The first stop of Wu Haogu's journey east was Nanjing Yingtian Prefecture, not Nanjing on the Yangtze River in later generations, but on the edge of Kaifeng Prefecture, probably in the Shangqiu area in later generations.

They walked very slowly along the way. They only took more than 200 miles from Kaifeng Prefecture to Yingtian Prefecture, but they walked for five days before they arrived.

The reason why he walked so slowly was that Wu Haogu invited the old Japanese monk Jie Jue and the Wutai Mountain bureaucratic monk Lu Zhishen to go with him. Lu Zhishen had nothing. He was strong and could ride a horse. He really had to rush his way to the road. He arrived in more than 200 miles a day and a night.

But Mr. Jiejue was not good at all. He was old and could not ride a horse, so he had to ride a mule cart sent by Daxiangguo Temple to walk slowly.

Moreover, the old monk saw Daoheng. Whenever he went to a restaurant (Jie Jue and Lu Zhishen were both officials and were ordered to travel east, so he naturally received a post ticket and could stay in the restaurant for free. Wu Haogu and others would hang out in the name of the old monk everywhere), and would attract several passers-by officials to explore Buddhism. Sometimes, officials who came out of Beijing to take the initiative to accompany him and talked with the old monk along the way.

However, this also made it convenient for Wu Haogu. With officials as his companion, the tax cards along the way were released all the way until he entered Yingtian Prefecture City, and he did not pay a penny of tax.

Yingtian Prefecture was originally named Songzhou. Before Zhao Kuangyin usurped the throne, he was the chief inspector of the palace and the governor of the Guide Army of Songzhou. The name of the Song Dynasty came from this, and Songzhou became the "land of dragon development" of the Song Dynasty and was upgraded to Yingtian Prefecture. In the seventh year of Dazhong Xiangfu of Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty, Yingtian Prefecture was upgraded to Nanjing again, and the main palace was built here. The city was repeatedly expanded and turned into a big city with a scale of no less than that of Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo.

However, the population of Yingtian Prefecture is far less than that of Kaifeng Prefecture. Even after entering the prefecture city, there is still a sense of emptiness.

After entering Yingtian Prefecture City, Wu Haogu and others found the inn in Yingtian Prefecture. Before entering the door, they saw a man with white face and long beards, wearing brocade robe and looking like a rich businessman strode forward, and when he arrived at the old monk, he bowed and bowed.

"Buddhist disciple Wu Zhi, come to see Master Jiejue."

The old monk Jue returned a bow and said, "Please get up quickly, donor."

The man who claimed to be "Wu Zhi" bowed again and then stood up and said respectfully: "I met the Bodhisattva in my dream yesterday and said that I had met an Arhat today. I don't want to really see the master in Yingtian Mansion."

The old monk Jiejue seemed to have been used to this kind of worship by believers for a long time, and just smiled and said, "Does the donor recognize the old monk? The old monk Xiang has not been out to walk for more than ten years."

"Disciple has been to Mount Wutai," said Wu Zhidao Renren, "I was fortunate to hear the monk talk about Buddhist principles in Zhenrongyuan.

I wonder why the master arrived at Yingtian Mansion? But he traveled here?"

"The old monk practiced in Mount Wutai for many years and luckily realized some Buddhist principles and wanted to pass them back to Japan to save the people of Japan."

"That's a great achievement."

After hearing this, Wu Zhi took his head back and bowed, and muttered a word, "No wonder the Bodhisattva said that you can see the arhat today. It turns out that Master Jiejue wants to achieve the arhat fruit. I have to see the arhat today. This is really a blessing I have cultivated in my previous life!"

As he was talking, the great official Wu Zhi actually started to cry and looked extremely pious.

Regarding Buddhism, Wu Haogu is just skeptical (he was originally a theory of immortality, but when he encountered such things as soul traveling through time, he was a little convinced, but he didn't know which one was a true immortal). He also met many more devout Buddhist disciples in Kaifeng Prefecture. However, it is rare for the person in front of him to cry when he saw an old monk.

This rare person can be seen at first sight, but it will be bad if it is endless. Thinking of this, Wu Haogu winked at Monk Fu, who was supporting the old monk.

Monk Fu immediately understood and said, "It's getting late, so let the mage enter the museum to rest first."

The great official Wu Zhi immediately stood up and said to the old monk: "I shouldn't delay the master's practice, but the Buddhist disciples still have a reluctant request, and I hope the master will fulfill it."

