Chapter 79
The flowers in April of the world are gone, and the peach blossoms in the mountain temples are beginning to bloom.
Tao Xingchang was panting with a big sun. Because of his fat body, he had less movement in the past two years and was sweating profusely.
Behind him was an old monk wearing a gray monk's robe, following Tao Xingchang with a slim feeling.
Tao Xingchang felt this unbalanced, thinking that he really wanted to throw away goods and dies compared to people.
If you talk about Zhang Mu, your luck is simply unwilling to be admired. Tell me, this pie from the dragon guard can even hit Zhang Mu's head.
Is there any truth?
When Zhang Ran was reborn, Tao Xingchang was a small flag soldier. After finally Zhang Ran died, he should have been promoted. If he had no credit, he would have worked hard, right?
Hey! Who would have thought that his son Zhang Mu was so smarter than a monkey with hair in his arms.
This is fine. What's even more annoying is that he, who has been an Embroidered Uniform Guard for his whole life, doesn't even know what the emperor looks like. As a result, Zhang Mu has only been the Embroidered Uniform Guard for a few days. He saved the emperor's life. Who can I ask for reason?
It was no problem for Zhang Mu to be a high-ranking official and generous salary in the future, and he was almost implicated by Mao Xiang. If Zhang Mu hadn't pleaded with him, he would have been a ghost now.
You said that you didn’t help anyone and didn’t mess with anyone, how could you be so unlucky?
"Donor, no, sir, I have never done this kind of unreasonable thing before. Is this a bit inappropriate?" Huikong was about to arrive in Hede Township, and said in a low voice with a look of dismay.
"Stop talking nonsense, have you always wanted a certificate of tribute? If this matter is done, it's okay to have any certificate of quotations you want." Tao Xingchang shouted impatiently...
This time he was ordered by Zhang Mu to go to Hedexiang to make a mediator. He was a senior official and crushed people to death. How dare he say that? He could only do something for Zhang Mu happily.
This monk Huikong was found by the Great Buddha Temple in Jinhua Mansion and was the presidency of the Great Buddha Temple. Although he didn't know how profound the Buddhism was, his appearance was kind and kind, with white eyebrows and floating beard, which was like a great monk.
Logically speaking, if the monks have pure six senses, they should not care about the right and wrong in the world, but they are useless. Before the monk becomes a Buddha, they are also human beings, and they also need money to eat, drink, defecate and sedate. They can't recite scriptures and turn into rice, flour, oil and food.
In the Ming Dynasty, in addition to being a difficult official, it is not easy to be a monk. In the 15th year of Hongwu, Lao Zhu established the Monk Lu Department and the Daolu Department, and established the Monk Gang Department in various government offices. If you want to be a monk, you must also have a certificate of tribute issued by the prefecture, that is, a certificate of employment, otherwise the court will not recognize you.
The wild monk can only eat and drink everywhere. If he wants to open a temple and receive alms, it is absolutely impossible to do without a certificate of charity.
Huikong naturally had a certificate of sanctions, but at his age, he was about to see me, Buddha Tathagata, and he still had an heir in the temple, right?
When he was worried, Tao Xingchang came and showed off the Jinyiwei's waist card. He first robbed the old monk for a meal, then patted his chest and said, "It's okay to want a certificate, but you have to do something for me."
How dare this monk Huikong say something? So the current scene appeared.
Tao Xingchang saw that Hede Township was in front of him, so he sat down under a willow tree on the edge of the field. After a while, a man dressed like a beggar came hurriedly.
When Tao Xingchang saw him, he asked, "Have you done everything?"
"Sir, don't worry. My brothers are there every night, or they knock on his door. The trouble made his family restless and they were almost crazy. They were just waiting for the adults to rescue them." The subordinate clasped his fists and smiled.
"It's done well. When the matter is over, Zhang Qi will naturally be rewarded." Tao Xingchang finished speaking, and turned to Huikong and said, "Have you learned all the methods I said?"
"Sir, I still think it's a bit inappropriate. I have never done anything bad in my life. If I fail, wouldn't it be bad for me?" Huikong said in a dilemma.
Tao Xingchang frowned as soon as he heard this and said, "Don't do this for me. When I was cheating money by rituals, I never blushed. Do you have to pay me all your integrity? Don't be shameless!"
When Huikong heard this, he became honest and hurriedly smiled awkwardly, "Then I will try it." After that, he began to dress up, put on a Vairocana hat, a colorful cassock, and a brass Zen staff in his hand, and shook it towards Hedexiang with three sways.
In the house on the east side of Hede Township, Wang Yuanwai was walking around the house anxiously with his hands on his back. His wife Wu was holding a handkerchief and crying constantly, which made Wang Yuanwai feel upset.
He is fifty years old this year, and his family has been studying for generations and has a wealthy family. Unfortunately, it was passed down to his generation, with a sparse population. He originally had a son, but he lost his fortune. Later, he married a concubine, but he never gave birth to children.
Now there is a baby daughter at home, with a 73-year-old mother. But in just a few days, like seeing a ghost, someone cries every night at home or knocks on the door, which scares his mother to death.
Now lying on the bed and talking nonsense, not eating or drinking, the servants at home dare not sleep every night, making the entire mansion go crazy and helpless at this moment.
Hearing his wife crying, he shouted impatiently: "What's the use of crying here? Should I serve my mother and serve her tea and medicine, and I don't understand this truth?"
"Why don't I understand? It was your mother who drove me out and insisted that I cut off your incense, and said that I was an ominous person. I was still full of grievances here. Instead, you talk about me?" Wu stopped doing it when he heard this, and then slapped the table and shouted.
The king was in a state of great anxiety. At this moment, a servant hurried in and said, "Master, there is a monk outside, who claims to be Huikong, the host of the Great Buddha Temple in Jinhua Mansion. He said that he had something important to see the master."
"Huikong?" Wang Yuanwai was happy when he heard this. He believed in Buddhism. The Great Buddha Temple was a famous temple in Jinhua Prefecture. He had donated money for incense and oil to tinker with his mother. Naturally, he knew it and immediately said, "Come in quickly."
When Wu heard this, he hurried out. In ancient times, there was a difference between men and women, and he had to abide by the moral principles of women.
After a while, Monk Huikong held a brass Zen Staff and shook it into the hall of the Wang family step by step. When he saw Wang Yuanwai, he put the Zen Staff tree aside and clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha, Wang Yuanwai hasn't seen him for a long time, are you in good health?"
"Oh, Zen Master Huikong, why are you here in person?" Wang Yuanwai asked hurriedly.
"Good, good, I chanted the scriptures in front of my Buddha the night before, and suddenly I got my Buddha's tips, saying that the Wang family in Hede Township had been kind men and women who believed in my Buddha for several generations. Now they are harassed by demons, so I sent me to come to pass the imperial examination. I wonder if there is no peace in the mansion recently?" Huikong asked with a smile.
Chapter completed!