There is a hill that is less than 100 zhang high in Zhuoshui City, it is called Bao'en Mountain, there is a large-scale Bao'en Temple at the foot of the mountain, this Bao'en Temple is backed by a cliff, the mountain is rugged, the temple is majestic, the Buddha statue is solemn, the distant view is magnificent, the near look is majestic and majestic, the water pavilion corridor is surrounded by the water, the pine and cypress are sandwiched between the road, the cherry blossoms and peach plums are planted all over, so there are flowers in spring, there are fruits in summer, the incense is vigorous all year round, and the visitors and pilgrims are endless.

Bao'en Temple Qingshan, clear water, Zhu Dian, Yellow Tile, White Bridge, the scenery is picturesque, just like the garden in the south of the Yangtze River, it is the largest temple in the east of the Great Shang River, the presiding monk Hui Yong Lao Zen Master is even more famous, even the envoys of the Western Regions who enter Beijing to pay tribute pass through Zhuoshui County also have to enter the temple to visit, listen to the Zen theory.

In the past two days, two unusual guests came to Bao'en Temple, a middle-aged uncle, thin, and riding a thin donkey, looking at people as thin as a donkey, and the other is a young man, riding a white horse and carrying a big sword, the instrument is magnificent, quite a family style, but he did not bring any entourage. The monk Huiyong, the presiding monk of Bao'en Temple, called the one who rode the thin donkey as the lord of Luoshi, and the one who rode the white horse was Tang Shaoxia.

The benefactor surnamed Luo is extremely undignified, he doesn't say anything about the shape of a day, and he touches the bald head of the old monk at every turn, and the little monks in the temple are a little angry, how can Master Huiyong, who is admired by everyone in the temple, be insulted like this? But this Luo Shi Lord doesn't seem to care about any little master at all, and the strangest thing is that Huiyong Monk is not angry when he touches his bald head in public by this Luo Shi Master.

Monk Huiyong was known for his temper when he was young, and there used to be a senior brother from outside the temple who touched Huiyong's bald head when jokingly, and as a result, Huiyong slapped down, and the Bao'en Mountain behind the temple was missing. Also, a few years ago, the monk Huiyong was wandering outside, and there was a northern sword saint named Zhu Jiafu, because he touched Huiyong's bald head, he was kneaded into dough by Huiyong's hand.

But the surnamed Luo touched Master Huiyong's bald head, he didn't get angry, he endured it like this, it was really the sun coming out in the west. Later, the first Huiming monk of the Discipline Academy, who knew the truth, said that the two were close friends, and Master Huiyong was already good friends with Lord Luo Shi when he was still called Nangong Yuchang in the layman.

In front of the meditation hall of Bao'en Temple, Luo Fengyang, who was hippie and smiling, touched the bald head of Monk Huiyong again, Huiyong looked helpless, and then glared, "Lord Luoshi, if you touch the head of the poor monk again, the poor monk will be angry!" Luo Fengyang teased: "Ouch, you monks don't quit hate?"

Luo Fengyang knew that Monk Huiyong loved the things in the cup, so he deliberately took out a wine bag from his arms, unscrewed the lid and took a sip, with an intoxicated expression, "Bald donkey, do you want to drink a sip? This is the tribute wine in the palace, a few days ago, the Tang children entered Beijing, it was given to him by the emperor, and I was reluctant to drink it! This is the best wine I have ever drunk in my life, mellow and intoxicating, making people happy and forgetful!"

Huiyong hesitated, his face was a little tangled, he simply closed his eyes, folded his hands, and said loudly: "Good, the poor monk has already quit drinking for many years, Lord Luo Shi should know that wine is the first precept of my monk's family!

Tang Jiusheng said with a smile on the side: "Everyone has all kinds of ties, and we people in the rivers and lakes are also in the rivers and lakes, and we can't help ourselves." It is said that wine and meat have passed through the intestines, and the Buddha has left it in his heart, but there are too few people in this world who are truly unhindered! This meditation hall is deep, and I hear the bell chime ringing from time to time, and there is the sound of a wooden fish, but if you enter the empty door, your heart is still in the world, and you can be regarded as a monk when you put on a robe?"

