Seventeen years ago, Zhao Ran was still a fire dwelling in the middle of the Wuji Courtyard, and seventeen years later, he has deservedly ascended the throne of the abbot of the Taoist Temple of Nanzhili with his proud achievements.

Such a fast promotion speed is all due to keeping up with the general trend, and this general trend is to take advantage of the trend of monks performing the Ten Directions Jungle Dao position.

Because of the injuries on his body and the inconvenience of his movements, Zhao Ran did not perform the law when he ascended to the throne according to the custom, but led the Taoist priests of the courtyard to recite the "Treasure of Emperor Wenchang", and his public promotion ceremony was completed.

Guo Hongjing left Wenchang Temple straight and went to Fengxiang Peak in Houshan to visit his friend Chen Shandao, Zhang Yuanji, Dongfang Ming and other heavenly masters did not delay much, and returned to the capital one after another to prepare for tomorrow's meeting in the True Master Hall.

The prince came to pay his respects: "Congratulations to the teacher on ascending to the position of abbot of Wenchangguan, Lone will not delay the teacher's rest, and in four days it will be Lone's enthronement ceremony, and I implore the teacher to come." ”

Zhao Ran nodded: "Your Highness ascends the throne, I will go." Seeing that he was a little tired, he said, "I haven't had a good rest during this time?

The crown prince was gloomy: "The case of the disappearance of the imperial grandmother has not been ascertained so far, and I am too worried." "The prince and his father Jiajing have no feelings at all, but the Empress Dowager Xiaokang is very good to him, and the family affection between the two is very deep. Empress Dowager Xiaokang disappeared mysteriously for two months, and the prince arrested all the female officials under his care and interrogated them strictly, and no one knew why.

Zhao Ran said: "There was chaos in the ban that day, and many things have no clue so far, you will become the monarch of the Ming Dynasty, or you still have to take care of your body, this is the blessing of the country." ”

The prince sighed: "What a big living person, I went to visit him the night before, but it was gone overnight, and I didn't see anyone alive and died...... Alas......"

Zhao Ran sent the prince and important ministers to Wenchang Guanmen, and Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, turned around and whispered: "The abbot is the prince's teacher, and he is unwell, on the day of His Royal Highness's accession to the throne, he can take a car straight into Chengtianmen, sit on the chair and go to the Heavenly Palace, and be under the Danqi, but what?"

On the day of the crown prince's accession to the throne, there will be two new cabinet scholars in the main hall, and Mao Cheng will be one of them. He was expressing his gratitude to Zhao Ran, for an official like him who didn't know much or disdained to greet him, it was already the ultimate to be able to express this attitude.

Zhao Ran's head received his kindness: "Poor Dao doesn't know much about the etiquette of the court, so he just depends on Mao Shangshu's arrangement." ”

The congratulatory guests left one after another, and the Qixia Mountain gradually became clearer, Li Dayin's expression was complicated, and he said to Zhao Ran: "Now that I have become the abbot of Wenchang Temple, what should we do with our Daolu Division? What is the constitution of Yuanfu Palace?

Zhao Ran shook his head: "Lao Li, I'm afraid the Daolu Division won't be able to keep it." ”

Li Dayin's cheeks trembled: "What about Yuanfu Palace?"

"Unknown......"

"The cultivation ball tournament was organized by you and me, well, in Zhiran's words, it is a non-governmental organization, and it won't really be confiscated, right?"

"Now, who will admit that the Organizing Committee of the Practice Ball Competition is a non-governmental organization?"

Li Dayin said: "That...... I immediately went down the mountain and moved the organizing committee of the training ball tournament to the mountain today...... Hang under the name of Wenchangguan ......"

Zhao Ran said: "It's too late, the results of the deliberations in the True Master Hall will be known in these two days." If we hastily transfer the Cultivation Ball Organizing Committee, we will fall behind, not only will it be useless, but it will also give others the truth. ”

Li Dayin wailed and beat his chest: "I knew today, I shouldn't have held the competition under the banner of Yuanfu Palace, I regret not being at the beginning!"

Zhao Ran said: "If there is no banner of Yuanfu Palace, how can we have today's scale and atmosphere? Lao Li, don't worry, without us, the cultivation ball will not be possible, we must have this self-confidence." ”

Li Dayin said: "If this world is missing, everyone will still turn ......"

