In the imperial city, there are countless institutions of all kinds. The system of the former Sui Dynasty was three provinces, six ministries and nine temples. By the Tang Dynasty, most of the functions of the nine temples were replaced by the six departments, and most of them were in name only. Only as a symbol of the continuation of the regime.

However, some of this has not only survived, but has become more important than ever over time.

Zongzheng Temple is in charge of the affairs of the emperor's clan - managing the genealogy of the royal family, clans, and relatives, guarding the imperial family mausoleum, and managing Taoist priests and monks. And one of its most important places is the Taimiao.

At the beginning, the Taimiao Temple was only a place to worship the emperor's ancestors and the emperors of previous dynasties. Later, in order to commend the courtiers with outstanding meritorious service, they were also allowed to stand on both sides of the emperor's tablet and enjoy the incense worship together, which was called "worthy of enjoying the Taimiao", which was the highest honor after the death of officials.

There are six halls in the temple:

In the middle is the main hall, which is dedicated to the emperors of the past dynasties.

Behind it is the apse: there are mostly auxiliary institutions - the temple, the divine kitchen, the divine treasury, the slaughtering pavilion, the animal management house, etc.

The left side hall is dedicated to the meritorious royal family, and the right side hall is dedicated to the god of meritorious heroes with different surnames.

For each emperor, those who can enjoy the Taimiao can be as little as one or two, and at most no more than ten people, and only with the merit of the world can they share the incense with the emperor.

In addition to the main hall, the apse, and the left and right side halls, a little farther away, there are two side halls - "Baixian Temple" and "Thousand Masters Temple".

These two ancestral halls worship people who have also made meritorious contributions in previous dynasties:

The official position is more than three grades, and there are outstanding meritorious people, not to be official and military generals, can enjoy the "Hundred Sages Temple". said that it was a hundred sages, but in fact there were already more than 100 people.

Below the third rank of official position, or capable people and everyone in the opposition, they can enjoy the "Thousand Masters Temple", which probably enshrines the spiritual positions of more than 700 people.

Although the two of these halls are not the same as the emperor's incense, on the fifteenth day of each month, there are full-time officials to worship, so that the incense will not be cut off, and the lonely souls and wild ghosts will be regarded as a kind of consolation for the meritorious people.

Originally, before Beimeng's retirement, he was the "chief of the Tiantai of the Sipinsi", and he could only enter the "Thousand Masters Temple" according to the regulations, but King Xiang was ashamed in his heart, and he asked for a letter to chase the promotion. Enter the "Hundred Sages Temple".

Nian served the three dynasties before and after, conscientious and never made a mistake, and because Si Tiantai belonged to the "Taichang Temple", he finally set up the three products of the "Taichang Temple", and this tablet fell into the Baixian Temple.

In the ancestral hall, a figure in a white plain silk dress knelt on the futon and bowed three times and nine times.

After that, he got up again, lit three incense sticks, bowed to a rank, worshiped the incense in the ding, stood in front of the row and mourned for a while, and only came out of it after a while.

This person is Li Bing.

He was just about to go out when he ran into a father-in-law who led the thin boy in, and just happened to bump into him at the door.

"Ah~!It's you!" Li Bing recognized the person who came and greeted him first.

The eunuch's eyes were bright, and he first asked how the prince was well.

The young man beside him, dressed in a mourning dress, also learned to salute: "I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince." I'm here to worship my grandfather. This man's voice was low, and it was the chase.

I don't know if it's because of the cold wind outside, or if he just cried, the originally delicate face has been covered with a layer, and there are faint traces of blood on the pale skin.

As a rule, for the meritorious ministers who enter the Taimiao, they can enter the palace every day to worship within seven days of their death, and then they can enter the palace every seven days after seven days, without the need for another request.

"It's good if you call me Li Bing. I'm sorry about your grandfather's business! I don't know why that's happening. I feel so guilty in my heart, and please mourn!" Li Bing's voice was as low and slow as he spoke.

"It's okay. You are not to blame for this, it is all fate. Grandpa said a few days ago that it was time for him to pay off his debts. When he was young, he was good at changing his life, and he could only escape into the animal path in the next life. So as for leaving a day earlier and a day later, grandpa is very open......" Rong Zhi looked at Li Bing with sincere eyes:

"It's you, who have suffered so much damage to your body, and I am grateful that you can still come and remember to open grandpa. I thought you were like everyone else, you went to tea and cooled, and then forgot about it after helping. I didn't expect ....... Your Royal Highness, you are a good person, and good people will be rewarded. "The sincerity of what Hi Zhi said.

