Tang riddles

The sensational case of the strange ape of kindness came to an end after the announcement of the case was posted in the Jingzhao Mansion.The ban on Ci'en Temple was lifted, and the imperial army withdrew from the temple. The remains of the two monks who died in this case were welcomed back from Jingzhao Mansion by the monks headed by Miaoyin, and a solemn tea ceremony was held, which is also a folk saying. Said cremation funeral.After the bones were cremated, Master Miaopu kept five relics and buried them in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.Although the good cause failed to leave the relics, the monk's clothes were collected as a funeral.

On that day, eminent monks led monks to participate in the laying ceremony in various temples and monasteries located in Chang'an.Many monks gathered in front of the Daxiong Palace, and the bells and drums rang out, and the chanting of super-duplication, the sound shook Jinchang Square, and spread far and wide to all the surrounding squares.The person who presided over the laying ceremony was the Tianzhu monk who was the abbot of Jianfu Temple at that time-Master King Kongzhi.Dharma Master Vajra Wisdom is the current Tang Dynasty teacher, with high morals and profound Dharma. With him presiding over the laying ceremony, Miao Pu and good causes, perhaps he can also be honored in the Land of Ultimate Bliss.

Although this case is disgraceful, the common people are quite emotional. No matter what era, the common people always have more sympathy.For tragic stories, always have a compassionate and forgiving attitude.Therefore, the case of the strange ape at Ci'en Temple has evolved into a tragic story, and it has become a topic of conversation among ordinary people in Gyeonggi after dinner.

This case also brought a lot of follow-up effects.The sage still entrusted Ci'en with the ritual of washing the princess of the state of Jin and praying for blessings. In order to make up for the mistakes, the monks and monks of Ci'en Temple worked together.On December 16th in the [-]th year of Kaiyuan, a solemn and sacred Water and Land Dharma Assembly was successfully held for the Princess of Jin.It can also be called the most grand water and land ceremony since the sage ascended the throne.During the many years of the saint's reign, the status of Buddhism has always been inferior to that of Taoism. This time, the monks in Chang'an can be regarded as proud.It's just that this elation is not very happy, it always makes people feel uncomfortable.

The sage was very happy these two days. Before the New Year's Day, he was able to get rid of his two recent troubles and let him live a good year. He felt happy and treated his courtiers more pleasantly.On the day when Murong Fu submitted his petition statement, the sage happily praised Murong Fu, saying that he would be rewarded, and it seemed likely that he would be promoted.But seeing that the New Year was coming soon, and the court was on holiday, they first rewarded Murong Fu with three carts of silk silk.

The sage did not forget Shen Sui who played a key role in this case. Murong Fu was quite authentic this time, and did not take all the credit for himself. Because of his love for talent, he treated Shen Sui's performance as it was. Reported.Of course, this is also due to the fact that Shen Sui's investigation process itself has already attracted the attention of a large number of people. In addition to the relevant personnel such as the Princess of Jin, the Minister of Dali Temple, and the generals of the Forbidden Army, many ministers in the DPRK and China have noticed this. For this matter, he would not be able to do it if he wanted to hide it from others and take credit for it all.However, the sage didn't seem to have decided on any rewards for Shen Sui, he just said: "Let him stay in Chang'an, don't go back to Luoyang." In fact, there is already a general direction, and Shen Sui will definitely be retained as a central official .Years later, the promotion order of this "Snow Dao Ming Jue" should come down.

The story of Shen Sui's cracking of the strange ape case has spread throughout the streets and alleys of Chang'an. Bear this name.The sage also praised her with Gao Lishi for her relics of old Di Guo. This remark was quickly spread in the palace by the mouths of many eunuchs and maids, and even the harem knew about her.But this person who stands on the cusp of public opinion is now nestled in the small house where he temporarily lives in Chang'an, writing peach charms contentedly. Not only her, but the entire Shen family are buying new year's goods, cleaning the house, and preparing to celebrate the new year. .

Thirty of the twelfth lunar month, New Year's Eve.Shen Sui slept until the sun was high before getting up.Without combing his hair, he was dressed in short brown, and practiced knives in the courtyard with disheveled hair.The knife is a wooden knife, but it is no different from a real knife in terms of weight.It is said that she is practicing the sword, but outsiders think she seems to be holding the sword in a daze.After standing for a while, she moved slowly, holding the wooden knife in her right hand and slowly retracting it at her left waist, as if sheathing the knife.Sink your waist and turn your hips, and lower your body.Just in this awkward posture, he didn't move for a while.The aura around her became extremely quiet, but there was another thread of air flowing in the dark. She was like a cheetah crawling and hunting, and it might erupt at any time.

