Chapter 46
He knew that he was not a gentleman, he could use tricks and was a bit utilitarian in his work. But at the same time, he was also a person who valued friendship, so he regarded Xiang'er, Ye Shu and his sister-in-law as real relatives. Even a little Chunming was treated well by him. As for the people he made friends with, whether it was Qin Qinshou, Shi Shanzhi, or He Zhizhang and Zhang Xu, he was using them, but at the same time he was also repaying them.
He knew that he was an outsider and carefully protected his biggest secret and hid his nature, but inadvertently, he found that his nature was still exposed.
With two lives like him and rich experiences, how could he be content with loneliness?
Not to mention Ye Chang was thinking about what kind of person he was, after Lu Qi left, in order to prevent Ye Chang from turning over, he wandered around and tried his best. At the same time, he also talked about Ye Chang's intention to hold a football game. After all, he was just promoting him to suppress Ye Chang.
This is a prosperous Tang Dynasty that is full of personality, not a gentle, respectful and conservative future generation, so his words and deeds have brought him a lot of reputation. Originally, He Zhizhang and Zhang Xu recommended Ye Chang a lot to create a name for Ye Chang: he was a talented young man, his poems were worried about the common people, and his writings opened a new river. Two or three sentences outside Qinglong Temple forced Yuan Zai to cover his face and escape, which made Ye Chang have a certain impression in Chang'an City. But now, Lu Qi, who was also young and wise, stumped him, forcing him to not be able to hold a football match, so he could only stay at He Zhizhang's mansion to study hard behind closed doors, but it was passed on.
So Lu Qi's reputation was vaguely over Ye Chang.
But for cities like Chang'an, not to mention Ye Chang, Lu Qi is just a third- and fourth-rate person - even Li Bai, whose poems are famous all over the world, is just a second-rate person at this time and here. Therefore, Lu Qi and Ye Chang are used as topics in the small circle of literati. In a larger circle, another thing has attracted everyone's attention.
The day of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva’s enlightenment is coming.
June 19th is the legendary day of Guanyin Bodhisattva's enlightenment. It is rumored that during the Sui Dynasty, a poisonous dragon harmed the people in Chang'an. A monk who lived in seclusion in Mount Wutai, south of Chang'an, subdued him. On June 19th of the following year, the monk passed away and a strange phenomenon appeared in the air. It was originally the manifestation of Guanyin Bodhisattva. This rumor was widely circulated in Chang'an City, so June 19th was recognized as the day when Guanyin Bodhisattva's enlightenment was completed. In the temples in the city, there were no need to welcome the veterinarians and hold Buddhist rituals. Although the Great Tang Dynasty reigned the Tao and suppressed the Buddha, it was not the time of Wuzong to destroy the Buddha. Therefore, the Buddhist rituals and Dharma Assembly of various temples had long been in preparation.
"Honor He, today the day of Guanyin Bodhisattva's Way is coming to the beginning of my life. I want to go to Qinglong Temple to pray for my brother, so I also ask Mr. He to allow him." Early this morning, Ye Chang told He Zhizhang.
"Ah..." This is a serious matter. He Zhizhang has thousands of reasons, but there is no reason to stop Ye Chang from praying for his brother's blessing. Therefore, he pondered for a moment: "It just so I have nothing to do, so I will accompany you to this time."
Ye Chang was a little embarrassed: "Honor He, my brother is not blessed, but he can't be like this."
"Don't worry, I'm just walking around the temple." He Zhizhang smiled when he stroked his beard.
Ye Chang had no choice but to agree. He Zhizhang also invited some guests, including Zhang Xu, Yan Zhenqing, etc., and asked someone to prepare wine. Obviously, after the ritual, he would be drunk again.
Qinglong Temple is a famous place in Chang'an City. It was originally Guanyin Temple, so Buddhist rituals are the most prosperous. When everyone came, they found that there were crowds around Qinglong Temple, and there were countless people.
"It's really lively. There are more people here to worship Buddha this year than in previous years." As soon as he saw this, He Zhizhang was a little happy. When others got old, they liked to be lively: "Thirty years ago, during the Jingyun period, the name of Qinglong Temple was still Guanyin Temple - do you know whether the name of this temple originated?"
"Please please let Mr. He explain his confusion for us." Someone said with a smile.
"This temple was originally the Inspiration Temple of the previous dynasty. In the second year of Longshuo, Princess Chengyang was seriously ill. Suzhou monk Falang came here to recite the "Guanyin Sutra" for the princess and prayed for blessings. So the temple was renamed Guanyin Temple." He Zhizhang admired Taoism the most, but he also read this Buddhist allusion: "Since this year, this temple has been incense, but it has not been lively this year before."
"I heard that the monks in Qinglong Temple had great Buddhist affairs, so they wanted to let monks and laymen enjoy each other and appreciate each other with the noble and humble." Someone interrupted.
