The next day, Luan Jia set out in great force, accompanied by his concubine and brother Shu Wuluan.
Because we set off early, it was not yet Chen hour when we arrived at Xiangguo Temple.
At this moment, the temple door was wide open, and monks were coming in and out, busy carrying water to water the garden.
At this time, a novice monk saw Luan Jia and his entourage stopping at the gate of the temple, hurriedly put down the bucket and ran into the temple.
Not long after, the old abbot led a group of monks to greet him respectfully out of the temple gate, "Amitabha, I didn't know that the monarch came to our temple, and I missed you from a distance. Please forgive me!"
After saying this, everyone put their hands together and bowed their heads.
The waiter helped the monarch down the stairs and slowly climbed up the stone steps. He raised his hand and said, "Master, please excuse me. I just made a temporary decision to go to the temple to pray for blessings and rain, and I am afraid of disturbing the quiet place of Buddhism."
"Amitabha! Your Majesty cares about the common people. Our Buddha is merciful and will surely pray for nectar for Your Majesty. Please, Your Majesty." After saying this, the old abbot respectfully gave way to the way and raised his hand to say "please".
The monarch and his concubine stepped into the temple gate.
Geshu Wuluan immediately dispatched palace guards to station outside the temple, firstly, to stop the people going to incense to prevent disturbance, and secondly, to prevent assassins from breaking in.
Then, he personally led some palace guards into the temple to escort him.
This Xiangguo Temple was built not long ago in the previous dynasty. What you can see is a patchwork of red walls and blue tiles, and majestic temples.
Waves of sandalwood drifted out from the huge incense burner, slowly forming green smoke that washed away, and finally slowly dissipated into the air.
Looking up at the monarch and his empress entering the Heavenly King's Palace to offer incense, Ge Shu Wuluan had no choice but to stop and wait outside the palace. At the same time, his thoughts drifted elsewhere.
A few days ago, the monarch suddenly made a decree to announce to the world that he would depose Princess Jiule from her title and demote her to a commoner.
The decree caused an uproar inside and outside the royal city for a while, and the matter became a hot topic among the people after dinner, and there were different opinions.
However, they all revolve around the reasons why the marriage between the royal family and the courtiers failed.
Some people say that the monarch deliberately granted marriage and then demoted his own daughter to ridicule and intimidate the great Sikou who was not worthy of marrying the royal family.
Some people also say that Princess Jiule is a stone girl and cannot marry a man at all. She has no choice but to give her the marriage decree, and the monarch is hindered by the royal family's face, so he made this move.
These rumors not only slandered Princess Jingle, but also made the great minister Kou Pei'an embarrassed, because regardless of whether the rumors were true or false, it was a fact that the marriage was not successful.
But who knows what the truth is
That night, she ordered Lei to go out of the palace to settle Princess Jiu Le. Lei came to report that night, and Princess Jiu Le actually joined a nunnery on the outskirts of the city.
The next day, she left the palace and went to the nunnery to visit her. As soon as she arrived at the nunnery door, she bumped into the eldest prince who stepped out of the nunnery door.
"Why do you dare to come! Isn't it because you think she has been harmed enough?" He asked with a choked and angry voice that covered his face.
Looking at the man's sad eyes filled with mist, she was speechless for a moment.
It's not that she didn't guess the reasons for Princess Jiale's various emotions every time she faced her and her recent sudden actions, but she just couldn't believe it!
It's unbelievable that Princess Jiule has... a different kind of affection for her.
"Do you know? You are a disaster! You have confused one after another, and harmed one after another. Brother Wang, Sister Wang, is it your turn next..." His words were as sharp as a knife, with hatred and passion in his eyes. It was extremely contradictory, and the last word 'I' lingered on the edge of my tongue and was not uttered in the end.
At that moment, she saw his emotions in her eyes, and the meaning of his words shocked her heart. She could not digest it for a long time. She didn't even know when the man left. She just stood outside the nunnery in a daze for a long time. Finally, hesitating After several times, I still took back my steps to enter the nunnery...
"Luan'er, Luan'er..." A few soft calls brought the woman back from her distant thoughts.
Brother Shu Wuluan was agitated and came back to his senses, only to see the concubine standing in front of her.
"What's wrong with you?" the concubine asked softly, holding the silk handkerchief and hurriedly wiping the sweat on her forehead.
Such a loving gesture made her feel warm in her heart, and she lied: "Luan'er is just worried about the drought among the people."
After hearing the woman's answer, the concubine smiled softly and explained: "The king sincerely takes a bath and fasts to pray for rain. With the blessing of the gods and Buddhas, it will be a matter of time for the rain to fall. Luan'er does not need to worry."
Ge Shu Wuluan nodded and responded softly: "Yes."
"Let's go, it's time for us to return to the palace."
Hearing this, he noticed that the monarch had taken the lead down the steps of the hall, and Ge Shu Wuluan hurriedly followed behind the concubine.
In the temple, there are towering ancient trees, lush branches and green shade.
A Buddhist bell was elevated in the bell tower. At this time, only the long and deep sound of the bell was heard.
Looking up with raised eyebrows, the quaint and eye-catching bell tower stands among the greenery, shaded by greenery and mottled with shadows.
A thick bodhi tree is planted in front of the bell tower. The crown of the tree has always been resistant to heat and loves heat. At this time, it has lush branches and leaves, and the green trees provide shade.
Under the tree stood a wooden table, with the Four Treasures of the Study on it, bamboo tubes and wooden sticks, and a young man wearing a half-mask sitting quietly behind the table.
I saw that he was dressed in monk's robes, with a full head of black hair tied up high with bamboo hairpins. He looked like a man with hair and a spiritual practice. Looking from a distance, he looked like a Taoist monk with the wisdom of Buddha enlightenment.
It seems that this table is set up for the purpose of asking for fortune-telling and interpretation of fortune-telling.
While Geshu Wuluan was making vague guesses, the monarch had already strolled towards the tree.
A dark shadow blocked the light in front of the man's eyes, but the man did not raise his eyes and only spoke in a pure and elegant voice, "Does the donor want to ask for a fortune?"
Brother Shu Wuluan, who was following the monarch, heard this and sternly scolded: "How dare you not kneel down when you see the monarch!"
Clinker, the man only clasped his palms together and said quietly without moving, "Sramana does not worship the king."
This arrogant answer immediately angered the woman. At best, she was a fake monk who dared to call herself a Samana. She was about to attack, but the king actually waved his hand to stop her.
"It doesn't matter, all living beings in the Buddhist holy land are equal. Please help me, this young master, to divine a divination for me." The monarch said lightly.
Hearing this, the man raised his head slightly, half of the silver mask on his face shining coldly.
The moment he raised his head, he revealed a pair of extremely handsome eyebrows. Looking down through the mask, he saw that the lower half of his face was pure and white, with a cold and thin lips lightly closed.
For some reason, Ge Shu Wuluan always felt that the man in front of him looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before.
At this time, I heard him say quietly and elegantly, "May I ask what hexagram the donor wants to ask?"
The monarch only said two words lightly, "National destiny!"
The man slowly held up the bamboo tube and said, "Please cast the lot."
The monarch slowly took it and shook the bamboo tube as instructed.
After a few shakes, a bamboo stick jumped out of the barrel and landed on the table. The monarch picked it up leisurely and spread it out in front of his eyes.
Ge Shu Wuluan looked around and saw eight seal characters suddenly appearing on the bamboo stick, which read: When the dragon moves, there is rain; when the tiger moves, there is wind.
This is a winning lottery. In the first half of the lottery, the monarch will pray for rain during this trip! This is a good sign.
The tiger in the second half of the gate means the gate, and the wind can be interpreted as a storm, meaning that any movement of the gate will cause a storm.
Will some generals cause chaos? ! Brother Shu Wuluan was astonished for a moment.
The concubine standing side by side with the monarch was also slightly startled and asked: "What is the explanation for this?"
The man didn't say anything, he just pushed the ruler on the rice paper, flattened the white paper, dipped his pen in ink, his movements were graceful, and he wrote a few small characters in a very free and easy way.
Seeing him slowly put down his pen, the monarch muttered in a low voice: "Natural disaster, man-made disaster?!"
Looking at these four apparently sharp handwritings, the monarch's complexion turned pale.
"That's right. The signature is about natural and man-made disasters." The man narrowed his eyes and replied quietly.
Seeing that the monarch and the concubine were both shocked by this man's words, Ge Shu Wuluan immediately shouted sharply: "Come here, take down this alarmist madman!"
Several palace guards heard the sound and rushed over, hurriedly grabbing the man and tying him up.
At this time, the monarch suddenly spoke, his voice was surprisingly calm, but also filled with chills, "Back off."
Several palace guards were frightened, let go of the man in a panic, and stepped aside.
The man smoothed his wrinkled sleeves, his face was calm, and he said leisurely: "The donor wanted to ask about the fate of the country, and the young monk answered it according to the lottery. He was just speaking outright, how can he be alarmist?"
After saying this, he raised his eyes to look at the woman, a strange look flashed in his eyes.
Ge Shu Wuluan was completely angered by his arrogant questioning, "Asshole..."
The concubine quietly glanced at the monarch's face, frowned and scolded, "Luan'er, don't be rude."
At the moment, Ge Shu Wuluan had no choice but to hide his anger unwillingly.
"That's what the young master said. However, if there is rain when the dragon moves, it is clearly a sign of good luck. It means that the rain will fall down and bleed the world together. How can it be a natural disaster? And what is the deep meaning of the sentence, "When the tiger moves, there is the wind" ? Could you please help me clarify my doubts, young master?" The monarch's face gradually softened and he asked in a quiet voice.
Just listen, the man explained unhurriedly: "The first thing to say about the great success of Buddhism is the word "sudden enlightenment". In this way, you can't just take the meaning of everything at face value. There is rain when the dragon walks: when the dragon walks, it spreads nectar in all directions, and we share it. In the world, however, water overflows when it is abundant. If the word "water" is added to the same word, it can be regarded as 'flood'. Therefore, the meaning of this sentence is that if the nectar is excessive, floods will occur."
After hearing this, Ge Shu Wuluan immediately sneered in his heart. This man was not only an arrogant and arrogant pseudo-monk, but also a charlatan who told nonsense.
The monarch said that together we can benefit the world, so he followed this nonsense and interpreted the sentence "When the dragon walks, there is rain", it was clearly wrong and he applied it mechanically.
Another flood? In such a dry year, whether it can rain is another matter. How can disasters happen? It is simply the most ridiculous thing in the world!
While the woman was secretly laughing, the man spoke again, "When a tiger moves, there is wind: When a tiger moves, it means that a general is showing off his majesty on all sides to defend the mountains and rivers. But with the word "wind" at the end, the meaning of the signature is drastically reversed, so this sentence, It can be interpreted as a tiger stirring up wind and shaking the dynasty. This will definitely lead to a disaster, which is regarded as a man-made disaster!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the monarch sitting in front of the table and said in slight shock: "Master, do you know where the tiger is making waves?"
"If you want to be high, look up to the world. Naturally, it's directly below the royal city." The man answered directly.
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