The Tongzhi on the opposite boat apparently also noticed that he was behind the boat, and his eyes narrowed slightly, telling his men to stop boarding the ship for the time being.

Seeing this, Xu He couldn't help but be more curious in his heart, looking at the appearance of the same knowledge, he obviously didn't have a score in his heart about the coming boat.

At this time, the incoming ship was already approaching, and sure enough, not far from the Caojiang army, the incoming ship lowered the anchor and walked out of the cabin with a bald head...... Great Monk.

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How could there be a monk coming out of the official ship, this scene suddenly made Xu He and Na Tongzhi stunned.

The great monk stood at the bow of the boat, folded his hands, and recited the Buddha's horn: "Which one is Xu He Xu Shi, the poor monk is the host of Yangzhou Tianning Temple, Zhenke, and he is here to welcome Xu Shi to my Yangzhou!" ”

Xu He is stupid, really? Who is it? I don't know you at all.

But he lived in Yangzhou in his later life, and he was very familiar with Tianning Temple.

There are many ancient temples in Yangzhou, including the Daming Temple built by the Southern Dynasty and the incense continues to burn; There are Zenzhi Temple and Shanguang Temple in the Tang Dynasty that were regarded as good tombs by the poet Zhang Hu; There is a Mulan Temple where the story of the Prime Minister Wang Bo's "Bell After Dinner" is circulated.

But when it comes to Tianning Temple, as the first of the eight famous temples in Yangzhou, it naturally has its own story.

There is a legend that Tianning Temple has the saying that "Xie Anshe house is a temple", so it is also called Xie Sikong Temple.

In fact, this is a misunderstanding, and it is just a rumor.

The more reliable time of the temple should be the first year of Wu Zetian's Zhengsheng, with the name of the year, and the original name was "Zhengsheng Temple".

After being burned down due to the war, the rebuilt Song Huizong Imperial Temple was named [Mengci Tianning Zen Temple].

Thinking of this, Xu He's heart suddenly flashed with inspiration, although he still didn't know who invited the host of Tianning Temple, but he guessed this person's good intentions.

Tianning Temple, as the first Zen forest in Huainan, is very famous in Yangzhou, and the presiding officer here also serves as the monk of Yangzhou Monk Lu Division.

In other words, the other party not only has the identity of the host of the famous temple, but also the official identity of [monk].

It's up to him to greet him, so that the other party can take into account the identity of Zhenke, but it won't be too eye-catching.

Sure enough, someone next to Tongzhi whispered two words in his ear, and Tongzhi's face turned pale.

Xu He stood at the bow of the boat and said loudly: "Master Zhenke, Xu He in Xiahailing!" ”

Really the great monk because of his age, a little blessed, he held his stomach with one hand, touched his beard with the other hand like an old dart master and laughed: "Great, I finally welcomed Xu Gongzi!" ”

After that, he set up a board and prepared to get on Xu He's boat.

Seeing this, the colleague of Cao Jiangjun shouted: "Old monk, are you sure you want to join us in Cao Jiangjun's affairs?" ”

Zhen Keyan pretended to be shocked and said, "Hey, are you Jiang Jun?" Why did you run to the river? ”

Na Tongzhi's forehead was bruised, and he sneered: "I have a life in my body, so get away from it." ”

At this time, the already not wide river was blocked by three official boats, and all the boats could not move.

The crowd who were still eating melons just now heard that this Qiu Ba was disrespectful to the great monk of Tianning Temple in Yangzhou, and there was a sudden scolding around them.

In addition, the river has been blocked for a while, and the boats are accumulating more and more, and the scolding spreads on the river, and the foul language is poured towards the boat of the Cao Jiang army, causing everyone on the boat to look at each other, and they can't figure out why they have suddenly become the target of public criticism.

The great monk smiled: "That adult, the little monk heard that the water bandits on the Yangtze River are rampant, and there are many people in Yangzhou who beg for a living on the water are folded on the river, and yesterday there were family members of the deceased who came to our temple to ask for the deceased to be excessive, you said that you Cao Jiang Army did not go to exterminate the water bandits, but came to this inland river to show off your might, it is true that there are some overstepping the bounds, right?" ”

Really these words immediately resonated with everyone, the Yangtze River water bandits have been rampant to the point of outrageousness.

A group of three, a group of five, and even a large group of water bandits who gathered tributaries and robbed the transport boats.

These Cao Jiang troops did not exterminate the thieves, but they deliberately made things difficult for a prepared ship.

In the eyes of the people, these Jiang soldiers just don't do their jobs and manage their affairs leniently.

Seeing this, Xu He pulled Chu Yuan and the others, who had already left the cabin, onto the bow of the boat, and then said to the people around the boat: "The five of us are scholars who went to participate in the government examination, and all of us have floating tickets issued by the county government. ”

When the big guy heard this, he looked at Xu He and the other five scholars, and saw that they were all fair-skinned, weak, and powerless, like thieves who robbed houses.

One of the fishermen said loudly: "Obediently longing hole, this group of scholars probably can't even clean up a chicken, and what about the bandits?" Don't laugh! ”

When everyone heard this, they all laughed.

At this time, Xu He said again: "All the military masters of the Caojiang Imperial History Yamen, if you are worried about the bandits hiding on our ship, it is better to do this, we invite Master Zhenke of Tianning Temple, and more than ten people to get on our ship, you also send people over, and everyone will search together." ”

"First check the floating tickets for the five of us to participate in the government examination, this thing is the most reliable, there are lawbreakers in the family for three generations, and they are not allowed to participate in the scientific examination, if the five of us have floating tickets, then there must be no problem, no problem, we will not sit on this boat, we will ask Master Zhenke to give us a ride, and the rest of the people, you will check yourself!"

The surrounding people nodded their heads when they heard this, and said in their hearts that this scholar's method is good.

Since he proved his innocence and did not delay the Yamen of the Jiang Army to search for the bandits, the people who operated the Jiang Army would not have any opinions, right?

The same acquaintance on the big ship couldn't say anything.

He knew in his heart who he was aiming for this time, inviting so many people to go on the ship to search together, this person named Xu He used the legendary Yang Mou, and it was also the spear of the other and the shield of the other.

Didn't you say that there was a problem on our ship?

That's okay, everyone has eyes, we're fine, let's go first, and you can check the rest.

Xu He ran away, so it's still a fart.

It's a good thing, but I didn't expect it to be tossed to such a point, that Tongzhi really wanted to die in the bow of the boat, so as to save himself from being scolded for being wasted back.

Seeing that he was in a dilemma, Xu He sneered in his heart and said loudly: "That adult, I have a good word for your lord...... Erlu is the people's fat and the people's anointing, the people are easy to abuse, and the heavens are difficult to deceive. ”

"The court's Yulu raised you, so that you could go to the Yangtze River to suppress bandits and exterminate the Japanese, not to let you come to the inland river to show off your might!"

"Good, good!"

"This scholar is so well said!"

"That is, these officials, which of them is not raised by the taxes paid by Lao Tzu for fishing and farming? That's it, and bullying us people. ”

When the great monk heard these four words in Xu He's mouth, he nodded and smiled slightly, the river breeze blew, and his clothes fluttered, like a Maitreya Buddha!