At the beginning of June, summer arrives.

On both sides of the official road from Yingtianfu to the east, crops are growing wildly, and a green patch is covering the earth.

The southwesterly winds blowing from the south of the Huai River drove away the warm and humid clouds that shrouded the Huanghuai region, shrouding the entire land in the scorching sun.

In the summer of the first year of Yuanfu, there was finally a blazing feeling.

However, the heat did not affect people's enthusiasm for hurrying, and the cars and horses coming and going on the official road were endless, creating a vibrant scene.

Wu Haogu was leading the horse and walking side by side with the three monks on the official road.

Today is the day when he broke up with Monk Fu, Lu Zhishen, and Japanese monks.

The paintings for Monk Fu and the monk who quit have all been completed. One is "The True Face of the Arhats", one is the "Bishamen Heavenly Map", one is the "Flying Heaven Map" and one is the "Small Xiangguo Temple".

Except for "Little Xiangguo Temple", which is a boundary painting, the rest are portrait portraits. Of course, these works are all fine brushwork and color on silk, and they are not Wu Haogu's best oil paintings, but his hyper-realistic oil paintings are killer and cannot be easily taken out. I didn't have the materials to paint yet.

In addition, the "Diagram of the Abstinence from Arhats", the "Diagram of the Heavenly Diagram of Bishamen" and the "Flying Diagram" are not the same. Wu Haogu left a manuscript and could copy it at any time - the market for this kind of religious theme is very large, and Wu Haogu certainly has to copy a few more.

"The master has been away from Japan for more than ten years, but what is the situation in Japan now?"

While seeing off the three monks, Wu Haogu inquired about the situation in Japan. He didn't know much about the history of Japan, only that there was the "Genpei War" and the "Kamakura Shogunate" or something.

Counting the date, it's about before the "Genpei Battle", right? I don't know what the situation is?

"I know some, the old monk still has a few disciples in Japan, and now they are all the masters of a temple, and they often let people carry letters. Therefore, the old monk knows that Japan is now a country of monks. ”

"Monk as a country? Even if a monk has such a great mana? ”

"Naturally, it's the emperor who lost his hair." The monk said, "As far as the old monk knows, the power of Japan is now in the hands of the Emperor Shirakawain. Therefore, the Japanese country is a monk sitting in the world. ”

"What about the samurai?"

"Samurai?" The old monk was stunned, "The samurai of Japan naturally listen to the Emperor of Shirakawain, and they are all the protectors of my Buddhist family." ”

It turned out that the samurai era had not yet begun, and Wu Hao Guxin said that the current power in Japan was a French emperor who nominally abdicated and became a monk.

And this emperor should have been the leading big brother of Japan, and the reason why he had to abdicate and become a monk in order to firmly grasp the power must be to use the huge power of Buddhism in Japan to suppress the powerful ministers......

It seems that Monk Fu is still right to go to Japan to gild, if he can really tie up with the emperor of Baiheyuan, there may be unexpected benefits in the future.

Not to mention, Japan was once known as the "Land of Gold" in history, and it should be rich in precious metals, right?

Thinking of this, Wu Haogu said to the monk: "This farewell, I don't know when I can see it." If I arrive safely, I can ask the merchant to bring the letter to Haizhou, and I only need to hand it over to the Pan family's gold, silver, silk and silk shop in Haizhou, and I can receive it. ”

"Okay, there will be a letter then."

Wu Haogu nodded, and asked Lu Zhishen again: "Master Zhishen, don't you go to Japan?" ”

"No, no." Lu Zhishen shook his head, "The Sprinkle family has just become an official, and why is it going to Japan?" When the Sprinkle family escorted the master of abstinence and Linzheng to Haizhou, he went back to Wutai Mountain, explained to Senior Brother Zhizhen, and went to Kaifeng Mansion to be an official. ”

Wu Haogu smiled and said, "When the time comes, I have to ask Master Zhishen to take care of it." ”

"Hahaha," Lu Zhishen laughed, "When the time comes, the Sprinkle family will have to trouble Da Lang you, Da Lang don't have to shirk it." ”

Lu Zhishen has already seen Wu Haogu's level of photography with his own eyes, and naturally knows how valuable his paintings are to monks.

