April 8th is the birth date of the Buddha. On this day, many believers in Jinling will take out green beans and soybeans several times, stand in the street market and wait for the monks to pass by. The master chants the Buddha's name and pick them up, then cook the beans and distribute them to the people. It is called the Sheyuan bean, which means to make a relationship in the next life, which is very lively. ∑,

The Emperor Temple of Jinling is a place where the Empress Dowager wishes blessings. Since the 12th year of Hongxi, the temple will be opened for half a month from the first day of April every year.

April in early summer is a good time to go out for a trip. There are countless tourists. Every day, red women and green men are filled with the road leading to Huanggu Temple. The cool breeze outside the city is blowing, willows and wheat waves, the clear weather and the beautiful scenery of green mountains and waters make tourists feel relaxed and happy.

There is a clear sky and a gentle breeze. The literati praised Huanggu Temple as "It is the most beautiful place outside the suburbs."

Now, according to the "Jinling Wenkao", Huanggu Temple is located in the north of Xiaojia Village. It was built in the second year of Hongxi, the 16th year of Hongxi, and the 2nd year of Xuande. Within the temple gate is the bell and drum tower, the Heavenly King Hall, the Wanshou Pavilion and the Yangxin Pavilion behind the hall, and then the Jingzhai, the Zen Hall where the concubine spent her old age.

Behind the hall is a rockery imitating the Imperial Garden. The rockery is the Guanyin Hall on the top and the Ksitigarbha Palace below. On the left is the Amitabha Buddha Hall, on the left is the Three Holy Temples, and on the back of the courtyard wall.

There are farmland, vegetable gardens, water wheels, wharfs, canals, etc. around the temple, which were all encircled in the three years of Xuande.

Among the foods that are in season in April, northerners will pick elm seed leaves, wash them, steam them, and use sugar and flour. This is the famous elm seed cake. There are rose cakes in the south. In addition, from Jinling to Hebei, there are also vine cakes made of vine flowers.

April is still a good time to eat shad fish. shad fish is the best-tasting treasure in the water in the south of the Yangtze River. It has been a tribute object since ancient times. It is as famous as puffer fish and swordfish. It is known as the "Three Fresh Fresh in the Yangtze River". But to this day, shad fish has become an endangered species.

In April, asparagus and cherries were put together, and the ancients believed that the taste was the sweetest.

"When asparagus grows, willow catkins fly", "the purple cherries are ripe, and the wheat is cool."

The wheat is first ripe in April. People make noodles and stir-fry them, mix them with sugar and eat them. This is the famous cold fried noodles in the north.

In April, flowers bloom, representing the flowers as purple and sweet roses. Although they have not yet symbolized love, they are also widely loved by women in boudoir.

The most popular one is the most delicious peony that is known as the most delicious peony when viewed in the morning. In ancient times, peony was highly praised by people, almost no less than peony.

At this time, vendors would sell along the street: "Roses that make cakes, roses that make cakes!" and those who broke branches must sell peony that was about to bloom. The most famous of them was Yang Fei, the two names of "Silly White".

At the end of April, as the flowers are about to go down, sentimental literati and ladies are prone to feel melancholy. The only thing that can relieve the boredom is the oriole sound of the oriole, like the oriole with a drum and sequel, listening to the beautiful cries of the oriole, and having the joy of fighting wine and oranges.

Unfortunately, it can only be heard for about a month before the oriole will fly away. The ancient poem says, "The yellow chestnuts are singing and the mulberries are beautiful", which means that the oriole is singing, indicating that the mulberries are about to ripen.

In short, the fourth month of the lunar calendar is the most beautiful month in ancient times. From south to north, from west to east, the entire land of China is full of birds and flowers. If the wind is bright this month, it basically means that the weather will be good all year round.

Officials will take the lead in incense to pray for peace and prosperity of the country. They are easily seen as wealthy daughters and ladies from all over the country. They will go out to visit in April, and their moving figures can be seen at all famous temples.

