Chapter 17 temple search

Qian Qianyi and Liu Rushi have been in Suzhou for two days.They didn't go to the city, but stayed in the east garden of the late Xu Taipu's house in Caiyunli outside Changmen.Xu Tai servant's name is Shi Tai, a Jinshi in the Wanli period.His family is one of the most wealthy in the Three Wus, and they own no less than seven or eight garden properties in Suzhou. This East Garden is the resting place for Xu Taipu in his later years. Although it is not very spacious, it is quite quiet and elegant.Qian Qianyi was very pleased that it was in a good state, and when he went to and from Suzhou, he often settled here.

Since Chen Zaizhu and Qian Yangxian, who had agreed in advance to come to Suzhou to gather together, had never been seen, Qian Qianyi still had no idea of ​​the details of their outside activities in the past half month.It was already March 23rd, and in five days, it was the Huqiu Conference.Although the skills of these two confidant clansmen are reliable, but this time the mission is unusual and the time is tight, so Qian Qianyi has always been secretly concerned, for fear that something will go wrong. Qian Qianyi's worry is not superfluous.More than a month ago, he received a message from Zhou Yanru, the chief assistant of the cabinet, taunting him to use his prestige and influence among scholars to try to persuade Donglin and Fushe to stop their fierce criticism of Ruan Dacheng and take a comparative approach instead. A tolerant attitude was used as a condition in exchange for Qian Qianyi's reinstatement.At that time, Qian Qianyi was quite hesitant, and was deeply angry at Zhou Yanru's making things difficult and threatening.However, after thirteen years of waiting and drilling, he finally had such a turning point, but no matter what, he was reluctant to give up easily.He had a vague premonition that this was his last chance, if he refused, he might regret it for the rest of his life and die with regret.Therefore, after hesitating again and again, Qian Qianyi made up his mind and decided to take a risk.

After repeated discussions and studies with Chen Zaizhu, Qian Yangxian, and of course Liu Rushi, Qian Qianyi agreed to a more feasible plan in his opinion.The plan was as follows: According to their estimation, the main resistance to excuse Ruan Dacheng, of course, came from Fushe.However, in Fushe, those who really resolutely opposed Ruan Dacheng, apart from a few fierce elements like Wu Yingji, were the descendants of the Donglin Party members such as Chen Zhenhui, Huang Zongxi, Gu Gao, and Hou Fangyu. In the era of dictatorship, they were severely persecuted and had an unshakable hatred for the eunuchs. It seemed impossible for them to abandon their old grievances and forgive Ruan Dacheng.However, in the entire Fushe Society, the above two types of people are a minority after all, and the majority of members have no serious enmity with Ruan Dacheng. Because of this matter, he followed suit, hoping to show off and win the reputation of a "gentleman".In recent years, in fact, some people have been quite tired of this kind of endless "door dispute", and have expressed the idea of ​​helping each other.If you try to contact the third type of people and then persuade the second type of people through them, you can win over a considerable number of people.In addition, it seems equally important that although the members of the Fushe currently call themselves "clear streamers" and "gentlemen", in fact they are divided into sects, each with its own small circle, with different interests and plans. same.In the past, there was already a discord between faces and hearts. Since Zhang Pu, the founder of Fushe, passed away last year, the open and secret struggles between the various factions have become more and more serious day by day.If we can skillfully use their contradictions to make them sharp and intense, then we can win another group of people by then.As long as you pull the majority to your side, the remaining few will be useless even if they are stubborn.

Based on such analysis and estimation, they decided to implement their plan from two aspects: on the one hand, they sent Qian Yangxian to Yangzhou to find Zheng Yuanxun with a few disciples from the central clan.Because Zheng Yuanxun once expressed to Qian Yangxian that he had different views on the current suppression of Ruan Dacheng, and he is also one of the hosts of this year's restoration conference. As long as he is persuaded, and then through him to contact and persuade the rest of the people, the matter It will be much smoother.In view of the fact that Zheng Yuanxun treats Qian Qianyi like a god on weekdays and fawns so much, it is estimated that Qian Yangxian's trip is not a big problem.On the other hand, they sent Chen Zaizhu and a few able-bodied disciples to the Songjiang area to spread the word that Wu Yingji, Chen Zhenhui and others were extremely dissatisfied with the members of the old few societies, thinking that they were deliberately disrupting the situation and disrupting the social situation, in order to Instead, there are rumors that they are going to have a showdown with them at the Huqiu meeting, thereby inciting the anger of the old group of people, so that they will at least remain neutral in future struggles, if not reversed.After the above two aspects are completed, next, at the Huqiu meeting, Zheng Yuanxun launched an attack, and the disciples of the Qian family responded in groups, proposing to forgive Ruan Dacheng, and relying on the majority to make a public discussion, preaching to the Quartet, going up Up to the court.As long as this step can be achieved, the matter is considered a success.In the end, according to Liu Rushi's suggestion, Qian Qianyi avoided directly appearing in the whole process of the plan, and only dispatched and directed it behind the scenes.In this way, if things fail, it will not seriously damage Qian Qianyi's reputation and status.

