Outside Jiankang City.

Xu Zongwen and Guo Shang left Xie's Mansion and went sightseeing outside Jiankang City. A place worth visiting was a wonderful Taoist temple that Guo Shang had heard about - Yunxian Temple. Many people in Jin Dynasty believed in the Five Pecks of Rice Sect, and Guo Shang did not

Exception, he said that he would go to the temple to offer a stick of incense to the Heavenly Master Taiqingjun and talk about his feelings.

So Xu Zongwen and his wife bypassed the busy market and went to find the Yunxian Temple. The Taoist temple is located on a hill in the east of Jiankang City. It is very eye-catching. The hill is called Xian, and the Taoist temple is in the clouds on the top of the mountain. I guess it is named after it.

Yunxian Temple.

After going up the mountain, I didn't expect that the Taoist temple was in a dilapidated state and had not been repaired for a long time. Even the words "Yunxian Temple" on the plaque on the front doorpost were mostly damaged and obscured by dust and darkness, making it difficult to distinguish them for a while.

Although Yunxian Temple is in decline, there are still believers who go to Tushan to pray and worship. It is also due to the rise of Taoism since the Wei and Jin Dynasties that Yunxian Temple has been contaminated with some luck.

Xiao Daosheng, who led the way, said: "A hundred years ago, the Jin Dynasty declined, the king lost his virtue, and his ministers lost their defense. The Central Plains was sinking, the Five Hus were in chaos, the captives stole the artifacts, and the imperial court moved to Jiangzuo. At that time, Yunxian Temple was still a royal Taoist temple.

They also moved to Jiankang with the Nandu army. Times changed and they declined after a hundred years."

The time is also destiny. At that time, the world was in chaos and Kyushu was in turmoil. Not to mention the future of a Taoist temple, how many Han people shed blood in Jianghan and died in vain under the iron hoofs and scimitars of Yi Di?

At that time, Xu Zongwen and Guo Shang were fortunate enough to meet the Taoist priest of Yunxian Temple, Shentong Zhenren, and they had a close relationship.

After leaving, Xu Zongwen was chatting with Guo Shang who was accompanying him about how the Jiankang City in Kyoto was flourishing and making people yearn for it. Suddenly, there was a deafening sound of horse hooves from behind.

When I looked back, a team of dozens of people and cavalry were guarding a tall and heroic man returning from the horse, galloping in the direction of Xu Zongwen and his two men. The horse under the seat was extremely handsome, strong and strong, with strong ears, sharp eyes, and a dark body.

There was not a trace of stray hair, and the four hooves were all white, like a strong wind that had hit me hard. Xu Zongwen was fascinated by the sight, completely forgetting that the danger was quietly approaching.

Fortunately, Guo Shang grabbed Xu Zongwen's arm and pulled him back forcefully. Xu Zongwen took a few steps back to stabilize his body.

"Enter the city." The man tilted his head back and glanced at Xu Zongwen and Guo Shang, showing no regrets but no guilt at all.

Then he rode lightly across the suspension bridge, waving his whip in his hand, and dozens of riders behind him cheered. A group of flying geese over Taicheng were frightened and scattered, and pedestrians were driven away in silence.

"Sir, how can there be such an unruly person at the feet of this majestic emperor? It's really unpleasant!"

Guo Shang patted Xu Zongwen's robe and dusted it off.

Kyoto Jiankang is divided into Taicheng, Xizhou, Dongfucheng, Danyang County and Stone City. Among them, Taicheng, where the imperial palace and the center are located, is the most important.

Xu Zongwen looked at Taicheng in Kyoto. The flag bore the words Xichang Houfu. These people were entering and leaving Taicheng as if they were in an uninhabited land. The people were like crows. The captains at the city gate did not dare to ask. They must be relatives of the emperor.

Aristocratic family members.

Xu Zongwen had just watched the horses rise, and inadvertently saw that the horses and men were dressed in different ways. The sword scabbards held on their waists were extremely exquisite and decorated with gorgeous patterns.

When the horse was galloping, the blade of the sword attached to it was still exposed when a person stepped off it. It was so weightless. It was actually a wooden sword painted with dark paint. If it were a real sword, it would not be exposed easily. Therefore, these people must be in palace confinement.

