Chapter 100 The Ninth Round of Liangdao Street Conciliatory Signing and Detention

Due to the low-lying terrain and lakes and ponds everywhere, Wuchang City is as hot as a steamer in summer.During the day, there are winds and waves, although it is hot, you can still breathe if you stand in the shade.It's strange that at night, the wind doesn't know where to go, and it won't blow out at all.The whole city is not just a steamer, it has become a red oven iron bucket for roasting sweet potatoes: Dingmen is a small family, most of them are crowded with sundries, nestled at home during the dog days, and everything feels hot to touch.In such a weather, staying at home will not suffocate people to death! So, as soon as the sun set, every family moved out the bamboo summer bed. Anyway, lying on the street to enjoy the cool air is better than sitting in the house. many.Over the years, it has become a custom, and it has become a summer scene in Wuchang City for the citizens to enjoy the cool air. The men only wear a pair of big pants, and the women only wear a small coat with round jade arms, and the bed is next to the bed. The streets and alleys were full of people sleeping.Shaking big cattail fans and telling jokes, slapping mosquitoes to make their big bellies crunchy and loud; little girls smelling the sweat from the next bed and counting the stars with their eyes open; children taking out young mother’s breasts and sucking them in public— — These are all commonplace pictures.At this time, if you pay attention to "see no evil", unless you take off your eyeballs.

But after all, there is a distinction between superiority and inferiority. In a city, the only places that can see this wonderful scene are Qianjia Street, Baoan Street and other places where the poor live together.It's hard to see Liangdao Street on the north side of Snake Mountain - this street is about two or three miles long, and the people who live there are all distinguished and distinguished families.There are many officials in the three yamen who live on this street. At this time, it was half past unitary hour, and the lights on Liangdao Street were dimmed.From time to time, patrolling soldiers and small businessmen walked by in the alley.

"Sour plum soup—lah!" "Watermelon, it doesn't cost money if it's not sweet!" The hawker's cries are flickering. For hot night travelers, this is the most tempting refreshment. "Sour plum soup seller, come here!', It was Jin Xuezeng who was sitting in a sedan chair carried by four people.At this time, the sedan chair just stopped in front of a big house.Jin Xuezeng stepped out of the car door, took the wooden ladle from the peddler who rushed over, scooped it up in the sour plum soup bucket, drank it dry in one gulp, and then took out a handful of copper coins and threw it to the peddler. Handed the wooden ladle to the head of the sedan chair carrier, and said:

"Drink to your heart's content here, and wait for me to come out." While speaking, the chief sedan chair in the soap clothes of the yamen has long since knocked on the door of the mansion. "Who is it?" Someone inside responded. "Master Jin, the student in our yamen." "Ah, it's Master Jin." The people inside hurriedly opened the door. Jin Xuezeng stepped through the threshold and said to the guard who opened the door: "Please hurry up and report, I have something urgent to see Master Futai." "The little one has already reported to go in, please wait a moment, Mr. Jin."

The squad guard led Jin Xuezeng to the living room.Jin Xue once looked at the furnishings in this hall, and saw some Su paintings on the wall, a Boshan stove and two Yixing teapots on the table, and some seasonal flowers in Jingyao colored vases, although they were not worth much. Playing equipment, but also arranged lively.He thought in his heart: "This Chen Rui, although he has the reputation of loving money, he knows how to restrain himself. This second-bedroom house does not see dazzling wealth and nobility." Logically, Chen Rui should live in the Futai yamen, just because he The beloved second room and the eldest lady couldn't get together, and the second room refused to be splinted and insisted on moving out. Chen Rui had to let her find another house on this Liangdao Street: Chen Rui is worthy of being a man of seven feet and eyebrows. , a bowl of water is flat, set a rule, live in the mansion of the yamen with the eldest lady every single day, and come to accompany Mrs. Ru across Liangdao Street every two days, all the colleagues in the yamen know his arrangement, so Every two days when I have something to do, I go to Liangdao Street to look for him.

Because there is a big sweet-scented osmanthus tree in the yard, which shields the house from sunlight during the day, the living room is still a little cool at night, but Jin Xuezeng still feels stuffy because he is too neatly dressed, a third-grade peacock that is 70% new He put on a linen mending suit and a sweat-proof vest underneath.Because he walked all the way in a hurry, his forehead was stained with sweat, and a few spots of sweat appeared on his mending clothes. While he was waiting impatiently, shaking his folding fan, he suddenly saw the door curtain sway, and Chen, who was wearing a light lake green poplin Taoist robe, Rui lifted his legs and walked in.

