After Dao Xi and Dao Fan escorted the relics of Yanshou back to Yongming Temple, they went to Jinling by water.

Before I saw the Master Chengming, at the gate of Qixia Temple, Daoxi met an old acquaintance, Li Shen's nephew, Li Zhongxuan.

I haven't seen him for many years, Li Zhongxuan has already grown into a handsome young man, if it weren't for the dazzling black mole on his lips, Dao Xi would almost not recognize it.

Dao Xi just glanced at him from a distance, and didn't plan to go up to talk. The two met in Pingshui, but they had a relationship of stealing meat in front of the Buddha in Yongming Temple, and they were not familiar with each other.

Li Zhongxuan's eyes were sharp, and when Dao Xi looked at him casually, he found him. In the past five years, Daoxi's appearance has changed a lot, and for a while, Li Zhongxuan didn't recognize him, but he just felt familiar.

He likes to make friends on weekdays, and people who can feel familiar to him must have some friendship. Curious, Li Zhongxuan caught up with Dao Xi in three steps and two steps, and asked, "This master, are we familiar with each other?"

"Amitabha!" Dao Xi turned around and clasped his hands together, "The little monk is not from Jinling, he just arrived at Qixia Temple this time, but he doesn't recognize the donor." ”

"Really?" Li Zhongxuan looked at Dao Xi suspiciously, "Dare to ask the master's number?"

"Little monk Miaoshan. ”

"Miaoshan?" Li Zhongxuan shook his head, his face was full of disbelief, and said: "Miaoshan is the Dharma name of Master Guanyin when he became a monk, and the master should not tell me." ”

Dao Xi didn't want to make up a Dharma name casually, and he also renamed Guanyin, but he still said without changing his face and without a beating heart: "Who stipulates that the Dharma name Miaoshan can only be used by Guanyin Bodhisattva alone, and there are many people in the world called Zhang San and Li Si, can you Yujian have a name called Zhang San, and then meet another, just say that people use fake names? ”

"Haha!" Li Zhongxuan was robbed by Daoxi, but suddenly laughed, "I know you, you are Daoxi, you can't find a second person in the whole world with your tone of voice." ”

Dao Xi hurriedly closed his mouth, he couldn't imagine that the best way to betray himself was this uncontrollable mouth, and the misfortune came from the mouth and the illness came from the mouth, which was really a wise saying. He no longer distinguished, turned and walked quickly.

"Daoxi, Daoxi, don't be in a hurry to leave. Li Zhongxuan hurriedly chased after him, and said while chasing: "Do you know that since my little aunt came back from Yongming Temple, I have been thinking about you. ”

When Dao Xi heard Li Zhongxuan mention the oracle of Li, he was instantly stunned. When Zaijian Li was oracle, she was lukewarm to herself and didn't say a word, but now Li Zhongxuan said that she never forgot about herself, what is the reason for this?

"What do you mean by that?" Dao Xi stopped, turned around, and looked at Li Zhongxuan with burning eyes.

Li Zhongxuan was born in the royal family and was pampered, although he only sprinted a few dozen steps, he was also breathless. In fact, he didn't know his little aunt's intentions for Daoxi, but he met a Daoxi in Qixia Temple, thinking of the poem he sang on the edge of the West Lake, he couldn't help but have the idea of Daoxi, so he said that Li Shen's obsession with him was unforgettable.

"You admit you're Daoxi, haha. ”

"Don't talk to me, just say what you just said?"

Li Zhongxuan did not rush to explain, but led Daoxi into Qixia Temple on the grounds that he was tired after traveling for a long time. As a royal nobleman, Li Zhongxuan often came to Qixia Temple and freely received his meditation room.

When the two walked into the meditation room, a middle-aged scribe was sitting in the room, drinking fragrant tea alone. When the scribe saw Li Zhongxuan walk in, he got up and said respectfully, "Lord Wang, who is this?"