Both Chen Zaizhu and Liu Rushi felt that this plan was more practical and safe. Qian Yangxian was especially optimistic, thinking that it was safe.Encouraged by them, Qian Qianyi's energy also came.In fact, once he had shaken off his initial hesitation and passivity, he surprised all his staff with his enthusiasm and energy.In order to promote the implementation of the plan, Qian Qianyi has been going all out for nearly a month.He first wrote a well-worded and clear-cut letter, and entrusted someone to send it to Beijing to express his attitude to Zhou Yanru; at the same time, he took out several thousand taels of silver as the activity fee, and handed it over to Chen Zaizhu and Qian Yangxian to bring it. Order them to separate and set off immediately.After that, he began to take advantage of his lofty reputation among scholars to change the habit of being lazy in meeting visitors in recent years, and to meet all visitors, regardless of whether they are high or low, familiar or unfamiliar, and treat each other with courtesy. ; For their entrusting requirements, I also try my best to satisfy or help them, so that each of these people is flattered and moved; those who have been favored are even more grateful to him.As soon as the news spread, it attracted more visitors.As a result, there were no cars and horses in front of the Banye Hall all day long, and the inns in and outside the city were full of people waiting to be received.Qian Qianyi worked tirelessly, while serving the ginseng soup, he cheered up to receive the guests.During this period, he naturally tried every means to spread arguments such as "the captives and bandits are fighting each other, the state is in danger, and it is urgent to quell the party disputes and work together", but he avoided mentioning Ruan Dacheng.He has been busy like this for nearly a month, and seeing that the meeting date agreed with Chen Zaizhu and Qian Yangxian has arrived, he hurried to Suzhou with Liu Rushi.However, what is puzzling is that after a few days, neither Chen nor Qian came back to report, Qian Qianyi was a little worried.He couldn't help but began to think, did he estimate things too simply?In fact, although the gang of Wu Yingji and Chen Zhenhui are small in number, they still have a considerable influence in Fushe.In addition, Ruan Dacheng is a member of the Imperial Rebellion Case and the son of the eunuch who is not as good as a dog. This kind of concept has taken root in people's minds for more than ten years. Once it is to be changed, it is by no means an easy task.What's more, the situation in Shilin is quite complicated. Everyone is familiar with poetry and books, and they can make twists and turns. It is not easy to completely deceive them.Yes, there was a dispute between them, and it was quite acute.It is certainly possible to achieve the goal by making good use of these disputes; but on the contrary, precisely because of these inexplicable disputes, even the best plans will be ruined...

However, although Qian Qianyi was irritable in his heart, he remained calm and calm on the surface.His attitude towards servants was even milder than usual.When I got up this morning, the maid Hongqing accidentally broke a thin porcelain cup and spilled the freshly stewed ginseng soup all over the carpet.In normal times, Qian Qianyi would inevitably frown and reprimand him.But today, he just lightly told her to clean up, and that was it.Naturally, Qian Qianyi's self-cultivation of "not showing any signs" can't be hidden from his extremely smart Mrs. Ru.However, even Liu Rushi was secretly anxious at the moment, unable to think of any words to comfort him.And she didn't want to ask more, for fear of deepening Qian Qianyi's worries.So at this moment, when the two played a chess game in Yifengxuan, and Qian Qianyi made wrong counts one after another, Liu Rushi pushed the chessboard away with a smile, and said:

"The weather is so sleepy. I don't have the energy to go down anymore. I want to take a rest. Mr. Xiang must have been bored in the garden for two days. Why don't you go outside and relax?" Qian Qianyi was not in the mood to play chess at first, but when he heard Liu Rushi's suggestion, he nodded, stood up, waited for Hong Qing to help him change his clothes, brought a quinoa stick, called a servant to follow, and slowly step outside. When Qian Qianyi came to the gate, he stopped.He raised his face and looked towards the south of Caiyunli for a while, until he concluded that neither Chen Zaizhu nor Qian Yangxian's shadow would appear soon, then turned around in disappointment, and walked towards the West Garden.

