Chapter 15 Two fat men!

In the early morning, Aunt Qing went outside the village to pick mulberry leaves, went up the mountain to chop firewood, and checked whether there were any gains in the traps set up before?

Li Zhao stayed alone in the small ancestral hall. He first held a small wooden stick and drove the chicks to run in the yard to hone their endurance. Super endurance is one of the essential qualities for excellent cockfighting!

After the training, I picked up another book of "Tang Law Commentary" and sat under a big tree and read it with relish. This is a compilation of the laws and commentaries of the Tang Dynasty, totaling thirty volumes, with detailed content.

To survive in this world, it is not enough to just live both civil and military. You have to understand the law, because sometimes, "only you know the law can break the law!"

"Wow!--Wow! Wow!"

Amid the extremely unpleasant chirping, two big-mouthed crows with black mouths landed on the dragon-scale cypress in the middle of the small ancestral hall. After a few strange screams, they spread their wings and flew towards the front yard...

As the saying goes: The crow calls, there is no good thing, this is true.

Not long after, two fat and uninvited guests came to the door. It was Li Chong and Li Fei, who were carrying a basket of ripe grapes, full of grains and full of juice.

During the Western Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian went on a mission to various countries in the Western Regions to bring grape seeds back to the Central Plains. After more than 800 years of promotion, this fruit has been widely planted and can be tasted by officials and civilians. Wine is the favorite of literati and poets.

"Yulang, we're here to see you."

"The two brothers have come here, but I have never met you, so I forgive my guilt in person."

"Hehe, my brother, don't be polite.

Li De was the adopted son of Li Zhao's grandfather, so Li Zhao and the two fat men called each other brothers and took the initiative to cross their hands to salute.

Of course, whether it is brother or brother, they are just pretending to be intimate, but in fact they want to strangle the other person to death!

"The two brothers came here, I don't know what's going on?"

"The grapes in the back garden are ripe. We specially picked a basket for Yulang to try it out, and invited Yulang and us to go to Caotang Temple to burn incense and worship Buddha!"

"Oh, burn incense and worship Buddha?"

Although Taoism was regarded as the national religion in the Tang Dynasty, Buddhism was also highly praised. From officials to nobles and ordinary people, they often went to temples to burn incense and worship Buddha in order to seek blessings from gods and Buddhas and escape from the suffering of reincarnation as soon as possible.

Today is the first day of the lunar month, which is a good day to burn incense and worship Buddha. As for Caotang Temple, it is the largest temple within a radius of dozens of miles, only twenty miles away from Qianlonggang.

Thinking of this, it was natural for the two fat men to invite Li Zhao to burn incense and worship Buddha. However, from their smiling expressions, we can feel that this matter is not that simple, and the two fat men must have other plans.

Could it be that he was instructed by Li De and Zheng, who used the excuse of worshiping the Buddha to deceive himself out and then secretly harm him?

The birthday party has just passed, and the aftermath has not subsided. With the attention of countless pairs of eyes, Li De and Zheng may not dare to act rashly, right?

Li Zhao decided to make a mistake and explore the details of the two fat men.

"Uncle, will aunt go with you?"

"Father, my mother went to the winemaking workshop again. I'm afraid she won't be back late. She has no time to do anything else. Today, we three brothers will go to worship Buddha."

"No one else?"

"No one else!"

...

Li Zhao nodded, knowing that the two fat men did not lie, at least these few words did not lie.

The Li family has a large winemaking workshop. In terms of its size, it is one of the best in Wu'an County. It can brew a large amount of fine wine every year, which can earn thousands of chunks of money.

Unfortunately, this winemaking workshop, like the Li family's ancestral home, was occupied by Li De and Zheng.

Recently, Li De and Zheng have been running to the winemaking workshop every day, busy from morning to night, as if they have taken on some big business and have no other things to care about.

In this way, these two fat men did not receive instructions from others, but instead made their own decisions, trying to trick themselves out and clean up their parents while Aunt Qing and Baifu were not at home!

Since that's the case, why don't you use your own tricks and deal with the two fat men and avenge the last time you fell into the water?

"Two brothers, wait for a while, Brother Rong will change his clothes, let's go to burn incense and worship Buddha together!" After careful calculation, Li Zhao returned to the dormitory to change into clean clothes, and secretly hid a sharp knife for cutting paper in his boot bucket to prevent any accidents.

After they were ready, the three of them left the small ancestral hall. A carriage had been waiting at the gate, and the one who drove the car was Xiao Si in the mansion!

"Please get on the bus, two brothers!"

"good!"

Li Zhao was very polite and personally helped the two fat men into the car, letting them sit inside, while he and Xiao Si were sitting outside.

This will certainly have a purpose.

...

"drive!"

"Brother Wang, I'm going to sell mountain goods again. My two brothers and I went to Caotang Temple to worship Buddha."

"Hello Aunt Zhang, let's go to Caotang Temple."

"Hello Brother Liu..."