Just at this moment, Hu Tuo suddenly entered the front yard, his Qi was moved, Shen Sui's eyes suddenly opened, and the wooden knife was cut out in an instant, so fast that he couldn't even see the posture of drawing the knife clearly.Hu Tuo only felt a gust of cold wind blowing in front of his eyes, and a dead leaf that fell from his head was split in two and fluttered to the ground.

Hutuo: "..."

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, are you okay?" Shen Sui said with a smile, the wooden knife had already been stuck into her waistband.

Hu Tuo ignored the hateful smile on Shen Sui's face, and said expressionlessly:

"Hallmaster Li and Deputy Headmaster Yang brought Cui Zongduo to see you. They are waiting in the main hall, and Erlang is receiving you."

Upon hearing this, Shen Sui smiled slightly and said:

"I'll be there soon." After saying that, he immediately went back to wash and change clothes.

Li Qing and Yang Ye were the two black-clothed and silver-embroidered female warriors who rode on horseback to protect the two sides of the second carriage when Shen Jin entered the city that day.These two are the chief and deputy hall masters of Qingluan Hall, and Qingluan Hall is a part of a certain organization under Shen Sui's hands.

Qianyumen, a well-known intelligence organization in the Jianghu.There is nothing in this world that Qianyumen does not know.What is Qianyu, as the name suggests, means "thousands of feathers and sparrows come together in the same family".The Thousand Feathers Sect has three specialties, the first one is in the door. People in the door are extremely good at raising and training birds, carrier pigeons, sparrows and even eagles, everything is included.It is precisely because of this unique skill that the news of Qianyumen is transmitted extremely fast. If an urgent letter is sent out on the same day, even if it is far away in the Western Regions, it can reach the ears of the head of Qianyumen within two hours.

The second secret of Qianyumen, no one can break the secret message.Qianyumen's encryption technology for letters is all kinds of strange and changeable. Except for the trusted aides of Jieyu Pavilion who are full-time in this matter, no one can decipher Qianyumen's encrypted letters.Therefore, the letters sent by Qianyumen are absolutely safe and will never be leaked.Moreover, Qianyumen is not involved in the disputes of the rivers and lakes, and it is aloof from outsiders. There are also many outsiders who have nothing to do with Qianyumen, and many people entrust Qianyumen to pass on messages, and Qianyumen will never leak it. This is a good reputation established over the years.But also because of this, Qianyumen has mastered many secrets that are not known to the public.Many people spend a lot of money in order to know these secrets, but the principle of Qianyumen is "a thousand feathers swallow ten thousand breaths, and don't spit out half of it." It means that Qianyumen will not spit out any news that Qianyumen eats.

The third best of Qianyumen, the Great Hermit hides in the city.What does this mean?This means that although Qianyumen does exist, the high-level organization behind it has never shown up, and there is no concrete and visible rudder gate.The only thing people know is that Changfengtang, the current big Jiangnan firm, is inextricably linked with Qianyumen.There are rumors in the rivers and lakes that if you want to entrust Qianyumen to do business, you need to seal up the news you want to convey, and send it to Changfengtang's shops in various places in person, enter through the back door, kick the threshold three times when entering, and shout "queer!" fly".Someone in charge will come to receive it.If you don't do this, even if your voice is broken, the people from Qianyumen will not appear.If it's just for teasing, or spying on the people of Qianyumen, Qianyumen is not a good person, if you come to harass me sincerely, you will not be polite, and what kind of revenge you will receive depends on Qianyumen's mood.

In addition, there are many strange rumors about Qianyumen. The most popular one is that there is an ancient Yanshi who has been passed down from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods in the gate, so the mechanism technique is very developed.It is even said that Qianyumen has fully mastered Gongshu, Mohist and Zhuge mechanism techniques.Among the messenger birds, there is a wooden kite, which can fly three hundred miles in a fixed direction.

The mystery of the Thousand Feathers Sect makes people awe and yearn for it. The Thousand Feathers Sect has existed for at least a hundred years, and it should have appeared at the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty.So far, no one knows who founded Qianyumen.In particular, the court has always wanted to master the bird-training technique, which is extremely high among the sect, but Qianyu Sect has never heard of it.The imperial court has been sending spies to investigate who is behind the scenes of Qianyumen, but there has been no result.During Gaozong's period, the imperial court was once very jealous of Qianyumen, and even thought of using the power of the government and army to ban Changfengtang, but in the end it didn't know why.There is speculation that perhaps Qian Yumen had served Empress Wu at that time, so that long-term peace can be maintained.

So far, Changfengtang still stands on the land of the Tang Dynasty like an old pine tree, with branches all over the place, and the business is booming.The tributes of the Tang Dynasty, such as cloth and silk, tea and porcelain, were also paid by Changfengtang.It can be seen how much energy is behind Qianyumen.

