Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Source of the Sunflower, the Three Treasures Eunuch
"There's nothing else important, I just hope the abbot can give something to him!" Tan Xiaotian smiled slightly and spoke softly.
"Let the monk give things to the donor, is there any reason for this?" The abbot laughed angrily when he heard this, his face was full of wry smiles, and he knew that the person in front of him was probably really lawless, and those secular rules and other things were not taken into account by him at all.
"I wonder what the donor wants?" said the abbot with a bitter face.
"The abbot doesn't need to be nervous, and he doesn't want any gold and silver treasures, land and houses!" Tan Xiaotian said leisurely.
"I wish you wanted this!" thought the abbot.
"Just a message from the abbot here!" Tan Xiaotian stopped joking when he said this, straightened his face, and then asked very seriously: "Have you heard of the 'Sunflower Treasure Book'?"
The abbot was taken aback, a Tan Xiaotian came to find the Sunflower Treasure Book, so he hurriedly said: "This is an old thing many years ago, the former abbot Hongye Zen Master burned it in front of everyone, and there is absolutely no copy left in this temple, and I have never seen it-"
Tan Xiaotian interrupted unceremoniously: "I'll just ask you if you've heard of it?" What are you talking about a bunch of nonsense?"
The abbot was now involuntarily, not angry, nor lying, and said bluntly: "I have heard of it." β
Tan Xiaotian nodded with satisfaction and asked, "Then do you know the origin of this book?
The abbot thought about it, but he opened his mouth and shirked: "The former abbot was very taboo about this matter, and he never mentioned it, and everyone knew that he was very disgusted that others cared about this matter, so naturally he didn't dare to ask." β
Tan Xiaotian's face sank, and he said coldly: "It seems that your ruined temple has no value for existence!"
Hearing that Tan Xiaotian's tone was wrong, the abbot changed his words, and he hurriedly said: "Although the former abbot didn't say it, I have heard some news!"
Tan Xiaotian relaxed at this time, changed his appearance of doing it immediately if he didn't agree with a word, and said with a smile: "Are you kidding me? I hope you don't play tricks on me, say it!"
The abbot smiled "embarrassedly", didn't dare to say anything, and then said: "I heard that the former abbot got this book from a friend of his named Sambo. β
"Sanbao! it seems to be a little familiar!" Tan Xiaotian said secretly in his heart, but he remained silent on the surface, and continued to ask, "Nothing else?"
The abbot hesitated for a moment, and then said, "I can't guarantee whether the rest is true or false! If I say it wrong, I am afraid that it will mislead the benefactor." Andβ"
When Tan Xiaotian heard this, he spoke directly: "It's okay, just say it, whether it's true or not, I will judge!"
The abbot was still a little hesitant.
Seeing this, Tan Xiaotian's heart moved, and then he spoke: "Even if it involves something that shouldn't be passed out, or something forbidden to text messages, I will keep it secret for you." β
Looking at Tan Xiaotian's appearance that if you don't say anything else, you will be playing with me, the abbot made up his mind and finally spoke: " The old abbot's friend is not simple, I heard that he later became the personal guard of the Yongle Emperor, and even followed the Yongle Emperor to participate in the Battle of Jingyan, and performed his military exploits, but he was seriously injured later, so he failed to be a general, but became a famous eunuch in the palace, but the power position is very high, and won the trust of the Yongle Emperor, and finally even served the holy decree, as a Qincha, seven to the West, he was just the first few times, all from Suzhou Taicang Liujiagang, never came to Fujian, but the sixth time to the West back, somehow, secretly hidden in the accompanying ship to Fujian, secretly met the abbot, when I was still youngBut it was I who got up in the middle of the night to open the door for him and light the lamp, so I remembered it, and then I really saw that he personally handed over a book to the abbot, and asked the abbot to keep it for him, saying that he would come back to pick it up in the future, but he never came back later. When I grew up, I realized that on his seventh voyage to the West, he suddenly died on the way home, and he would never be able to come back to pick up the book!"
After hearing this, Tan Xiaotian was really shocked in his heart, but he didn't expect that this "Sunflower Treasure Book" also involved a famous figure in history - Zheng He. And it seems to be related to his seven trips to the West, if you don't hear it with your own ears, it's really a little unbelievable.
"Wait, does Zheng He know martial arts?" Tan Xiaotian suddenly felt that something was wrong and asked.
"He and the old abbot seem to be very powerful, but I don't know how martial arts, so I don't know how strong the two of them are! In fact, the next abbot should be Senior Brother Duyuan, I will never forget his kind of talented, talented and intelligent, but unfortunately his greed for red dust broke the master's heart, and finally the master unexpectedly passed the position of abbot to me, the youngest and most useless little apprentice. The abbot sighed when he said this.
Tan Xiaotian got what he wanted, and after he was satisfied, he naturally wouldn't unload the mill and kill the donkey, so he said: "The greater the skill, the more naturally you can't bear the loneliness, but it's you, who have been guarding this Red Leaf Temple for so many years, it can be seen that your master is not wrong!"
The abbot was shocked when he heard this, obviously he didn't expect him to say such a thing, and finally smiled and said, "The donor has praised it!"
Tan Xiaotian thought for a while, took out three silver tickets, and said: "Today's worship of the Buddha is quite rewarding, these three thousand taels are the incense money of my filial piety to the Buddha, as for the relationship between you and me, it is just a big dream, and we have never met!
When the abbot heard this, he understood in his heart, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "The poor monk understands!"
Tan Xiaotian did not hesitate after giving the silver, he said that he would leave, his figure flashed, and in the blink of an eye, he walked out of the Red Leaf Temple and returned to the inn.
"Although I know some news on this trip, what should I do next? Do I also want to go to the Western Ocean, what are you kidding, even with the future science and technology, there are ships that have accidents from time to time, and at the current level, (the most important thing is that Zheng He's nautical chart data and ship technology in the Western Ocean were completely wiped out by Liu Daxia, some people say that he hid, some people said that he burned it, if he hid it, it would be easy to say, it was just more trouble, but if it was burned, hehe-) Do you want to try your luck and see the destiny of heaven? His martial arts are not good enough to cross the river, and even if he does, he is now facing the sea and the ocean!"
Tan Xiaotian thought about it again and again, and finally decided to go to the palace for a walk first, the emperor Lao'er is obviously not as threatening as God!
So Tan Xiaotian set off for Beijing again to see the imperial capital of the Ming Dynasty.