Chapter 6 The fifth time, the concubine quarreled over the toilet and the old monk sternly released the signature

The fifth time, the concubine quarreled over the toilet and the old monk sternly released the signature In the past few days, although Xingyuan, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi stationed on Qingyuan Street, is still heavily guarded and heavily guarded outside, it is a mess inside.There are boxes and cages in the east and west in the halls, corridors, and houses, and there are scattered objects.Li Yan never dreamed that he would be dismissed. For a moment, he was angry, frustrated, panicked, feeling everything in his heart, but there was nothing he could do about it. He could only order the bodyguards to pack up and pack their clothes quickly. .This Li Yanben is the kind of bastard who says "people die under flowers, even ghosts are romantic". He set out from Guangzhou to fight in the front line of Qingyuan, and he brought two concubines with him. Yaogu, who was 18 years old, took another one by the hand.When he arrived at Qingyuan Street, he felt that the local women's hair was pulled to the side and twisted into a big bun, which was very beautiful. He also used military music to blow and dance to marry the daughter of a Nuo opera performer into the Chinese army camp.Qingyuan Street was originally a small place among the high mountains in the west of Guangxi, and the urine on the street flows to the end of the street——if you go any further, you will leave the city.The respectable people on the street are nothing more than silversmiths who make jewelry and butchers whose bayonets are popular, and there is nothing to enjoy the joy of smoking willows, painting bridges, reciting the wind and admiring the moon.Li Yan is glad that he had the foresight to bring "Xiao Hun San" with him all the way, and let the four wives accompany him every day to amuse and relieve boredom, which corresponds to the two lines of poems written by Gao Shi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty: Soldiers in the first half of life, beauty There are still singing and dancing under the tent.

Spring goes to autumn and time flies, and it is three years at the flick of a finger.The rebels led by Wei Yinbao and Huang Chaomeng didn't catch many of them, but there were two more crying babies in the Governor's Xingyuan. "Then take the boat and go ashore first, which shows that I, Li Yan, know people well and have good eyesight." Li Yan once said so proudly when he met the generals of the three armies in the Chinese army tent.Unexpectedly, extreme joy begets sorrow—now that they are downgraded to serve the people, and they are about to return to their hometown in desperation, eating and sleeping in the open, these "Xiaohunsan" and their products have suddenly become a burden.

However, he said that Li Yan was in the duty room on this day to supervise the two masters to clean up the official documents. He had to look at which ones should be handed over, which ones should be burned, and which ones should be taken away.Some documents have been seldom turned since they were placed on the shelf, and now they are full of dust and insect excrement. The two masters moved them up and down, making their heads dirty, and they were choked and sneezing from time to time.Suddenly, a master surnamed Liang found three land deeds from the drawer specially used for letters. One was from Huzhou, Zhejiang, and the other was from Wuxi, Jiangsu. It is a thousand mu wheat field in Zhuozhou, near Beijing.The three land deeds all recorded the number of acres, the number of blocks, and the joint ownership of the boundary piles in detail. The name filled in under the column of the owner of the land is Gao Fu.Master Liang is usually trusted by Li Yan, but he doesn't know the origin of these three land deeds.He winked at Mr. Dong who was arranging the books on the other side. Mr. Dong leaned over. Mr. Liang handed him the three land deeds and asked in a low voice, "Who is Gao Fu?" Mr. Dong shook his head, The sneaky look of the two was seen by Li Yan, and he asked, "What the hell are you two doing?"

Master Liang quickly took back the land deeds from Master Dong, handed them to Li Yan, and said, "I see these three land deeds, and I don't know what to do with them." "Ah, it's this." Li Yan took Tian Qi and glanced at it, then quickly hid it in his sleeve, "This has nothing to do with you, so go ahead." As soon as the words fell, a woman in the yard howled like a pig: "God damn cheap money, dare to bully me, don't you dare to rely on the fact that the master likes your fat?" Is that presumptuous?" "What about you, a bitch, with water running in your crotch all day long, what a good thing." The other woman's high-pitched voice did not show any weakness.

