The eight-hundred-mile Dongting is vast and majestic, but occasionally the sound of bells echoes far away...
Dongting Mountain on Dongting Lake, the eleventh blessed place in the world, has become the only pure land for Buddhism. Xiantong Temple is located on Dongting Mountain. Only the lotus platform of Xiantong Temple can be seen. The Buddha opened his eyes and looked to the east, murmuring to himself: "
Two hundred years of cultivating your mind, I hope you will do well...".
The morning in Jilongshan is not much different from the past. The only difference is that the smell of meat wafts out of the room...
"Good! Good! Sin! Sin!..."
The rice-headed monk waved the shovel and muttered, not knowing whether it was because he had killed an animal or because the food in the pot aroused his appetite.
In Sanqing Hall, the first residence, I saw the red lotus demon monk playing with the exquisite wine bottle and exclaimed: "I haven't drank wine in two hundred years, but I didn't expect this sweet-scented osmanthus wine to be so delicious! Little girl, don't hide it.
Take it all out and let the holy monk drink it to your heart's content at once, and you will never be short-changed in your benefits!"
Tantai Ziyi took out the remaining two bottles of flower wine from the baggage and said with a smile: "Monk, you must keep your word!"
I saw Honglian picking up the small wine bottle, lifting the lid and drinking it in one gulp, and then said: "Aren't you and that boy going to Jiangning City? I'll go with you to keep you two safe. How about a good deal?"
!”
Seeing that Honglian was in a good mood, Li Taiping asked tentatively: "Monk, I risked my life to save you, do you think?"
"Guilty! Guilty!"
Hong Lian was about to speak when, accompanied by the little novice monk's voice, a smell of meat came in through the door. Hong Lian sniffed it vigorously and laughed, "It smells so good! Let's talk about your kid's business after you're full."
.”
Last night, a wild boar was thrown into the Sanqing Hall by Hong Lian, and he threatened to eat all the monks in the temple if he couldn't eat the fragrant pork tomorrow morning.
What the demon monk did made Kehui extremely angry, but he dared to be angry but did not dare to say anything. Kehui was not afraid of death, but he was afraid that the demon monk would destroy the Sanqing Palace in a rage and destroy this thousand-year inheritance.
With the Red Lotus Demon Monk around, Fu Qingshe's bone-penetrating nail was destroyed again, and Li Taiping's heart dropped. As soon as the smell of meat wafted in, his mouth watered with greed.
More than 300 kilograms of wild boar meat was placed in front of him. The coke spoiled the red lotus. He picked up a pig's foot with one hand and chewed it until his mouth was full of oil. He also said hello: "Boy, girl, don't talk to me."
You're welcome, feel free to eat."
Tantai Ziyi smiled and shook his head, but he saw that Li Taiping was following suit. He grabbed chopsticks when he had them and nodded in praise while eating...
Hong Lian was very edible. Half of the pig was eaten, but he showed no intention of slowing down. Li Taiping glanced at Hong Lian's still shriveled belly and thought, "This is a bottomless pit, right? No wonder it ate all the monks in the temple."
!".
"What the hell, you haven't eaten enough?" Honglian glared at the boy who was still working on his mouth, and scolded with a smile.
Honglian felt that the demon monk should be different. Whether he was practicing Buddhism or practicing Taoism, or eating wine and meat, he should be different from others. Today, he met someone who was equally edible. Although he was competing for meat with him, he still let him eat it.
Very happy.
Birds of a feather flock together, and people divide into groups. Two hundred years ago, no one in the world was the same. Two hundred years later, we finally see the same people. How can we not be happy...
Honglian smiled and said: "Boy, eat slowly and don't choke! If you choke to death, wouldn't it be a pity to eat this mountain full of food!"
Li Taiping burped, patted his bulging belly, and said with a satisfied smile: "This is the best way to eat meat! I have eaten this way once in the prairie, but that time it was mutton!"
"From tomorrow onwards, let's eat like this every day, it will make your kid happy." Honglian said with a satisfied smile.
Hong Lian said a word, not only the birds and beasts in the mountains suffered, but also the monks of Sanqing Hall lived like years, fighting against the desire for food and drink every day.
A little more than half a month later, Tantai Ziyi saw that these two were enjoying the meal, but had to pour a ladle of cold water on it. Tantai Ziyi approached Honglian and said only one sentence, and Honglian started to eat.
Li Taiping left Jilong Mountain...
"I'm full, but I haven't had enough wine yet. I know there's a Huadiao old wine from Kuaiji County in Jiangning City that's pretty good!"
Ke Hui looked at the four figures walking down the mountain, and her heart became more and more panicked. In the past few days, the monk just messed up and didn't abide by the rules, but he didn't do anything that was outrageous to both humans and gods. For several generations in Sanqing Hall,
The abbot was just such a fair-weather monk, staying in the back mountain all his life, but Ke Hui felt that it was not worth it.
As soon as the evil monk left the Buddhist temple, the pure land was considered pure. Kehui Kezhi also moved back to the Sanqing Hall, and the forbidden area in the back mountain was also opened to the monks. How could Kehui feel that in the end, everyone was happy...
Jiangning City is a big city with a million people. Compared with other big cities in the Qian Dynasty, Jiangning City is indeed different because Jiangning City does not have thick and high walls.
Jiangning City had a wall hundreds of years ago. It was because of the rebellion of the Yuchi family that the founding emperor of the Qian Dynasty destroyed the Yuchi family in anger. Then he demolished the wall of the city and ordered that no wall be built in Jiangning City forever.