"General Lin, this is one of my best friends, Master Daoxi. Li Zhongxuan enthusiastically took Daoxi's hand, introduced it, and then pointed to the General Lin like Daoxi and said, "This is General Lin Renzhao Lin." ”

Lin Renzhao and Daoxi didn't expect to meet this loyal minister of the Southern Tang Dynasty here, so they couldn't help but look around and look at him carefully. Lin Renzhao has a strong physique and a strong force, but his body reveals an elegant atmosphere. Dao Xi looked at his feelings, and couldn't help but think of Zhou Yu, a famous general of the Three Kingdoms.

Confucian generals are the first feeling of Daoxi when he first saw Lin Renzhao.

When Dao Xi was looking at Lin Renzhao, Lin Renzhao was not looking at him.

At that time, the Song army had eliminated Jingnan, Hou Shu, Southern Han, and Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty, was deeply disturbed, and hurriedly sent people into the Song Dynasty to meet Zhao Kuangyin, expressing his willingness to cancel the good and degrading the lord of Jiangnan and proclaiming himself a minister to the Great Song Dynasty. Zhao Kuangyin considered the overall situation and had not yet reached the time to destroy the Southern Tang Dynasty, so he temporarily agreed to this request.

Lin Renzhao judged the situation and felt that this was an excellent time to recover the lost land, so he offered advice to Li Yu: "The Northern Jiangbei army, after destroying the Nanjing, Houshu and other countries, the soldiers and horses are tired, and there is not much grain and grass, I am willing to lead the troops from here to wait for the opportunity to attack the Song Dynasty, recover the lost land, and reverse the situation." If you can win this move, continue to advance, and if you fail, you can punish the crime of rebellion, kill my whole family, and apologize to Zhao Kuangyin to ensure your position. ”

Lin Renzhao's act of loyalty and martyrdom was so commendable, but Li Yu was timid and fearful, and did not agree to his requests and suggestions. With nowhere to sway his enthusiasm and nowhere to display his talents, Lin Renzhao was frustrated, so he stayed at home and rarely asked about state affairs. On this day, Li Yu's second son, Qi Huaixian, Wang Li Zhongxuan, invited him to Qixia Temple, and Lin Renzhao did not refuse, so he accompanied.

Lin Renzhao knows very well that although Li Zhongxuan loves poetry like his father on weekdays, he actually has a sense of arrogance in his bones, and he looks down on those sour and rotten literati who chant poetry all day long. The reason why he was friends with literati and talked about poetry for a long time was just to cater to the temperament of his literati father.

Now seeing that Li Zhongxuan looked very respectful of Daoxi, Lin Renzhao was also very curious about the peculiarities of this Daoxi master.

The two of them looked at each other and laughed. Dao Xi sincerely admired this loyal minister of the Southern Tang Dynasty, but Lin Renzhao found the rare sincerity of the young man from the eyes of this young monk.

Dao Xi is usually a big person, he doesn't seem to have any ambition or aura, but when he meets someone he admires, he is extremely sincere.

"I have long heard that General Lin led the brave men and dead people to set fire to the bridge against the wind and stop the name of the Zhou army. Daoxi's tone was extremely sincere, but it was not polite.

In that year, Zhou Shizong Chai Rong led the army south to Huainan in an attempt to eliminate the Southern Tang Dynasty. At that time, the bridge was burned, and the horses of the Zhou Dynasty were all commanded in front of the palace, and Zhang Yongde was surprised to see him pulling out the arrows, and said: "There are people among them, and you can't underestimate the enemy." So he ordered the three armies to retreat.

How many years have passed, since Li Yu ascended the throne, the Southern Tang Dynasty was in a corner of peace, the military equipment was relaxed, and there was no war for a long time, Lin Renzhao's bravery was little known back then, but he couldn't imagine that today he would say it from the mouth of a young monk, and he would inevitably sigh.

More than 20 years have passed since the battle of Zhengyang Bridge, and the kid in front of him looks only twenty, but he can know his deeds back then, Lin Renzhao can't help but be full of good feelings for Daoxi, "The master praised it falsely, Lin is just doing his duty as a courtier." Nowadays, state affairs are useless. ”

Between the words, there was less sharpness and more frustration.