Confucius Temple in Nanjing City, Qixia Temple on the western foot of the middle peak of Qixia Mountain, Jiming Temple on the eastern foot of Jilong Mountain, General Mountain and Niushou Mountain Yumai Duanbing Mountain, Longquan Temple between the two mountains, Jiufeng Temple in Bailuzhou, Xuanzang Temple in Jiuhua Mountain facing Xuanwu Lake in the north, Linggu Temple in Zhongshan, Hongjue Temple in Zutang Mountain.

There are 480 temples in the Southern Dynasties, and so many towers in the mist and rain.

Taishan Temple, Fangshan Dinglin Temple, Tushita Temple, Relic Pagoda, Dabaoen Temple, Huayan Temple, Changlu Temple, Linggu Pagoda, Qingliang Temple, Pujue Temple, Haihui Temple, Tianlong Temple, Flower Temple, Tianning Temple, Shifo Temple, Jinghai Temple, Jingming Temple, Wuxiang Temple, Fayun Temple, Yanhua Temple, Baogong Pagoda, Jinli Temple, etc.

Temples and Taoist temples are ancient tourist attractions, attracting a large number of tourists all year round. Most of them burning incense and worshiping Buddha is equivalent to ticket fees. Although they are feudal superstitious activities, they can also play a role in encouraging people to be kind and prosper domestic demand.

The better life is, the more people are keen on going out for travel. At the same time, there are significant increases in cases such as teasing women, quarrels, cheating, theft and robbery, so few local governments will like April.

It is easy to say that you are tired of running around in order to maintain public security. What you are most afraid of is major cases with bad influence. If several consecutive incidents occur, the black hat on your head will probably not be able to be protected.

This happened recently near Jinling, which triggered some conservative officials' criticism of the court's suppression of foot binding, which made Xu Hao laugh and cry.

The cause was that there was a guest selling beads from North Korea, named Jin Yue, who lived in Bixia Yuanjun Temple outside the city. This person was extremely handsome. Since the Qin Dynasty, people in the Central Plains have generally looked down on the backward North Korea and said with prejudice that the women there were so-called lustful and extremely strong, that is, they don’t care much about the relationship between men and women.

But Jin Yue's hometown is located at the southern end of the Korean Peninsula. Even the people of his country have always believed that the customs there are like Japan, which is not a shame. It is conceivable that in such a custom, there are naturally countless Korean women who are obsessed with it.

Jin Yue is like an idol star in later generations. She has many fans in her hometown. Because her family is engaged in selling beads, people gave him a nickname, named **Dou. (It is definitely not a fabrication by Xiaochai. There are indeed similar records in ancient anecdotes.)

Jin Aidou went to Jinling to sell beads with his parents. He had nothing to do and deliberately lived in Bixia Temple.

In April, there were endless men and women who came to the temple to burn incense. He walked back and forth in the hall every day, taking the opportunity to peek at the beautiful women in the country, and feasted his eyes.

There is a famous scholar in Jinling named Huang Shangqing, whose wife's surname is Zhao. She passed the third grade in the imperial examination last time and was released as the magistrate of Hebei last year.

Unexpectedly, his wife got acutely ill and died within a month. Huang Shangqing was very distressed about this and finished the funeral crying.

He was widowed in middle age and is now lonely and lonely. Huang Shangqing thought that he might as well be a wife of Xu Xian. Because he thought that Yangzhou was famous all over the world, he decided to go to Yangzhou first. After marrying Xu Xian, he would not be too late to rush to Hebei.

It turns out that he is not just trying to lose weight, but the most important thing is to find a three-inch golden lotus, and there are fewer and fewer beauties with small feet.

In Yangzhou, he asked a matchmaker to search for him. The time was tight and the task was heavy. As a result, he only found out that Cai Jiansheng, the daughter of Guihua Lane, was born with a peerless appearance and elegant appearance, and had been bound since childhood.

