Chapter Four Hundred and Twenty-One: Sucked Fish Fillet?
Li Luotang likes to eat fish, so Gong Jiuxian instructed his friend to make one fish and eat four in the kitchen.
One fish is made into four dishes: braised head and tail, sweet and sour tiles, middle section of the sauce, and terrible fillets.
Four dishes and four flavors: salty, fresh, sweet and fragrant.
Braised on the head and tail, crispy and tasty.
Sweet and sour tiles, fish cubes are crispy, and the marinade is sweet and sour.
The sauce is in the middle part, the dish is red, sweet, salty, fresh and fragrant.
The terrible fish fillets are fragrant, fresh and tender, and are extremely delicious. They are the favorites of Li Luotang.
When Gong Jiuxian saw that Li Luotang had picked up the fish fillets a few more times, she gave Mingcui a wink.
Mingcui knew it and went out to order another dish of fish fillets.
Seeing another dish of fish fillets served, Li Luotang asked in surprise: "Hasn't this dish been served? Why did you last time?"
"If you like to eat, I'll let them have another plate." Gong Jiuxian said with a smile.
Li Luotang smiled, "Thank you."
"You don't have to be polite to me." Gong Jiuxian picked up a chopstick fish fillet and put it in Li Luotang's bowl, "Eat more food."
Li Luotang was very satisfied with this lunch and very comfortable.
In the afternoon, Gong Jiuxian planned to accompany Li Luotang to continue to play in Shichahai, but when they finished their meal and were about to leave, a follower hurried in, "Young Master, the Lord summoned him."
"Tangtang, sorry." Gong Jiuxian said.
"It's okay, go and do your business." Li Luotang didn't really want him to be by his side.
Gong Jiuxian left surrounded by her entourage, and Li Luotang and Mingcui went to Guanghua Temple.
Guanghua Temple has a total of 329 halls, divided into three major courtyards: the middle courtyard, the east courtyard and the west courtyard.
The temple faces north and south, and the middle road is the main building of the entire temple, including the mountain gate, the Heavenly King Hall, the Bell and Drum Tower, the Main Hall, the Sutra Pavilion, etc.
The East Road is a courtyard composed of buildings such as Jietan, Zhaitang, Xuejietang and other buildings.
The main buildings on West Road include the Great Compassion Altar, the Ancestral Hall, the Dharma Hall, the Abbot's Courtyard, etc.
Guanghua Temple was not a royal temple in this dynasty, but there were many high-ranking officials and nobles near Shichahai.
The old ladies and wives in the mansion believed in Buddhism, and were very delicate and unwilling to go out far away. Eight out of ten people came to these temples near Shichahai to worship Buddha.
The incense in Guanghua Temple is the most prosperous, with large-scale buildings and rigorous layouts, carved beams and painted buildings, and magnificent.
There are three rooms on the mountain gate, with a single-eaves hip roof with white stone carved arch door in the middle, and a golden plaque with "Imperially Give Guanghua Temple" hanging on the door.
"Mingcui, if you want to burn incense and worship the Bodhisattva, go and burn incense and worship the Bodhisattva, don't worry about me." Li Luotang came to see the flowers simply.
"Master, I don't believe this either." Mingcui smiled.
"Shh" Li Luotang raised a finger to his lips, "Speak quietly, if you hear it by those monks, you will drive us out."
The Heavenly King Hall has three rooms wide and a single-eaved hip roof. The hall houses the seated statue of Maitreya Buddha and the four Heavenly Kings.
"Master, why do you hold a cloth bag in your hand?" Mingcui asked.
"Maitreya Buddha is called 'Ayidu', and he is a disciple of Sakyamuni. A monk often carries a bag to educate the masses and is well-received by the masses. He said a verse at the time of his death: "Maitreya is truly Maitreya, and it is a hundred and billion clone, and it is always shown to the world, but people in the world do not recognize it." This baggage monk is also the incarnation of Maitreya Buddha, but I never thought that Guanghua Temple would worship his Dharma image."
"Master, who is the Bodhisattva who will not become a Buddha if hell is not empty?"
