Although Zhao Yan's voice was not loud, the entire Zen room was silent, so the poem he recited was still word by word to everyone present, which shocked Su Shi and others. They only knew that Zhao Yan was proficient in painting before, but they did not expect that he had such profound attainments in poetry?

This poem "Waiting for the Tathagata and Buying Qing" was originally written by the living Buddhas of later generations, so the two monks "Lu Yuan and "Lu Kong" naturally felt the deepest. After listening to it, Le Yuan recited the Buddha's name and then closed his eyes and said nothing. However, Le Kong sighed a long time, and a complex expression appeared on his face.

"How can I get the two laws in the world to live up to the Tathagata and never let you down!" Yan Yuru softly repeated the last two lines of the poem several times, and finally she couldn't help but smile a faint bitterly, then walked up to Zhao Yan and bowed, "Thank you, Prince!"

After Yan Yuru thanked Zhao Yan, she turned around and left the Zen room. At first, Zhao Yan was a little confused about why this iceberg beauty thanked her. After thinking for a moment, she realized that from Yan Yuru's perspective, the poem she read also had some comfort to her. No wonder this sad woman thanked her.

With Yan Yuru's departure, the incense banquet finally came to an end. Originally, Le Kong took the opportunity to promote seaweed to hold the banquet very successfully. Unfortunately, the atmosphere in the end was a bit heavy because of his and Yan Yuru's affairs. Moreover, others didn't know what to say in this kind of thing, and they had to look at Kong himself. So Su Shi and others stood up to say goodbye. Finally, even the great monk Li Yuan just whispered a few words of comfort Kong, and then left with Su Shi.

In this case, Zhao Yan naturally did not want to stay for a long time. He left with Cao Song and Hu Yanping. Although Lekong was a little depressed, he still forced himself to send the guests outside the temple. Then Zhao Yan waved goodbye to Su Shi and others, and each got on the carriage and left the small Xiangji Temple.

After standing in front of the temple gate, Lekong watched Zhao Yan and others leave, he smiled helplessly again. He returned to his Zen room and lit a sandalwood. Then he started the daily evening class. The sound of wooden fish knocking and low chanting of scriptures slowly spread from his room.

Just as Ye Kong's mood slowly calmed down in the scriptures, the door of the room was suddenly opened, and then he walked in alone and stood quietly behind Ye Kong. However, Ye Kong seemed to have known who the person who came in was, and he didn't even look back and still recited the sutra in a low voice.

"You just don't welcome me?" The man behind Lekong asked in a very hoarse manner.

When he heard the person behind him speak, Lekong did not answer immediately. Instead, he still recited the sutra slowly. He finished reciting a passage of sutra, and then put down the wooden fish in his hand and said softly: "The Tao is different and we don't plan for each other. This is a pure place in Buddhism, and we can't tolerate people like you!"

"You..." Hearing the sarcasm in empty words, the man behind him seemed very angry, but in the end he suppressed his anger and said, "I'm not here to argue with you today, but I want to make a deal with you."

"Trade?" Lekong sneered when he heard this, and refused without looking back. "You should just give up your heart. I will never do anything for you!"

The person behind it seemed that Kong would refuse, so he was not angry anymore. Instead, he still said in his unique hoarse voice: "Hehe, your wings are hard, and I can't do anything to you if I don't listen to me, but don't forget that Yuru is still in my hands, and she can't do as heartless as you..."

"Stop!" Before the man behind him could speak, he was interrupted by Kong's stern voice, and then suddenly turned around and said, "You are not allowed to mention Yu Ru again. If she hadn't cared about the father-daughter relationship, she would probably not have fallen to this point now!"

I saw that the man standing behind Kong was about fifty. He was seven feet tall and white-faced and long bearded. Although there were a few wrinkles on his forehead and the corners of his eyes, he still had endless elegance and elegance. If you observe carefully, you would even find that this person's appearance was somewhat similar to Kong, but he had a feminine aura on his body than Kong.

The chic middle-aged man seemed to care about Likong's anger, and even smiled proudly, and then said in a hoarse voice that was inconsistent with his appearance: "Yuru is my daughter. She has to do whatever I ask her to do. She is much more obedient than you. However, Yuru is a woman after all, and she doesn't have much to do for me. In addition, as a father, I can't bear to see her appear every day, so as long as you do something for me this time, I will give Yuru freedom, how about it?"

"You..." Hearing that this middle-aged man actually used his daughter as a condition for exchange, even with Kong's cultivation, he couldn't help but look angry. However, thinking of Yan Yuru's eyes when he wanted to escape from the sea of ​​suffering today, Kong couldn't help but feel soft. He immediately suppressed his anger and said, "Okay, I can help you, but after this matter is completed, you must never force Yuru to do what she doesn't want to do in the name of her father!"

