Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"Monk Hu?" De Fang asked, "This master, dare to ask your Majesty why you invited the master into the palace?"

"Returning to the Lord," said Hu Seng, "in the past few months, the capital has been suffering from a summer drought, and there have been many sick people. Your Majesty is worried about the common people. After the poor monk came to Beijing, he learned about this and asked to see the Holy One."

"So, Master has a solution?"

"The poor monk is not talented. I have learned the art of praying for rain in the Western Regions. I would like to dedicate it to Your Majesty."

"The technique of praying for rain?" Defang smiled, "Is there really such a technique?"

"Yes, my lord, the poor monk prayed for rain for several days, and His Majesty sincerely touched the heavens." Monk Hu looked at the sky and said, "The rain has already come to the capital, and within two hours, the rain will fill the imperial city. "

Defang thought, Your Majesty and the people have already prayed for rain several times. My husband in Nanqing Palace has already counted that there will be rain. It is ridiculous to use you as a monk to perform Taoism, but he is the person invited by His Majesty after all. Besides, it was raining heavily, and this monk Hu could say whatever he wanted, so Defang nodded, "That's really hard work, master, this rain really relieved the suffering of the people in the capital from the heat."

"Don't dare to be hard work. Saving the common people is what Buddhists should do."

Hearing this, Defang thought in her heart: I really think of myself as a god, you are so powerful, you should also be the Dragon King!

Baili next to "Prince" touched Defang, "Let's go see Your Majesty"

De Fang said slowly, "Yes, master, the lonely king still has to face the saint, so I won't delay your leaving the palace, please."

"Yes, my lord please." Monk Hu saluted, then walked towards the palace gate, Zhou Huaizheng continued walking with Defang.

Defang asked, "Eunuch Zhou, is this the way to Houyuan? Isn't Your Majesty in Chongzheng Hall or Changchun Hall?"

"Back to the lord," Zhou Huaizheng said, "Your Majesty said that we will drink tea with the lord at Ziyun Building."

"Drinking tea?" Defang stopped walking when she heard this, feeling unhappy, she wanted to drink tea with Concubine Di and enjoy the flowers and see the scenery, but she was called by Zhenzong to drink tea with him in the palace, it's really boring, Zhou Huaizheng Seeing that Defang was standing still and not knowing what was going on, and seeing his face change, he hurriedly asked, "My lord! What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"

"Huh?" Defang looked at Zhou Huaizheng, "Oh, it's okay, maybe it's still a little hot, it's okay, let's go."

When Defang came to Ziyun Tower, he saw Zhenzong leaning on the fence and looking outside, so he stepped forward to salute, "I see Your Majesty."

Zhenzong turned around, "The emperor is here, sit down quickly"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, I don't know what is your Majesty's purpose in summoning the minister?"

"I am very interested in praying for rain. Some time ago, a Hu monk said that he was good at praying for rain with a dragon, and I ordered the jingshe to try his skills." Zhenzong returned to his seat with a smile, "It will only take a few days, if there is a response, Brother Huang, nectar has already fallen in the north of the capital, and soon there will be rain inside and outside the imperial city."

"Your Majesty" Defang looked at Zhenzong and said, "Monk Hu is not orthodox in the Central Plains. The royal family prays for rain with his partial methods. I'm afraid it's not the right way. I prayed for rain several times, how could it be said that it was the talisman of the Hu monk."

Zhenzong waved his hand with a smile, and motioned Defang to sit down, "Brother Emperor, don't care about these things. Although the incident is not serious, there is no way to avoid drought for the people."

Defang looked at Zhenzong, knowing that there was nothing he could do, so he folded his hands and sat down. Zhenzong said, "Brother Huang, do you know Song Xiong?"

"Guanglu Shaoqing, Song Xiong, Lord Song, of course I know." Defang said, "Song Xiong is from Youzhou, and his official Khitan worked for Yingzhou. In the third year of Yongxi, Wang Shi led the Northern Expedition. Lord Song and his deputy envoy Ai Zheng Sending down from the city, granting Zhengzhou an observation envoy, taking him as Honglu Shaoqing to know the affairs of the state, and later changing to Guanglu Shaoqing. I heard that Master Song also worked on water conservancy all night, he is a rare talent."