Chapter 68: King Wu Yue
I stayed in Yongming Temple for three or four days, and Zen Master Yanshou was very polite to me and entertained me very well, but he never mentioned the matter of expelling poison for me, which made me very depressed.
Facing a group of monks every day, they either chant scriptures and participate in meditation, or practice martial arts and self-cultivation. I always stayed alone in the meditation room, and Daofan occasionally came to visit me to relieve my anxious waiting.
Although Yanshou did not detoxify me, since I came to Yongming Temple, my body has not been abnormal, I eat and sleep well, I can walk and jump, even after the Chinese medicine that Yao Yin arranged to take every day is broken, it is not a big problem.
When you are alone, you are always prone to cranky thoughts. Mu Chu and the others went to Shudi, and they didn't know what the situation was, and the delirious water was invisibly taken away by Yaoyin, which made me even more uneasy. With that old guy's perseverance in drug research, I don't know what it will make water invisible.
Or I should leave the Yongming Temple sooner. I didn't notice any major problems with my own body, so it was better to stay here and look for them, and then turn to inquire about the whereabouts of the invisible water.
"Master Xiao, the master invites you to go to the front hall to speak. Just as he was thinking about it, Dao Fan suddenly walked in.
"Oh. I casually replied and followed Daofan out.
Follow Dao Fan forward, when he was about to arrive at the Daxiong Treasure Hall, he found that the atmosphere in the Yongming Temple today was a little wrong, on weekdays, the monks all performed their duties, and rarely gathered together with such solemn expressions as today.
When we came to the front hall, we found that the inside and outside of the gate of Yongming Temple were all guarded by officials and soldiers. Various colored flags stand distinctly on both sides of the main hall. With the main hall as the center, there are pro-soldiers holding the Qinglong Flag, five Wuyue Flags, 25 Wufang Dragon Flags, 14 Red Gate Divine Flags, Vermilion Bird Flags, and 6-pole soap silk in the left column; and in the right column, there are White Tiger Flags, five Five-Star Flags, 25 Five-Phoenix Flags, 14 Red Gate Divine Flags, Zhenwu Flags, such a huge and magnificent lineup, I have never seen it.
Or in the TV series, I saw the full set of honor guards when the emperor went out on patrol, but compared to the scene in front of me, the TV series is simply weak!
People who can put on such a battle, they don't have to think about it to know that it must be Wu Yue's king Qian Yu who went to Yongming Temple to visit the Buddha. I looked into the main hall from afar, and sure enough, I saw a man of nearly fifty years old wearing a crown of twenty-four curly beams leading to the sky and a silk robe. He was dressed in luxury, with a lofty instrument, kneeling on the **, and kowtowing to the great sun reverently.
In other words, when I came to this era, I had never seen an ordinary minor official of Qipin County, and now suddenly a king appeared in front of me, and I was uneasy for a while, and my mind was blank.
followed Dao Fan into the main hall, and just as Qian Yu stood up and asked Yanshou. Dao Fan led me to stand aside. Standing to the side, my heart beat even harder. On the left is an old monk, and on the right side are all officials at all levels wearing a crown robe, a scarlet robe, and a gold and jade belt around their waists.
"Zen Master, have you been safe lately?" Qian Yu was in good health, his complexion was ruddy, his skin was well maintained, and he was full of energy when he spoke, and he couldn't tell that he was a little old man in his fifties.
"There is a labor bixia concern, the poor monk often accompanies the Buddha in front of the Buddha, no disaster and no disease, very good. Yanshou folded his hands and bowed respectfully to the statue of the Buddha as he spoke.
Qian Yu smiled slightly, and said: "Recently, I have been practicing the master's "Zong Jinglu", and I feel that the master will integrate all the laws into the heart sect, and take responsibility for his own practice, sit down and break all crazy wisdom tongues, and remove all righteous learning barriers. It's really admirable. But I am above the Dharma, but I am very confused, can the master help me to clear my doubts?"