"Chen Futai," Jin Xuezeng stood up, put away his folding fan and saluted. "Sit, sit, sit," Chen Rui said while returning the salute, "In such a hot day, you still need to be respectable. We are old friends, why bother?" As Chen Rui said, he ordered the hall servant to pull the big cloth fan hanging on the beam of the hall, and there was a cool breeze in the hall, making him feel much more comfortable. Jin Xuezeng wiped the sweat off his face, and said with a smile, "Wuchang City is known as a furnace. In summer, all the people in the city turn into steamed buns in a steamer."

"It's all rotten steamed buns," Chen Rui answered angrily, grumbling and complaining, "When I was young, I always heard people say that Wu Niu was panting for the moon, and I thought that the land of Wuyue was the hottest place in the world. I didn't know until I came to Wuchang This statement is absurd, what Wu Niu pans the moon should be changed to Chu Niu pans the moon." "You are from the north, so you are especially afraid of heat." Jin Xuezeng echoed. "That's right," Chen Rui said with a mournful face, "in summer, we are like dizzy chickens, sitting in the yamen and competing for value. Just before you came, I sat in the study in the backyard and got a big bucket of well water , Soak your feet in it to feel more comfortable. Look at what it’s like. This time the chief assistant returned to Jiangling to bury his father. We asked him face to face, can you transfer me back to the capital? I don't want promotion, I just want to get out of this furnace."

"Has the Chief Assistant agreed to you?" "He snorted." "I just remembered it with a snort." Jin Xuezeng blinked his small eyes, and suddenly smiled treacherously, "Chen Futai, if you want to transfer away from Wuchang as soon as possible, I'm afraid you have to take a shortcut." "How to get there?" As soon as he asked this question, Chen Rui regretted it a little. He knew that Jin Xue was once a popular person in front of the chief assistant, and at the same time he was a "difficult ghost" who would not take hard things, and he got 12 points when dealing with him. Be careful, if any handle falls into his hands, it will be like setting up a frying pan for yourself.So he quickly covered it up and said, "We are transferring normally, so there is no need to take any shortcuts. Jin Xuetai, please come tonight, what is the urgent matter?"

Jin Xue once knew that Chen Rui was wary of him, so he didn't care about it, but asked calmly: "Have Futai seen the message from the Ministry of Officials today?" "I see." Chen Rui nodded, and asked knowingly, "Is it about Xu Xianmo, the prefect of Yunyang, and Zhao Yingyuan, the inspector of Xiangyang?" "yes." However, the message from the Ministry of Officials made it clear: Xu Xianmo, the magistrate of Yunyang, forced the garrison of the guard to vacate the barracks and set up a school, which led to the mutiny of the garrison. According to Zhao Yingyuan's marquis period, every time he was sick, he could not go to the Yamen to inspect the affairs, and he traveled around the mountains and rivers, recited poems and wrote Fu all day long, which was quite controversial.He was also corrected and impeached by the Feng Xianguan of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and was given the punishment of cutting his membership.Although these two people had no personal relationship with Chen Rui, they were subordinates of the province after all, and they were surveyed and deposed together, which became a major event that was heard all over the country.As a province governing Taiwan, Chen Rui still felt that it was a little embarrassing for the provincial officials to have such a big incident.

