Xishan is a mountain beside the Xihe River more than ten miles outside Chongqing Mansion.
The mountains are steep.
The mountains are densely forested.
Just the top of the mountain...
Li Chenan was standing on the top of the mountain.
It has no mountaintop.
Its top seemed to have been sliced by a sword, and it was a huge platform.
There are many peach trees growing on the platform, but most of them are still green grass.
There are many wild flowers in bloom on the grass. Standing here, you can almost overlook the whole city of Chongqing Prefecture.
The Jishan Temple is at the northernmost edge of this platform.
There are also several peach trees on the left and right sides of the temple.
Behind the temple is a bottomless cliff!
The temple is not big. The front and back of the temple only cover an area of two acres.
Li Chenan stood in front of this temple.
He held Zhongli Ruohua on his shoulders.
Beside him is Zhong Liyou.
Behind him were three pretty girls, Zhongli Ruoshui, Xiao Baozi and Ning Chuchu.
Of course, a little further away from him were the two swords of Mu Shan Dao and Xiao Wu.
A little further away, there were hundreds of generals from the Zhongli Mansion led by Yuan Su.
"This is Jishan Temple,"
Zhongli You pointed at the temple and said: "When the Jishan Temple was built, the craftsmen hired by the Zhongli Mansion originally wanted to build the temple bigger, but He Xishan said that it was a temporary place after all. Ju, no need."
Li Chenan looked at the closed temple door and asked, "Uncle was already in Shuzhou at that time?"
Zhongli You nodded: "That's when... in the spring of the fourth year of Zhaohua, Zhongli Mansion began to operate Shuzhou."
"The peach trees on the West Mountain, including the peach grove from the foot of the mountain to the top, were also planted at that time."
Li Chenan looked at the budding peach trees and asked:
"Uncle, do you come to Jishan Temple often?"
"In the past three years, I came here occasionally."
"Three years ago, He Xishan brought a child, and the Zhongli Mansion sent two wet nurses and three maids... This was the mother's order." "At that time, we didn't know that the child would be the eldest son of the emperor, we just thought it was from Kyoto. The illegitimate son of a nobleman."
"It's just that one day three years later, the two wet nurses and three maids also returned to Zhongli Garden, saying that the monk said they no longer needed to stay in the temple."
"When I came up again, I didn't see the child again. He Xishan said that the child should not stay in this Jishan Temple because his earthly life has not been completed."
Li Chenan thought for a moment and asked, "What are the characteristics of that child?"
Zhong Liyou shook his head: "He was born fair and cute. Although he was only three years old, he was very smart. I remember that at that time he could already memorize the two hundred and sixty words of the Prajna Heart Sutra."
A three-year-old child who can read and memorize the Prajna Heart Sutra is indeed considered smart.
He Xishan sent the child away at that time... Usually when a person grows up, it is extremely difficult to retain the memories before the age of five.
He did this because he didn't want the child to remember this place or this past event.
Where would he send the child?
He was once the great monk of Donglin Zen Monastery in Yue Kingdom...
He has no relatives in Ningguo!
His most likely possibility is to send the child to the Yue Kingdom and give it to Donglin Chanyuan for adoption.
In this way, the child's identity will not be exposed, and the child's safety can be guaranteed to the greatest extent.
The news from Yue Kingdom has not come back yet.
Li Chenan didn't know that there was a battle between the two major monasteries in the east and west of the Yue Kingdom. The Donglin monastery, led by the great monk Jijue, almost destroyed the Xilin monastery.
The two major Zen monasteries in the East and West have now been unified and renamed Zen Buddhism.
Wen Boiyu knew about this, but Wen Boiyu did not tell Li Chenan.
At the Jade Buddha Temple in Kyoto, Wen Boyu gave Master Pukong an idea. He said that you can send someone to ask He Xishan to go to Yue Kingdom, and the troubles in Yue Kingdom can be solved.
This is the reason why He Xishan is not in Jishan Temple.
"Where are the Divine Guards?"
