Strange Events of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 45 White Horse Temple

Meng Ziyan's eyes widened with resentment on his face.Just now he was full of vows to ask Ling Changfeng to make a request, but now he can't wait to slap himself in the face.I thought: It’s really a momentary impatience that hurts people.

Seeing Mencius Yan's unbelievable expression, Ling Changfeng nodded solemnly, and said, "Master Meng, where is our guest room? You can ask the county magistrate Qin. As for what Xiaoyu is doing, I will come to you to get it when we pass by the government office." Right. You are a dignified minister of Dali Temple, so you won’t be cheating, right?”

Mencius gritted his teeth, looked at the two people who were holding back their laughter, and yelled angrily: "Master Qin and Lord Ye, I think the dossier you provided yesterday still needs to be discussed, so I won't interrogate you today. Go back and submit the dossier." Sort and submit! I want to see it before noon today!" After speaking, without waiting for the two to respond, he shook his sleeves and turned to walk to the back hall.

"My lord, don't forget the bet!" Ling Changfeng reminded at the right time.

After hearing Mencius's words, his feet seemed to be oiled, and he walked faster.

"Giggle" Xiaolan finally couldn't help laughing out loud, touched Xiaoyu, and said softly: "Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu, you are so majestic! You can wait for meow life in the future."

Xiaoyu squinted her eyes halfway, and gave a soft "meow meow", as if to say: I have your share.

Ling Changfeng looked at County Magistrate Qin, and said softly: "Lord Qin and Captain Ye, the two of you have contributed a lot to arresting the suspects this time, so I would like to congratulate you in advance. I am afraid that in Luoyang City, we will have to rely on the two of you." .”

The two of them had been in the officialdom for a long time, so they hurriedly stood up, cupped their hands and saluted, and replied: "Lord Ling, I don't dare to be an official! This time, I would like to thank Master Ling for his perfection. If you have any orders in the future, your lord can just say it clearly."

Seeing the two of them like this, Ling Changfeng shook his head, and said in a deep voice: "During the case of Sitian Supervisor, the people in the whole city will inevitably be disturbed. You two should do a good job in the aftermath." After finishing speaking, he pulled Xiaolan walked towards the government office.

The two immediately nodded in yes, followed by Ling Changfeng and his party, and sent him out of the government office.

As for whether Meng Ziyan fulfilled the bet after all, when others curiously asked these two people, they both laughed and said nothing.But the next day, when Ling Changfeng passed the government office in a carriage, someone saw a white kitten with several fresh small fish in its mouth.Mencius said that after returning to the capital, he sold a pair of white jade lions at a low price when he returned home.

There were different opinions on this matter in Luoyang City, and the white jade kitten became the most famous cat in Luoyang.However, the cat in question didn't hear about his reputation until a long time later when he passed by Luoyang again.

The whole temple of Baima Temple faces south and is a long courtyard.Its main buildings include "four halls and one pavilion", namely: Tianwang Hall, Great Buddha Hall, Daxiong Hall, Jieyin Hall, and Pilu Pavilion.Its famous "horse temple bell" has been widely spread, and its meaning symbolizes good luck. During the Tang Dynasty, Dongying, Western Regions, South China Sea and other countries traveled thousands of miles here to hear the bell.

Ling Changfeng and Xiaolan, who rushed to the White Horse Temple non-stop after taking back the dried fish from the government office early in the morning, are now in trouble.

After knocking on the gate of the temple, the two of them claimed that they were looking for Master Xuanye from this place. They never thought about the little novice who was guarding the gate, but said they had never heard of Master Xuanye, and asked them to check it out before asking.

Seeing that the door was closed, Xiaolan felt rather unhappy, and said: "You little monk, you haven't heard of it, it doesn't mean that there is no such person, go to the temple and report a letter to your senior brothers!"

The little monk spoke calmly and recited the Buddha's name, but he stood there and did not respond to Xiaolan's words.

"You..." Xiaolan was about to force her way in, but Ling Changfeng pulled her sleeves and pointed to a group of monks standing in the distance, signaling her not to be impulsive.Xiao Lan snorted, and ignored the little novice monk.

Then he said politely to the little novice monk, "This eminent monk, we are entrusted by Qinglian Sword Immortal to look for Master Xuanye, please let me know."

When the little novice heard the name of Sword Immortal Qinglian, he nodded quickly and said: "It turns out that he is an old friend of Senior Qinglian, why didn't you tell me earlier? Please come in quickly, two benefactors! Come with me and ask the brothers and the others. "After finishing speaking, he turned sideways to make way for the two of them.

Xiaolan made a funny face at him, and followed her young master into the courtyard of the temple.It seems that Qinglian's name is very useful in this White Horse Temple.

The little novice trotted all the way, ran to a fat monk in cassock, and shouted loudly: "Brother Qingyue, these two are entrusted by Qinglian Sword Immortal to come to our White Horse Temple to find a Master Xuanye." How can we have any Master Xuanye here?"

When the fat monk heard this, he turned his fat head and said, "Senior Qinglian entrusted you? It seems that the two of them have a very close relationship with Senior Qinglian. Patriarch Xuanye is in charge of our Buddhist scripture pavilion for a long time. No more activities in the temple, you just came here not long ago, so it’s not surprising that you didn’t know about it. Let’s go, let’s go and see what’s going on with them.”

. . .

Chang'an City, inside the Imperial Study Room.

The dossier of the Sitianjian case has been quickly delivered to the emperor Li Dai through the post station.At this moment, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was sitting on a large and comfortable sandalwood chair, looking at the file in his hand with rapt attention.

Slowly put down the dossier in his hand, his thick eyebrows were furrowed, as if he didn't find what he wanted in the dossier.After thinking for a moment, he said coldly: "What are Mencius Yan and Ling Changfeng doing? This case was actually investigated by the Luoyang county magistrate. Hmph, it was a waste of my thoughts. Let the county magistrate come to the capital for the time being. Let me see."

The eunuchs who stayed here in the imperial study didn't dare to breathe, they just lowered their heads and looked like they didn't hear anything. "A companion is like a tiger", if there is a slight change at this moment, it may be angered on yourself. These father-in-laws who have been in the palace all year round naturally understand such taboos better than others.

"Come here, let me tell you: Ministers, this case is very tiring. This case is not only solved quickly, but also destroyed the offense of a small country in the Western Regions. I am very happy. Promote the case handler Qin Shu (formerly Nanhe County) Ling, the top five rank) is Luoyang Shaoyin (from the fourth rank), acting as the governor of the government."

"Ye Jingyan (Captain Guoyi of the Zhongfu, at the top of the sixth rank) has made meritorious service in helping to capture spies. He will be promoted (Captain of Guoyi of the Shangfu, at the bottom of the fifth rank), and he will be assigned to the Ministry of Officials immediately. The rest will be rewarded for their meritorious deeds." .”

"As for Mencius Yan and Ling Changfeng, they are given ten days to return to Chang'an to report on their duties. After I personally inquire, I will decide on rewards and punishments."

After he finished speaking, the eunuch holding a pen and paper to record also held his breath at the moment.Respectfully presented it to the emperor, Li Dai didn't reach out to pick it up, but just glanced sideways, nodded, and waved him away.

"My lord, come, let's play a game of chess with me. This is so interesting, I feel very interesting in my heart. It's been a long time since you played chess with me." After finishing speaking, he couldn't help but sit by the chessboard, holding the white pieces in his hand, instead of playing chess with me. Let's play chess.

(End of this chapter)