"The officials' treatment of these two people is too harsh," Chen Rui said without concealing his dissatisfaction with the speech, "Those Fengxian officials blindly please the superiors, grabbing a small matter and magnifying it infinitely. Their future as an official was ruined in vain like this." "Xu Xianmo and Zhao Yingyuan, I'm afraid it's not a trivial matter." Jin Xuezeng stared at Chen Rui with an unpredictable smile.Chen Rui realized that he had gone off the rails, so he quickly changed his words and said: "Of course, the crimes committed by these two people are not trivial." "What do Master Futai think they committed?" "Does it need to be said?" Chen Rui replied angrily, "The chief minister buried his father, and the provincial officials rushed to Jiangling for the burial, but these two people found reasons to ask for leave and not come. This does not offend the chief minister." "According to Futai's view, the first assistant is to avenge private revenge." Jin Xuezeng said this harshly, Chen Ruiru heard a thunderclap, jumped up from the chair in fright, and hurriedly explained: "Jin Xuetai, you can't say that, Chen Rui's loyalty to the chief assistant can be learned from the sun and the moon..." Chen Rui waved his hands like a puppet, which was very funny. Jin Xuezeng interrupted his confession with a smile, saying: "Master Futai, you have misunderstood what I mean. What I mean is that Xu Xianmo and Zhao Yingyuan were punished not because they did not attend the funeral in Jiangling." "what?" "Both were deposed for the same reason." "what reason?" "Lecture:" "Lecture?" Chen Rui sat back on the chair nervously, and asked doubtfully, "Punish people for lecturing?" "Yes," Jin Xuezeng replied, "in recent years, there has been an upsurge in lectures, and the Taizhou School, developed on the basis of Yangming's Xinxue, has already become popular among scholars. His peers would look down on him. Under such circumstances, the students of government schools at the prefecture and county levels were no longer interested in Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism. They spontaneously invited some people who talked about Lu Wang's philosophy to the school to give speeches. After all, the number of government schools is limited, and these people are afraid that Lu Wangxin's learning will not be widely spread, so they set up academies one after another. Now, there are probably hundreds of these academies that have sprung up all over the country, and their students have already greatly exceeded those of provincial capitals and counties. Students of government schools at all levels. These young people are no longer enthusiastic about imperial examinations, but are only thinking about how to be different. The original intention of the imperial court to establish schools is to cultivate talents for the management of the country. How can they instigate young scholars to fight against the imperial court? If these people are allowed to continue their nonsense, after a few years, the imperial court will become an empty shell?" Jin Xuezeng talked about it calmly, but Chen Rui could still feel the lightning and thunder when he heard it.It's not that Chen Rui can't see the disadvantages of "teaching", he just thinks that this matter is under the jurisdiction of the academy, and he doesn't have to squeeze in to worry about it.In any case, running into other people's rivers to catch fish and shrimp is a taboo in official circles.Jin Xuezeng has been the master of Xuetai for more than half a year. Although the two met many times, Jin Xuezeng never took the initiative to talk to him about academic and political issues, and he didn't bother to ask.Tonight, Jin Xuezeng ran over in a hurry, but changed his usual habit of "lecturing" with him. Based on his intuition, this fine dog must have smelled something nasty.He suddenly became more thoughtful, and decided to use the method of pulling weeds to find snakes, so as to get out what the master of Xuetai was thinking. "After listening to what Jin Xuetai said, the lower officials realized that 'teaching' is a disaster. Both Xu Xianmo and Zhao Yingyuan are enthusiastic advocates of teaching. If you think about it from this aspect, it is reasonable to dismiss them, but it confuses the lower officials. What’s more, why didn’t the official statement tell the real reason.” "As far as I guess, this is the first assistant's strategy." "what?" "Based on the consistent thinking of the chief minister, he has always hated the empty talk and theories that have nothing to do with the society and the common people. When he first took office as regent, he first had to solve the two major problems of bureaucracy and finance. After a few years, everything has achieved results. He can also free up I came to govern and give lectures, but the style of lectures has spread since the end of Jiajing to the present, and it has become a chronic disease. In recent years, it has evolved, that is, officials in the imperial court who are conservative and opposed to reform often join forces with followers of King Lu who talk about fortunetelling. , using the forum of the Academy to attack the