The West Garden is also the property of the Xu Mansion, separated from the East Garden by a section of the street.Soon after Xu Taipu's death, his son built a residential area east of the West Garden into a Buddhist temple, named Jiezhuang Temple.The abbot of the temple, Master Maolin, is an eminent monk.Because Qian Qianyi often settled in the East Garden, he also got to know Maolin. He usually talked about the scriptures and Zen, and they were quite speculative with each other.Now Qian Qianyi wanted to find someone to relieve his boredom, so he naturally thought of him. It is the season of offering incense in spring. The streets are full of visitors from the four townships, men and women, old and young, who ride in sedan chairs or walk. Carrying baskets, crowded together on the narrow and long street, the low and shallow teahouses and the slow-moving incense and candle shops, as if possessed by a demon, suddenly became tense and busy, showing unprecedented vitality .Apparently, although the four villages are suffering from famine, the price of rice is soaring, and people are in panic, the people do not dare to slack off in worshiping the gods.They would rather tighten their belts, and try to take out as many joss sticks and donations as possible, plus more pious prayers and wishes, hoping to seek the mercy of the gods and bless themselves and their loved ones. ...

Qian Qianyi was caught among the pilgrims and came to the mountain gate where the horizontal plaque of "Jiezhuang Law Academy" was hung.He paused for a while, and browsed through the large and small stalls outside the door that sold incense candles, ingots, rouge hairpins, tooth rulers, scissors, and even classic wooden fish. After finding nothing that caught his eye, he walked slowly. Step into the temple. The scale of Jiezhuang Temple is not too small, there are three entrances in total, and there are other courtyards on both sides.The part in front of the temple was originally the entrance hall, but now it has been changed into the Hall of Four Heavenly Kings; the back of the temple is the Buddhist scripture pavilion and the monk's house.The Daxiong Hall, which is in the middle, was rebuilt from the hall, with a double cornice on the top, and a terrace built in front of the hall, which is quite magnificent.But in this way, the wing rooms on both sides appear low and cramped, which is out of proportion.In the past, Qian Qianyi pointed out this fault to Abbot Maolin again and again, but Maolin always folded his hands together and lowered his eyebrows when he heard this, and said "Amitabha", saying: "It's a sin, and the cost of rebuilding the main hall last time has been paid for." The property of a hundred households, the poor man is still uneasy about this matter, how dare he have any delusional thoughts!" Now, Qian Qianyi found that the scene of the hatchback was still the same.In the open space in front of the hall, there are densely packed pilgrims on both sides of men and women; there is a tall incense burner on the terrace, with incense curling up from the burner, and the thin and kind-faced Master Maolin is wearing cassock and sitting upright. On the futon, the Dharma is being preached to the faithful men and women.

