It was also this night, a hundred miles away from Jinyang City, in the back mountain of Mingde Temple, three horsemen and horses quietly retreated from the saddle, and the sneaky man dressed in black and dark bent his fingers and gently knocked on the mountain door three times, and before long, the door sounded three knocks, and the man knocked two more times, and the mountain gate was opened inward, and a little monk poked out his bald head, and then illuminated the man's face with the wind lamp in his hand, and breathed a sigh of relief: "Ji Ming Mansion is invited, and the abbot has been waiting for a long time." ”

The person who came was Taigu Ling Jilun.

Mingde Temple this back door into the inside, is the piece that attracted many literati and scholars do not hesitate to praise the plum forest, Mo said that this back door usually does not allow pilgrims and believers to enter and exit, even if it is a monk in the temple, it is rarely to come here, all the monks are concentrated in the left side of the temple, there are several rows of guest houses in the middle of the plum forest, in order to prepare pilgrims to stay overnight, because there are often female dependents, so the monks rarely set foot in the plum forest, and this door is located at the foot of the mountain, far away from the guest house, usually only two fourteen or five years old little monk guards this access control, and then is responsible for sweeping.

These two little monks are the real henchmen of the abbot of Mingkong, when the old abbot was alive, there were no two people in Mingde Temple.

Ji Lun was actually impetuous as soon as he learned that Princess Jin and Mingkong had a "private meeting", and he couldn't immediately rush to inquire about the truth, firstly, because he paid more attention to Bailing Village and Luo Jiulang, where the King of Jin and his wife stayed for two nights, and consumed a lot of time on this matter, and secondly, because he had listened to Mingkong's suggestion, and his behavior was beyond his psychological endurance, so he was more cautious and suspicious. In fact, it has been shown that there must be an unknown affair between Jilun and Mingkong.

To put it mildly, Ji Lun, as a Taigu Ling, has always admired Buddhism, and he can be honest and honest with Mingkong, a high-ranking monk, where do you need to hide people's eyes and ears like this?

But in fact, the collusion between him and Mingkong, in fact, even Mao Wei was hidden in the dark, so Ji Lun didn't dare to be so grandiose, he was not born in the world, and his family was very poor, so he finally got mixed into a county order, although there were many assistants under him, those people were not his henchmen, and there was no need to worry about handling the things that Mao Fuyin confessed, but about some evil deeds, he couldn't let these officials know, so this trip to Mingde Temple, he had to go around in a big circle, and sneak in at night, as for the two people who followed him, Originally, it was recommended by the open air, but it can be trusted.

Although Ji Lun has a weak heart, he has no regrets at this time, he is also a protégé of a sage, after the family, he was not born with evil, and if he wants to complain, he will complain about the corruption of officialdom, which forced him to such a point.

Although he has learned a solid history of history, he is not good at poetry, and his deeds and fame are unexpected, and he is not even born with a handsome and chic skin, and he has no hope of being favored by the royal ladies, and he has been recommended by the skirt hairpin, and he has been honestly elected for eight years before he got the post of county lieutenant, and he has also been conscientious and diligent in government and loves the people, but the county order is a corpse vegetarian food, how can he stand out as a county lieutenant? After the expiration of his term, he was elected again.

At that time, Ji Lun was also involved in officialdom, and he knew very well that if he didn't do anything again, he was afraid that he would stop at a county lieutenant in this life.

How can this be worthy of his ten years of hard study, but in the end he is still guarding the cold window, and even his son can't fight for exemption.

So Ji Lun gritted his teeth, put down the shelf of the scholars, made friends with a man in the market, and finally borrowed a loan, and wasted all his efforts to please the patriarch, won a few family hopes, and implicated through many connections, in the end, he still had to be awarded another county lieutenant, this time he can learn to be obedient, and put most of his mind on pleasing Shangguan, of course, he did not do evil, after all, his foundation is insufficient, and the official reputation is still quite important.

It was also him who finally had good luck, Shangguan climbed to the Mao Wei party and got promoted, and he did not forget that he was such an assistant official in order to transfer to Taigu Ling.

Ji Lun finally tasted the sweetness, of course, he looked forward to Shijin even more, but although the Shangguan brought a handful, but since Taigu was not under the jurisdiction of Shangguan, and he was far away from the mountains and rivers, how could he have such a long tongue to flatter? Besides, the benefits that can be fought for are very limited, and if you want to pave the way to prosperity with real money, he doesn't have that kind of family background.

At that time, Ji Lun never thought about embezzling people's wealth, he had always been cautious and too timid, although he also knew the methods of those corrupt officials, but he did not dare to do it.

Even after serving as the Taigu Order, he did not dare to accept all the bribes given by the wealthy families under his rule, but he just "meant" it, showing that he was not hostile to many local tyrants.

