After Zhang Xun got up the next morning and washed, he changed into the exclusive clothes that symbolized the humanistic position of the saint, and took a picture of the bronze mirror, quite satisfied. It's not that Zhang Xun is deliberately high-profile or likes to pretend to be forced, but that he will go to the West City Gate to see off Lord Qin and Fu and Chen, so he naturally has to dress more formally. Moreover, Lord Qin was a waiter of the Ministry of Rites, a member of the third rank, and was in charge of the imperial examination for the imperial court, while Fu and Chen were behind the Hanlin Academy, which was the representative of the Confucian Temple in the Lu State. Zhang Xun naturally wants to make friends with the three of them, after all, Laiwu is only a small border city, and it is impossible to develop much here, at most he will definitely go to the capital of Lu in three years, if he can have the support of these three big people, then the revitalization of Wendao will be much smoother.

When Zhang Xun came to the gate of Xicheng, it was just dawn, and when he saw that he was early, he walked around in Laiwu Xicheng. This west city is not so prosperous compared to the east city, it is indeed better in silence, of course, the most famous is the Wufa Zen Temple, Shenxing Temple and Yuqing Temple, which are known as "one temple and two views". In Zhang Xun's previous life, the "three realms of Zen Buddhism" spread widely, far-reaching influence, came to the world of Wenchang, has not yet been in contact with Buddhism, Zhang Xun thought that since there is enough time, he simply went to this Zen temple to learn the Dharma on the pillar incense, and asked for the root to sign it.

Zhang Xun came to the door of the Wufa Temple, a little novice greeted him, saw Zhang Xun dressed as a Confucian student, and asked: "The little monk has seen the donor, I don't know what happened to the donor to my temple?" Zhang Xun returned: "The little master is good, the little student was going to the gate of the West City to see off people, but he went earlier, and when he saw a Zen temple here, he wanted to go to the pillar incense, if he had a relationship with the Buddha, he would ask for a sign." Xiao Shami asked again: "Donor, what the little monk doesn't understand is why the donor, a Confucian student, came to my Buddhism to seek fate, I wonder if you can solve my doubts?" Zhang Xun replied: "Xiao Sheng thinks that all living beings practice for the sake of seeking the Tao; Confucianism (family) is the Tao, Dharma (home) is the Tao, Tao (home) is the Tao, and the Buddha (home) is also the Tao, so why can't the little student ask the Buddha for the Tao?" You are too persistent, go down and understand the three realms of Zen Buddhism. He replied, "Yes, master, disciple is going to go to Zen." The middle-aged monk said to Zhang Xun after he left in repentance: "The poor monk Hengzhi has seen Zhang Xun's benefactor. Donor, please come with me. Zhang Xun said to Hengzhi: "Xiaosheng thanked Master Hengzhi" and followed Hengzhi to the door of Jingxiang Hall, and Master Hengzhi said to Zhang Xun: "Donor, please take care of yourself, the poor monk still has some things to do and leave first." Zhang Xun said: "Master walk slowly" and pushed the door open, entered the incense hall, into the eye is a sitting statue of Sakyamuni, the treasure statue is solemn, the heart said, "This enlightenment Zen temple really deserves its name, just this Buddha statue, it is not the ordinary temple can have." "Since you worship the Buddha, you must be sincere. Zhang Xun first walked slowly to the Baixiangtai and picked up the three best "Bodhisattva Question Dao Incense" made by the monks of the Wufa Zen Temple, and then went to the incense burner in front of the Buddha statue to light it, inserted it side by side into the incense burner, knelt and kowtowed to the Buddha three times, and finally voted 100,000 silver votes in the merit box.