Li Yan's face suddenly changed, and he ran out the door.In a panic, he tripped over the threshold and almost fell.Fortunately, the guard guarding the door had sharp eyesight and quick hands, so he hurried forward to give him a hand, so that he would not fall into the mud. "How decent, uh, how decent are you!" As soon as Li Yan stood firm, he yelled at the two women who were arguing.Of these two women, one is the second concubine brought from Guangzhou, and the other is the daughter of the Nuo opera family—the fourth concubine.The second aunt is only twenty years old now, with a tall duck-shaped face, a pair of big eyes, and two slightly upturned thin lips, giving the impression that she is both coquettish and aggressive.It turns out that she is the most favored because she thinks that Li Yan has bad breath, and she always looks away when she is in the same room and refuses to let Li Yan kiss.This fourth aunt has bronze-colored skin, a plump figure, two bulging big tits on her chest, and a firm and fat ass like a millstone on the back. Everywhere exudes the kind of attractive charm.To use an inappropriate analogy, if the second concubine is "seafood", the fourth concubine is an out-and-out "mountain delicacy".Li Yan went to the countryside to do as the Romans did, and thought that "mountain treasures" were more suitable for his taste.For this reason, the two women often quarrel with each other and feel jealous, and the quarrels are not enough, and they will inevitably have a bout of fistfights every now and then.

When Li Yan opened his mouth to curse, he saw the fourth aunt standing next to a bundle of luggage with her hands on her hips, her eyes wide open, while the second aunt was sitting on the ground crookedly. skirt.A dozen or so soldiers who helped pack their luggage stood aside and watched the excitement. When they saw the governor running out to get angry, they all hurriedly got out of the way and went to work on their own.Seeing this scene, Li Yan got angry and cursed: "You guys are so brave, you dare to cry in the military plane. What are you arguing about? Say, why are you arguing?"

One of the two women stood and bit her lip, while the other sat and wiped her tears, neither answering. "Are you deaf and dumb?" Li Yan spit and looked around, calling his housekeeper, "Li Zhong, Li Zhong—" "Master, the little one is here." Li Zhong turned out from behind a pile of luggage stacked high. "Why are they arguing?" Li Yan asked. Li Zhong murmured the whole story: Three days ago, Li Zhong began to arrange for people to pack the furniture and luggage according to Li Yan's instructions.These four aunts and wives each have a lot of things, and they are reluctant to let go of any of them.After tidying up, the inner courtyard was full.From Qingyuan Street to Liuzhou, there are winding mountain roads, and the transportation depends entirely on horses.Li Zhong made a rough count of the bundled objects gathered, and it would take about a hundred horses to carry them.So he told Li Yan.Li Yan felt that it was too ostentatious to use a hundred horses to carry luggage, so he instructed Li Zhong to compress it to eighty packs.Li Zhong had no choice but to persuade the four concubines one by one to remove some less important items.The eldest aunt and the third aunt finally came out, but the second aunt and fourth aunt refused to do anything.Li Zhong talked about it, and the fourth aunt finally agreed to remove the bathtub for the younger son who was under one year old.It was the second aunt's turn. There was a toilet in her luggage. Li Zhong suggested throwing away the toilet. The second aunt opened her almond-shaped eyes and cried out like a flute: "Oh, what's wrong with this toilet? Sandalwood, I brought it all the way from Guangzhou, the more I use it, the more comfortable it becomes, if I change to a toilet, I won’t be able to poop, I won’t be able to throw it away, I won’t be able to throw it away.” She stopped here, and Li Zhong shook his head , the fourth aunt was too reluctant, thinking: "I even threw away my precious son's bathtub, what is there to be reluctant about your filthy toilet?" The second aunt in front of the luggage was shoved to the ground too violently, picked up the toilet wrapped in oil paper, and slammed it to the ground.

