The purpose of placing Juzi in Baihualou was to spy on the Song Dynasty intelligence, but Juzi was deliberately thrown into Qinghe County. Of course, there was no chance to spy on the intelligence. Since Ximen Qing fished him out of Baihualou, Juzi
He and An Daoquan stayed together and gave up on this idea.
Ximen Qing didn't expect that his original move would be a stepping stone for him to go to Japan in the future.
According to what Kikuko told An Daoquan, ninjas are divided into three levels: upper, middle and lower. She was only the lowest genin, so she only knew that the order was given by a noble of the Fujiwara family. As for who it was, Kikuko didn't know.
Ximen Qing was somewhat interested. In the world before the time travel, the image of Japanese ninjas had spread all over the world with anime. Not to mention Eastern countries, even Western countries were very familiar with ninjas.
Is Kikuko from the Iga family or the Koga family? [
Although in many film and television works, the Iga family and the Koga family are portrayed as sworn enemies, in fact, the two families are just the pawns of the nobles, and they are basically an alliance.
But what disappoints Ximen Qing is that Kikuko is neither a genin of the Iga family nor the Koga family, but just a little-known ninja family. She is usually raised by the Fujiwara noble, and then she received the spy.
The instructions of the Song Dynasty intelligence.
"This matter is also a bit strange." Ximen Qing thought to himself: "We can wait until Dong Yingfei can figure it out."
After Ximen Qing understood the question, he chatted with An Daoquan and discussed medical skills. Although Ximen Qing's level of traditional medicine was far behind An Daoquan's, Ximen Qing had the medical literacy before time travel, and the insights he expressed often
An Daoquan was surprised; An Daoquan was so accomplished in traditional medicine that he could easily pick it up at his fingertips. Ximen Qing removed the dross and took the essence, and he benefited a lot from it.
The two discussed it for a while, but Ximen Qing was fine. On the contrary, An Daoquan was surprised and admired Ximen Qing.
"According to my boss's opinion, if you study with me for a few years, you will be comparable to a famous doctor!" An Daoquan thought to himself: "Not only that, my boss is also very good at business and officialdom. Although he is a little lazy, where can he find such a versatile person?
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After Ximen Qing finished talking, he stood up and said goodbye. An Daoquan was sent out of the courtyard. Ximen Qing arranged for two young men to help An Daoquan prepare his luggage and go to Biezhuang to stay with Juzi.
The Ximen Qing family has a great business, so naturally they will not just live here. They have already bought two villas outside the city. Although they are of no use at the moment, there are large ponds next to the two villas, and there are quite a lot of fish in them. Ximen
Qing treats these two places as a relaxing fishing park.
Almost on the same day, Sang Sanniang from Baihualou had seen Quanzhou City from a distance.
Although there were carriages along the way, sitting down for a long time would break one's bones. For the sake of time, Sang Sanniang ordered Baihualou along the road to prepare the entourage and carriages, and be on standby at any time.
The entourage and carriages were replaced at any time, but Sang Sanniang herself did not rest. After dozens of days, she had lost a lot of weight, but she was still in good spirits.
The followers secretly admired Sang Sanniang's perseverance.
These followers were no longer the ones who came from Bianliang, but came from the previous station.
Quanzhou City, also known as Citong City, is on the Maritime Silk Road. Compared with Mingzhou, there are more foreign merchants, and its prosperity is not lower than Bianliang.
In such a prosperous place, Baihua Tower naturally exists, and it is also the southernmost Baihua Tower in the entire Song Dynasty.
Liu Ma from Baihualou had already received a message. She heard that her big boss Sang Sanniang was coming. Early that morning, she took more than a dozen followers to wait at a pavilion outside the city. At this moment, she saw several carriages coming, with people on them.
With the flag of Baihualou, he hurriedly led people to greet him.
"Ms. Liu has met Sanniang!" Mother Liu bowed and asked Sang Sanniang to get off the carriage.[
Sang Sanniang looked at Quanzhou City not far away, and the first thing she asked was: "Have you found Heihachiro?"
Liu Ma's expression changed and she lowered her head: "In previous years, Heihachiro would have rested in Quanzhou, but for some reason this year he has not been seen."
"Is it possible that I was in time and people haven't arrived yet?" Sang Sanniang thought to herself.
Mingzhou is the closest port to Japan. Many Japanese merchants, including Heihachiro, disembarked in Mingzhou and reported to the Mingzhou Shipping Department before they could start trading.
Usually merchants would leave in autumn, taking advantage of the trade winds; but Heihachiro was different from other merchants, he only went back every two years, and every winter, when Mingzhou started to get cold, Heihachiro would go south and stay in Quanzhou for a few days.
months, and will not return to Mingzhou until summer is approaching.
Every time he went to Quanzhou, Heihachiro would book a place to stay in a brothel, and the one he chose the most was Baihualou.
Cai You also met Heihachiro at Baihua Tower when he and Sang Sanniang were visiting Quanzhou.
To be more precise, Heihachiro somehow knew that Cai You was the boss behind Baihualou, so he deliberately asked Ma Liu from Baihualou in Quanzhou to introduce him.
“Let’s talk about it first in the city!”