"The general doesn't have to be like this, the family and the country, how can a few scholars be saved. Soldiers take it as their duty to protect their families and defend the country, and when there is chaos today, there will be a time when the general will have a plan in his mind. Daoxi's words were actually more out of relief, the Southern Tang Dynasty was lost, and there was no battle at all, and the timid and fearful Li Yu surrendered.

"A good sentence, soldiers take protecting their families and defending the country as their duty! The master said a few words, but it made Lin Mou's mouth open, and it was Lin Mou's luck to meet the master today. Daoxi's words made Lin Renzhao's eyes light up. He didn't know that the other party was a word of relief, but Dao Xi's unintentional sentence "Soldiers take protecting their families and defending the country as their duty" woke up Lin Renzhao.

He was a soldier, and no matter how much the emperor did not like him, he had to fulfill his responsibilities as a soldier, and the duty of a soldier was to stand up when the country was in danger. He suddenly brightened up, like clearing the clouds and seeing the blue sky, and swept away the previous feeling of depression.

"The general's words are serious, the little monk just said what he thinks, the general has both ability and political integrity, which is not comparable to the little monk. ”

Dao Xi saw that he had no intention of saying anything, but in order to sweep away the haze hidden in the heart of a famous general and loyal minister, he couldn't help but be happy for Lin Renzhao. And the happiest should be Li Zhongxuan, who has been silently watching, he intends to get close to Lin Renzhao, but he suffers from the other party's lukewarm attitude. And now as soon as Daoxi appeared, the two talked happily, which he was very happy to see.

Although he didn't have a deep friendship with Daoxi, he knew that Daoxi might be interested in his little aunt through a word with Daoxi in front of the mountain gate. In this way, as long as the relationship with the little aunt is good, isn't Daoxi on his side?

So begging him to write a few poems to please his father, and then let him and Lin Renzhao get close to Lin Renzhao to get support, thinking of this, Li Zhongxuan was full of hope for the future, and his mood was not ordinarily cool.

The three of them sat together, and during this time, Lin Renzhao kept recounting his experience when he was marching and fighting, and Daoxi was very interested in it. Dafan is always a young man, always full of enthusiasm, yearning for the pride of throwing his head and spilling blood for his family and country in the army, as well as the simple love between brothers.

Although Dao Xi is indifferent by nature and doesn't like to fight and kill, the kind of male blood in Lin Renzhao's words resonated with him. Especially when talking about the details of the battle of Zhengyang Bridge that year, Daoxi was deeply shocked by Lin Renzhao's fearless spirit of seeing death as home.

After Lin Renzhao finished speaking, Dao Xi couldn't help but chant a poem to express the meaning in his chest.

"Through the ages, heroes are nowhere to be found, and Sun Zhong is looking for a deal. The dance pavilion is always blown away by the rain and the wind. The grass and trees in the slanting sun, the ordinary alleys, and the humane slaves once lived. Thinking about the past, Jin Ge Iron Horse, swallowing thousands of miles like a tiger. Yuan Jia was hastily, sealed the wolf Juxu, and won the Canghuang Beigu. Forty-three years, I still remember the beacon Yangzhou Road. can look back, under the Buddha shrine, a crow shrine drum. Who asks, Lian Po is old, can he still eat?"

As soon as Jia Xuan Weng's words came out, Lin and Li both lit up. Lin Renzhao was moved. Xin Qiji's words are about his struggle for forty-three thoughts to regain his lost land, but in Lin Renzhao's ears, he suddenly felt as if what he expressed in the words was his own feelings, so he thought that Daoxi was using words to motivate himself.

After listening to it, Li Zhongxuan was even more determined to introduce Daoxi to his father, but such radical and unrestrained poems still had to persuade him to do less, not only is it very different from the graceful style of today's poetry world, but more seriously, Li Yu is an emperor of peace and happiness, and he has never liked others to discuss soldiers in vain.