years later, when KFC and McDonald's came to China, didn't they also start selling soy milk fritters and rice bowls? If you pay attention to member points, you can also white-collar a salted duck egg......

It's the same with Buddhism.

In order to compete with the local Taoism, Buddhism also had to expand its business for the sake of believers and incense money.

Not only do they receive weddings and funerals, but new members may really be able to receive a salted duck egg.

The monks who walked into Ganjingzhuang today probably came from a nearby temple after receiving Dharma business.

Most of the weddings and funerals of ordinary people are also to invite monks and Taoists, especially funerals, and it is necessary to make the Dharma affairs grand, and the richer families invite a group of monks to do it for seven days, and the poorer people should also invite at least one monk to come over and recite a sutra of transcendence in the mourning hall.

When the old soldier of Zhuangzili died, his descendants invited monks from a nearby temple.

Due to the many funerals sent by the Li family's courtyard, the children and grandchildren of the veterans also generously invited a group of monks.

The monks walked in from the entrance of the village, they looked solemn, lowered their eyelids and recited the scriptures in a low voice, until they walked to the mourning hall where the coffin stopped, and then each found a futon to sit down, and for a while the sound of chanting the scriptures became more and more high.

Looking at this group of strange monks, Li Qinzai's eyes flashed, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Liu Ah Si and his subordinates became nervous, and unconsciously pressed their hands on the handle of the knife on their waist.

"Take it easy, people are doing funerals, who do you look like you're going to kill?" Li Qinzai said lightly.

Liu Ah Si said nervously: "Fifth Shaolang, the Zhuangzi is all native-born Zhuang households, but this group of monks is from outside, if there are assassins mixed in among them......

Li Qinzai still smiled: "It's not unreasonable to worry, but you don't have to be so nervous, you are all people who fight well, you must have a master's demeanor, the result is not important, the posture must be handsome." ”

Liu Ah Si smiled bitterly and said: "Fifth Young Lang, at such a time, you are still so unorthodox......"

Li Qinzai smiled, looking at the monks who were hanging their heads and chanting the scriptures not far away, and couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart.

It would be a ...... to say that the Assassins chose to infiltrate the group of monks and look for an opportunity to assassinate him Bloody dog, right?

It's better to directly beat the gong and drum into the village, and swagger to tell the tribe and the forbidden army, "I'm going to assassinate Wu Shaolang, you lie down and call Dad."

But Li Qinzai really couldn't think of any other way for the assassins to use besides blending into the monks, the only outsiders who entered the village were this group of monks, and the entire Zhuangzi was guarded by the tribes and the forbidden army like an iron bucket, and this group of monks was the only flaw.

However, the flaws are too obvious, which makes Li Qinzai a little unsteady.

It can't be so stupid, right? You don't really plan to assassinate him in this way, do you? Did the ancients also poison film and television dramas?

Liu Asi said in a low voice: "Fifth Shaolang, it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time, you have already visited the mourning hall, please go back to the other courtyard." ”

Li Qinzai shook his head: "Escape is not a way, if the assassins are really among them, it is better to solve them once and for all, and you can protect me well." ”

Liu Asi hesitated for a moment and said, "The villain calls more robes, otherwise it will not be practical." ”

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Inside the courtyard of the Li family.

A tribal rushed into the courtyard, shouting loudly, and then the subordinated who stayed in the other courtyard quickly assembled in the courtyard, dozens of people lined up in armor, and hurried out towards the mourning hall.

Zanliang was squatting by the well in the backyard, washing clothes for Li Qinzai and Buckwheat, which was the job of being a maid.

Hearing the noise coming from the front yard, Lu Ye Zanliang walked to the front yard in surprise, and saw dozens of subordinates coming out in armor, and Lu Ye Zanliang hurriedly inquired.

Hearing that a group of monks who came in from outside Zhuangzi were suspicious, and Liu Asi ordered reinforcements to be deployed, Lu Ye Zanliang couldn't help but be startled, and the face of the merchant in the mountains and forests yesterday flashed in his mind.

Zanliang bit his lower lip and thought for a long time, then pulled his legs and ran towards the mourning hall arranged in the village.

Thoughts are chaotic, love and hate are blurred.

She only knew that Li Qinzai couldn't have an accident.

Even for the sake of his father and clansmen, and for the survival of thousands of people in the Japanese Kingdom, Li Qinzai could not have an accident.

If Li Qinzai had three longs and two shortcomings, the price that the Japanese state would have to pay was unbearable for his father and his subjects.

They will face the monstrous anger of the Tang Dynasty Emperor, thunderous.

Zanliang's thoughts were chaotic, and his steps became more and more hurried.

Running outside the mourning hall, he found Li Qinzai standing in the crowd in a good manner, and around him, the Li family's subordinates had surrounded him, forming a posture of arching and defending him, and he seemed to be safe.

Sonno Sanra breathed a sigh of relief, raised his sleeve and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Li Qinzai saw her and beckoned to her: "What are you doing here?" ”

Cormorant Zanliang stabilized his mind and walked over, lowered his head and said: "The slave maid is a little curious about the funeral of the Tang Dynasty, so I ...... it."

Li Qinzai smiled: "Just to see the excitement? Needless to say, this deceased is a happy mourner, and there are not so many taboos. ”

Zanliang lowered his head and said, "Yes." ”

Raising his eyes and glancing casually into the mourning hall, Cormorant Sanliang's newly relaxed mind suddenly hung high, and his expression flashed with a touch of horror.

Among the group of monks who recited the scriptures in the mourning hall, there was a familiar face, it was the merchant who met her in the mountains and forests yesterday, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty sent by the Japanese State, and the retainer of the middle minister Kamazu.

Today, he sits in a crowd of monks wearing an old monk's robe, his hair shaved, and reciting scriptures with his eyelids down.

Zanra's frightened expression was only for a moment, but it was perfectly captured by Lee Chin-jae.

His eyes showed a little solemnity, but Li Qinzai had a smile on his face, and said, "It seems that among those monks, there are your acquaintances?" ”

Zanliang subconsciously shook his head: "No, no." ”

Li Qinzai's tone became cold: "To tell you the truth, you and your clan will not pay too heavy a price, you can think clearly." ”

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