And I'm afraid that everyone in the world will be thinking about it, and they will never think that the mysterious contemporary master of Qianyumen is Shen Bozhao, "Xue Dao Ming Duan", a small official of the seventh rank of the Eastern Capital, who is in his twenties, Judiciary Wu Qing who is not good at writing.

Why is an uncrowned king with such great energy willing to be a seventh-rank judicial official, relying on people's nose and looking at people's faces, and doing his best for the court every day?No outsiders know about it.

But at this moment, our sect master Shen "Da Lang" has quickly bathed and changed his clothes. He is wearing a footless hard head, with red horns hanging from his ears. Knife, with Hu Tuo whistling out of the front hall.

There were five people waiting for her in the lobby, and the deputy door master "Erlang" Shen Jin was sitting in a wheelchair at the moment, "chatting" with Li Qing, Yang Ye, and a plain-looking middle-aged man sitting next to her. The person should be the Cui Zongduo that Hutuo said.Behind Shen Jin stood her personal maid, Blue Robin.

It was a chat, but Shen Jin was talking with her lips, and the other three read her lips.Because of Shen Jin, most of the senior officials of Qianyumen have learned the ability to read lips, just to communicate with the deputy head without any obstacles.

[Our sect master really came out after a thousand calls. 】As soon as Shen Sui came, Shen Jin laughed.

Shen Sui glanced at her speechlessly, and said in his heart: Can't you save me some face in front of your subordinates?

Shen Jin just blinked, pretending to be innocent.

Shen Sui dotes on his younger sister Shen Jin extremely, and his subordinates have long been accustomed to the fact that the head of the sect is always bullied by the deputy head of the sect.Li Qing, Yang Ye, and Cui Zongduo had already stood up to greet Shen Sui.Shen Sui hurriedly returned the gift, and invited a few people to sit down, and asked Mr. Cui first:

"How is Uncle Cui recently? I have been in Chang'an for a while, and I haven't had time to visit you."

Cui Zongduo smiled and said kindly:

"There is nothing special about the daily affairs. Everything is fine at Chang'an's main helm. However, Chang'an is the center of the vortex after all, and there are many things. There are many things happening these days. I believe the sect master has already received a ten-day return from a certain family."

The so-called "Xunhui" is a system in Qianyumen.That is, according to Xun, every ten days it is customary to summarize the noteworthy information that happened in various places, organize it into cipher text, and send it to Shen Sui and Shen Jin.

Shen Sui nodded.Then ask again:

"How is the business of the Chang'an Branch of Changfeng Hall?"

Hearing Shen Sui's question about the business, the smile on President Cui's face became even brighter.

"It's really good. Seeing that the court year is coming, Chang'an's east and west markets are full of people. Our Changfengtang's goods are easy to sell, and our business has doubled these days. Especially the Jiangnan brocade, Chang'an's dignitaries and dignitaries Once I buy a few, I will go back to make new clothes. In a few days, during the Lantern Festival, our Changfeng Tower will also have a lantern festival and poetry festival, and it will definitely be overcrowded."

"Look at this miser." Shen Sui smiled at him, and everyone laughed too.This CEO Cui, originally named Qian, later changed his name to "Qian".Although he smiles and shows people all day long, he is full of merchants and cunning, but he is a man of great artifice.Shen Sui let him sit on the position of chief rudder of Qianyumen Gyeonggi chief rudder, because he also took a fancy to his shrewdness and cunning.Although this person is shrewd, he also has a very arrogant temperament. Once he is surrendered, he will not change his ways easily. He has always been loyal to Qianyumen and the Shen sisters.

Hearing Shen Sui laughingly calling him a "miser", Cui Qian was not angry but happy, triumphant.To him, this title is tantamount to the most beautiful praise.

"Come on, let's not gossip. I asked the two hall masters, Li Yang, to come to you today, mainly to ask about the medicine of Jinzuifang, which was once distributed in Pingkangfang. Presumably, you should have received some The news has been sent, you are more familiar with these business transactions, and I want to ask for advice."

"Cui is really familiar with this Jinzuifang. But the door owner, we can't explain the doorway behind closed doors here. Why don't the door owner go to Xishi and Pingkangfang with Cui today?"

"I knew you would say that. I think you are taking advantage of the New Year's Eve to drag someone to your territory to get some benefits." Shen Sui pointed out Cui Qian's inner thoughts, and then patted the waist knife, said:

"The guys are all brought, let's go."

Cui Qian blushed, bowed and said: "The sect master is still wise."

The author has something to say: Although this chapter is a transitional chapter, there is an important organizational structure - Qianyumen.Qianyumen will run through the whole text, and it is also related to the core content of this article.