I have been listening carefully to Qian Li's words, and when I heard him ask for advice on prolonging his life, I didn't call myself me, which shows that this lord of Wuyue really likes Buddhism and respects the Buddhas as said in history.
"Bixia, please. "From beginning to end, he is neither humble nor arrogant, and he is like an ordinary person in the face of the emperor, showing the demeanor of a generation of monks.
"What is the merit of reciting the Buddha in the Tao and sitting on the Buddha?" asked Qian Yu respectfully.
"Amitabha. Yanshou recited the Buddha's name once, and said: "Do the Tao 500 times, chant the Buddha a thousand times, the cause is often like this, and the Western Buddha is self-fulfilled." ”
As soon as the Buddha of Longevity came out, not only Qian Yu, but everyone in the entire hall looked at him with surprise and admiration. As soon as the master made a move, he knew that there was wood.
"The master's high opinion made me pause. When I went to worship the Buddha today, I really wanted to ask the master about something. Qian Yu glanced at the eunuch next to him. The eunuch nodded recallingly, and said aloud to everyone: "Bixia has a purpose, my lords, Zen masters, wait outside the hall!"
After speaking, the princes and ministers in the hall, as well as several old monks of Yongming Temple, all withdrew. I watched Dao Fan also walk outside, and just wanted to follow, but I was stopped by Yanshou: "Lord Xiao is slow." ”
Qian Yu saw Yanshou shouting to a little-known kid, and looked at Yanshou suspiciously. Yanshou smiled slightly: "Bixia's doubts, maybe this little donor can answer them." ”
After everyone retreated and Qian Yu's personal guards closed the door, only Yanshou, Qian Yu, and me were left in the hall.
"Why does the master say that this person can relieve my confusion?" asked Qian Yu puzzled.
Yanshou glanced at me and said, "Bixia is confused, it is the trend of the world, I don't know if the poor monk can say it?"
Qian Yu seemed helpless and nodded, "I went to Bianliang this time to meet Emperor Song." Presented with rare costumes. But after Emperor Song received my tribute, he told me that these were all things in his house, so why should they be worshipped. ”
After speaking, Qian Yu's face was elongated, full of worry. At this time, Emperor Song was the Song Taizu who was born in Luoyang's Jiama Camp, and was inspected in the Later Zhou Dynasty, Zuihou Chenqiao mutinied, and was dressed in a yellow robe. Since the founding of the country, Wu Yue has always adopted the strategic policy of protecting the territory and the people and "relieving the army and relieving the people", and has always taken loyalty to the Central Plains Dynasty as the main military strategy. Before the death of the Tang Dynasty, Qian Biao, the founding lord of Wu Yue, was loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and after Zhu Wen usurped Tang Jianliang, he was loyal to Hou Liang, from which he also received the titles of King Wu Yue and Marshal of All Soldiers and Horses. After the Later Tang Dynasty destroyed the Liang, Qian Biao was a vassal to the Later Tang Dynasty, and not only got the title of King Wuyue and Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses, but also got the golden seal of the jade book to show his favor. With this, Wu Yue effectively defended against the invasion of Wu Yue by the surrounding separatist Shili.
After Zhao Kuangyin usurped the world of his righteous brother Chai Rong, Qian Yu still proclaimed himself a vassal to Song Nabiao, and only wanted to be safe. But this time, Qian Yu went to Bianliang to worship, but was shocked by Zhao Kuangyin's smile. Taizu said, "What is the use of offering this thing in my money!", (the so-called money refers to the treasury.) It made Qian Yu, who has always been in the southeast, instantly feel the determination to dominate the world, and the deep sense of crisis made him feel like a man.
After returning to China, Qian Yu felt more and more that Zhao Kuangyin had the intention of using troops in Jiangnan, although there was a Southern Tang Dynasty in front of him, but no one knew what the strength of the Song army was, and Wu Yue did not say anything about the army for many years, and his military equipment was relaxed, and he had no power to fight at all. The combination of these factors made Qian Yu panic more and more, and the death of the country means death. The future is worrying.
