Old things in the Red Chamber

There is a saying that goes like this: "People are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong."In the same way, it is the same everywhere, after all, there are many right and wrong after being famous.

Fukuzawa Temple is also.Their current presiding monk looked at the room full of monks, and wanted to cry himself.

Yesterday afternoon, an old man in gray clothes with a three-inch goatee, sitting in an ox cart, led by an elderly servant, wandered to Fuze Temple and looked at the road leading to the mountain gate. After more than 100 steps, the old man climbed up out of breath. When he was resting in front of the mountain gate, he was scolded by the monk who received the pilgrims.

The old man was an elegant man, so he didn't scold back at that time. His old servant was so angry that he wanted to fight the monk to his death. Fortunately, the old man was there, otherwise, the old servant would have taken the porter's pole and fought the monk with his life.

This is a small thing, and many things start from small things.

Don't be fooled by the shabbiness of this old man, his travels are shabby, but his knowledge is not shabby, he has compiled several history books, and now there are 30 disciples under his teaching, not to mention those disciples who have already graduated.

The old man came to Fuze Temple because he was curious about the Buddha's light. He was insulted before he entered the door. He endured and entered the temple. He only saw pilgrims all over the courtyard. They were all high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen. Clothes, shoes, food, left a huge amount of money when he left, the goatee old man shook his head, helped the old servant down the mountain.

After returning home, the old servant was upset and talked about it with several disciples who came to visit the master. Among them were young and passionate people, and there were also old foxes in the officialdom. The brothers and sisters drove together to Fuze Temple. An article was written on the spot calling on people of insight all over the world to destroy Buddha together.

The monks who have been sought after for the past few days did not take these sores seriously, and expelled them arbitrarily. As some monks who are not kind-hearted enough, when expelling them, it is natural to preach some karma, for example, death After that, they will go to the eighteenth level of hell, where the men in the family will be slaves and the women will be prostitutes.

It was a trivial matter, but when it came to the emperor, the monks of Fuze Temple beat him with sticks.

The emperor in the imperial study room smiled without saying a word.He said, "Don't care about them, let them go."

That night, thieves sneaked into the monastery and emptied their belongings overnight, only then did the abbot of the Fuze monastery feel that the matter was serious.

It was at this time that Gu Yun brought the arresters to the monastery.

Outside the capital is Changzhi County. The magistrate of this county is a position with a high loss rate, because there are too many dignitaries here, and the frequency of accidents is too high. Few people hold a full term.In official circles, many people say that the magistrate of a county is a young daughter-in-law, and there are too many "mother-in-law" and "sister-in-law" on her head.Now, the county magistrate of Changzhi is waiting for one of the "sister-in-laws"---Gu Yun.

He went up to meet him, "Please trouble me to go there in person. I am really incompetent. The amount of gold and silver stolen this time is too large. Moreover, the thieves are very capable. According to my analysis, this is a group of thieves who broke into the house. Otherwise, ten or eight, how can they recite the money. Master Gu, please."

The monks with fat heads and big ears are still clamoring to seek revenge for those sour men from yesterday, they must have stolen the money.The emaciated host wiped away his tears and bowed to Gu Yun, crying as soon as he opened his mouth, "This is stealing the Lord Buddha's money."

Gu Yun thought to himself, this is obviously stealing the Buddha's money, don't rely on the Buddha.

Now the pagoda is half built and has not yet been completed. For Fuze Temple, the bells have not been sold out, and the temple is not so poor.

Maintaining your reputation is what you need to do now, and looking for thieves with great fanfare is not good.The host found Gu Yun and the magistrate of Changzhi County to the fasting house, and asked for confidentiality. For this reason, Fuze Temple generously gave out twenty silver bells, ten for each family.

This matter is not something Fuzeji can handle in a low-key manner if he wants to.

The goatee gray-clothed old man was surnamed Gu, he had a long family history, he had many disciples, and he also had many brothers and sisters. Because of what happened yesterday, all the old disciples in Kyoto and Zhili gathered together to expose the fraud of Fuze Temple. man's guise.

When the sun was high, a group of people walked to the steps in front of the mountain gate. Because of their mighty momentum, all the pilgrims and vendors who came to offer incense focused on them.

At this time, a young man was sitting on the seat carried by the servant, and sprinkled a handful of rosin in the brazier. The brothers around him adjusted the angle of the bronze mirror. Suddenly, the young man was surrounded by radiance. , the young man sat on it, making all kinds of grimaces at the temple, mocking for a while and getting angry for a while. When the light dimmed, someone sprinkled another handful of rosin into the brazier, and the light shone brightly again.

At this time, the people who came with him explained to the pilgrims that the women didn't believe it, but the men all whispered to each other.

At first, a carriage left, then another carriage left, and finally, all the people who came to offer incense left.The hawkers lost their customers and left with their burdens on their shoulders.

The front of Fuze Temple suddenly became deserted.

