It was still midsummer when Zhang Yan left Pengcheng, and it was already early autumn when he came back from Liaodong, and his clothes were a little thin, walking on the official road, and the farmland on both sides of the road was full of the scene after the autumn harvest, barren and bare.

After returning to Pengcheng, Zhang Yan did not rest much, but quickly threw himself into the reform and gathered his henchmen together again.

It's just that this party is slightly different from last time, last time there were only Zhang Zhao, Chen Qun, Gu Yong, Dong Zhao, Wang Lang and others, this time, Zhang Yan gathered a lot of people, in addition to some of his confidants, including Henan Yin Zhanghong, Youzhou Mu Jia Xu, Yongzhou Thorn Shi Zhong Xuan, Jizhou Mu Zangba, Yingchuan Taishou Yang Xiu, Donghai Taishou Mi Zhu, Huwei General Zhao Yun, Yangzhou Thorn Shi Lusu, Huya General Zhang Liao, and even Tian Feng, Fu Zhu, Mr. Shuijing, Sima Hui, and Pang Degong, who had been in the opposition, were all called over.

In just a few days, the various ministers who had been called up rushed to Pengcheng non-stop and came to the palace of King Yan to participate in this important meeting within the specified time.

The weather in September, the autumn is high and cool, the ninth day of the first month, is the annual Double Ninth Festival, Zhang Yan convened everyone should be together, the carriages and horses outside the Yanwang Mansion are ready, everyone and Zhang Yan After enjoying breakfast together, Zhang Yan said to everyone: "Today is the annual Double Ninth Festival, you work hard for state affairs every year, so this king wants to take you out to play today." ”

After everyone heard this, they were a little surprised, King Yan gathered people from afar, just to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival?

But. Everyone is here. can only obey King Yan's arrangement. Next, followed the king of Yan out of the palace of the king of Yan, and boarded the carriages lined up outside the palace of the king of Yan in turn, when everyone got into the carriage, Xu Sheng made a report to Zhang Yan, Zhang Yan gave an order, and the convoy slowly started and went out of Pengcheng.

The convoy headed south and headed straight to Xiapi. The destination is the Futu Temple in the south of Xiapi City.

Futu Temple was built by Zhenrong, originally a place where Zhenrong raised the dead, and now Xu Sheng, the captain of the city gate and the commander of Jinyiwei, came out of Futu Temple, and those dead soldiers rescued by Xu Sheng have also become the original strength of Jinyiwei, and now they are all important figures in the Jinyiwei system, and they are also Zhang Yan's most loyal subordinates.

A convoy of Chinese military ministers left Pengcheng and headed south along Surabaya. At noon, the convoy did not stop. Instead, let the civil and military ministers in the car eat dry food and drink cold water to satisfy their hunger. In a hurry, we finally arrived at the foot of the Futu Temple in the south of Xiapi City in the evening.

When the carriages stopped at the foot of the mountain where the Futu Temple was located, the ministers stepped down from the cars one after another, moved their muscles and bones, and looked at everything around them, and a discerning person could see at a glance that this was the Futu Temple.

Zhang Yan rode a white dragon horse, came to the front of the ministers of civil and military affairs, pointed to the Futu Temple on the mountain and said: "We live here tonight, and we have worked the saddle horse along the way. Xu Sheng! ”

"What does His Royal Highness King Yan command?" Xu Sheng immediately walked over from the side and said with his fists clenched.

"Prepare a soft sedan chair for all of you."

"Whoa!"

Not long after, Xu Sheng parked all the soft sedan chairs that had already been arranged in front of the adults, two people carried a soft sedan chair for one person to ride, and dozens of civil and military ministers took the soft sedan chair and were carried up the mountain.

Zhang Yan did not ride in a soft sedan chair, but rode his white dragon horse and walked at the front of the team.

The mountain is not too high, the mountain road is also smooth, wide and flat, the slope is not large, it only took a moment of effort, everyone climbed to the top of the mountain.

The Futu Temple was built on the top of the mountain, when everyone climbed to the top of the mountain, the Futu Temple was shown in front of everyone's eyes, at this moment, the sun was setting, the whole Futu Temple was shrouded in a twilight, the sun with golden sunlight gradually sank to the side of the mountain, the scenery on the mountain was Yiren, and the scale of the construction of the Futu Temple, as well as the ingenuity of the construction style, also left a very deep impression on the ministers.

At this time, Chen Jiao, the Taishou of Xiapi, led more than 20 subordinate officials to come out of the Futu Temple, and under the leadership of Chen Jiao, everyone followed him into the Futu Temple.

Chen Jiao took all the adults to visit the Futu Temple before and after, and personally explained the origin of the Futu Temple and what happened in the Futu Temple.

When they heard that Zhang Yan led the crowd to kill Zhenrong, who occupied Xiapi, here that year, they all felt embarrassed by Zhang Yan's feat back then.

After the last, everyone also realized that Xu Sheng had also come out of the Futu Temple, and he felt even more shocked.