Because of hearing loss, Qian Qianyi couldn't hear what Maolin said clearly at first, but when he got closer, he realized that he was telling the story of "King Shibi Sacrifices His Life to Feed an Eagle" in "The Sutra of Great Adornment".The main idea of ​​the story is: In ancient times, there was a Sibi king who practiced diligently and devoted himself to Buddha.In order to test whether his mind is strong or not, the Buddha ordered the god Vishou Karma to turn into a dove and himself into an eagle.The dove hid under King Sivi's armpit.The eagle came to ask for it, but King Shibi refused. He would rather cut off his own flesh in exchange for the life of the pigeon.The eagle agreed, but demanded that the cut meat be equal to the weight of the pigeon.King Shibi ordered someone to bring a steelyard, and cut off his own flesh while letting the pigeons go.Unexpectedly, the flesh on the body was cut off one by one, but it still did not reach the weight of the pigeon.King Shibi finally held up the scales on his body, expressing his willingness to sacrifice his whole body.At this time, the earth shook, the heavens sang and sighed, and the Buddha appeared, smiling and comforting.King Shibi's heart became stronger, and he put together ten verses and said:

Qian Qianyi stood bored for a moment, probably this lecture will not be over soon.He was thinking about his family all his heart, and he was afraid that Chen Zaizhu or Qian Yangxian would have already returned when he came out, so he turned around quietly, intending to leave.At this time, a middle-aged monk with gentle and delicate appearance walked up to him through the crowd. "I don't know that Tanyue came to our temple, and I feel lost and welcome. I hope to forgive my sin!" The monk said in an interrogation. Qian Qianyi said "Oh" and quickly returned the gift.He recognized this monk by his Dharma name, Guanzhao, and he was the Zhigu monk in the monastery. "Don't dare. The students occasionally come to Su for trivial matters and stay in the East Garden. They have nothing to do and come here for a walk. Since your temple is busy with Buddhist affairs, the students will not bother you." "Tanyue Qian prays to stay. The abbot and elder of our temple ordered that the abbot Tanyue be invited to serve tea, and he will come immediately." The Zhike monk respectfully asked to stay. Qian Qianyi hesitated for a moment, felt that it was not easy to evade, so he nodded, and was guided by the Zhike monk, and walked towards the abbot's room. Before they walked out of the compound, there was a sudden "coax", commotion outside the mountain gate, and a group of pilgrims rushed into the compound from the Hall of Four Heavenly Kings in panic.Then, a voice from outside shouted: "The front door and the back door are all locked! Hugh has to let one go!" Qian Qianyi was slightly taken aback, and stopped involuntarily.The pilgrims listening to the lecture in the yard, as well as Master Maolin and the deacon monks on the terrace didn't know what happened, and all turned their heads to look at the mountain gate. After a while, the pilgrims crowding in front of the Hall of the Four Heavenly Kings hurriedly moved aside, and five or six yamen servants wearing red and black hats came in aggressively.The one who walked last was a round-faced man in his forties.He was wearing a corrugated hat, a gown of parrot-green quilted silk, and three silk official shoes on his feet. It was impossible to tell who he was at the moment. The round-faced man came to the yard and stopped.He spread his legs apart, turned his hands behind his back, and rolled his small eyes sullenly. He glanced back and forth at the people present several times, and finally stopped on the terrace. "Who is the abbot of this temple? Please come out and speak!" He said carelessly, his voice was sharp and piercing. Zhike Monk Guanzhao left Qian Qianyi, he quickly walked up to the man, interrogated him and said: "Tan Yue came to our temple, what advice do you have?" The round-faced man rolled his eyes: "Are you the abbot?" "Don't dare, the young monk is a confidant of this monastery." "Tell you abbots to speak!" "Yes! ——Don't dare to ask Tan Gao's surname, so that the little monk can inform you." The round-faced man snorted, and was about to speak, when a yamen servant suddenly came over, pointed at the hall and said, "Master Jin, that girl seems to be hiding inside!" The round-faced man surnamed Jin raised his eyebrows and shouted, "Quick search!" Several yamen servants immediately ran towards the Daxiong Palace.The pilgrims on the two corridors, those who were a little slower to dodge, were knocked around by them.The pilgrims who had been sitting in the yard quietly listening to the lecture, stood up "coaxed" in fright, greeted each other, crowded, and wanted to find a safe place to hide.The courtyard suddenly became chaotic. The man surnamed Jin suddenly shouted: "No running around! Lock anyone who runs!" The pilgrim standing near him was stunned for a moment, then stopped hesitantly.The rest of the people didn't hear it, and continued to scramble and hide.Qian Qianyi was squeezed beside the railing, and he was not squeezed