When Li Zhong made a statement, the two aunts and wives were still at war, ready to rush to fight at any time.The Governor's Xingyuan was originally the Qian Zongwei Guardhouse in Qingyuan Street, and the place is cramped.The front yard is used for office work, and the back yard is an official residence. There are only about 30 houses in the two courtyards combined.The aunts and wives live in the backyard, and they still talk about some rules on weekdays and don't come to the front yard to interfere.Now because of moving, their luggage has been moved to a slightly larger front yard, and they came here to count things.As the saying goes, family ugliness should not be publicized, and now the two concubines are fighting over a toilet in front of so many junior staff members who are guards and housekeepers at the military academy, Li Yan can't hold back.Taking a closer look, it was the fourth concubine who wanted to fight. The second concubine was always delicate, and after this fall, she couldn't even stand up.Li Yan ordered the third aunt to help her up, and reprimanded her angrily: "A woman has long hair and short knowledge, let alone a sandalwood toilet, even if it is made of gold, you have to throw it away when it should be thrown away." He yelled at the fourth aunt: "If you push the second aunt into a cripple, you will serve her for the rest of your life. What kind of behavior is there at home? You really have Mu Guiying's ability to catch Wei Yinbao for me." Come." Li Yan scolded here, but the auntie had led the "Xiao Hun San" back to the backyard.Li Yan looked at the mountain of luggage in the yard, and said to Li Zhong: "It seems that eighty packs are still too much, let's reduce it to fifty packs."

Back to the duty room, Xiang followed the lively two masters who had come back to continue sorting out the files.These two masters were also brought over by Li Yan from Guangzhou. Master Liang was over forty years old and was in charge of the official documents in the Governor's Mansion. Master Dong was four or five years younger than him and was in charge of the books of money and food, all belonged to Li Yan. Work confidant. "Take a break first." Li Yan greeted them. "There are too many documents, I'm afraid I won't be able to finish them all at once." Mr. Liang replied.

"I'm afraid Yin Zhengmao will have to hand over it for a few days when he's here. There's still time." Li Yan said, ordering the servants to prepare tea. The three sat down in the guest room, and after drinking tea for a while, Li Yan said: "As the saying goes, a phoenix is ​​not as good as a chicken. I have become a phoenix now. You two have been with me for many years. Now I was unlucky and caused you to lose your jobs, this is something I don't want to happen, I hope the two gentlemen will be happy." Master Liang is straightforward by nature, seeing Li Yan's sadness, he quickly comforted him: "Dong Weng has treated us well in the past few years since we entered the curtain, and has taken care of everything that should be taken care of. People are not grass and trees. We will always remember Dong Weng's love. , Master Dong, what do you think?"

"Brother Liang is right." Master Dong added casually, "We have gained some benefits from being with Dong Weng in the past few years. Even if we leave the banquet from now on, we will never worry about making a living." The two masters are telling the truth. They follow Li Yan, and the extra money they make every year is not less than four to fifty thousand taels of silver.Li Yan also understood what they meant, but he still took out two banknotes from his sleeves, handed one to each of them, and said, "This is a ten thousand tael banknote. You can cash it when you return to Guangzhou. Take it for collection." Well, it’s my gift for settling down.” The two masters couldn't help being humble and thanked, but they still accepted it half-heartedly.Li Yan continued: "The documents in the hands of the two gentlemen must be cleaned up. Don't let people later see the flaws, especially Mr. Dong, your accounts should be smoothed out as much as possible." Master Dong understood, looked at Master Liang briefly, and said: "Don't worry about this Dong Weng, even if you don't give orders, I will know how to deal with it. I have covered up everything that should be covered up, and there is only one most important account , I am afraid it will be difficult to smooth it out." "What account?" "It's the empty pay for the soldiers." Mr. Dong frowned, and said in a low voice, "In the past three years, we have issued a letter to the Ministry of War, reporting 50,000 soldiers, but the actual number is only 30,000, and there is room for 20,000 soldiers. , the new governor is coming, we definitely won't be able to hand over 50,000 soldiers." "Yeah, that's what worries me the most." After Li Yan finished