The two looked at each other, the meaning in their hearts had been clearly expressed, and they untied each other's hearts, and a moment of silence was worth a thousand words.

"Lady Rong is gone. I don't know if you still have any other relatives in Chang'an?" Li Bing said worriedly.

"No, I don't have any relatives, and neither does my grandfather. However, the neighbor Uncle Zhang is closer to several aunts. They have been taking good care of me these days. ”

After Li Bing listened, his heart was even more uncomfortable. If he hadn't found the door, his current life might have been much happier, and now, he is only alone.

"Well, after the year, you're going to Si Tiantai, everything has been taken care of, if there is anything else you need help with, just say it. He originally wanted to help, but as soon as he said this, he felt that it was too much of a philistine, and said:

"Actually, Si Tiantai's place is usually not busy, when you have nothing to do, you can come to me and Anzi, as well as Ma Xuewen and Wei Ze, we are close in age. You can move around more and take care of each other. Thinking that Lemon had said that there were only a few years left in the expulsion of Lemon, the guilt in his heart was added to the guilt.

Secretly: I know that I am dying, and I don't know if I will become free and easy, or depressed. I always hope that I can help him a little to apologize.

"Thank you. Rong Zhi nodded and thanked him: "When grandpa's business is over, I will go to the house to thank you." If it weren't for your help, grandpa's aftermath wouldn't be so beautiful. ”

Li Bing doesn't seem to have anything to say. After nodding and saluting, he left. As soon as he took two steps, he suddenly heard the shouting from behind him: "His Royal Highness!"

He approached Li Bing and said softly, "In recent days, you have been a little more winged. There may be big things happening in Chang'an, especially things that are related to the palace, so be careful. ”

"Oh, you mean......?"

"I can't tell...... It's just that there is a suspicion in my heart. ”

Li Bing thanked him, came out of the Baixian Temple, and walked straight outside the palace, bowing his head all the way, and there was something in his heart.

In just two days, I haven't experienced too many things, and my heart suddenly became depressed. The spell of these three golden lock veins has been completed before, even if the golden ring is broken in the end, it means that the spell of the "three golden lock veins" will no longer work on Li Bing.

Even if you find Master Qingyan of Ximing Temple to perform it again, it won't work.

Today is the fourth day of the first lunar month, and there are ten days left, and it is the middle of the month.

Suddenly, Li Bing understood the feeling of chasing him a little. The day when everything will end is just around the corner, and I am a little scared when I think about it.

I don't know what happened to the old immortals in the palace to invite the "King of Qin's Palace".

Thinking about it, I arrived at the gate of the palace. Wei Ze, Ma Xuewen, and An Zi were all waiting there.

Seeing his sad face, An Zi spoke first: "Brother Bing'er, are you okay, why have you been gone for so long?"

"It's okay, I met Beizhi and just chatted a few words. ”

It was Ma Xuewen who slapped Li Bing on the shoulder: "You are really powerful, the imperial doctor clearly said that you will stay in bed for ten days to recuperate, and it is only the second day, and you are back as before?"

"Eh, be careful! Look at Brother Bing'er's face, it's obviously still empty, your hands are not light or heavy!" Wei Ze pulled Ma Xuewen's arm down:

"I think Brother Bing'er is not in a good mood. Let's find a place to have fun. Weihe has a new flower boat 'Linxiangyuan', lined up a Ten Kingdoms Dance, Da Shi, Tianzhu, Water and Land Zhenla, Rajput, Multan, are some exotic dancers that are not easy to see. Why don't we go and have a look? Just for Brother Anzi, open meat?" he said, smiling evilly.

The street market in Chang'an is as lively as before, and the shouting on both sides seems to be more noisy than yesterday, but Li Bing has no thoughts.

There is a knot in the heart, every grass and tree is vain.

"I'm a little uncomfortable, so why don't you go. I want to go back and rest......"

The Sui Dynasty died without a way, so in the early Tang Dynasty, His Majesty Taizong had explicitly ordered to restrict the swaggering of the Qinglou in Luoyang, Chang'an.

I don't know when, there will be flower boats on the Tangtang Wei River, one setting a precedent, three, five, more and more.

Because it is outside the city, it is not under the jurisdiction of the city guards, and swingers and can indulge to their heart's content.

