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Chapter 462 "Run! Run!" [Thank you! Thank you again! I owe you 41k more]

The eighth day of April,

2:45 pm (after 11:30 am)
Xinlingfang in the inner city of Bianjing,
At the gate of Daxiangguo Temple,

The little black colt standing there shook its tied-up ponytail.
On horseback,
Xu Zaijing shielded his eyes from the dazzling sunlight with his hands and looked at the tall towers on both sides of the gate.

Daxiangguo Temple is open five times a month, and each time is the most lively market in Bianjing City!

Today is Buddha's birthday, so the entrance of Daxiangguo Temple is crowded with people, making it look like a prosperous commercial street in later generations.

"That young master! You can go now!"

The monk who was maintaining order at the side door stopped the pedestrians and shouted towards the Xu family's carriage.

Xu Zaijing nodded to the monk, and then nodded to the passers-by who gave way. Then, together with Zai Zhang and Zhu Qinghu, they escorted several carriages of the Xu family into the temple.

When the carriages and horses entered the temple,
The side door was closed again by the monk inside.

The noisy noise was much quieter than before.

Xu Zaijing looked around and saw a long snow-white high wall on the left that protected against disasters and fires, and a temple courtyard with a closed side door on the other side. In the aisle in front of him, he could see carriages and horses parked in the distance.

Daxiangguo Temple covers a large area.

After walking along the road for a while,

Everyone stopped at the gate of a courtyard.

After Xu Zaijing and his brothers dismounted from their horses, they saw the senior monk with white hair and beard standing at the door with a little novice monk and his hands folded together, and they hurriedly folded their hands together and bowed.

Sun got off the carriage and said to the monk apologetically, "Master, I am sorry for disturbing you by coming to pray for blessings today."

"It is fate that a believer can come here. Why bother you? Please come in."

Sun turned around and looked at Zhu Xu and her two daughters-in-law who had dismounted from the horses, and nodded with a smile.

Xu Zaijing stood aside, waiting for his mother, aunt and others to get off the car and bring the maids and nannies into the yard.

Qingyun came up behind Xu Zaijing and said, "Sir, the carriage next to us looks like that of the Chai family."

Xu Zaijing turned his head to look at the carriages lined up in a row: "How did you know?"

"I saw the servant next to Jin Ge'er."

Xu Zaijing nodded, then walked into the courtyard with Qingyun and the three little maids who had just gotten off the car.

After walking around the courtyard for a while,

Xu Zaijing saw his mother, Sun, smiling and taking a few quick steps to greet the lady standing at the entrance of the hall.

Madam Chai looked at Sun who was walking over with a smile on her face and said:
"Sister Sun, why are you here today? I chose to come here when there were few people around, but I didn't expect to meet you. It's really fate!"

Sun smiled and said, "We are having a happy event today. Since it is still early, we will take advantage of this opportunity to come to the temple to burn incense and pray for blessings."

Hearing this, Mrs. Chai's smile froze slightly, and then she asked curiously: "Oh? What's the happy event?" As she spoke, she glanced at Xu Zaijing behind Sun.

Sun looked at her elder sister-in-law with a smile and whispered a few words to Mrs. Chai.

Madam Chai was stunned, and with an even wider smile she glanced at Zhu Xu and Zhu Qinghu, and sighed, "That's really a happy event!"

"Oh, why am I blocking my sister at the door? Come on, let's go in!"

Madam Chai said this as she and Madam Sun walked towards the main hall.

Xu Zaijing and his two elder brothers were the last to go.
He followed the crowd in, bowed to Chai Jin who was waiting at the door, and then walked into the hall while talking.

On the way, Zhu Qinghu looked at Chai Jin in confusion and asked, "Brother Jin, why do you always laugh for no reason?"

Chai Jin glanced at Xu Zaijing, smiled and waved his hand, saying, "It's okay, I just remembered some interesting things after returning home."

Afterwards, Xu Zaijing and others followed their elders in burning incense and praying, and sprinkled some incense money for blessing. As it was almost noon, everyone had a vegetarian meal together in the temple's side room.