"Oh," the old monk smiled, "Tell me, donor."

"The Buddhist disciples know that the vegetarian food in Guanyin Zen Temple next to Nanda Lake is the best in Nanjing. The Buddhist disciples want to place a seat there, so please enjoy it."

"Okay," the old monk did not refuse, "When the old monk settled, he went to Guanyin Zen Temple."

"Then the Buddhist disciple went to make arrangements."

Wu Zhidao Ren bowed and left in a hurry, without saying a word to Wu Haogu from beginning to end.

Wu Haogu only thought he was a Buddhist disciple who believed in Buddhism and was obsessed with it. He never thought that this person was the second leader under Song Jiang, the black sandwicher of Xiaoyi in Yun, Ji and Pu Sanzhou, and the second leader of Zhiduoxing Wu Yong.

He was ordered by Song Jiang to pretend to be a Buddhist disciple and approach Wu Haogu. He wanted to find out the details so that he could start with it.

Just when Wu Yong went to Guanyin Zen Temple to prepare for the vegetarian food, Wu Haogu and others had already opened a room in the inn in Yingtian Mansion with the post ticket and put down their luggage. Since it was still early, monk Jiejue and Lu Zhishen did not go out, but asked monk Fu to invite Wu Haogu and Pan Qiaolian to taste tea and chat together.

As soon as Wu Haogu and Pan Qiaolian entered the door, they heard Lu Zhishen talking about the "Wu Zhidao official".

The monk said: "There are few Buddhist disciples like Wu Daguan in the Song Dynasty, but there are many Liao Kingdoms."

"Liao Kingdom?" Wu Haogu was following Monk Fu at this time, "Master Zhishen still knows about the Liao Kingdom?"

"How come you don't know?" Lu Zhishen stood up and greeted Wu Haogu and Pan Qiaolian, and then asked them to sit down, "Sha family has been to Liao Kingdom."

"Have you been to Liao Kingdom?" Wu Haoguqi said, "Is it easy to go?"

"It's easy," Lu Zhishen smiled, "Wutai Mountain is close to the boundary of Liao Kingdom, and the Liao people worship Buddha far better than our dynasty. Any monks pass by, and there are unobstructed access to the checkpoints. When they arrive in Liao Kingdom, there will be temples and Buddhist disciples to entertain you."

"oh."

Wu Haogu vaguely remembers who gave the Liao Kingdom the definition of the demise of the Jin Kingdom, "Liao was abolished by Buddhism, and Jin was abolished by Confucianism." "Shi" means Buddhism, and the great Liao Kingdom means that the belief in Buddhism is abolished by belief...

"Now there are frequent police in the northern border. Will the Liao people not raise troops to go south, right?" Pan Qiaolian was not very interested in Liao Buddhism, but she was very concerned about the conflict between Song and Liao. Because her brother Pan Xiao'an was the commander of the Japanese army. If the war between Song and Liao started, it would really be on the battlefield!

"No." Lu Zhishen said affirmatively, "Now the Khitans believe in Buddhism and do good deeds. There are many Buddhist temples in the five capitals, and there are many monks. It is no longer as fierce as before. How can you go south?

By the way, Wu Dalang, you are very good at photo art. If you can write a few pictures for Master Jie Jue, and find an opportunity to bring them to Liao Kingdom and give them to them, you will definitely get a lot of rewards. If you want to do business in Liao Kingdom, it will be much easier."

It turns out that Master Jiejue not only has many believers in the Song Dynasty, but also in the Liao Dynasty. Buddhist disciples all know that spreading the Dharma is a great achievement. The old monk Jiejue went to China to seek the Dharma and passed it on to Japan, and could attain the Arhat fruit.

If Wu Haogu painted a portrait of him and the old monk passed away in the future, this would not be the "Photo Album of the Monk of Jue Jue", but the "True Collection of the True Collection of the Arhats". For those great nobles in Liao who believed in Buddhism and were fascinated by the belief in Buddhism, a "True Picture of the Arhats" that was exactly the same as the real person, it would be a priceless treasure, which was even more precious than the original works of Wu Daozi!

After hearing Lu Zhishen's words, the old monk laughed and said, "Master Wu, please draw a few papers for the old monk and ask the old monk to take them back to Japan."

Wu Haogu also thought that this was good to pay attention. He didn't take the rewards from the great nobles of the Liao Kingdom seriously, but it was also good to be able to build a relationship.
Chapter completed!