Tibet

Chapter 195
At the same moment when Guo Zhen was hunted down, Zhang Jun, Minister of the Ministry of Justice's mansion, was also in shock.

Shocked by the news brought by his son Zhang Yan, Li Ye revealed that he would replace Yu Wenjing in the photo.

This news not only shocked Zhang Jun, but after the shock in his heart gradually calmed down, he had mixed feelings in his heart. Of course, it couldn't be Li Linfu who recommended him, it could only be the Yang family.

However, Li Ye knew that the Yang family would recommend him to be a prime minister, which meant that the Yang family had fallen into Li Linfu's hands, and Li Linfu used the Yang family to recommend him to the political affairs hall.

Although it is a good thing to be a prime minister in the political affairs hall, Zhang Jun is not happy at all.

"Father, what happened?" Zhang Yan saw his father's anxiety.

Zhang Jun was silent for a moment and said: "How can I be considered, because Li Linfu has a handle on me, which is enough to kill our entire army."

"Ah!" Zhang Yan was stunned.

Zhang Jun said with bitterness on his face: "Don't provoke Li Ye in the future. This man is as sinister and ruthless as his grandfather, and even more ruthless. If you provoke him, he will never let it go. I have read one of his battle reports. Albus and hundreds of his subordinates were killed by him alone, it's creepy to think about it."

"My child understands, does the father want to accept the aspect?"

Zhang Jun nodded, "It's Xiangguo after all! Without the struggle between Li Linfu and the Yang family, where would it be my turn? I'll just try to be as neutral as possible, and neither will offend me!"

Xuandu Temple is located in Chongyefang. It and Xingshan Temple in Jingshanfang are located on both sides of Zhuque Street on the central axis of Chang’an City. These two places are where the longan of the entire Chang’an City is located, but it is not convenient to build a palace here. The Sui Dynasty was responsible for building Daxingcheng. Yu Wenkai, the general supervisor, built a Taoist temple and a temple in these two places, Xuandu Temple and Xingshan Temple.

Xuandu Temple covers an area of ​​more than [-] mu. It is a majestic royal Taoist temple. After Li Tang established it, he has been advocating Taoism. The master is appointed by the emperor himself.

The old temple master Ming Ye Zhenren ascended to the throne last month. According to the usual practice, the second-ranked abbot of the Laojun Temple, Ming Song Zhenren, will naturally take over as the new temple master. The emperor Li Longji has decreed Ming Song Zhenren as Xuandu Temple No. 13 days ago. .[-] Ren Guanzhu.

Master Ming Song was actually an eunuch, but the status of eunuchs in Tang and Song Dynasties was not humble, and there were many eunuchs who served as generals, marquises and ministers.

Immortal Ming Song was originally a little eunuch next to the Supreme Emperor. After the Supreme Emperor became a monk, he was sent by the Immortal Feilong to become a monk in Xuanduguan in the 25th year of Kaiyuan. Although he was not an apprentice of the Immortal Feilong, he was one of the most trusted people of the Immortal Feilong. One, the other is Lie Feng.

Today is the grand day for Master Mingsong to officially serve as the master of the Xuandu temple. Tens of thousands of believers from all walks of life in Chang'an also came to participate in today's ceremony.

In the morning, Li Ye came to Xuandu Temple in an ox cart, but was startled. There were huge crowds of people inside and outside Xuandu Temple, not to mention participating in the ceremony, he couldn't even enter the gate.

Of course he would not do such things as climbing over the wall. Li Ye walked around Xuandu Temple, and finally found a back door. Two little Taoist priests were sitting on the threshold and playing with weeds.

"Two little priests!"

Li Ye stepped forward and said with a smile, "I'm here to watch the ceremony, but there are too many people and the gate is blocked, so I can't get in. Can you let me in from here?"

"This is the kitchen!"

"What's the matter with the kitchen, the two Taoist priests help me out!"

The two little Taoist priests looked at each other, hesitated and said: "An invitation is fine, if there is no invitation, we will be punished by our senior for bringing people into the kitchen indiscriminately!"

"Yes! There are invitations!"

Li Ye hurriedly handed the invitation to the two little Taoist priests, who jumped up in fright, "Golden invitation, you are a distinguished guest! There is Master Zhike next to the gate, show him the invitation, and he will take you away as a distinguished guest." aisle."

"Just go in from here! I'm too lazy to run anymore."

"Alright! Young Master, please follow me."

