Chapter 145 – Living Water
Most of the peonies in Pingguo Temple have passed their blooming period, Yao Huang Wei Zi, two kinds of tribute peonies are no longer competing with each other, only some mediocre quality peonies are still blooming, such as the Mo Kui peonies, which is the result of the hidden flower in the leaf, but the thin camel is bigger than the horse, the peonies in Pingguo Temple are still more brilliant than the Beilang Royal Mansion, so just wandering around and enjoying the scenery in the temple, it took one and a half hours, and it’s still some time away from the lunch. An elegant Zen room tea, obviously is a temple, the tea is a delicate Taoist nun, two dynasties of the Son of God are revered Taoism, upward and downward, Zhuang Lao doctrine is the Jiangnan Taoist sub-group of the important branches of the topic of the conversation, many women of the rich and powerful families have to dive into the Huang Lao of the elegant habits, but the Taoist nun appeared in the Zen room, or some odd, she is about thirty years old, born red cheeks and long eyebrows green, looks very much a cultivator’s clear air, the old lady Xu Weixiong and her sister, she is a very good woman, but she is not a good person, and she is a very good person. After the big sister Xu Weixiong and her words, only to know that the woman whose real name is Xu Huipu from the Gumiao Xu’s direct lineage, if not, there is no way to all the celebrities in the traffic of the newspaper of the temple behind the mountain unique acres of tea mountain.
Xu Hui Pou is considered half of the boudoir of Xu Lip Hu’s close friends, probably because the two women are widows together, these years closer, this female crown is perhaps love, Xu Fengyen is also quite polite, she cooks tea, although she speaks very little, mostly with the Xu Weixiong pleasantries, but occasionally the line of sight and His Royal Highness touched, will be smiling. Tea canister is only exquisite tin bottle, expensive in the tight, and tin sex and tea nature is close to each other, before storing a large bottle of water storage vial blowing to measure leakage. She looks like a tea connoisseur, layman where know how to count these, only thinking about how expensive gold and jade. The teapot is simple and simple to go to the winter pot style.
She saw Xu Fengyen staring at the teapot, explained: “This is my father when I was young to go to the two Zen Temple to listen to monks lecturing on the wonderful hand accidentally, taken from a permanent farming monks wash their hands after sinking in the bottom of the tank of hand-washing mud, according to the shape of the two Zen Temple, a gall of the ginkgo tree to do a pot, engraved on the tree pattern, and then somehow it was passed on. The name of the pot is taken from ‘fingerprints hidden up can welcome spring’. But Yangzhou’s general de-winterized pots, sand clay are dug from the head of Yangxian Creek.”
Xu Lihu is trying to insert a peony in Xu Fengyen’s hair bun, Xu Fengyen vowed not to obey, siblings have back and forth, never succeeded Xu Lihu gasped and laughed: “That old monk is the two Zen Temple’s great presiding officer, I have heard that living to one hundred and fifty-sixty years old, all over the world is only the dan ding on the Wudang Mountain of Beiliang Song Zhiming can be compared to one. Uncle Xu every ten years to run a two Zen Temple, in addition to listening to Zen listening to the scriptures, there is with the old monk to seek that hand-washing mud. So a catty of mud can be worth a catty of gold at the head of Yangxian Stream, ultimately not like Uncle Xu’s father’s teapot to get the Buddha’s spirit.”
Xu Fengyen just received a green jade bucket teacup, was trying to drink tea, the result is to hear that this teapot is the old monk tank bottom hand washing mud made, face suddenly a little unnatural, Buddha gas what, he can not drink out, also really do not want to drink out. But on the boat on the boat is difficult, just have to drink a mouthful, he drank tea not out of the door, also dare not blindly show off, tea and tea with spring water are excellent, but as long as the thought of hand-washing mud three words, some discouragement, interest is not high.