Which old monk doesn't want to leave his "True Picture of Arhat" for future generations to worship? Lu Zhishen is now a great monk, so he naturally wants to pass on the image of the true face.

"The master said with a smile," Wu Haogu said with a smile, "If the master has an invitation, how can a certain family not allow it?" ”

"Okay, that's it."

As he spoke, the official road ahead had been divided into two, one leading to Xuzhou and the other still going east along the Bianhe River (canal).

"Monk, go all the way." Wu Haogu arched his hand at the three monks and said, "Master Zhishen, there will be a period later."

Master of Quitting, my brother, a monk in the government, will entrust it to your old man. He grew up in Kaifeng Mansion since he was a child, and he has never traveled far away, let alone crossed the sea to go abroad......"

"Yes, monk, you have to be careful along the way."

"The Sprinkle family heard that the sea is windy and the waves are high, so you must be careful."

Guo Jing and Liu Wuji were also reluctant and stepped forward to say goodbye to Monk Fu.

The two of them also have Wu Haogu before they were replaced, they both knew Monk Fu since they were young, and they were almost partners who played since childhood. I don't want to go from today onwards.

However, the three good brothers all know that Monk Fu has a great future when he goes abroad, and when he returns to Kaifeng, he will be a proper generation of monks.

When they were separated, Monk Fu also had tears in his eyes, and he couldn't speak, but he just bowed to his brothers, walked a few steps, turned around and gave up again, and so on a few times before disappearing into the crowd.

Guo Jing and Liu Wuji are also in tears, and now is not the time when going to Japan seems to be a visit.

Today's separation, maybe there will be no more days of meeting, how to make people not sad?

However, Wu Haogu didn't shed tears, after all, he and Monk Fu hadn't actually been together for a long time, and the past was just a fragment of memory.

Seeing the three monks disappear into the distance, Wu Haogu exhaled lightly and said in a low voice: "Let's go, let's go to Xuzhou, don't let Wu Daguan wait too long." ”

Wu Daguan is Wu Yong, who is known as Wu Zhi, and he brought (in fact, he has never been to Xuzhou) Yinjiao and Mr. Zhangyan from Xuzhou to Yingtianfu a few days ago, but Wu Haogu was painting behind closed doors at that time, and he didn't have time to deal with him, so Guo Jing and Liu Wuji dealt with it.

A total of 100 of his calligraphy and paintings were sold, and 5,000 taels of silver collar were collected. However, Guo Jing and Liu Wuji were still a little shallow in the calligraphy and painting shop, and they didn't see the details of Wu Yong and Mr. Zhangyan he invited in the transaction process......

Of course, since the soul change has been constantly rectified by people Wu Haogu, there is still a heart to guard against people, before leaving Ying Tianfu, he put most of the silver collar in his hand, all of them into the Pan family's gold and silver silk silk shop, he just took a small amount of silver collar and copper coins, personal friends (deposits, remittance slips) and calligraphy and paintings on the road.

Moreover, the Pan family's gold and silver silk silk shop is Pan Qiaolian's family's industry, but the private relationship is ruined, as long as Pan Qiaolian's people are not lost, he is also a big son, and he will not be without Wu Haogu.

Hei Song Jiang, who was riding a horse and standing on a high slope in the distance, vaguely saw the difference between Lu Zhishen and Wu Haogu, and laughed.

Wu Yong's eyesight was not good, and he didn't see what was happening, so he asked, "Why is my brother laughing?" ”

"It's going to be done, and I'm glad I do." Song Jiang said, "That bearded monk has been separated from Wu Haogu, and now there are only three horsemen left to protect him, and they have also left Canal Avenue.

Now we are only waiting for the arrival of the brigade of the big leader Chao, and I will finally have a chance to start. ”

"Brother, where do you want to start?"

Song Jiang thought for a while, "It depends on which way they go, not in Mangdang Mountain, but in Daze Township!" ”