Guo Jia's strategy rescued Fan Zeng and Kuai Liang from the dilemma, and exchanging Yang Yuhuan for the eldest grandson Wujian would not offend Li Shimin and affect the relationship between Tang and Wei; It will not lead to the breakdown of negotiations due to the lack of a crucial figure, Yang Yuhuan, which is really a good idea to have the best of both worlds, and even Fan Zeng, who has never been on good terms with Guo Jia, is full of praise.
Just when Fan Zeng packed his luggage and was about to rush to Donglai County overnight to see Li Shimin, Kuai Liang raised a new question: "Prime Minister Fan, Langya is located at the junction of Qingxu and Xu, the Han Army and the Tang Army, you will sing and I will appear, and the Prime Minister will go to Donglai, and it will take three or five days to go back and forth."
I've been waiting for a long time to live in the town, but I'm afraid that it will attract people's attention, and the prime minister will have a clever plan."
Fan Zeng frowned slightly: "When I first entered Langya, I once passed by a temple called Xingguo Temple on the way, and the host of the temple was called Master Yande, who was very enthusiastic and bold.
Why don't you and Xu Zhongkang take Yang Yuhuan to this temple to stay in this temple for a few days, Buddhism is a quiet place, and you won't be harassed by soldiers and horses from all walks of life. ” Kuai Liang clapped his hands when he heard this: "Prime Minister Fan Cheng's idea is very good, please draw a map quickly, and I will go to stay overnight for a few days according to the map." ” At that moment, Fan Zeng splashed ink and drew a map according to his memory, about sixty miles southwest from the location of the town, located on a mountain range directly west of Kaiyang County.
At this moment, it was still early, and after the plan stopped, the group parted ways, Fan Zeng galloped towards Ju County under the escort of twenty horsemen, and then went to the counties to find Li Shimin.
Kuai Liang and Xu Chu took more than 80 horsemen to surround three carriages, escorting Yang Yuhuan to follow the map to find the Xingguo Temple that Fan Zeng said.
I heard that the beauties living in the post house were about to leave, and the nearby prodigal sons of the monks looked up to the sky one by one, and the pain was inexplicable, and they came to the town to see them off one after another, and lined up along the way to look at them, hoping to see the beauty of the demeanor.
As the crowd grew, many sons and brothers began to coax: "The beauty in the carriage, come out and let everyone see your beauty, why bother to hold the pipa and half cover your face, that is simply a violent treasure." provoked Xu Chu to be furious, and rode a horse and waved a knife to cut off a human head: "Where did the wild bee wave butterfly come from, dare to come from looking for a way to die, do you know who the woman in the carriage is a dog that does not have long eyes, and is not afraid of death, let Lao Tzu get away quickly" Looking at the bloody heads on the ground, these prodigal sons were suddenly frightened, and they turned around and fled for their lives.
Xu Chu and Kuai Liang took the opportunity to lead the team to the south, rode their horses all the way, and spent two hours, following the map drawn by Fan Zeng, and finally found the Xingguo Temple that Fan Zeng said in the evening.
Looking from afar, I saw that this temple is located on a hillside, surrounded by lush trees and gurgling water.
This temple is hidden in it, with red walls and green tiles, houses and drums, morning bells and dusk drums, and majestic treasures.
"Tut-tut, this temple is quite magnificent," Kuai Liang immediately praised, "It seems that there are at least hundreds of monks' houses, and they should be able to provide enough houses" Kuai Liang turned over and dismounted, walked up the steps in person, and stretched out his hand to knock on the temple door: "How dare anyone ask which master is in the temple?"
After a while, the temple door opened with a "squeak", and more than a dozen monks wearing yellow monk's robes walked out of the temple, and a warrior monk led by Shi Li said: "Amitabha, I don't know why you strong men knocked on the door."
Kuai Liang clasped his hands together and said: "Disturb the master, I have been doing business in Qingzhou for many years, but because the war is coming, I have to sell my family property and prepare to return to my hometown Jiangdong to avoid the scourge of war."
Who knew that Xiapi in the south was also fighting, the Han and Wei dynasties were inseparable, the soldiers were in chaos, and there was wolf smoke everywhere, I didn't dare to go south with my family, so I had to come to your temple to spend a few days. ” Kuai Liang took out a gold ingot from his sleeve as he spoke, and offered it respectfully: "A little gold and silver is not a tribute, even if I wait for the incense money to live here temporarily, if I stay for a long time, I will thank you again."
The warrior monk led by Kuai Liang pushed back the gold ingot: "Amitabha, the monks are compassionate, and they can't be greedy for money.
If the donor sincerely worships the Buddha, please go to the lobby to pay respects.
The poor monk then went to ask the abbot if he was allowed to stay in the temple temporarily."
"The treasure of the temple is majestic, the momentum is extraordinary, I think the presiding abbot will be merciful, I am waiting here for good news, I think the master will not let me wait in vain."
Kuailiang looked pious and respectful, looking like a faithful follower of Buddhism.
The warrior monk led by strode back to the temple, and came to the door of the abbot's room in a short time, and asked respectfully: "The presiding abbot, there are seventy or eighty big men riding horses outside the door, claiming to be a business traveler doing business in Qingzhou, preparing to return to their hometown Jiangdong, I heard that the war in Xiapi is fierce, so I dare not continue to go south, I want to stay in the temple for a while, I don't know how to reply" The presiding abbot is eight feet five inches tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a broad face, and a loud voice: "Oh, suddenly seventy or eighty horsemen are not pretending to be officials and soldiers, and they want to sneak into the temple to find our bad luck."
The warrior monk replied: "Back to the abbot's words, the leader said that they were in the iron business, and they had been dealing with iron all year round, so they were physically strong.
The monks in the temple keep to themselves, never ask about the world, and will not interfere in the wars of the princes, I don't think there will be any officers and soldiers coming to us for bad luck."
The abbot's eyes widened, and he greeted the door: "Yuantong Yuantong, where are you?"
The abbot of Yande shouted three times in a row and no one answered, so he had to summon the name of the monk Yuantong: "Zhou Cang, Zhou Cang, you have been coming to Xingguo Temple for about two years, why can't you remember your Dharma name?"
"Coming, coming, disciple coming" Hearing the abbot call his common name, a burly, dark-faced, honest-looking monk ran into the abbot's meditation room, scratched his head embarrassedly, and laughed: "Hey abbot, I have too poor a memory, and it is always easy to forget that my Dharma name is called Yuantong, and I will never dare next time."
Abbot Yande's face was like frost, and he said in a deep voice: "Yuantong, in the entire Xingguo Temple, in addition to being a teacher, your martial arts are the most outstanding, you will lead your senior brothers to walk outside the temple gate to see if these people who come here are real business travelers, or disguised officers and soldiers who come to the temple to find bad luck."
Zhou Cang agreed: "Okay, the presiding abbot is in charge, rest assured, whether these people are real business travelers or fake officers and soldiers, I will know at a glance" t1706231537: