Chapter 7 Chapter Seven Monk Wang Faming

After returning to the city, Wan Renyu led Longying to the Zhenguan Bank in Nanshi. One tael of gold was exchanged for more than six hundred Kaiyuan Tongbao. Each Tongbao weighed one coin, and ten coins was one tael. One tael of silver, six hundred Tongbao is sixty taels, which is considered a small fortune. Since Tang Gaozu Wude issued Kaiyuan Tongbao in four years, it ended the situation where Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ruled the world with five baht coins, and gradually replaced the situation where silk and grain were used as physical coins. In cities where commerce flourished, coins were in full circulation.Money accounts such as Zhenguan Bank, which accept private or firm money deposits and issue credit loans, are also commonly known as flying money businesses, and thus emerged as the times require.

Longying's waist was swollen, she was full of spirits, insisted on being the host, and Wan Renyu found a noodle shop at random, ordered a bowl of barley noodles each, and munched happily. Wan Renyu said: "If Jing Zhongyue hadn't released the yellow light on my hand, what would Brother Long do?" While eating noodles, Longying replied vaguely: "It's very simple, immediately kill Brother Wan with several knives so that he knelt down and begged for mercy, and then took back the precious saber." The two looked at each other and laughed loudly at the same time, which was eye-catching.

Wan Renyu gasped and said, "It's been a long time since I've been so happy, not only because I got the knife, but also because I gave it to you, a strange person. His grandma's! If someone tells me that someone in the world can send Jing Zhongyue away, Wan The first one doesn't believe it." Long Ying asked: "After eating the noodles, where are you going, Brother Wan?" Wan Renyu drank the noodle soup he was holding until there was no drop left, put down the big bowl, wiped his mouth with his sleeve and said, "Go and play chess!" Long Ying said in astonishment: "Didn't you just play chess yesterday? You must have lost chicken feathers and duck blood, and today you are going to humiliate yourself again."

Wan Renyu smiled and said: "Today I'm still going to play yesterday's chess, because yesterday the game was halfway through, and the clock was ringing, and my wife went home to sleep. This game is most likely the one I lost the least, how can I give up halfway? Hey! I paid ten taels of silver anyway, why don't you play chess for me?" Thinking of Fat Eunuch, Long Ying shook his head and said, "Little brother still has some things to do." Wan Renyu said: "Do you think the little witch is beautiful?" Long Ying said: "As long as you are not blind, you should know that she is the most beautiful woman in the world, but she is too fond of tricks, thinking of her gives me a headache. What does this have to do with playing chess?"

Wan Renyu said happily: "Of course it has a lot to do with it. The little witch is gorgeous in Luoyang, and Mrs. Mengdie is gorgeous in the world. Think about it! Don't you want to see the difference with your own eyes?" Long Ying scolded: "Good guy! How dare you use beauty to seduce me." Itching and unbearable, he said: "Can we do it tomorrow?" Wan Renyu said: "Of course, the chess meeting will be held for three consecutive days. As long as I don't touch the chessboard today, I can complete the unfinished game tomorrow." Long Ying said: "So what if we win?"

This time it was Wan Renyu's turn to scold with a smile: "If you win, you can get ten taels back. What else do you want? Can you use ten taels of silver to spend a night with a beautiful woman?" Long Ying raised his hands in surrender, agreed on the time and place tomorrow, and went separately. ※※※ Long Ying was clever, he checked the guards first when he arrived in Miyagi, as he expected, Fat Eunuch went to Shangyang Palace to arrange the state banquet to be held in Guanfeng Palace tonight. Returning to Shangyang Palace, he was shocked by the situation when he entered the destination. Hundreds of mule carts carrying all kinds of supplies were parked in Guanfeng Square, and thousands of eunuchs and maids kept coming in and out of the palace. , the fat father-in-law just left and disappeared.

Long Ying's heart moved, and he hurried back to Gan Tang Yuan, and sure enough, the fat father-in-law was waiting for him in the hall. He first described the events of the past two days in detail. When he said that Renya was most likely identified by Wu Zhao as the reincarnated daughter, and Wu Zhao had seen through their relationship, the fat father-in-law remained calm as always, but When he told Yang Tong Leng to clean up the house, the fat father-in-law turned his face and changed his face, which made him puzzled and asked, "Is this matter so important?" Fat Eunuch said: "Continue talking."

