After reading the notice, Xu Hao frowned slightly. He didn't expect that the atmosphere of Qixia Temple was so bad. He looked at the year, month and day at the bottom, which was from the previous year.↖

The notice on the right was posted with a reward notice for catching the prisoner. Xu Hao looked up and looked up at the road up the mountain. Sure enough, he could see some beggars, dressed in shabby clothes, old, weak, sick and disabled, dragging his son and daughter to ask for money.

Xu Hao felt disgust from his heart. Now is a period of rising national strength. The population has just returned to its peak in the Song Dynasty. It is less than 100 million. The land annexation is not serious. The government is still doing well. Various overseas grain crops are continuously promoted, and the technological level has also been greatly improved. Business is prosperous. It should be said that where can anyone with hands and feet make a living?

To be honest, are there any refugees who have lost their land in various places? There are!

Is there anyone who can’t eat? Yes!

Are there any homeless people? Yes!

Are there any people who are desperate or even rise up? There are many, but in the world-rich capital, there are absolutely no way out, so many beggars are there. The emperor also needs face, and the central court also needs to pursue virtue.

Therefore, most of the beggars in Jinling are so-called beggars. They are just from this industry, they are idle and used to getting something for nothing. Today they come here to beg for a group of food. They go there to beg for tomorrow and have no place to live. They often leave the court and local governments helpless, and settle people or send them to other places. They run back a few days later.

** and beggars are the oldest industries throughout history, and they cannot be completely prohibited. Begging for food in troubled times, and in prosperous times, people want money, and they will even scold you a few words.

No need for Xu Hao to remind you, who doesn’t know what’s going on? Unless you are believers who are dedicated to fulfilling your wishes, or those who are kind and soft-hearted, most people are unwilling to give money to beggars and cannot afford it.

Tourists carried lanterns that were incense-filled, held the small red bench, and climbed the mountain with a few steps.

Due to the repeated orders from the government, these beggars did not dare to bother them and forced them to ask for them, which did not arouse the anger of tourists and the order was pretty good.

Qixia Temple was repaired in the Hongwu Dynasty. It covers an area of ​​about 40 acres and is built according to the mountain. It rises layer by layer, and looks solemn and beautiful from a distance.

In front of the temple gate is a large open lawn, with a calm Mingjing Lake and a crescent moon-shaped white lotus pond. It is full of lush flowers, plants and trees. In the distance are winding and rolling peaks, with picturesque white clouds, quiet and beautiful scenery and fresh air.

Xu Hao and others entered the mountain gate and followed the corridor. The first one was the Maitreya Buddha Hall, behind it was the Vila Hall, the Great Hall, the Dharma Hall, the Buddha Recitation Hall, the Sutra Tower, the Relics Stone Pagoda, and behind the temple were the famous Thousand Buddha Rock and other famous attractions.

At the same time, everyone stood in front of the stone tablet on the left, silently watching the ancient stele written by Gao Zhengchen, a master of calligraphy in the Tang Dynasty. It is said that it was the ancient stele of Qixia mentioned by Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty Li Zhi. Looking at the inscription on it, they felt the vicissitudes of history.

Like later generations, most people in the Ming Dynasty liked the prosperous Han and Tang dynasties, and worshiped the sages of all dynasties since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. However, in terms of social, cultural customs, the influence of the Song Dynasty was everywhere. After all, it was too far away from the Han and Tang dynasties. The spread of knowledge was in the hands of a few people, and the people were more heard and legendary stories that had been leaked from generation to generation.

For Shilin, officials and literati who had experienced the Hongwu Dynasty almost single-sidedly praised the Song Dynasty's concept of benevolence and kindness of "sharing the world with the scholars and officials". After all, no one wants the entire family to be destroyed in the blink of an eye.

Tourists consciously divided into male and female sides. Xu Hao followed Zhang Fu and Xu Wen and looked at the smiling Maitreya Buddha in the hall. On one side was the King of Weituo with his head held high.

After coming out, he climbed up the steps. The main hall enshrined the Sakyamuni, which was as high as ten meters and full of gilt. However, the Vairocana Temple is located behind it, and the golden body of Vairocana Buddha, which is as high as five meters high as the middle.

Xu Hao didn't know that this was influenced by Tantric Buddhism. Vairocana Buddha was also the Dharma body of Sakyamuni, that is, the Great Sun Tathagata worshipped by the Han people.

In other words, the Great Sun Tathagata is the Chinese Buddha. The Brahma King and Indra are standing on the left and right, and the twenty heavens are arranged on both sides of the hall. Interestingly, the Guanyin of the South China Sea is located behind the Buddha, showing the Han people's love for Guanyin Bodhisattva.

