Chapter 124 The Second Concubine of Rain Temple (Part 1)
In the capital, on the official road not far outside Nancheng, a convoy of vehicles was hurriedly on its way.
There are more than thirty riders in this convoy. The horses are all excellent horses from outside the Great Wall, and the people are all athletes from the North. The knights all have horse bows hanging on the left side of the horses, quivers hanging on the right sides, and a water stick on the knight's waist.
With the Yan Ling Dao, apart from not wearing armor, these people are no different from the powerful servants that the marshals in the border towns rely on as their humerus.
More than thirty riders surrounded the two carriages. The carriage in front was carved with incense and elegant, and it looked like it was the owner of the team. The carriage in the back was not gorgeous, but the carriages were all made of high-end materials.
The good tangerine wood is made after being soaked in tung oil. It looks extremely strong, but in terms of shape, it seems to be used to carry the convoy owner's accompanying gifts.
"I'm afraid it's going to rain soon. Young Master, should we set up camp quickly and set up tents, or should we go into Nancheng and find a Buddhist temple or Taoist temple to take shelter from the rain?"
The baffle at the car window opened, and a face like a crown jewel appeared at the window. The owner of the face looked up at the sky and said: "The clouds are very thick. I'm afraid the rain won't stop, and it's not even heavy."
I can stop for a while, so I quickly go into Nancheng to find a temple and watch it."
The knight who asked the question before smiled and said: "Fortunately, the others came back to see Xin Zhai as soon as they crossed the Yongding River. Otherwise, how big of a temple would it have to be to accommodate more than 300 of us?"
"Of course they want to see Shinzhai first. Otherwise, why would I wander around the capital with hundreds of servants? I will be impeached."
This group of people was naturally none other than Gao Pragmatic's team returning to Beijing. When he went south, he brought almost 500 people with him, but when he came back, he left nearly 200 people in Henan to serve as temporary mine protection teams and factory protection teams in Henan.
The instructor is expected to stay for a year before being transferred back to the capital, so there are only about 300 people in the convoy returning to the capital.
After crossing the Yongding River, Gao Jingshi asked his troops to return to the already-expanded Jianxinzhai on the northwest outskirts of the capital to garrison. He only brought three teams of less than forty people led by Gao Jue into the city. But he didn't want to return the troops.
We didn't go into the city, but it seemed like we were caught in a heavy rain.
After entering You'anmen, the clouds in the sky were drooping lower and lower, and the autumn rain was about to fall. Among the residential houses, there happened to be a very new-looking Buddhist temple. Gao Jue quickly called on everyone to take shelter.
rain.
When he arrived at the gate of the Buddhist temple, Gao Pragmatic got out of the carriage. Before he could stand still, he heard Gao Jue say "Hey" and said, "There are others."
Gao pragmatically said indifferently: "There are many homes of ordinary people in Nancheng. Maybe it was raining heavily when I went out to do errands and I couldn't get home in time."
Gao Jue smiled and said: "I'm afraid this is not a home for ordinary people, look at it, young master."
Gao Pragmatic looked around, and it turned out that Gao Jue saw two small sedans parked not far from the main entrance of the Buddhist temple.
Since there were other people, Gao Jue subconsciously ordered his men to set up defenses. Several servants put their right hands on the handle of the waist knife and rushed to Gao Pangshi to protect him.
But Gao Pragmatic waved his hand: "This is the capital, not the wilderness. Don't be careful like this. Besides, since he came in a sedan, it's obvious that he can't be a bad person. You should put away your weapons and don't collide.
The pure place of Buddhism.”
Everyone then put down their hands holding the knives, but they still did not relax their vigilance. First, four servants came forward to explore the way.
Although Gao Qingshi said it lightly, he did not stop this approach. However, he did not expect that the four servants went in and came out immediately, reporting: "Young Master, this Buddhist temple seems to be newly built. It is not yet completed. What's inside?"
There were a lot of stones and wood on display, but no monks were seen."
Gao pragmatic nodded and said: "In that case, we don't need to go to Zhike Monk to report, let's go in now."
Since it was a new Buddhist temple that had not yet been opened, Gao Jue didn't say much. He quickly asked someone to unload the items from the carriage and then found a stone pier to lock the carriage.
Gao pragmatic ignored these chores and led several servants, Shi Shiran, into the Buddhist temple.
The area of this new Buddhist temple is not very large, but there is a pagoda built in the temple. Gao pragmatically counted it and found that it was not the "seven-level pagoda" that people often say, but a nine-story pagoda.
However, this pagoda is not completely completed yet, and it seems to lack some dignity.
After passing the screen wall, Gao Pingshi laughed and said, "Fortunately, the construction of the Main Hall has been completed, otherwise we wouldn't even be able to find a place to shelter from the rain."
All the servants also laughed, and someone said: "Young master, I heard that the pagoda protects wealth, do you want to go and pay homage?"
Gao Pragmatic walked towards the main hall, waving his hands and saying: "The pagoda is a gathering of merits and virtues. Those who protect wealth but not wealth are just rumors spread among the people."
When I got closer and reached the steps in front of the Main Hall, I could already see the offering inside. It was a ferocious-looking Bodhisattva holding a pagoda in his hand.
All the servants were very surprised. Someone asked: "Young master, how come this Buddhist temple enshrines an evil Bodhisattva?"
Gao Pragmatic laughed: "You guys, don't be too strange. Although the Mahavira Hall generally enshrines Sakyamuni Buddha, it is not absolute. As for this 'evil Bodhisattva'... it seems that he should be the king of hearing, and the pagoda in his hand is
It’s the pagoda.”
A servant asked: "Is King Duowen one of the four heavenly kings?"
"Yes, it is one of them." Gao Qingshi said as he climbed up the steps: "This is the appearance of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva showing King Bishamon subduing demons. The King is holding a pagoda in his hand, intending to protect the practitioners, protect them, and guide all the demons from the ten directions.
Buddha can make all demonic obstacles look away from the wind, and make all evil spirits stay away when they hear his voice."
All the servants felt relieved and said: "It turns out that this is the Bodhisattva who ward off evil spirits. The younger ones are less knowledgeable, but the older one is more knowledgeable."
Gao Pingshi smiled, said nothing, and continued walking up the steps, but said in his heart: I am not well-informed, but I have two "aunties" who I can't help but flatter, who believe in Buddhism, so I had to put some thought into it.
But as soon as he walked up the steps, he didn't expect that a person suddenly came out of the door of the Main Hall and said loudly: "Stop, those who come!"
Gao Jingshi was startled and stopped subconsciously. The guard servants behind him were also surprised. Without saying anything, the two servants immediately rushed to protect Gao Jingshi. They grabbed the handle of the knife with their right hand and pulled out half of the wild goose with a "clop".
Ling Dao came and shouted in unison: "Who is it!"
The other servants also immediately moved closer, tightly surrounding Gao Pragmatic in the middle.
Gao pragmatically had good eyesight, and at a glance he saw something was wrong with the man who suddenly appeared from the Main Hall - this man was a tall man, probably in his thirties, quite burly, but fair-faced and beardless.
The man, like the servant of the Gao family, had a plain knife hanging on his waist. At this moment, he was pressing the handle of the knife and asked nervously: "Who is coming?"
