Since Xu He returned to Hailing from Songjiang, he immediately wrote a letter to Chen Hua, asking him to help him take the post road to the capital, and remind the uncle that Gui Zhao was going to attack him and the Xu family.

Xu He believes that with his uncle's sophistication, as long as he knows about this matter in advance, then he will have a way to resolve it.

However, now the problem comes, the uncle went to Beijing, and he didn't even have anyone to discuss with Guangxiao Temple to save people.

If the uncle is here, Hailing's big and small things are almost not a problem, but as soon as he leaves, it will be tricky for Xu He to save people.

There are still ten days left before the last day of the month, and Xu He decided to go to Guangxiao Temple to explore the bottom first.

Different from the big mountain gates in those famous mountains and rivers, although Guangxiao Temple occupies the northwest of Hailing City, it still looks like an ordinary county temple.

But this small temple is not so simple.

Guangxiao Temple was built in the Eastern Jin Dynasty during the Yixi period, formerly known as Wanshou Temple, later because of the Southern Song Dynasty Gaozong Zhao Construct for the death of Song Huizong and Song Qinzong, the edict ordered the temple to set up a dojo, and the edict was renamed "Guangxiao Temple of Returning Grace".

On this day, Xu He brought his mother Xie and Gu Hengbo to the temple to inquire about the movement in the name of visiting Buddhism.

Entering the door, in front of the door of the most auspicious hall of the main hall, there is a plaque of the abbot of Biyun, the calligraphy is vigorous, the magnificent atmosphere, makes people look at it solemnly.

Soon after entering the mountain gate, Master Yuanneng, the abbot of Guangxiao Temple, greeted him with a guest.

Seeing Xu He, Master Yuanneng proclaimed the Buddha's name, clasped his hands together and said: "I see Xu Gongzi's sexual spirit and emptiness, and he is also a person who is destined for my Buddha, please enter the temple and talk about wild tea!" ”

When Xu He heard this, he snickered in his heart, what kind of sexual spirit is empty, what is related to the Buddha, is it not because he asked Wu Decao to donate twenty taels of silver in the name of the Xie family before?

Otherwise, how could this mage come out to greet him in person?

Although he was slandered in his heart, Xu He smiled and said: "I have heard that Guangxiao Temple is a famous temple in Jianghuai, although the students are also from Hailing, but from the future, this Buddha is really ashamed!" ”

When Master Yuanneng heard this, he was immediately overjoyed.

Guangxiao Temple is a famous temple in Jianghuai, but that is the situation of the Southern Song Dynasty, and then a period of time was destroyed in the war, after the rebuilding of the dynasty, although it has been rebuilt by the monks of the past dynasties, it still cannot be compared with the previous heyday.

Otherwise, if it was a big jungle, it would not be because of the pilgrim's twenty taels of silver, and the labor abbot would personally come forward to accompany him.

On the Xie side, Gu Hengbo was accompanied, and the monk led him to worship the Buddha.

Xu He was guided by Yuan Neng to the abbot's room to serve tea.

The abbot's room of Yuanneng is also simple, in the front study, there is a [Fanyu Chonghui] plaque, there is a book case under the plaque, and some Buddhist scriptures are placed on the case.

Xu He said with a smile: "I have heard that there are many treasures in Guangxiao Temple for a long time, and even the famous mountains and temples in Jinling are not as good, I don't know if it is true?" ”

Yuan Neng nodded when he heard the words and said: "Don't hide it from the donor, my Guangxiao Temple has two volumes of the former Song Dynasty Imperial Gift "Ru Sticker", Lu Fangweng wrote the "Most Auspicious Hall Tablet of Guangxiao Temple for Guangxiao Temple", and Wang Zhenpeng of the Yuan Dynasty hand-painted "Story Map of the Virtuous Concubines of the Past Dynasties", all of which are famous products in the world! ”

After finishing speaking, Yuan Neng waited for Xu He's admiration with some pride.

Who knew that Xu He was using this as an introduction, and asked again: "I don't know how many monks there are in the temple now?" ”

Hearing this, Yuan Neng suddenly became vigilant.

Because of the regulations of the national dynasty, each county is only allowed to have one monk temple and one Taoist temple, and there are no more than eight monks, nuns and Taoist priests each.

Although this law has been abolished in recent years, it is really necessary to study it in detail, and the violators must be held accountable.

