Zhang Ruohao felt anger in his heart. How could he not know that Cui Yuan used a knife to kill someone? When the Uighurs were still a hundred miles away from Kaiyang County, the court received a letter from Feige from the governor of Kaiyang, Wei Kuan. That night, the cabinet held an emergency meeting to decide to send more reinforcements, but Cui Qinggong arrived three days later. Cui Yuan's intentions were self-evident.

But he didn't want to reveal it in front of Zhang Huan. He changed the topic and said with a smile: "I said why Shibalang arrived today? It turned out that he was going to Longyou. What interesting things did you encounter in Longyou? Why do you want to tell me about it!"

"There are no interesting things, but there are a few thrilling things, but now I think about it, it can only be called "no danger." As he said that, Zhang Huan talked about how they saved Mrs. Wei, and later saved Wei Qing in detail.

Zhang Ruohao smiled and said, "In this way, the Wei family is really grateful to you. Not bad! Not bad! He is brave and resourceful, what happened later? How can you escape the pursuit of the Uighur scout?"

Zhang Huan smiled and continued, "We set up a suspicion array and asked the Uighur scouts to chase eastward, but in fact we fled westward. At dawn, we fled to a mountain. Now I know it is called Ma'anling."

"Ma'anling?" Zhang Ruohao seemed to have heard this name. He raised his head and thought for a moment, his face gradually became serious. He stared at Zhang Huan and said, "Switch on!"

"Then in order to avoid the search of the Uighur scouts, we went to Ma'anling. When we were down the mountain, we accidentally discovered the Uighur army's logistics grain camp hidden in the mountain bay. Later, I dived into the grain camp and burned them with a fire."

Speaking of this, Zhang Huan remembered the rumors in the restaurant, "General Cui singlely entered the Uighurs' food and grass, burning 200,000 stones of military rations." He smiled faintly and said, "Later we went to the Tang military camp to report the news, Cui Qinggong met us!"

"It's true!" Zhang Ruohao couldn't help but sneer, "The boy of the Cui family has a trick of doing evil, but he has never heard of him being able to do a serious matter. I also talked about this with Pei Xiangguo in the morning. We all thought it would be not that simple. It turned out that he had taken the credit from my Zhang family."

He looked up and stared at Zhang Huan with bright eyes, "I'm taking the blame! Shibalang wants me to get justice for you?"

"No!" Zhang Huan picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said with a smile: "I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing, what do the head of the family think?"

Zhang Ruohao was stunned. He then reacted and smiled knowingly. He pondered for a moment, and then asked Zhang Huan again: "Tell Cui Qinggong, are you a child of the Zhang family?"

Zhang Huan smiled faintly, "He didn't ask us our name at all!"

Zhang Huan suddenly thought of Liu Yuanqing, and he hesitated and said, "Cui Qinggong sent Liu Yuanqing to escort us into Beijing. I saw that he wanted to kill someone to silence him, but when Liu Yuanqing heard that I was a child of the Zhang family, he let us go. Only this matter made me puzzled."

"Liu Yuanqing?" Zhang Ruohao was a little surprised. He knew that Liu Yuanqing was one of Cui Qinggong's three powerful generals. He was Cui Qinggong's confidant and was willing to let Zhang Huan go. This made him difficult to understand. Zhang Ruohao took two steps and he suddenly remembered something, "Is it because of him!"

Zhang Ruohao sneered coldly. It seemed that there was still many people who wanted to deal with Cui Yuan. He sat down and patted Zhang Huan's back of his hand gently. A sly smile flashed in his eyes, "You are right. Since Cui Xiong wants to take the initiative, let him go and let him climb higher the better. I will not stand by and watch this matter. You can just prepare for the imperial examination with peace of mind."

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The climate this year is abnormal. It is already late in December. Chang'an City should be a season of snow-covered silver and snowy, but these days it is bright sunny, making people feel warm all over, as if in mid-spring, several wax plum trees in the yard were deceived and bloomed with delicate petals.

Zhang Huan and others booked a separate courtyard, which was very quiet. Everyone had their own room to study quietly. Early in the morning, Lin Zhi's silly reading sound came from the yard. He had failed the exam once last year, and the pressure this year was particularly heavy. If his wife could give birth to Lin's son and he would be in high school in Jinbang, the Lin family would be happy. So it has been six or seven days since he came to Chang'an. He studied behind closed doors every day, and even his younger brother Lin Zhibing, who was serving in the military in Chang'an, did not visit him.

It was warm today and it was another auspicious day for going out. Zhao Yan decided to take Lin Qiaoqiao to Ci'en Temple to fulfill his wish for his mother. The couple packed up their things early in the morning. As soon as they left the house, they saw Zhang Huan coming back from outside. Zhao Yan immediately pulled him aside and laughed in a low voice: "To be honest, did you not return overnight last night, so where did you go to fool?"