Wanli New Deal. This change is especially noticed by the Shoufu. Therefore, according to my guess, the Shoufu will definitely use thunderous means against the evil wind of lectures. This matter, because it involves scholars all over the world, is the most It is easy to cause criticism, and when dealing with Xu Xianmo and Zhao Yingyuan, the Ministry of Officials said that it is the other side but the intention is here. Once the speech is issued, first listen to the reaction of Shilin, and then decide on the next step.” "In your opinion, what will be the next move of the first assistant?" Chen Rui's attitude became serious: "Seize private academies across the country." Jin Xuezeng said it very earnestly.Chen Rui squinted his eyes and thought about it, and felt that Jin Xuezeng's words were somewhat reasonable, but this matter had little to do with him, so he relaxed his mind and said with a smile: "Jin Xuetai's analysis is very clear. Anyway, you are a lively person. Wherever you go, you will cause mountains and tsunami. This time the academy is closed down, and you will try your best to make extraordinary achievements:" Chen Rui's tone contained both sarcasm and envy. Jin Xuezeng had already seen Chen Rui's miscellaneous things to his heart - this man is an old official, and he recognizes whoever is on stage.With this in mind, he prescribes the right medicine: "Chen Futai. I'm afraid it won't be me who takes the lead this time." "Who is that?" "you:" "I?" "Yes, it's you!" Jin Xuezeng looked at Chen Rui's dazed face, and said mysteriously, "I said just now that if the chief assistant seizes the academy, I'm afraid he will use thunderous means. If it's thunderous means, then it's not us school officials." able to do it.” "You mean..." Before he knew it, Chen Rui had moved closer to Jin Xuezeng.Jin Xue once saw that he was in the urn, he was very happy in his heart, and asked: "Tell me, where should the seal of the academy start?" Chen Rui didn't bother to think about it, and said impatiently: "Jin Xuetai, just say it, how is it a thunderbolt method?" "In a word, capture the thief and capture the king." "This is still a riddle," Chen Rui twitched his lips, and put on a posture of breaking the casserole to ask the bottom line, "Tell me, what is a thief and what is a king?" "Futai's question makes it hard for me to answer," Jin Xuezeng thought for a while, and then said, "Let's put it this way, if you want to demolish the temple, you have to move the god first." "The temple is those private academies, where is the god?" "The heads of all the academies are gods, but the biggest god is right under our noses." "Who?" "He Xinyin." "This madman," Chen Rui immediately remembered He Xinyin's arrogance when he met Shoufu in Taihui Mountain, and hated him so much, he said, "Theoretically, this person should have been arrested a long time ago, but who would Dare to move him?" "Why don't you dare to move him?" "You forgot, in Jiangling in April, Wu Xi, the prefect of Jingzhou, arrested him, but Shoufu ordered him to be released. I heard that he was a friend of Shoufu when he was young. In the meantime, he still can't save face." Jin Xuezeng shook his head and said, "Chen Futai only saw the surface of the problem. At that time, Shoufu's father had just been buried, and He Xinyin came all the way to deliver the two women. Although he was suspected of being a fool, he came to attend the funeral after all. , if he was arrested immediately, it would appear that Shoufu was too weak. Therefore, Shoufu asked Wu Xi to let him go. Now it is different. Shoufu left for Beijing at the end of May and has been away from Huguang for more than 20 days. At this time If He Xinyin is arrested again, I can be sure that Shoufu will never order him to be released again." Chen Rui thought about it and felt that Jin Xuezeng's words made sense, so he asked suspiciously: "Did the chief assistant have something extra to tell you before he left?" "No:" "Since there is no order, how do you know what this chief assistant wants?" "Today's message from the Ministry of Household Affairs reveals the thoughts of the first assistant," Jin Xuezeng said with a meaningful smile, and then said, "Chen Futai, the first assistant is not a mouse, you and I don't have this problem:" "That's true," Chen Rui reckoned that if this matter was really what Jin Xuezeng said, it would be an excellent opportunity to curry favor with the chief assistant.But I still can't make up my mind.After thinking about it, he asked hesitantly. "What if you catch the wrong person?" "If you catch the good ones, you can put your mind at ease," Jin Xuezeng said with a look of embracing himself, "Besides, if you are an official, if you want to accomplish a few big things, you have to take some risks." Dangerous. At the beginning, when I was the censor of Jingzhou tax customs, I exposed that Zhao Qian gave the public land as a favor to Mrs. Zhang. Many people thought that I was stabbing myself. What happened? Punishing corrupt officials for personal reasons, I, Jin Xuezeng, not only did not get burned, but was praised by the emperor." After talking all night, these few words touched Chen Rui's