Tibet.

Chapter 309
The garden house is very large, full of pavilions, rockery ponds and fish. Open the side door and you will see the private pier. There are also willows and green grass in front of the pier. There is a large natural lawn by the lake.

The lawn area is huge, almost the size of a football field, but it is autumn, the vegetation is bleak, and the lake is very windy and cold, so there are almost no people on the lawn.

Everyone stays in the garden house. The garden house occupies a vast area, and there is no problem at all accommodating thousands of people. The garden house is full of groups of people chatting together, mainly officials, but not many young men and women. I don't know where they went?

The Tang Dynasty was open and tolerant. This kind of openness and tolerance was not only manifested in clothing, but also in the relationship between men and women. It was normal for young men and women to play and communicate together. It was not until the rise of Confucianism in the late Southern Song Dynasty that men and women began to defend themselves. Treat the communication between men and women as a scourge and strictly guard against it.

Although Li Ye is a native of Chang'an, he is from a low-level background, and his friends are almost all low-level civilians, and they will not appear at the banquets of the rich and powerful, so although there are many people in the garden, Li Ye can't meet anyone he knows .

Li Ye saw a large pavilion. In the pavilion, there were more than a dozen young men and a group of young girls chatting about something. The young gentlemen were in high spirits, chatting with eloquence, talking about the world, showing a little bit of knowledge they had heard from their parents. A group of young and pretty ladies also listened with great interest, and there was a bit of reverence in their eyes, which made a group of young men even more excited.

When Li Ye walked into the pavilion, a group of young men suddenly fell silent, no one spoke, and squinted at Li Ye. This is actually a kind of unwelcome attitude, so you should go away quickly, so as not to affect their communication.

In fact, if Li Ye looked crooked, everyone would not dislike him like this. The key is that Li Ye is taller than anyone else, with a long sword on his waist, and a magnificent weapon, which compares to all the men in the pavilion. A group of girls Immediately, her pretty eyes lit up, making the group of young men next to her feel happy?
"Young Master Li, General Li!"

Someone was shouting from behind, Li Ye turned his head and saw a young gentleman walking quickly, he looked familiar, Li Ye vaguely felt that he had seen him somewhere?
The person who came was Dugu Jinyang. He was looking for Li Ye everywhere, and finally saw him in the pavilion.

A group of young men all knew Dugu Jinyang, who was only in his twenties when he was named General of the Longwu Army and conferred the title of Viscount.

"I heard that brother Dugu is going to be promoted to earl, congratulations! Congratulations!"

"Jinyang, when will you come out to get together, everyone will be thinking of you!"

Li Ye saw Dugu Jinyang once when he captured Wu Gui last year, but it was only a glimpse, and he didn't have a deep impression. If it was someone else, he would not remember it at all. It was Li Ye's extraordinary eyesight that made him He had a little memory, but Li Ye didn't expect that he was actually looking for him. Seeing that everyone gathered around to greet him, he turned around and walked out of the pavilion.

When Dugu Jinyang saw that Li Ye was about to leave, he immediately became anxious, and quickly saluted with fists in his hands, "Everyone, I'm sorry, I have something urgent to do!"

He pushed away the crowd, and quickly came behind Li Ye, "General Li, wait a moment!"

Li Ye turned back, smiled slightly and said, "Are you looking for me?"

"Exactly, I am Dugu Jinyang."

Li Ye suddenly remembered that Suzaku's elder brother had met him once, no wonder he looked familiar.

"Brother Dugu, what can I teach you?"

Dugu Jinyang said in a low voice: "My grandmother likes the Buddhist beads given by the general very much. If you want to meet General Li, please ask the general to come with me to the inner hall."

Today's old birthday star actually wants to see him, Li Ye vaguely guessed that the old man might have recognized the string of beads, he smiled and nodded, "The elders have a call, how can you not follow, please!"

"Please!"

Dugu Jinyang hurriedly walked towards the inner house with Li Ye.

A group of people were left alone, and they were not interested. A girl laughed and said, "That young man just now is actually a general!"

A person next to him curled his lips and said: "As long as he is in the army, even the fire chief calls him a general. It's just an honorific title. Do you really think he is a general?"

