Wandao long distance

Chapter 171 The Temple
Let go as soon as you say it, although Li Qi is an indecisive person in the consideration stage, but once the consideration is completed, he is very decisive in the execution stage.

The lives of hundreds of thousands of people must not be delayed, go early and return early, let's hurry up.

So, he simply fed the old horse, bid farewell to Shen Shuibi, and then quickly set off for Guangyang City.

Li Qi has been to Guangyang City, but he just stayed for a while, restocked his supplies and left. It is about [-] miles away from the town.

According to the average physical fitness of people in this world, plus large troops will definitely delay the marching time, it will take about ten days to walk the fifteen hundred miles.

To be able to walk more than 100 miles a day, to be honest, this speed is already very scary. This also depends on the fact that everyone has skills, even farmers, so they can maintain this marching speed.

But for Li Qi, it's not that troublesome. After the old horse practiced no group songs, he can already travel two thousand miles a day. It only takes five hours to rush to Guangyang City and return. The day and night journey only takes ten hours. That's all.

Since you can come back tomorrow, you don't have to worry too much about it.

Li Qi put away his things, patted his horse and rushed away.

Naturally, there was nothing special along the way, after all, his cultivation was not superficial, and it was unlikely that ordinary monsters or robbers would look for his bad luck.

His destination is Guangyang City.

Guangyang City, a state city in Bailin Kingdom, is similar in size to Lizhou City. The prefect lives here, commanding the state, and is also responsible for the defense of the town.

Naturally, Guangyang Taishou served as the chief officer for the military pay and food for the officers and men of Zhenguan, and Guangyang Sima was responsible for the specific implementation and arrangement.

Speeding all the way, accompanied by thunder shadows, the real dragon blood on the old horse, under the blessing of Bu Qun Song, sparks and lightning along the way, tearing out auspicious clouds and blue thunder in the sky.

Although it looks cool, it is actually a manifestation of lack of skill.

The real dragon walks in the sky, and the clouds follow it. Although it passes by, there is no trace, and it is completely impossible to detect his actions.

Like the old horse who wants others to know where he is, he is inferior.

They didn't stop all the way, but they also traveled safely. After five hours, they rushed to Guangyang City quickly.

Five hours passed, the sky was already dark, and it was already night.

Under normal circumstances, Li Qi would definitely rest for one night before visiting, but since tens of thousands of people were involved, he couldn't care about those right now.

In a big city like Guangyang City, people are not allowed to fly in, so Li Qi landed directly, led the old horse, and walked quickly to the Sima Mansion.

The post of army commander is in charge of the sergeants of a state, their chariots and horses, and the orders of the soldiers, and the identification of the six horses and soldiers.

In fact, it is the commander-in-chief of a state's soldiers and horses, who is in charge of the operations of a state's sergeants and is responsible for their logistics.

It can be said that he has great power and great influence. As the military chief of a state and one of the three divisions, he can be said to be on the same level as several people, only inferior to the prefect.

The so-called three divisions are Sima, Situ and Sikong.

Si actually means "responsible". The word after the word "si" directly represents the power and responsibility of the place that the official position is specifically responsible for.

Sima is in charge of military logistics, supplies, personnel transfer, foreign wars, internal defense and other responsibilities.

Situ is responsible for the land map of the state and the number of its people. It is also necessary to compile religious scriptures, distribute official positions, taxation, and finance. It is the core of the conventional official system. It has the function of monitoring and recommending officials from various places.

Sikong is in charge of basic construction, such as infrastructure, land for farmers, road construction, water conservancy maintenance, urban planning, and industrial technology reserves, all of which fall under Sikong's purview.

These three are collectively called the Three Divisions, and they are directly responsible to the prefect. Apart from the prefect, the three of them are the most powerful in this state.

As far as Li Qi knew, among the three of them, apart from Situ who was talented at the eighth rank because of his intelligence and wit, the other two were at the seventh rank.

Going to visit a seventh-rank powerhouse at night and also a high-ranking official, Li Qi naturally wouldn't come directly to the door without courtesy.

Still need to prepare some gifts.

The choice of gifts is a little tricky.

Li Qi couldn't afford to give away the ones that were too expensive, and he didn't have the money either.

You can't fool around casually, or you'll make a bad face, and maybe you'll have to be kicked out.

On the way, Li Qi thought about it, and then outside the city, he picked some 'Ancient Ends' by himself, beat them into curtains, and then found a tailor after entering the city, and spent tens of dollars to weave them into curtains.

