Although Wanshanni Temple was left in the old city of Chang'an after the completion of the construction of the new capital of Daxing, and was not relocated to the new capital, because this temple is the largest nun temple in the old and new cities of Chang'an, the incense in the temple has not been affected at all, and it is still as strong as ever. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The incense in the temple is prosperous, and the amount of incense offerings required every day is very amazing, and the cost is naturally not small. Fortunately, most of the pilgrims who go to Wanshanni Temple to pay incense to the Buddha on weekdays are high-ranking officials and nobles in Chang'an City, and they donate a lot to the temple, and because there are hundreds of former court concubines in the temple, the court also has a lot of money to supply the temple in order to stabilize the hearts of the civil and military people of the Manchu Dynasty (most of them are former ministers), so the two add up, enough for the temple to supply a large number of incense to the pilgrims every day.

I don't know if Gu Sheng's family was originally in Jiangzuo to make a living in business, or he was really down to the point of being poor and white, eager to get rich, Gu Sheng was arranged by his favorite master to go to the incense and candle circulation outside the temple A few days after that, he aimed at selling incense to supply the temple for this livelihood, and took advantage of his free time to go around the west of Daxing Xindu, and actually said that he moved a Hu businessman and agreed to give him a batch of incense on credit to supply the temple.

When Gu Sheng happily thought that he had really found a way to get rich quickly, and transported this batch of incense back to the incense and candle circulation outside Wanshanni Temple, ready to make a windfall, he encountered fierce obstruction and opposition from the original suppliers.

Several of the men under the original supplier not only kept the door of the incense and candle circulation office dead, but resolutely refused to let Gu Sheng store the incense offerings he transported from the West Market into the incense and candle circulation place, and shouted and threatened Gu Sheng with his mouth that if he didn't obediently transport this batch of incense offerings back from where they came, they would set a fire to burn all these incense offerings, so that Gu Sheng would lose all his money.

Gu Sheng was young and vigorous, and he relied on his sister to be on duty in the Ming Jing Hall in the temple, and her status was second only to the abbot, so he couldn't bear this evil breath, and started an argument with these guys on the spot.

As a result of the dispute between the two sides, Gu Shengren was lonely, so naturally he didn't take advantage of it, and was knocked to the ground with three punches and two kicks by several guys under the original supplier, and it was difficult to get up.

"You wait for me, and from tomorrow onwards, your proprietor will no longer be able to do the business of this Wanshanni Temple." Gu Sheng was beaten with countless punches and kicks all over his body, but he refused to give in verbally, and yelled at those guys with a crying voice.

"Hmph, go and dream of your big head, and don't open your dog's eyes to see, whose family is the original business who supplied incense offerings to Wanshanni Temple, and dare to say such big things?" One of the leading guys stepped forward and kicked Gu Sheng hard, and while waving his hand to beckon a few companions to beat people and leave, he turned around and scolded Gu Sheng, "Brothers, don't you look at the love of Mrs. Xinyi, I want your dog life today, do you believe it or not?" ”

After those fierce guys left, Gu Shengzhen was not convinced, and he struggled to get up from the ground and went straight to his sister to complain.

After listening to his brother's cry of snot and tears, instead of half a good word of comfort, he reprimanded Gu Sheng fiercely, ordering him not to think about it in the future, just do his part honestly, and just mix a full meal under his favorite teacher.

Zhang Xutuo, who was hiding in the dark to monitor Xinyi, saw that Xinyi's attitude towards his compatriots who had been bullied by others was so different from ordinary people, and he couldn't help but be suspicious, so he ordered someone to touch the details of this merchant who supplied incense offerings to Wanshanni Temple, trying to find out where this person came from, so that a deacon in the temple like Xinyi Shitai did not dare to provoke him easily.

Within two days, the palace guards sent to report to Zhang Xutuo that the supplier of incense offerings of Wanshanni Temple was named Pang Xun, and the shop was opened in the east market of Daxing Xindu, and it was learned that Pang Xun had exclusively supplied incense to Wanshanni Temple for eight years.

Nothing else, Zhang Xutuo heard that Pang Xun's family had supplied incense offerings to Wanshanni Temple for eight years, and couldn't help but be interested in him, and personally went to the shops in the east and west cities to inquire, but he was taken aback: it turned out that this Pang Xun was also the emperor's old friend, the distant cousin of the former left guard general Pang Huang, and according to the merchants who operated incense offerings in the east and west cities, they reported to him, including the Great Solemn Temple in the old city of Chang'an and the Xingshan Temple in the new city. Each temple usually adjusts the merchants who should make incense offerings to the temple according to the price of each merchant after the end of each year, but there is only one Wanshanni Temple, which has never changed the incense supplier in eight years.

If you were someone else, after inquiring and learning that Pang Xun was Pang Huang's distant relative, you would naturally guess that Pang Xun was most likely stained with Pang Huang's light, so that he was able to monopolize the business of supplying incense offerings to Wanshanni Temple for eight years, and naturally he would not follow this clue anymore.

But Zhang Xutuo is a master who can't rub a little sand in his eyes, and he still refuses to stop after visiting the merchants in the east and west cities, and he has to personally verify the real inside story of Pang Xun's monopoly on this business, and it is confirmed that Pang Xun is willing to stop after using Pang Huang's power in the court to win this business.

If you don't investigate, after a check, the truth of the matter is very different from Zhang Xutuo's previous guess: long before the death of another old friend of the current emperor Yang Jian, Wang Yi, the Duke of Yingguo, this General Pang Huang was implicated in a case of forming a party and running a private business, and was dismissed by the imperial court.

This unexpected discovery greatly aroused Zhang Xutuo's interest and determination to investigate the matter to the end, so he began to send people to monitor Pang Xun's store and his residence in Dongshi for twelve hours a day, hoping to find out which of the monks and nuns in Wanshanni Temple had a secret past.

Within ten days, Zhang Xutuo's persistence paid off: the deacon of Wanshanni Monastery, Xin Yishi, visited Pang Xun's mansion alone and stayed in Pang Xun's mansion for more than two hours before leaving. Moreover, Mrs. Xinyi had a heavy burden on her shoulders when she left the Pang Mansion.

On the night of receiving the report, Zhang Xutuo personally went to Wanshanni Temple, quietly sneaked into the clean room where his favorite master lived, and turned out the burden she carried from the Pang Mansion from the cabinet in the room, and secretly opened it to take a look, and couldn't help but be stunned: The burden was actually filled with ten golden ingots of gold!

As one of the three leading monks and nuns of Wanshanni Temple, Xinyi Shitai actually took benefits from Pang Xun privately, and profited from it for personal gain. Although this astonishing discovery is not directly related to the investigation of Xinyi Shitai, Zhang Xutuo recalled the words that Xinyi Shitai reprimanded Gu Sheng that day, and clearly felt that Xinyi Shitai knew the bottom of this matter, and couldn't help but add another layer of confusion: Why did Xinyi know that Xinyi was corrupt and favoritism, but ignored it? Could it be that she has a part in it?