Chapter 22: Pudu Temple
After wandering outside the prefect's mansion for three days, Zhang San was finally stunned that he didn't even get the chance to climb the wall, there were people on all four walls and twelve hours.
You can still go back and forth during the day, but at night there is a curfew in the city, and if you come out to shake it, you will be arrested, and it is difficult to even get close to the house.
The prefect's daughter, this difficulty is indeed not small, Zhang San was a little complacent before going out, but now he finds that it is not easy, the master has set this task for himself, is the difficulty a little high?
There is a more superstitious thing about the thief, that is, the size of the first opening, which determines the future fortune, if it is casual for the first time, it will not be better in the future, so this time the teacher is more cautious.
started with the prefect's daughter, which is definitely superior, and I don't know if Wu Liang really thinks he can do it, or if he is cheating him.
After thinking about it, Zhang San decided to change the way and find out if this young lady would go out, it was always more convenient to start outside.
The largest inn in southern Thailand is Yuelai Inn, because there was a big case here many years ago that shook the rivers and lakes, resulting in this Yuelai Inn is more famous than southern Thailand City.
Zhang San lives in the Yuelai Inn, and the upper room is one or two silver a night, which is an absolutely high price, but the senior brother said that he has to live in the best inn wherever he goes, and the more cases happen like this, the less likely it is to be suspected.
Live in Yuelai Inn, eat in Jubin Building, Jubin Building has stores in many big cities, the price of dishes is not high, it is famous for its popularity, it is the most mixed place, and it is also a good place to find out the news.
Zhang San spent two days in Jubin Building, and finally got some useful news.
Luzhou, the prefect of southern Thailand, arrived three months ago, was originally a Beijing official, the first was the Huaiyang County Order, quite a political achievement, all the way to the promotion of the Imperial History of the Inspectorate, this year's release of the prefect of southern Thailand, is a typical civil official.
In the past, most of the dynasties emphasized military and suppressed literature, but when Emperor Taiwu arrived, he learned from the experience of the fall of the previous dynasty and began to pay equal attention to civil and military.
Governor Lu has no children under his knees, only three daughters, the eldest daughter Lu Qing recruited a son-in-law, the second daughter Lu Jing has already married, and the third daughter Lu Wan is still waiting for the boudoir.
Zhang San's target is the third daughter Lu Wan.
To say that these three daughters, few people have seen them, and their faces are unknown, and they basically don't go out, the only time they just came to Pudu Temple with their sister and mother to ask for a child, and then there was no news outside.
Flies can't bite seamless eggs, Zhang San now feels like a pig gnawing on a hedgehog, and he has no way to start.
You can't blatantly kill it, just the few swords in your mind are far from enough, and it is a bandit, and the door is just a thief, not a bandit.
At the end of the month, there will be a big ritual at Pudu Temple to celebrate the growth of all things, which is also a major event in the city of southern Thailand, and the prefect's family is likely to go as well.
But it's just a possibility, and there is no news yet, but this possibility is extremely likely, because Mrs. Lu is nearly fifty years old and can't have a son, and the eldest daughter Lu Qing has been married for three years and has not yet come out, Pudu Temple is so famous, how can she not go?
So Zhang San aimed at Pudu Temple.
Pudu Temple is a big temple that is famous in the west of the city of southern Thailand, it is still built during the Great Yuan Dynasty, the incense is very vigorous, it is not other Buddha who is famous, but the person who sends the son Guanyin often manifests, many people from the neighboring prefectures and counties even come from afar to worship the incense, expect to have a son and a half daughter.
Zhang San doesn't like to go to the temple very much, every time he goes in with the master, the monk offers a bowl of tea, and then he doesn't want to talk about rebuilding the temple or reshaping the golden body of the Buddha statue.
I don't know if I scold behind my back, there are no good words, is it easy to steal some money, it's really better to be a monk, sit there, and the money will come.
And there are some ignorant people who have a hard time living at home, but when they go to the temple, they sprinkle a lot of money, I don't know if the lard is blinded by their hearts.
However, this Pudu Temple is different from most temples, there are many palaces and pavilions, but they never open their mouths to solicit donations from people, only by their hearts, so people from near and far are very respectful, and they feel that the monks in this temple are good, and those who give charity are more than those who take the initiative to turn into fate.
There are still ten days before Lixia, Zhang San began to wander outside Pudu Temple, trying to find a way to enter the temple, it would be good to see Miss Lu Wan, if it was really a chance, waiting for the opportunity to take the necklace around his neck and go back to his life.
Pudu Temple is on a low hill in the west of 20 miles in southern Thailand, the mountain gate is vast, the momentum is magnificent, and the pilgrims come and go in an endless stream.
Zhang San went in in the name of incense, but from the beginning of entering, there are two monks who have been following, can move is a few treasure halls for the Buddha, for the common dragon and tiger Arhat, only one of the happy Buddha made extraordinarily tall, shining, next to the Buddha is to send the son Guanyin, Guanyin holds a net bottle, stepping on the lotus, surrounded by a hundred and ten children, looks particularly festive.
The pilgrims are all in groups, and even the husband accompanies his wife, and a single young man like Zhang San is the only one, so he has received special attention, and he can't do anything when he is stared at.
His purpose was to sneak into the temple and wait for the summer solstice, but after observing it around, he found it difficult.
There are many monks in the temple, and they are all strong, it can be seen that many of them are practitioners, in terms of kung fu alone, what Zhang San can get his hands on is Tian Boguangjiao's fast knife, there are so many into a fire, you can fight a few hooligans and gangsters, and it is really useless to fight the masters.
