I'm watching the gate in the jail

Seeing the obvious jumping steps of the two nuns when they left, Wanda pulled Yang Xiuxian's sleeve excitedly, and whispered excitedly, "Master Yang, Deng Zongqi was right. These monks and nuns usually keep saying 'Amitabha Buddha' is actually the most fancy thing in yellow and white. If it is lured with profit, it will definitely fall into our hub."

"Lord Wan, what do you mean by the 'Wan Xinghai' just now? Isn't your lord still weak, and when there is a word, the subordinates don't know."

When Wanda "made a vow" just now, Yang Xiuxian watched very carefully, his expression was calm, his eyes were facing the Buddha statue, he did not seem to be lying at all.

The word "Xinghai" was definitely not made up casually.

"I……"

Wanda didn't expect that he would be at a loss for words because of this.

How should he answer, could it be that this is his "previous life" name?

"Could it be that His Majesty has already given you a name, only waiting for the day when you are weak?"

Given how much His Majesty and Empress dote on him, it wouldn't be very surprising.All in all, it is still a great honor for the emperor to bestow the word.

"No, no, His Majesty hasn't given me a word yet."

Wanda shook her head hastily, then rolled her eyes, and said in a low voice, "Actually... this is the 'pen name' I thought of for myself."

"'Pseudonym'? Is your lord still planning to make a living with literature?"

This unbelievable stroke shocked Yang Xiuxian, a man who always thought he had everything under control.

It's not that he doesn't respect the officer, but Mr. Wan... can still write books?

Don't mention the "elegant" things like poetry and songs that can't be touched.In the past few years, dialect books have become very popular in the wells of Kyoto, especially the various novels and legends from the south of the Yangtze River, which have attracted people in Beijing, regardless of gender, regardless of high or low, to scramble to pass them on.

Many literati on the surface despise it, and keep saying that this kind of story-telling novel is an obscene work that destroys people's will and moves people's hearts.

In fact, secretly, they would also invent a few pseudonyms to write stories that suit the taste of the public, and some booksellers are willing to pay for their manuscripts—this is much more than their salaries for officials in the court.

Few people know that in fact, Jin Yiwei also has the duty of supervising the national books and newspapers and investigating public opinion for His Majesty.

Yang Xiuxian and the others have grasped the true identity of the authors behind several best-selling novels.As long as they don't cross the line, don't write words that insult the imperial court and instigate rebellion and violate the law, Jin Yiwei will not do anything to them.

But Yang Xiuxian was convinced when others published a book, but this Wanda...

Commander Yuan once showed him the documents written by thousands of households after each case was completed.

That's really... Not to mention the vernacular, at least half of the ten words are missing arms and legs. After reading it completely, I only feel that my eyes are sore.

No wonder His Majesty only asked him to question him face to face. If this kind of thing was presented to the imperial court, it would be an insult to the holy eyes.

"My lord... what book are you going to write?"

Yang Xiuxian asked with difficulty.

"Publish this recipe."

Wanda smiled awkwardly, seeing Yang Xiuxian's completely disbelieving eyes, he said seriously, "I'm not kidding, I'm serious!"

This is not just nonsense, but premeditated.

When he was training Jinyiwei's back kitchen last year, he wrote several recipes.After practice, the level of yamen cooks has been greatly improved, and has been recognized by all Jinyiwei.

Those cooking instructions written on waste official papers were piled up on the table for kneading noodles in the Fusi dining hall in Beizhen, and they happened to be seen by Qiu Zijin who came in to browse for food.

Xiaoqiu first made a mockery of Wanda's calligraphy and vernacular writing, and then suggested to him—how about we publish a cookbook!

By the way, this is still the year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty, and the "Suiyuan Food List", which is regarded as the bible by later generations of foodies, the author Yuan Mei's great-grandfather is probably not born yet.

However, there are still a lot of food books handed down from the previous dynasty. After all, the food tradition in our country can be said to be 5000 years old, and there are also many gourmets among the literati and doctors.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there were "Food Classics" and "Shaowei Food List", which recorded various cold food snacks.There are also anecdotes and production methods of soups, cakes and rice such as "raw lamb stew", "broken gold rice", "pulp cake" and "Yuehua rice".Just looking at the name really feels like a mouthful.