"That is Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva." Li Luotang thought for a while, "There should be worshipped here."
There is a platform between the Heavenly King Hall and the Great Hall of Great Buddha Hall.
The Great Hall is built on a tall stone base, with five rooms wide and double-eaved hip-tops. The hall houses the statue of the Great Sun Tathagata Buddha.
The Great Sun Tathagata Buddha, also known as Vairocana Buddha, is the Dharmakaya Buddha among the three bodies of the Buddha, the most supreme and noble Buddha in Tantric Buddhism, and the foundation of all Buddhist teachings.
The pilgrims donated this great sun Tathagata Buddha with a golden body.
"Such a huge pile of gold should be worth a lot of money!" Li Luotang said with great confusion.
"I heard that it is nearly one million taels of silver." Mingcui said.
"So much silver is too heavy." Li Luotang said regretfully.
Mingcui blinked his eyes, what does the master mean?
If it is light, are you planning to steal the golden Buddha statue?
The master and servant continued to move forward. The Manjushri Hall is a temple dedicated to Manjushri Bodhisattva, and the Samantabhadra Hall is a temple dedicated to Samantabhadra Bodhisattva.
Manjushri Bodhisattva and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva often appear in pairs. Manjushri rides a lion on the Buddha's left hand, Samantabhadra rides a white elephant on the Buddha's right hand.
After coming out of Samantabhadra Hall, a familiar figure flashed by.
"Liu Li." Li Luotang has a good memory, of course, he mainly saw it the day before yesterday.
How could this woman be here?
"Mingcui, let's follow." Li Luotang said to follow, but there were many people in the temple and I searched for it for a long time but couldn't find it.
"Master, do you want to call someone to come and look for him?" Mingcui asked.
"No, forget it if you can't find it." Li Luotang refused.
The master and servant continued to walk around the temple. The ancient cypresses were lush, the flowers and plants were fragrant, and the winding paths were secluded.
Just as the master and servant were visiting in Guanghua Temple, Gong Jiuxian had already changed her court uniform and entered the palace to face the holy.
Nowadays, the emperor's hair and beard are all white and are already old.
He leaned half on the dragon couch, half squinted his eyes, and was wearing a thin quilt embroidered dragon and phoenix.
"I have seen Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty." Gong Jiuxian bowed.
"Long live, haha, I am only seventy-five years old now, and those rebellious sons can't help but raise an army to force the palace to kill me." The emperor said angrily.
The emperor gave birth to his eldest son, King Yu, at the age of fifteen. The eldest grandson of King Yu had married, and he was afraid that he could not stand the emperor, so he rushed to raise an army.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. King Yu was also urged to make a big mistake. Now King Yu is thinking about his mistakes in the mansion and has written a confession." Gong Jiuxian pulled out the note from his sleeve and presented it with both hands.
The eunuch next to him came forward to take it and presented it to the emperor.
The emperor did not look at it, and signaled the eunuch to put the confession aside and "Get out."
The eunuch saluted and retreated.
The emperor was silent, and Gong Jiuxian stood respectfully.
After a long time, the emperor asked, "There were three wonders at the beginning of the country. Have you heard of them?"
Gong Jiuxian's heart tightened, and she didn't show any of her face. "I've heard of it."
"Xiangqi, the Bingqi disappeared. It is unknown whether there are successors, but Jianqi's inheritance has not been cut off. The incident of the rebellious son forcing the palace alarmed Jianqi, and Jianqi will enter the capital."
The successor of Jianqi is Li Haoyang, the world's number one magic sword, or Li Luotang's father.
After so many years, Li Haoyang has never appeared in the court and is a complete gangster. Why did he come to Beijing at this time?
"Does Your Majesty want me to receive him?" Gong Jiuxian asked.
"Well, don't let him see that ignorant."
"Yes, your Majesty."
The emperor raised his hand and Gong Jiuxian bowed and left the hall.
Li Luotang and Mingcui were stopped by the monk at this time, "Two donors, the Dharma Hall is being repaired, so please ask the two donors to leave."
Li Luotang didn't think much about it. If he didn't let him in, he wouldn't go in.
Chapter completed!