After dinner,

Xu Zaijing listened to the noisy noise coming from outside the courtyard and stood up and said, "Mother, aunt, I'm going to go outside for a walk."

Sun, who was talking about anecdotes about Bianjing with Madam Chai, waved her hand without turning her head.

Seeing this, Zai Zhang, Zhu Qinghu and Chai Jin also stood up and left.

The four of them walked towards the bustling courtyard.

Chai Jin shook his head and said, "Listening to the elders' chat, it seems that Mr. Hong's promotion and that girl's marriage are both going to fail."

Xu Zaijing and the other three nodded.

Just now in the side room, the four of them heard a lot of anecdotes.

These days, the most talked about topic in Bianjing is no longer "Kang family's poor household management and their money being stolen by servants", but "Hong family's daughter is not disciplined".

"I haven't heard of this before. Why has it become such a big deal recently?"

Zhu Qinghu said with some doubt.

Chai Jin said from the side: "Brother Jing, you and Liu Lang have always been good friends, so why didn't you get any news from him?"

Xu Zaijing nodded: "Yes, a little."

The other three people pretended to listen.

"I heard that Master Yu, who returned to Beijing before taking up his post in Xiangzhou, is about to be promoted, and that Master Hong is also going to be promoted."

"And Liu Lang said that it was the Yu family who first spread the rumor that the Hong family girl got into the Qin family's carriage and got engaged to the Dongchang Hou family."

Xu Zaijing said these two sentences and then stopped talking.

Zai Zhang said: "Didn't Miss Hong say she was going to marry into the fifth branch of the Gu family? Why..."

Chai Jin said uncertainly: "Wulang, this young Master Yu, doesn't he also want to join the Ministry of Works?"

Xu Zaijing shook his head: "I didn't ask much about that."

Zai Zhang sighed and said, "We should have stayed in the side room. Who knows, we might be able to hear some of the secrets going on inside!"

Xu Zaijing smiled, stepped over the threshold and walked forward.

walk for a while,

Several people, accompanied by their maids, entered the bustling atrium.

When some vendors saw Xu Zaijing and his group, they shouted loudly and enthusiastically tried to attract customers.

Xu Zaijing didn't buy anything, but the three maids behind him, including Qingcao, did buy some things.

After walking around for a while,

"How many gentlemen, please stay and take a look?"

I heard the well-dressed stall owner talking.
After Xu Zaijing and his companions looked at each other, they stopped at a bow and sword stall.

The stall owner held out a beautifully decorated long sword. After Zhu Qinghu took it, he gave a thumbs up and said:

"Look, this is the Baigao sword that just came from Xingqing Prefecture. This is the quality!"

"bass!"

Zhu Qinghu took out his sword, looked at it, tapped it lightly with his fingers, and nodded, "Oh, it's really from Baigao! The quality is not bad! How much is it?"

"Thank you for the three hundred strings of cash."

Zhu Qinghu smiled and put down his sword.

"Hey, young master, take these two hundred and eighty away with you."

Looking at the stall owner's appearance, Qingyun waved his hand with a straight face and said, "Don't you see where this person came from?"

The stall owner was stunned, then looked at Zhu Qinghu's stature and momentum, and said with a smile: "Excuse me, my dear, could it be that you are a warrior who returned from the Western Army?"

Zhu Qinghu cupped his hands.

"You can take the 250 coins with you."

Xu Zaijing smiled and shook his head.

Chai Jin stood aside and pointed at the half-piece of fish-shaped bluestone the size of his palm placed in the middle of the stall owner's hand and said, "Bring that stone here and have a look."

"My dear young master, you have a good eye. This is a genuine Gongzhou whetstone. I'll give you forty strings of cash!"

Hearing this, Xu Zaijing, Zai Zhang and Zhu Qinghu smiled without commenting.

Xu Zaijing patted Chai Jin on the shoulder and said, "Brother Jin, if you like it, I'll give you a few pieces tomorrow."