In the Song Dynasty, with the unprecedented development of citizen culture, a large number of food books emerged.There are Tao Gu's "Qingyilu", Chen Dasou's "Benxinzhai Recipe", and Lin Hong's "Shanjia Qinggong", which has been a well-known food guide in the Southern Song Dynasty until modern times, recording more than 100 kind of food.

Anyway, classmate Xiaoqiu admitted that he got sleepy from reading in the middle of the night, so he looked for a few cookbooks to read.Swallow your saliva, and after you are satisfied, continue with "Zhihu Zhe Ye" and "Respect the Heavenly Father".

"How about it? My lord, you write the recipe, and I will polish it for you... At that time, I will make up some stories, draw a few pictures and insert them in the recipe, so that this book will be 'full of color and fragrance', and it will be a best seller—the manuscript fee will be a lot of."

Qiu Zijin is persuasive and persuasive.

Hearing the word "authorship fee", Wanda, who was still struggling, finally nodded.

The two discussed for a long time, and decided to write twenty home-cooked recipes to test the water first, and Qiu Zijin came to help find a bookseller to publish.

When the time comes to make money, the two will split between three and seven, he seven and Xiaoqiu three.

Qiu Zijin said that writing an article requires true feelings, and it cannot be a tree without roots or water without a source, otherwise it is nonsense.

From now on, Wanda will cook a dish for him every day according to the selected dishes. He writes while eating, so that he can write true emotions and tastes.

This book is already half written, and Wanda has already thought of the name - called "The Imperial Prison on the Bite of the Tongue" or "The Complete Collection of Beizhen Fusi Cuisine".

Yang Xiuxian listened to it for a long time, and suspected that Qiu Zijin was simply borrowing the name of the book and doing it for a living.

This recipe is only half written, that is to say, until the writing is finished, Qiu Jiansheng still has to run to their yamen every day!

The two of them were chattering non-stop when someone knocked lightly on the door outside.

The door opened, and an old nun in plain cassock, about [-] years old, with a dignified and compassionate face, walked in together with the black-faced nun and a young nun holding a tea bowl.

"Amitabha."

The old nun bowed to the two of them, "The poor nun's name is Xuan Jing, and she is the presiding officer of this nunnery. I don't know if there is a distinguished guest coming today, so I am sorry to welcome you."

The three of them were modest, and then took their seats, with two nuns standing beside them.

"I have long heard that Master Xuan Jing is very disciplined, reads scriptures, and even opened a platform to give lectures. My disciples also devote themselves to the Buddha, and today I am here to ask the teacher for advice."

Yang Xiuxian smiled humbly.

In the next conversation between Yang Xiuxian and the old nun, the one Wanda listened to was called Yunliwuli.

What is "clear inside and outside, pure and unblemished, bright and vast", and what is "no joy for those who come, no worries for those who go, no worries for those who are not stained, and both hearts are peaceful".

The banner moves for a while, the heart beats for a while, Jifeng plays one set, and although he speaks Chinese, it is almost like a foreign language in Wanda's ears.

"I heard from my apprentice that the two Tanyues are sincere to the Buddha and are willing to donate to the nunnery and put gold on the Buddha statue in the Daxiong Hall?"

After going around in a circle, the old nun finally came to the topic.

"Yes."

Yang Xiuxian clasped his hands together and said solemnly, "My disciple and my brother have both made a wish. If the wish is fulfilled, we will put gold on the Buddha statue in your nunnery."

"Ah... You two seem to be sincere and sincere. The Buddha and Bodhisattva must have heard your wishes, and they will definitely come true."

The old nun looked at them lovingly, "Actually... the benefactor might as well do two ceremonies and set up a dojo. First, it will appear more sincere. After hearing about it, Guanshiyin Empress will naturally come to give away the child. Second, it can also be a blessing for the karmic creditors." Eliminate sins, so that you can ascend to the Western Paradise as soon as possible."