by the servant's loud yelling and protection.He didn't enter, and he didn't retreat, feeling very annoyed in his heart: "If I had known that such a bad thing would happen, I wouldn't have come!" He thought.At the same time, he secretly wondered: "This man surnamed Jin doesn't know what is going on, but he is so arrogant that even the yamen servants are assigned by him. Who do they want to search for when they come to the temple?" At this time, Elder Maolin on the terrace stood up.He turned his head and gave some instructions to the monks standing behind him.The few monks immediately walked down separately and began to try their best to appease the pilgrims and maintain order. Elder Maolin saw that the courtyard gradually calmed down, so he stepped down the steps calmly.He first came to Qian Qianyi and greeted him.After exchanging pleasantries, Maolin waved his hands and ordered his monks to send Qian Qianyi to the abbot's room to serve tea first, so as not to be crowded here.Qian Qianyi had something on his mind, he didn't intend to stay for a long time, but when he encountered such an unexpected incident, he was even more disappointed, and just wanted to leave quickly.However, on the one hand, he didn't want to take the Master's wishes too seriously; on the other hand, he felt that it would not be very good for him to walk away under such circumstances. So, he could only nod his head, but his heart became more and more awkward. He felt that in the past two days in Suzhou, he had encountered some unlucky things, which seemed to indicate that this trip was not auspicious. "Hey, where are you going?" the man surnamed Jin shouted suddenly.At this time, Qian Qianyi was listlessly following a monk, planning to walk towards the abbot's room. "I said, no one is allowed to run around, are you deaf?" Seeing that Qian Qianyi didn't stop, the man surnamed Jin jumped over suddenly, trying to stop him aggressively. Qian Qianyi stopped.A nameless anger rose suddenly, but he still tried his best to restrain it.He turned his head slowly, looked at the man surnamed Jin coldly, without saying a word. "Oh, this is Qian Muzhai Tanyue from Changshu." Elder Maolin hurried over and introduced.Perhaps because he saw that the surname Jin had a lot of background and was pretty good, Mao Lin's tone was a bit hasty because he was afraid that Qian Qianyi would suffer in the immediate future. "Qian Tanyue lived in the right hall of the Ministry of Rites in his early years. He was also the leader of Donglin and the suzerain of the literary world. He is also very famous in Beijing!" Maolin quickly added.When he was in a hurry, he unknowingly used a boastful tone, and after he said it, he seemed to be ashamed of this kind of "flattery", and he blushed instead. Qian Qianyi glanced sharply at Maolin. "Who are you?" He asked the man surnamed Jin, his tone still very calm. Hearing that Qian Qianyi used to live in the right hall of the Ministry of Rites, the man surnamed Jin seemed to be stunned for a while, but just now his arrogance was too full, and it was difficult to turn around under the watchful eyes of everyone.He stared several times, swallowed hard, and then reluctantly cupped his hands and said, "So it's Master Qian, Xia Jinsan, who was sent by the King's Mansion in Beijing to work in Gusu. I didn't know Master just now." , What a collision, don't blame it!" Jin San reported the history, Mao Lin and other monks didn't sound very good, and the pilgrims who stood around waiting to be dealt with all shuddered at the same time.Someone yelled "Ah", and immediately choked up in panic.The yard became even more silent in an instant, and the sound of the breeze blowing the trees and the chirping of the birds could be heard very clearly. Qian Qianyi suddenly came to his senses: "No wonder he is so arrogant and can use government officials. It turns out that there is such a big backer behind him!" Qian Qianyi had heard a long time ago that Tian Hongyu, the head of state, recently sent people to Suzhou to buy girls. The name is buying, but in fact, as long as you are interested in it, you will even be forced to snatch it, regardless of whether the other party is willing or not.So in the past two months, the city of Gusu has been in a commotion and people are panicking.All the prettier girls try to hide.Not to mention those famous prostitutes.Originally, Tian Hongyu was the head of the country, and his wealth rivaled that of a country. For a woman living in a brothel, Weishi was not a place to return to.However, there are many concubines in Tian Hongyu's mansion, and they are still increasing. Let alone planning to spoil the special house, it is not easy to gain a firm foothold.Secondly, Tian Hongyu still has a strange temper. Whenever a newcomer enters the mansion, at first he would always marry them with a gift, bestow them with a beaded crown and python clothes, and become a concubine; but after three or four days, he would immediately be demoted to be a servant , shouting and drinking, flogging and beating at every turn.Last year, Uncle Yang Wan, a famous Qinhuai prostitute who was extremely popular, suffered a lot after being snatched