The kapok cloth soap tent is called "the ancient end".The quality of kapok cloth is thicker than that of silk, and it is warm enough to pass through it. The reason why it is used in palace curtains is to imply admiration for thrift.

There is an allusion to this object, saying, "Emperors have used frugality throughout the ages. There are still people who adore frugality in the palace curtains. The families of scholars and common people should know frugality!"

In this way, the gift is prepared and flattered, as the saying goes, you don’t hit a smiley face with your hand. In this way, it is probably okay to come to the door to ask for a signature.

After everything has been considered, the only thing left is to visit.

Li Qi led the horse and walked all the way to Sima Mansion.

The nightlife in Guangyang City is also quite rich. Li Qi walked all the way. Although it was already night, the whole city was brightly lit, and there were restaurants in the street. From time to time, pedestrians walked into the city. The scenery of mountains and lakes brought them to eyebrows, cooking fish and bamboo shoots , drink and chat.

However, if someone enjoys it, someone will naturally have to work.

Along the way, hawkers from all walks of life carried their shoulders and hands, constantly transporting supplies to the city.

Guangyang City has a population of one million, and the daily consumption is countless. Naturally, countless people are required to be responsible for the daily transportation and handling of materials. Hawkers and various shops also distribute materials through retail sales.

Li Qi also passed a strange scene, but saw a big family, erected a huge pillar at the door, there was a tarpaulin on the pillar, to shelter the pedestrians below from the rain, and there was a water gathering talisman, continuously condensed water jets, Provide free clean water for the use of pedestrians under the column.

The huge pillar is [-] feet high, and the inscription: "Zhangjiafu Land". There are tens of thousands of bats carved on the giant pillar, so the passers-by also call it "Wanfu Lai Dynasty". .

It's just that when Li Qi passed by, there were hundreds of beggars under the pillar, densely packed, smelly, scrambling for clean water, sheltering from the wind and rain under the pillar, the word "Fu" could not be seen at all, it had already become a beggar's nest.

Li Qi was a little surprised, how could there be so many beggars in Guangyang City, so he asked the peddlers around.

Hearing this, the peddler smiled and said to Li Qi while frying snacks in his hand: "Recently, countless refugees have been evacuated from the town gate. .”

"There are countless refugees? What happened at the Zhenguan?" Li Qi asked curiously.

The small vendor also seemed to be a talkative master, and they replied: "The officials are joking, we are just stalls in the city, how do we know what happened at the Zhenguan? I just heard people say that at the Zhenguan, those The military lords have withdrawn, and brought back a lot of refugees. These days are better. In the first half month, the city was full of people, and now there are only some beggars begging. Oh, there are a lot of new ladies in Yichun Building, the officials see that you are single, so you might as well try it, the price is very low."

"Don't talk about that, you bring me two strings of tofu, and then fried two strings of cabbage, by the way, and this tiger skin egg, bring me some chicken feet, by the way, according to what you said, so The Sima Mansion hasn't issued any notices about the big things?" Li Qi asked curiously after ordering some fried skewers.

"What notice can the Sima Mansion issue? Mr. Sima has been running to Tianning Temple these days, maybe he didn't even deal with official business." The small vendor said with a laugh.

"You know this kind of thing?" Li Qi was very surprised, he just asked casually to see if there was any official notice or something, but this small vendor knew so much?

When he was a tracker and was at the bottom of society, he never knew about these things. It was pretty good to be able to read the notice twice.

"Hey, Guan Ren just came to Guangyang, right? I don't need to inquire about this. You can ask people all over the city, who doesn't know that Master Sima believes in Buddhism and basically lives in Tianning Temple." The peddler asked Li Kai fried tofu, said at the same time.

Li Qi suddenly frowned.

Wait, Dharma?Tianning Temple?
Buddhism?Woj, I've never heard of that.

After coming to this world for so long, he almost forgot that there is such a thing as Buddhism.

It is said in the book that in the far west of the world, there are countless Buddha kingdoms, but because it is too far away, Li Qi basically read it as a story.

And now, within the sphere of influence of Wushen Mountain, there is actually a state city named Sima who believes in Buddhism and even opened a temple here. This is not unusual.

"I've never heard of the official's appearance, have I? I haven't heard of any temples, Buddhism or something before, but they claim to be no different from our common witches and witches, and they can heal people. I don’t care about things like praying for blessings, and I don’t do evil anyway, and I often come to the city to give alms or something, even I have eaten their alms food~.” Said, still smiling, very sunny.

