Tang Qi Tan

Chapter 193
"It's really unlucky. I failed to catch the useful master, and only forced to question a few Hua monks who didn't abide by the rules." Soon after, Song's deputy escort shook his head and said: "Some are regular customers of tricksters, and some are familiar with lawmakers. The new widows hooked up with each other, and there are even some who buy outhouses."

"What about the disciples and monks who are closest to Dexin on weekdays? Didn't they find anything?" Jiang Tian asked immediately: "Since Dexin is located in the center of the imperial temple, and it is also a place where incense is flourishing, there is no such thing on weekdays." Is there someone who makes friends?"

"Those people all died in the cave and there is no way to verify it." The deputy prisoner Song shook his head and said: "The rest are incense burners, foremen and monks from other courtyards. I don’t know much. As for Dexin Senggang, he is also famous for his cleansing in the downtown area.”

Afterwards, he took out another money note with fresh seal and ink; put his hands in front of Jiang Tian and said: "Anyway, I would like to thank the recorder for your cooperation, which relieved me of many ties. It’s just a little bit of my private thoughts.”

Seeing that Jiang Tian had the intention of rejecting it, the deputy detainee Song quickly said: "I'm not going to hide the matter, after this incident, a certain family may be going to work abroad; the money is not from me personally, but from torture." Everyone should have a share of the private wealth gained by those thieves who do not abide by the rules."

"If you don't care about recording the facts, it's okay." Then he added with a smile: "Naturally, a certain family can have people donate on their behalf. The sickhouses, nursing homes, and military institutions in the south of the city are kept There won't be any ties or hands left behind."

"Then donate it to the Children's Home." Hearing this, Jiang Tian flicked the money ticket with a smile and said: This is also one of the legacy of Liang Gong's good governance.Officially take in and raise vagrant orphans until they are half-aged, and then arrange them under the names of those childless veterans, thinking that they will inherit the family name.

At least these Wu Desi people, in terms of specific professional ability, are of course good and bad; of.

Later, Luoyang County also sent more documents about Fengxian Temple; and the envoy of Jinwu Street also brought the records of this Zuo Shanshi envoy Dexin and his disciples from the Senglu Department of the Eastern Capital Merit Envoy .Only then did Jiang Tian have a preliminary understanding of the cause and effect of Fengxian Temple.

Fengxian Temple is not considered a big temple. It is just a temple built with caves in the mountains, plus ancillary buildings with two entrances and two spans.Therefore, no matter how prosperous the incense is, there are only a dozen or so monks who stay there daily.But in terms of official position, Fengxian Temple is a bit delicate.

Because this Pingku Temple was built when the great sage Zetian was still the queen, donating powder and money; therefore, there used to be a special side hall to worship the ancestors of the Wu family.However, after the heyday during the Wu Zhou Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, with the restoration of the Shenlong Revolution and the restoration of the Li and Tang Dynasties, the status of Fengxian Temple became embarrassing.

As the black history of Wu's usurpation of the Tang Dynasty, it left a psychological shadow area on the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty; all dynasties and dynasties have taken great precautions against the descendants of the Wu family.Even Concubine Wu Hui, whom Tang Xuanzong loved so much, would never make Li Mao, the birthday king born by her, the crown prince, for fear that the story would repeat itself.

Therefore, Fengxian Temple, one of the emperor's temples named Dongdu, was marginalized for a long time.Even those descendants of the well-developed Wu clan, such as Wu Yuanheng, Wu Zetian's great-nephew and grandson, inevitably stayed away after they became generals and prime ministers.

It is to avoid being contaminated with traces and labels related to Zetian Dasheng; and to touch the sensitive nerves of Li Tang's royal family.You know, when the Great Sage Zetian was alive, killing Li Tang's clan and ministers was like mowing grass;Created the names of Suo Yuanli and Lai Junchen as cruel officials.

In those days, apart from Li Chong, king of Langya, and Li Zhen, king of Yue, who raised troops.Li Yuanjia, king of Han, Li Lingkui, king of Lu, Li Yuangui, king of Huo, Li Shen, king of Ji, Li Xu, king of Jiangdu, Li Zhuan, Duke of Huang, Li Rong, Duke of Dongguan, Princess Changle, etc., were forced to commit suicide, behead Shicao, or die in exile.

Li Tang's clan was almost wiped out.Even Ruizong Li Dan's concubines Liu and Dou (Xuanzong's biological mother) died because of the witchcraft case.Ruizong, who was deposed as King Xiang, was imprisoned in the East Palace for a long time together with many children, and spent a long period of time in captivity.

During this period, in order to relieve my heart, it is also to reassure Nakamiya Ouchi.Ruizong Li Dan and a group of sons and daughters had fun in bitterness, and secretly obtained instrumental music to play and sing all day long; finally achieved per capita instrumental music proficiency.Li Longji, the famous patriarch of Liyuan in Tang Xuanzong, played Jiegu very well because of this.

Therefore, compared with the heyday of the Kaiyuan and Tianbao years, Fengxian Temple was almost abandoned.Although, the Holy Son of Heaven may not be concerned about this, such a side hall houses the temple of Wu's ancestors;

Later, when the Anshi Rebellion broke out, various officials and troops fought with the Anqingxu Department in Luoyang to see Longmen Mountain and Xiangshan Yiyi. As a result, the nearby temples were burned to the ground.The monks in the monastery were deported, their ritual objects, decorations and golden bodies were taken away, and the beams and pillars were taken to build the camp.