"Haha, no problem. As long as you help me do this, Yuru will be free in the future. No matter where she wants to go or whatever she wants, I can help her. Also, don't forget that I am still her father, how could she suffer?" The middle-aged man saw Kong's agreement and said with a big smile. However, when he said that he was Yan Yuru's father, he didn't seem to remember the fact that he used Yan Yuru as the transaction conditions just now.

Lekong has long been used to the shamelessness of middle-aged people, and he doesn't want to talk to the other party any longer, so he immediately asked what the other party wanted to do. As a result, after the middle-aged person told him what he needed to do, Lekong couldn't help but snorted coldly: "You guys are good at calculating."

"Hehe, this matter is not complicated. You just need to find more opportunities to approach the other party, and wait until the critical moment, and cooperate with our actions." The middle-aged man ignored Sora's sarcasm and said with a smile.

Although Lekong knew that the other party would definitely not be kind to let him approach the target person, he couldn't help but feel cruel. He gritted his teeth and finally nodded, which made the middle-aged man laugh again and then left with satisfaction.

It was already two days since Zhao Yan left Xiangji Temple. At this time, the gate of Tokyo City had been closed long ago, so he definitely couldn't go back today, but he had expected this. He had notified the people who were staying in the Prince's Mansion before and asked them to clean their original rooms and live in the mansion today.

However, Cao Song and Hu Yanping rarely have a legitimate reason to come out at night and do not plan to go home today. As a result, Zhao Yan's plan to go back and rest early was shattered again. They were dragged to visit the night market in Tokyo, especially the area of ​​Daxiangguo Temple and East Cross Street, which are famous night markets in Tokyo.

Zhao Yan has visited night markets a lot in later generations, but it was the first time he came to the Song Dynasty. He was also a little curious now. When they first came to the night market at Daxiangguo Temple, Zhao Yan realized that the night market in the Song Dynasty did not seem to be much different from the night market in later generations. There were vendors selling various snacks and snacks on both sides of the streets. The night markets were full of pedestrians, which also created excellent conditions for the thieves in Tokyo. If you were not careful, your wallet would disappear.

What surprised Zhao Yan was that there were many people who were performing skills in the night market in the Song Dynasty, including girls with big jars, strong men with steel guns, children who climbed like flying poles, etc. There were even many artists from foreign countries. For example, Zhao Yan saw three or four guys playing flutes and snakes, and I don’t know if they were Indians or Persians?

In such a lively night market, Zhao Yan gradually let go and hibernated among the crowd with Cao Song and Hu Yanping. When encountering wonderful performances, he would take out a handful of copper coins from his body and sprinkle them over, in exchange for a sweet smile from the girl who performed the arts. As a result, Cao Song, the pervert, scattered a few more hands again.

Zhao Yan and the other three spent their time at the night market at Daxiangguo Temple until the third day of the day. When they were hungry again, they bought some delicious snacks and got on the carriage. While eating, they rushed to East Cross Street, because according to Cao Song and the others, the night market at East Cross Street must be the most interesting in the middle of the night.

Zhao Yan didn't understand the meaning of Cao Song's words at first, but when they arrived at East Cross Street, they found that the night market here was completely different from that in Daxiangguo Temple, because there were very few vendors selling snacks and snacks here, most of them sold needles, threads, books and toys, porcelain and wood. Some of these goods were of unknown origin. Maybe the porcelain sold at a porcelain stall on the roadside was the stolen goods in a theft case a few days ago.

The night market on East Cross Street is actually the largest black market in Tokyo. The goods here only ask the price and not the way they come. As long as the price offered by the buyer is recognized by the seller, you can take the goods away and will not refund them after leaving the stall. If there are any problems in the future, the seller will not be responsible. Because most of the night markets here will start in the middle of the night and will disperse after the rooster crows, it is also called the "ghost market".

Zhao Yan didn't expect that there was such a blatant black market in Tokyo. She was very interested at the moment. As a result, they spent the entire second half of the night in the ghost market. In the end, Zhao Yan bought a jade pendant and a few small jewelry. The price was a bit outrageous, and it was probably not a serious thing.

When the sky in the east was slightly bright and the first rooster crow in Tokyo City sounded, the vendors on both sides of the street immediately began to close the stalls. It was not that they realized that, but that there would be yamen runners from Kaifeng Prefecture to patrol after dawn. If they did not leave at this time, the yamen runners would not be polite to them at that time. However, before dawn, the yamen runners would not care even if they came to the ghost market, and they would even spend money to buy something. This is a tacit understanding formed by the government and the people.

After dawn, the city gates were wide open, and Zhao Yan no longer returned to the Prince's Mansion. He simply took a carriage to rest in the villa outside the city. It was estimated that he would have to sleep for at least a whole day today. However, when Zhao Yan came to the villa while dozing, he did not expect that someone would kill him, which brought him a heavyweight "big" trouble. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!