The amiable Empress Baoxiang smiled and stood on the turtle head. Boy Shancai and maid Long stood aside. Xu Hao kept a distance from Buddhism as always. Others knelt down and bowed devoutly, but he took a look and then walked out.

The solemn bells drifted away, and the cigarettes in the three main halls were misty. Xu Hao waited outside for a long time before finally waiting for his wife.

It’s not easy to laugh near the main hall, so everyone didn’t talk much. After a long walk, they came to Baizi Hall in the back hall.

Baizi Hall did not have it in the reconstruction of later generations, but at this time it was the most important source of income for the temple. Xu Hao looked at the kind Guanyin niche where there were many vivid clay statues of children, some wearing bellybands and scholar towels, some smiling bare heads, some studying, some practicing martial arts, some riding horses, some riding umbrellas, some playing dragon lanterns, some playing swings, some turning, some beating gongs and drums. In short, there are more than a hundred distinctive shapes, which generally correspond to the hundreds of folk industries.

Mu Xi said to the women: "Who wants to have a son, steal a little hat and go back, it is said that he is pregnant."

Who would think that his son was too young these days? No matter whether he had given birth or not, women who had become relatives all walked to the niche with laughter and rushed to the small hat of the clay statue.

Xu Qinglian, Mu Ningxue and other sisters stood still. First, they were old, and second, they were holding their identities.

Seeing this, Xu Song smiled and said, "Sisters-in-laws don't steal hats? I understand. It seems that the brothers are powerless, right?"

"Go to yours." Xu Wen cursed with a smile.

They laughed at each other here, and saw the newly-faced Hongwen kowtowed to the concubine, stood up, sneakily took a small hat and turned around and left, attracting the kindness of others.

Xu Hai said to Mu Ang, "This new aunt just stole the hat, is so interesting. You are now artful, why not give her a gift?"

Mu Ang smiled and nodded, thought for a while, and said loudly: "The bride is still shy when she gets married, and Guanyin is silently asking for a child; she reaches out to steal the Arhat hat, and turns red and pink faces a few times."

Everyone applauded, and Xu Hao said in surprise: "Sir should look at each other with admiration for three days after they are separated. It's a good job."

As he was talking, the host monk who was with him all the way asked to invite the distinguished guests to rest in the Buddhist temple. Xu Hao smiled and said, "You go, my brother-in-law and I will go to the relic tower."

Everyone knew what was going on. They came to the Buddhist temple to sit down, presided over the hospitality, took out the best refreshments and greeted them, and then gave a wink at the incense Taoist.

The Taoist then brought a booklet and presided over the monk and said, "The small temple in the deserted mountains is supported by the donors and the wife. This year, there is less paint and gold, and I hope that all the masters and wives will be rewarded with the flow, with hundreds of sons and thousands of grandchildren, and will have a long life."

The Taoist put the booklet on the table. Xu Qinglian looked at it. The cover of the nanmu was covered with a plum red sign with white paper. The cover was written with the words "Fuyuan Shanqing". After opening it, I looked through it. They all had some merits that everyone liked to help.

Xu Qinglian closed the booklet casually and said, "We don't have to write it anymore, just present the sealed incense."

The wife in charge immediately handed over the silver notes of three thousand words. Mu Ningxue also ordered someone to offer three thousand words and said, "As for the public merits of all of us, the master should collect them and supplement them."

At present, all the families gave money. When the monk was satisfied, they asked the disciples to prepare a vegetarian food.

"No need." Mu Ang stopped him, "We brought our own food and we will disturb you again next day."

"It's better to obey your orders than respect." The presidency did not dare to keep them, so he personally sent these noble people out of the hall.

At this time, people were much more crowded than when they came. There were many stalls on the grass in front of the temple, filled with a wide range of small things, and the owner shouted loudly like a competition.

Mu Ningxue looked at the girls and saw that they all showed hope, she smiled and said, "Send someone to invite the two masters out. You can walk around as you please while you are here. Remember not to run around alone and be kidnapped."

"Yes." The maids cheered and spread out to see other people's goods.

For them, no matter what things outside are, they are fun, fun, and they don’t care about the price, and they wish they could buy everything.

Hula gathered around a group of girls. These cargo owners could tell at a glance that they were from a wealthy family and were very energetic. The maids were chattering that they wanted to buy one and the other. Everyone seemed to be innocent, so how could the cargo owners not take the opportunity to raise the price?

The problem is what is the raising of the price in the eyes of this group of wealthy customers? Besides, it’s not that I spent money on my own, so I don’t feel sorry for it. Mu Ang’s butler Mu Fu ran around to settle the accounts one by one, and there were only thirty taels of silver in total. After paying the accounts, he found hundreds of coins for copper, and the owner and the customer were all happy.