Zhao Ran was surprised: "Hey, where did you hear this?"

Li Dayin: "Isn't that what you said?"

Zhao Ran: "Did I say that?"

Li Dayin: "You also said that the world is a ball!"

Zhao Ran: "......"

Abbot Zhuang sat in a wheelchair, was pushed out by Gu Tengjia himself, stopped beside Zhao Ran, and hugged his fist at Li Dayin: "Li Yuan Envoy, the old man is ready to leave, I take the liberty to disturb your conversation, and I specially came to say goodbye to Li Yuan Envoy, and thank Li Yuan Envoy for taking care of me for so many years." ”

Li Dayin looked at Zhao Ran in the wheelchair on the left, and then at Abbot Zhuang in the wheelchair on the right, he was in a trance for a while, and nodded at Abbot Zhuang: "Lao Zhuang, come to me if you have something in the future." ”

He said to Zhao Ran again: "I'll go back to Houshan first to see how Guo Zhenren and the teacher are." ”

Zhao Ran originally wanted to go to visit Chen Shandao with Li Dayin, and by the way, find an opportunity to communicate with Guo Hongjing, but remembering the peace with Xu Yunxuan and Wu Yangzhong the night before, he decided to forget it, keep a proper distance, and be good for everyone.

After seeing Li Dayin leave, Zhao Ran asked Abbot Zhuang: "Is the old abbot's body and bones okay?" I see that the old abbot is a little weak, and after going back, I still try to get up and walk around as much as possible...... Come, I'll give the old abbot a ......"

Abbot Zhuang glanced at Zhao Ran's wheelchair and smiled: "Okay, when you go back to your hometown, try to move around, mainly because you went against King Qi last time, and you are so angry that you can't do it." This time back to the hometown, no longer ask so many troublesome things, it should be much better, in my lifetime to taste tea, play chess, drink wine, such a day, the old man has been looking forward to it for many years, and now it has finally come true. ”

Zhao Ran asked, "Where is the old abbot Xianxiang?"

"Not far, from Matsue Mansion. ”

"How are you doing at home?"

"It's okay...... By the way, Abbot Zhao, I have a cousin who has come back from overseas, wandering for half his life, and wants to come back to retire. I heard that I need to register in the Daolu Division and apply for a cultivation certificate?"

Zhao Ran explained: "Don't worry, after you do it, there will definitely be a lot of benefits." You can always ask him to think about it, and if he wants to do it, just come to me. What's your name?"

"The cousin's surname is Wang, and his name is Chengyu. ”

"Okay, remember. ”

After a few idle words, Abbot Zhuang took the initiative to mention to Zhao Ran that the monks were not allowed to perform the duties of the Ten Directions Jungle Grass. Zhongzhi supported the position: "I was old and confused, and I only thought that after a monk entered the jungle of the ten directions, it would be difficult to serve, so I agreed to Jing Zhimo's suggestion." In the past few years, I have repeatedly introspected myself, and I have always been very guilty. Especially when I saw that the monk's credibility had greatly improved after the monk took over as abbot in the past two years, I was ashamed of myself. The old decay is here to make amends to Zhiran!"

As he spoke, he bowed deeply and apologized to Zhao Ran with his fists.

Zhao Ran hurriedly helped: "Why did the old abbot say this? I can't argue clearly, and I can't do anything if I don't practice it, in fact, I couldn't make up my mind back then, and I don't know what the result was." ”

After Abbot Zhuang apologized, a carriage was pulled out of the side door, Abbot Zhuang was carried up, lifted the curtain and waved at Zhao Ran and Gu Tengjia: "Zhiran, Tengjia, if you have time, you can go to Songjiang to find the old man, and the old man will cook a pot of plum wine and drink it with the two." ”

The horse's hooves clattered, the wheels were busy, and the abbot of Zhuang slowly descended the mountain road in front of everyone.

Gu Tengjia sighed: "An era is over......"

Zhao Ran: "Hmm, what do you ......say?"

Gu Tengjia smiled: "After learning this sentence from the abbot, I always remember it vividly, and I feel very emotional today, and I think it is particularly appropriate." ”

"Did I say that?"

"After the discussion of the Heavenly Palace the month before last, the abbot, you once sighed like this. ”

“......”

"Abbot?"

"Ah, I said that I wanted to give Lao Zhuang a pulse, but I forgot ......"

"Ahem, next time. ”

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