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Chapter 126 Looking for Zhang Sloppy

"What my son thinks about is to let my father live a good life, so that my son will be filial to his father wholeheartedly." Wang Jin said without changing his face.

"No need, it's not certain which of our father and son can survive." Wang Xian scolded with a smile.

"Then I will be filial to my grandfather on my father's behalf." Wang Jin said with a smile: "In two days my son will go to Hangzhou to study."

Wang Xianxin said that this candy can't be shaken off, he rubbed his temples and said: "The vice president is useless. Giving your father and your sixth uncle a board member is already the limit."

"Hey, listen to my father," Wang Jin said with a smile, "By the way, there is also the matter of Wang Tong..."

"It's already been done." Wang Xian sighed, and said to himself that it is good or bad to be an official in the local area.In order to relax his mood, he put on a straight face, took on the posture of being a father, and taught Wang Jinlai a lesson, ordering him to study hard and be a sincere man. peace world...

With Wang Xian's nonsense skills, only one-third of his skill is enough to make Wang Jinxun dizzy, but he dare not not listen, because father is the guide for son...

After half an hour of being taught a lesson, he let go of his cheap son who was about to pass out.

For the whole night, Wang Jin's mind was full of Wang Xian's chatter, and he fled back to the countryside the next day, fearing that he would be haunted by the devil's voice again...

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After a short episode, Wang Xian continued his busy work. While touring the city and the countryside, he took time to prepare five institutions. Everything was going on in an orderly manner until one afternoon in May...

Jiangnan in May was already stuffy and hot. Wang Xian was drenched in sweat from inside to outside when he came back from a tour outside.

As soon as he returned to the duty room, Zaoli hurriedly turned on the ceiling fan for him.Of course, it is not powered by electricity, nor is it made of metal, but made of bamboo. There are four leaves in total, each of which is suspended from the beam by two copper rings, and the bottom ends are strung together by a silk rope.Zaoli holds a thin rope in his hand and pulls and sends it, and the four-sided fan swings back and forth accordingly, and immediately the breeze blows, making people feel cool.

Wang Xian sat under the ceiling fan, unbuttoned his front, let the cool breeze blow into his chest, and ate two bowls of iced tortoise jelly to relieve the boredom in his chest. , Second master please.

Wang Xian couldn't help crying inwardly, but he didn't delay on the surface. He put on the official scarf and went to the county magistrate's office with the guards.

The hall of the county magistrate's office is very tall and large, and sitting in it can't feel the scorching sun and scorching hot wind outside. Of course, it's not comparable to the value room where the clerks are like steamers in summer and ice caves in winter.

Seeing him coming in with sweat on his head, the cool Jiang Xiancheng smiled and said, "I knew it was so hot outside, so I'll call you later."

"It's okay, it's only May, and it's still hot." Wang Xian said with a smile, "What's the matter with the second master?"

"I have something to do, sit down." Jiang Xiancheng signaled Wang Xian to sit down on a chair next to the wall, and got up from behind the big case with the official document, sat next to Wang Xian and said: "Look at this, An adult wants to come to our Fuyang on business and asks the government to keep quiet, but he must obey his request unconditionally, I think it's most appropriate for you to come and receive him."

Wang Xian took the official document and looked at it, he couldn't help being a little surprised, it turned out to be a cabinet post!Although the cabinet rank is not high, it is the emperor's private secretarial organization. Therefore, the cabinet's court mail has always been regarded as the highest-level official documents other than imperial edicts. Tingji in the county is really rare to see in a hundred years.

After opening it, I saw that it said: "Today, the head of the Ministry of Rites, Hu Yan, was ordered to be an angel, to issue imperial books, to seal temples and temples all over the world, and to visit Wudang Taoist Zhang Sloppy. Keep silent, hereby...'

"Finally came to our county." After reading it, Wang Xian was no longer surprised.It turned out that since the fifth year of Yongle, this man named Hu Yan began to go to various provinces and counties, conferring on behalf of the emperor all over the world palaces and temples, and looking for the legendary Zhang Sloppy everywhere.

Zhang Sloppy is Zhang Sanfeng, who has a great reputation in Guochao, and he is like a land god.At that time, Taizu wanted to find this living immortal and ask him about the art of longevity, because Zhang Sanfeng is said to be from the Southern Song Dynasty. He is more than a hundred and dozens of years old, but he is still young and handsome, eclipsing the sun, flying over the walls, flying into the sky and entering the earth!Such a high-ranking person naturally sees the head but does not see the end. The Emperor Taizu looked for it but didn't find it, so forget it.

Zhu Di's pursuit of longevity is much stronger than his father's. Since the fifth year of Yongle, he has been looking for Zhang Zhenren.Every time Hu Yu goes to a place, he must gather all the monks and Taoists, inspect each one, and communicate with each other in person. He looks like he is looking for a needle in a haystack to find Daoist Zhang!

So Jiang Xiancheng also nodded and said: "Yes, the monks and Taoists in Hexian County have had a lot of trouble." He couldn't help laughing and said: "I just don't know, since the person who is looking for is a Taoist priest, why do I have to go back and forth every time?" The monk also pulls on?"

"I'm afraid Zhang Zhenren will be ordained as a monk." Wang Xian laughed, and Jiang Xiancheng also laughed.