speaking, he stood up and began to pace up and down in the duty room.However, Li Yan came to Qingyuan Street three years ago, and within a month, he discovered a great way to make money, which is to eat soldiers' vacancies.A soldier's monthly expenses such as horses, fodder, fodder, silver, clothes, and quilts add up to three taels of silver. There were originally only 30,000 soldiers on the Qingyuan front line.The 20,000 soldiers who didn't exist brought Li Yan an income of more than 700,000 taels of silver in one year.After Li Yan's planning for the day he moved in, he believed that within a year, Wei Yinbao, Huang Chaomeng and thousands of thieves would be able to wipe out all the thieves.However, Li Yan did not seriously pursue and suppress them in order to make more money. In his reports to the imperial court, he often exaggerated the power of the rebels.His original intention was to capture Wei Yinbao alive and offer Beijing as a captive after the four-year quota was full, so that he could gain both fame and fortune.Not to mention full of private pockets, you can also add officials and be promoted to nobles.In order to achieve this goal, he has continuously sent people to Beijing for three years, spending a lot of money to manage officials in important yamen such as the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, and the gold-lettered signboard of "Gao Gong Men Sheng". Sit back and relax, who knows that such a big change happened halfway.He still doesn't understand the reason for his dismissal. Could it be because of the lost mansion in the county?It should be noted that more than a dozen copies of this kind of residence newspaper have been delivered in the past, and there has never been any problem... At this time, the courtyard was completely silent, and the midday sun shone through the window lattice, dazzling the eyes with incandescence.Suddenly, a crow flew to the privet tree in the courtyard and made several ear-piercing calls, and an ominous omen suddenly rose in Li Yan's heart. "The two of you also know that the money didn't go into my pocket alone." Li Yan turned back to the rattan chair and sat down, and said with a heavy heart, "If the people around you don't tell me, I will naturally get the benefits, and The important officials of several government departments in the capital also reciprocated, and received my heart of offering celery. I just don’t know why there was such a thunder on the ground, and the emperor came with such a decree.” The two masters are both exquisite and clear people with a long history, how can they not know the seriousness of this matter, it's just that Li Yan doesn't mention it himself, they can't tell the truth.Seeing that Dong Weng wanted to ask for advice now, he had a chance to express what he had been holding back in his heart for the past few days.Mr. Liang coughed, and first said: "The emperor has nine layers of arches and lives in the palace. How can he know what happened on Qingyuan Street. What's more, the emperor's orders are all drafted by the cabinet. According to my humble opinion, Dong Weng The next time I take office, the problem still comes from the cabinet.” Li Yan lowered his eyelids and pondered for a while, then said suspiciously: "That's strange, Gao Gong, the chief minister of the cabinet, is my seat lord, and it is well-known that I give him the birth ceremony. Could it be that he will punish me? The year before last Guangxi Taoist censors impeached me, saying that I rejected Qi Jiguang and failed to suppress the bandits. As a result, the emperor issued a decree to transfer Qi Jiguang to Jizhou. Letters from Gao Ge’s old relatives comforted me, although I also wanted me to think carefully and act carefully. , but the tone is very considerate. Since then, there have been several impeachment papers, all of which have been resolved one by one by Mr. Gao Ge. The sudden change of the situation this time really puzzles me." After finishing speaking, Li Yan lowered his bitter face and stroked his cheeks with both hands, looking restless.Master Dong went on to say: "Dong Weng has spent a lot of money in the past few years to manage all the important yamen in the capital. It is logical that it will not end up like this. Now that the matter has come to this point, I think there are two moves. The first is to ask for safety, don’t expose the matter here, according to the "Law of the Ming Dynasty", no matter what we have done, we can’t be punished too much, but it’s human-made, those high-ranking officials in the capital who have benefited from Dong Weng will not do it for their own safety. He will stand by and see death. As long as he escapes this catastrophe, Dong Weng's second move is to move around. He usually reads some miscellaneous books and has a little knowledge of physiognomy. Dong Weng's heaven is full and the land is