There are only bare and large stone carvings that cannot be eaten, used, or moved.However, because of the surviving stone carvings on the sites of many destroyed temples; after the war, Duke Liang returned to visit the local area, which also ushered in a period of great turning point and reconstruction.

In particular, Fengxian Temple, which has one Buddha, two disciples, two Bodhisattvas, two heavenly kings and Hercules, etc., and eleven large statues "Dalu Shena Niche", followed the personal instructions of Liang Gong. rebuild it.Only this time, there is no trace of the Wu family anymore.

At that time, Duke Liang's left and right wives, Princess Yongguo Dachang and Mrs. Xie, Mrs. Xianguo, donated private money to rebuild the "Da Lushena Statue Niche".Then, it led to the families of princes, ministers, and noble relatives at that time to compete to dig caves and build temples on Longmen Mountain, thinking that they will be supported for generations.

Because there was a popular proverb/ballad that was widely circulated at that time: "It is better to betray the emperor than to hate the Liang family." Chance.But if you hate the Liang family who is in charge of Zhongxing, that's another matter.

Because according to the past traditions of the Tang Dynasty, the noble officials who were exiled were only as far as Lingnan; if they were unlucky (Han Yu in history), they could only feed crocodiles in Chaozhou and Leizhou, or grow bananas in Yazhou (Hainan Island) ; If you are lucky, you can spend your days in the prosperous city of Guangzhou.

But if it falls into Liang's hands, it can be said that life is worse than death, and it is close to death.Therefore, during the reign of the Liang family, the destination of the guilty ministers was to start from a thousand miles away; either cross the sea and go to Xiaoao to be with kangaroos, or go to Xinzhou to educate the people of Yin, or go to Wufang Tianzhu to revive Buddhism.

In contrast, going to the Ministry of Grottoes (Sakhalin Island) to mine, to eat sand in the desert of Hanhai Dam, and to the North Sea (Lake Baikal) to learn from Su Wu to herd sheep are all relatively gentle and preferential treatment.Because at least in theory, you still have a chance to escape along the land commercial road and escape from a narrow escape.

Therefore, when Liang Gong finally accepted the suggestion of Empress Dowager Ruiming Yuanzhen, he took many relatives and subordinates to the foreign lands and feudal kingdoms for the retirement of Daxia.The ruling and opposition parties, who had been suppressed for decades, almost burst into tears of gratitude and sang praises endlessly, respecting the Empress Dowager Ruiming as "Yao Shun among women".

As a result, with the support of Empress Dowager Ruiming, the imperial power was regained, and after overpowering and restricting the three Fuzheng families who had always followed Liang Gong, the position of Fengxian Temple became subtle again.Although it is still one of the imperial imperial temples, it has been reduced to the third class.

Even the monks stationed in the monastery are dispatched in turn from several northern Zen jungles such as Bailiang Temple and Fahai Temple near Duji Road, in rounds of 20 years.It is to avoid the origin of a certain sect from monopolizing this small resort with its heyday of incense.Now it is the time when Shaolin lower court Boliang Temple resides.

And it has been seventeen years since Dexin took office as Senggang.In contrast, his social relations and daily life during his stay in the monastery were really clean and simple; it was more like a legendary virtuous man who lived in seclusion in the downtown area but detached himself from the world of mortals .

However, if we look at it from another darker suspicion angle; if he was ordered to lurk under the lights near the Eastern Capital, and he needs to keep a low profile to cover his secret actions; A successful disguise on the surface.

Because, even if he doesn't have to show up in public, relying on his disciple's background in Fengxian Temple, he can easily get in touch with any class of the three religions, nine streams, public officials and nobles; , Many officials have paid attention to it.

Thinking of this, Jiang Tian, ​​adhering to the spirit of watching the excitement and not being afraid of big things, suddenly had a new idea, and said: "Is the deputy detainee interested, follow me to investigate further?".Song's deputy detainee couldn't help being surprised when he heard the words: "How can we investigate further."

"Of course we will continue to investigate. There are temples and caves all over Longmen Mountain." Jiang Tian said confidently: "Can you be sure that the changes in this pagoda and cave are limited to Fengxian Temple?" One place, and there is no possibility of it going on, any other similar place?"

"I see!" Song's deputy detainee felt a little enlightened, apparently Jiang Lushi seemed to have a much bigger appetite than him.However, as the person who is definitely responsible for Wu Desi at the moment, is he afraid of having a big appetite?Naturally, it is a fortune to try to make more money.

You must know that there are thousands of small and large niches on the entire Longmen Mountain, and there are more than ten related temples and Jialan institutes.With the reason and reason of preventing accidents, after searching this family, how can it be possible that there will be no mistakes or omissions?This is undoubtedly an opportunity to make up for losses.

Although it was inevitable that each of them would have made a mistake, after communicating with the envoy of Jinwu Street and Wu Desi, they still mobilized with all their strength and once again surrounded Longmen Mountain in mighty force.

(End of this chapter)