Huiyong opened his eyes and looked at Tang Jiusheng, with a smile on his face, and pointed to his chest, "Good, Tang Shaoxia and my Buddha."

You must know that the real meditation room is never in the temple, but in the human heart!"

Luo Fengyang snorted and flicked a chestnut on Huiyong's head, and Huiyong's face was angry. Luo Fengyang smiled and said: "Bald donkey, don't pretend to be a born master all day long, you can't stand me as a vulgar person who pops chestnuts with you, what kind of monk are you?"

Luo Fengyang smiled and said, "Bald donkey, your Nangong family has changed to a new family master, are you really not going to go back?"

Huiyong shook his head, casually picked a half-green and half-red plum from the plum tree in front of the Luohan Hall, put it in his mouth and chewed it, "Lord Luo Shi said with a smile, the poor monk Xu Shen Buddhism, the law name Huiyong, is no longer a member of the Nangong family. ”

Tang Jiusheng was a little surprised, it turned out that Monk Huiyong used to be a disciple of the Nangong family? The three of them were talking, and a sixteen or seventeen-year-old little novice ran over from the direction of the Tianwang Hall in front of the temple in a panic, and when he ran in front of Huiyong, he was already out of breath, and the little novice shouted: "Master! Master! Something has happened! Some officers and soldiers have broken into the temple!"

Monk Huiyong grimaced and said, "Wu Lone, the monks should not be frightened, the eight winds do not move, what are you panicking about?"

Xiao Shami Wu Lin bowed his head and saluted to Hui Yong, "Master, there are officers and soldiers in the temple, as well as officials, and there are officials from the capital! I don't know who said that Tang Shizhu is in our temple, so he broke in to find Tang Shizhu, and he was making noise in the front hall, and Uncle Ming Yi asked me to invite Shizu and Tang Shizhu to go out!"

Monk Huiyong looked at Tang Jiusheng in some surprise, Tang Jiusheng smiled, "Let's go, let's take the order!"

In the small square in front of the front hall of Bao'en Temple, Tang Jiusheng received the decree, and it was Song Peiting, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and Wei Dehai, the deputy head of the Inner Department, who came to announce the decree. Tang Jiusheng had a royal gold medal on his body, so he didn't need to kneel down, he just bowed and saluted, and several monks in the front hall also knelt down to listen to the holy decree. Song Peiting and Wei Dehai humbled each other, and finally Wei Dehai read the holy decree.

Wei Dehai held the bright yellow jade scroll holy decree in both hands, and smiled. Xiao Sha Mi Wu Lin is not very literate, only listening to Wei Dehai read what is used to build a feudal auxiliary, to be a Ming pro-sage, what is talented, loyal and generous, and what is the division of the soil, Yu Wei Dashang, Xiao Sha Mi Wu Lin looked at the dazed face, knelt on the ground and secretly looked at Tang Jiusheng's back, thinking that he must ask Tang Shi Master for a while, what is said in this holy decree.

After the holy decree was read, Wei Dehai smiled all over his face, held the holy decree in both hands and handed it to Tang Jiusheng, Tang Jiusheng took the holy decree, turned around and handed the holy decree to the monk Huiyong who was standing behind him, and Song Peiting, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, stepped forward again and presented the book and the treasure seal. The eunuchs, officials, and soldiers who came to deliver the decree all knelt on the ground, and said in unison: "See King Wei!" Tang Jiusheng hurriedly bent down and helped Wei Dehai, who was kneeling on the ground, to his feet, and then waved his hand, "Get up!"

Wei Dehai, the deputy chief manager dressed in purple, stood up, his old face smiled as bright as a chrysanthemum, "Lord Wang, the old slave has to congratulate you, you are a very human minister now!" Tang Jiusheng asked Wei Dehai in a low voice, "Deputy Chief Manager Wei, didn't Your Majesty say before that there was no fief? Why do you have a fief again?"

Wei Dehai said in a low voice: "Lord, it stands to reason that the king should not be so hasty, but the opposition in the court is very high, His Majesty argued with some ministers who opposed the king at the court meeting, and finally the emperor was angry and said, Dashang is my Dashang, as the emperor, even a king still depends on your face?"