Chai Jin was stunned and smiled: "The things my housekeeper found, could it be that they are all in your pocket?"

Xu Zaijing nodded proudly.

Qingyun stood aside, holding a few bowstrings in his hand and said, "Sir, his bowstrings are quite good." Xu Zaijing nodded, "Buy a few more!"

After some bargaining, the deal was done.

The stall owner held the sword in his hand, looked at the people walking away, and sighed with regret.

"Stall owner, I want that big sword worth 250 strings of cash!"

Said a passerby who was watching the excitement on the side.

"Go, go, go, if you know the goods, take it!"

As he spoke, the stall owner put the sword back into the wooden box in front of him.

After walking forward for a while,

Several people stood in front of a stall with saddles and reins hanging on it.

Looking at the attire and temperament of Xu Zaijing and others,

The stall owner, who was talking to a customer, "Look, this is a saddle from Northern Liao," stopped talking, handed the customer over to a servant beside him, and said, "What do you want to buy, gentlemen?"

Zhu Qinghu pointed at the saddle and said, "Bring the Bei Liao saddle here for me to see."

The stall owner whispered:
"My fellow lords, you all seem to be connoisseurs, so I won't embarrass myself. Hehehe."

Zhu Qinghu and Zai Zhang continued to watch at the stall, while Xu Zaijing stood aside and continued talking to Chai Jin.

Chai Jin looked at the hustle and bustle around him and said, "My brother and I used to come here every year on this day. In the past two years, my mother has been in Beijing, so it's my mother and I who come here."

"Ah? Brother Jin is here to worship Buddha?"

Chai Jin shook his head, thought for a moment and then continued, "This Daxiangguo Temple also does some money business. My family's money is useless if it's kept at home. It would be better to let this Daxiangguo Temple help lend some of it out and earn some interest."

Xu Zaijing nodded and glanced at Chai Jin.

Chai Jin smiled knowingly and said, "When my family lends money out, the interest is only 10%.

Xu Zaijing wondered, "Wouldn't this allow people to take advantage of the low interest rates?"

Chai Jin replied: "Then it has nothing to do with my family."

Inside Daxiangguo Temple,
A quiet little courtyard.
At the gate of the courtyard stood two attendants with long swords.
The two attendants were very alert, their eyes scanning back and forth from time to time.

However, the places where the armbands were tied on the two men's arms looked bulging, as if they were bandaged.

In the courtyard house,

Zhang Shipan sat cross-legged on the cushion.
The monk kneeling opposite said in a low voice with a respectful attitude: "Brother, please don't blame yourself. No one could have expected such a situation to happen."

Zhang Shipan's beautiful and feminine face was very calm. He rolled his eyes and said, "It's really hard for me to deal with that guy from the Xu family. I can't leave the palace unless he gets rid of me! Like today, it takes so much effort to pass on a message! Can the station send an expert to help?"

The monk whispered, "Brother, I can't give you an answer to this matter. Wait for me to send this matter back to the station and wait for the message."

Zhang Shipan nodded and continued, "Also, you know the experience that was prepared for Prince Yan before. I think it could be possible for me as well."

The monk had a troubled look on his face. "Brother, you think too simply! We were able to succeed before because we were outside of Bianjing, and the King of Yan mobilized brave soldiers wearing armor and using powerful crossbows. Otherwise, the experts around that girl would be a huge trouble."

Zhang Shipan said with a straight face: "Don't worry about these things, just tell Fozhuangtai about my plan."

"Yes, senior brother."

"How's the contact in the south going? Has there been any news from Taichung?"

The monk said, "Brother, the Great Zhou Imperial City Division is becoming increasingly powerful, and there has been no news of contact with the south."

Glancing at Zhang Shipan, the monk continued, "Even if we get in touch, I can't miss you, Junior Brother."

Zhang Shipan pondered for a while, nodded and said: "Also, let the station find a way to transfer some people who are convenient for me to Bianjing, preferably from Beizhou."

