In the capital, on the official road not far outside Nancheng, a convoy of vehicles was hurriedly on its way.
There are more than thirty riders in this convoy. The horses are all excellent horses from outside the Great Wall, and the people are all athletes from the North. These knights all have horse bows hanging on the left side and a quiver hanging on the right side. At the waist of the knights are wild goose feather knives. Except that they are not wearing armor, these people are the same as the marshals of the border town. The servants of the humerus are no different.
More than thirty riders surrounded the two carriages. The carriage in front of them was carved with incense and painted with incense. It was elegant and noble. At first glance, it was the owner of the carriage. The latter carriage is not gorgeous, but the carriage is made of fine tangerine wood, which has been carefully soaked in tung oil. It looks extremely strong, but in terms of shape, it seems to be used to carry the team owner's entourage. For ceremonial purposes.
"I'm afraid it's going to rain soon. Young Master, should we set up camp quickly and set up tents, or should we go into Nancheng and find a Buddhist temple or Taoist temple to take shelter from the rain?"
The baffle at the car window opened, and a face with a crown-like face appeared at the window. The owner of the face looked up at the sky and said, "The clouds are very thick. I'm afraid the rain won't stop, and it's not even heavy." If you can stop for a while, you can quickly go into Nancheng to find a temple and watch it."
The knight who asked the question before smiled and said: "Fortunately, the others came back to see Xinzhai as soon as they crossed the Yongding River. Otherwise, how big of a temple would it have to be to accommodate more than 300 of us?"
"Of course they have to go back to see Xinzhai first. Otherwise, why would I wander around the capital with hundreds of servants? I will be impeached."
This group of people was naturally none other than Gao Pragmatic's team returning to Beijing. When he went south, he brought almost 500 people with him. When he came back, he left nearly 200 people in Henan to serve as temporary instructors for the mine protection teams and factory protection teams in Henan. He expected to stay for a year before being transferred back to the capital, so he returned Jing's convoy only has about 300 people.
After crossing the Yongding River, Gao pragmatically asked the large group to return to the already expanded Jianxinzhai in the northwest suburbs of the capital to garrison. He only brought three teams of less than 40 people led by Gao Jue into the city. But I didn't expect that before I entered the city, I seemed to be caught in a heavy rain.
After entering You'anmen, the clouds in the sky drooped lower and lower, and the autumn rain was about to fall uncontrollably. Among the residential houses, there happened to be a new-looking Buddhist temple. Gao Jue quickly called everyone to take shelter from the rain.
When he arrived at the gate of the Buddhist temple, Gao Pragmatic got out of the carriage. Before he could stand still, he heard Gao Jue say "Huh" and said, "There are others."
Gao pragmatically said indifferently: "There are many homes of ordinary people in Nancheng. Maybe they encountered heavy rain when they went out to do errands and couldn't get home in time."
Gao Jue smiled and said, "I'm afraid this is not a home for ordinary people. Look, young master."
Gao pragmatic looked around, and it turned out that Gao Jue saw two small sedans parked not far from the main entrance of the Buddhist temple.
Since there were other people, Gao Jue subconsciously ordered his men to set up defenses. Several servants put their right hands on the handle of the waist knife and rushed to Gao Pangshi to protect him.
But Gao Pragmatic waved his hand: "This is the capital, not the wilderness. Don't be careful like this. Besides, since he came in a sedan, he obviously can't be a bad person. You should put away your weapons and don't rush into each other. The pure place of Buddhism.”
Everyone then put down their hands holding the knives, but they still did not relax their vigilance. First, four servants came forward to explore the way.
Although Gao Qingshi said it lightly, he did not stop this approach. However, he did not expect that the four servants went in and came out immediately, reporting: "Young Master, this Buddhist temple seems to be newly built. It is not yet completed. What's inside?" There were a lot of stones and wood on display, but no monks were seen.”
Gao pragmatic nodded and said: "In that case, we don't need to go to Zhike Monk to report, let's go in now."
Since it was a new Buddhist temple that had not yet been opened, Gao Jue didn't say much. He quickly asked someone to unload the items from the carriage, and then found a stone pier to lock the carriage.
Gao Yingshi ignored these chores and led several servants Shi Shiran into the Buddhist temple.
The area of this new Buddhist temple is not very large, but there is a pagoda built in the temple. Gao pragmatically counted it and found that it was not the "seven-level pagoda" that people often call it, but a nine-story pagoda.
However, this pagoda is not completely completed yet, and it seems to lack some dignity.
After passing the screen wall, Gao Pingshi laughed and said, "Fortunately, the construction of the Main Hall has been completed, otherwise we wouldn't even be able to find a place to shelter from the rain."
All the servants also laughed, and someone said: "Young Master, I heard that the pagoda protects wealth, do you want to go and pay homage?"
Gao Pragmatic walked towards the Main Hall, waving his hands and saying: "The pagoda is a gathering of merits and virtues. Those who protect wealth but not wealth are just rumors spread among the people."
When I got closer, I reached the steps in front of the Main Hall and could already see the offerings inside. It was a ferocious-looking Bodhisattva holding a pagoda in his hand.
All the servants were very surprised. Someone asked: "Young master, how come this Buddhist temple enshrines an evil Bodhisattva?"
Gao Pragmatic laughed: "You guys, don't be too strange. Although the Mahavira Hall is generally dedicated to Sakyamuni Buddha, it is not absolute. As for this evil Bodhisattva, it seems that he should be the King of Knowledge, and the pagoda he is holding is the pagoda. .”
A servant asked: "King Duowen, is he one of the four heavenly kings?"
"Yes, it is one of them." Gao Qingshi said as he went up the steps: "This is the appearance of Guanyin Bodhisattva showing King Bishamon to subdue demons. The King is holding the pagoda of pagoda, intending to protect the practitioners, protect and guide all the people in the ten directions. Buddha can make all demonic obstacles look away from the wind, and make all evil spirits stay away when they hear his voice."
All the servants felt relieved and said: "It turns out that this is the Bodhisattva who ward off evil spirits. The younger ones are less knowledgeable, but the eldest young master is more knowledgeable."
Gao pragmatic smiled, said nothing, and continued walking up the steps, but said in his heart: I am not well-informed, but I have two "aunties" who I can't help but flatter, who believe in Buddhism, so I had to put some thought into it.
But as soon as he walked up the steps, he didn't expect that a person suddenly came out of the door of the Main Hall and said loudly: "Stop, everyone!"
Gao Jingshi was startled and stopped subconsciously. The guards behind him were also surprised. Without saying anything, the two servants immediately rushed to protect Gao Jingshi. They grabbed the handle of the knife with their right hand and pulled out half of the wild goose with a "clop". Ling Dao came and shouted in unison: "Who is it!"
The other servants immediately moved closer, tightly surrounding Gao Qingshi.
Gao Pingshi had good eyesight, and at a glance he saw something was wrong with the man who suddenly appeared from the Main Hall. This man was a tall man, probably in his thirties, quite burly, but fair-faced and beardless.
The man, like the servant of the Gao family, had a plain knife hanging on his waist. At this moment, he was pressing the handle of the knife and asked nervously: "Who is coming?"