Sang Sanniang gave the order and the carriage continued to move forward. The difference was that the entourage had been replaced by a local from Quanzhou.
When entering the north gate of Quanzhou, Sang Sanniang ordered someone to lift the car curtain and admired the strange pointed arch of the north gate, as well as the cross and flame, or cross and lotus inlaid with city bricks on it, and the cross and lotus at the bottom.
Some foreign languages.
This is Quanzhou’s famous Erythrina cross, which has become a distinctive symbol.
In fact, every port in the Song Dynasty was not only a place where merchants from various countries traded goods, but also where civilizations and beliefs met.
This Erythrina cross is the symbol of the local Christianity - Nestorian Christianity.
When she saw this in the past, Sang Sanniang just thought it was fresh, but today, somehow, the Erythrina cross on the city wall gave her a different feeling.
Seeing the Erythronium Cross, Sang Sanniang found a way to rely on her in the midst of loss.
As the shopkeeper of Baihua Building, Sang Sanniang is just a servant in Cai You's family. No matter how well she manages Baihua Building, Sang Sanniang will never feel the respect of others in the Cai family.
After traveling thousands of miles to Quanzhou, the southernmost point, Heihachiro was like the sudden absence of the trade wind, which made people feel disappointed.
"How about going to the Nestorian church?"
Sang Sanniang was startled by her thoughts, shook her head secretly, and ordered to go to Baihua Tower.
At the same time, there was a middle-aged man in a white robe alone, looking up at the Erythium cross. On the surface, he seemed to be enjoying it, but in fact, this middle-aged man secretly swore that one day he would
We want our religion's symbol to be engraved on the city bricks of Quanzhou.
"Not only Quanzhou, but the entire Song Dynasty, including Bianliang!"[
This man has a dignified appearance, he is none other than Manichae, that is, Fang La, the leader of the Ming Sect in western Zhejiang!
Fang La touched the city wall with his hand. Sang Sanniang didn't recognize the lines of foreign characters on it, but he recognized them as those written by those big food merchants. They were talking about the most important article of Nestorian teachings, praising "the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit."
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Fang La wished he could erase these lines and replace them with Manichean hymns.
The light is universally pure, and there is always joy, silence, and movement and curse;
He suffers happiness and troubles, if there is suffering.
If you always feel happy and bright, you will be sick.
If anyone is able to live in that country, they will eventually be sad.
All the decorations in the place are pure, and all evil deeds do not purify the essence;
Happiness fills Chang Kuan Tai, saying that there is a place like the mausoleum.
Fang La did not come to Quanzhou for sightseeing, but had a very important thing waiting for his arrival.
The name of Manichaeism in Quanzhou is Mingjiao. Fang La is the leader of western Zhejiang, and Quanzhou is the place where Mingjiao is managed in the south of the Yangtze River, because Mingjiao was introduced from here, and then it was slowly spread by merchants.
Drive away and spread throughout all the roads south of the Yangtze River.
Master Hulu, the eminent monk who was the first person to preach Manichaeism, also died in Quanzhou and was buried in Qingyuan Mountain after his death.
The reason we came this time was because Zhong Wanchou, the eighth generation leader of the Ming Sect, realized that he would soon pass away and called all the leaders of the Ming Sect's Jiangnan routes here.
The reason is obvious, it is to take this opportunity to elect a new leader!
Fang La didn't care about this. In his opinion, the affairs in western Zhejiang were already overwhelming for him, not to mention that among the leaders of the Jiangnan roads, there were several people who were more senior than him.
Fang La stood outside the north gate of Quanzhou for a while, then slowly entered the city and walked away.
Fang La came to Quanzhou to worship Master Hulu more than once, and Quanzhou was no stranger to him.
Quanzhou is always bustling with people, with people rushing one after another and constant flow; the chance of seeing foreigners on the street is much greater than that of people from the Song Dynasty, which is extremely rare in other places.
Compared with Nestorianism, Mingjiao is still in the stage of secret preaching. Even the believers will not proclaim it everywhere, but maintain the habit of vegetarianism. Most of their clothes are white, just like the white clothes Fang La is wearing at the moment.
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Occasionally, Fang La would spot several people wearing white robes among the crowds of people on the street, and he would give them a slight nod; the other party would also nod from a distance as a return gift.
These are the followers of Mingjiao.
Fang La found an inn at random, placed his luggage, walked out of the back door of the inn, and came to the entrance of a house with two twists and turns.
The servant at the door of the house was also wearing white. When he saw Fang La coming, he didn't say anything. He just silently opened the door and let Fang La in.
This is the residence of Master Zhong. Although it is very lively outside, it immediately becomes quiet as soon as he enters the courtyard, making Fang La calm down immediately.
There were people in white clothes in the courtyard, gathering together in twos and threes, seeming to be discussing something.
Fang La looked around and saw quite a few acquaintances, who were the captains of various roads in the south of the Yangtze River.
He didn't bother to come forward to say hello, so he simply stood under a tree in the courtyard and waited quietly.
Soon, a man in white robe walked out from behind and asked loudly: "Has the helmsman from the west of Zhejiang arrived?"
The discussion in the yard suddenly stopped, and all eyes focused on Fang La.