Chapter 213: The Thousand Gold of Director Ma

The next morning, just as the sky was dawn, Wang Ping'an got up early, washed up, and after breakfast, he found Huizheng and told Huizheng that he had something to go out today, so he would not see a doctor in the temple. Huizheng thought he was going to visit a friend, so he naturally had nothing to say.

Wang Ping'an went to find Di Renjie again and said that he had something important to deal with today and would not take him with him. Di Renjie blinked his eyes, looking thoughtful, and didn't ask anything.

Fearing that the news would reveal others, Wang Ping'an took Ouyang Li and rode his horse out of Lingyan Temple and rushed to Ganye Temple. Before passing Zhuque Street, Wang Ping'an specially bought a map of Chang'an scenery, which is a map, and left Guanghua Gate and rushed northwest.

Ganye Temple is not in Chang'an City, but in the northwest outside Chang'an City, which is the ruins of Chang'an City in the Han Dynasty. You have to pass through a large forest before you can reach it.

According to folk sayings, Ganye Temple was specially created for aristocratic widows. This is because before the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, the ruling class was still Hu people. The Hu people had a problem, and of course Hu people themselves would not think that this was a problem. That is, whenever the head of the family passed away, the son did not directly inherit the family property, but was inherited by the younger brother. In the process of inheritance, in addition to the wife of the head of the family, the concubines must also be inherited by this younger brother, that is, the younger brother married the former sister-in-laws. In the eyes of the Hu people, the younger sister-in-laws are also part of the property.

Later, under the influence of Central Plains culture, the Hu people gradually changed this trend and became sisters-in-laws who had children, who were supported by their children, and their younger brothers would not inherit it. However, sisters-in-laws who had never had children still belonged to their younger brothers.

However, after the younger brother died, his own son inherited the property, but was inherited by the son of the head of the family. This led to a situation where his father's little wife became his little wife. Of course, this is not taken seriously on the grassland, but the Turks now have this custom. However, the Xianbei people have a high degree of sinicization, and in fact they have become Han people. Therefore, in order to eliminate this unethical custom, they advised the sister-in-law who had never given birth to children to either remarry or become nuns, so as not to be regarded as property and inherited. Everyone was embarrassed!

So the nobles began to spend money and build nunnery. Ganye Temple was not built by ordinary nobles, but by the royal family of the former Sui Dynasty. It was considered a royal temple. Most of the nuns who became monks were former noble women and their former maids.

Of course, this is just a folk saying. Whether the description in unofficial history is true or false, it is impossible to verify whether it is true or false. Even if someone is good at verifying it, the person's purpose must be similar to that of Zhao Bi, and he can only understand it, not to speak and pass it on! In fact, there are many statements about Ganye Temple, all of which make sense, but whether Ganye Temple was merged or renamed later, or what, Wang Ping'an is not interested in it. As long as it can be found, no matter what it is!

After leaving Chang'an City, I went north all the way. Soon, I came to a small village. The small village was not big, with only a dozen families, but the houses were built very neatly. It seemed that the village was relatively wealthy.

Wang Ping'an took out the map, looked forward, and said to Ouyang Li: "This was once the bell room of Changle Palace, and Han Xin was killed by Empress Lu's sending someone to death!"

Ouyang Li said, pointed at the small village with a horse whip, and said, "It turns out that Han Xin died here! But there is no trace of the palace here, it has long become a place for the people to live in!"

"The world has changed, and time has changed. How can there be an invincible family? How can there be a king and a prince who will last forever?" Wang Ping'an sighed and looked at the map again, saying, "I don't go far ahead, it's Ganye Temple. Let's go quickly, we won't be able to get there in a while!"

Ouyang Li's face was a little embarrassed and said, "Master, I have heard of Ganye Temple before. Most of the nuns in it are beautiful and seem to have heard rumors in the market, especially in the mouths of the evil young men in Beijing..." Speaking of this, it felt that it was not easy to make the master unhappy. He had to say, "But they are monks after all. If the master wants to try it out, what kind of woman can't buy it on the market? Why bother here!"

Wang Ping'an waved his hand and said, "I'm not here to see the nun, I'm...I want to renovate the Inspiration Temple and refer to the layout of the Ganye Temple. Don't get me wrong!"