Not paying attention to be Xu Lihu peony flowers inserted in the head, but also lazy to pull down, no reason to think of claiming to live in the temple of the Li Zi girl, and the little monk stupid north and south, for a time in a daze, and then thought of the rumors about the old presiding officer of the two Zen temples, it is said that this is the world as a saintly monks are destined to be called the ancestors of the old monks is very interesting, literacy is very little, when I was young, only do some things to cut wood and burn charcoal things to support their mothers Day, buy firewood people believe in Buddhism, often read the “Diamond Sutra”, the young man for a long time, there will be enlightenment, after the death of his mother, he just went to the mountain will be two Zen Rulai mantle, shaved by the precepts of the family presided over the preaching of the law in one fell swoop, we must know that he is preaching the law, not preaching the scriptures, although this is not much to do with his poor origins of literacy has a certain relationship, but undoubtedly the monk enlightenment to catch up with the great Buddha, listen to the Diamond Sutra and enlightenment of ten thousand law, the monks of two Zen Temple reciting the The monks of the two temples recited thousands of classics. But back then with the monk to discuss the canonical Buddhist doctrine, the monk said right up front that I have not read your scriptures, so the monk just let them memorize the scriptures, often memorized to a small half half, the monk said a stop word, the next will be with the other side of the argument, no one unconvinced, there has been the first major temple in the south of the Dharma temple, a hundred year old presiding officer asked the monk who was then only forty years old, why read the ten thousand times of the Lotus Sutra but do not understand the sutra, the result is that the old presiding officer only memorized A few paragraphs, the young monk began to tell the meaning of the sutra, the old presiding officer enlightened, thankful and go, the world to hear, is simply divine, can not imagine a even the sutra will not read the monk how to ferry people, even the Longhu Mountain Qi Xianren have to see the salute, two of the most prominent figures of the Buddha and the Taoist, in the Lotus Debate at the same time on the one time a year ago, but the results are so that all the bystanders are confused, the two just sat face to face, not saying a word, and sat there for a whole night.
That was the last appearance of Immortal Qi Xuanzheng before he ascended to the world.
When this monk was no longer young and getting older, he was not heard of him going to literacy and reading the scriptures, only when the disciple of the white monk who had been gone for fifteen years in seeking Daben came back, he let this disciple talk about the scriptures for three consecutive days and three nights, nodding his head frequently, and finally, he even risked universal condemnation and gave permission for the white monk to drink and marry a wife, and then later on, there was a departure from the scriptures and the epiphanies.
Xu Fengnian was violently shocked, tea spilled on the ground, muttered, “White-clothed monk Li Dangxin, the Li Zi girl who has lived in the temple since she was a child …….”
Taoist nun Xu Hui Pou originally saw that Xu Fengnian’s interest in tea tasting was not high, this spill, even more rude, how different from the vulgar? She will be some look unhappy, just did not say anything, but no longer have the idea to pour a second cup of tea to this son of His Highness, it seems that the world said that Beiliang son of the gold and jade outside of the flotsam and jetsam in the defeat, and did not exaggerate ah. Originally expected to favor the crown of the harem sister Xu Shufei was suddenly knocked into the cold palace, Xu’s up and down would have been thunderous anger, but she is a widowed woman crown, not as angry as the family members in Xu Lihu, last night to get His Highness in the two counties of the insider, but also just laugh it off, and even the family so that she borrowed the Xu Lihu close to the His Highness to find out the reality of the argument, did not nod his head, and today to see with their own eyes, is really! is disappointed, is nothing more than relying on the family of the king of Beilang to bully others, which is not different from the four great families of Yangzhou in the root of the untalented children and grandchildren. Xu Hui Puff glanced at the past can talk to the heart of the Xu Lihu, heart a sigh. Tea is not cold, the atmosphere is much colder, has not been added a few pieces of charcoal will be able to change things, Xu Lihu as if near the ink is black, but also not as good as before that a little bit of penetration, only to say that it is necessary to stroll with his brother and the Temple of Repose, and then left the Zen room.
Xu Hui pounces sitting quietly for a moment, and so this line of people far away, only slowly get up, out of the courtyard back door, straight up the tea mountain, walked a column of incense, finally saw a bamboo building, bamboo eaves under a bamboo chair, sitting in an eyebrow hair like snow old man, squatting on the knees of a hair is also like snow lion cat, the old man touched the head of the cat, sitting and looking at the distant mountains.