After visiting the Futu Temple, Chen Jiao took people to the Daxiong Treasure Hall in the temple, and the monks in the temple explained the Dharma to the adults.

After the Dharma was finished, a dinner party was held in the temple, because I was in the temple, so I couldn't eat meat, and the dinner was just some vegetarian food.

After the dinner, the adults dragged their tired bodies back to their rooms, and Zhang Yan told them that tomorrow morning, they would discuss in an empty hall behind the Futu Temple, and let the ministers rest early.

The ministers didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Zhang Yan's gourd, but today's day's trip was already too tired, and many people fell asleep.

Zhang Yan came to the guest room, Xu Sheng followed closely behind, and also entered the guest room together, and said to Zhang Yan: "His Royal Highness King Yan, you rest early, tomorrow's affairs, your subordinates have already arranged." ”

"Well, you're tired from a day, so let's go and rest early!"

Xu Sheng left the room, but Zhang Yan did not sleep. He couldn't sleep, and he wasn't sure what the ministers would do about the reform tomorrow, and he didn't know what kind of reaction the Dao Dao would have. But no matter what, the reform must be carried out, and he will never stop until the supremacy of this feudal society is broken.

Just as Jia Xu said, reform is a double-edged sword, which can hurt both others and oneself, and if it is not handled well, it is very likely that there will be a danger of subversion. Therefore, Zhang Yan decided to see the reactions of the ministers tomorrow, and then decide what to do next, and must not play with fire and self-immolation, otherwise, all his previous efforts will be in vain.

This time, Zhang Yan specially called Jia Xu over, just to let Jia Xu help him speak, at least, he can be sure that Jia Xu is on his side, with a firm position, if he is there, if there is any problem, he can make up for it in time.

It was the dead of night, but Zhang Yan had no intention of sleeping, and it was unknown for tomorrow.

After all, Zhang Yan's thoughts are completely different from the thoughts of this group of people, he comes from the future, and this group of people is ancient people, whether they can understand such advanced ideas is still unknown.

Zhang Yan jumped out of bed, put on his shoes and socks, put on a cloak, opened the door, and walked out.

At this moment, there was silence in the Futu Temple, only the faint sound of knocking wooden fish, Zhang Yan followed the sound and soon came to a small Buddhist hall located behind the Futu Temple.

The Buddhist hall is not large, and the style of the building does not seem to be one with the Futu Temple, and it looks like it was built later. But there was a bright fire in the Buddha hall, and a man in a monk's robe knelt in front of the Buddha shrine in the Buddha hall, motionless, and the sound of the wooden fish hitting came from there.

This person in a monk's robe is not shaved, it may be a practice with hair, the long hair of the shawl hangs straight down to the waist, just looking at the back, you will feel that this monk's waist is so slender, and it gives Zhang Yan a sense of déjà vu, as if he has seen it somewhere, but he can't think of it for a while.

Lonely in the middle of the night, Zhang Yan was so worried that he couldn't sleep, he really wanted to talk to someone, and there were too many confusions in his letter, in his opinion, the monks who practiced had a certain amount of wisdom, maybe the monk in front of him would give him some tips and suggestions.

So, Zhang Yan walked towards the Buddhist hall with his footsteps, stood behind the monk, folded his hands, and respectfully performed a Buddhist salute to the Buddhist shrine enshrined in the Buddhist hall, and then walked to the monk's side, bent down and made a Buddhist salute to the monk, just wanted to open his mouth to speak, but the face of the monk in front of him surprised him, opened his mouth wide in surprise, but he was speechless!

The monk raised his head and glanced at Zhang Yan, and a hint of panic flashed in his eyes, even the wooden fish that was knocking stopped.

"You...... How did you end up here? Zhang Yan asked in surprise when he saw this familiar person.

The monk slowly stood up, bowed to Zhang Yan, and said, "The poor nun has seen His Royal Highness King Yan without worry. ”

When Zhang Yan heard the word "poor nun", his heart suddenly cooled a lot, and the excitement that had just been ignited was instantly extinguished.

The person standing in front of Zhang Yan at this time was none other than Diao Chan, who left Pengcheng and disappeared without a trace. Who would have thought that Diao Chan would come to Futu Temple, lead the practice, and become a nun.

Diao Chan is still the same as before, although it has been a few years, it is still a country and a city, and anyone who sees it will like this woman at a glance.

Zhang Yan is no exception!

"Diao Chan ......" Zhang Yan really couldn't accept this fact, and shouted softly.

"His Royal Highness King Yan, the poor nun has escaped into the empty door, the law name is worry-free, Diao Chan is no longer in the world, and I hope His Royal Highness King Yan can understand!" Diao Chan interrupted Zhang Yan's words and said calmly.

Zhang Yan frowned, looking at the familiar and very strange person standing in front of him, and for a while, he didn't know what to say.

In the past, they were mandarin ducks playing in the water in the clouds, but now, time has passed, and when the two meet again, they have become strangers...... (To be continued......)