A little Taoist priest saluted and led Li Ye into the Taoist temple.

The Taoist temple is very large. After walking for a long time, it is still in the kitchen area. There are more than 100 Taoist priests in the kitchen area alone, but it is very quiet. Basically, the Taoist priests lined up to watch the ceremony.

Walking in front of a very tall hall, suddenly someone shouted from behind: "A Ye!"

As soon as Li Ye turned his head, he saw two tall men standing not far behind him. Li Ye immediately recognized one of them. It was Li Yu, the king of Hanzhong County. When he met an acquaintance, Li Ye took out a handful of money and gave it to Xiao Taoist priest, the little Taoist priest left happily.

"A Ye, why are you here?" Li Yu stepped forward and asked with a smile.

"The door was blocked by believers, and they couldn't get in, so they had to come in through the back door."

Li Yu chuckled, "We also came in through the side door, by the way, let me introduce you, this is Anxi Jiedushi Gao Shijun!"

Li Ye was startled, unexpectedly meeting Gao Xianzhi here, he quickly clasped his fists and saluted, "Junior Li Ye, please meet Gao Shuai!"

Gao Xianzhi is about 35 and 1.9 years old. He is nearly [-] meters tall. His body is muscular and possesses great strength. He has a long face and dark skin. The eyes are extraordinarily sharp as a knife.

Gao Xianzhi looked Li Ye up and down, and asked in a deep voice, "Are you the successor of your mentor?"

Gao Xianzhi also stayed in the palace for a few years when he was young, worshiped Feilong as his teacher, and became Feilong's third apprentice. Today, Mingsong is the master of the temple, and Gao Xianzhi happens to be reporting on his duties in Chang'an, so of course he will come to watch the ceremony.

Li Ye could feel that Gao Xianzhi didn't take his successor status seriously, but he could also understand that, except for Feilong Liefeng who looked at him high, none of their apprentices took themselves seriously, including Master Mingsong of Xuanduguan. After handing over the Taipingfang house to him, he never contacted him again, which showed that he didn't take himself seriously in his bones.

Li Ye said indifferently: "I am not someone's descendant. Your master gave me a high look, but it doesn't mean anything? When you have time, Gao Shuai goes to Wuting River, which is the memory of your master!"

Gao Xianzhi nodded, "Thank you Mr. Li for your reminder, I went there yesterday."

Gao Xianzhi laughed again: "Cheng Qianli respects you very much, he specially recommended me to come to Chang'an to meet you, saying that you are extraordinary!"

Li Ye smiled slightly: "That's why I disappointed Gao Shuai, and found out that I am a very ordinary person!"

"That's not necessarily the case. I heard from the county king that you studied the languages ​​and customs of the Western Regions in Taixue?"

"That's right! It's relatively lonely."

"Have you learned Persian yet?"

Li Ye hesitated and said: "Not yet, but I'm ready to start. I went to the Persian Temple in Buzhengfang the day before yesterday, and got in touch with them. I feel that Persian and Sogdian are very similar."

Gao Xianzhi laughed, "I'm actually testing you. When you go to the west of Congling, you will find that the Persian there is different from Chang'an's Persian. In fact, you don't need to learn Chang'an's Persian. It is enough to learn Sogdian well. Sogdian is a branch of Persian. Over the past few decades, they have communicated with each other, and the language is interlinked. On the contrary, the Persians in Chang’an have been away from the mainland for too long. Their language is not the same as the current Persian. It's a bit of a stretch."

Li Ye was overjoyed, bowed and said, "Thank you, Gao Shuai, for reminding me in time!"

Gao Xianzhi smiled again: "No matter what relationship you have with my mentor, I very much welcome you to Anxi."

Li Ye nodded, "I'm going to travel to Anxi next month, is Gao Shuai still in Chang'an at that time?"

Gao Xianzhi shook his head, "I'm leaving tomorrow, but it doesn't matter, you go to Qiucha City to find me!"

Gao Xianzhi took out another bronze medal and handed it to Li Ye, and said with a smile, "This is the Anxi pass card. With this card, you can travel around Anxi unimpeded. I give it to you!"

"Thank you, Gao Shuai, for your consideration!"

At this time, an intellectual Taoist priest hurried over and saluted: "The viewing ceremony has begun, please come and sit with me, three distinguished guests!"

　When Gao Xianzhi appeared on the stage, the protagonist officially kicked off the prelude to the westward journey.

　　This volume is called Westbound Manji

　　
　
(End of this chapter)