The old man stretched the hand of God, Xu Hui Pou is sitting on a small stool next to the bamboo chair, not waiting for her to open her mouth, the old man in his 80s and 90s will smile amiably and said: “Came so early, I think it must be a big disappointment.”
Xu Hui Pou softly said, “The old ancestor has insight into world affairs.”
The old man laughed: “Good, since this son of His Highness can not help up, hereditary recklessness on hereditary recklessness good, we this group of old guys also fall a relaxed.”
Xu Hui Puff knows that perhaps their own views, perhaps to pull the four great valves of Yangzhou’s future layout, tense, said: “or not the old ancestor and then let people try, I’m afraid to look at the wrong.”
The old man gently glanced, the identity of this has not been vulgar nun was scared slightly trembling body, the old man touched the lion cat head, laughed: “What to be afraid of, such a big burden, will also be a small woman by you to bear it, that is too look down on Yu Lian Xu arch Lu Dao Lin these people, Yangzhou is not too shabby to this point.”
Xu Hui Puff face pale, did not dare to speak out.
Yu Lian, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, the head of the Yu family in Jiangxin. Lu Daolin, Huting Lu family head. Longchamp General Xu Gong, although not the head of the Gumiao Xu Clan, is also a great general of the dynasty with military power in his hands. Just these respective amazingly talented great state bigwigs, see the old ancestor in front of me, even if not as trembling with Xu Hui-Pu, but also have to respectfully stand and talk, Xu Hui-Pu can sit down, in addition to her is a woman, but also because she is the granddaughter-in-law of the old Yangzhou confession. Huge Jiangnan scholar group, its heritage and power, is not only a hundred years of foundation of the Green Party can be comparable? Hongjia north run, will come from the eyes of the old ancestor planning, and that comment on the world family ranking of the “family product”, the dynasty has nine people involved, the old ancestor ranking even in the dynasty’s first minister Zhang Julu before! Because the old ancestor was young with the old chief minister and the western Chu master Sun Xiji teacher, Zhang Julu again power and strength, but also to the younger generation to call themselves.
The old man looked into the distance, “Today’s defense of the king and the hegemony, probably again to pick up people’s teeth.”
Xu Hui Puff hesitated for a moment, and finally did not speak. Fifty years in the most peak of the king’s defense, the old ancestor was in the game, naturally have this qualification to say this.
The old man lamented: “The old chief minister luck, have Zhang Julu blue but better than blue, otherwise with his skills, is to be an imperial framer, here leaks the wind here sewing, there leaks the rain there patch, after the Spring and Autumn state wars are destined to be out of fashion, die well, otherwise late in life. West Chu that Sun old man is miserable, originally on the reputation, we two together are not as good as him, now good, the scholar, the whole world he this scolding will only lose to Xu Ren Tu. Might as well be dead.”
Xu Hui Pui just listened with an empty heart.
The old man heard the lion cat meowed, looked down and laughed: “That Shizi can not help it is not good, in the short term it is a good thing, in the long run, we, this group of people who were called old and undead by the Tongxi sword fairy, all these years of dead skin not dead, is not it a wasted life?”
Xu Hui puffed and knelt down.
The old man murmured, “You were with Lu Baijie that year, what is it, get up, the ground is cool, it’s not good to get cold. Being a person to grounding, but also not this grounding method.”
Xu Hui Puff trembling up, sit down again.
The old man narrowed his eyes and said: “Go, let that cold descendant and His Highness meet, have him to the north of Liang planning, not lose the year Zhao Guangling in Xu Ren Tu, this stagnant water to do live.”
Xu Hui Puff gently rose, the old man said flatly: “you go to that son of the self-promotion pillow, only completely with Lu Baijie break the relationship.”
This clear mind for many years only read the old Zhuang’s female crown did not refuse, leaving, biting his lips, oozing blood.