Most of the peonies in Baoguo Temple have passed their flowering period, and the two kinds of tribute peonies, Yao, Huang, Wei, and Zi, are no longer competing for beauty. Mokui Peony, but a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Baoguo Temple Peony is still more splendid than the Northern Liang Palace. Just wandering around the temple to enjoy the scenery takes an hour and a half. There is still some time before lunch. People are tasting tea in an elegant Zen room, which is obviously a temple, and the tea is made by a graceful Taoist nun. The emperors of the two dynasties all worship Taoism, and follow the example. Women all have the elegant habits of concentrating on the old and the old, but it is still a bit strange for a Taoist nun to appear in the meditation room. She is about thirty years old, with red cheeks and long eyebrows, and looks like a monk. After talking with her, Xiong learned that this woman whose real name is Xu Huipu came from the direct line of Gumu Xu's family. If not, there is no way to have a few acres of tea hills behind Baoguosi Mountain, where celebrities come and go.
Xu Huipu is Xu Zhihu's half boudoir close friend, probably because the two women are both widows, they have gotten closer these years, this female crown may be Aiwujiwu, she is also quite polite to Xu Fengnian, although she talked while making tea Very rarely, most of them exchanged greetings with Xu Weixiong, but occasionally they would meet His Royal Highness with a smile on their face. The tea can is an exquisite tin bottle, which is expensive because of its tightness, and the properties of tin are similar to those of tea. Before storage, blow air into the large bottle to store water and the small bottle to test for leakage. She looked like a tea ceremony connoisseur, how could a layman know how to care about these things, only thinking about how expensive gold and jade are. The teapot is of a simple Qudong style.
Seeing Xu Fengnian staring at the teapot, she explained: "My father got it by accident when he went to the Liangchan Temple to listen to the lectures of eminent monks when he was young. It was taken from a monk who had been farming all the year round. I made a pot in the shape of the gall of a ginkgo tree in Liangchan Temple, engraved the tree pattern, and then spread it for some reason. The name of the pot is taken from "fingerprints can welcome the spring". But Yangzhou usually goes to winter The pot, sand and mud are all dug from the head of Yangxian Stream."
Xu Zhihu was trying his best to insert a peony in Xu Fengnian's hair, but Xu Fengnian vowed not to do so. The two siblings went back and forth, but Xu Zhihu, who was still unsuccessful, panted and laughed, "The old monk is the two The chief abbot of the Zen temple, I heard that he lived to be 150 or 60 years old, and only Song Zhiming, a master of Danding on Wudang Mountain in Beiliang, can compare with him. Uncle Xu will go there every ten years In Liangchan Monastery, besides listening to Zen and scriptures, there is also asking the old monk for the handwashing mud. So a catty of mud at the head of Yangxian River can be worth a catty of gold, after all, it is not as Buddhist as the teapot made by Uncle Xu."
Xu Fengnian had just received a green jade bucket teacup and was about to drink tea, but when he heard that the teapot was made of mud from the bottom of an old monk's tank, his face suddenly became a little unnatural. I don't want to drink it. But it was difficult to disembark on a pirate ship, so he had to bite the bullet and take a sip. He didn't know how to drink tea, so he didn't dare to show off. The tea and the spring water used for making tea are naturally excellent, but as soon as he thinks of washing his hands Words, a little discouraged, not very interested.
Inadvertently, Xu Zhihu put peony flowers on his head, and he didn't bother to pull them out. For no reason, he thought of the girl Li Zi who claimed to live in the temple, and the little monk who was stupid. The rumors of the old host, it is said that this old monk who is destined to be called the ancestor after being regarded as a holy monk by the world is very interesting. He has very little literacy. Believe in Buddhism, often read the "Diamond Sutra", and as a young man, he will realize something over time. After his mother passed away, he just went up the mountain and got the mantle of the two Zen Tathagatas. , although this has something to do with his poor background and limited literacy, but there is no doubt that this monk is catching up with the Great Buddha in his understanding. But back then when I asked this monk about Buddhist scriptures, the monk always said straight to the point that I hadn’t read your scriptures, so the monk just asked them to recite the scriptures, often halfway through the recitation, and the monk just said a word stop, and then talked with them. No one disagrees with the other party’s statement. Once, the centenary abbot of Fahua Temple, the largest temple in southern China, asked a monk who was only 40 years old at that time why he could not understand the meaning of the scripture after reading the Lotus Sutra thousands of times. The young monk began to eloquently explain the meaning of the scriptures, and the old host was enlightened and left with gratitude. The world listened to it, it was simply miraculous, and it was impossible to imagine how a monk who could not even read the scriptures could cross people. Immortals want to see him and salute. The two most outstanding figures in Buddhism and Taoism appeared at the same time in a lotus debate a sixty years ago, but the result left everyone confused. The two just sat facing each other without saying a word. sat all night.
That was the last time the immortal Qi Xuan appeared before his ascension.
When this monk was no longer young and getting older, he was never heard of reading scriptures. It was just that when the white-clothed monk who had been seeking Da Benyi for fifteen years came back, he asked the apprentice to talk about it for three days and three nights. Jingyi nodded frequently, and finally allowed the white-clothed monk to drink and marry a wife in spite of the world's shame. Later, he had an epiphany of deviant.
Xu Fengnian was startled suddenly, the tea spilled all over the floor, and he muttered to himself: "Monk Li Beangxin in white, girl Li Zi who lived in the temple since childhood..."
