Chapter 17: The Taoists of Yanjing

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But seeing that this Taoist priest did not refuse, as long as someone came up to ask for it, he put his big hand into his sleeve, and when he touched it, a piece of bread came out.

It didn't take long for hundreds of people to be distributed. At this time, all the fools knew that something was wrong, and they knelt on the ground and shouted: "Immortals, immortals are here......"

Soon the chaos here alarmed the people patrolling the city, after the stampede accident yesterday, today Lin Ya Yelu Dashi sent his soldiers and horses to start rectifying the order in the city, otherwise if it goes on like this, before the Jurchens come over, the entire Youzhou City will collapse.

At this time, when I saw the crowd of hedgehogs, I thought something was wrong. A crowd of soldiers and horses surrounded them and began to drive away the gathered crowd.

"Who are you, and why are you gathering here?" a mocking general, pointing at the Taoist priest, shouted in somewhat stiff Chinese.

The Liao State ruled the north for a hundred years, and most of the upper classes have been sinicized. Even this Xi general can speak Chinese.

"Poor road to the sky, today I traveled to Youzhou, just to see these refugees pitiful. Just send them some food!" Chong Xiaozi smiled faintly.

That Xi man is greedy for money, and when he sees that this Taoist priest can actually give so many things to people to eat, maybe there is something valuable on his body.

The Xi people, whose real name is Kumo Xi, are an ancient ethnic group in northern China, originating from Donghu, a branch of the Xianbei Yuwen Department in the east, and the Khitan people from the same source.

After the establishment of the Liao State, although the Xi people were conquered by the Khitan, they had the highest status, far surpassing the other Zahu, and became the right and left hands of the Khitans. Later, he even joined the ruling group of the Liao State.

For example, today, Emperor Zuo has millions of troops, and after the defeat in World War I, the strength of the Khitan people is even more stretched, but they have to rely more on the strength of these taunting people.

At this time, this ridiculous young general. Greedy, he shouted, "I don't think you are a good person?"

The Taoist priest said with a smile: "This general has something to say, don't just button people's hats, whether the Jurchen has long green fangs, or three heads and six arms, the poor Dao has not seen it!"

This Taoist priest said it funny, but the Xi general didn't care so much. How can he be called a general? It's just a junior officer like a hundred people among the Xi people, otherwise his eyelids would not be so shallow.

He shouted, "Hugh has to say more, I think you are a spy." Someone. Arrest this spy!"

Chong Xiaozi smiled: "Since that's the case." I won't accompany you if you're poor. He walked out leisurely.

A large crowd of soldiers gathered around. I want to catch the Taoist priest. But when he saw the Taoist priest, he stepped out in a few leisurely steps, so that before others could understand what was going on, he had already stepped out of the encirclement.

"Stop. This man is really a spy, take him down quickly!" The general of the Xi people was so angry that he took the bow and arrow from the saddle and was about to shoot, but he had no choice but to wait for so long, and when the bow and arrow were in hand, the Taoist priest was only left with a back.

"I want to run!" the general of the Xi people chased after him, and when he saw that he was not far from the man, he stopped the horse and bent his bow and arrows. The arrow swept diagonally half a meter away from the Taoist. But he was grabbed by the man and caught it in his hand.

Without waiting for the general to release the arrow again, the Taoist's feet sped up, and after just a few steps, he disappeared in front of him.

"Grandma's. These Khitans are not very good at riding and archery. No wonder he was beaten so badly by the Jurchens!"

This Taoist is none other than our Wenda Heavenly Master. I'm afraid no one thought that the Great Song Dynasty was marching vigorously towards Youzhou, and as the commander of the army and the spiritual leader, Master Wen Da would actually run into this Youzhou City alone.

"The war horse gallops and shoots arrows, and the accuracy is poor. Could it be that the elite of the Liao people have all died in the mutual step answering post?" Wen Fei casually threw the carved arrow on the ground.

Whether it is the iron sharpness of the arrow or the manufacture of the shaft, this arrow is a little rough, and it is not comparable to the military products of the Great Song Dynasty.

But in the original time and space, when Tong Guan attacked Liao, he was defeated by such a defender three times and twice, and it was not until he joined forces with the anti-water defenders that he took Youzhou City.

Is it true that the army of the Great Song Dynasty is so weak? These Liao soldiers and horses who were beaten out by the Jurchens became so brave when they fought the army of the Great Song Dynasty? This has always been a huge mystery in history, and it has also made Master Wen interested in mixing into this Youzhou city alone to check the military situation.

The scale of Youzhou City is not large, and after the Khitan occupied Youzhou, it was renamed Nanjing Xijin Mansion. Neither the mind nor the strength to carry out a large-scale expansion of the old city.

After hundreds of years, it still generally maintains the original appearance of the Tang Dynasty. However, the Khitan people believe in Buddhism, and many Buddhist temples have been built in the city, which still maintain the architectural style of the Tang Dynasty. It is mainly majestic and simple, the structure is complete, and it is not still decorated. As for the Taoist temple, I haven't seen it yet.

The streets are full of refugees, and there is no one to help. On the contrary, all the neighborhoods were locked up, and Wen Fei scattered food casually all the way, as if he was strolling leisurely. Finally came to the door of a large temple.