Zhong Liyou turned around and pointed to the south: "In Nanshan."
Li Chenan turned his head and looked around. He couldn't see the mountain in the misty rain, so it was extremely far away.
He originally thought that the Divine Guards would be in the Western Mountains, but he did not expect that they would be in the Southern Mountains.
This made him feel a little relieved, but also a little puzzled:
"Always in Nanshan?"
"Yes, that place is more suitable for the training of the Divine Guards. In addition... just outside the Shengu Pass in Nanshan is Uihe. The Divine Guards are placed in Nanshan to guard against Huihe and Kengguan."
"There are many chieftains in the mountains in the southwest. This is also to prevent chieftain rebellion."
Li Chen'an nodded. No matter what, Mrs. Fan's move to guard the southwest gate for Ningguo was a great merit.
He put down Zhongli Ruohua who was riding on his neck, walked up to the two dark doors of Jishan Temple, and reached out to push the door open.
On a rainy day, the light inside the door was very dark. Li Chenan waited for a moment to let his eyes adjust to the light, and then he saw clearly that the temple was enshrining a Skanda.
Veda is the protector of Buddha.
Usually he stands behind the Maitreya Buddha statue, facing the Mahavira Hall, protecting the Dharma and helping the monks.
But there is no Mahavira Hall here.
This Skanda faces the door.
The pestle in his hand was also on the ground, which meant that this was a small temple, and monks who refused to wander around could eat and live here for free.
Li Chenan walked in and stood in front of the Wei Tuo Buddha statue.
He raised his eyes and looked, stretched out his hand and touched the altar in front of the Buddha statue, rubbing his fingertips. The dust was thick, and indeed no one had cleaned it for a while.
After bypassing the Veda Buddha statue, we came to the back door of the temple.
The back door is open.
He walked over, crossed the threshold, and saw a small backyard.
This place should be the residence of Hexi Mountain.
He walked around the corridor in the backyard and returned to the back door. After thinking about it, he went straight through the patio and came to the main house.
When I opened the door to the main room, there was a faint musty smell inside.
The house is very simple.
A table, four stools and a bed.
The rest is nothing.
There is a window on the opposite wall, and outside the window there is the faint sound of the stream under the cliff.
He stood in the room for a moment, then turned around and walked out, walked out of the small courtyard, walked out of the main temple, came to the door of the temple, and stood in the drizzle.
"Let's go back and wait until He Xishan arrives before we come up again."
Zhong Liruo jumped up and hung on Li Chenan's neck. He turned over and sat on Li Chenan's shoulders.
Li Chenan didn't think there was anything wrong with this.
She is my sister-in-law after all.
After all, this sister-in-law is so cute at such a young age.
But Zhong Liyou looked at Zhong Liruo's painting twice more, but Li Chenan carried Zhongli Ruo's painting up the mountain like this, and Li Chenan's face didn't look strange, so he couldn't speak after all.
Xiao Baozi glared at Zhong Li Ruohua, this little girl... Li Chenan rides a donkey, she rides Li Chenan... What does this mean?
Zhongli Ruoshui also felt strange and became more and more worried about his biological sister.
"Brother-in-law,"
"Um?"
"How about I take you to visit Chongqing City in the afternoon?"
"Let me tell you, the sugar glutinous rice cakes in Chongqing City are delicious! By the way, the Shu opera performed by the Shuijingtai troupe is also delicious!"
Zhongli Ruohua didn't care about anyone's eyes at all, she said again with great expectation:
"The Water Mirror Stage is so big, so you have to go early. If you're late, you can only sit in the back. You can't see the stage from behind, and you can't hear what they are singing!"
Li Chenan smiled slightly and thought for a moment, "Okay, then let's go to the Shuijing Terrace to listen to the show in the afternoon!"
"Okay, let's go!"
"No, go wherever you want!"
Zhong Liruohua curled his lips and said reluctantly: "Then let's go to a restaurant after watching the show?"
"Which restaurant is delicious?"
"Half Moon Tower!"
