As night fell, Zhu Pingan, Liu Mu, and Liu Dazhou rushed their horses into the Linhuai Marquis’ residence before the curfew.
Meanwhile, the White Cloud Temple in the western part of the capital city was brightly lit, and in stark contrast, the temple gate of the White Cloud Temple was somewhat depressed.
The temple door is empty, only the door frame, but no door, the door frame still has rotten vegetable leaves, fruit eggs and other traces that have not been thoroughly rinsed clean; the temple wall is still left with a line of shallow “Buddha is born from the heart, there is a Buddha in the heart, all things are Buddha; the heart is a cow’s excrement, all things are cow’s excrement,” I don’t know what kind of ink, the monks of Baiyun Temple flushed more than ten years.The monks flushed it more than ten times without completely washing it off.
White Cloud Temple entrance there are two martial arts monks holding a stick and standing, a pair of eyes gleaming, patrolling around, guarding against which during the day “hair dung figure wall” curfew unsuitable guests come again.
After the gate was smashed today, I haven’t had time to replace it yet.
Goddess of Mercy Bodhisattva on the day of the Buddha’s enlightenment day believers offer more than a hundred lamps, in the White Cloud Temple halls for the burning, each hall are several monks sitting on a futon, meditation and chanting sutras.
These brightly lit Buddhist temple staggered distribution in the central axis of the two ends of the Baiyun Temple, the depth of the unfolding, the pavilion heavy, and a number of quadrangle around the pavilion and the pavilion and built, sometimes wide, sometimes narrow, staggered.
In these courtyards, around the dabei pavilion and built around the courtyard is the whole baiyun temple scenery is the best, the most complete place, can be said to be the essence of the whole baiyun temple.
This quadrangle was the place for the residents of the White Cloud Temple to stay, and it was also the place where the White Cloud Temple entertained its honoured guests.
At this moment, the lights in the quadrangle of the Great Compassion Pavilion were brightly lit, and the sound of a cheerful and Zen-like laughter was heard.
In the main room of the courtyard set a table of exquisite and sumptuous vegetarian food, there are six people around the table, which sits in the first place is an official wearing a seventh-grade official uniform, the age of more than forty years old, a long face of righteousness, with a wave of official authority, at this moment is stroking his beard and smiling, let out a burst of cheerful laughter.
This person is the capital city is quite famous positive seventh grade supervision royal inspector Liu Dengwen, Liu royal inspector from the family of officials, or more accurately is born in the royal family, his father to serve as the Liaodong patrol press royal inspector, his uncle is now Changlu salt inspector royal inspector.
The name of the imperial historian Liu is Liu Dengwen, Dengwen two words is his father from the “Dengwen drum”, which is one of the duties of the two capitals to monitor the imperial historian. This shows that his father wanted him to follow in his father’s footsteps.
Liu did not let his father disappointed, at the age of twenty-five in the Xiu Cai, thirty-five years old in the examination, forty years old when the examination was a scholar, at the age of forty years old when the Shuntian supervision of the Imperial Secretary. With the help of his father’s and uncle’s connections, plus Liu’s own efforts, he soon became famous in the circle of the imperial censor.
Liu is good at grasping opportunities, has a keen political intuition, in the capital selective impeachment of a lot of people, and soon became somewhat famous. Now, among the royal historians in the capital, Liu is considered to be one of the famous ones.
Don’t look at the fact that Liu is only a seventh-grade official, but in this capital where a brick can hit two or three sixth-grade officials, he is quite well-known and influential.
Firstly, because Liu is in the capital to monitor the royal historian, the official position is not high, but the power is not small, holding the inspection of the capital camp, supervision of the township, the examination and the martial arts, inspection of the Guanglu, inspection of the warehouse field, inspection of the inner library, the Imperial City, the five cities, the rotation of the Dengwen Drums of the right to enjoy the emperor directly impeachment of lawlessness and incompetent officials of the right; Secondly, it is the Liu’s connections and his personal popularity.
Speaking of which, Liu’s connection with Baiyun Temple began six years ago, when Liu was forty years old and had just become an official in the capital.
The year in the examination, not confused in the year in the scholar, in an official position, said that year Liu is also considered to be the pinnacle of life, but Liu has a regret, that is, eighteen years old to marry his wife, twenty years old concubines, twenty-five years old repudiation of his wife to marry, to the family now more than twenty years, concubines have been three, but no son at his knees, and not even a daughter.
Six years ago, Liu’s wife heard that the Baiyun Temple incense is very strong, and will answer any request, the spirit is very good, so they came to the Baiyun Temple Guanyin Hall Buddha wish.
Once, twice, even in order to show sincerity, the third time in the Baiyun Temple fasting for three days, kneeling in front of the statue of Buddha for three days.
Sincerity is also the spirit, the Liu imperial wife touched the Guanyin, the third time back soon after the Liu imperial wife will be pregnant. Although the son was born half a month premature, but the body bones are not worse than other full-term children, on the contrary, it is also very strong.
As a result, Liu was also associated with Baiyun Temple, and Liu was a regular visitor to Baiyun Temple, and was regarded as a “householder” of Baiyun Temple.
Liu’s wife also often came to Baiyun Temple to pray for the safety of her children.
Last month, Liu’s wife became pregnant again.
This time, Liu came to Baiyun Temple to return her wish.
Sitting next to Liu, is also an official, is also a supervisor, called Wang Dongfang, reputation is not as good as Liu, but the connections are not less than Liu, the two are in the Academy for officials, good relations, often poetry and wine Zaozuo singing, you impeach people when I join a name and so on.
The rest of the four are monks, sitting opposite the Liu Royal Historian is the presiding abbot of the White Cloud Temple master, sitting next to the abbot of the White Cloud Temple is to come to the White Cloud Temple to do the Pufo Dharma meeting of the monk Wenshu master, the rest of the two are the deacon of the White Cloud Temple.
“Heh heh heh, Master Wenshu that ‘Zhu Pingan and dogs are not allowed to enter!’The sign of Lide is good.”Liu Imperialist stroked his beard and said with a slight smile, “That’s the only way to treat Zhu Pingan, a blasphemer of our Buddha, who is full of shouts and killings.”
“Amitabha Buddha, if I don’t go to hell who will go to hell ……It’s just that I didn’t expect to involve Bai Yun Gui Temple, making the poor monk’s heart quite uneasy yet.”The senior monk Master Manjushri chanted the Buddha’s name, folded his hands, and said to the presiding officer of the White Cloud Temple with his face full of eighteen apologies.
“Bodhi has no tree, and the mirror is not a platform. Originally there is nothing, where to stir up dust ……The door is neither here nor there, the filth exists neither here nor there, why should the master be obsessed with this.”The presiding abbot of the White Cloud Temple smiled faintly.
“Good, good, good, it is the poor monk who is obsessed.”The senior monk, Master Manjushri, clasped his hands in Buddhist seals and nodded with a smile.
“Abbot, Master, your Buddhist teachings are profound, but we are unable to endure this anger, in vain, he Zhu Pingan is still a scholar, the imperial family is not strict, and he is shameless, he even allowed a woman to take the lead, and instructed his family slaves to come to our Buddhist holy land to spread wildness, smashing the temple door not to mention, but also painting some foul language on the temple wall and the Maharajah’s temple to insult our temple.”
A deacon of the White Cloud Temple sitting at the bottom of the table said with righteous indignation.
“That’s right, Zhu Pingan is bullying people, relying on his official authority to bully us powerless monks and insulting our Buddha.”Another deacon of the White Cloud Temple was also indignant.