The monk nodded: "This is not difficult, it can be done with money."

"ASAP."

"Yes, senior brother."

Zhang Shipan stood up and walked out.

When I arrived at the gate of the courtyard,
Zhang Shipan turned around.
In the sight of passers-by, Zhang Shipan clasped his hands together and bowed respectfully to the monk.

The two attendants following Zhang Shipan also bowed.

Daxiangguo Temple,

Atrium,

In the afternoon sun,

Between the vendors’ colorful tents,

Xu Zaijing and his companions continued walking.

Xu Zaijing didn't have anything in his hands, but Qingyun behind him had a lot of things in his hands, most of which belonged to Qingcao and the other three female servants.

Among them was a rattle that Qingcao claimed to have bought for Xu Zaijing - for Xu Zaijing to give to his nephews, nieces and other children.

If Xu Zaijing couldn't give it away, the green grass could be given to one of her newly married sisters.

Retracting my hand from a well-made bamboo mat,
Xu Zaijing said to the back: "Qingcao, buy three of these mats and take them back."

"Yes, son."

At this time,

Zhu Qinghu bought some delicious fruits and vegetables from the stall in front of him. The stall owner washed them and shared them with others.
Xu Zaijing took the fruit but did not put it into his mouth. Instead, he looked towards the distance.

"Brother Jing, what's wrong?"

Chai Jin followed Xu Zaijing's gaze and asked.

Xu Zaijing looked at a man not far away who was panting with his hands on his hips and looked anxious, and waved his hands and said, "It's okay!"

Having said that, Xu Zaijing walked forward.

"Brother Gao, what happened? Is there anything I can do to help?"

Hearing Xu Zaijing's voice, Gao Yunqing, who was looking around, turned his head with a shudder, tried to calm his breathing, and forced a smile on his face and said, "Jing, Jing brother, why are you here?"

Xu Zaijing pointed to where he came from with the hand holding the fruit and said, "I came to the temple with my family to burn incense and pray for blessings."

Gao Yunqing nodded repeatedly and said, "Oh! So that's it!"

"Don't worry, Brother Jing, there's nothing urgent to do. You don't have to do anything. Just go ahead and do your work!"

As he spoke, Gao Yunqing wiped the sweat from his forehead and bowed.

"Brother, please don't be polite. If you have anything to say, just tell us. If we can help, we will certainly do our best to help."

Chai Jin smiled as he looked at the sweat on Gao Yunqing's hands.

Gao Yunqing wiped his hands on his clothes, looked at Zhu Qinghu and Zai Zhang who came over, and said sincerely: "Brother Jing, gentlemen, it's really unnecessary! It's just a small matter, a small matter!"

As he spoke, Gao Yunqing stood on tiptoe and waved to his subordinates not far away.

The clerk of the Imperial City Office not far away had an excited look on his face and walked towards this side with a smile.

On the way to the courtyard of Daxiangguo Temple,
"Sir, shouldn't we wait outside the temple?"

Listening to the attendant's words, Zhang Shipan shook his head and said, "Let's go to the most lively courtyard and say that we got separated from those who followed us."

"Yes, son."

Zhang Shipan looked at him with a straight face.
Among these sights are shy girls wearing veils and holding fans, and men with surprised and curious expressions.

"What are you looking at, you bastards!"

Zhang Shipan cursed inwardly.

The attendant who followed him rubbed his forearm and said, "Sir, perhaps these stubborn prisoners thought you were a woman dressed as a man."

"Shut up!"

The servant replied awkwardly, "Yes."

After saying this, Zhang Shipan quickened his pace.

When we arrived at the side door of the courtyard of Daxiangguo Temple,
The attendant looked at Gao Yunqing who was walking out of the crowd and said:
"Young Master, he is a minor official in the Imperial City Department."

"Ah."

Zhang Shipan smiled, and with a hint of apology in his smile, he bowed and said, "Gao..."

Gao Yunqing looked back in horror, then turned to Zhang Shipan and shouted, "Run! Run!"

(End of this chapter)