An insider couldn't help but said: "I know him. His name seems to be Li Ye. The registration book says he is General Yunhui. My father said he is still the Duke of the founding county."

A group of young men couldn't hold back their faces, and they all laughed and said: "You are so young to be the Duke of the county? I guess they are the descendants of the declining clan, and they are just a little bit of the shadow of their ancestors."

Li Ye followed Dugu Jinyang to the back hall. There were a few old ladies in the hall chatting with today's birthday star. Dugu Jinyang stepped forward and knelt down to salute, "Grandmother, he is here!"

Li Ye also knelt down and paid respects, "Junior Li Ye pays respects to the old birthday star!"

"Good boy, get up!"

The old lady looked at Li Ye kindly with a smile on her face. Her granddaughter always had her eyes above her head, and she was honest with young men, but she actually gave Lie Feng's invitation to the young man in front of her. There was a story in it.

The young man in front of him is indeed very good, with a tall and straight figure, strong and powerful, and he is estimated to have strong martial arts skills. Although he is not very fair and handsome, he has a clear outline, deep eyes, a high nose bridge, full of perseverance and determination.

The old lady has a talent for knowing people, and she knew at a glance that this child is a person who can do great things.

The old lady immediately fell in love with Li Ye. Of course, she invited Li Ye over for other reasons.

"Little General, are you sending this string of beads?" the old lady asked, picking up the beads on the table.

Li Ye nodded, "It's the younger generation's kindness!"

"This is not an ordinary thing! I can feel its powerful cultivation, and it is very similar to the string of Ci'en Temple, but the string of Ci'en Temple is slightly weaker than its aura. Can you tell me about it? History?"

Li Ye nodded, "This is made of the three-eyed lapis lazuli from Tochara Jumi. It is the magic weapon of Master Padmasambhava. He has worn it for 30 years. He gave it to me when he pulled out his sweat. I will give it to someone who is destined."

"It sure is him!"

The old lady became a little excited, "Master opened the altar to preach Dharma in Da Ci'en Temple more than ten years ago. He talked for three days and three nights, and there were many fallen flowers. I am a layman of Ci'en Temple. I had the honor to listen to him teach Dharma at that time. I remember clearly, Master. I used this Buddhist bead, Da Ci’en Temple asked him to keep the Buddhist bead, but he said that the fate has not arrived, so he drifted away, but I didn’t expect that the Buddhist bead came to the Eastern Land Tang again, so I am a destined person?”

Li Ye smiled slightly and said, "Master Lotus and Peanut gave it to the younger generation, but the younger generation didn't take it seriously. If it wasn't for the old man celebrating his birthday, I would have really forgotten this string of beads. It can be seen that the old man is the one who is destined!"

"Thank you son for bringing me Buddha fate!"

The old lady put the prayer beads on the table and respectfully knelt down to worship, and a group of other old people also knelt down.

Dugu Jinyang hurriedly helped his grandmother up, the old lady hesitated again, and said to Li Ye: "General Li, I want to enshrine this string of Buddhist beads in the Da Ci'en Temple. I wonder if the general agrees?"

Li Ye smiled and nodded, "Before the master said that the Buddha's fate has not arrived, but now the Buddha's fate has arrived, it can be seen that it is already destined."

The old lady was startled, and suddenly realized something, she held the Buddhist beads in her hand, closed her eyes and recited the Diamond Sutra, Li Ye waved to everyone, "Stay back!"

Several old women hurriedly got up and retreated, Li Ye whispered to Dugu Jinyang again: "I'll go out first, you look at the old man, don't disturb her, she has a little understanding."

Dugu Jinyang also noticed it, and hurriedly said: "You go! I'm looking at grandma."

Li Ye left the back hall feeling a little uneasy. The old lady has obviously enlightened a little bit. She must not go west just because of enlightenment. Today is her birthday. If something happens, I won’t be able to eat Walk.

Li Ye sat alone on a boulder by the small river, pricking up his ears to listen to the movement in the back hall.

At this moment, someone patted Li Ye on the shoulder, and when Li Ye turned around, it turned out to be Suzaku. Li Ye smiled and said, "Why are you here?"

Suzaku pouted and said, "This is my home, is it strange that I am here?"

(End of this chapter)