Gao Cheng's enthusiasm did not surprise Cui Xian, and everything was traceable.

Cui Xian had long heard that Gao Cheng had competed with his uncle Gao Chen for himself, and this time he took the opportunity to ask Gao Huan for it, which can be said to be deliberate.

This kind of attention makes Cui Xian have mixed feelings, the Gao family father and son are so trusted, how can this kindness be repaid.

Cui Xian immediately introduced Gao Cheng to his family, and when he saw Cui Xian's wife Li, Gao Cheng took a deep look at Li's neck, and then looked away.

It's not that he fell in love with this woman, for Xiao Gaowang, who loves talents, a capable minister like Cui Xian is the real stunner, he just remembered the fate of the Li family.

After Cui Xian's death, Gao Yang went to Cui's mansion to pay his respects and asked Li if he missed Cui Xian, Li replied that he missed him very much, and Gao Yang cut off her head with a knife in the mourning hall and threw her out of the wall in order to fulfill the meeting between Li and Cui Xian.

Successively greeted Cui Xian's family, Gao Cheng glanced at Duan Shao, and he finally remembered one thing.

When Duan Shao took a concubine, he never called himself to watch the ceremony, which is something that his cousin can do.

Gao Cheng asked Cui Xian to return to the carriage temporarily, and rode a horse in parallel with Duan Shao.

"Filial piety first takes a concubine, why don't you invite me to watch the ceremony?"

Gao Cheng complained.

Duan Shao said with an innocent face:

"The wife and concubine are ugly, lest they stain Zihui's eyes."

"You obviously listened to the slander of others, you and I have known each other for a long time, what kind of person am I, don't you feel Xiaoxian at all!"

Seeing that Gao Cheng seemed to be really angry, Duan Shao had no choice but to laugh:

"Next time, next time, I will definitely introduce Zihui to the family."

Gao Cheng let him go, and the group went to the Bohai Palace, Gao Cheng let Duan Shao go back to his wife and concubine to keep warm, and asked the housekeeper to take Cui Xian's family to the house that had already been purchased for resettlement.

He walked with Cui Xian and walked into the house.

In the wing room, Gao Cheng and Cui Xian sat opposite each other, and he said with a sad face:

"Cheng is an assistant in Luoyang, his responsibilities are urgent, and his shogunate subordinates are either recruited by his father to Jinyang, or he is released to serve in the prefecture and county, and there is little help, Cheng heard that Ji Lun has the ability to know people, and he also asked Ji Lun to raise a virtuous person for me."

Cui Xian already knew Gao Cheng's plan to seek talent in the secret letter, and all the way south, he had already thought about the candidate, and immediately replied:

"Since ancient times, the virtuous do not avoid relatives, Siam has a family, named Cui Ang, from the second room of the Boling Cui family, its people are few good chapters, quite comprehensive words, and to the elderly, upright, deep and ambitious, Siam should be recommended for the son."

Cui Ang, one of the three Cui under the command of the original owner, of course Gao Cheng knew that he had thrown an olive branch as early as when he was in Xindu, but Cui Ang politely rejected him on the grounds of studying behind closed doors.

At that time, Gao Huan only rode 30,000 steps, and the Erzhu clan had more than 200,000 troops, and the new ** Liu Lingzhu rebellion was in full swing, and it was understandable that others hesitated, so Gao Cheng did not hold a grudge against this past.

But compared to Cui Jishu, who was only seventeen years old at the time and came to him without hesitation after receiving the letter, he looked forward to it.

After Gao Cheng told Cui Xian about the origin, he said:

"Please also ask Ji Lun to send me another letter to recruit Cui Ang to Luoyang to assist."

Cui Xian agreed and praised:

"If you know that the son of the world is sincere in seeking talent, the wise men of the Quartet will inevitably compete to vote."

Gao Cheng waved his hand and said:

"It's really because Cheng is young, and he needs the assistance of wise men, and I ask Ji Lun to continue to raise the virtuous for me."

Cui Xian then said:

"Xing Shao, a native of Hejian (Renqiu, Hebei), is famous in the north for his literary talents, his talent is quick-witted, well-read and memorized, he once looked at the "Book of Han", and in only five days, he can recite the entire 800,000 words.

Gao Cheng was greatly surprised, and recited 800,000 words in five days, if it were not forged, this memory could be called unforgettable.

It is indeed the best person to manage confidential documents, and if you have a question, you can answer it casually without rummaging through it.

Gao Cheng took the pen and wrote Xing Shao's name on the screen account in the wing room.

There are many names written on the screen account, and the first one is Cui Xian, and even Chen Yuankang, Yang Su, and Cui Jishu are behind him.

Cui Xian's eyes were finally attracted to the screen, and his expression was a little excited.

Seeing this, Gao Cheng showed a smile on the corner of his mouth, and quickly withdrew it, urging Cui Xian to recommend talents for him again.

Cui Xian retracted his gaze and continued to talk eloquently:

"Jiyin Injustice Sentence (Shandong Heze) Wen Zisheng, erudite and good at writing, his articles are deeply loved by the pseudo-Liang Xiaoyan, once said: 'Cao Zhi, Lu Ji resurrected the north.' It can be the main writing document for the prince. ”

Gao Cheng thought deeply when he heard this, whether Wen Zisheng only used it to write articles about whether he was Qu Cai, and sent a delegation to Nanliang in the future, or he could be placed in it.