"Refer to the layout of the nunnery to renovate the monk temple?" Ouyang Li grinned. This reason was too far-fetched. But Wang Ping'an was the master and he was a servant. Even if he knew one, two, three, he could only say four, five, and six. He nodded and said, "So that's it. Seeing that the Inspiration Temple is ruined like that, it should be repaired!"

The two of them rode their horses again, and walked through a large forest, and then they came to Ganye Temple.

Wang Ping'an rode on the white dragon horse, looked at the gate of Ganye Temple, and said, "This temple is really not small. If you go around the mountain, you may not be able to ride a horse!"

Ouyang Li thought to himself: "It's true that we'll go to the back of the mountain!" He said: "Master, should we go in directly, or go to the back mountain first?"

Wang Ping'an ummed twice, shook his head and said, "Although they are all temples, there are nuns living inside. I'm afraid it's inappropriate for us to go in rashly. Why not go to the back mountain and enjoy the scenery!"

Ouyang Li thought to himself: "Then it's not about looking at the pattern, but about going to see the nun take a bath!" He didn't say anything, and followed Wang Ping'an to the back of the temple.

The back mountain of Ganye Temple is a large forest with weeds growing in the forest, and another stream flows out. It seems that this stream is the one Zhao Bi mentioned!

Unable to ride a horse in the forest, Wang Ping'an got off the white dragon horse and threw the reins to Ouyang Li, saying, "You wait here, I'll go in and take a look, and you'll come out soon."

Ouyang Li said oh, unable to help saying, "Master, don't you want me to go in with you? What if you think of that... anything, I can help you press it!"

Wang Ping'an scolded and said, "What nonsense is it? Just wait here honestly, don't run around!" After that, he tucked the corner of his robe into his belt, tidied up his shoes and socks, and walked into the forest.

Ouyang Li looked behind and shook his head. Is the nun that good? No matter how good the nun is, he may not necessarily come out to take a bath every day. Besides, there are so many mosquitoes in the forest...

Wang Ping'an walked out thirty or forty feet and then arrived next to the stream. He looked up along the stream and saw how many steps there were on the other side. Above the steps was the back mountain gate of the temple!

Squinted his eyes, Wang Ping'an stood on the shore, looking at the wall, wanting to see where the flower wall Zhao Bi was talking about!

Ganye Temple, Buddhist Hall.

The nuns had just finished their morning class and had already dispersed, but the host in the temple did not leave. She was entertaining a guest, which was a very great one. It was a noble lady in the capital.

At this time, the noble lady was kneeling on the cushion in front of the Buddha statue, her palms were folded, her eyes closed, and she was talking softly in her mouth, but the sound was very small and as thin as a mosquito sound. Even if the host's old nie raised her ears, she couldn't hear what she was saying.

This noble lady is in her ten years of life, with black hair as waterfall, a goose face, long eyelashes, a hanging nose, a cherry mouth, and a delicate and smooth skin. She is really a stunning beauty!

After a while, the noble lady opened her eyes and said to the host with tears: "Master, I have thought about it and I will leave my hair and be with Mu Yu from now on. Please give me a ritual of ordaining me!"

The host sighed, put his hands together and said, "Miss Ma, you are young and have never been married, and there are no men and half women in the world. Why do you want to escape from the world? Your parents in your family will not be willing!"

The noble lady blinked her eyes, tears slid down, and she shook her head and said, "My parents have their own brother to take care of, so I don't need me. I am guilty of death and cannot be redeemable for a hundred deaths. Apart from becoming a monk, I can only use white silk to break the rest of my life. If the master does not accept me, I have to... have to..." As she said that, she sobbed and cried.

The host thought to himself: "The four words "sinful sins" are too much. You are just a girl's family, and you have not married. It's not your turn to harm the country and the people. Everyone has sins, but it may not be true!" He wanted to ask what bad things you did, but because of your identity, he was embarrassed to speak.

This noble lady is not Princess Gaoyang, but the only daughter of Ma Qianli, the head of the Ministry of Rites. She was named Ma Mingmei. Ma Mingmei was regarded as the pearl in her hand since she was a child. She trained her to make her music, chess, calligraphy and painting. She is good at cooking. She is truly a dignified and skilled daughter. She will be loved by her parents-in-law whoever she married into. Her husband will also treat her as a treasure!

But such a good girl just can't get married! It's not that no one wants her, but that her father Ma Qianli dared not let others want her!