It seemed that the two nuns were quite efficient and reported everything they asked to Master.

Wanda heard it funny, and kicked Yang Xiuxian lightly under the table.

Yang Xiuxian lowered his head and smiled, but quickly hid his smile, and raised his head to look at Mrs. Xuanjing with very "urgent" eyes.

"Master's words are reasonable, but I don't know what kind of Buddhist rituals to do?"

"I heard from the benefactor just now that Lingtang died of dystocia, so he will have to recite the 'Blood and Blood Sutra' and do a three-day water and land dojo..."

Half an hour later, Wanda and Yang Xiuxian got up slowly and walked to the entrance of the Buddhist hall.

After the advice of the host and the two nuns, the two decided that after ten days, they would hold two ceremonies and ask the nuns to recite three scriptures in the nunnery.The glazed sea lanterns and high tower incense were arranged in the temple for another year. At that time, the nuns in the temple will take care of them day and night to ensure that the fireworks will never stop.In order to expand the merits and virtues, monks and nuns from ten directions should be invited to pray together - of course, this is another price.

These ceremonies, lamp oil money and almsgiving cost a total of more than 100 taels.Without further ado, Yang Xiuxian took out a hundred taels of silver bill from his pocket and placed it respectfully on the table.

"Amitabha, Amitabha, good, good."

The three aunts bowed their heads and chanted Buddha's words to the banknotes.

It really is lucky.

"It's inconvenient for the old nun to go far away, so my two apprentices will send the two of you to the gate of the mountain."

Putting the banknotes into her wide sleeves, the old nun bowed to see them off.

"Ah... Teacher, I wanted to ask when I entered the door just now."

Yang Xiuxian had already walked out of the Buddhist hall, when he suddenly thought of something, he turned his head and pointed to the statue of Avalokitesvara in white clothes, "This painting is strong in brushwork and soft in lines. The bamboo forest painted behind Avalokitesvara seems to be able to hear It is as lifelike as the sound of Xiaoxiao wind. This painter must be extraordinary."

"Indeed, indeed."

It seems that the old nun is also very proud of this painting, otherwise it wouldn't be hanging at the door.

"Master, I wonder if this painting can be given to me? My disciple wants to hang it in the Buddhist hall at home and burn incense every day, so that the Bodhisattva will protect my family. Of course, I will not ask Master to give it to me."

As he spoke, he put his left hand into the sleeve of his right hand, making a gesture of asking for money again.

"Amitabha, we monastics saw Tanyue's intention to enshrine Buddha statues and respected the Three Jewels. It's too late to be happy. We should take the initiative to offer them. How can we ask for money from the almsgiver?"

Xuan Jing waved his hands again and again.

Wanda thought that’s not what you said when you charged us 100 taels just now.

"But... this is my master's favorite work, she was still admiring this Yangliu Guanyin until she sat down..."

Xuan Jing looked troubled.

Seeing the disappointed expression of this young and handsome benefactor, the key is the big money, the old nun said distressedly, "Don't worry, benefactor, this painting is actually painted by my younger sister Xuan Lian. If benefactor sincerely asks for a painting, Better go find her."

"Xuanlian?"

Wanda turned his face slightly, and saw the little lotus print on the portrait.

"Yes, my junior sister Xuan Lian has been proficient in Danqing since she was a child, especially good at making Avalokitesvara. Not only can she draw the 33 Dharma Bodies of Avalokitesvara, but she can also draw forty different gestures. She was praised by my master as the most powerful among many juniors. Wisdom, a disciple of the Great Fate Dharma."

When mentioning this junior sister, the old nun showed a somewhat sincere and proud expression, "The statue of Avalokitesvara with Thousand Hands and Thousand Eyes enshrined in the Guangji Temple in the capital was drawn by my junior sister five years ago. The treasure is solemn and magnificent. , I am afraid that the entire capital will not be able to find a second one."

Guangji Temple?

Yang Xiuxian felt puzzled.

Isn't their host the current Shuntian Mansion Governor, Great Monk Dechang?

