Chapter 142: Secret Reunion at Ci'en Temple
On the morning of the second day, Zhou Chengye's mood was obviously more refreshing than Luo Xishi, Cui Yimin and others. He first took people to Cheng'en Building, carefully arranged it, and then went to Daci'en Temple, respectfully paying respect to the four masters, and donated a considerable amount of incense money to the temple.
As long as the welcome monks in Dacien Temple are not made of wooden fish, they naturally understand that Zhou Jia Erlang came to the temple to donate every now and then, for the sake of the four monks who came from Shaolin Temple in Songshan.
With the second master of Zhou family, the second master, the Great Ci'en Temple seemed particularly enthusiastic and caring for the four monks who came to meditate, and would definitely not ignore them like other wandering monks.
Among the four monks, two of them have the same seniority as Zeng Qiliang's teacher, with their mage names such as Ga Xiang and Ganan, and the other two have the same seniority as Zeng Qiliang, with their mage names such as Cental and Cental.
For Zhou Chengye, these four monks with Shaolin skills were either one generation higher than him or two generations higher than him, so they were collectively called Master. For example, when he saw the oldest and most advanced Jia Xiang, he would say: "The disciples ordered to come to visit Master Jia Xiang today. I don't know what Master has to do, so I will do my best."
When he saw Jingxin, who was a few years younger than Zeng Qiliang, he would say: "The lay disciple Chengye came to see Master Jingxin today, and asked Master to solve his doubts on martial arts."
In order to cover up his actions, Zhou Chengye often accompanied his mother Chen to Dacien Temple to incense, or to serve his mother. When the incense is over, he naturally has to walk around and stroll around. This time, he goes to the courtyard where the four monks live.
In other places, Zhou Chengye may have to worry about being followed and followed, but in Dacien Temple, there are no such concerns. First, it is because the temple is incense and crowded every day. In addition, there are thousands of temple houses, so it is very difficult to follow and follow. Second, it is because the four monks live outsiders who are easily allowed to enter, and anyone with ill-hearted approach will be noticed by them early.
When he saw Jia Xiang today, Zhou Chengye said that he would take his family and friends to the Qujiangchi area in the afternoon, and he would sleep by the water at night and not return the next day. For safety reasons, Zhou Chengye begs the two masters to go together in order to protect himself and his family's safety.
After listening to it, Jia Xiang told the two juniors Dingxin and Dingyan to go to Qujiangchi to visit in the afternoon. After Zhou Chengye and his friends left safely the next day, they would return to Cheng'en Temple by themselves.
With this layer of secret protection, Zhou Chengye was even more confident.
After seeing the four masters, Zhou Chengye as usual climbed the Great Ci'en Pagoda to enjoy the scenery of Chang'an. This Great Ci'en Pagoda has another name, that is, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.
The Great Ci'en Pagoda was built in the third year of Yonghui of Emperor Gaozong. It was a five-story brick pagoda built in the west pagoda courtyard of Ci'en Temple in order to worship Buddha statues, relics and Sanskrit scriptures brought back from India. During the reign of Wu Ze, a relatively thorough renovation and maintenance was carried out, which made this famous Buddhist pagoda always maintain a solemn and grand momentum.
It is ten stories taller than the seven-story Big Wild Goose Pagoda, a landmark building in Xi'an in later generations. The Ci'en Pagoda, which was repaired by Wu Zetian, is ten stories high!
Generally speaking, nine of the numbers are the highest, and even the emperor is called the Nine Five Supreme rather than the Fifteen Supreme. But this female emperor never follows the ordinary path, and she insists on overwhelming all male emperors and increasing the Ci'en Tower to ten floors.
Zhou Chengye climbed the tower today, but not to express his gratitude to the Queen Zetian, nor to pay homage to the titles left by the Tang Dynasty bulls who had passed the Jinshi period on the inner wall of the Yan Pagoda. Instead, he was waiting for the arrival of several friends.
When he came out of Yicui Pavilion yesterday, Qin Hu reminded Zhou Chengye that someone was secretly spying on him in the Yicui Pavilion, which made Zhou Chengye realize that the few of them had been active in the Yicui Pavilion for too long. He needed to change a safer place for contact connections. After consideration, Zhou Chengye set the location where the four people met in Ci'en Temple.
Soon, Pei Hean, Guo Yuanzhong and Li Ziyan dressed as ordinary pilgrims and entered Ci'en Temple from different directions. After pretending to be around for a while, they climbed the Ci'en Tower and then headed straight to the five floors of the tower.
After the four of them met, they found a secluded corner and stood still, and then started discussing in a low voice.
"Is there any progress or insight in what I gave you yesterday?" Zhou Chengye asked first.
Pei He'an first replied: "After leaving Cheng'en Building yesterday, I contacted and spoke everywhere. Now the news has spread all over the city of Chang'an."
Guo Yuanzhong continued: "I have greeted the friends in the army. From noon today, they will take turns to Chengenlou Town. If they encounter someone who comes to make trouble without knowing their lives, they will definitely stand up for Chengenlou."
Li Ziyan finally said: "I can't hurry what I want to do. Last night, I only had time to learn about the situation of several senior officials in the two counties of Chang'an. Even so, I also found a problem worthy of attention."
When Zhou Chengye heard Li Ziyan say this, he immediately became interested and asked: "What question makes you think is worth paying attention to?"