The vendor added: "I reckon they are similar to those Taoist priests. They are all from outside, but they are much better than Taoist priests. Those Taoist priests squat in the mountains all day, and occasionally show up with a dead face. It's too shameful." Festive, not as good as those big bald heads, all of them are kind-hearted, smiling, kind to everyone, and they don’t need money for medical treatment.”

While talking, Li Qi asked about the news about the so-called Tianning Temple. When the fried skewers exploded, Li Qi had almost asked what he should have asked. He paid the money, led the old horse, and prepared to leave.

He was still going to visit Sima Mansion.

According to the peddler, Tianning Temple came here about ten years ago.

In the beginning, a group of eminent monks came here, each of them thin and skinny, who claimed to be ascetic monks, and their mission was to travel all over the world and spread the Buddha's message.

There were about four to five hundred monks in this team, but only one of them was left here, and the rest didn't stay long, and left quickly.

According to them, traveling all over the world is a difficult task, so there is no delay, and they will only arrange an ascetic monk in a place they think is "destined" to spread the Dharma here.

This ascetic monk, who claimed to be Zen wisdom, stayed here to spread the Dharma, but he didn't spread it from the beginning.

For the Zen wisdom left behind, he first went around for 'begging', which is called begging, which is actually begging. Someone saw that he was thin and thin, so he gave him some things.

And he will leave some things in return, such as some handwritten pages of Buddhist scriptures, or when there are no pages, he will sit at the door of someone's house and read a scripture, saying that it is to pray for the owner's family.

This kind of style is still very attractive. After all, although most beggars can say some auspicious words, they don't have the calm and gentle temperament of him. Although he is thin and old, his eyes are still as warm as water.

What's more, those auspicious words that I have been tired of hearing for a long time are not as good as the kind of scriptures that feel mysterious and mysterious.

After a period of time passed like this, one of the families who had given alms suffered a sudden disaster, and a ghost broke into the house at night, intending to take people's lives and suck their blood.

But as soon as the ominous ghost entered the portal, he saw the family's house glowing with golden light, and there were bursts of Sanskrit sounds, and the ominous ghost immediately wailed and lost its resistance.

Later, when the local exorcist arrived, he was very surprised, so the news spread.

Now, the whole city of Guangyang knows that there is a monk named Zen Zhi who has real skills, as long as you give him a meal, he will protect you and pray for you.

For a while, Zen Zhi went everywhere to explain to people that he was a dharma name, not a name, and he was not worthy to be called a monk, at most a monk.

But the general public don’t care about this. They don’t know what the monk and the name mean, but they know that Chan Zhi is a person with real skills, and they invite Chan Zhi to eat, and all kinds of delicacies and precious ingredients are delivered to his mouth. At that time, the big families invited Zen Zhi to be their guests one after another, and they wanted to hold a big banquet for him.

However, after this incident, everyone found that they could not find Zen wisdom.

He disappeared for half a year, and only reappeared after the Zen wisdom craze stopped. After he appeared, he continued to "beg for alms" in front of a poor family, asking the other party to donate some leftovers from last night.

That family was not rich at all, their food was no different from that of Li Qi when he was a tracker, it was very shabby.

Moreover, they didn't know that what they encountered was the famous Zen wisdom.

But out of simplicity and kindness, they still gave Chan Zhi something to eat.

After eating Zen wisdom, chant mantras and pray for blessings as always, and leave a page.

Later, when the news got out, the paper was fired for [-] yuan, bought by a wealthy family, and brought back as an offering. The family's life improved a lot. Only then did they know that what they encountered was Zen wisdom.

And Zen Zhi visited again a day later, hoping to get a piece of wood from the roof of their house.

The family just made [-] yuan because of this, so naturally they would not refuse to take it, so they quickly gave it away.

Chanzhi took the wooden board and continued to ask for alms every day, once a day, sometimes to a rich family, sometimes to a poor family, never picky people, and no taboo, what to give to eat.

According to him, begging for alms comes from a karma, and he is just trying to dissolve this predestined relationship. The people he visits are all people who have a predestined relationship with him in the previous life.

But after this appearance, every time he begged the other party to give him a piece of wood, he would accept it if someone offered it, and then thank him sincerely.

After so many years, he actually built a temple on a barren hill with the wooden boards he collected from thousands of families.

That temple is called Tianning Temple.

(End of this chapter)