heart the most, he gritted his teeth and said, "It's up to you, let's do it right away, arrest He Xinyin first." "Okay, Master Futai please quickly give the order to arrest He Xinyin tonight:" "You mean tonight?" "Yes, it's not too late, lest you have long nights and dreams." "Okay, I'll issue the arrest warrant now." About five miles outside the east gate of Wuchang City, there is a small mountain range called Xiaohong Mountain.Cangyan on the mountain is steep and ancient trees are towering to the sky, and stone springs, waterfalls and birds meet each other. It was originally a good place for people in the provincial capital to spend their summers.There are many villas of rich and noble families built in the mountains.Today, there is another Hongshan Academy on this mountain, which is famous far and wide in the south of the Yangtze River. The oldest building on Xiaohong Mountain is the Baotong Temple, which was built in the Tang Dynasty.The Buddhist temple, which was built on the mountain and climbed step by step, is now the most famous giant temple in the provincial capital. The seven-story Hongshan brick pagoda on the mountain behind the Buddhist temple has also become a place of interest.Anyone who visits Wuchang City will go to the Yellow Crane Tower on the Snake Mountain at the first stop, overlooking the Yangtze River and the 100,000 houses in the city, and then they will go to Hongshan Baotong Temple to burn incense and worship Buddha. Then, along the ancient road behind the temple, climb to the Hongshan Pagoda, and lean on the railing to see the beautiful scenery in the south of the Yangtze River. On Banpo, about half a mile away from Baotong Temple, there is a large mansion surrounded by stone walls, commonly known as Banshan Hall.It was originally the villa of a big silk merchant in the provincial capital.Two years ago, the arty silk merchant donated this big villa to rebuild it into Hongshan Academy.Since then, Xiaohongshan, with its melodious Zen bells, has become a place where many students live together.Due to its proximity to the provincial capital and its quiet environment, Hongshan Academy recruited many students once it was established.Last month, the head of the academy invited He Xinyin, who is well-known all over the world, to give a lecture, and Hongshan Academy became even more famous. The academy, which could only accommodate more than 200 bachelors, suddenly flocked more than 600 people.He Xinyin has a point of view, that scholars are not necessarily noble, farmers, businessmen and merchants are not inferior, everyone should be his own master, and everyone should be able to become a saint. Although "everyone can become a saint" is borrowed from the "everyone can become a Buddha" of the Sixth Patriarch of Zen Buddhism, it seems to be more attractive to the common people at the bottom of society.Therefore, wherever he went to give lectures, there must be a large number of common people's children who heard the news and joined him. Let's say that at night, the sky is full of moonlight like water, even though Hongshan Academy is still noisy with people and brightly lit.However, the adjacent Baotong Temple has its gate closed and silent, only a single lamp in the abbot’s room is shining brightly. He Xinyin, the main lecturer of the academy. Six years ago, when He Xinyin met Zhang Juzheng at Tianshou Mountain in Beijing, he introduced the origin of Zen Master Wuke to him.Before Wu Ke became a monk, his name was Chu Youjia, and he was Zhang Juzheng's best friend. In the 26th year of Jiajing, Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Juzheng went to Beijing to participate in the examination. Zhang Juzheng won the gold list, but Chu Youjia and He Xinyin failed.From then on, the three of them were separated from each other, and Chuyoujia was ordained a monk in the second year of his second year.More than ten years later, he became the successor of Linji Sect, a great monk respected by everyone in the Zen sect.It is because of his efforts that the dilapidated Baotong Temple finally turned into a magnificent jungle temple.Over the years, he lost contact with Zhang Juzheng long ago.But he often had a relationship with He Xinyin.After Zhang Juzheng found out about Chu Youjia's whereabouts from He Xinyin, he also asked someone to bring him a letter in order to restore contact.Back then, Chu Youjia—now Zen master Wuke, after careful consideration, decided that it would be better not to exchange information. At that time, he had already brought him a verse through He Xinyin, and all the "mysteries" that should be said have been said. Why do we need to break the Buddhist precepts and renew the mortal relationship? This time I heard that Zhang Juzheng went back to his hometown to bury his father, so I might call him to see him.With Zhang Juzheng's current prominent status, meet him.It is tantamount to inviting a living Bodhisattva, and Baotong Temple can also take advantage of this to make the Linji sect famous all over the world again.But Chan Master Wuke always regards associating with the government as a "demonic way", and he refuses to cling to the powerful and damage his clan style.In