"Minzhong Temple...... This is it!" Looking at the three-story pavilion standing up at the back of the temple, Wen Fei smiled and walked into the temple.

This big temple was originally built in the Tang Dynasty, in the nineteenth year of Zhenguan, Tang Taizong Li Shimin conquered Goryeo. When he returned to Youzhou, in order to mourn the fallen soldiers of the Liao War, "collect his remains, bury them in the west of Youzhou City, and build the Minzhong Temple." ”

At that time, the scale of the building was large, and it was completed in the first year of Wu Zetian's long live Dengfeng, which lasted 51 years. It's a pity that in the second year of the Tang Dynasty, it was destroyed by fire, and the towers and pavilions are gone.

In the early years of Jingfu, the festival made Li Kuangcheng rebuild, and built a three-storey giant pavilion to worship Guanyin Bodhisattva, there is a saying of "mercy and loyalty to the high pavilion, go to the sky to grasp", it can be seen that it is tall.

But in the third year of Qingning in the Liao Dynasty, due to the Youzhou earthquake, the whole temple was destroyed again, and it was repaired after the edict. What the Heavenly Master of Wenda sees now is the Minzhong Temple that was restored in the third year of Qingning.

In modern time and space, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Great Min Zhong Temple suffered from the misfortune of the soldiers, and the magnificent and gorgeous atmosphere was gone. In the second year of the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty, the temple monk Xianglu was rebuilt and renamed "Chongfu Temple". In the twelfth year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty, it was renamed "Fayuan Temple" and was used until the 21st century. It was at the southern end of the Jiaozi Hutong outside the Xuanwu Gate in the capital of later generations.

Master Wen Da Tianshi has passed by this temple in modern time and space, although the Fayuan Temple in modern time and space is the location of the Chinese Buddhist Academy, but it is just an ordinary garan, the temple is small and narrow, but fortunately, the courtyard is still green and quiet.

What is even more unexpected is the change of Jingkang, Jin destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty, released the captives and returned to the north, and detained the two emperors of Song Huizong and his son Song Qinzong in this Great Compassion Temple in front of him.

It's just that since the Heavenly Master of Wenda is standing here, the history of Qiē will change.

"What are you doing," the monks of the temple wore the monk's robes on the left, and blocked the way of Master Wenda in disgust: "This is a place for the Buddha, although you have broken in?"

It is difficult to see the Taoist priests of Liao, and these monks did not recognize them, but they recognized Wenda Tianshi as a refugee, and they wanted to drive Wenda Tianshi out. Recently, there have been many refugees in the city, and the temple has always been on guard, fearing that these refugees will break in.

Wen Fei ignored it and waved his sleeves. Before a few monks touched the clothes of Master Wenda, they all fell out, rolled to the ground, and couldn't get up. Wenda Heavenly Master didn't look at those monks, broke into the temple, and searched everywhere. But he didn't find the tablet of Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, who enshrined those fallen soldiers, and couldn't help but sigh. It's boring in my heart, and with a wave of my sleeve, I'm leaving.

But I heard a Buddha name: "Amitabha, good, good." The poor monk dreamed of the advent of the gods and Buddhas last night, Tianyu Baohua, I didn't think that today I could see the light of the fairy toe of the Heavenly Master of Shangfu, I am very honored to be in the temple!"

Wen Fei looked back, but he was a monk in his forties, with a fat head and big ears, but his face was full of red light and a smile, as if he was really very happy for the arrival of his great master Wen.

"Vulna Bald Donkey, do you know this Heavenly Master?" Wen Fei asked.

The monk smiled bitterly and said, "The Heavenly Master is a man among the immortals, and he is on a par with my Buddha. If this temple hadn't been under the noses of the Khitan people, they would have wanted to erect a statue for Shangfu Tianshi!"

"Oh?" Wen Fei let out a faint sigh, just by saying that. Master Wen knew how panicked people were in Youzhou now. Even these monks began to think of a way back. Of course, this also means that this monk is not lying to him.

"At that time, this temple was set up by Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty to personally conquer Goryeo and support the fallen soldiers. But I don't know where the gods of these fallen soldiers were?" Wen Fei asked noncommittally.

When the host heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, and said, "It turns out that Father Shang is here for this, and he is still there, still there!"

"Take me to see it," said Master Wen.

"Father Shang, please come with me, please come with me!" the host said busily.

All the way through this hall, there are three entrances to the Minzhong Temple, and it has been out of the courtyard of the last entry, but there is an inconspicuous desolate hill, and there is a house that has been in disrepair for a long time.

"Amitabha," the host pronounced a Buddha horn. said to Wen Fei: "The bones of these soldiers were buried here, and this was the sealed soil of the year. Originally, it looked like Changbai Mountain, but after hundreds of years, the wind and rain have become like this!"

Wen Fei nodded, this is the habit of the tomb of famous generals in the past.

It seems to have originated at the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the tomb erected for Wei Qinghuo's illness symbolizes the Lushan and Qilian Mountain, representing the achievements of these two famous generals. Huo Quzhi's credit lies in the two battles in Hexi, Qilian Mountain is its symbol, and the famous battle of Weiqing is the Battle of Lucheng.

I think that Emperor Taizong followed the old example and built the tombs of these fallen soldiers into the appearance of this Changbai Mountain. It represents the conquest of Goryeo that year.