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Chapter 170 Temple

Leave at will. Although Li Qi is an indecisive person during the consideration stage, once the consideration is completed, he is very decisive in the execution stage.

The lives of more than 100,000 people cannot be delayed. Go and come back early, so hurry up.

So he simply fed Lao Ma, bid farewell to Shen Shui Bi, and then quickly triggered and headed to Guangyang City.

Li Qi has been to Guangyang City, but he just stayed for a while and then left after a little rest. It was about 1,500 miles away from Zhenguan here.

According to the average physical fitness of people in this world, plus the large army will definitely delay the travel time, and it takes about ten days for this thousand five hundred miles.

To be honest, the speed is already very scary. It depends on everyone having martial arts, even farmers, so they can maintain this marching speed.

However, it is not that trouble for Li Qi. After practicing the practice of "uncommon songs", Old Ma was able to travel two thousand miles a day, and in just five hours, he could arrive at Guangyang City. He returned, and only had ten hours of traveling day and night.

Since you can come back tomorrow, you naturally don’t have to worry too much.

Li Qi put away his stuff and rushed there.

Of course there was nothing special along the way. After all, his cultivation level was no longer shallow, and it was unlikely that ordinary monsters or robbers would go to find him bad luck.

His destination is Guangyang City.

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

The military pay and food of the soldiers of Zhenguan were naturally the chief officer of Guangyang Prefect, and Guangyang Sima was responsible for the specific implementation and arrangements.

The journey was as fast as lightning, accompanied by thunder shadows. The true dragon bloodline on Lao Ma's body, with the blessing of Buqun Song, sparked with lightning, tearing out a series of auspicious clouds and green thunders in the sky.

Although it looks cool, it is actually a reflection of not being able to achieve the skills.

The true dragon walks in the sky, and the clouds follow it. Although it passes, it has no trace and is completely unaware of his actions.

Like Lao Ma, I wish everyone could know where he was, but I was a poor person.

It was all the way and it was safe all the way. Five hours later, I quickly arrived at Guangyang City.

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

Under normal circumstances, Li Qi would definitely take a night off before visiting, but it was related to tens of thousands of people, and he didn't care about those things at the moment.

No one is allowed to fly in a big city like Guangyang City, so Li Qi fell down directly, led the old horse and walked forward quickly to Sima's Mansion.

The position of the army Sima is in charge of the soldiers of a state, their chariots and horses, their military armor, and their military armor. They determine the ranks of six horses and military armor.

In fact, it is the commander-in-chief of a state's soldiers, who is in charge of the operations of a state's soldiers, is responsible for their logistics, and also has personnel powers, and can "distinguish the ranks of the six horses and armor", which means that you can promote talents by yourself.

It can be said that he has great power and great power. As the military commander of a state, one of the three departments is equal to several people and is inferior to the prefect.

The so-called Three Si are Sima, Situ and Sikong.

Si actually means "responsible". The word after the character "Si" directly represents the rights and responsibilities of the specific responsible place of the official position.

Sima controls military logistics, supply, personnel transfer, external warfare, internal garrison and other responsibilities.

Situ was responsible for the land map of the country and the number of people. He also compiled teachings and distributed official positions, taxes, and finance. It is the core of the regular official position system. It has the function of supervising and recommending officials from all over the country, and is also responsible for the formulation and implementation of specific policies for people's livelihood.

Sikong is responsible for infrastructure construction, farmers' land allocation, road construction, water conservancy maintenance, urban planning, and industrial technology reserves, all of which fall under the scope of authority of Sikong.

These three are called the Three Sessions and are directly responsible to the prefect. In addition to the prefect, the three of them are the peak of the power of this prefecture.

As far as Li Qi knew, except for Situ, who was smart and witty, who was outstanding, he was responsible for his eighth-level cultivation, the other two were seventh-level.

At night, Li Qi would not come to visit a seventh-grade strong man and was also a high-ranking official. Naturally, Li Qi would not come to the door directly without any rudeness.

You still have to prepare some gifts.

The selection of gifts is a bit particular.

It’s too expensive to give away, and Li Qi can’t afford it, and he has no money.

You can't fool around, otherwise you will make your face look bad and you may have to be kicked out.

On the way past, Li Qi thought for a while, then outside the city, picked some "Guzhong" and beat it into a curtain. After entering the city, he found a tailor and spent dozens of money to wove it into a curtain.