Du Gang refers to all the temples and nunneries in the entire Shuntian Prefecture.

Don't look at this as a ninth-rank official who is as big as a sesame mung bean. It is not easy to sit in this position.It must be a "sage monk" who is proficient in various Buddhist classics, strictly abides by the precepts and regulations, and is deeply trusted by the Jialan world and the majority of believers to take on this important task.

The current Du Gang Dharma name is Dechang, who was the previous abbot of Guangji Temple, and also the proud disciple of the old monk Fa Yuan who was the previous Du Gang of Shuntian Prefecture.

Regardless of his young age, he has been a monk for less than ten years.But it's amazing, but at the age of thirties, he is already a Buddhist leader in charge of a state.

"Then I don't know where Master Xuanlian is in the upper court? Since Master Xuanjing can't cut love for this painting, let's ask Master Xuanlian for a painting."

After going around for a long time, Yang Xiuxian finally revealed his purpose.

"Ah, it's in the Miaoyin Nunnery in Xishan, so it's not far away."

Master Xuan Jing said with a smile.

"But..."

She said with some embarrassment, "It's a small temple, at the foot of Cuiwei Mountain, the incense is not very prosperous, only my junior sister and her two apprentices... To avoid suspicion, they only accept female guests, men are not allowed to enter the temple. "

"Hey...that's a pity..."

Yang Xiuxian said regretfully.

Afraid of causing commotion when the two went out, the black-faced nun ordered the slightly younger nun named "Jingxiu" to send them out through the small gate in the backyard.

The back hall of this temple is much quieter than the front because pilgrims are not allowed to step in at will.

The three of them went straight to the back wall, and in the end they couldn't even see the sisters-in-law who happened to pass by to say hello to them.

Jingxiu walked to a small dark door, unlocked the bolt, gave them a slap in the face, and prepared to see off the guests.

"Master, it's already noon now, and both of us brothers are hungry. I don't see any restaurants around here, and we don't want to eat rough food from the stalls outside. I don't know if there are vegetarian noodles and vegetarian dishes in your temple. where?"

Wanda stepped forward and asked innocently.

If Wanda is really a killer of middle-aged women, even this meditation teacher who always has a straight face with men, saw his cute appearance, and smiled slightly.

"It's such a pity. Originally, there was a female cook in Xiao'an who was very good at making vegetarian banquets. She brought a girl with her and lived in our courtyard behind the mountain. The food she cooked, my uncle Xuanlian They are all full of praise. It's a pity that she has already moved away, otherwise we could have left the two of us to have lunch in Xiao'an."

With a girl, and very good at cooking vegetarian banquets, if it wasn't Mrs. Song, who would it be?

Wanda's eyes lit up.

"According to the teacher, has this cook left the nunnery now? What a pity..."

He squeezed the corners of his mouth very hard, and said with "extreme regret".

"By the way, I just drank the tea made by the teacher. It is very sweet and smells like bamboo. I don't know what kind of tea it is? Since we can't eat vegetarian feasts, we can bring some tea back. It's not in vain for us to go here It's been a trip."

Wanda noticed that this slightly younger nun was easier to talk to than that black-faced nun, so she was going to chat with her a little more and get more information out.

Yang Xiuxian looked at him with great interest.

"It's not a good tea either. The tea leaves are directly bought from the market. However, there is a bamboo forest in the back of our mountain. The poor nuns think that the bamboo leaves are very fragrant, so when storing the tea leaves, they put some bamboo leaves in, so that the tea fragrance will be dyed. Fragrant bamboo leaves."

Speaking of this, the Jingxiu teacher nodded her head proudly, "Master also praised me very much after drinking it."

"It really is good tea! Master... I wonder if I can share some with my disciples? Just a little is fine! It can be regarded as forming a relationship with Buddha."

As Wanda said, she took out the pouch in her sleeve, took out a golden melon seed from it, and handed it to Jingxiu, whose eyes were all round.

"Can't, can't."

Jingxiu waved his hands again and again, "It's just some tea leaves, it's nothing. The poor nun will go get it."