After the incense, Zhang Xun came out of the incense hall, walked out along the aisle, came to the square, and saw that Master Hengzhi was teaching Zen to a group of small novices, but it was strange not to see the repentance. At this moment, a meditation room on the side of the square suddenly opened, and a small novice came out of it. Zhang Xun regretted that he didn't speak, but just pushed open the door and went to listen to his master Master Hengzhi talk about Zen. After Zhang Xun entered, he saw an old monk who was more than a little old, so he closed the door, bowed deeply to the old monk, and said: "Xiaosheng Zhang Xun has seen the Zen master, dare to ask the Zen master, but is the abbot of the Zen Temple of Enlightenment?" The old monk said: "Amitabha, the donor is really smart, and the old man is the enlightenment." Zhang Xun asked: "I don't know why the Zen master of the Enlightenment called Xiao Sheng?" The master of the Enlightenment said: "Zhang Xun donor, I don't know what you understand about the three realms of Zen Buddhism?" Zhang Xun thought about it, and still said the classic comment of Wang Guowei: "In Xiaosheng's view, the ancient and modern scholars who have become great careers have all experienced three realms. The first realm is "Last night, the west wind withered the green tree." Go up to the tall building alone and look at the end of the world. The "second realm" gradually widened the belt and did not regret it, and made people haggard for Yi. The "Third Realm" looked for him thousands of times, and suddenly looked back, but the person was in the dim light. "The first realm is the lonely lookout of life, the second realm is the perseverance of the hardships of the world, and the third realm is the joy of insight into the world. Zhang Xun closed his eyes and pondered, and after a quarter of an hour, he opened his eyes and was about to bow to the Zen master to thank him, and the Zen master said: "The donor doesn't need to be polite, the old man has been waiting for you here for ten years, I don't know if the donor has heard of Penglai Immortal Island?" Zhang Xun heard the Zen Master of the Dharma say ten years, he was shocked at first, thinking that the Zen Master of the Dharma had seen through his origin, and then heard Penglai Xiandao, this Zen Master of the Dharma must be from the world of cultivation, and he has his own special exercises, which may be something to be counted, but he will definitely not know that he is from the earth, so he relieved himself and replied: "What the Zen Master of the Dharma said is the legendary Penglai Immortal Island in the depths of the East China Sea, which is 30,000 miles away from the Wenchang Continent?" It's true in the depths of the East China Sea, but it's not a legend, Lao Qu is a Buddhist cultivator from this Penglai Immortal Island. Okay, let's not talk about this, thirty years later, when you set foot on Penglai Immortal Island, you will know the cause and effect. As you have just realized, don't worry about your condemnation. The old man has this dusty relationship, and it is time to return to Penglai Immortal Island. Donor, see you in thirty years!" Zhang Xun knew that he should leave at this time, so he said: "I wish the Zen master a smooth journey!" He walked out of the door, at this time Master Hengzhi had finished speaking Zen and saw Zhang Xun come out and sent Zhang Xun to the door of the Zen Temple, Zhang Xun thanked Master Hengzhi and went to the west city gate.

Came to the gate of the West City again, only saw the master of the city lord's mansion, after asking, I knew that Lord Qin went to the inner city Xuezheng Yamen yesterday afternoon to inspect and learn about the situation of the students preparing for the exam in Laiwu Xuezheng, and went out of the inner city to live in the city lord's mansion at night, and Fu and Chen Hanlin gave a lecture in Wensi Academy yesterday afternoon, and only teachers with bachelor's degrees or above in the three major academies can go to listen to the lecture, it is said that it is about Kong Sheng's "Spring and Autumn", which is very sensational. After speaking, he talked to the deans of the three major academies about some things, and then he lived in Wensi Academy. It was expected that after a quarter of an hour, the city lord and the three academy deans would accompany Lord Qin and the two Hanlins, Fu and Chen, to the gate of the West City.

A quarter of an hour passed quickly, Lord Qin and Fu and Chen's carriage arrived at the gate of Xicheng, Zhang Xun greeted him, and a set of clothes on his body was very conspicuous, naturally Lord Qin and Fu and Chen Hanlin all saw Zhang Xun, and did not get out of the car, and instructed in the air: "Prepare for the exam with peace of mind, see you in Qufu, the capital of spring next year!"