When the matchmaker came to the door, he said that when Cai Jiansheng saw that he was a new county magistrate, a famous scholar in Jinling, and had a capital resident, and his future was unlimited, so he naturally thought it was good.

Cai Jiansheng Committee really looked down on the salt merchants and goods that broke out in Yangzhou, so he asked repeatedly: "If I marry Xian, I would agree. If my daughter was asked to be a concubine, my family of dignified hometown would never agree."

After repeated assurances from the matchmaker, Cai Jiansheng, who thought it was reliable, agreed after discussing with his wife.

Because Huang Shangqing was in a hurry to take office, he prepared a betrothal gift the next day, with a betrothal gift of 300 taels and hired someone to give it to the Cai family. Cai Jiansheng caught him off guard and had no time to get some dowry, so he took out 500 taels of dowry silver.

On the wedding night, Huang Shangqing was extremely satisfied. His wife was indeed extremely charming. Her pair of small and pointed golden lotus was so cute. Her pink and white body was really a promotion and wealth exchange for a wife. The two of them were like fish in water along the way.

He returned home and invited all relatives and friends to take care of the family for several consecutive days, and then entrusted all the big and small things in the family to Cai. After a few days, he left.

Let’s talk about the Cai family who stayed in Jinling. The Cai family is not a scholarly family in Yangzhou, and it is the most open-minded place. They have been used to traveling everywhere since childhood. Now when they arrive at the Huang family, they become officials’ wives, and every move is restricted. Anyway, they are not used to it. After all, they are young.

In April, she was very quiet and thoughtful, so she asked the woman in charge: "Where is the right place for me to go for a walk? I'm so bored at home."

The woman said, "The Bixia Niangniang Temple is very lively and not far from our house. Most of the people who go there are women, which is very suitable."

In this way, Cai was dressed like a flower and jade. He came to the temple in a sedan chair, burned incense for the empress, worshiped four times, and then walked through various scenic spots and historical sites in the temple. He planned to go back after noon.

When he left, he was seen by Jin Aidou. He was shocked and followed the sedan chair all the way to the Huang family gate in a daze.

I think of "idol stars" like Jin Idol, who just hooked their fingers in their hometown, and some enthusiastic "fans" happily threw themselves into their arms, so he was extremely narcissistic and conceited, comparing to North Korea's Pan An Song Yu.

Seeing the beautiful lady walking in, Jin Aidou, who was lost, asked around and learned that the Huang family had taken office and left her wife alone at home, from Yangzhou.

When I returned to the temple, my idol tossed and turned and couldn't sleep that night. I thought I had played with many women in North Korea, but I had never seen such a beautiful Chinese beauty. If I could get into the inner house to meet, even if I just said a few words, then after I returned to North Korea, I could boast about the official wife of the Sect Master. Wouldn't it be a big deal?

In this era, no matter how beautiful a famous prostitute on the Qinhuai River is, he is not worthy of being praised for his return to China. It is not worth it in later generations who wanted to marry into South Korea for a few female actors and stars, but were beaten and stamped by thousands of people.

As for the dignified official wife, Kim Aidou returned to Korea after taking charge of herself. The sky was high and the emperor was far away, so she was not afraid.

These days, Koreans believed in Buddhism more than those of the Ming Dynasty. Even if the Korean country was told by Taizu, a vigorous campaign to destroy Buddhism was triggered, the only belief of most Korean people is Buddhism.

Of course, Empress Bixia is a Taoist god, but it should be more effective for Koreans who worship everything in the Celestial Kingdom.

The next morning, Jin Aidou ran to the hall and knelt down, and confessed to himself devoutly: "Disciple Jin Yue, because she had sold pearls with her parents, I happened to see Mrs. Huang yesterday and was frightened by her. The disciple was infatuated to tell the gods that if there was a marriage, I beg the Empress to give me a spiritual sign. If there is no fate, I will give me a signature.

