A knife in love

Chapter 3006

Listening to the old man in gray clothes, Li Qiufeng thought to himself, the woodcutter is a man from the mountains, ignorant and ignorant, he only listened to the old people in the village talking about ancient times, and had never read history books.The empress he was talking about was undoubtedly Wu Zetian.I once heard from my master that the Wu family wanted to usurp the great Tang Dynasty. For this reason, they beheaded many ministers and people who were loyal to Li Tang, appointed cruel officials, and supervised all the officials. Shi made irresponsible remarks.Even so, the Wu family still couldn't feel at ease, worried that after he ascended the throne, someone would take the opportunity to rebel.At that time, there was a monk named Huaiyi, who was Wu's good friend when he was a nun in Ganye Temple. It's an affair.Wu Shi told Monk Huaiyi about his worries, and this monk gave Wu Shi an idea.He advocated forging a Buddhist scripture called the Dayun Sutra, in which Wu was called the reincarnation of the Living Buddha, in order to fool the people.The government ordered monasteries in various places to recite the Great Cloud Sutra and use it to educate the common people.In this way, the common people thought that the Wu family was the birth of a god and Buddha, so they would definitely not rebel.

Wu Shi was overjoyed when he heard the wonderful plan of the monk Huaiyi, so he gave the matter to the monk Huaiyi to preside over it.Monk Huaiyi summoned eminent monks and celebrities to forge Buddhist scriptures, and at the same time ordered the construction of Dayun Temples in various places. The Buddha statues enshrined in the temples were shaped according to Wu's face.Unexpectedly, after the Wu clan became emperor, although the officials and people who resisted the Wu clan were suppressed by killing, there were still many people who opposed the Wu clan.Later, Zhang Jianzhi and others launched the Shenlong coup, put Wu's family under house arrest, and helped Zhongzong Li Xian restore.After Li Xian ascended the throne, he ordered the local governments to confiscate the Dayun Sutra and burn it down, and also destroyed the Dayun Temple built in various places.The ruined temple where Bao Xi lives is presumably the old site of a Dayun Temple that was destroyed by the imperial court.

While Li Qiufeng was thinking, the old man in gray went on to say: "The woodcutter told Bao Xi that after the officers and soldiers killed the officials and craftsmen who built the Dayun Temple, they destroyed the temple, so they withdrew their troops and left. Only after that , the ruined monastery became haunted. Some people stayed in the monastery and were either frightened mad or disappeared inexplicably. From this, the local people knew that the monastery was haunted, and no one dared to approach the monastery. Years later, the villagers in Zuojin regarded this dilapidated monastery as a ghost temple, and no one dared to enter the monastery. They cut firewood in the mountains every day. Although they did not see the legendary evil spirits, they did not dare to approach it. temple.

"After hearing what the woodcutter said, Bao Xi thought of what he saw in his dream. He was so frightened that he fled down the mountain. The woodcutter didn't know what happened. Bao Xi laughed and cursed a few times behind him, and then went to cut firewood on his own. Bao Xi struggled to escape to the bottom of the mountain, and then he was shocked for a while. After finding the official way, he went straight to Luoyang City. With his 50 taels of silver, Bao Xi lived in Luoyang and lived as a school teacher. Afterwards, he took part in the imperial examination several times, but was disappointed every time. Later he thought that although Luoyang was a famous city, it was just that It is a battleground for military strategists. For thousands of years, there have been constant wars, and it has been destroyed several times. Presumably, the context has been cut off. If you are still living in Luoyang, you must not be selected. It is said that Jiangnan is victorious, and the swords are not flourishing, so the context can be preserved. It's better to move to a famous city in the south of the Yangtze River, maybe you can have good luck.

"Bao Xi made up his mind, so he left Luoyang, went all the way south, and first moved to Nanjing. After going around many times, he spent all his money and went to Suzhou in a daze. Because he was so shy, he had to live in Hanshan Temple Middle. The abbot and monk of Hanshan Temple was also a literati before he became a monk. He was very respectful to scholars, so he never made things difficult for Bao Xi. Out of disgust, he wanted to drive Bao Xi out of the monastery. Since the abbot monk was very kind to Bao Xi, although the Zhike monk did not dare to drive Bao Xi away openly, he secretly ordered his monks and temple helpers to insult Bao Xi He scolded, and sometimes only delivered food to Bao Xi once every two or three days. As a scholar, Bao Xi was naturally unwilling to be insulted by these villains. However, he had no money and was already in a desperate situation. If he left the monastery, he would have to freeze to death I can’t starve to death, I can only endure the insults and difficulties of these villains with a thick skin, thinking that one day I will be elected and then settle accounts with these villains.”

The gray-clothed old man sighed at this point, and then continued: "After hearing what Bao Xi said about him, the old man felt sympathetic to him, and gave him another ten taels of silver as a gift. Bao Xi gave in. After a while, he put the money into his bosom, and thanked the old man a thousand times, saying that if he can be elected in the future, he will definitely repay the old man. The old man smiled and said, Mr. Bao has seen Wu Zetian and Shangguan Wan'er, and he has accumulated evil virtues , In the future, I will definitely be able to win the exam. From then on, high-ranking officials will be able to sit, and horses will be able to ride. The glory is precious, and it is just around the corner.

"The old man said these few words, originally they were just joking words. Unexpectedly, after Bao Xi heard this, he looked depressed and couldn't help sighing. Seeing his appearance, the old man thought he had said something wrong, and was about to apologize to him, but heard Bao Xi said that failure in the examination room is a predestined event and cannot be reversed by manpower. Hearing this, the old man was stunned, and said in his mouth that he would like to hear more about it. Then Bao Xi told the old man It is a strange thing, and this strange thing has a great connection with this jade scale."

Everyone listened to the old man in gray talking for more than half an hour. Although he mentioned Yucheng, he changed the topic again, so everyone was at a loss.At this moment, when the old man in gray mentioned Yucheng again, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.The old man in gray clothes said: "It turns out that when Bao Xi lived in Nanjing, he used to be a western teacher in a family surnamed Fang. Fang's family is from a scholarly family, and his ancestors used to be servants of the official department. There are still thousands of volumes of books in the house. Bao Xi works as a teacher in the Fang family, and often borrows a few volumes from the master to read in his spare time. One day he chose a book called Zhang Yuan Congji, and brought it back to his residence to read. I accidentally turned to a passage in the book, and after reading it, I almost passed out as if struck by lightning.

"This text describes the adventures of a scholar surnamed Yu in Hejian Mansion. This Mr. Yu has been studying since he was a child, and he was selected as a scholar at the age of 14. He is quite famous in Hejian Mansion. A family member of Jianfu, when he was visiting relatives in his hometown one year, heard about Mr. Yu's various deeds, and thought that a child could be taught, so he invited him into the mansion to speak. At that time, Zhu, an editor of the Imperial Academy, was also in Hejian Mansion , Master Shang Shu invited Zhu into the mansion, intending to let Mr. Yu and Zhu get acquainted. In the future, if Mr. Yu is named on the gold list and enters the Imperial Academy, Zhu, as a senior, can also take care of Mr. Yu."

(End of this chapter)