Kaifeng Mansion, Daxiangguo Temple.

Since the temple was built in the Northern Qi Dynasty, to the twelfth year of Shaoxing, this temple is almost 600 years old.

Six hundred years, this country has already changed countless masters, from the period of the Emperor Taizu of this dynasty after the expansion, the successive dynasties of Zhao Guanjia have repeatedly allocated money to build, to the time of Emperor Shenzong, the Great Xiangguo Temple in this inch of land in Kaifeng City has covered an area of 540 acres, divided into 455 districts, under the jurisdiction of 64 Zen Law Academy, it is on the edge of the royal street, the north is the imperial city, the east is the temple...... When the Great Song Kingdom was at its peak, the presiding officers of the law courts were appointed by the Taichang Temple, and speaking of which, this was still an errand to eat the emperor's grain.

When the high-ranking monks, literati envoys, and ordinary businessmen come and go in and out of it, it is not lively, and there are Buddhist affairs, patrols, commerce, and entertainment gathered in it, in the words of the old king, Lin'an City is lively enough, right? Can't even catch up with half of the opening! And this Great Xiangguo Temple is the most lively place in Kaifeng City. Someone once described it, saying that it is 'splendid, clouds and clouds', 'thousands of rides, flowing water like a dragon', 'this is strong, it is appropriate to praise the voice', and its grand scene can be seen.

Naturally, when Jingkang, the people in the whole city were not spared, more or less affected some, the same is true of the Great Xiangguo Temple and its Buddhas, many gilded Bodhisattvas were scraped off the outer layer, not to mention, many precious scriptures were also brought to the north by the Jin people, if it weren't for the Jin people who didn't know the murals painted by Wu Daozi on the wall, I'm afraid that even the bricks for the wall would have to be demolished...... Pity those Buddhas, they are all people who have not done anything in their lives, they do not have to pay taxes in Kaifeng Mansion, nor do they have to serve, and they can also get a lot of rent money on weekdays, which is also regarded as trophies, and with the two emperors and Their Majestys are escorted to the north together, as for whether they will continue to chant Buddha in the north, then no one knows.

Now the people in Kaifeng City, compared to the year less than a Cheng, Xiangguo Temple is stayed, but compared to the prosperity of the year, it is indeed a lot inferior, and the fields and real estate that used to belong to the temple are all owned by the Jin people, and the city is Han, Jurchen, Khitan three ethnic groups are mixed, and there are many Taoist masters to grab food...... Anyway, the current life in this temple is indeed not very easy, and many times it is even necessary to mobilize the masters to go out to make fate, so as to fill in the five internal organs temple of the masters.

But today is different, today's Daxiangguo Temple is much more lively.

In that year, every first day of the new year, the fifteenth day, and every three days and eight days, the Daxiangguo Temple will open the temple market, let the people come here to trade, and the rent money collected is also quite reasonable, so that many officials who are greedy for money put things here to sell, so it also has a nickname, called ' So much so that the Goryeo envoy went to see Emperor Shenzong for this matter, hoping that the emperor would allow them to set up stalls and sell ginseng or something, saying that the temple market at that time was only something you can't imagine, and there is nothing you can't buy.

Now there are fewer people, but this temple market is still regularly opened, for the Buddha to earn some living money, today is the eighth day of the fifth month, just the day of the opening of the temple market, birds and cats, clothes and hats, jewelry, four treasures of the study, calligraphy and painting antiques, the style is much less, but it is still very rich.

At this time, in front of a stall selling cats, a little novice was constantly touching the heads of those kittens, scratching the chin of the civet cat for a while, and patting the belly of the cat for a while.

The stall owner waited for a day and didn't bump into a customer, and when he saw him in a monk's robe, it was hard to say anything, but seeing that his actions became more and more unbridled, and even the whole person was about to get into the cage, he finally couldn't help but speak:

"Master, if you look at what you like, the next letter of appointment, directly take the cat away, and catch the mouse who stole sesame oil for you. If you touch it like this, if this tanuki slave is used to your smell, and then goes to another house, I am afraid that it will not be very suitable for it, which is really unfair to other customers. ”

This Song people pay close attention to raising cats, just like marrying a little wife, not only to choose a good day to welcome the cat, but also to prepare a cat deed, to let the gods to do a witness, and finally to give a dowry...... This vendor said tactfully, but cats pay attention to this, and they are all dowry, not a little wife, what is it?

My little wife was touched like this...... It's not good for anyone.

The little monk glanced at him, and first folded his hands and said:

"Amitabha, monks can't get married, the donor asked the little monk to make a letter of appointment, isn't this joking with the little monk."

"This is an important place for Buddhism, and I hope the donor will be cautious."

The vendor choked up, waved his hand, and said:

"Anyway, don't touch it anymore, just look at it from a distance, watch it as long as you want, and I won't say anything superfluous."

The little monk gave him another salute:

"If you don't touch, how can you pick, if you don't pick, how can you accept a cat?"

"But you don't mean ......"

The little monk interrupted him:

"The monks are jealous of marriage, which is not only to avoid lust, but the little monk is indeed worthy of these cats."

"Then you're going to accept it?"

The little monk shook his head: "No." ”

The vendor almost scolded: "If you don't accept it, you can't touch it!" ”

"If you don't touch, how can you pick, if you don't pick, how can you accept a cat?"

……

The stall owner laughed angrily at him: "What about the master, isn't this a scoundrel?" Who is your master, and that's what taught you? ”

"Amitabha, Daoji, don't mess around!"

The great monk of Fohai appeared behind the little monk in time, gently knocked on his head, and made a loss to the stall owner by the way.

Then he took Xiao Daoji and walked outside.

"You are becoming more and more casual now, casual is good, but you also have to abide by your heart."

"I know," in just one year, Dao Ji has grown a lot taller, and although he is only thirteen years old, he seems to be like a seventeen or eighteen-year-old person.

"I saw that he had no business, so I talked to him to tease him and tell him not to be so boring."

"You're bored."

Fohai immediately pointed out his apprentice's words, but Dao Ji said very seriously:

"It's for him, not for me."

"That's it," Fohai was also a little accustomed to Daoji's style, "five days later, it will be the Christmas of Garan Bodhisattva, and then you will have to come again, you need to pay attention, and you can't be as rash as today." ”

"Master," Dao Ji did not promise him, but asked, "You have already agreed with them?" ”

"It's okay," Fohai's eyelids drooped, "In any case, this is a place that the Zhao Guan's family can't control for the time being, so we have to be careful in everything." ”

(End of chapter)