These monks, it doesn't seem to be easy to mess with, just now when he asked the monks in the temple whether they accept pending orders, they just said two words, "Don't accept it!", the tone was very unfriendly, and the eyes were full of vigilance, which made Zhang San a little strange.
The firewood, rice, vegetables and miscellaneous items in this temple are specially purchased by monks, and outsiders in the backyard of the temple are not allowed to enter at all, and the only one who can enter and exit is an old man who picks dung.
The old man is mute, his ears are not good, he can't understand what Zhang San says, and wanting to find out some news is tantamount to a fool's dream.
Giving up the idea of infiltrating Pudu Temple, Zhang San returned to the city and mingled in Jubin Building every day, waiting for news.
Tianzhu Zhang San, just three days before the summer solstice, news finally came out from the city lord's mansion that on the day of the summer solstice, Mrs. Lu would take her three daughters to Pudu Temple to offer incense.
This opportunity can't be missed, otherwise this task of leaving the teacher will be in vain, and if Wu Liang doesn't say anything when he goes back, others will be laughed at in every way, and the most important thing is that he can't learn to do all kinds of things without leaving the school.
In the past few days, the pilgrims of Pudu Temple are increasing day by day, and the day of the summer solstice must be crowded.
The best way is still to sneak into the temple, the defense is strict outside, and it will be loose when it arrives in the temple, with fasting, untie your hands, there will always be a time when there are few single people, and then lurk on the way of pilgrims, once you see Miss Lu, and take the necklace with kindness, go back to Wu Liang to return to life, Miss is fine, he is out of the teacher, all happy.
On the afternoon of the day before the summer solstice, Zhang San Bazaar quietly bought monk's robes and robes, and also picked two new large wooden barrels to find the old mute.
The mute lives in a small village between the city outside southern Thailand and the Pudu Temple, which is about ten miles away from each other, and the mute lives in the west of the village, which is far away from the other farmhouses.
As soon as Zhang Sanyi approached, he knew why, it didn't taste good.
The old mute was packing up his donkey cart and preparing to go out, when he saw Zhang San carrying a wooden barrel, his eyes showing a confused look.
Zhang San put the new wooden barrel in front of his eyes, sat down in the wooden barrel himself, pointed in the direction of Pudu Temple, and at the same time reached out and handed over a small silver ingot, about five taels.
The dumb man looked at the silver ingot, looked at Zhang San, and then looked in the direction of Pudu Temple, did not take the silver, shook his head hesitantly, Zhang San immediately took out another ingot, and added it to ten taels, the dumb man's eyes were hot, and he took it.
Then he took the lid of the bucket and put a lid on the bucket containing Zhang San, and brought the barrel to the donkey cart with a waist, just as skillful as he usually carried dung.
Zhang San was in the barrel, it was dark in front of him, and he couldn't breathe well, so he quietly lifted the lid of the barrel a small slit, took off his old clothes in the barrel with the light, and changed into a monk's robe in a stumbling manner.
With a wave of the dumb whip, the donkey cart set off, all the way was a mountain road, a good bump, when he felt that his body was about to fall apart, the donkey cart slowed down, gradually stopped, and Zhang San put the wooden barrel lid in it and pushed it well.
It seemed that the mute got out of the car, and the donkey cart walked slowly a few steps, and then heard someone talking and footsteps, it is estimated that he entered the temple, Zhang San was a little nervous in his heart, the art master is bold, and the art is not high enough, and the courage is naturally smaller.
The wooden barrel containing Zhang San was put down, and then Zhang San began to smell the stench, and heard a person say: "Old dumb, you are light, there is nowhere to use it, this smell is stirred!"
With the sound of words and footsteps, it seemed to be walking away.
It should be that the old mute has started to work, Zhang San lifted the lid of the barrel, tilted his head and squinted his eyes, only to see a bare back of his head, which was still a dozen steps away from here.
The opportunity could not be missed, Zhang San quickly drilled out of the wooden barrel, only to see the old mute waving a dung fork vigorously to stir in the manure tank, and a dozen steps away was a monk, standing upwind with his back to here.
There are more than a dozen wooden barrels in a row underground, the left hand side is a trip to the blue brick thatched house, there are a lot of flowers and plants planted before and after the thatched house, quite elegant, a flowering old locust tree is behind the thatched house, the tree is just suitable for hiding, Zhang San ran past with an arrow, and the cat was behind the tree.
The old dumb man worked for a long time, barrel by barrel, and when he opened the bucket containing Zhang San, his hand slowed down a little, and when he opened it and saw that there was no one, his face was relieved, and the next speed was much faster.
After the dumb man left, Zhang San didn't dare to move, there were more than 100 monks in this temple, and people came over from time to time.
Zhang San hid behind the blue bricks of the thatched house, and couldn't see people coming and going, so he could hear the sound of pulling and pulling inside from time to time.
When it is convenient, there are people talking, but there are exceptions, when the sun is about to be dusk, Zhang San heard two monks chatting inside, this listen, Zhang San immediately put his ears up, close to the root of the wall.
"That little lady of the Zhen family was really strong last night, she looked so quiet on the outside, she didn't want to put down our four brothers overnight!" said in a deep voice.
"That Zhen Niangzi showed that she was quiet, in fact, she was a slut, I still miss the daughter-in-law of Wang Yuanwai's family, but unfortunately I came once and didn't come again. "The voice is a bit shriveled.
"Hehe, what are you still thinking!" The monk who spoke before smiled when he heard the voice, and then said: "You are also cheap, and everyone has bitten off a piece of meat on your shoulder, but you can't forget it." ”
"That's what you don't know how it feels to go up! A shrill voice said.
"Grass, people still prefer to ride fierce horses!" the monk teased earlier.
Then there was a half-silence, and there was a faint sound of pulling, and it was estimated who released it.