"I made it, I made it. If you treat it this way, it will be regarded as merit money. Please collect it and hand it over to the master."

Wanda couldn't help but stuffed the melon seeds into Jingxiu's fingers. The latter said "no way", stuffed the golden melon seeds into his sleeve, and turned to get the tea.

"high!"

Yang Xiuxian stretched out his thumb, sincerely convinced.

"That's right, I grew up on the street."

Wanda raised her eyebrows triumphantly.

After a while, the meditation teacher walked over again with a big smile on his face.She was an honest person, and she brought back a big tea pot, which weighed at least two catties by visual inspection.

"Thank you so much, Shitai, I really taught you to worry."

Wanda took the jar respectfully, thank you very much.

"By the way, just now you said... that Mistress Xuanlian also tasted vegetarian food? Will the mistress also go down the mountain?"

"Our uncle, she has an aloof personality and rarely goes down the mountain."

Jingxiu took the gold, and looked more and more fond of Wanda, "Master got such a good cook, so he specially posted a post to invite Master Uncle to have a meal. Master Uncle is such a clean-eyed person, he said it was good after eating." .”

"Hey...it's a pity. Today, our brothers didn't get any paintings, nor did we get vegetarian food. But fortunately, we still have the tea leaves from Master Jingxiu... Tsk tsk."

Wanda said lonely.

Seeing the disappointed expression of this beautiful little rich man, Jing Xiu felt slightly heartbroken.

"Ah... But she might be at the uncle's side? Before she left, she came to me and said that she heard that someone saw her husband in Xishan, so she took her daughter and left in a hurry. Hey, say It's been almost a year since I woke up, and I haven't heard any news about her, and I don't know what happened to their mother and daughter."

Jing Xiu said comfortingly.

Xishan!

Mrs. Song used to go to Xishan after she left the Mercy Nunnery.

This clue is too important!

Yang Xiuxian and Wanda exchanged glances, folded their hands together and bid farewell to Jingxiu.

Seeing the backs of the two leaving, Jingxiu pinched the golden melon seeds in his sleeves, and murmured, "Amitabha, sin, sin."

The two circled around and returned to the square at the entrance of the temple. At this moment, the crowd in front of the temple had receded a little.After offering incense and praying for blessings, many people have already started to move towards the inner city.

After all, tonight's lantern festival is the highlight.

Not to mention the residents inside and outside the capital, many tourists from other places also specially came to see the lanterns, just to witness the "Xiandian Shenyan" Taixia, and the precious lanterns are decorated with spirits. Flowers. The water stimulates the Gepi dragon to transform into a stick, and the moonlight goes out to the phoenix to accompany the car.” The scene.

At the stall in front of the square, I bought a brand new silk scarlet flower for Xiao Hei, and put it on his big head. Watching Xiao Hei waving his two long ears cheerfully, Wanda was in a good mood.

The nunnery in Xishan, the Avalokitesvara in white clothes, Master Xuanlian, and Mrs. Song, seeing these clues surfaced little by little... Today's harvest is too great.

It was already late afternoon when the two entered the city.

The gate of the city was crowded with people waiting to enter the city. Wanda and Yang Xiuxian were blocked at the gate with a donkey and a cart, and they didn't move half a step for a long time.

It's a bit like Beijing's Fifth Ring Road 600 years later.

The two of them were supposed to find the city gate guards safely, reveal their identities, and enter the city directly.

However, Wanda has been a good citizen for two lifetimes, and has not yet realized the convenience that the special rights belonging to Jinyiwei can bring.So he just sat on Xiao Hei's back foolishly and waited.I got really impatient with sitting, so I jumped off the donkey's back, teased Xiao Hei for a while, and ran over to talk to Yang Xiuxian on the carriage beam.

On Yang Xiuxian's side, he was naturally happy to spend time with him.

Neither of them had lunch yet, and seeing that the queue to enter the city was still long, he simply sent his servants to the small stalls at the gate of the city to buy some clean pastries and fruits to satisfy their hunger.

He himself was sitting on the frame, chatting with Wanda casually.

Yang Xiuxian has calculated well.