The soap tent of kapok cloth is called "The End of Ancient". The texture of kapok cloth is thicker than silk, and warmer means passing through it. The reason why this is used in the palace curtain is to express the meaning of frugality.

This thing has an allusion, saying, "The emperor used the past to be frugal. There are still people who respect frugality in the palace curtains, so the families of scholars and common people should know the integrity!"

In this way, the gifts are prepared and flattering. As the saying goes, you don’t hit people with a smile. In this way, it’s probably okay to come to your door to ask for signature.

After all the things are considered, then all you have to visit is left.

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

The nightlife in Guangyang City is also quite rich. Although it was already night, the whole city was brightly lit, with wine shops on the streets, and pedestrians traveled to the city from time to time. The mountains and lakes were shining on the eyebrows, cooking fish and bamboo shoots, and drinking all the time.

However, if someone enjoys it, there will naturally be someone working.

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

Guangyang City has a population of one million and consumes countless people every day. Naturally, countless people are required to be responsible for the daily transportation and transportation of materials. Hawkers and various stores also have to distribute materials through retail.

Li Qi passed by a strange scene, but saw a wealthy family erecting a giant pillar at the door. There was a tarp on the pillar to shade the pedestrians below from the rain. There was also a water gathering talisman that constantly condensed the water column and sprayed it out, providing free clean water for pedestrians under the pillar to use.

The giant pillar is twenty feet high, and the letter is written: "Zhang Family Blessing Land". There are tens of thousands of bats carved on the giant pillar, so travelers also call their land "A blessing in the morning", which is the place where this wealthy family accumulates virtue and prays for themselves.

But when Li Qi passed by, there were hundreds of beggars under the pillar, densely packed, smelling stinking, fighting for clear water, hiding from the wind and rain under the pillar, and the word "光" was not visible at all, and it had already become a beggar's nest.

Li Qi was a little surprised. How could there be so many beggars in Guangyang City? He asked the vendors around him.

When the vendor heard this, he fryed snacks in his hand and said to Li Qi with a smile: "There have been countless refugees evacuated from Zhenguan recently. Some have found a living and some cannot do anything, so naturally they can only gather here."

"There are countless refugees? What happened there in Zhenguan?" Li Qi asked curiously.

The vendor also looked like a chatty person. They replied: "The officials were joking. We were just a stall in the city. How could we know what happened in the Zhenguan? I just heard that the soldiers who were all retreated and brought back a lot of escapees. These days were better. In the first half of the month, there were people in the city and outside the city, and they were vast. Now there are only beggars left beggars begging for food. Oh, there are also many new little ladies in Yichun Tower. The officials see that you are single, so you might as well try it. The price is very low."

"Stop talking about those, give me two skewers of tofu and fry two skewers of cabbage. By the way, give me one of these tiger-skinned eggs and some chicken claws. By the way, according to what you said, there is no notice from Sima's Mansion for such a big thing?" Li Qi ordered some skewers and asked curiously.

"What kind of notice can Sima's Mansion issue? Lord Sima has been running to Tianning Temple these days, and maybe he won't even handle official duties~." The vendor said laughing.

"Do you know this kind of thing?" Li Qi was very surprised. He just asked casually to see if there were any government notices or something. As a result, this vendor knew so much?

When he was a boatman, he never knew these things when he was at the bottom of society. It was already very good to be able to look at the notice.

"Oh, Guanren just came to Guangyang, right? I don't need to ask about this. If you ask the people in the city, who doesn't know that Lord Sima believes in Buddhism, he basically lives in Tianning Temple." The vendor said while frying tofu for Li Qi.

Li Qi suddenly frowned.

Wait, Buddhism? Tianning Temple?

Buddhism? Wori, I have never heard of this.

After so long he has been in this world, he has almost forgotten that he has the Buddhist thing.

The book says that in the west of the world, there are supreme and immeasurable Buddha Kingdoms, but because they are too far away, Li Qi basically reads the story.

Now, within the sphere of influence of Wushen Mountain, there is a country-state city, Sima, who is loyal to Buddhism and has opened a temple here. This is not ordinary.