round. It seems that his official luck will not come. So far..." Mr. Dong was always talkative and wanted to play tricks. Seeing that he was going to talk about gourds and gourds, Li Yan interrupted him roughly with a wave of his hand, and said angrily: "I have heard your physiognomy more than a hundred times. , don’t talk about it, just talk about how to get through this calamity now.” Master Dong was not annoyed by this robbing, anyway, he was used to seeing Dong Weng's face and knew how to deal with it.Immediately replied: "To overcome difficulties, just use those seven words. To untie the bell, you have to tie it." "You mean Mr. Gao Ge?" Mr. Liang interjected. "Exactly," Master Dong turned to Li Yan, lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "Dong Weng spent at least five or six hundred thousand taels of silver on the officials of the capital in the past two or three years, but you didn't spend it on Mr. Gao Ge. If you spend a fraction of a cent, Dong Weng forgive me, you have lost the gift of a disciple." Li Yan smiled wryly, and said: "Master Dong, your knowledge is poor. It's not that I, Li Yan, don't know the rules, but that all officials in the world know that Gao Ge is always a first-class honest and honest minister. If I give money to Didn't he just prepare a coffin as a gift?" Mr. Dong shook his head disapprovingly, and replied with a grin: "Dong Weng is not well-informed. I haven't seen a cat that doesn't eat fish in the world. I can know whether Gao Ge loves money or not. One thing can tell. Hai Gangfeng Lord Hai Rui, known as the most honest official in the world, almost lost his head at the hands of Emperor Jiajing. He was reinstated by Gao Ge veteran and promoted to Governor of Suzhou, but it was just a year ago that Hai Rui hadn't worn the crown on his head The hot black yarn was picked by Mr. Gao Ge again. Think about it, if Mr. Gao Ge really didn't love money, would he be able to dismiss Hai Rui's position?" "Yeah, what old Dong said is right," at this time Master Liang also intervened to echo, "As the saying goes, the same voice responds to each other, and the same spirit seeks each other. Just look at the group of relatives, friends and disciples under Gaoge's old sect, all of whom are doing somersaults in the money hole. You know the real character of Mr. Gao Ge.” At this point, Master Liang suddenly realized that Li Yan was also Gao Gong’s disciple, and consciously made a slip of the tongue, and quickly used words to cover it up, “It’s always as black as a crow in the world. Yin Zhengmao, who came to take over the next time, would stretch out a hand to grab Qian when he saw Qian." Li Yan sat and listened silently, and suddenly had an idea, he felt relieved, and yawned and said: "This is the end of today's discussion. In the afternoon, you follow me for a while." Go to Xizhu Temple." The two masters left the room, Li Yan took out the land deed from his sleeve, read it again and again, then carefully folded and opened it, opened it and folded it again, for a while he was confused and stared blankly. come out... The 5,000 mu of land on these three land deeds was a generous gift he bought for the seat lord Gao Gong.Although the two masters think it's a lie that Gao Gong doesn't love money, Li Yan knows that Gao Gong rarely accepts gifts.This stubborn Chief Assistant lord took good care of his disciples, but once his disciples did something out of line, his expression would change extremely quickly.Li Yan knew in his heart that without Gao Gong, there would be no way for him to make money as an official.He wanted to repay, but he couldn't find the best way to express his heart.I don't dare to give silver bills, and I don't show my filial piety when I send them off.After much deliberation, he thought of simply giving money to buy some land for the seat owner.With a certain idea, he couldn't even trust his confidant master, so he sent his housekeeper Li Zhong to take one hundred thousand taels of silver notes to three places in Huzhou, Wuxi, and Zhuozhou to secretly purchase 5,000 mu of high-quality land.The name of the buyer is Gao Fu, the butler of Gao Gong - this is also to deceive people.After buying the land, he didn't give it to Gao Gong immediately. He wanted to wait for Gao Gong to retire before sending the three land deeds to him.At that time, Gao Gonglu's position will be lost, and for the sake of Sangyu's later life, he will probably never reprimand and refuse to accept it.He thought it was not a bad idea, but now things have changed. Once Yin Zhengmao takes over as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, he will immediately find that huge hole in the accounts... After thinking about it, Li Yan decided to take the risk of writing a letter to Gao Gong letter, telling him frankly about the property for which he had purchased it.It is true that Gao