At this time, Xu Hao and Zhang Fu walked out. Seeing each maid holding a bunch of things in their hands, the servants rushed to help their sisters get it. The flirted and chaotic, and they couldn't help but laugh.

After going down the mountain, the beggars saw that they were all holding things in their hands, as if a shark smelled blood. How could they let it go?

For a moment, the child cried and shouted, "Master, wife, husband, girl, okay, faced with a situation where it was difficult to move forward, Mu Ang asked the butler to disperse the copper coins."

"Everyone comes, everyone comes." Butler Mu Fu waved his hand with great momentum.

Taking advantage of the beggars' rush to go, Xu Hao quickly took his men down the mountain. But Mu Fu forgot that the good door was difficult to open. The beggars surrounded him and reached in with countless hands, took the copper coins and shouted for it, which was noisy and entangled.

Soon Mufu was squeezed around by people, and his body was covered in sweat. The coins were about to be gone, but the beggars still kept shouting to pay. Mufu was so anxious that he pushed down several people and escaped.

He ran in front, and adults and children chased after him. Mu Fu was very clever and knew that he could not rush like this, otherwise the beggars would follow him. If they bumped into the team and fell down after pushing and falling, they would have to cause a big disaster.

Therefore, he ran around the mountains and fields, throwing a few money from time to time. When he saw his people speed up and walk to the foot of the mountain, he ran down the mountain road.

The beggars really followed him to the dock. Mu Fu jumped onto the boat panting. The beggars stood opposite each other and refused to let the cables be untied.

Because Xu Hao and Zhang Fu were present, the guards did not dare to show up to chase people. The two sides were in a stalemate and finally they had to give them some copper coins. The beggars then asked them to leave.

For ordinary people, this is naturally a worry, but for rich people, it is nothing more than an interesting thing.

Ten ships drove along the river, walked three miles away, and parked at Ziyun Villa. After lunch in the villa, men played cards and joked, women washed their hands and faces, and went to play everywhere.

Ziyun Villa is a must-pass road to go back. You can look out from the mountain pavilion and watch the tourists pass by from a high place.

The servant guarding the boat simply set the card table on the side of the road, and a 20,000-yuan shouting attracted many tourists to watch the battle.

Without waiting for the wife's reminder, the housekeepers of each government took the initiative to ask people to place the stools and tables on the side of the road, boil water and tea for tourists to sit down and rest for a while.

The servants took the opportunity to collect wild flowers, catch small animals all over the mountains, and then ran to the mountains to please their favorite sisters.

In the afternoon, Xu Hao woke up from a nap and walked out of the house to his sister. He saw more boats on the river, including cruise ships, lamp boats, rowing boats, and fishing boats. These boats were flying oars, and singing came from many boats.

“There are so many tourists today.”

Xu Hao said, and saw a small fishing boat with a few bunches of lotus lanterns tied to it. The two boat ladies were rowing around in sweat. The friends in the cabin were also sweating. A guy was singing a song in a naughty voice.

"What's going on?" Xu Hao felt funny, and Xu Qinglian also laughed.

It turned out that the fast ships were descent at the same time, and they were docked nearby, and one person after another came out of the cabin, as if they were magical, which made the people on the shore stunned.

Xu Qinglian smiled and said, "It's probably because I saw so many boats and people, and I thought there was something fun, so I stopped and have fun."

Xu Hao laughed and said, "This Chinese people's mentality of watching the fun can change in the long run?"

The siblings didn't know that they were just here for them, of course they just wanted to join in the fun.

"Bah! I'm shameless." Suddenly Xu Qinglian laughed and cursed, turned around and left. The women around her were all cursing, and followed her into the building with a blushing face.

It turned out that the young men who had been holding on for a long time were on the shore, in the woods, at the bow of the boat, untied their pants as if no one was around and peed in the wind.

There are several temples in this area, among which Taohua Temple is the most famous, and there are also streams and waterfalls. There are many places to visit. With the arrival of a group of boring young people, the owners of the mountain soon came to hear the news, which suddenly made the Ziyun Villa gather about thousands of people, which was very lively.

At this time, the guards showed importance. They stood on the periphery in groups of three or three, and were shocked by those beggars and rogues who were not afraid to infiltrate. This made more tourists who came by boat choose to join the event here out of herd mentality.

Xu Hao thought it was pretty good, so he ordered his family to take out the ingredients and cook food on the spot, and invite people to have a hot meal regardless of their identity. Of course, it is far from enough to entertain everyone. It doesn’t matter, who doesn’t bring dry food these days? Moreover, there are rivers, mountains, temples, and houses nearby, but the animals in Qixia Mountain are in great trouble.
Chapter completed!