The imperial guard——Ban Jian.

Xu Zongwen told the details. After hearing this, Guo Changting said that with such a large number of banjian guarding him, the identity of the owner must be extraordinary, and the conspicuous flag written on it was the Xichang Marquis Mansion, which was undoubtedly the returning horse team.

The owner is from the Marquis Mansion of Xichang.

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Such wanton and reckless behavior, disregarding the common people's parade on horseback, and the soldiers guarding the city did not dare to question him. He was young and weak, so he was probably the Marquis of Xichang Xunchong himself.

Since the Yuan Dynasty in the Jin Dynasty, the previous emperors had few heirs. The first emperor, Jian Wen, did not have any concubines. Ten years ago, he adopted Sima Chong, a son of the royal family, as his son. He was raised in the palace by his concubines. His daily life was generally according to the regulations of the crown prince. Later,

Only then do we have our brothers, Your Majesty and the King of Kuaiji.

It happened that the late emperor's sister, Princess Xunyang, and her consort, the hussar general Xun Xian, had no children, so Emperor Jian Wen issued an edict to adopt Sima Chong as his son, change his name to Xun Chong, and grant him the title of Marquis of Xichang, which was quite generous.

When Xun Chong grew up, he had an unruly and dissolute temperament. He often stayed away from home at night and escaped to the fields on the outskirts of Beijing to hunt. He would stay there for several days without having enough fun and would never return. Everyone in Jiankang City knew this.

For this reason, Emperor Yin of the Imperial Academy wrote several letters to impeach Xun Chong for his debauchery, hunting and destroying farmland, and other illegal acts. The Emperor of Jin just said nothing and left his cousin alone.

Xu Zongwen suddenly understood and said: "It turns out that he is the Marquis of Xichang. Even His Majesty feels guilty. Once he lost his position as the emperor's heir, it is no wonder that he behaved indulgently. He must be unwilling to do so."

Naturally, he is not willing to give in. Who can be unmoved by the crown prince of such a huge country?

On the bank of the Qinhuai River, there were many people on the official road leading to Wuyi Lane. People gathered on both sides of the road to watch something.

Most of the city was occupied by imperial offices, and most of them wore yellow robes. Xu Zongwen was about to rush back to Xie Mansion with Guo Shang. They turned back and headed to the east bank of the Qinhuai River. After crossing the Qingxi Stone Bridge, a group of people came suddenly from the southwest.

Funeral procession.

On both sides, there were drummers with bulging cheeks working hard to play funeral music, followed closely by a high carriage with white horses. The white horses and the body were decorated with linen, and it carried a fine nanmu coffin.

The funeral procession was very large, with more than a dozen cardamom maids surrounding it. There were about a hundred people in the group. The person at the front held a spiritual tablet and wrote "The spiritual place of the loving mother Wang Xie" and so on. He was obviously from a noble family.

"Brother, who are these newcomers? Look at this force, how magnificent it is!" Guo Shang, wearing a Gebu scarf and Tsing Yi, squeezed into the crowd and asked the boy on the side.

The young man was young and had a kind face. He turned his head and asked in a leisurely manner: "Brother, you are not a local, are you?"

"My little brother has good eyesight. I came from Tancheng and heard about the prosperity of Jiankang City, so I came here to see it." The other person's brother may not be old, but Guo Shang's attitude is still humble.

Both Xu Zongwen and Xu Zongwen were polite and sincere.

The younger brother took a few glances and saw that Xu Zongwen was gentle and gentle, unlike ordinary people, and Guo Shang spoke appropriately and did not dare to look down upon him. Perhaps he also felt respectful at this time. He explained enthusiastically and carefully: "It turns out that he is from Donghai. This brother has

I don’t know, Gaotang, the Minister of Education, passed away a few days ago, and he was buried today...can he not be dignified?"

"So that's the case. I'm very ignorant!" Xu Zongwen nodded slightly.

"Brother, I'm new here. I'm not familiar with the place, so it's understandable that I'm not familiar with the world."

The little brother's words were still lingering in Xu Zongwen's ears, but Xu Zongwen had long since stopped hearing them and followed the funeral car as if he was staying out of the incident.

In the crowd, such discussions were endless, and while people were whispering to each other, the funeral procession had already gone away.
Chapter completed!