I had a lot of fun with Tang Jiusheng, what did I have to make him a county king? Since you are all against it, then I will make him a prince!"

Tang Jiusheng smiled and patted Wei Dehai on the shoulder, "It's a big deal to be crowned king! I'm ashamed to say it, I actually deserve this throne, and some people will inevitably feel unbalanced because of this, and it's also human nature! Deputy Chief Manager Wei came from afar, and the road was hard! Stay and drink a few glasses of water and wine, I still have something to ask the deputy chief manager!" Wei Dehai said repeatedly, "Don't dare, don't dare, the prince just asks, Wei Dehai must know everything!"

Yu Fupi smiled and came over to congratulate Tang Jiusheng. Tang Jiusheng saw that Yu Fu's expression was unnatural, walked over and hugged Yu Fu's shoulder, lay on Yu Fu's ear, pretended to be affectionate with a smile on his face, and asked softly: "Father-in-law Yu, do you still have a pimple in your heart, and you have always suspected that it was I who went to assassinate the emperor in the early hours of that morning?"

Yu Fu was stunned for a moment, and then nodded. Tang Jiusheng said in a low voice: "Why don't we two find a place where no one is there at night?" You will know if the person who assassinated the emperor is me!"

Yu Fu said in a low voice: "Okay! Our family has been suspicious of this problem in the past few days, although the emperor absolutely trusts you and makes you a prince, but our family is always afraid that you will deceive the emperor!"

Hu Cheng'an, the county guard of Zhuoshui who came to announce the decree, stepped forward and begged bitterly, he must invite the prince to come to the county guard's mansion, otherwise it will be disgraceful to spread out the county guard's mansion. Tang Jiusheng laughed and quipped: "Lord Hu, according to the regulations of the Great Shang Sect, the vassal king is not allowed to make friends with foreign officials, and this king is afraid that the emperor will find out and blame him!"

Hu Chengan hunched his waist and said with a flattering smile: "The prince has not yet become a vassal, so it should not be in this case! The lower officials just want to catch the wind and wash the dust for the prince, and talk about their respect for the prince, and have no other intentions!"

A few people were talking, shouting outside, it turned out to be Shui Ruyue, Ximen Yushuang, Fat Man and others rushed to enter the Bao'en Temple to find Tang Jiusheng, but were blocked by the officers and soldiers, and when those officers and soldiers heard that the two beautiful women were the wives of Wei Wang Chitose, they were scared and knelt down to ask for peace, and quickly put the group into the temple. Tang Jiusheng was overjoyed to see Shui Ruyue and the others.

The fat man stepped forward with a hippie smile and said in a strange tone: "Ouch, my old brother Tang, you are now the real prince, come, little Jiang Zhenyu to say hello to the prince!

Tang Jiusheng kicked Jiang Fatzi with a smile, and pretended to be angry: "It's so insincere to ask this king for peace, come here, drag this king out and behead him!" Everyone laughed wildly.

Tang Jiusheng said that he still had something to do, and asked Wei Dehai, Yu Fu, Song Peiting, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Hu Cheng'an and others to go back to the county guard mansion first, Hu Cheng'an smiled and said: "Lord, then wait until the afternoon, the lower official will send a car to pick you up?" Tang Jiusheng nodded in agreement, and asked the fat man to send everyone out, Shui Ruyue and Ximen Yushuang and others toured the temple by themselves, Tang Jiusheng and Monk Huiyong came to the main hall before the little Shami Wushan followed for some reason.

Just now, Luo Fengyang didn't want to see these officials who came to announce the decree, so he didn't go out, and watched the fish by the pond in front of the main hall of Bao'en Temple. Seeing Tang Jiusheng and Huiyong coming back, Luo Fengyang arched his hand and smiled: "Congratulations to the prince, please say hello to the prince!" Tang Jiusheng smiled and shook his head, "Uncle Luo, I'm not a prince in front of you!"

The two were joking, only to hear someone shouting on the main spine of the main hall: "Lord Wang! the little one is willing to follow the prince!" Everyone raised their heads and looked at the main spine of the main hall, only to see a young man in his twenties sitting on the main spine, Monk Huiyong saw this young man, shook his head, and said loudly: "Zifei, why don't you come down quickly to meet the prince!"

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