Zhang Huan punched him casually and scolded, "Do you think I am Zheng Qingming? You are still sleeping soundly when I get up!"

"Just just kidding you!"

Zhao Yan pointed to the carriageway he had just hired: "Qiaoqiao and I are going to Ci'en Temple to fulfill our wishes. Do you want to go to get sick together?"

Zhang Huan thought that he was free, so he nodded happily, "Okay, there is the remains of Master Xuanzang in Ci'en Temple, let's go and have a look!"

At this time, Zheng Qingming was walking along the wall sneakily. When he looked up, he saw Zhang Huan and Zhao Yanzheng standing at the door. He turned around and left, but Zhang Huan glanced at him, stepped forward and grabbed his shoulder and smiled, "Didn't you say you were tired all the way? Why did you get up so early?"

Zheng Qingming's face turned red and could not speak for a long time. Zhang Huan stopped talking. He smiled and said, "We are about to go to Ci'en Temple to burn incense, so you can go together!" After that, regardless of whether Zheng Qingming was willing or not, he forced him to head to Ci'en Temple.

Ci'en Temple is located in Zhaoguofang, Wannian County, Chang'an. It was built in the ninth year of Kaihuang in the Sui Dynasty. It was originally named Wulu Temple. In the 22nd year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, the crown prince Li Zhi recommended Mingfu to his mother, Empress Wende and expanded it into Daci'en Temple. Later, Xuanzang was ordered to move from Hongfu Temple to this temple as a superior and preside over the sutras. This temple became the ancestral home of the Buddhist Dharma Xiang Sect.

Although it was still early, the vicinity of Ci'en Temple was already quite lively. Most of them came to pay homage to the scholars who came to pay homage to the title of the Yan Pagoda. This is the unique honor of the new Jinshi. That is, the new Jinshi wrote his own name and genealogy on the pagoda, which was famous for generations. Zheng Qingming stared blankly. He had heard of the name of the Yan Pagoda for a long time, and before he knew it, he rushed in with the scholars.

Zhang Huan didn't stop him, and brought him here just to calm him down. Seeing the Big Wild Goose Pagoda could also stimulate him to move forward. He and Zhao Yan looked at each other and continued to walk towards Ci'en Temple.

Compared to the lively atmosphere of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the Ci'en Temple is very quiet. There is only a gorgeous carriage parked at the gate. More than a dozen families are waiting listlessly at the door. It seems that some wealthy families are coming to burn incense today.

The three of them walked into the yard, and a soothing and pleasant chanting sound came from a distance, which made people feel at ease. At this time, a monk hurriedly stepped forward and clasped his hands and bowed, "Are the three pilgrims coming to worship Buddha?"

Zhao Yanyi clasped his hands and replied: "Two years ago, my mother made a wish in front of the Buddha in Ci'en Temple. Today, my wife and I came to fulfill our wish for my mother. Can Master take us to the Main Hall?"

The monk Zhike hesitated for a moment. He looked back at the hall and said with some embarrassment: "Now there are distinguished guests in the hall burning incense. The three of you will go to the guest room and wait for a while. How about preparing some homework first?"

Lin Qiaoqiao nodded in agreement, but Zhang Huan next to her smiled and said, "You guys go! I'll walk around."

Ci'en Temple is known as the first temple in Chang'an. It is said that the most monks were during the Yonghui period, with a population of 3,000 people. There were five extra-large iron pots for cooking. However, since the late Kaiyuan period, Emperor Ming of Tang, Li Longji, promoted Taoism to weaken the power of Buddhism, and Ci'en Temple gradually went downhill. Even so, Ci'en Temple was large in scale, with nearly a thousand monks, layered with Buddhist temples and temples. After walking a few times, it made people unable to distinguish between the east, south, west and north.

Zhang Huan was no exception. After visiting the statue of Wei Tuo, he got lost. After walking around for a few times, he actually arrived at Guanyin Temple.

The yard was very quiet, with only a little novice monk sweeping the fallen leaves on the floor. When he saw Zhang Huan come in, he hurriedly put his hands together and bowed. Zhang Huan nodded to him and stepped into the high hurdle.

The statue of Guanyin in Ci'en Temple is very famous. It is carved with a piece of white jade. The master holds a clean bottle with one hand and carries the fish blue with the other. The treasure looks solemn and lifelike, making people unable to resist the urge to worship at first sight.

Two middle-aged peasant women kneeling in front of Guanyin statue were praying devoutly, Zhang Huan also knelt down quietly, put his hands together and recited silently: "Great compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva, please protect my mother from being safe in Taiyuan. Please protect my disciples from this year's imperial examination list!"

While praying, a man's harp came from the yard, "No! Miss Cui wants to burn incense and ask the people inside to come out immediately!"

Then a gentle voice came, "Young Master Chu, if you come first and then arrive, what's the point of let's wait for a moment?"

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Chapter completed!