On the way to travel, Li Zhao greeted every fellow villagers he met, not missing a single one, no matter how old or young. This is not only a politeness, but also a means of self-protection.

Although he was guessing that the two fat men just wanted to trick themselves out and repair them hard, they didn't dare to do something too outrageous, but they were not afraid of ten thousand, but they were afraid that if they guessed wrongly, what should they do?

Therefore, Li Zhao deliberately revealed his whereabouts so that everyone around him knew that this would mean an additional amulet. If something happened to him, the brothers Li Chong and Li Fei would not escape. With this concern, they would not dare to do anything.

In terms of scheming, Li Zhao is not inferior to anyone!

...

Guifeng Mountain is one of the remaining veins of Zhongnan Mountain. It is more than 1,500 meters above sea level, with a steep and tall height and beautiful scenery. Its appearance resembles the character "Gui" in Chinese characters, so it is named.

There is a temple at the foot of the mountain, covering an area of ​​hundreds of acres. It is the famous Caotang Temple. It was built in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It is not only a famous ancient temple in Buddhism, but also the ancestral courtyard of the Three Thesaurus Sects, and the incense is extremely prosperous.

"The people in front of you should go quickly, the mountain roads are blocked!"

"I can't walk anymore, and the front is blocked."

...

"Oh, damn it, who stepped on my foot?"

"Shut up, Buddhist holy land, no noise is allowed!"

Today is the first day of the New Year, and it is a good day to burn incense and worship Buddha. The mountain gate of Caotang Temple is filled with pilgrims, including officials and nobles in fresh clothes and angry horses, as well as ordinary people in simple clothes. Because there are too many people, crowded and trampled on them, there are endless things!

Fortunately, Li Chong and Li Feisheng were fat and strong, like a fat pig providing land, he opened the road in front, and forced a passage out. Li Zhao followed the two and entered the mountain gate smoothly.

Speaking of which, after traveling through time, this was the first time that Li Zhao entered the temple, and it was an authentic ancient temple. He couldn't help but feel a little excited and immediately started to visit it with concentration.

The construction style of Caotang Temple completely follows the Buddhist architectural rules. The temple gate faces north and south, and the main buildings are spread along the central axis, namely the Heavenly King Hall, the Bell Tower, the Drum Tower, the Monument Gallery, the Great Praise Hall, and the Ksitigarbha Hall... Each building is beautiful and reflects the superb architectural level. Li Zhao was so excited to see it. This is much better than the antique buildings in later generations.

"Long!—Long!Long!"

"Thunder is coming... it's going to rain!"

As the saying goes, "Man will have good fortune and good fortune every day, and heaven will have unexpected changes." This is true.

As we were enjoying the visit, a gust of wind suddenly blew up. Then, clouds gathered, thunder and lightning intertwined, raindrops as big as soybeans poured down, smashing trees, and roofs clattered... The pilgrims immediately ran away and entered the building closest to them to hide from the wind and rain.

Li Zhao and the two fat men were no exception. They entered the main hall next to them. This is the core building in the Great Ci'en Temple, which enshrines three huge Buddha statues:

The one in the middle is Sakyamuni Buddha, and the Medicine Buddha on the left is the Lapis Lazuli Light Buddha, sitting in a cross-legged position, holding a bowl in the left hand, indicating nectar and pills in the right hand; the one on the right is Amitabha Buddha, sitting in a cross-legged position, with both hands stacked on the feet, and a lotus platform in the palm, indicating the meaning of attracting sentient beings.

The three Buddha statues are all made of brass, and the weight is probably more than 10,000 kilograms. There is gold foil on the outside, which looks golden and majestic, making people feel awe!

In front of the base, there is also a huge sign bucket with 365 spiritual signs inside, representing the number of the sky.

The spiritual signature of Caotang Temple is said to predict good and bad luck, fortune, fortune, marriage, wealth, etc., which are very effective and pilgrims are flocking to it.

Once you enter Baoshan, there is no reason to return empty-handed.

Li Chong and Li Fei brothers bowed to Sakyamuni Buddha, kowtowed like a fat pig arched the ground, and then closed their eyes and prayed. You could vaguely hear words like: promotion and wealth, wives and concubines...

After praying, the two of them shook out a spiritual sign and held it tightly in their hands.

...

"Disciple Li Zhao, if you want to know what the future is, please give me some advice."

After Li Zhao prayed silently, he also shook the sign bucket in his arms. Na Zhi shook it for more than ten times in a row, but he didn't shake a spiritual sign. He shook it hard a few times, but there was no result. What's the situation?

Could it be that the Buddha refused to give advice?

"Wow! Wow!"

"rumble!"

At the same time, there was a heavy storm outside the hall, and thunder was rolling in, and the world changed its color...

One!

Two!

Three ways!

...

"Pu...huh?"

When the ninth thunder sounded, something suddenly shook from the palm of Sakyamuni Buddha, and it fell into Li Zhao's hands impartially.

When I looked closely, it turned out to be a spiritual sign, heavy.

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!