"Great Buddha's affairs? What kind of big Buddha's affairs?" He Zhizhang said strangely.
"Well, when it comes to Guanyin Bodhisattva... Mr. He, I don't understand something, why don't you avoid Emperor Taizong's taboo?" Ye Chang interrupted at this time and beat him up as a question that he dared to He Zhizhang.
He didn't want He Zhizhang to break the casserole pattern to the end.
"The taboo of Emperor Taizong..." This question made He Zhizhang stunned, and then thought for a while: "I remember Emperor Taizong only had two words connected with the taboo, and one word alone, so there was no need to avoid it."
Guanyin was originally called Guanyin, but later changed to Guanyin. Many people thought it was to avoid the taboo of Emperor Taizong of Tang Li Shimin. In fact, Li Shimin was very generous to this. He only asked the people to avoid the word "Shimin" and read it in a single word "Shi" or "Min", and did not avoid it when he was alive. This matter was a bit far away. Ye Chang brought the topic to the time of Emperor Taizong, and He Zhizhang forgot to ask the monks in Qinglong Temple about the great Buddhist affairs.
They went to Qinglong Temple to worship Buddha. After the ceremony, it had been half an hour. Although they avoided noon, the weather was still very hot, so everyone was sweating profusely. He Zhizhang was not aware of it, but Ye Chang, Yan Zhenqing and others couldn't stand it. Everyone discussed it for a while, and then took a cool off in the shade of the temple to cool down the summer.
The location of Qinglong Temple is Leyouyuan, which is a relatively remote location in Chang'an City. However, because it is leaning against Yanxingmen, there are many people coming and going to the temple, and many people come to worship. Everyone sat for a while and saw someone coming over. Ye Chang looked at it and found that it was Li Feng and others.
This time, there were more literati and Confucian scholars following Li Feng. Many of them were holding folding fans in their hands, shaking them three times in one step. They were the ones who passed the undergraduate degree. When Ye Chang saw the folding fans in their hands, he couldn't help but smile: Most of the folding fans in their hands were gifted by Qin Qinshou, but they are now celebrities in Chang'an City. Now they come out, they are all live advertisements!
The better the advertising effect, the more folding fan is sold, the more capital Qinshou will have. If he needs it, he will not make things difficult for him to borrow three to five hundred coins.
Thinking of this, with a "trumpet" sound in his hand, he also opened the folding fan in his hand.
He looked at Li Yun and his party and laughed, but someone in Li Yun and his party was gritting his teeth.
It's Yuanzai.
After returning home in a mess last time by Ye Chang's words, Yuan Zai was very restrained for a few days, but later Lu Qi stumped Ye Chang and made the football match that Ye Chang wanted to hold could not be held, which made Yuan Zai feel extremely relieved. Therefore, he followed him again today, just to see Ye Chang's dejected appearance.
He is still white now and has a folding fan in his hand, but the folding fan around him looks obviously higher-end, and what he holds is just ordinary goods. But at this time, Ye Chang is holding a hand made by Qin Qinshou, and the poems and paintings on it are written by famous artists, and the characters are simply written by Zhang Xu. Yuan Zai is so extravagant that he can't stand others having good things, so after seeing them, his eyes suddenly bulged.
Ye Chang was chuckling with a slight chuckling, and he also regarded it as mocking him.
"Hey, isn't this a martial arts Ye Chang? You are just a white man, and you have three generations of ancestors, and you don't even have an official body. You dare to hold the Right Army fan?" Yuan Zai spoke first. Today, in addition to watching Ye Chang's fun, he also has another purpose, which is to regain his reputation, so he naturally cannot leave the opportunity to beat the dog in the water to others.
Ye Chang didn't notice him at first, but now he realized that this guy was also mingling among the crowd. Hearing his words, Ye Chang was arrogant and disrespectful: "Although my ancestors had no one in the three generations, they went back to the beginning and were descended from Emperor Zhuanxu and the Sima of the Left Chu. Ye Gong was the beginning of his surname - I don't know what surname your ancestor was, what surname your father was, and what surname he was himself?"
As soon as this sentence was spoken, those who didn't know were inexplicable and felt that Ye Chang was a little rude. The people who knew couldn't help but cover their mouths. Looking at Yuan Zai's expressions, they looked different. Several people who stood close to him were all busy standing a little farther, as if they were afraid that something bad came from Yuan Zai.
Yuan Zai's face was no different from Lu Qi's indigo face.
He was upset in his heart why he spoke quickly and mentioned Ye Chang's ancestors. Not only should he not mention it, but even if someone else mentioned it, he should also think of a way to change the topic. The reason is very simple. Yuan Zai's father was originally surnamed Jing, and he presided over Tian Zu in Fufeng County for Prince Ming of Cao, and then the surname was Yuan!