back by Tian Hongyu.The news terrified her sisters.So this year, I heard that Tian Guozhang sent people to look for beauties, those who are a little famous on weekdays, they all hide, hide, for fear that after jumping out of the fire pit, they will fall into hell.The person surnamed Jin in front of him probably did this kind of thing.It's just, why did the girl who bought her come to the monastery?Look at their posture just now, as if they are looking for someone, could it be that the girl has escaped here? "Well, what are you doing here?" Qian Qianyi still asked calmly. After finding out that Jin San is a domestic servant under Tian Hongyu, Qian Qianyi felt relieved.He still had some friendship with Tian Hongyu. Last year when Tian Hongyu was ordered to go to the South China Sea to pilgrimage and came back, the two met once when they passed by Nanjing.At that time, Qian Qianyi wrote a poem to Tian Hongyu at the request of Tian Hongyu.Normally, because of this friendship, Qian Qianyi would naturally treat Jin San differently; but at this moment, for some reason, he felt a desire to teach this arrogant person a lesson. This desire is intensified again by the awareness of its pleasurable consequences. "Here, so that Master Qian learned that a person was lost two days ago, um, it was a girl. Someone saw her fleeing into the temple, so they came in to look for her." "What kind of girl? What's her name?" "Her name is Dong Bai, and she is also called Dong Xiaowan. She is seventeen or eighteen years old. She has an oval face, big eyes, two dimples when she smiles, and she is neither tall nor short..." Jin San gestured with his hands. Qian Qianyi couldn't help but let out an "oh".Not only had he heard of the girl, but he had seen her and knew her.Dong Xiaowan is also a famous prostitute in the Qinhuai River. She is not only beautiful, but also has a keen mind. Of course, she is not alone in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. She doesn't like to join in the fun, people say that she doesn't look like a sister from an old courtyard, but like a senior female scholar who lives in seclusion in the mountains. "Well, did you find it—this Dong Xiaowan?" Before Jin San had time to speak, the government servants who had entered the main hall to search came out in a hurry, and said as if answering Qian Qianyi's question: "Report to Lord Jin, but I didn't find it." "Ah, why can't I find it!" Jin San said anxiously, and immediately pulled his face down. The yamen servants looked at me and I looked at you, but they didn't make a sound. "Search for me again!" Jin San yelled, stomping his feet. "Yes, Lord Jin!" The yamen servants agreed, and walked away hesitantly. The pilgrims standing in front backed back involuntarily, and the people behind them started to commotion, and then squeezed together as if they were afraid of the cold. "There are so many people, take a closer look and see if anyone is hiding in the crowd. Also, search the rooms of those monks inside and out!" Jin San ordered fiercely. Hearing that the house was going to be searched, the expressions of the monks present all changed, and they all looked at Elder Maolin in unison. Maolin looked a little embarrassed.He obviously felt that the other party did not have the trust of the government, and wanted to search the monk's house, which was really deceiving, but if the search was not allowed, it would be as if there was really some girl hidden in the temple, and it would be even more serious to spread the word.He hesitated for a while, finally sighed, and said, "Search, it's better to search clearly!" If Jin San hadn't ordered the search of the monk's house, or had ordered the search of the monk's house, but Elder Maolin hadn't responded in this way, Qian Qianyi might have given up on this matter.Because, although he planned to teach Jin San a lesson at first, later he thought about it, the imminent event had not been settled yet, so there was really no need to fight for this idleness.He also thought that Tian Hongyu is the current emperor's father-in-law, and his daughter Tian Guifei is the emperor's favorite concubine.Both father and daughter are hot figures.In the future, after I return to Beijing, I am afraid that I will have to rely on him for many things, and it is really inconvenient to offend him.However, the guy surnamed Jin in front of him just accepted him, as if he didn't take himself seriously at all; and Elder Maolin didn't ask him for help when he was humiliated like this, as if he saw through himself that he was incapable of protecting him like.This made Qian Qianyi feel the pain of being despised, and this pain became unbearable due to the waiting, worry and disappointment of the past two days. "Haha, look, Qian Qianyi! In the eyes of others, you have become such an insignificant waste!" He said viciously and happily to himself.At the same time, he felt the anguish, resentment and resentment accumulated in the past ten years began to surge in his chest, and he tried his best to suppress it, but instead it made it swell rapidly. "Wait!" He shouted with difficulty, his voice was hoarse and weak. Jin San looked back at him and smiled