The great ancestor Chen Shengzhi actually wanted to tear down the wall for a long time. Even if Yuchi's family didn't cause chaos, he would find a name to tear down the wall.
Emperor Gaozu believed deeply in the word "luck", especially after he conquered the world, he believed in the theory of luck even more. The idea of demolishing the wall was inspired by the First Emperor, who in order to suppress the "Emperor Qi" in the southeast,
So they cut off the Fangshan Mountains southeast of Jiangning City, and today's Qinhuai River was created.
The absence of a city wall does not mean that there is no defense. Tuoba Jiong spent a lot of money to build countless arrow towers around Jiangning City. Walking from a distance, the first thing you see must be a giant dragon composed of countless arrow towers spread out in front of you.
.These archery towers are ten feet high, one every 200 steps. There are heavy crossbows and strong bows on the archery towers. If you want to go wild in Jiangning City, you have to ask about those archery towers...
Honglian looked at the arrow towers and said in confusion: "It seems that there were no such things in Jiangning City back then! Who is the governor of Jiangning County now? He is crazy. Could it be that he wants to rebel!"
It was also the first time for Li Taiping to see such a unique landscape. As for the question asked by the Red Lotus Demon Monk, he didn't know anyway, so he just pretended that he didn't hear it.
It was Tantai Ziyi who opened his mouth to explain Honglian's confusion: "The current governor of the county, Yuan Tongjiang, is just a puppet. Now the one who has the final say in Jiangning County and even south of the Huaihe River is Tuoba Jiong of the Tuoba family."
"Tuoba Jiong - never heard of it!" Honglian scratched his bald head.
Tantai Ziyi smiled again and said: "This man is a genius. He knows everything about astronomy, geography, military politics, and everything. His talent in martial arts is also amazing. He should be among the top three among the top ten masters in the world. The most important thing is that this man
But I just entered the famous age! So, it’s better to have heard about it!”
After listening to Tantai Ziyi's words, Honglian laughed and said: "There are talented people from all over the world, and each has led the way for hundreds of years! But I, Honglian, have to weigh it first to see if that Tuoba Jiong is of sufficient weight."
Tuoba Jiong adopts open management of Jiangning City. Anyone who wants to enter Ducheng will not be stopped. But don't make trouble. If you make trouble, the Tuoba family will let you know that the sky is high, but it is not as high as the Tuoba family, and the ground is thick.
But the Tuoba family...
From the Tuoba family's management of Jiangning City, we can see that Tuoba Jiong is very arrogant and arrogant to the point of being arrogant. Tuoba Jiong has the qualifications to be arrogant. He is the only one who dares to go to Tianxia City to ask for a sword and come back alive.
A completely different person.
At the Kuaiji Restaurant in Jiangning City, Honglian drank heavily while listening to the little girl telling the story of Tuoba Jiong.
Honglian had never heard of Tuoba Jiong, but did she know about Tianxia City? Honglian knew that even in her prime, she would not dare to leave Tianxia City completely, so she became even more interested in Tuoba Jiong. She urged Xiao
The girl continues to talk...
Not everyone is qualified to drink in the Tianzi Room of Kuaiji Restaurant, not even Tuoba Jiong's nine adopted sons. Tantai Ziyi can sit here because this restaurant belongs to the Tantai family, and Tantai family
Tai Ziyi is the one that Tantai Mieming values the most. It can be said that Tantai Ziyi is the pearl in the old man's hands...
At Tuoba's house, Tuoba Jiong fiddled with the luminous pearl in his hand and listened expressionlessly to the report from his adopted son Bao Yan Wang behind him.
"Fu Qingshe actually let the Tantai family's pearl enter the city, and there was an old monk? How interesting!"
After hearing the master's words, King Bao Yan couldn't help but kowtow and said: "I will capture them right away to relieve my adoptive father's worries and avenge my second son."
Tuoba Jiong turned around holding the luminous pearl and said with a smile: "This pearl is so beautiful. If it breaks in the city, not only will I feel heartache, but the old man from Kuaiji County will also feel heartache! Do you want to see the old man in Jiangning City?
Are you crazy?"
After hearing the words of the master of the family, King Baoyan kowtowed again and said: "My son has been negligent, please father and give me a heavy punishment."
Tuoba Jiong continued to fiddle with the beads in his hand, but he said with a smile: "Get up! People who work all day long know how to punish this and that, and today they have to punish themselves on the head again! This matter is not that serious, Tuoba family
If you can afford it, let that little girl live well."
King Bao Yan bowed and retreated. He already understood what the head of the family meant. The little girl from the Tantai family could live, but the other three did not. However, this matter must be considered in the long term and done beautifully.
After all, this is Jiangning City, so we still have to pay attention to some impacts, and we don't dare to ruin the reputation of the family leader.
Jiangning City is very big, and there are many people coming and going every day, too many to count. Now two more people have entered Jiangning City.
"Aren't you going back to the Cui family? Why are you here in Jiangning City?" Mu Pinshan asked doubtfully.
Cui Mingdao said with a smile: "I just got my mother's letter to let me go to Jiangning City first. I will be given new instructions in a few days."
Mu Pinshan turned to look at Cui Mingdao, and asked with some surprise: "Guangling Cui family, won't a woman with a foreign surname make the decision?"
"What's so strange about this? As far back as I can remember, my mother has the final say in our family. My father is the head of the family, and my father listens to my mother. Naturally, my mother makes the decision in the Cui family. What's so strange about this!" Cui
Ming Daohui was confident and confident.
The Cui family has developed rapidly in the past ten years, and they are much more courageous and confident than before. They dare to say no even to the Tuoba family, all because of a woman, a woman who is both beautiful and feared. This