The smiles turned into smiles, but the two of them didn't dare to neglect at all. If an imperial envoy like Hu Yun, who was trusted by the emperor, said a few bad things about them, their lives would be completely ruined...

Jiang Xiancheng decided immediately that Wang Xian put down all the work at hand and went all out to receive this envoy Hu Qin, and there must be no mistakes.

Wang Xian was nervous and busy for two days. First, he arranged the reception, and then called Zhang Maoxuan, the Taoist priest of the county, Qingtengzi, and the monk Xianxi Zen master to the yamen.

Qingtengzi Zhang Maoxuan is in his 40s, with a thin body, a ginger face, thin and long eyes, and three strands of beard hanging down to his chest.He was wearing a large white silk black border Taoist robe, a Zhuangzi scarf on his head, and a silver dust whisk in his hand. He sat on an official hat chair, looking very fairy-like.

Zen Master Xianxi is also a handsome middle-aged monk. If it weren't for the green cloth monk robe, ring scar on his head, and a string of beads in his hand, people would mistake him for a Confucian scholar instead of a novice.

"You two, please take a look at this." Wang Xian handed the court post to Priest Qingteng and said, "Is it a good thing or a bad thing?"

After reading it, Qingtengzi handed it to Monk Xianxi calmly. The monk took a look and proclaimed the Buddha's name: "Amitabha, Your Majesty's heart towards the Buddha is indeed a blessing for all living beings, and of course it is a good thing."

"Hehe..." Qingtengzi said indifferently: "The emperor follows the Tao."

"To Buddha." Monk Xianxi shook his head and said slowly.

"The emperor is looking for Daoist Zhang, a member of my Taoist family." Qing Tengzi laughed.

"That's because my Buddhist family has real Buddhas and doesn't need real people." Monk Xianxi said.

"Okay, okay, stop arguing, both of you," Wang Xian hurriedly stopped them and said, "This means at least it's a good thing, right?"

The monks looked at each other and nodded slowly.

"Since it is a good thing, please cooperate actively." Wang Xiandao: "Three things must be done well. First, clean up all the Taoist temples in this county. Second, give me a list of monks and Taoists in this county. The registered monks and Taoists in the Taoist crown of the temple, those Yunshui monks and Taoist priests who are on the list, can’t be left behind, and they are the top priority!” After a pause, he said: “Third, inform the monks and Taoists in this county that before the imperial envoy leaves Fuyang, all Monks and Taoists are not allowed to leave the monastery. This is the request from above, and I hope everyone cooperates so that no unpleasant things will happen."

"..." The expressions of the monks and priests changed. As the chief monks and priests in this county, they knew how much complaints would be caused by the announcement of the third article.But they couldn't refuse at all, so the two could only nod their heads and said, "Understood."

Wang Xian's sense was very keen, and he asked suddenly: "You two seem to have something on your mind."

"My lord said that..." Qingtengzi smiled and said, "We have to go back and pass on this order, so it will be strange if we don't care about it."

"I also know that this is too difficult." Wang Xian smiled understandingly: "Try to overcome it. Fortunately, the imperial envoy can't stay for a few days."

"Yes." The two nodded.

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It seemed that the imperial envoy was about to arrive, so Wang Xian sent someone to the county to meet him, but after waiting for three days, there was no sign of the imperial envoy.

For three days, there were constant wire reports saying that monks, priests, nuns, etc. fled the county late at night... Wang Xian always turned a blind eye to this.The degree certificate in the Ming Dynasty is very rare, but those who want to become a monk for various purposes are like crucian carp in the river. The temple is not very strict. Basically, as long as you pay money, you will be shaved. The same is true in Taoist temples, but there is no degree certificate. There are no records of the monks' clubs and the Taoist clubs, which are of the same nature as the black households of ordinary people.

Now the imperial envoy requires every monk and Taoist priest to meet with him with a degree certificate, and those who do not have a degree certificate will be exposed, so they have to run away first.

But a piece of new information shocked Wang Xian—someone actually robbed monks and Taoists not far from the county, and then took them all away.

What is this for?Even if you want to open the water and land dojo, you don't need to catch monks and priests together!
At night when the moon was shining brightly, Wang Xian ordered several arresters to dress up as Taoist priests and set off first. He led twenty arresters and two hundred mech soldiers without raising fire. In the Qingcaowu area of ​​Lin'an County...

Suddenly, the arrester pretending to be a Taoist priest in front of him exclaimed, Wang Xian and others did not hide their whereabouts anymore, and rushed over!

Turning around a small hill, Wang Xian and the others saw a few figures not far away, carrying a few police officers on their shoulders, running wildly into the distance.These people are very skilled, and each of them is carrying a big man on their backs, and they can run faster than Wang Xian and the others.

Wang Xian and the others pursued closely, they couldn't do without chasing, the companion is still in their hands!But the difference in strength is there, seeing the chase getting farther and farther, the few people arrived at the river in a blink of an eye, and threw the arrester on their shoulders into the river like throwing a sack!Wang Xian was in a cold sweat.

Fortunately, there was no plopping sound, and then several men in black also jumped into the river. Only then did Wang Xian and the others see clearly that there was an open boat on the river!

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