order to avoid meeting his old friends, he left Baotong Temple early.Go to the Bodhisattva Dojo in Jiuhua Mountain, Putuo Mountain and other places to pay homage.This trip took more than half a year, and I only returned to Baotong Temple a few days ago.He Xinyin has been giving lectures at Hongshan Academy for more than a month. Hearing that Chan Master Wuke returned from his wanderings, he agreed to come to visit him tonight. When old Ming friends meet each other, there is nothing polite about it.Zen Master Wu Ke entertained He Xinyin with the figs he brought back from Mount Putuo. Seeing him chewing with relish, Wu Ke asked with a smile: "Zhu Gan. I heard that you have been giving lectures at Hongshan Academy recently, and you have become more and more deviant. You said that you have no father and no king now. Is there such a thing?" "It's true." He Xinyin replied nonchalantly. Wu He said in amazement: "If you say that, you won't be afraid that people will accuse you of heresy?" "My knowledge is indeed heresy, but it's not a heresy," He Xinyin replied rather conceitedly. "The relationship between father and son, monarch and minister is the most restrictive among the five ethics proposed by Confucius. Treating your father at home and serving your monarch when you go out, you will be in fear all your life. I'm afraid of saying a wrong word or doing a wrong thing. Tell me, what fun is there in living a life like this?" He Xinyin put on a polemical posture, but Wu Wu did not argue with him, but changed the topic and asked: "I heard that you went to Jiangling to meet Uncle?" "I see. In order to flatter Zhang Juzheng, officials from all provinces rushed to Jiangling to attend the funeral. The old man also brought hundreds of students to join in the fun." He Xinyin then vividly narrated the meeting with Zhang Juzheng in Taihui Mountain that day. Although Zen Master Wuke refused to meet Zhang Juzheng, they were close friends when they were young. He felt that the way He Xinyin went to Taihui Mountain for burial was a bit strange, so he asked in puzzlement: "Are you sending that pair of girls as a condolence, or as a deliberate prank?" "It's a little bit of both." "what?" Seeing Zen Master Wuke's puzzled expression, He Xinyin explained: "After all, Zhang Juzheng and I used to be friends. His father passed away. Yu Youdao couldn't justify not going there to pay homage. Therefore, I went to Taihui Mountain to pay my respects. This is the first one. Second, the old man also wants to borrow that pair of nipples to give Zhang Juzheng a reminder." "Remind him of what?" As soon as Wu Ke asked, a young novice came in and asked the old monk to go out and whispered a few words. Wu Ke returned to the abbot's room with a serious expression on his face. He Xinyin asked him: "What's the matter?" Wu Ke replied: "The little novice said that there are two or three suspicious-looking people outside the temple. They are probably thieves." "Is there anything worth stealing in the temple, and he will never steal the great monk's Dharma." He Xinyin said a joke, then turned dark and sighed, "In this world, how many thieves would It's not surprising, the current situation is that all the officials and officials are full of warmth and desire, and the people at the bottom are all hungry and cold." Wu He shook his head and said: "Brother Zhu Gan is serious. Since Uncle came to power, the poverty of the people has been greatly relieved in the past few years. I have been traveling for half a year this time, and I have heard many people talking about him. Good word." "At Tianshou Mountain, I planned to meet Zhang Juzheng and made three suggestions to him. The first was to eliminate crony politics; Over the past six years, reforms have been carried out in accordance with these three principles." As He Xinyin spoke, his beard became excited, and he raised his tone and said angrily, "However, it is difficult to paint the skin of a tiger. What uncle and brother lack is the ability to paint the bones." "what?" "I expected him to push forward reforms and become a prime minister of peace that will go down in history, but after a few years, he has deeply disappointed me. His mind is full of reform measures, only for one word: money! As long as he can get more money for Taicang For two silver, he can do anything." "For many years, the imperial court has been poor and weak, so it is understandable that Shuda wants to make the country rich and the army strong." "However, he is too harsh on the scholars, and humiliates the scholars. This is tolerable and unbearable. His old father passed away last year. According to the court rules, he should go home and keep the rules. It doesn't matter if he doesn't keep the rules. , He also used the harshest court rod to suppress those who opposed his system. From this point of view, in order to stick to the authority of the chief minister, he did not hesitate to make enemies of all scholars in the world." "Amitabha!" Zen Master Wuke clasped his hands together, murmured a few scriptures, and said, "Probably for this matter, you sent a pair of ** to Zhang Juzheng." "Yes. ** is a water-suppressing good beast. I gave