A few years ago, the upper reaches of the Wei River were already packed, and at night, from the east bank to the west bank, the red lanterns on the flower boats were beamed together, like stars in the sky. Standing in the distance, the clear water of this river is also dyed red by the lanterns.

Tonight, one of the five-sailed ships is the most conspicuous, with three big characters "Linxiangyuan" painted in white on the side.

A young man, with excellent martial arts, stood far away on the shore, just flew up in one step, stepped on the gunwale, and with a soft sound of "squeak......" he landed in front of the second floor door of the ship.

Seeing that this person was so powerful, the old bustard didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly walked over, smiled and said kindly: "Is this son also here to see the 'Ten Kingdoms Dance'? I'm sorry, an uncle has already chartered the venue today, if you want to see it, you have to wait for tomorrow." ”

The young man seemed to be a little disgusted by this kind of place, and after glancing at the old bustard, he turned his gaze to the figure cast in the cabin: "It's okay, I'm looking for this person to charter the venue!"

The bustard tried to dissuade him, but he heard the man inside shouting, "Let him in!"

"Squeak~~!" the wooden door slid open, and the young man cautiously walked in.

Inside is the song and dance of the warbler and the swallow, with the red and green decoration, it seems that the flower boat and green building are the same everywhere.

In the center of the room, the boy sat on the floor, with two girls in his arms on the left and right. One babbled and hummed a tune, and the other held a wine glass in both hands, floating left and right in front of him. In the outer circle, there are dancers from all over the world, wearing half-revealing clothes, with the tune of the musician, constantly twisting their bodies, and leaning over from time to time to tease this big man.

To be able to charter the 'Neighbor Xiangyuan' for one night, to say the least, it will cost 5,000 yuan, even if it is the son of a family, there are few who can spend money like this.

The master was dressed in a black robe, his face was a little drunk, his body was slumped, and when he saw this son coming in, he gently patted the two girls on the back: "You guys go out first, and I'll call you in to serve later." "The voice is feminine, a little bit unmanly.

He pointed to the group of dancing girls again, "Let them go out too." With that, he picked up a brocade bag from the small coffee table in front of him and threw it on the ground.

The bag was embroidered with small flowers, only the size of a palm, unsealed, and when he threw it like this, the contents were scattered all over the ground - about thirty gemstone beads of various colors.

These dancing girls are also "knowledgeable" people, and as soon as the beads appeared, they knew that they were worth a lot of money, so they went up to grab them.

Seeing this, the feminine man smiled contemptuously and said to the young man who had just arrived, "Look at them...... How simple, a few beads can make such a happy person. ”

The girls had finished picking up the beads, laughing and waving their sleeves, and walked past the boy, and the smell of fat powder made him look sideways, this was really not the place where a rigid person like him liked to stay.

"You're finally here, I've been on the Wei River for ten days, changing boats every day. Sitting in the cabin, I was really panicked, and I kept thinking about how long we would have to wait before we could see each other again. The feminine man lazily leaned over, formed his right hand into a palm, pointed to the small coffee table, and motioned for him to sit on the ground as well.

Childe didn't move at all, and didn't mean to take another step closer: "I'll tell you, I need your help tomorrow night." I'll pick you up in the morning, and if something big happens in the evening, you get ready, and the pay will continue. ”

This young man is none other than Yu Linghui.

He was about to turn around and leave, but he heard a voice from behind him: "Are you leaving?" ”

Yu Linghui frowned slightly, turned around, glanced at him, and was slightly stunned: "After the matter is completed, in addition to the original agreed remuneration, I will give you another 50,000 yuan." How's that going?"

The feminine boy smiled faintly and got up slowly: "You also know that I don't care about money. If I ask for money, I can take a random business outside, and I can get more money than this. ”

This person is in Shuzhong, the murderer of Jiang Chengqian, the former president of the "Shufeng Chamber of Commerce" - Gongzi Yan. If Sun Wuyi hadn't helped, Li Bing and An Zi would have died under his pair of daggers.

He walked to Yu Linghui's side, gently hooked the hair under his scarf, went around his back, sniffed his shoulder, took a long breath, and whispered in his ear: "You also know in your heart that whether I work for King Mu or Zheng Guogong, it is nothing more than because of you." ”

Yu Linghui had already squeezed his brows into eight and was about to be angry, but he still endured it, closed his eyes, and suppressed his anger: "There are so many girls on the flower boat, if you don't think it's enough, I'll find you some more." ”

Gongziyan snorted: "These women are just playthings, they are still serving, and they are not qualified to serve me." After that, his left hand was gently placed on the shoulder of Yu Linghui, but before it was implemented, it was pushed away.