Long Ying then told Zhang Jianzhi about the cause and effect of Yan Fei's inquiry, saying: "Assuming that the legend of Bianhuang is true, it is impossible for Xiang Yutian to have lived for at least two hundred years." Fat Eunuch let out a breath and said: "The current situation is more complicated than you can imagine. Wu Zhao's country is not as stable as a rock as we imagined. It is full of undercurrents and torrents. Water can carry a boat, and it can also carry a boat." It's unexpected to capsize." Longying wondered, "Why do you say that, father-in-law?"

Fat Gonggong said: "It's not a big deal for you to kill the little Buddha with a cold tongue, because you don't understand the monk Wang Faming, and you don't understand his relationship with Wu Zhao." Long Ying listened attentively, the more he knew the situation, the more he could understand his own situation. The fat father-in-law continued: "Fa Ming's emergence is a legend. He voluntarily ordained to become a monk in Jingnian Temple. The merit and Dharma are comparable to that of the abbot at that time, Master Dujie. When Dujie passed away, Faming became the abbot of Jingnian Temple at the age of thirty-three, becoming the youngest abbot in the history of the temple, and ranked first among the monks in the world."

Long Ying asked in surprise, "Is Jingnian Temple so prestigious?" Fat Gonggong said: "Jingnian Temple and Cihang Jingzhai have always been called the two major Buddhist resorts in the world. The battle between 'San Zhenren' Ning Daoqi and 'Tian Dao' Song Que was held in the temple. This battle dominated the early Tang Dynasty. The future development of the political situation. Buddhism has always been loosely organized. Although Jingnian Temple has a high status, it has only symbolic meaning but no real influence. With the cooperation of Fa Ming and Wu Zhao, this situation has been completely reversed."

