Outside Jiankang City.
Xu Zongwen and Guo Shang left Xie's Mansion and went sightseeing outside Jiankang City. A place worth visiting was a wonderful Taoist temple that Guo Shang had heard about - Yunxian Temple. Many people in Jin Dynasty believed in the Five Pecks of Rice Sect, and Guo Shang did not Exception, he said that he would go to the temple to offer a stick of incense to the Heavenly Master Taiqingjun and talk about his feelings.
So Xu Zongwen and his wife bypassed the bustling market and went to look for the Yunxian Temple. The Taoist temple was located on a hill in the east of Jiankang City. It was very eye-catching. The hill was called Xian, and the Taoist temple was in the clouds on the top of the mountain. I guess it got its name. Yunxian Temple.
After going up the mountain, I didn't expect that the Taoist temple was in a dilapidated state and had not been repaired for a long time. Even the words Yunxian Temple on the plaque on the front doorpost were mostly damaged and obscured by dust, making it difficult to distinguish them for a while.
Although Yunxian Temple is in decline, there are still believers who go to Tushan to pray and worship. It is also due to the rise of Taoism since the Wei and Jin Dynasties that Yunxian Temple has been contaminated with some luck.
Xiao Daosheng, who led the way, said: "A hundred years ago, the Jin Dynasty declined, the king lost his virtue, and his ministers lost their defense. The Central Plains sank, the five barbarians were in chaos, the captives stole the artifacts, and the imperial court moved to Jiangzuo. At that time, Yunxian Temple was still a royal Taoist temple. They also moved to Jiankang with the Nandu army. Times changed and they declined a hundred years later."
It was fate at that time. At that time, the world was in chaos and Kyushu was in turmoil. Not to mention the future of a Taoist temple. How many Han people shed blood in Jianghan and died in vain under the iron hoofs and scimitars of Yi Di?
At that time, Xu Zongwen and Guo Shang had the good fortune to meet the real Taoist priest of Yunxian Temple, Shen Tong.
After leaving, Xu Zongwen was chatting with Guo Shang who was accompanying him about how the Jiankang City in Kyoto was prosperous and popular, and suddenly there was a deafening sound of horse hooves from behind.
When I looked back, a team of dozens of people and cavalry were guarding a tall and heroic man returning from the horse, galloping in the direction of Xu Zongwen and his two men. The horse under the seat was extremely handsome, strong and strong, with strong ears, sharp eyes, and a dark body. There was not a trace of stray hair, and the four hooves were all white, as if a strong wind had hit me from my side. Xu Zongwen was fascinated by the sight, completely forgetting that the danger was quietly approaching.
Fortunately, Guo Shang grabbed Xu Zongwen's arm and pulled him back forcefully. Xu Zongwen took a few steps back to stabilize his body.
"Enter the city." The man tilted his head back and glanced at Xu Zongwen and Guo Shang, showing no regrets but no guilt at all.
Then he rode lightly across the suspension bridge, waving his whip, and dozens of riders behind him cheered. A group of flying geese over Taicheng were frightened and scattered, and pedestrians were driven away in silence.
"Sir, how can there be such an unruly person at the feet of this majestic emperor? It's really unpleasant!"
Guo Shang patted Xu Zongwen's robe and dusted it off.
Kyoto Jiankang is divided into Taicheng, Xizhou, Dongfucheng, Danyang County and Stone City. Among them, Taicheng, where the imperial palace and the center are located, is the heaviest.
Xu Zongwen looked at Taicheng in Kyoto. The flag bore the words Xichang Houfu. These people were entering and leaving Taicheng as if they were in a deserted land, and the people were like crows. The captains at the city gate did not dare to ask, they must be relatives of the emperor. A noble family.
Xu Zongwen had just watched the horses rise, and inadvertently saw that the horses and men were dressed in different ways. The sword scabbards held on their waists were extremely exquisite and decorated with gorgeous patterns.
When the horse was galloping, the blade of the sword attached to it was still exposed when a person stepped off it. It was so weightless, but it was actually a wooden sword with dark paint. If it were a real sword, it would not be exposed easily, so these people must be in the imperial palace. The imperial guard - Ban Jian.
