In the beautiful Mochou Lake Lake Heart Pavilion, Xu Hao mingled in a group of scholars, listening to their needles and disadvantages, and sitting opposite was a Daoyan monk dressed in black.

It is no accident that Xu Hao and Yao Guangxiao became friends for the year, they have the same temperament and the same personality, after Zhu Gaochi ascended the throne as the emperor, Xu Hao declined the title of duke of the country and gave it to his father, and once even the governor of Zuo was unwilling to be the governor. And Yao Guangxiao is also resolutely unwilling to return to the vulgar, even if he enters the court as an official, he only asks for a six-grade Zuo good deed, and is responsible for managing the sesame petty officials of the world's monks.

Of course, this is also the truth that the two of them know well that they are highly meritorious, and they choose to retreat bravely at the same time, such an understanding courtier, so that Zhu Gaochi can't help but be deeply moved.

Compared with Xu Hao's great career and beautiful wife, Zhu Gaochi felt even more sorry for Yao Guangxiao, who was alone, and gave him a mansion and two charming palace maids, Yao Guangxiao returned it intact, and still lived in the temple, and the prince and young master were an honorary official position.

Indifferent by nature and does not pursue wealth and glory, Xu Hao admires Yao Guangxiao very much, and naturally gradually intersects with this great Mingqi person.

The year before last, Yao Guangxiao returned to his hometown for disaster relief and returned to his hometown, his sister was closed and disappeared, his childhood friend and Jiangnan Shilin thought that Zhu Di's army was a great rebellion, Yao Guangxiao belonged to the abusive family, no one wanted to see him, and some people even scolded him.

This hit Yao Guangxiao very hard, but he still distributed all the gold and silver given to his clan and neighbors, and went overseas with Xu Hao without worry.

During the day, he changed into an official uniform to do things, and at night he changed into a black monk's robe to practice in the temple, never participated in the open and secret battles in the officialdom, and did not have a penny of savings, this is the Daoyan monk.

Listening to the high-minded talk around him, Xu Hao persuaded: "The master is a master, but if he has no children and no daughters, wouldn't he have no descendants to inherit the incense?" Just choose a nephew from the clan and consider him a righteous son. ”

After this voyage, Yao Guangxiao has become more open-minded like Xu Hao, he is not a rigid person. After thinking about it, he agreed, raised his glass and smiled: "The poor monk will consider this matter, if it is successful, please ask the governor to take care of it, the poor monk is already old, and there are few best friends in his life who can be trusted." ”

Xu Hao said: "Master rest assured, I will be a virtuous nephew as my own flesh and blood." ”

Yao Guangxiao sighed in his heart, if he hadn't learned the true details of the other party, he really thought that this young man was Wang Mang Cao Cao and others in the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, a forty-year-old literati on the opposite side said with a smile: "Our ambition is filthy and despicable, and there is no way. But don't hide it. Those who wish for us will talk about Yuankui in the township association, occupy Dingjia in Honglu, and write in Yingsheng, and write the Qingwang of Shilin. Measure the talent and jade ruler, and the peach forest is full of entry walls; Tibetan simple name mountain, gods and ghosts are all cared for, the old woman worships Lotte, and the outside Yi Xian knows Su Shi. Ancestor Yu Fenghe. The surname is only in Yingzhou. ”

Xu Hao and Yao Guangxiao couldn't help but smile at each other, and other literati praised it: "Talented people, famous and romantic." Yihe Sanjue! ”

Xu Hao couldn't help but drink three glasses in a row, and then an angry middle-aged man walked over, and everyone saw his face full of anger, and hurriedly asked, "Where is the virtuous brother drinking." Why are you angry? Scholars must first cultivate temperament, joy and anger are invisible, and there should not be such a situation. ”

The middle-aged man said, "Brothers, I don't know why. Today is really vomiting my brother to death. ”

Everyone persuaded him one after another, pulled him to the banquet and ate a glass of wine to cool off, and then asked the reason.