reassuringly.Qian Qianyi felt that this smile seemed to say: "Old man, just stay here! It's none of your business, you can't stop us!" "Stop!" Qian Qianyi suddenly yelled angrily, the voice was so loud that even he was a little surprised, "You are not allowed to do anything wrong!" Everyone in the audience, including Jin San, was stunned. "You are not allowed to act recklessly, do you hear me?" Qian Qianyi stomped his feet and shouted again. "Master Qian, it's like this—" Jin San was intimidated by Qian Qianyi's aura, and his tone softened involuntarily, "We lost people..." "Nonsense! This Jiezhuang Temple is a place of pure and pure Buddha. This elder Maolin is an eminent monk, how could he keep your girl?" Qian Qianyi's eyes widened. "But……" Qian Qianyi made a "don't listen" gesture: "If you want to search the monastery, you must have a ticket from Wu County and Suzhou! Do you have it? Or—" He turned to the yamen servants and said sharply, "Could it be that you Do you have it with you?" Those yamen servants were sent by the Suzhou government to assist Jin San in handling affairs, and they didn't expect to come to search Jiezhuang Temple in advance, so of course they didn't have any tickets.They were immediately stopped by the question, opened their mouths, but could not speak.Some of them knew Qian Qianyi and knew that he had a long-standing friendship with the magistrate. In front of him, the magistrate had to call himself a junior. Seeing that Qian Qianyi was angry now, he dared not respond. Jin San seemed quite unconvinced, he straightened his neck, and argued: "Master Qian, we are doing things for the country's father. This girl was requested by the country's father by name, and now she is lost, the country's father Master blames me, but I can't afford to suffer!" Qian Qianyi sneered: "Your Majesty, I also know him. Last year he was ordered to go to the South China Sea to offer incense, and I met him once. He told me that he went to the South China Sea this time to serve the Avalokitesvara on behalf of the emperor." The Dashi offered incense, praying to the gods to bless the noble concubine and empress with a healthy body and an early birth to a precious son. Dashi Guanyin had entrusted his dream to the head of the country that night to give permission. But now—" Qian Qianyi said with a stern face, "The temple is offering incense, but you brought these people here to harass and cause trouble, and make a big disturbance in the Buddha's place. If the gods blame you, take back the promise, and cause even a little misfortune to the imperial concubine, can you afford this crime! " This rebuke really frightened Jin San.He looked at Qian Qianyi with a timid and frightened expression.Finally, he lowered his head, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, but soon he raised his head again: "Master Qian, can you always guarantee that the girl is definitely not in the temple?" "I——guaranteed!" Qian Qianyi said decisively, throwing the quinoa stick to the ground.But then he regretted it a little.Because he knew that if this man surnamed Jin couldn't find Dong Xiaowan in other places, then when he returned to Beijing to report to Tian Hongyu, he would definitely say that the reason why he couldn't find Dong Xiaowan was that he, Qian Muzhai, obstructed him.In this way, the arrogant and domineering Tian Hongyu will take his anger on himself, and all kinds of troubles in the future may arise from this.After venting just now, Qian Qianyi gradually calmed down, and began to consider whether it was worthwhile for him to do so. However, Jin San clearly breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, Mr. Qian guarantees it, so I can rest assured!" He said bluntly, and then cupped his hands with a smile all over his face, "Mr. Qian, next time Jin San, when will you enter Jing, send someone to call me, and I will come over immediately to serve you old man——Please be tolerant of what happened just now, Jin San has the courage to dare to harass Jin Xiang and offend the gods! You don’t believe it This is true! In the future, the head of the country will rely on your thoughtfulness! Haha! Really, don’t be petty about your boss..." He was talking nonsense, and when he saw Qian Qianyi was silent, he immediately shut up, turned around to greet the yamen servant, and quickly left. The pilgrims watching silently around, until this moment, the heart hanging in the air finally counted.They started buzzing with each other, moved their feet, sighed, shook their heads, and at the same time cast grateful and respectful glances at Qian Qianyi. Elder Maolin clasped his hands together and lowered his eyebrows, said "Amitabha", then walked up, and asked Qian Qianyi deeply: "Thanks to Tanyue for protecting our temple, the poor monk is very grateful! This is not a place to talk, please enter the abbot to serve tea." Qian Qianyi didn't make a sound.For some reason, now he suddenly felt that Maolin's respectful and pious voice seemed to have a hint of cleverness and foolishness.He couldn't help but cast a cold glance, then shook his hand, and led the servant towards the outside of the mountain gate without saying a word.