But this matter was far from over. The next day, there was a censor, Ben, who said that the demon monk deceived people first, embezzled Buddhist resources later, and occupied the land for the purpose of occupying the fields, requesting a thorough investigation of the Buddhist sects in the world.

Taoism and Buddhism have always been incompatible, and competing for believers is the most direct way for the two religions to compete.

The Taoist temples around the capital knew about this, and the virtuous Taoist priests went down the mountain one after another and merged into the world of mortals. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Buddhist sect was bound to stumble.

Inside the Rongguo Mansion, Shi Taijun was losing his temper, and the old lady was in a bad mood, which was caused by many factors.

A few days ago, when Fuze Temple was not in bad luck, she invited Grand Concubine Nan'an and Grand Concubine Bei Jing to burn incense together. The two concubines saw that she had hung bells for all the males in the family, especially there were Grandpa Jia Xun said one thing.

"In Zhongwuhou's mansion, I heard that he is married to the Gu family."

Shi Taijun also smiled when he heard Concubine Nan'an said this, "There is such a thing."

Concubine Nan'an and Concubine Beijing looked at each other, and said regretfully, "Oh, I've also taken a fancy to that kid, the eldest daughter of my grandson's family is just the same age as their kid, and she's the same age as Xue Tuan'er." A little person, I love it like something, looking at these people in the capital with cold eyes, only that kid can catch my eyes, thinking about it in a few years, but it happened to be intercepted by the Gu family."

Concubine Bei Jing pretended to persuade her, "Fate is the hardest thing to say. It's easy to send your children to the palace, and good luck will come in the future." She then said in a very casual tone, "The Gu family will do it earlier. It should be the case when you think about it. The two generations of aunts and grandmas in their family, except for the Queen Mother, were not married to noble families. Speaking of which, no one in a noble family would marry such a family without foundation. I heard It is said that the "Clan History" written by the great Confucian of Shandong Province does not include the Gu family at all." Feeling that he said too much, he smiled at Shi Taijun embarrassedly.

Shi Taijun pulled a smile on his face, this matter is over.

She was sulking at home for two days, but what happened to Jia Nan didn't make her angry, after all, she hadn't seen this great-grandson a few times.She was angry about Baoyu's marriage.

Because those nasty old men from Shandong didn't include the Jinling Jia family in the "Clan History", that is to say, the Jia family is not considered a wealthy family.

Not from a wealthy family, it is a bit difficult for the children of the family to marry a girl from a wealthy family.Although it is said that "the children of our family can marry a princess." But the serious wealthy nobles do not buy this account.

It is not true to say "we are also second-class people".

Baoyu's marriage is the family's top priority.After the Fuze Temple incident broke out, she wasn't too sad, and came back after her daughter left.Marrying a good woman is the current consideration.

Mrs. Wang didn't think so, "It's a good large sum of money, if you say it's gone, it's gone. It belongs to Zhou Rui's family. You can find out clearly. It was really stolen by thieves, wasn't it greedy by those bald donkeys?"

"Ma'am, it's not just our family who went to ask for money. The commander Cao's family, the stewards of Yushi Cui's family and the head of our family went together. Fuze Temple is empty, only monks are left. A handful of noodles in the noodle tank Nothing, wearing tattered clothes, and even the pot for cooking. By the way, the head monk of their precepts said that no matter what, the bells of the benefactors will still be hung up. The monks of their whole temple have gone to cut wood Burn the bricks, and then build the pagoda."

"Who wants to hang the bell now? It's serious to get the money back." Mrs. Wang stomped her feet angrily, which was quite different from her usual demeanor.

Outside the door, Mrs. Xue supported the girl's hand and listened for a while, but before the person entered, she signaled to the girl, and the girl said loudly, "Madam, look at the steps."

Mrs. Wang signaled Zhou Rui's family to step down first, and adjusted her expression, Zhou Rui's family had already warmly greeted her.Holding Mrs. Xue's hand, "Where did Auntie come from?"

"I went to the garden to have a look at Baochai. This child coughed a few times a few days ago and kept it from me. I'm going to visit her specially today."

After talking, she entered Mrs. Wang's room, and Mrs. Wang stood up. After the two sisters saw the ceremony, the host and guest sat down. Zhou Rui's family took the tea bowl from the tray brought by the jade bracelet. The lady holds a glass.

Mrs. Wang took a sip of tea, "Is Baochai's child safe and sound? She is too, and she didn't tell me. What is it worth? If she coughs, she should order her subordinates to cook the medicine. I'm only sad if I'm a heretic."

"She's not an outsider. She asked someone to decoct the medicine that night. After drinking two pastes, it was already cured. When I knew it, she was already safe. She is still worried about us."

Mrs. Wang smiled and put down her glass, "Baochai is the best girl."

"I'm not boasting, Baochai is the only one out of a hundred or ten people in our family." Mrs. Xue put down her tea bowl in embarrassment, "I'm here today because of Baochai's business."