Although Yuan Zai's father became a minister with the relationship between King Cao, he was eventually a man who changed his surname and abandoned his sect. He said that Ye Chang was actually causing his own humiliation!
What Yuan Zai couldn't understand was that the affairs in his family were very secret, so how did Ye Chang know about it?
Yuan Zai was a little creepy. He suddenly realized that some of his situations seemed to be completely under Ye Chang's control. What he learned was Taoism, his family background, and even his inner thoughts.
Whispers came from around him. Yuan Zai understood that it was an insider who was spreading the fact that his father changed his surname to Yizong, and the matter would soon spread. At that time, Yuan Zai had to find a way to explain to the person who questioned why his father changed his surname to Yizong.
He retreated back to the crowd, and no one who followed Li Feng came out to question Ye Chang's folding fan. In their minds, Ye Chang's temperament of hiding needles in his cotton was solid, and whoever was full and could provoke him again.
Of course, there are also people who are full, such as Lu Qi. But Lu Qi has the upper hand at this time, and he needs to see Ye Chang's jokes, rather than being a joke by himself.
The Buddhist activities were very lively. After a moment of rest, He Zhizhang was excited to watch everywhere, and he had to take these scholars and scholars around him to recite poems and lyrics. Ye Chang was silent and never said a word. Lu Qi secretly observed him, feeling that his silence seemed to have a different meaning.
Yuan Zai was not good at poetry, but at least he recited a poem. When everyone climbed the Qinglong Temple pagoda and looked at the west wall of Chang'an City in the distance, a red sun hung on the city wall, Yuan Zai felt that his last chance had come.
"Ye Chang, I heard you have two poems, one is a poem about bamboo and the other is a poem about Fenglingdu?" He spoke loudly among the crowd. Everyone knew that there was another excitement to watch, and they all calmed down.
Ye Chang tilted his head and looked at Yuan Zai, with a little strange look.
When Lu Qi noticed this strange thing, he was very curious: Why did Ye Chang's eyes actually have a bit of pity?
When Yuan Zai saw Ye Chang not speaking, he smiled and said, "It can be seen that Ye Chang, you don't know how to write poetry, but today, you don't mention a word when you climb high and enjoy the cool air. Could it be that you are like Jiang Lang, and your writing is collected by others, so you don't say a word?"
If it was just to say this, it would be just a sarcasm, but Yuan Zai immediately said: "Or, Ye Chang, you have no literary talent at all. Those two poems were originally plagiarized?"
Everyone was excited: ** is here!
After being stabbed by Ye Changmian for a moment, Yuan Zai must be prepared for a comeback this time. At this time, if Ye Chang writes a poem, he will provoke people to criticize him for his bad comments. If Ye Chang doesn't write it, he will condemn the name of plagiarism before!
Yuan Zai analyzed the two "Ye Chang's poems" that had been circulated before, and felt that even if those two were written by him, Ye Chang was just clever in his intentions and actually his poetry was not very talented, so he dared to launch this attack - among the people around him, there were quite a few sarcastic and harsh tongues.
"Those two poems were indeed copied by someone, and I said at the beginning that I just copied the results from my dreams. How could a commoner understand any poem?" Ye Chang replied calmly.
"Haha, it turns out that I copied it, but Ye Chang, when you copied the poem, you only remember to copy the poem, but forgot to copy the author!" Yuan Zai sneered: "Is it possible that you still have a choice when copying it? Also, why did you copy the poem in your dream? Why didn't you copy more poems in your dream? You can use it at this time!"
Ye Chang also smiled: "Who said I couldn't copy a few more poems in my dream?"
"Oh? Then why don't you say it?"
"After speaking out, I'm afraid I'll be disappointed to everyone's interest."
"Haha, don't worry, no matter how bad the poems you copied, everyone will only be more interested." Yuan Zai was even more happy.
Even if Ye Chang's poem is copied from "Dream", the halo that covers Ye Chang's head will fade away now. He Zhizhang, Zhang Xu and others will not praise him so much. Yuan Zai is no longer thinking of asking for fame for himself, but trying to destroy Ye Chang's reputation: Since you have made me lose my reputation, don't blame me for ruining your reputation.
Ye Chang looked at him again and spoke.
"The lonely bird has disappeared in the sky, and it has been destroyed forever. See what career the Han family has, and the autumn wind has risen in the five tombs."
Everyone was shocked. Although this seven-character quatrain was not awesome, it was considered a fair rule, at least better than what they just recited.
Before everyone could stop, Ye Chang said again: "It is incompetent to be ignorant in the Qing Dynasty. I love the lonely clouds and quiet monks. I want to take a command of the river and sea to enjoy the pleasure of visiting the Zhaoling Mausoleum."
Everyone was stunned again. This song was better than the other one, especially the sentence "I love the lonely clouds and the quiet and love the monks". When I take quiet in this trouble, I really make people have a thought of being out of the world!
Chapter completed!