Ji Lun originally believed in Buddhism, and at that time, Mingde Temple had already gained some fame under the respect of the previous Taigu Ling, and Mingkong repeatedly gave alms, which was of course a good thing for Ji Lun, the parent official, so he and Mingkong gradually came and went frequently, and the friendship deepened, and he poured out the bitterness in his heart once again.

How did you know that the enlightened monk who seemed to be compassionate would actually give him such a vicious idea!

Seeing that he was stunned, but he was not angry, Mingkong sighed: "The poor monk is a monk, and he knows that he should be punished by God for helping the monks, but the former Taigu order is forced step by step, and the poor monk's life can be abandoned, but he has to take care of the dozens of monks in the temple."

It turned out that the abbot of Mingkong claimed that the former Taigu Order proposed to promote Mingde Temple in order to achieve political achievements, so that Mingde Temple incense was vigorous, so Mingde Temple could use the merits donated by pilgrims to give to civilians, but even if a temple of incense is officially respected, it is impossible to reach prosperity inexplicably, and it still needs to be "invested" in the early stage, so that Mingde Temple can be the first to gain the trust of the people after doing good, and the former Taigu Order refuses to let Mingde Temple take advantage of it in vain, in order to coerce Mingkong to help him in his evil deeds, so that he is not afraid that after he is transferred, Mingkong will report him.

"The poor monk is also considered to have a relationship with the Ji Ming Mansion, so he will tell the hidden situation, how to decide, of course, it is all measured by the Ji Ming Mansion, if the Ji Ming Mansion has no hope of progressing, and when the poor monk has not said anything today."

Where does Ji Lun believe that Mingkong is forced to be helpless, those justifications are clearly exculpatory, but Ji Lun also knows very well that the previous Taigu Ling is a son of Shiwang, and the foundation is far from being comparable to him, if he reports evil deeds, it is to hit a stone with an egg.

However, he was already greedy in his heart, and he was deliberately awakened to the hidden demons, and Ji Lun's only remaining good thoughts were finally gradually devoured by the demons.

Because of what Mingkong said, not only can he accumulate a fortune for Shijin capital, but as long as he is careful, he doesn't have to worry about hurting the official reputation, he Ji Lun is still a conscientious, diligent and loving Qing official in the eyes of the people, so fame and fortune are in front, how can Ji Lun be willing to give up?

The only risk is that things go wrong and lead to ruin.

But this risk can be described as very small, because in case of an incident, of course, Mingkong will not be able to get out of the crime, and it will even involve the former Taigu Ling, who is a famous disciple, and will definitely try his best to calm down the situation, and Ji Lun will also have a guarantee.

After a long talk, a full month passed, and Ji Lun finally visited Mingde Temple again.

And his luck in the past two years was really good, and it didn't take long for Mao Wei to be removed from office and transferred to Taiyuan Yin, and Ji Lun had an excellent opportunity to further make friends with high-ranking officials and ministers.

It was Mingkong again: "The situation is certainly an excellent time for Ji Ming Mansion, the poor monk thinks that it is still necessary to be careful, after all, Mao Mansion Yin is the deposed prime minister, and I don't know if there is a chance to recover in the future, and besides, Ji Ming Mansion certainly has an old man in the middle of the recommendation, but the foundation is insufficient, whether Mao Mansion Yin can look at it differently is still not certain, if you wait for a better time." ”

Although Ji Lun secretly showed favor to Mao Wei, he was not very enthusiastic.

Until the king of Jin went to the domain, Xue Xuanzhi was ordered to implement a new policy.

Ming Kong reminded Ji Lun: "The situation has changed, Ji Ming Mansion should no longer be ambiguous, Mao Mansion Yin is obviously-for-tat with the Jin King faction, and will inevitably attach importance to the subordinate county orders to stand in the camp, according to the poor monks, Mao Mansion Yin's opponent is none other than Wei and Yuan, Jin King and Xue Shaoyin are definitely not Mao Mansion Yin's opponents, the new policy has hurt the interests of the world, and it will not be implemented smoothly no matter what, and there is a huge disparity between victory and defeat...... At this time, Ji Mingfu surrendered to Maofu Yin and offered a clever plan to get Mao's favor Yin. ”

That's why Ji Lun recommended himself to Mao Weimao, claiming that he could pretend to surrender to the King of Jin as a tenant to investigate Xue Xuan's movements.

The King of Jin and the Princess of Jin came to Taigu after the Yuan Festival, and they intended to make friends with the children of Taigu Luo, and inquired about granting fields and other things, obviously to check whether Ji Lun was credible, based on this alone, Ji Lun was not worried, but Princess Jin was eyeing Mingde Temple, which made Ji Lun creepy.

He must understand clearly what Princess Jin is suspicious of, and what is the purpose of going to Mingde Temple!