"I also heard the name of Wen Zisheng early, when I was twenty-two years old, I ranked first among the eight thousand scribes in the assessment of Emperor Xiaoming's selection of resignations to serve as the imperial history. However, Emperor Xiaozhuang killed Er Zhurong, and his people fled Luoyang to avoid trouble, and he still does not know his whereabouts. ”

Cui Xian said confidently:

"Siam and Wen Zisheng often have correspondence, when the prince recruited him to Luoyang, the three people recommended today are all handsome for a while, and please use the letter of the prince."

Gao Cheng held Cui Xian's hand again, thinking about the people who had been virtuous in the past dynasties, and the first thing that came to mind was Xun Yu, but in the end, he was forced to die by the lord, and the omen was not good, so he turned to Xiao He, who recommended Han Xin for Liu Bang.

He laughed loudly:

"I have Ji Lun, if I get Xiao He, I will ask Ji Lun to assist me wholeheartedly in the future, and I will treat him sincerely."

When Cui Xian heard this, he couldn't help but puff up his chest: King Gao's father and son both thought that Xiao He expected me, could it be that I was really Xiao He of the Gao family.

The two chatted again, and Gao Cheng sent Cui Xian out of the Bohai Palace and ordered someone to guide him.

Cui Xian's footsteps along the way were vain, and the whole person felt light, and it took a lot of effort to not show his smugness.

Gao Cheng sent Cui Xian away and told the servants to put away the screen tent.

He has a five-sided screen tent, all with names written on them, but the people who are the leaders are Chen Yuankang, Yang Su, Cui Jishu, Zhao Yanshen, and Cui Xian.

If I want to meet Cui Xian today, I ordered my henchmen to replace the corresponding screen tent early, of course, if the staff arrived, he would remove the screen tent.

After instructing the servants, Gao Cheng turned his head and went to the Listening Division.

Now that you have Gao Huan's permission, it's time to close the net.

April 26, early in the morning.

The monks of Yongning Monastery had taken the morning class, and they went to eat a meal, the meal was rich, there was meat and wine, and a fat monk who had eaten enough wiped the fat on his mouth, and laughed with his companions about the bad situation of the southern monks.

The anecdote of Xiao Yan, the son of the Southern Liang Emperor, who gave up his life in the Buddhist temple, naturally made them, the northern monks, also have a light on their faces, but because of such a devout Buddhist Tianzi, the southern monks are not as comfortable as them.

It turned out that Xiao Yan studied a book of "Great Nirvana Sutra" some time ago, and saw that there was a sentence in the scripture 'abstain from killing', and he was deeply inspired, so he issued an edict some time ago to prohibit monks across the country from eating meat.

This is a bitter southern monk, eating some meat and carrying others on their backs, how can they be as free and easy.

Scold! The southern Son of Heaven can still manage them, but the northern monks can't.

"Baohui, if you have eaten breakfast, go to the fields outside the city to inspect, don't make a noise here."

The host of Yongning Temple thought that the fat monk was noisy, and stopped him.

The fat monk named Baohui did not dare to delay, he had always been responsible for inspecting the fields, this was a fat difference, under the envious eyes of the monks, Baohui monk walked out of the dining hall with his head held high.

There is no better place in the world than Yongning Temple, this is the voice of Monk Baohui.

Yongning Temple was built by the Empress Dowager Hu of the mother of Emperor Xiaoming in the first year of Xiping (516), located in front of the palace city, outside the gate of Chang Xuan, the west side of the royal road in the south of a mile, surrounded by the mansions of the nobles, the people who usually worship the incense are all nobles.

There are more than 1,000 monk's rooms in the temple, carved beams and powder walls, extremely luxurious.

But the most commendable thing is that the nine-story stupa that is as high as 90 zhang, and there is a golden temple ten zhang high above the pagoda, which is as high as 100 zhang in total, and it is a thousand feet to the ground, and it can be seen far outside Luoyang City.

The nine-storey pagoda is splendid, each layer has four sides, each side has three households and six windows, it is painted with vermilion lacquer, and there are five elements of golden bells on the door, a total of 5,400 golden bells.

There is a treasure bottle above the golden temple, and there is an eleven layers of gold plate under the treasure bottle, and the golden duo is hung around the turn.

And in the corners hung the same golden priesthood, which was the size of a pottery, and made a hundred and thirty priesthoods in all.

Not to mention the many golden and jade statues in the temple, I don't know how much it cost to build.

Empress Dowager Hu, the builder of Yongning Temple, has long been drowned in the Yellow River by Er Zhurong, but the glory of the monks of Yongning Temple is still shining.

Er Zhurong once stationed a large army in Yongning Temple, and Yuan Hao, who went north with Chen Qingzhi, also gathered troops here, and Er Zhuzhao imprisoned Yuan Ziyou in the temple.

No matter which flag is planted at the head of Luoyang City, no one can take away the dignity of Yongning Temple.