Gong does not love money, but the analysis of the two masters is not entirely unreasonable.He doesn't want one thousand taels of silver, and he doesn't need ten thousand taels of silver or fifty thousand taels of silver. What if it's one hundred thousand taels of silver?Faced with such a large sum of money, if Gao Gong is still not tempted, Li Yan will be destroyed by the sky, so he has no choice but to accept his fate.However, if Gao Gong was willing to accept these three land deeds, the situation would be different.Even if the problem here is exposed and someone is impeached, Gao Gong will continue to try his best to defend it as always, and so many officials who have benefited will look at the chief assistant and act to help him.Although this move is dangerous, there is still half the chance of success. If this move is not taken, things will get into a mess, and even a dead end is unknown.Li Yan wanted to get dizzy, and finally made up his mind to write a letter to Gao Gong, informing him of the real estate purchase. He originally wanted to attach the three land deeds to the letter, but then he had another idea : The letter is not safe after all, it is better for Tian Qi to hand it in by hand.Therefore, I took out the three land deeds from the envelope and sealed them with sealant by myself. The last time I used the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi to send the letter to Beijing by express delivery method, day and night. After finishing this work, it was half past noon, and Li Yan ate something indiscriminately in the duty room. Thinking of the fight between the two concubines over the toilet, he was not in the mood to go to the backyard to rest, so he sat on the wicker chair in the duty room. , put a pair of feet on the tea table and took a nap for a while.When he woke up, it was already time to pay the deadline, and he was talking about calling the two masters to go to Xizhu Temple together, when suddenly the guards came in and reported: "My lord, General Liu Dakui is asking to see you." "He's back? Please come in." Li Yan ordered. Seven days ago, Li Yan received a bulletin saying that Yin Zhengmao had set off from Nanchang, Jiangxi, via Liuzhou to Qingyuan Mansion to take over.Liuzhou is more than 300 miles away from Qingyuan. Once they pass Sancha Town, they will be on the ground of Qingyuan with lofty mountains. For safety reasons, Li Yan ordered General Liu Dakui to lead a thousand troops to Sancha Town to wait for him.Now that he has turned around, the new governor must have arrived with the army. Li Yan was about to get dressed and go out to meet him, when a seven-foot man with black eyebrows and black face came in through the curtain, knelt on one leg, clasped his fists and said loudly: "Participant General Liu Dakui kowtowed to the governor." "Get up, where is the new governor?" Li Yan asked. "My lord, I will not receive a new governor in the end." "How could this be? According to the schedule, he should have arrived two days ago." "But the general is like an idiot waiting for a girl, so he just can't wait for him." Liu Dakui said anxiously, "Now I leave a thousand soldiers and horses in Sancha Town, and come back alone to ask for instructions. Should I continue to wait or withdraw?" Come." "Will there be an accident?" Li Yan said so, but he was not in a hurry in his heart, and said to Liu Dakui, "Go back to Sancha Town immediately and wait until you can't come back until you receive the new governor." "Yes, the general will obey." Liu Dakui clasped his fists, and retreated hurriedly.Hearing the sound of his horse's hooves, Li Yan ordered the palanquin to be prepared, took two masters, and under the heavy protection of the swordsmen and cavalry, they came to the Xizhu Temple two miles west of the city in a majestic manner. This Xizhu Temple is an ancient temple built during the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty.Originally named Ximing Temple, it was renamed Xizhu Temple when it was rebuilt in the Song and Yuan Dynasties. It has a history of more than 700 years.Compared with the magnificent temples on both sides of the Yellow River in Woye in the Central Plains and the magnificent Buddhist temples in the spring and autumn mountains in the south of the Yangtze River, this Xizhu Temple is small in scale and not imposing, but it is a place of cultural heritage that ranks first on Qingyuan Street .Local Tongyao natives of various ethnic groups, although fierce and abnormal, are all devout and Buddhist, so this Xizhu Temple has been able to keep burning incense for seven hundred years.Li Yanfu was in a state of anxiety about leaving his post, and he still did not forget to visit Xizhu Temple, the purpose of which was not to worship Buddha, and second, not to play, but came here to draw lots.The spiritual lottery book of Xizhu Temple is also