A large temple like Jiming Temple will generally not be closed unless there are special reasons.
In Shen Yi's heart, he naturally knew the reason why Jiming Temple was closed.
Most likely the big boss is coming.
He glanced at the young novice, then nodded silently and smiled: "Okay, I'll go out right now."
At this time, there were about two to three hundred pilgrims in Jiming Temple, and they were all invited out of Jiming Temple. After everyone left Jiming Temple, they went down the mountain path. As soon as the people were cleared, a group of plainclothes men stopped them. After entering the mountain road, no one is allowed to enter. At the same time, there are many people patrolling Jiming Temple to see if there are any suspicious people left.
Although there are pilgrims in Jiming Temple from outside the country, in this era of inconvenient transportation, most of them are Jiankang locals. After seeing this formation, many people started talking at the foot of the mountain.
"The noble man who can make Jiming Temple closed..."
A middle-aged scholar stroked his beard, looked at the mountain road, and shook his head: "Could it be that the Queen Mother came to Jiming Temple to offer incense?"
At that time, the Empress Dowager Sun believed in Buddhism, which was well known in Jiankang. From time to time, monks would enter the inner courtyard of the palace to give lectures to the Empress Dowager.
Jiming Temple is the most famous temple in Jiankang, so the Empress Dowager naturally visited it frequently.
"Stop talking about it."
An old man next to the middle-aged man shook his head and said: "The people guarding the mountain road are all plainclothes. It is obvious that the nobles do not want to reveal their identities, so we should disperse."
In the crowd, Shen Yi heard a lot of "gossip" from Jiankang people. After all the onlookers had dispersed, Shen Yi boldly walked towards the two men guarding the mountain road.
Before he got close to the mountain road, two men had already pressed the handles of the knives at their waists and looked at Shen Yi coldly: "What are you doing?"
Shen Yi quickly took out the purple plaque from his sleeve and placed it in front of the two men.
"Brothers, this is the sign given to me by Eunuch Gao. Do you want to take a look?"
Shen Yi also felt a little guilty at the moment.
Because he knew the system of the inner court, Gao Ming, the great eunuch, could not control the inner guards, which meant that these inner guards guarding the gates would not necessarily give Gao Ming face.
But things went surprisingly smoothly.
After Shen Yi showed the sign, the two men took it and looked at it, then handed the piece back to Shen Yi and stepped aside to make way.
"Come up."
Shen Yi took the purple wooden sign and put it in his hand, then walked up the mountain path. As he walked, he looked at the red sandalwood sign and couldn't help but murmur in his heart.
This brand is so easy to use...Does it belong to the high eunuch or...the little emperor?
With this question, Shen Yi went all the way to the entrance of Jiming Temple. At this moment, there were internal guards guarding the entrance of Jiming Temple. With this purple sign, Shen Yi entered Jiming Temple unimpeded. After arriving at Jiming Temple, , a young eunuch walked over. After taking a look at Shen Yi, he asked, "Is this Mr. Shen Yi?"
Shen Yi nodded.
The little eunuch bowed his head to Shen Yi in return, then smiled and said, "Master, please come with me."
Shen Yi followed the little eunuch all the way to a quiet room in Jiming Temple. After the little eunuch led Shen Yi in, he looked back at Shen Yi and said, "Master Shen, please wait here for a moment. If the meeting calls you to see the driver, someone will naturally call you."
Hearing the word "Jianjia", Shen Yi's guess was finally confirmed.
He nodded to the little eunuch and said, "I understand."
The little eunuch turned around and left, leaving Shen Yi in the quiet room.
At the same time, on the mountain road of Jiming Temple, a certain purple sedan was carried by eight people, climbing up step by step slowly and steadily.
The eight people carrying the sedan were very strong. Although the sedan was walking on the mountain road, it was not strenuous. Instead, it felt like walking on flat ground.
After a while, the sedan stopped at the gate of Jiming Temple. A young man in plain clothes got out of the sedan. After getting off the sedan, the young man looked around and couldn't help frowning: "Gao Ming, we are not going to do it this time." Are you here in plainclothes? Why did you clear people out again?"