The middle-aged man held down the wine glass and said: "It's easy to get drunk when I get drunk, I was at home with a close relative I didn't know each other, I don't know how many glasses I ate, and I sent him out and bumped into this stuffy again, and the wine poured into my heart, where can I still eat?" After I tell the brothers, then come and have a drink. ”

Xu Hao and Yao Guangxiao became interested, listened attentively, and listened to the middle-aged man say: "I was already in a panic by my close relatives, and after I came out, I passed through Shuntian Mansion, and many people poured out of plain water, blocking me over there, and there were seven or eight people lying on the ground, all of whom were beaten to the point that their legs were bloody, and more than 200 people cried out for them, saying what is the real anecdote." If you look closely, there is a person in it who is Qu Boming, twenty-five or sixteen years old, with a white face and a big black mole on his forehead, which can't be wrong. ”

Someone exclaimed: "Qu Boming is a poor and ambitious person, he is a talent, does this plague official dare to add Xing?" ”

Xu Hao and Yao Guangxiao's expressions remained unchanged, Shuntian Mansion was at the feet of the Son of Heaven, unless that Qu Boming committed a big crime, he would definitely not punish Xiucai.

Someone else hurriedly said: "I haven't been brainless after talking for a long time, don't interrupt him." ”

The middle-aged man explained: "It wasn't him who hit. It is said that he lives in the eastern suburbs, teaches Mongolia to make a living, and his wife He is good-looking, and I don't know which day a monk from Wutai Mountain came to the fate, saying that he is a Taoist monk who can cure diseases, called Fayun. The monk fell in love with He, and went to his house several times to raise money, but He refused without pretense. Who knew that on the third watch day the night before, Fayun sneaked into He's house to strip and collapse, and actually wanted to force He's to survive, and He didn't scream desperately, and the neighbors rushed to rescue him when they heard the sound, but Fayun's martial arts were good, and he injured several people in a row and fled naked.

This incident immediately caused a sensation in the eastern suburbs, and nearly a thousand people came out to arrest him, because the thief was bald and did not choose the way, and fell into a wild pit at night, covered with stinky dung, and was caught by everyone.

Sent to the county office, who knew that the county magistrate refused to sit in the court, sat in the squad room, and beat the injured and caught the thief to death, saying that the Jingshi Chongdi was not the person who should be caught in the rape, and he was not arrested in the rape center, and the human and material evidence was incomplete, and Fayun was acquitted.

At that time, Qu Boming stepped forward to complain, and the county official ignored it and threw it out, and the people ran to Shuntianfu to complain, I couldn't wait to crash into the county government and beat the thief official, the more I thought about it all the way, the more angry I became, and I almost suffocated my belly. ”

A literati said angrily: "This must be done with the thunder on the sixth day of the first month of March last year, and the stolen officials and thieves will be bald with an axe, and they will be killed immediately before the breath in my chest is released." ”

Someone else said: "In short, if you are a monk, you will have five or six points to kill." It is not uncommon for treacherous thieves to cut their hair to avoid crime when they are cornered, but it is a strange thing to hate him for his disgrace and judgment. ”

Yao Guangxiao was suddenly a little embarrassed, and secretly kept this matter in his heart. Xu Hao frowned, her husband was not at home, and his wife shouted for help, if the neighbors did not rush to help, this was a big crime in the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang's painstakingly formulated local policy was good here, the Yuan Dynasty shattered the tradition of Han people watching and helping each other, and the Ming Dynasty restored morality and etiquette.

The disadvantage is that it comes from the tax, a family can not pay ten neighbors have to be fined together, and all the neighbors will be affected if they flee, and the reason why the Ming Dynasty has been repeatedly banned is because of this, a family runs away and the whole village has to follow the uproot.