Taoist nun Xu Huipu had already seen that Xu Fengnian was not interested in drinking tea, but this teasing was even more rude, how is it different from ordinary things? She looked a little displeased, but she didn't say anything, but she didn't think about pouring a second cup of tea for His Royal Highness. It seems that the world's saying that the son of Beiliang is rich in gold and jade is not an exaggeration. Concubine Xu Shu, the elder sister who was expected to be the most favored in the harem, was suddenly thrown into the cold palace. The entire Xu family was furious, but she was a widow, so she wouldn't be as angry at Xu Zhihu as the family members. The inside story that caused trouble in the two counties was just laughed off, and the family didn't even nod to let her approach His Royal Highness through Xu Zhihu to find out the truth. Today, seeing it with my own eyes is really disappointing. It is nothing more than relying on the King of Beiliang His family background is just bullying, which is no different from the incompetent descendants of the four major families in Yangzhou. Xu Hui glanced at Xu Zhihu, who used to be able to talk to her, and sighed in her heart. The tea was not cold, but the atmosphere was much colder. It was no longer something that could be changed by adding a few pieces of charcoal. Xu Zhihu seemed to be close to the black ink, and he was not as transparent as before. He only said that he wanted to go shopping with his brother again. Baoguo Temple, then left the meditation room.
After sitting quietly for a while, Xu Huipu waited for the group of people to go away, then slowly got up, walked out of the back door of the yard, went straight up to the tea mountain, walked for a stick of incense, and finally saw a bamboo building with a bamboo chair under the eaves. An old man with eyebrows and hair like snow was sitting, and a lion cat with hair like snow was squatting on his lap. The old man was stroking the cat's head with his hands, and he was sitting on Wangyuan Mountain.
The old man stretched out his magical hand, and Xu Hui sat down on a small stool next to the bamboo chair. Before she could speak, the octogenarian smiled kindly and said, "It must be a big disappointment to come so early."
Xu Hui said in a soft voice: "The old ancestor knows the world."
The old man smiled and said: "Alright, since His Royal Highness can't help him up, the hereditary replacement will be the hereditary replacement, and we old fellows will all be at ease."
Xu Huipu knew very well that perhaps his own views might affect the future layout of the four wealthy families in Yangzhou, so he said nervously: "Why don't the ancestors let people test it again, I'm afraid I'm wrong."
The old man glanced at it lightly, and the Taoist nun, who was already a good person, trembled slightly with fright. The old man touched the head of the lion cat, and said with a smile: "What are you afraid of, such a big burden will be handled by a little girl like you If you can’t bear it, you’d be too contemptuous of people like Yu Lian, Xu Gong, and Lu Daolin, Yangzhou isn’t so shabby.”
Xu Huipu turned pale and dared not speak out.
Yu Lian, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, is the head of the Yu family in Jiangxin. Lu Daolin, head of the Lu family in Huting. General Longxiang Xu Gong, although he is not the head of the Gumu Xu family, is also a great general of the dynasty who holds military power. It's just that these bigwigs from Yangzhou who are each amazing and talented, seeing this old ancestor in front of them, even if they don't have to be as trembling with Xu Huipu, they still have to stand and talk respectfully. The reason why Xu Huipu can sit down is because In addition to being a woman, it is also because she is the granddaughter-in-law of this Yangzhou old priest. Can the huge Jiangnan scholar group, with its background and power, be comparable to the Qing Party with a foundation of only a century? Hong Jia's north run was planned by the old ancestor in front of him, and the "Family Rank" which commented on the ranking of the world's families. A total of nine people participated in the dynasty, and the ancestor's ranking was even ahead of Zhang Julu, the chief assistant of the dynasty! Because the old ancestor was in the same school as the old Shoufu and the grand master of Western Chu, Sun Xiji, Zhang Julu no matter how powerful he was, he still had to regard himself as a junior.
The old man looked into the distance, "Today's debate between kings and hegemons is probably going to be a joke again."
Xu Huipu hesitated for a moment, but finally said nothing. The ancestors were in the middle of the most climax debate in the past 50 years, so they are naturally qualified to say this.
The old man said with emotion: "The old Shoufu is lucky, there is Zhang Juluqing who is better than blue, otherwise, with his ability, he will be a paper maker of the empire, where the wind leaks here, and the rain leaks there, and he is doomed after the Spring and Autumn War. If it's out of season, it's better to die, or else you won't be safe at the end of the festival. The old man Xichu and Sun will be miserable. In terms of reputation, the two of us combined are not as good as him, but now it's good. Among the scholars, his infamy in the world is only I lost to Xu Rentu. I might as well die."
Xu Huipu just listened humbly.
Hearing the lion cat's meow, the old man looked down and said with a smile: "It's not good if the son can't afford it, it's a good thing in the short term, but in the long run, those of us who were scolded by Tangxi Sword Immortal for being old and immortal, these Isn't it a waste of time to live in vain?"
Xu Hui knelt down with a plop.
The old man murmured: "What happened between you and Lu Baijie back then is nothing. Get up, it's cold on the ground, it's not good to get cold. To be a human being, you have to be down to earth, but that's not the way to deal with it."
Xu Hui stood up tremblingly, and sat down again.
The old man squinted his eyes and said: "Go, let the young man of the humble family meet His Royal Highness, and he will advise Beiliang, as good as Zhao Guangling was to Xu Rentu back then, this dead water will be done."
Xu Huipu stood up gently, and the old man said flatly: "You go to recommend yourself to the prince, and you will completely break your relationship with Lu Baijie."
The female crown who had only studied in Laozhuang for many years did not refuse. When she left, she bit her lip and ooze blood.