Eunuch Gao stood beside the young man and accompanied him. Hearing this, he whispered: "Your Majesty, there are many people in Jiming Temple, and there are people with evil intentions. I have sent someone to discuss with Abbot Wuming of Jiming Temple." , Abbot Wuming also feels that no one can be allowed in the temple."
While the master and servant were talking, a group of great monks from Jiming Temple had already come out to welcome him, and they all knelt on the ground in front of the little emperor.
Originally, these people were supposed to pick him up at the foot of the mountain road, but the little emperor insisted on coming in "plain clothes" and concealed his identity. Therefore, these monks could not be too public and could only pick him up at the gate of Jiming Temple.
The little emperor glanced at Gao Ming, then walked towards these great monks with his hands behind his back, raised his hands lightly and said: "Get up."
Although he is young, he has actually been the emperor for six years, and it is common for others to kneel down and worship him.
A group of great monks stood up and carefully followed the little emperor into Jiming Temple.
Abbot Wu Ming and Gao Ming stood on the left and right sides of the little emperor.
The little emperor put his hands behind his back and said as he walked: "Master Wuming, my mother has been ill for three or four days and she has not recovered yet. She believes in Buddhism and prays for the Buddha's blessing. I will come to Cockcrow today. I wanted to go to the temple to ask the Buddha to give her a talisman of peace and protect her health."
In fact, Queen Mother Sun is not yet thirty-five years old this year.
But she is a mother after all, and the little emperor is still an old man.
Abbot Wuming is over sixty years old this year, with gray hair. He bowed his head respectfully in front of the little emperor and said: "Your Majesty is the emperor. If the emperor comes to ask for amulets in person, the Buddha will surely respond. If you think of your majesty as the most filial piety, he will definitely bless the Queen Mother." of."
"Um."
The little emperor nodded and sighed: "Excuse me, abbot, to lead the way. I will go and pay homage to the sage Samana."
Although the little emperor does not believe in Buddhism, he has been influenced by his mother since he was a child and has some understanding of Buddhism.
It's just that as the emperor, he has only worshiped Confucian saints since he came to the throne. This is his first time to worship Buddhist saints.
Now for the sake of his mother, His Majesty the Emperor has no choice but to give it a try.
Under the leadership of the abbot, the little emperor went all the way to the Main Hall of Jiming Temple. After offering incense and worship to the tall golden statue, Monk Wuming pretended to be pretentious and led several other monks to offer incense to a peace talisman, respectfully. It was handed to the little emperor respectfully.
"This star really wants to retire"
At this time, Gao Ming had prepared a wooden box. The little emperor put Ping An Fu in the wooden box and glanced at Eunuch Gao: "Gao Ming, the matter at Jiming Temple is over. It's still early. I want to go to the city." Take a walk around.”
Hearing this, Eunuch Gao wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeves.
After all, the little emperor is still young, has no definite character, and is used to wandering around.
But Jiankang City is a big city with a population of one million, and it is very difficult to maintain security in casual clothes.
So Eunuch Gao lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, didn't you say a few days ago that you wanted to find time to meet that Shen Yi?"
The little emperor looked at Gao Ming and was a little surprised: "What, you mean you want me to go to Shen Yi's house to find him?"
Gao Ming quickly shook his head: "I don't dare, I just..."
"This Shen Yi is in Jiming Temple now. His Majesty wants to see him. I will send someone to find him immediately."
The little emperor glanced at Gao Ming, and then snorted.
"It seems that my companion has already made arrangements."
"I don't dare, slave."
Gao Ming knelt directly on the ground and said: "It's just that your Majesty told me about this matter a few days ago, saying that I had to meet this Shen Yi. I thought today was an opportunity, so I invited this Shen Yi to Jiming Temple. If your Majesty, If he is no longer interested, I will just ask him to go back."
"That's all."
The little emperor found a chair and sat down, yawning: "He's already here, just let him come and see me."