As the head of the Ministry of Rites, Ma Qianli did not do much, but not very small. Because he was knowledgeable, he made friends with many high-ranking officials and nobles. In Chang'an, few people dared to provoke him!

Ma Qianli's job is quite good, very leisurely, but has great power. When he is idle, he has nothing to do for several years, but once he has something to do, others are afraid of him!

What is this? Because Ma Qianli is the one who has the exam papers! The marking of the imperial examination is very complicated. It is not that the examinees start commenting and set the grade as soon as the test paper is handed over, but that the examiners start to comment and set the grade, but that they must first check the typos.

Let’s not talk about the knowledge of a candidate. If the candidate writes typos on the paper or violates the taboos of the court, then the good or bad articles are written, and they don’t need to read them and just fall into the paper!

Ma Qianli is the examiner who checked typos. In the early Tang Dynasty, the subject was not dug, and he could tell whoever had a paper. If he didn't like anyone, he would really be able to move his pen and blink his eyes, and the future of a candidate would be ruined.

For example, if there is the word "no crown" in the paper, if he doesn't like the candidate, and if he adds a little, it will become a "rabbit crown", then the candidate can just go home!

Ma Qianli has no power to decide whether a candidate can pass the exam, but he has the ability to decide whether a candidate will fail the exam. This is power! Therefore, in Chang'an City, or in the entire Tang Dynasty, unless he decides not to take the scientific examination route in his life, no literati dares to offend him!

Ma Qianli is knowledgeable and has read a lot of books, so he was assigned to this position and has made many friends with many great people. He really wanted his daughter to marry into a real wealthy family, so he kept finding a family for Ma Mingmei!

However, Ma Mingmei's fate is really hard enough, so hard that ordinary people can't see!

Many years ago, Ma Qianli was optimistic about Qu Tutong, who made great contributions and was one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion. When he destroyed Wang Shichong, he was rated as the number one in military meritorious service.

Ma Qianli found Qu Tutong and said to him: "My wife is pregnant, and I don't know if it's a man or a woman, but you have children and girls. Why not let us have a family in-laws!"

Qu Tutong was very happy and said, "Okay, then we are in-laws!"

The verbal marriage was just settled, and before Ma Mingmei was born, Qu Tutong died and the marriage was done!

A few years later, Ma Qianli took a look at Li Xiaogong again, who was also a hero in Lingyan Pavilion. He found Li Xiaogong and said, "I have a daughter who is very beautiful and smart. I'll be your daughter-in-law. Do you think about it?"

Li Xiaogong was also very happy, just like Qu Tutong said back then: "Okay, then we are in-laws!"

But not long after he finished speaking, before he could formally get engaged, Li Xiaogong died like Qu Tutong, and the marriage had to be given up again!

Ma Qianli thought, my daughter is so tough, she is extremely tough. Other women are a husband, but my daughter is a perfect match for her father-in-law, and each one is accurate! However, this also shows that Qu Tutong and Li Xiaogong are not blessed enough, and cannot accept my daughter's worship and cannot be her father-in-law!

Who is the most blessed in the world? It must be the emperor! He used this method to figure things out and was very happy. It seems that my daughter is the life of a princess, so she can only let the emperor be her father-in-law.

So, before he could calm down, he asked someone to go and talk about Xiang, wanting to marry his daughter into the Eastern Palace and be the concubine of Prince Li Chengqian. But before he could finish the matter, Li Chengqian was dismissed and was deposed!

Ma Qianli continued to work hard. Judging from the emperor's intention, it seemed that he wanted King Li Ke of Wu to be the crown prince. He quickly asked someone to find Li Ke again, wanting to marry his daughter to her. But not long after, due to Changsun Wuji's firm opposition, Li Ke not only did not become the crown prince, but lost his favor and was suppressed by Changsun Wuji so that he could no longer raise his head!

Ma Qianli was stunned. His daughter used to be a tyrant, but she met the emperor's mighty and could not resist, but changed the direction of the wind and changed the husband! Moreover, she was very fierce and did not even mention the marriage, and she directly defeated a prince and a prince!

Is this the will of God? My daughter should not get married in her destiny, and she can only be alone for a lifetime?

Ma Qianli never dared to kiss his daughter again and kept her by her side. In this way, Ma Mingmei was twenty years old and was always at home!
Chapter completed!