The fat father-in-law suddenly said: "What association do you have?" Long Ying gasped, and said, "Could it be... Could it be that Fa Ming is actually a member of the Demon Sect?" Fat Eunuch smiled wryly and said, "I don't know, but this possibility is extremely high. I've always suspected it, but I wasn't sure. When Fa Ming ordered Yang Tong Leng to execute Little Buddha, I woke up like a dream. The relationship between Fa Ming and Wu Zhao The relationship is the relationship between me and Wu Zhao." Longying said: "I still don't understand." Fatty Gong said: "Because you don't understand the role Fa Ming played in Wu Zhao's ascension to the throne. After Fa Ming was promoted to the abbot of Jingnian Temple, he went to the East Weiguo Temple in Luoyang to preach on the Buddha's birthday. At that time, Wu Zhao was included. Now, all the important ministers and generals of the court and the royal family of the Tang Dynasty are present, listening to this great virtuous and famous monk talk about his first practice." Long Ying slapped the table and exclaimed: "Understood! This is to clear the way for Wu Zhao's ascension to the throne." The fat father-in-law was obviously one of the listeners, with a look of reminiscence on his face, he said slowly: "Faming is talking about a passage in the "Da Fang Waiting for Wuxiang Dayun Jing": At that time, there was a woman named Pure Light. The Buddha told the Pure Light Goddess: "You have heard the "Great Nirvana Sutra" from that Buddha for a while. Because of this cause and condition, you now have a heavenly body. When I come out of the world, I will hear the profound meaning again. If you give up the heavenly form, you will be The female body, when the kingdom is land, has a quarter of the place under the command of the wheel-turning king. When you are here, you are really a Bodhisattva. In order to transform all living beings, you now love the female body." .The woman is righteous and mighty over the world. In Jambudvipa, all the lands are here to be honored, and there is no one who refuses to violate it. If you are a queen, you will be a Buddha in the future." Thinking of Li Junxian's unjust case, Long Ying immediately felt his scalp go numb, and said, "Is there such a story in the scriptures?" Fat Gonggong said: "Of course it is true. Since Wu Zhao and Fa Ming have never had any contact, this statement is like throwing a thousand catties of boulders in a pool that is as flat as a mirror. Li Dan, the emperor in name only, was thrown into idleness. Faming sent people to present four volumes of "Dayun Jing" to Wu Zhao. The imperial edict stipulates that the two capitals and the states each build a Dayun Temple to store the Dayun scriptures, and order eminent monks to compose and explain the scriptures, so as to build momentum for her enthronement in the future." Long Ying sighed: "This trick is really unique. Those who oppose the Demon Sect have always used the three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism as the main force. Now that one of the three schools has won one of them, and then use the demon-fighting method to bring the orthodox martial arts under its banner. Enough to rival the power?" Fat Gonggong said: "Since the introduction of Buddhism in the Eastern Han Dynasty, through the development of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Buddhism has become more and more prosperous and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. There are a large number of believers in every class. Therefore, Faming's support played a key role in Wu Zhao's ascension to the throne. Under Wu Zhao's order, Fa Ming, the new monk king, went on a national tour to preach, which also made his influence grow day by day, and provoked five old Buddhist monks called holy monks to fight back together. To force Fa Mingshe to become the Monk King, to return to the Jingnian Temple to reflect on his mistakes, the result turned into a decisive battle at the highest level of Buddhism. No one knows the process. We only know that the five great monks passed away within a hundred days after returning to the monastery. Faming won this battle and pushed him to the throne of the number one master in Buddhism, since then there has been no one in Buddhism who dared to openly oppose him." He continued: "Since then, Faming's support for Wu Zhao has changed from the dark to the clear. Not only did he send four disciples of Fajia to join the demon squad, but he also stated on the table that Wu Zhao, the queen mother, was born of Maitreya Buddha. It is equivalent to asking her to be the emperor on behalf of Buddhism. Alas! Houhou is really amazing, only her wisdom and courage can conceive such a grand plan for the empress to seize power, it is flawless and amazing." Long Ying lost his voice: "Wu Zhao's master is actually Wan Wan!" Houhou is a mythical figure of the Demon Gate, fought back and forth with Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, and was never at a disadvantage. In the end, although she fell short, the Demon Gate was able to preserve its vitality thanks to her, and the entire army was not wiped out. Also lost beautifully. Fat Gonggong said: "I am a chess piece distributed in the palace, and Faming is a chess piece distributed in Buddhism. It is easy for Wu Zhao to kill me. It is not easy to kill Faming, especially Faming is both a magician and a Buddha. Wu Zhao may be able to beat him in terms of strength, but killing him is difficult and difficult, and under Fa Ming's careful planning, there are many capable people under his command, and Wu Zhao can't attack Jingnian Temple with his army, so although the two of them wrestled secretly, On the surface, they are still harmonious and supportive of each other." Long Ying said: "How do the two wrestle?" Fat Gonggong said: "Their wrestling began when Fa Ming appointed the fake monk Xue Huaiyi as the abbot of the White Horse Temple with the legal power of the monk king, forcing Wu Zhao to agree to the appointment afterwards. One can imagine the subtleties. Buddhism is now against Fa. Ming's influence was almost completely wiped out, and no one dared to say anything. Now Cihang Jingzhai had no choice but to send Duanmu Ling out to see if he could return to heaven, and this was Faming's original intention of appointing Xue Huaiyi. Extraordinary, if Duanmu Ling can be subdued and become the object of his Huanxi Zen practice, not only can he make a breakthrough