"What the hell do you want. ”

Gongziyan ignored his resistance, and stroked his upper arm again with both hands: "Knowingly ask!"

Yu Linghui's back teeth were already clenched tightly, his fists were clenched, his wrists were already trembling slightly, and he continued: "What I like the most is that you are so serious...... Hmph~!"

As soon as the laughter came out, the childe smoke was already floating behind him.

The speed was so fast, he didn't even notice it, and suddenly looked at one hand on his waist, and he couldn't bear it anymore at the moment, twisted the wrist with one hand, turned around and flew back: "Get out!"

Seeing this, Childe Yan laughed out loud: "Oops~! With that, he reached out and grabbed the neckline of the Yu Linghui.

Yu Linghui was already furious, and shouted "get out", he thought that his martial arts were already at the first-class level of the rivers and lakes, and he punched three times in a row, but he didn't even touch the edge of Gongzi's smoke, and he was even more angry.

Gongziyan looked at his angry appearance and smiled: "You can't beat me like this." Before he could finish speaking, his body disappeared into thin air again.

"Bang!" With a soft sound, he actually went around the back of Yu Linghui and ripped off his belt, and after dodging three steps away, he just looked at him blankly.

Yu Linghui's clothes were unbound by belts, spreading out from the center, revealing a two-inch-wide body, and an obvious deep ravine was outlined in the center of his muscular chest.

Childe swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and his heavy breathing became the only sound in the room. He picked up the sky-blue belt, put it on the tip of his nose, and inhaled hard: "Whew......!

Without waiting for him to speak again, Yu Linghui was already furious to the extreme, and took a pair of daggers on the table in one hand: "I want your dog's life!"

Gongziyan took a step back slightly, held the belt in his hand, and shook it vigorously, and the belt suddenly turned into a weapon and attacked the throat of Yu Linghui

Yu Linghui waved his dagger, aimed at the center of the silk belt and split it in two, turned around and stabbed Gongzi Yan.

Childe's smoking body became even more ghostly, hanging upside down above his head, grabbing the shirt on his shoulders with both hands, and slamming it along the body.

Yu Linghui's coat was dragged under his shoulders like this, and his entire upper body was exposed. He snorted coldly, stabbed with a dagger, forced Gongzi Yan to let go, and attacked the heart again before he could stand firm.

Gongziyan slapped his wrist with his right hand, shook the dagger in his right hand, and his left hand went up, grabbed his other wrist, and shook it with ten percent force.

The wrist joint was forced, and the painful Yu Linghui couldn't resist. The other dagger could not be held either, and flew out of his hand.

Without waiting for him to resist again, Gongziyan grabbed his wrists and took advantage of the situation to twist his backhand and tie his hands behind his back. The force was so great that he had to kneel on the ground, or his arms would be wrung out.

Yu Linghui was pressed to the ground and couldn't move, and he struggled hard, but it was completely ineffective, so he had to be slaughtered. Even if you are angry, there is nothing you can do.

"Look, your martial arts are still far behind!" Gongzi Yan came to his side and laughed ghostly: "My pair of daggers, 'carved snow' and 'rainbow', if others touch them, they will cut off their hands and feet, and they will die without a whole corpse." But you...... If you want to like it, you can send it too. ”

After saying that, he let go of his hands, picked up a pair of daggers on the ground, and inserted them back into his waist.

"Tomorrow morning, I'll wait for you to pick me up!"

Hearing this, Yu Linghui stood at the door for a moment, and then slammed the door shut.

"Whew!" Gongziyan sat on the ground again, and after a long sigh, his face was straightened, he slapped his palms twice, and said loudly to the door:

"Chunlan, autumn chrysanthemum, summer, winter and spring. Those who want to reward money hurry in. ”

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When I checked the information, there was an interesting discovery:

"In the Qin Dynasty, the institution in charge of government affairs by eunuchs was called a temple, and in the Han Dynasty, it became the general name of the official office of Jiuqing. Buddhism was introduced to the Han Dynasty, and the Buddha statue was first enshrined in Honglu Temple, so the Buddhist temple was later called the temple. ”

I've been wondering why those institutions are called temples and temples. It turns out that this causal relationship is reversed...

This chapter shouldn't be considered a taboo topic, so I hesitated for a moment, but I wrote it according to my own ideas.

If it's violated, I'll fix it again.

This month is a little slower, and the quality hasn't shrunk at all, right~!