it to the tomb of Mrs. Zhang to protect the old man's soul from the water disaster." "Water?" "The dead are long gone, and the living are always sympathetic." He Xinyin didn't know whether he was sad for the same kind or had other thoughts, anyway, his face was already dimmed. Unexpected misfortune. Since a person is dead, how can there be any disaster or unforeseen misfortune? Therefore, the old man carried the body over, nominally to give it to Mrs. Zhang, but actually to remind Zhang Juzheng that if this continues, disaster will inevitably come." "I hope my uncle has a good heart!" Wu Ke sighed sadly, and then looked at He Xinyin's clear cheeks, thinking that those who have always had grudges against the court would end well, so he said, "Brother Zhu Gan, you should also cherish yourself." "Me?" He Xinyin was taken aback for a moment, he understood the meaning behind his words, and immediately smiled, "I have a lot of disciples now, who can do anything to me? That day in Jiangling, Wu Xi, the prefect of Jingzhou, thought that my behavior in Taihui Mountain Offended Zhang Juzheng, and even ordered someone to arrest me, and released me within an hour." "Why?" "I heard that it was Zhang Juzheng who spoke. After all, he is a smart person. How could he take the blame and punish someone like me. Wu Xi, this kid, flattered a horse's leg." "As the prime minister, Uncle still misses the past after all." Nothing to say, looked at the night outside the window.The moonlight is flowing, the Big Dipper has faded, everything around is silent, and the night is already deep.Then he said to He Xinyin: "Brother Zhugan, it's getting late, you should go back to the academy to rest." He Xinyin was very excited about the conversation, but when she saw that she had no choice but to stand up to see off the guests, she had to leave.When the two walked into the courtyard, He Xinyin remembered something, stopped again, and said to Zen Master Wuke: "I almost forgot one thing. A few days ago, I received a letter from Mr. Li Zhuowu from Yaojiang, Yunnan." "Li Zhuowu?" Wu Ke raised his eyebrows and asked, "But that Li Zhi who pretends to be strange and knowledgeable just like you?" "It is this person." "Isn't he an official in the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites in Beijing? Why did he go to Yunnan?" "He used to be the head of the Department of Duties of the Ministry of Rites. Last year, Zhang Juzheng specially recommended him as the magistrate of Yaojiang, Yunnan. He was promoted to two levels at once." "This kind of person can't be an official. Zhang Juzheng can promote him, which shows that the prime minister can pull a boat." Wu Ke praised Zhang Juzheng again and again, He Xinyin felt awkward when he heard it, but he couldn't refute it, so he could only say: "Li Zhuowu is a madman. Although Zhang Juzheng treated him kindly, he didn't appreciate it. Although he took up a post in Yaojiang, he refused to be a serious director. He heard that there was a Zen master in Jizu Mountain in the territory who had a legacy of Baizhang, so he ran to know Yes, hang the big seal of a magistrate in the lobby of the yamen, and whoever needs a seal can do it himself." There was nothing to listen to, and he twirled the beads and smiled: "This madman is a good person, but not a good official:" "He hated being an official, and he wanted to become a monk. He practiced Zen in Jizu Mountain and wrote a poem called "Happy Rain for Listening to Sutras in Boyu Temple". Do you want to listen to it?" He Xinyin said, without waiting for no answer, he began to chant to himself: There is a Dharma feast in the mountains, Cold rain in forests and ravines, After Qingzhai solitary chime, Thousands of years leave empty bowls, In the holidays, let's escape to Zen. The tower is covered with purple smoke. In front of half a gatha and a lamp. Everywhere is the heavens. After singing, He Xinyin commented again: "Brother Zhuo Wu is all about becoming a wandering monk, and he has made up his mind, even ten stubborn bulls won't be able to pull him back." Wu Ke recited "Amitabha" in his mind again, and said: "Jumping out of the Three Realms, not being in the Five Elements, should be a liberation for him." "From me, he knew that you have no name as a Zen master, so he wanted to hang up his seal and go to Hubei to worship you as his teacher and be ordained as a monk." "What, worship me as a teacher?" "yes." "How can this be done?" Wu Ke shook his head and replied, "Li Zhuowu already understands that 'there are heavens everywhere', why bother to come to the door of a fool like me and get a tattered cassock." After finishing speaking, Wu Ke personally opened the side door of the temple for He Xinyin, and sent him out of the door.At that time, the moon and stars were scarce, and there was a breeze in the woods in front of the temple, and the fireflies were flickering.He Xinyin walked out of the gate of the temple about a hundred feet away, when several people suddenly jumped out from the thatched nest by the side of the road, rushed up and threw him to the ground, just as he opened his mouth, a ball of rags stuffed it in and blocked him. Porcelain is solid.