in Zen skills, Cihang Jingzhai will definitely lose his reputation, and Baidao Wulin may be completely devastated because of the loss of his spiritual leader. Faming this person His ambition is not inferior to that of Wu Zhao." Long Ying took another breath, and finally understood the reason behind Wu Zhao's allowing him to transfer Jing Zhongyue to Wan Renyu, because Wu Zhao's urgent need was no longer a matter of the heir to the emperor, or even the "" Dafa of Dao Xin Planting Demons", but to deal with Faming's threat.It is conceivable that if something goes wrong in the world, for example, Wu Chengsi replaces Li Dan as the prince, and Faming revolts, the resulting variables are unpredictable. The fat father-in-law said happily: "You kid is at the right time. Your appearance has broken the balance of power confrontation between Wu Zhao and Fa Ming." Longying smiled bitterly and said, "I actually have that much influence?" Fat Gonggong said: "Just think about it! What would happen if Wu Zhao and Faming came out to Yutian? If I were either side, I would try my best to win you over, and Faming wouldn't be able to kill you." , I had no choice but to implement a strategy of slowing down the army, killing people and silence them, so that you can't trace the identity of his mastermind from the little Buddha. If one day you can get rid of Faming, it won't be a problem if you ask Wu Zhao to marry Princess Taiping to you." Long Ying sighed: "Little brother Shu is not blessed to take it." Mr. Fatty said: "Fa Ming can be said to be invincible to anyone now, including Wu Zhao, and you have become her surprise soldier, which has directly benefited me. Therefore, she promised you a man just to make sure you have no dissenting intentions." The whole situation is complicated, and the only way is to walk on foot, cross the river by feeling the stones, and adapt to the situation. If you stand firm on Wu Zhao's front, Li Tang's world still has a glimmer of life. If Fa Ming replaces Wu Zhao, the world will It's going to be different." Long Ying said dejectedly: "If Fa Ming is allowed to reveal my identity as the evil emperor, there is no need to beat me at all." Fat Eunuch said angrily: "Don't underestimate yourself, who didn't know that Xiang Yutian was the evil emperor back then, but he lived to be two hundred years old and still had a good life, and he didn't see Bai Dao martial arts dare to provoke him, who would Ning Daoqi wait for?" It is not polite to see him. As long as Wu Zhao does not mobilize the power of the court to deal with you, and you have no bad deeds, who in the world has the right to do anything to you? If Fa Ming uses this method to deal with you, it must be a dead end. Make this move." He said again: "I have to go back to Guanfeng Palace to see if there is anything wrong with my subordinate Erlang, and I will talk to you tomorrow when I have a chance. I should be in Shangshi Kitchen most of the day, and in the Omiya Supervisory Court at night. Remember Ren Ya It is something that everyone desires, so we must protect her well." Say that and leave. ※※※ The three girls couldn't help laughing, and they bent their waists, laughing the loudest with Qiao Renya. Longying said awkwardly: "Is it ugly?" Lili panted: "It's not ugly, but ugly, it makes our husband look like a juggler." Xiuqing said: "It's unnatural, but there's nothing you can do about it! This set of costumes for the state banquet was brought by the clerk, so I only have one set." Renya smiled and stepped on her feet and said: "Sister Li, Sister Qing! How can we make my husband embarrassing in public, let's find a way!" Seeing people's elegant and anxious state, Long Ying took his mind and understood the reason. This set of dress itself is not ugly, it belongs to the court banquet suit of princes and above three ranks, it is dressed in silk purple gown, court crown made of deerskin, curved collar square heart, crimson gauze knees, bird skin shoes, leather belt Golden hook flounder. The problem was with him. When he faced the women, he immediately changed back to his rascal appearance, besotted and wooed, until he wore a solemn official uniform, what better way to describe it than wearing a monkey and wearing a crown? Long Ying raised his index finger and said: "Don't worry about the three wives, Shanren has his own tricks." Renya said angrily: "It's because you are still in the mood to joke, I'm dying of anxiety." Lili and Xiuqing looked in disbelief. Longying smiled and said, "I can do magic tricks." Turning around slowly, taking a deep breath, the magic power circulated for a week, and then turned back to face the three women. Renya was the first to call out "Heh". Lili and Xiuqing were dumbfounded. In fact, they have never seen Longying like this before. His eyes are shining with magic lights, deep and unfathomable. A person, so that they have no time to pay attention to whether he is not dressed properly. From the corner of Long Ying's mouth floated a smile that seemed to be able to see everything and look down on all living beings in the world, and shouted: "Three little girls, get over here, so that I can have fun with you." As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately changed back to the original rascal. The three women were still dumbfounded, not believing the changes that had just appeared on Longying. Ren Ya put his body into his arms, and said in disbelief, "Master Ying has no time for fun, he just came here to provoke others." Lili and Xiuqing yelled in disbelief. Long Ying apologized: "It's my fault, I overexpressed it. Ha! It's been a long night, and I can start work in the Imperial Study Room later tomorrow. I guarantee that the three wives are satisfied and happy." Renya was willing to let him go. Long Ying said: "Who will serve tonight...my master takes a bath and changes clothes?" Renya pointed to the tip of her nose and made a cute little grimace at him. Long Ying's heart screamed fiercely, she naturally had an innocent demeanor, which surpassed Princess Taiping's charm by more than a notch. After making intimacy one by one, they summoned up their strong fighting spirit, left Gantangyuan, and headed for Guanfeng Hall where the state banquet was held. For the first time after the heavy snowfall, the setting sun appeared in the twilight glow, and the snow on the palace buildings shone brightly. I don’t know if it was because of the cheerful mood. to a whole new stage.