well-known, and Li Yan has personally experienced it. I remember that Li Yanchu first came to Qingyuan Street three years ago, and he came to Xizhu Temple to visit Xizhu Temple when he had a day's free time. His companions told him about the lottery of Xizhu Temple, so he just randomly smoked one, and the one he drew was the first. Fifty-one signatures, the signatures are: Day and night with Jiaoying, even though she is defeated, she is honored to support her close ministers Suddenly a gust of wind blows, gold is sand, sand is gold This is a flat lottery, and there are four sentences when unwrapping the lottery: rapid water and rough waves, don't act rashly, pray for Buddha with peace of mind, and there will be no worries when you wait. Li Yan saw that the signed document was not good. The governor had just taken office, and before the battle started, he said "It's a glorious defeat". He felt very uncomfortable, so he threw the signed document on the ground and said dismissively: "What kind of spiritual lottery, they are all ambiguous and nonsensical words, I just don't believe it." There is an old monk named Baijing in Xizhu Temple, who is best at solving lottery.Everyone who draws lots will ask him to explain it, and after his instructions, the mysteries implied in the lottery will be understood one by one.Li Yan was dissatisfied with the lottery, and he was acting like a governor, so he naturally refused to condescend to ask Baijing for advice.Two years later, the two masters once accompanied Li Yan to a drink, and while the wine was in full swing, Master Dong repeated the old saying and said to Li Yan: "Dong Weng, the lottery you drew at Xizhu Temple when you first came , It’s still very clever.” Li Yan didn’t take it seriously, and said with a casual face: “I’ve forgotten what the sign said.” Mr. Dong replied: “Dong Weng threw that sign at that time, Brother Liang picked him up." After receiving Mr. Dong's words, Mr. Liang got up and went to the house to find the lottery. Li Yan took it and looked it over carefully, and fell silent for a while.Master Liang looked at Dong Weng's face, and said cautiously: "Some time ago, Yu Dayou's soldiers suffered a defeat in Libo, Dong Weng impeached himself, and the mansion reported to Beijing. Instead of blaming him, the emperor issued an order to comfort him. I just thought of this. Isn't that what the sign said, 'although defeat is glorious'?" Li Yan was stunned for a while when he heard the truth, and said, "The first two sentences are indeed effective, what do the three or four sentences mean? Suddenly there was a strong wind, what kind of wind? What’s the mystery of gold changing from sand to gold, upside down?” The three speculated on the wine table, but they didn’t come to a satisfactory conclusion.Master Dong said: "If Dong Weng wants to understand the mystery, it seems that he has to go to the old monk Baijing." Li Yan agreed at the time, but later on when there were many things at hand, this matter was put on hold again.It wasn't until this dismissal that Li Yan understood the meaning of "suddenly a strong wind blows", and he eagerly wanted to go to Xizhu Temple to meet the old monk Baijing. Li Yan got off the sedan chair in front of the gate of Xizhu Temple, and stepped out of the sedan chair door.But seeing that the sun was already in the west, the surrounding mountains were green like Daisy, and the two tall pigeon trees in front of the temple were blooming like silk white flowers.There was no one in the temple—before Li Yan arrived, sergeants had come to clear the place and drove away all the idlers and others.Li Yan walked into the temple, Ying Jing'er also worshiped three sticks of incense in the main hall.Two young novice monks stood beside the bill and rang the bell for Li Yan when he offered incense. After completing the ceremony, Li Yan asked the little novice: "Where is your master Baijing?" "In the abbot's room." The little novice replied. Master Dong pretended to be a tiger, and shouted at the little novice: "Governor Li of Guangdong and Guangxi is here, why don't your masters come out of the mountain gate to greet you?" The little novice gave a salute to Master Dong, and replied neither humble nor overbearing: "My master is very old and has not seen anyone for more than a year." Master Dong still wanted to show off his prestige, Li Yan coughed and said to the little novice monk, "Please go in and tell the old monk Baijing, Li Yan, the former Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, to see him." The little novice ran in and came back immediately, saying: "My master asked the benefactor, Mr. Li, to go over." Li Yan followed the little novice out of the back door of the Daxiong Hall, and came to the tightly closed door of the abbot's room.The two masters wanted to go in with Li Yan, but they were blocked by the little monk. "My