"I found that the prime minister Li Linfu of the dynasty was deliberately or unintentionally arranging his own people to Chang'an and Wannian counties. Although there were not many people, they were all relatively critical positions. For example, Ji Wen, the newly appointed county magistrate of Wannian, was once a guest at Li Linfu's mansion."
"Ji Wen?" Zhou Chengye's mind flashed, as if he had remembered some records about Li Linfu in later generations.
"Can this Ji Wen be one of the 'Sharp Ji Net'?" Zhou Chengye said to himself.
"What 'Sharp Loji Net'?" The other people asked Zhou Chengye curiously.
Zhou Chengye, who was interrupted by the memory, replied irresponsible: "Well, everyone should pay attention to this Ji Wen in the future and try not to provoke him. This is a very difficult person."
Although the three of them didn't understand why, they secretly remembered Tuesday's advice.
"I've always kept everyone busy all over the place recently. Thank you so much. In order to reward everyone, I decided to hold a grand camping and bonfire party on the deserted beach east of Qujiangchi this evening. Then everyone will have a drunk time and have a long chat all night!"
I heard that there were such fun and interesting things, and the other three people who usually like to make trouble immediately cheered, and none of them refused Zhou Chengye's invitation.
"At that time, if there are any brothers and sisters in your family who are willing to come, I will also bring them with me. Today's food, drink, accommodation and transportation will be included!"
"Okay! That's all! If anyone doesn't go, they will meet again next time, and they will go to school in Ci'en Tower three times!" Guo Yuanzhong screamed excitedly.
Pei He'an said with a sarcasm: "Look at Guo Yuanzhong's virtue, now I can't wait to learn to bark at the dog!"
"Pei He'an, are you looking for a fight? Look at me not to tear your mouth!" Guo Yuanzhong was furious when he heard this, and rushed towards Pei He'an with his teeth and claws.
"Oh... a gentleman doesn't speak, you really dare to hit me!"
Suddenly, the sound of several friends laughing and fighting came from the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.
The time for the few people to meet was actually very short, and they dispersed after they finished their business. The next time they met, it was up to Zhou Chengye to decide. It was not what Guo Yuanzhong thought, but he would be on the Ci'en Tower.
Maybe it is in Jianfu Temple, maybe it is in Qinglong Temple, or maybe it is in Xuandu Temple. In short, it is just irregular and specializes in choosing places with many talks.
After leaving Ci'en Temple, Zhou Chengye came to the West City again and went to several stores to purchase a large number of wood, felt, hooks and ropes for building tents, and purchased some essential daily necessities needed for camping in the wild, leaving a door-to-door delivery address, and then left.
By lunch, the upstairs of Cheng'en in Dongshi had returned to its former prosperous scene. Not only were the guests full of guests, but even the ground floor was full of individual guests.
Because the shopkeeper Chen Guiyun was whipped by a cool man in prison, not only had a scar on his face, but his chest also felt a slight pain. Therefore, Baoshun specially invited the old miracle doctor Sun from the Sun Family Medical Center to treat his grandfather.
The original name of the old genius doctor Sun Qingsheng is Sun Qingsheng. He is a descendant of Sun Simiao, a saint of medicine and a saint of medicine. Although he is a bit wild and unruly by nature, his ability to revive the dead is to learn the true teachings of family learning. Although Old Man Sun is a doctor, he is also a knowledgeable man. He likes to drink and write poems and talk about the past and present with others.
On that day, in order to save his orphan Niannu, Zhou Chengye once pointed at Sun Qingsheng's nose in the clinic, but later he eliminated the anger of the old Sun with a poem. From then on, Sun Qingsheng ran to Chenji Restaurant every once in a while to find Zhou Chengye to drink, and seemed to have a good impression of this young young man.
I don’t know what the playboy like Zhou Chengye said, which actually made the rebellious old Sun’s head look so beautiful that he often talked about it.
After Lao Sun gave Chen Guiyun an external medicine for the treatment of the injury, he went to the seat reserved for him in the front building and sat down. He asked Baoshun to let the kitchen carefully prepare a few side dishes to eat and drink happily.
At this moment, a painful wail suddenly came from the lobby on the ground floor, and then a drunkard shouted in panic: "It's been a death to eat! It's a death to eat!"
As soon as this was said, the restaurant suddenly became panic. A frightened guest hurriedly dropped the cups, bowls and chopsticks in his hands and spit out the food that had not yet been swallowed. A bold guest surrounded the table where the accident happened and saw two drinkers with sallow faces falling to the ground, spitting white foam and twitching all over, and seeing that their breath was broken.
When Guo Yuanzhong's friends who came to the restaurant to have a drink, they stood up and yelled, "What a panic? Our tables are also drinking, why haven't something happened? Even if someone died while drinking, it may not be that the wine in Cheng'enlou is poisonous, otherwise why have you never heard of such a thing before?"
The old miracle doctor Sun, who had already arrived at the table where the accident happened, also echoed loudly: "What the guests said is right. Even if someone really goes bankrupt in Cheng'en Building, is it because the food is poisonous? It still needs to be tested before you can determine it! I am Sun Qingsheng, everyone will make a move and let me test it!" Piaotian, a registered member of the literature, recommended this work
Chapter completed!