Therefore, Yuan Neng said cautiously: "Although my temple was built in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but Shaoxing was destroyed in the war, and now the incense is not as good as it was back then, and the temple contains Lao Gao, but only eight people!" ”

Xu He laughed when he heard it, and when he just opened the door and came in, he swept his eyes and saw that there were definitely more than eight monks in the temple, and the old monk was talking nonsense with his eyes open.

may have realized that this sentence was too flawed, and Yuan Neng added a sentence a little crampedly: "Of course, there are still many monks who place orders!" None of these people are ordained by small temples! ”

Xu He opened his face from the abbot's room, just in time to see Wei Tuo behind the mountain gate.

I saw that Na Wei Tuo is like a one-handed pestle, and the pestle touches the ground, which represents the Guangxiao Temple for the descendants of the jungle, which can be placed for three days, and can not be close to the permanent residence.

The so-called descendant jungle does not refer to which family the temple is inherited, but is different from the Shifang jungle, the descendant jungle is smaller in scale, the property belongs to a monk or a line of monks, and the abbot is a master and apprentice.

The ten jungles are different, the monks who have received the ordination in Buddhism, holding the precepts, can go to the guest hall to place an order, the number of days ranges from one day to three days, if you want to live permanently, you can apply to the monastery, and you can pass the inspection.

Since this Guangxiao Temple is a descendant temple, strictly speaking, the monks can only leave for three days.

But so many monks appeared in the temple together, obviously not all of them came to place orders in the previous three days.

In other words, Yuan Neng, a monk, has just played two times in a row, which is really ......

However, Xu He didn't plan to expose his lies, he came here to find out the rumors, and the situation in the temple was secondary, he mainly wanted to find out if there was anything abnormal in the temple.

Obviously, apart from the great monk who lied, he had gained nothing so far.

Of course, Yuan Neng didn't want to entangle with Xu He in this matter, so he talked about Xu Song instead, and it turned out that he also knew Xu He's origins.

I saw Yuan Neng smile and said: "I am kind to the host of Dongshan Temple, when the old lady of the Xu family moved the grave, the old man also helped Xiao Shigong discuss with Dongshan Temple." ”

When Xu He heard this, he was quite surprised.

Yuan Neng said that this happened five years ago, when Xu Fan had been dead for many years, Xu Song looked for someone to look at feng shui, and took a fancy to a piece of temple property behind Dongshan Temple, and later wasted a lot of effort to buy the land from Dongshan Temple and move Xu Fan's tomb there.

Unexpectedly, in this matter, this Yuanneng also contributed.

With this relationship, Xu He knew that this was Yuan Neng hinting to himself, everyone was an acquaintance, so don't talk about the monks in the temple.

Xu He didn't come here for this, so he simply smiled: "The great monk misunderstood, I just asked casually, what does the geometry of the monks in the temple have to do with my little student?" ”

Yuan Neng saw that he didn't seem to be cheating, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Although the scale of the temple is not as good as that of the former Song Dynasty, but there are two hundred people in the monks' house alone, and there are only eight monks, how can they take care of it?" ”

This is a disguised admission that there is a violation of the law.

Seeing this, Xu He knew that although this Yuanneng mage was a little cunning, he was not a thoughtful person, and it seemed that there were people with ulterior motives hidden in this monk, and it was estimated that he was not very clear.

The two chatted for a while, and seeing that Xie had finished worshipping the Buddha on his side, Xu He knew that he couldn't find anything if he stayed, so he offered to leave.

Yuanneng wanted to keep the meal, but Xu He insisted on leaving, so he stopped insisting.

When sending Xu He and others to the door, Yuan Neng was not at ease, and pulled Xu He aside and explained: "Xu Gongzi, it wasn't the old man just now, it's really our Guangxiao Temple is now a Vinaya Temple, and most of the monks in the temple come from all over the world, and they came to our temple to learn the precepts, but because the court has an order, they ......."

Xu He suddenly realized, it turned out that he had heard of the nature of Guangxiao Temple before, because Guangxiao Temple is the mountain gate of the Vinaya, so the host of the Jiangnan Temple will come to Guangxiao Temple to "study" for a period of time before taking office, learning the precepts of Buddhism!

This is a bit like the Buddhist academy of later generations, but this standard is higher, and only the presiding officer of a monastery is qualified to come and study here before taking over.

Xu He arched his hand and smiled: "Don't worry, great monk, Xu He is not a mouthy person!" ”

Yuan Neng was relieved at this time, and watched Xu He go away with the two sedan chairs, and then returned to the temple.