master is only willing to see Mr. Li alone, please stay with the two benefactors." After the little novice monk said, he bowed again. The two masters had no choice but to go back to the living room to have tea and wait. However, when Li Yan walked into the abbot's room, he saw an ancient and rare old man with white beard and eyebrows in a red cassock sitting on a rattan chair.His cheeks were thin and his eyes were piercing, as if he could see through a person's internal organs at a glance.Li Yan couldn't help secretly marveling that there are such extraordinary and uncompromising people hiding in such a barbaric and barbaric place, the arrogance in his heart suddenly dimmed, he clasped his fists and bowed, and said: "Li Yan kowtowed to Baijing Master." "Master Li, please sit down without courtesy." As soon as Baijing spoke, his voice was not loud but as crisp as a bronze chime.The little novice moved a chair for Li Yan and made tea, then retreated.Baijing then asked: "Master Li came to see the old monk, but for the lottery drawn three years ago?" "Exactly." Li Yan bowed his body, and replied respectfully: "There are many mysteries in this lot, I hope the abbot will enlighten me." After speaking, he took out the lot from his sleeve. Baijing does not accept the lottery.Asked: "Master Li drew the fifty-first lot?" "Yes, it's fifty-one lots." "Excuse me, Mr. Li, how expensive is this year?" "Fifty-one years old." "It happened to coincide with the number of draws, which is also a coincidence." To put it bluntly speaking, Li Yan felt more and more unfathomable, and his desire to find out became more urgent, so he couldn't help but move his chair a step closer to Baijing's side, and said eagerly: "The mystery is here, let's look at the abbot. Express." Baijing glanced at Li Yan, and said slowly, "Master Li, if three years ago you were not discouraged and threw the lottery on the ground, but moved a few steps, and let the old monk teach you how to get better. Good luck avoids bad luck, the situation will not be so bad as it is now, and it may be too late to hold on to Buddha's feet temporarily." A few words made Li Yan terrified, and his tone turned into a pleading: "Three years ago when I asked for a lottery, Li got too angry and became confused. Now, as long as the abbot points out how to remedy it, even if he loses money and destroys his home, Li will be there." no excuses." Li Yan was as anxious as a black-eyed hen, Baijing saw it in his eyes, smiled in his heart, and said unhurriedly: "The most important thing in unraveling the sixteen characters is 'Don't act recklessly, and pray to Buddha' Lord Li, forgive me for saying bluntly, you have done all kinds of reckless things in Qingyuan for three years, and you have no Buddha realm in your heart. Now that this is the case, what more do you have to ask?" "Ask the old monk, what does it mean to change gold from sand to gold?" "Turn sand into gold, turn gold into Buddha sand." "Since this is the case, there is still something that can be saved," Li Yan said comfortingly, "I will donate 50,000 taels of silver to renovate Xizhu Temple." Baijing shook his head, and flatly refused: "Master Li, Xizhu Temple will not accept a cent of the money you donated." "Why?" "Your money is not coming from the right place, it's all windfall." As soon as Baijing's words came out, Li Yan's face turned red all of a sudden, and his two big bags under the eyes were filled with black air. He cursed "old bald donkey" in his heart, wishing he could step forward and squeeze him to death. Pure.But from Baijing's eyes, he seemed to see that his time was approaching, so he suppressed the anger in his heart and begged: "Saving the suffering is the foundation of Buddhism, since the master has seen that Li is in trouble, he must not stand by and watch. " Baijing closed her eyes and meditated for a while, then opened her eyes and stared at Li Yan, staring until Li Yan's back was shivering, and then she spoke: "Tang Bohu, a romantic genius, wrote a poem, in which there is a line 'Kanan San Raising White Bone Zen' is very interesting, Mr. Li can go back and seriously study it." Li Yan felt that Baijing's advice was too mysterious, and was about to ask more carefully, when suddenly he heard the door of the abbot's room being knocked loudly, and Master Dong shouted outside: "Dong Weng, Master Li!" "What's the matter?" Li Yan asked in response. "The new governor has arrived at Xingyuan." Li Yan was startled, and thought in his heart: "Just now Liu Dakui said he didn't receive it, why did he arrive at Xingyuan all of a sudden? Maybe he came out of the ground?" Without thinking about it, he got up and bowed to Baijing, saying He said: "Li will leave, and I will find another time to ask the abbot for advice." After saying that, he hurried out and got up the sedan chair to go back to the yamen.