Yao Guangxiao said with a calm face: "Water has a source, wood has a root, recently there have been many evil monks relying on the Buddha as a talisman, and the poor monks will definitely sweep away the scum of Buddhism." ”

Xu Hao said with a smile: "It's just a trivial matter, maybe the county official and Fayun have been punished by the Shuntian Mansion right now." ”

As soon as the literati complained, they began to chant poems against each other, Xu Hao and Yao Guangxiao got up and walked out of the Huxin Pavilion, and someone ridiculed: "Look, it's another thief, phew!" ”

Xu Hao was just about to have a seizure, Yao Guangxiao pulled him and laughed at himself: "Forget it, let's say that I am not effective in supervising the monks, and my guilt lies with me, and I deserve to be scolded." ”

Xu Hao pushed the boat down the river and said: "In the past few years, the world has been peaceful, and there are indeed more and more people who have become monks. ”

Yao Guangxiao nodded and said: "Tomorrow, I will ask the household department to play, last year, more than 1,800 military and civilian children in Zhejiang counties cut their hair and ran to the capital to ask for a monk without permission, and they must be strictly stopped." ”

Xu Hao shook his head and said: "Emperor Gao has already made a custom, and he is only allowed to become a monk when he is more than forty years old, and there are so many prohibitions today, will the imperial court really do nothing?" We did not dare to be negligent in abiding by the law, but they were unscrupulous and asked the military department to send all these people to Liaodong and Gansu to be registered as soldiers. ”

As they walked, the two of them walked into the temple on the island in the middle of the lake, admiring the weeping willows around them, and saw a little novice running over and saying, "The family teacher worships." ”

Xu Hao looked at it in surprise, and saw a tall monk standing behind him, with a string of fist-sized Buddhist beads, saluting them with a smile.

Yao Guangxiao also seemed surprised, he didn't know who this monk was, but he had only been away from Beijing for more than a year, and the personnel of Buddhism in the capital had changed.

Ning Xue was recuperating on this island in the middle of the lake when she was confined, Xu Hao was very familiar with the people on the island, looking at this strange monk, born with violent eyes and red cheeks, oily head and purple face, a beard on his face, and a knot of green tendons and knots between his neck, he should be a monk from the Qinghai-Tibet area.

Just looking at the face, he doesn't look like a good person, his body is majestic and his arm strength is amazing, but when he walked over, his steps were not very firm, his eyes were blue, and he thought it was because of the wine, Xu Hao asked himself if he should be able to control him with his skills, and besides, this is Mochou Lake, and the temple can be leveled overnight.

Yao Guangxiao came forward to deal with it, and the other party was at a loss and didn't know that the black-clothed old monk in front of him was Master Daoyan, who was in charge of the world, and with a smile, he called himself Song'an, who was the presiding officer of the temple.

Looking at the patterns on the monk's robe and some strange ornaments, Xu Hao sneered in his heart, there was a Tantric Joy Sect near his house? It seems that away from the court and low-key people, some officials don't take themselves seriously, and dare to let some lewd monks in Jinling's most famous place to play.

Immediately Xu Hao was a little abrupt, the officials of the Ministry of Rites were the ones who dealt with him the most, there was a Xu family courtyard on the island, it was impossible to be so offended, last year the Tibetan Living Buddha left some monks in Beijing, and the backstage of this great monk was the emperor.

Xu Hao, who was angry, threw out a gold ingot casually and said, "It's a quiet place, it's good to stay here tonight." ”

Yao Guangxiao knew that Xu Dudu was annoyed, so he stopped talking nonsense at the moment, nodded in agreement, and Na Song'an stared at the gold, his eyes lit up, and he nodded and asked the two to live in a quiet meditation room.

On the first watch, Xu Hao faintly heard the laughter of men and women, and heard the sound of women crying from a distance, and Yao Guangxiao was too old to hear it.

Because it involves Zhu Gaochi, Xu Hao can't act recklessly, so he chooses to forbear it for the time being tonight.

There is no need for Xu Hao's orders, naturally some people are figuring out the details of the temple. The next day, after a breakfast, Yao Guangxiao wanted to go to the Ministry of Rites to start the monk's work in the morning court. (To be continued......)