Monk Baohui sat in a carriage, went out of Dongyang Gate of Dongcheng, and traveled more than 30 miles before getting off the carriage.

As far as the eye can see, the endless plains and acres are the property of Yongning Temple.

But these are not all, Yongning Temple has been built for 17 years, not only the Queen Mother, the Son of Heaven gave the field, but also their monks worked hard.

How does it work? Naturally, it is to accept believers to worship, distribute profits, forcibly occupy people's land, etc., as an outsider, and do not need to pay taxes, how can the accumulation of money be slow.

The mud-legged people who were cultivating nearby saw the carriage of Yongning Temple and came to ask Monk Baohui for peace.

Monk Baohui greeted them with a pleasant face, but in his heart he was thinking about which family had only women at this time.

He looked at a middle-aged man.

Zhao Agui? No, his mother-in-law was very fierce, and she made a fuss about reporting to the official last time, but she was threatened by the Buddha before she was born.

However, if you can threaten once, you should be able to threaten a second time, and these women dare not speak out anyway.

Elsewhere, the lord of the manor treated the tenants harshly, and the peasants were able to farm for others.

Luoyang is not good, there are many people, the fields are even more tight, the whole village is a hidden household sheltered by Yongning Temple, and the surrounding fields are also full of industry in the temple.

Just as he was about to go to Zhao Agui's home to purify Buddhism, Monk Baohui suddenly caught a glimpse of a young man.

A pat on the head, Ami, I am a Buddha, isn't this Li Shilang a newly married relative, the Buddha is destined to be a person, Li Shilang's new daughter-in-law may be a Buddha.

Monk Baohui thought about it, and was too lazy to take care of this group of mud legs, so he made a big detour before going to the village.

In the name of preaching Buddhism, Monk Baohui deceived Li Shilang's door open, because there were often visiting monks to preach Buddhism, and the women in the village were not surprised, after all, many people had been bullied.

Just as Monk Baohui thought, Li Shilang's new daughter-in-law was very fierce and noisy at the beginning, but in the end she only threatened to take back the acres of land and not give it up, and she was not obedient.

After Monk Bao Hui expounded on the Dharma, his thoughts were clear, leaving his new daughter-in-law huddled in the corner, hugging her knees and crying.

He walked around and collected the thoughts of several nearby villages about the Buddha.

Seeing noon, Monk Baohui drove the carriage and prepared to return to the city.

After entering Luoyang City, Monk Baohui immediately became honest and slowed down, lest he collide with the nobles.

The strange thing is that many people pointed at him and whispered, which made Monk Baohui scratch his head for a while.

Along the way, there are many monks running back and forth, looking in a hurry.

Monk Bao Hui drove back to the outside of Yongning Temple in a carriage, and happened to meet a group of warrior monks carrying sticks out of the house.

"What are you doing here?"

Monk Bao Hui asked the monk who was a good friend.

The warrior monk said angrily:

"Baohui, you don't know, now Luoyang City is full of rumors to smear monks, and they actually say that we hide dirt and dirt and make a lot of personal gain!"

Monk Baohui was furious:

"We sincerely worship the Buddha, who is so shameless as to pour dirty water on people outside our party!"

"Who else can there be besides that group of Taoist priests, there are many senior brothers who have seen it, it is a group of Taoist priests who are spreading rumors, in order to compete with us for pilgrims, they actually smear and act like this, it is really hateful, I won't tell you, and now I will demolish those Taoist temples with my brothers and sisters."

The man said a few words and turned to leave.

When the monk Baohui heard that it was the Taoist priest who was stirring up trouble, he immediately became angry, and it was Cui Hao, who believed in Taoism, who provoked it, so that he instigated Emperor Taiwu to kill many Buddhist brothers and sisters.

Not to mention the grudges accumulated over the years of competing for incense.

Monk Baohui angrily rolled up his sleeves and went to help.

Listen to the Division.

Gao Cheng stretched, he sat in the lobby for a long time waiting for news, even if he was accompanied by Zhao Yanshen and Cui Jishu, he was still bored.

"Shizi, it's moving! There are monks everywhere to besiege Taoist temples! ”

Zhang Shiqi broke in and said happily.

Because of his meritorious work in carving the monument, he was promoted by Gao Cheng and promoted to join the army, staying by his side and recording his words and deeds.

Gao Cheng perked up when he heard this, and he asked:

"How many people are involved?"

Zhang Shiqi hurriedly replied:

"There are warrior monks in all the temples in Luoyang, and there are too many people for the spies to count."

Gao Cheng immediately said to Cui Jishu:

"You lead ten guards to the camp outside the city quickly, and immediately order Duan Shao and Yaoxiong to enter Luoyang to quell the riots, and all those involved, regardless of Buddha or Tao, will be searched and arrested."

Cui Jishu didn't dare to delay, and immediately went out and ordered ten guards to follow him and go straight to the Gyeonggi camp.

All units of the Gyeonggi Army were urgently summoned back to their camps yesterday.

Duan Shao and Yaoxiong had been waiting for news in the camp for a long time, while Hu Luguang, Murong Shaozong and others also had their own tasks.