Zhang Xun came to He Mansion, and the next person took him to see Steward Han since he knew him. Steward Han didn't talk nonsense when he saw Zhang Xun coming, and directly took Zhang Xun to the door of He Zhiqing's study, the head of the He family, and then said to Zhang Xun: "The head of the house is waiting for you inside, you can go in!" Zhang Xun entered the study and saw that the head of the He family was appreciating the "Burrow Inscription" that he gave him at this time, so he stood there and waited, not to disturb. After a while, the head of the He family finished appreciating and saw Zhang Xun coming: "You kid is here, yes, wearing the exclusive clothes of this saint in front of the people, it looks comfortable." Zhang Xun asked: "I don't know if my uncle asked me to come here, what did I order?" The head of the He family said: "Last time you came, didn't we agree to wait for you to marry the little girl Xin Lan when you have a reputation in the imperial examination next year, who knew that your kid was yin by the second boy of the Xu family, and he actually took advantage of the Oiran Contest to become famous in one fell swoop." Now that you have the rank of this saint, you can now marry the little girl Xinlan, what do you think?" Zhang Xun was enlightened by the Zen master of the Enlightenment Dharma in the Zen Temple, and he figured out a lot, especially what should be done at what stage of life, this is what the Buddhists talk about. So he replied: "The son-in-law is in charge of the father-in-law, but the father-in-law knows that the son-in-law is alone in Laiwu, and he needs the father-in-law's help in this etiquette." The head of the He family said: "This matter is easy to solve, the three judges of the Oiran Competition, Yang Lao, Ma Lao and Xie Lao, appreciate you very much, and you are the vice presidents of the three major academies, so you are very suitable to be a witness." As for the officiant, is there anything more suitable than the Jiang City Lord? He has gained a lot of benefits this time because you have become peerless and famous all over the world. You visit them one by one, and they will surely agree to host them for you. Zhang Xun thought about it, and then said: "Okay, the son-in-law knows" After talking about the marriage, the two talked about the situation in Laiwu City today, and the first five-year term of the Jiang City Lord in mid-October will end, and when the time comes, he will go to the capital to report on his work, and he should be promoted, and the position of the Laiwu City Lord will be vacant. The head of the He family was born as a jinshi twenty-four years ago, and before he became the head of the family, he also served as the county commander of Pingyuan County under the jurisdiction of the Dezhou government for two terms, and he was qualified to compete for this position. Zhang Xun heard that his father-in-law was interested in the position of the city lord, so he naturally wanted to help, and the officials he knew were only Lord Qin, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and he was a member of the third grade, although he was not in the Ministry of Officials, regardless of the appointment of officials, but this Laiwu City Lord was not a beautiful thing, if Lord Qin was willing to speak for this, it would not be impossible to get this position. Zhang Xun mentioned it to the head of the He family, and the head of the He family said: "Then you can just pull a line in the middle, don't get involved too deeply, and I will talk to Lord Qin in person." ”

At noon, Zhang Xun naturally stayed in He Mansion to eat, and when he saw He Sun's family, he changed his name to his mother-in-law, He Sun was very happy and said on the spot: "The nearest auspicious day is August 28, and it is now the eleventh, you and Xinlan have nothing to prepare, why don't you set it on that day?" Zhang Xun also knew that he would have to operate the next major event of his father-in-law as the lord of Laiwu City, so he responded: "Okay, it's good for my mother-in-law to be in charge of this matter." ”

After lunch, Zhang Xun went to Zuixian Mansion to find He Xinlan, and first said that their marriage had been decided, on the twenty-eighth of this month, and then, he stopped talking and didn't know how to speak. He Xinlan smiled when she saw Zhang Xun's embarrassed appearance and said, "Don't you just want to accept Zhong Wenxin as a concubine? In this way, you wait for Yunxiangju to invite Miss Zhong to the Drunken Immortal Building, and I will talk to her. Zhang Xun looked at He Xinlan affectionately and said, "If you have a wife like this, what more can you ask for?" He Xinlan was shy and said: "Don't be sour here, I still have something to deal with, so I can hand over this drunken immortal building tomorrow, and when you rest here, go find your sister Wenxin!"

Yun Xiang Ju, Aunt Lian's heart is quite complicated, on the one hand, she is happy for Zhong Wenxin, won the Oiran, and Yun Xiangju has become famous, business has been a lot better in the past two days, on the other hand, she is worried, that Zhang Gongzi has the position of the saint before lifting people, Yun Xiangju does not have to expect Zhong Wenxin to accompany the guests, this head card is cultivated in vain.