From eunuch to emperor

The caravan slowly arrived at the east gate of Xingqing City. The soldiers guarding the city stopped the caravan and asked, "What are you doing? What's in the car?"

Chai Yuguan approached skillfully and greeted: "Master Jun, we are merchants from Nanliang, sending sandalwood to Zhaoti Temple."

As he spoke, he stuffed a piece of silver into his hand.

The soldier collected the money, looked at the goods on the cart pretendingly, and said, "Send incense to the National Temple, go in!"

The soldiers let go, and the caravan entered the city.

The bodyguard Wang Bin said: "The shopkeeper has arrived in the city, let's go to have a rest, let me know when we return, we will be at the Jiqing Inn."

Jiqing Inn is the designated inn of Xinglong Bodyguard Bureau, and there are old acquaintances on both sides.

"I have the head of the escort king."

Chai Yuguan thanked him, and went to Zhaoti Temple with Long Chen.

"He is in a hurry to get the head and receive the reward."

Zhe Er chuckled softly.

Hei Yun is a well-known bandit in Xixia. He beheaded the bandit and received a lot of rewards from the government.

"The bounty is second, and the reputation is the first. The Xinglong Escort is going to be famous."

Long Chen smiled, he did Xinglong Escort a big favor.

When the motorcade arrived at Zhaoti Temple, Long Chen looked up, it was a khaki color, and there were words written on both sides of the courtyard wall: Majestic Land; Li Le Qing.

Zhaoti Temple is very large, comparable in size to the palace not far away.

The pilgrims and believers at the door are endless, the smoke of burning incense curls up, and the sound of chanting sutras spreads outside.

Chai Yuguan bowed to a monk at the door before closing the door: "Master, I am Chai Yuguan from Nanliang, and I am here to deliver sandalwood to the abbot."

The monk recognized Chai Yuguan and said back: "The abbot is not here, please come with me."

The monk led the way, Chai Yuguan and Long Chen drove the carriage through the front yard and arrived at the warehouse in the back yard.

A fat monk asked, "Is it the abstinence incense that the abbot wants?"

The monk frowned, and said coldly, "It's sandalwood!"

The obese monk bowed his head and said, "Yes, brother, please put it here."

There is a small room next to the warehouse, in which there are many exquisite and luxurious things, which are exclusively for monk Kong Ji.

"Bring in the sandalwood."

The fat monk yelled and watched from the side.

Long Chen and the others worked together, and carefully placed the box on the ground. The monk who led the way looked at it for a while and then left.

After moving the things, the obese monk said coldly: "For your business, I will be punished for making the Buddha!"

Chai Yuguan understood in seconds, immediately took out a piece of silver, and said respectfully, "Please trouble Master."

The monk took the money, immediately smiled, and said, "It's easy to say, it's all the abbot's stuff."

After leaving the warehouse, Chai Yuguan said in a low voice: "Chen'er, as a rule, I will stay here for two days to worship Buddha, you see..."

Long Chen said: "Uncle, everything is as usual."

Chai Yuguan found the monk's room where the order was placed, and asked the monk to stay overnight in the temple.

If you are a monk, you can place an order here, but Chai Yuguan is not a monk, so you can only stay overnight.

Because he was an acquaintance, after paying the money, the monk arranged a room for Chai Yuguan to live with other pilgrims.

Putting down his things, Long Chen let the others rest freely, and he and Zhe'er followed Chai Yuguan to wander around the temple.

First go to the refuge hall and worship the Buddha.

Chai Yuguan burned incense and worshiped very devoutly, chanting silently for a while, and then offered incense.

Zhe Er laughed softly at the side: "Master, it is better for the shopkeeper to ask Buddha than to ask you."

Chai Yuguan knew what he was thinking at a glance, and he definitely hoped that his son would be safe.

Long Chen has the final say on this matter, what's the use of worshiping Buddha?

After worshiping Buddha, Chai Yuguan went back to his room to rest, while Long Chen walked around alone.

It was too noisy in front, Long Chen walked towards the backyard.

Strolling to the backyard, it was quite quiet here, according to the existing information, Long Chen walked towards the place where Mojie was being held.

"Who are you? Why are you breaking in?"

Suddenly a little novice came out from the corner, holding a plate of bread and a bottle of water in his hand.

"Little master, I'm polite. I'm a merchant from Nanliang, and I'm here to deliver sandalwood. It's my first time here, so I just walked here."

Long Chen grinningly stepped forward and approached him.

The little novice had a bad expression on his face, and pretended to say: "This is a forbidden area in the temple, outsiders are not allowed to enter without permission, so leave quickly!"

The little novice's head was bald, and he looked unbearable, Long Chen wanted to blow his brains out.

"Little master, who is this food for? Is there someone in the forbidden area?"

Long Chen squatted down, turned his hand over, and conjured a multicolored glass bead.

"It's the first time I see my little master, it's a gift."

The little novice was greedy, children have no resistance to such glass beads.

"Your thing is precious, you gave it to me?"

The little novice put the plate aside, staring at the glass beads with both eyes.

"Give it to little master, I will often sell incense to the temple in the future, and please take care of little master."

The little novice immediately snatched the glass bead, played with it in his hand, and said, "It's easy to say, although I'm not old, I follow the abbot, and you can find me if you need anything."

Long Chen secretly said in his heart: Little brat, play bureaucratic talk with me.

"Who is this for? Is there anyone else in the backyard?"

"For Brother Mojie..."

The little novice immediately shut up, hid the glass beads on his body, and said, "Why do you ask this?"

Long Chen laughed and said: "Just asking, this is the first time I've been to the temple. I heard that Master Mojie is an eminent monk in the temple. Why is he here?"

The little novice didn't want to talk anymore, picked up the plate and said: "Go out, this is not the place you should come to, if you want to go shopping, wait for me to come out, I will take you there."

Long Chen got up and smiled, "Thank you, I'll go out right away."

The little novice stood there, and waited for Long Chen to go far away, then entered the small room with the things, opened the door with the key, and sent the things in.

After coming up, he walked to the corner and ran into Long Chen again: "Why are you still here? Could it be that you owe me a beating?"

The little novice was a little unhappy, but Long Chen smiled and said: "I'm sorry, I got lost, please ask little master to take me a ride."

The little novice thought brokenly: "You are so grown up, you actually lost your way."

Taking him out of the backyard, the little novice monk said: "Just go forward, don't get lost again."

Long Chen thanked him, turned and left.

The little novice shook his head, took out the glass beads from his body and secretly played with them.

In the backyard, Long Chen stepped into the small room, went down the tunnel, and arrived at a door.

Taking out a bunch of keys, unlocking the door, Long Chen walked in.

It was dark inside, and although it was already summer, the cave was still gloomy and cold.

With the faint light, Long Chen saw a monk sitting cross-legged in a corner, with a plate of bread and a bottle of water in front of him.

Long Chen walked over, sat opposite the monk, and slowly said: "Master Mojie, long time no see."

The body of the monk who looked like a clay sculpture and wood carving trembled slightly, his eyes slowly opened, he looked at Long Chen in front of him, and asked in surprise: "General, why are you here?"

Long Chen sighed: "I left the capital, I didn't expect the mage to be here."

"I knew that Long's crooked scriptures were messing up his mind, so I didn't show it to the mage. It was all my fault."

Mojie was weak and his voice was very low.

"The general is wrong. The scriptures of the general are indescribable. These days, the poor monk has repeatedly recited and enlightened, and his state of mind is clear, like a bronze mirror with Buddha dust, and see the moon through the clouds."