Returning to Beizhen Fusi at this time, he will definitely be dragged to patrol the city.It's better to dawdle here until it's almost time to turn on the lights.

Not to mention being able to avoid patrolling the streets, but also looking at the lights with Mr. Wan and exchanging feelings.

During the Lantern Festival, when the setting sun melts gold, there is nothing more interesting than watching the lanterns with "beauties" at night on this day.

"Yang Qianhu, that Master Xuan Jing said too much, Miaoyin Temple does not allow men to enter, so what should we do?"

Wanda leaned against the little black donkey without standing, talking lazily. Under the sunshine in the afternoon, his surroundings almost glowed faintly.

"Yeah, that's a big problem..."

Yang Xiuxian might have been infected by him, and it was rare that he leaned on the frame of the car like he was boneless. Looking at the little red bump on Wanda's head, he felt like he wanted to masturbate again... What should I do...

"Let's go! Let's go!"

The crowd at the front, which had been stagnant for a long time, gradually moved. It seemed that the guards had been transferred from elsewhere, and the speed of entering the city had increased significantly.

Excitedly, Wanda turned around and picked up Xiao Hei.Who knows if the donkey had been standing for too long, suddenly turned into a donkey temper, its limbs and hooves were nailed to the ground, and it just refused to move.

"Xiao Hei, Xiao Hei, let's go home. You are tired today, I will give you candy when I go home, don't lose your temper."

Someone behind had already begun to urge impatiently, Wanda was so embarrassed that she begged the little black donkey repeatedly.

That's right, since this little black donkey entered the gate of the Earl's Mansion, he has received BMW-level treatment.The longest journey every day is from Nanxunfang, along East Chang'an Street to Jinyiwei Yamen, the total journey does not exceed a quarter of an hour.

Today it doesn't count the time of standing here waiting. It took two hours just to drive back and forth from the city.So now it happens.

Not only refused to move, but stretched out his neck stubbornly, "singing loudly".Wanda was so anxious that she couldn't do anything.

"The next one... you are not a local. Where is the guide? You can't enter without a guide, go to the side. The next one... I call you, the next one! You come up!"

The soldiers temporarily deployed at the gate of the city shouted and drank unceremoniously.Seeing that Wanda and his donkey had caused a traffic jam, he shouted for a long time without replying, so he strode forward and unceremoniously stretched out his hand to push.

"Boy! What about you! Go deaf, you."

"what are you doing?"

Yang Xiuxian jumped out of the carriage, and before the soldier's fingers touched Wanda, he grabbed his wrist and squeezed it hard.

The latter was lying on the ground when he was in pain, screaming.

In the winter, my head hurts and I sweat like pulp for a moment.

"You two, how dare you do something to the official! Come on!"

A soldier next to the soldier drew out his knife and shouted at Yang Xiuxian, "I see you two are sneaky, you are not a good person at first glance! Arrest them all and send them to prison!"

When the people who were still queuing saw the knife, they scattered in fright. You stepped on me again, and I knocked you again, and the scene suddenly fell into chaos.

"What are you doing! What time is it, and the people haven't finished letting go yet? The lights are going to be lit soon!"

At this moment, Deng Zongqi, who was patrolling the street, came over on horseback with Gao Hui and other school captains, and shouted loudly.

"Hey! Master Wan, Yang Qianhu! You are back from investigating the case!"

Deng Zongqi looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, jumped off the horse, and cupped his hands at the two of them.

"Since we're here, let's patrol the streets together! Brothers are so busy, Master Wang Xiwang personally led the team to the outside of the imperial city."

Letting go of the gatekeepers who had been shaken into a sieve, Yang Xiuxian sighed helplessly.

The romance of "the head of the willow on the moon, and the appointment after dusk" is destined not to belong to civil servants who have to work overtime during the festival.

"Then I'll go back to Fusi Yamen in Beizhen and make supper for my brothers."

Raising the tea pot in his hand, Wanda said with a smile, "I'll make you a 'Zen Forest Bamboo Leaf Tea Egg'. I wish you all a happy and successful year!"