"I have never heard of this look of the official, right? I have never heard of any temples, Buddhism or other things before. However, they claim that they are no different from our common witch witches. They can cure diseases, pray for blessings, and then no one cares about them. Anyway, they don't do anything bad. They often come to the city to give gifts. Even I have eaten their donation dishes~." The vendor said with a broken mouth, still smiling, very sunny.

The vendor added: "I guess it's similar to those Taoist priests. They all come from outside, but they are much better than Taoist priests. Those Taoist priests squat in the mountains all day long, and occasionally appear with a dead face. It's too unhappy and not as good as those big bald heads. They all have kind eyebrows and smiles. They are kind to everyone and don't have to pay for treatment."

While talking, Li Qi asked about the so-called Tianning Temple. When the skewers were blown out, Li Qi had almost asked what he should have asked. He paid the money, led Lao Ma, and prepared to leave.

He was still going to go to Sima's Mansion to take a look.

According to this vendor, Tianning Temple came about ten years ago.

At the beginning, a group of monks came, each of whom was thin and thin, claiming to be ascetic monks, with the mission of traveling all over the world and spreading the Buddhist voice.

There were about four or five hundred thin monks in this team, but they only left one here, and the rest did not stay much and left quickly.

According to them, traveling all over the world is a difficult task, so it cannot be delayed. They will only arrange an ascetic monk to spread Buddhism here where they think they are "destined".

This ascetic monk claimed to be Zen wisdom and stayed here to spread Buddhism, but he did not spread it from the beginning.

This Zen wisdom left behind first "begging for alms" everywhere, called begging for alms, but in fact it was begging. Some people saw that he was thin and gave him some alms.

He would leave some things in return, such as some handwritten pages of Buddhist scriptures, or when he didn't even have pages, he would sit at the door of someone's house and recite a scripture, saying that he would pray for his master's family.

This style is still very popular. After all, although most beggars can say some auspicious words, they do not have the calm and gentle temperament of his body. Although they are thin and old, their eyes are still as gentle as water.

Besides, those auspicious words that have long been tired of hearing are not as good as those scriptures that give people a sense of mystery and wonder.

It took a while to go through this. Among the families of the people who gave alms, a family suddenly suffered a disaster. A fierce ghost broke into the house at night, trying to take his life and suck people's blood.

But as soon as the evil ghost entered the portal, he saw the family's house illuminated with golden light, with a burst of Sanskrit sounds, and the evil ghost immediately wailed and lost its resistance.

Later, when the local Demon Elimination Army arrived, he was extremely surprised, so the matter spread.

Now, the entire Guangyang City knew that a monk named Zenzhi had real skills. As long as he gave him a meal, he would protect you and pray for you.

For a moment, Chanzhi went everywhere to explain that he was a Dharma name, not a name, and he was not worthy of calling him a monk, at most a monk.

But the general public didn't care about this. They didn't know what monks and Dharma names mean, but they knew that Chanzhi was a person with real skills. They invited Chanzhi to eat, and all kinds of delicacies and precious ingredients were delivered to his mouth. The wealthy families invited Chanzhi to visit and wanted to hold a banquet for him.

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

He disappeared for half a year, and only then did he reappear after the Zen craze stopped. After that, he continued to beg for alms in front of a poor family and asked the other party to give alms some leftovers from last night.

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

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

But out of simple kindness, they still gave Chanzhi what he had to eat.

After eating Zen wisdom, he chanted mantras and prayed for blessings as usual, leaving a page of paper.

Later, the incident was reported that the page was hyped up to 20,000 yuan, bought by a wealthy family, and took it back to worship. The family's life also improved a lot. Only then did they realize that they were encountering Zen wisdom.

Chanzhi visited again a day later, hoping to get a wooden board from the roof of their house.

The family just made 20,000 yuan, so naturally they would not accept it and quickly offered it.

Zen Zhi then took the wooden board and continued to beg for alms every day, once a day. Sometimes he went to a wealthy family, sometimes he went to a poor family, never picked people, and he did not take any qualities and gave him whatever he was given.

According to him, begging for alms is caused by causes and conditions. He just goes to resolve this fate in his previous life. The families he comes to him are all those who have a fate with him in his previous life.

But after this time, he would beg the other party to give him a wooden board every time. If someone gave it, he would accept it and thank it devoutly. If he didn't give it, he wouldn't say anything and leave after eating.

Over the years, he actually built a temple on a barren mountain with the collected wooden boards.

That temple is called Tianning Temple.
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