Instead of answering, Yanshou turned to look at me with a look in his eyes that wanted me to answer the question. I was even more dazed by his look. What are you kidding, I'm a half-grown child, and I'm at most a member of the Communist Youth League in preparation for the communist cause. Can I casually talk about this kind of political issue about the survival of the country and the situation in the world? Even if I do, who will believe it?
The more I avoided the eyes of longevity, the more Qian Yu became curious about me. I don't know if it's my honor or sorrow to let a generation of eminent monks take a fancy to him and let me speak on such a major event related to the fortunes of the country.
"This ......" Qian Yu couldn't understand my identity for a while, and didn't know what to call me, so he swallowed back when the words came to his mouth.
"Grass people Xiao Zuo see bixia. "I learned the scene in the TV series and bowed respectfully to Qian Yu. Of course, I can't do things like three kneels and nine knocks, and I can't do it as a modern person, and I'm from Qingzhou, not his Wu Yue's people, so there's no reason to kneel for him.
Qian Yu seemed dissatisfied with my failure to kowtow, but he didn't care about me, "Xiao Zuo, since Master Yanshou values you so much, you can tell me what I am worried about." ”
I glanced at Yanshou calmly, trying to signal him to stop joking with me, but the old monk was expressionless and had nothing to do with himself.
I sighed, and I had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "What Bixia is worried about is not in the general trend of the world, but only in the people in Wuyue." ”
When I said this, Qian Yu's eyes lit up, and Yanshou nodded at me with a slight move, motioning for me to continue.
"Since the death of the Tang Dynasty, the world has been in turmoil and wars have been endless. I want my Han family to be in the world, divided, the people are displaced, first there is the Khitan southern invasion, the sixteen states of Yanyun changed hands and returned to the captivity, and then the Central Plains Three Kingdoms changed to establish, for more than 100 years, there is no peace day, no peace and happiness. ”
I paused, looked at Qian Yu's expression, and saw that he was thoughtful, so I cleared my throat, and then said: "The kid doesn't know when the world will be unified again, and I don't know who will belong to it, but I only know the general trend of the world. The world has been at peace for more than 100 years, and it is about to reach the time of unification. If Bixia has a heart, it will be a blessing for the people of Wuyue. ”
I don't know what I'm saying, anyway, the TV station broadcasts all day long what meetings so-and-so leaders attend and what foreign leaders he meets. Thinking about my words, I also used a famous quote in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which can also bluff people.
Sure enough, after Qian Yu listened to my words, he looked at me left and right as if he was doping, and then said: "The general trend of the world, if you join for a long time, you will be divided, and you will be divided for a long time." The person who can say this must not be an idle person. ”
As he spoke, Qian Yu patted me on the shoulder and asked, "If the world is unified, how can I, Wu Yue, deal with myself?"
Qian Li's question made me very entangled. Before, I didn't put Qian Yu in the position of competing for the world at the beginning, but vaguely catered to his mentality of loving the people like a son. But now that he asked, I didn't know how to answer.
Tell him directly, don't think about it, the unification of the world has nothing to do with you, you still have to wait for Zhao Kuangyin to surrender before he comes. It is estimated that as soon as these words come out, he will not kill me, but will also "remember" me. But if you tell him, you should plan early, fight for the world. But this Qian Yu doesn't seem to have such a mind, and it is estimated that saying it will just make him laugh.
"There was the Tang Kingdom before, and Bixia could judge the situation. "I thought about it for a long time, and then I thought that Wu Yue died in the Song Taizong Tianping rejuvenation for three years, at this time it was still early before Wu Yue died in the country, and Qian Yue could still be the emperor of peace for several years. Anyway, it is estimated that he has no heart to compete for the world, so he still uses Li Yu as a shield for him to settle his mind.
"It makes sense, it makes sense. When Qian Yu heard this, he got up, "Sure enough, he is the person that Master Yanshou values, Xiao Zuo, I ask you, are you willing to enter the court as an official?"