Xu Zongwen told the details. After hearing this, Guo Changting said that with such a large number of banjian guarding him, the identity of the owner must be extraordinary, and the conspicuous flag written on it was the Xichang Marquis Mansion, and it was undoubtedly the returning cavalry. The owner is from the Marquis Mansion of Xichang.
Such wanton and reckless behavior, disregarding the common people's parade on horseback, and the soldiers guarding the city did not dare to question him. Because he was young and weak, he was probably the Marquis Xunchong of Xichang himself.
Since the Yuan Dynasty in the Jin Dynasty, all previous emperors have had very few heirs. During the reign of Emperor Jian Wen, the first emperor did not have any concubines. Ten years ago, he adopted Sima Chong, a son of the royal family, as his son. He was raised in the palace by his concubines. His daily life was generally according to the regulations of the crown prince. Later, Only now are there His Majesty and the brothers King Kuaiji.
It happened that Princess Xunyang, the sister of the late emperor, and her consort, the hussar general Xun Xian, had no children, so Emperor Jian Wen issued an edict to adopt Sima Chong as his son, renamed him Xun Chong, and granted him the title of Marquis of Xichang, which was quite generous.
When Xun Chong grew up, he had an unruly and dissolute temperament. He often stayed away from home at night, escaping to hunt in the fields on the outskirts of Beijing. He would stay there for several days and never return, which was known to everyone in Jiankang City.
For this reason, Emperor Yin of the Imperial Academy wrote several letters to impeach Xun Chong for his debauchery, hunting and destroying farmland, and other illegal acts. Emperor Jin just said nothing and let his cousin do what he did.
Xu Zongwen suddenly understood and said: "It turns out that he is the Marquis of Xichang. Even His Majesty feels guilty. Once he lost his position as the emperor's heir, it is no wonder that he behaved indulgently. He must be unwilling to accept it."
Naturally, he is unwilling to give in. Who can be unmoved by the crown prince of such a huge country?
Along the Qinhuai River, the official road leading to Wuyi Lane was full of people. People gathered on both sides of the road to watch something.
Most of the city was occupied by imperial offices, and most of them wore yellow robes. Xu Zongwen was about to rush back to Xie Mansion with Guo Shang. They turned around and headed to the east bank of the Qinhuai River. After passing the Qingxi Stone Bridge, a group of people came suddenly from the southwest. Funeral procession.
On both sides were trumpeters with bulging cheeks working hard to play mourning music, followed closely by a high carriage with white horses. The white horses and the body were decorated with linen, and it carried a fine nanmu coffin.
The funeral procession was very large, with more than a dozen cardamom maids surrounding it. There were about a hundred people in the group. The person at the front held a spiritual tablet and wrote "The spiritual place of the loving mother, King Xie", and so on. He was obviously from a noble family.
"Brother, who are these newcomers? Look at this force, how magnificent it is!" Guo Shang, wearing a Gebu scarf and Tsing Yi, squeezed into the crowd and asked the boy on the side.
The young man was young and had a kind face. He turned his head and asked slowly, "Brother, you are not a local, are you?"
"My little brother has good eyesight. I came from Tancheng and heard about the prosperity of Jiankang City, so I came here to see it." The other person's brother may not be old, but Guo Shang's attitude is still humble.
Xu Zongwen and Xu Zongwen were polite and sincere.
The younger brother took a few glances and saw that Xu Zongwen was gentle and gentle, unlike ordinary people, and Guo Shang spoke appropriately and did not dare to look down on him. Perhaps he also felt respectful at this time. He explained enthusiastically and carefully: "It turns out that he is from Donghai. This brother has I don’t know, Gao Tang, the Minister of Education, passed away a few days ago, and he was buried today...can he not be dignified?"
"So that's the case. I have little knowledge!" Xu Zongwen nodded slightly.
"Brother, I'm new here. I'm not familiar with the place. It's understandable that I'm not familiar with the world."
The little brother's words were still lingering in Xu Zongwen's ears, but Xu Zongwen had long since stopped hearing them and followed the funeral car as if he was staying out of the incident.
In the crowd, such discussions were endless, and while people were whispering to each other, the funeral procession had already gone away.
As expected of the imperial capital, the people you encounter when traveling casually are not simple people...