He took the sign with anticipation and shook it, shook it out, picked it up and saw that Jin Idol's face turned green and he gave the sign.

"No." Jin Aidou, who had a bitter face, said that the Empress probably didn't understand my Fanbang words, so I'll say it again.

As a result, he signed again. Jin Aidou was so angry that she cursed "The peasant woman Simida". She started again, and went back; she was still left.

"Go to your mother."

The extremely angry Jin idol asked a swear word from the Han people, and took up the stamp on the ground in anger. She was so happy that she smiled and danced, which made the pilgrims beside her look at each other.

"Hard work pays off, haha!"

The golden idol is like a treasure. The seventh sticker clearly states: "I have formed a bond in my previous life, but I have a thread in my heart today; my mouth is like a bottle to keep it, don't spit it in front of others."

During this period, the Koreans who had read books had no obstacles in Chinese reading ability, and they were even more Chinese than Chinese.

The golden idol, who was overjoyed, was excited. He covered his mouth for fear of being known, so he hurriedly kowtowed to the statue of the Empress and then, and his head pounded on the blue brick, and swore: "If Empress can fulfill her disciples, she would rather offer hundreds of taels of silver."

The first half of the sentence used in the Korean dialect and the second half of the sentence used in the Ming Dynasty, he was also afraid that his dirty wishes would anger Queen Bixia, and he dropped a lightning bolt to kill him.

He ran back to the room excitedly, and he had come up with a clever plan. The so-called clever plan was a strategy that was tried and tried in ancient times, that is, a woman who dressed up as a selling thing, and squirted into the inner house under the name of selling beads.

It’s okay to pretend to be a nun, but you have to shave your head. The golden idol is in a jealous manner. Please see some Korean male idols in later generations.

But soon Jin idol encountered a problem. He didn't know that foot binding was no longer popular in the Ming Dynasty in recent years. How could his big feet be concealed? Even if ordinary women don't bind their feet, they are not so big, and they can see through them in one go.

After thinking about it, I decided to sew a pair of embroidered shoes with my own hands, borrow the colors and decorative beads, and use a montage technique, and lower the hem of the skirt as low as possible, so be careful when walking.

In this way, he hid in the room for embroidery for three days, then ran to a ready-made garment shop, bought a long green silk and white shirt, a shirt, a bun, a wig, etc., and bought a box of rouge and powder.

With his package, he chose to be in a secluded ancestral hall near Huang Mansion. At noon that day, he took advantage of the fact that no one was dressing up. Not to mention, he would be a pretty little wife without looking carefully.

After watching the reflection in the canal for a long time, there was no flaw. At that moment, Jin Idol, who was very satisfied, plucked up the courage, carried a basket of various beads, held a string of good pearls in his hand, and walked slowly towards the Huang Mansion step by step.

It was just April, when the government inspected the most stringent times and no one dared to cause trouble. Who would have thought that a foreign youth would be so bold?

A team of patrolmen passed by the Huang Mansion. Two servants who were guarding the door chatted absent-mindedly. When they saw a young woman selling things coming over, one servant's eyes lit up and he pushed the other servant with a smile.

The two of them stared at their white faces, their breasts, and their twisted butts. They even forgot to ask and put the person in.

The frightened idol Jin never expected it to be so easy. He kept calling the Queen Mother in his heart so effective, and he is worthy of being the oldest master in China.

After all, the Huang family is a simple family with a small family, with no family property, and is also located outside Jinling City. The people are purely blessed with the people at the foot of the emperor, and there are few roosters and dogs that can be robbed. Women like to visit each other, but the servants don’t take it seriously.

In this way, Jin Idou walked to the inner house step by step, but no one was seen. The woman in charge of the door squatted under Liu Meng opposite him and was enjoying the cool air. An old woman stood aside and fanned her, and was also chatting.

"What's the matter?"

"Mai Zhuzi." Jin Aidou replied in a slight voice.

"Get in."
Chapter completed!