Tang riddles

On December 16th, the [-]th year of Kaiyuan, the third quarter of the first day of the Chen Dynasty.The heavy snow last night once again covered Chang'an City with white clothes. This morning, the heavy snow has just started, and the sky is overcast with no sunlight.

Xingqing Palace's regular attendance has passed, and the fifth-rank officials and enshrined officials, Yuanwailang, supervisory censor, and Dr. Taichang have gone to court, and they have gone to work in their respective political affairs offices.Today is neither the first day nor the winter solstice, nor is it a new moon day, so it is only the most common day of pilgrimage.In a few days, the yuan spring break will start. Seeing that the New Year's Eve is getting closer, all the officials and attendants are a little absent-minded.

After the court visit, the saint left Yin Murongfu of Jingzhao Mansion and Qin Zhen, Minister of Dali Temple, to discuss matters in Nanxun Hall.In less than two moments, he got angry and chased them away.Before leaving, the saint's roar still lingered in Murong Fu's ears:

"Since you recommend Shen Bozhao so much, let this 'Xue Dao Ming Jue' investigate the case quickly! If you can't find out, don't even try to shirk it, get out!"

In the cold weather, Murong Fu's brow was sweating, and he raised the sleeve of the scarlet official robe to wipe the sweat. He said to Qin Zhen who was beside him:

"Brother Qin, what about Shen Bozhao? After leaving the palace, take him to the Temple of Mercy."

"Waiting at the outer door." Qin Zhen said concisely, but he was an old god, and he was not in a hurry.

"Oh, let's go!" Murong Fu was really anxious, he raised his hand and grabbed Qin Zhen's wrist, dragging him away.

"Oh, brother Yifu, walk slowly, my old bones are about to fall apart."

At this moment, Shen Sui was shivering with the cold wind blowing near the Xingqing Gate outside the Xingqing Hall.Not long after Maochu, she has been standing here, and now it is the third quarter of Chenchu, and her legs and feet are numb. Even if she is practicing martial arts to strengthen her body, she can't bear it.In the end, the saint did not summon her either.But she still had to wait outside, the bi-color official robe she was wearing hadn't been worn for a while, and she was not used to wearing it now.This color is really ugly, Shen Sui doesn't like it.

A group of palace people passed by her, and seeing this green-robed young official with a plump and handsome face, he was really good-looking, but he was terribly cold. One of the bold palace ladies untied the silk tie and hung it around her neck, winking at her. throw, said:

"Tianhan, officials don't freeze. [Note]"

The other maids burst into laughter and left with laughter, leaving Shen Sui alone standing there with an embarrassed expression on his face.

Not long after, I saw Murong Fu dragging Qin Zhen rushing over from afar.Murong Fu was born in the Murong family, his ancestors were the famous Murong clan of Qianyan, and he was a beautiful man of Murong Chong's level.Their family was born to be the most beautiful in the world, and they were so beautiful. Murong Fu was a handsome man who was famous in Chang'an back then.But at this moment, his face was flushed with anxiety, dragging Qin Zhen to nothing.Shen Sui watched the two court officials running out of breath, and stood on the spot with wide-eyed eyes.When they approached, Shen Sui hastily bent down and bowed his hands in salute:

"My lower official Shen Sui, my respects..." Before he finished speaking, Murong Fu grabbed his wrist and dragged him away:

"Yes, yes, yes, Shen Yihui, little brother Bozhao, hurry up and follow me, don't be polite!"

After leaving Xingqing Gate, those who got on their horses got on their horses, those who got on their cars got on their cars, and the impatient Murong Fu dragged Shen Sui and Qin Zhen all the way to the south. .

Da Ci'en Temple was first built during the Zhenguan period, and was built by Emperor Gaozong, who was still a prince, in memory of his birth mother, Empress Wende.Later, the eminent monk Xuanzang was invited to move to the Ci'en Sutra Translation Institute to continue to work on the translation of Buddhist scriptures.The Big Wild Goose Pagoda in the temple was built in the Yonghui period, and then it was renovated and added several times. By the time of Empress Zetian, it reached ten floors.

The city of Chang'an is scattered all over the city, with a regular structure. It is cut into square grids by large and small streets, and each grid is a square.And there are cross streets in each square to divide the square into four parts: southeast, north and west.The Da Ci'en Temple occupies an extremely large area, and the land of one temple occupies the North Qu and Dong Qu of Jinchangfang. That is to say, the eastern half of Jinchangfang is enclosed by the courtyard wall of the Ci'en Temple.There are many buildings and cave houses in Yunge, which are even more spectacular.

Ci'en Temple faces south from north, with the main gate at the southernmost side.Since Ci'en Temple has been blocked at present, only the south gate is strictly guarded, and all entrances and exits are inspected through this gate. Therefore, although Shen Sui and others passed the side gate of Jinchang Beifang, they had to go around to the south and enter through the south gate. Dismount and enter.

The mountain gate is magnificent and majestic, and the four characters "Da Ci'en Temple" gilded on the gate were mentioned by Emperor Gaozong himself.Of the three gates, the largest one is the empty gate in the center, the Wuxiang gate is in the east, and the Wuzuo gate is in the west.Shen Sui and others climbed up the steps, checked their identities with the soldiers guarding the mountain gate from the gate of Wuxiang Gate, met Liu Yucheng who greeted them, and the two school captains of the government soldiers, and entered the mountain gate together.On both sides of the gate hall, the statues of angry-eyed Vajras stand up, majestic and majestic.At the back of the hall is a white jade screen wall, carved with statues of Buddhist scriptures and stories, which is very exquisite.

After bypassing the white jade screen wall, there is the Hall of Heavenly Kings, where the four great heavenly kings stand in the center.Maitreya Bodhisattva is enshrined in the middle, and Weituo Dharma protector is enshrined on the back of Maitreya.Shen Sui and the others didn't come to worship Buddha today, so they just passed by in a hurry, at most they entered the hall and saluted with palms together, which was regarded as respect.

After passing the Tianwang Hall, you can see the huge square in front of the hall.The square is paved with blue bricks, with the bell tower on the left and the drum tower on the right, and the royal road in the center.The eyes suddenly open up, and looking around, the platform base is soaring, and the buildings are like clouds. It can be said that "the poor class is full of skillful skills, and Huo Liangmu is the best", which is magnificent and extraordinary.In the distance, the Daxiong Palace stands on the rosette platform of the Baiyu Humen, like floating in the clouds, cleansing the majestic atmosphere of the world, making people want to worship involuntarily.

Liu Yucheng, who was leading the way, did not go to the main hall, but bypassed the main hall and headed towards the west courtyard.The place where the crime happened—the Abbot's Courtyard and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda are both in the West Courtyard.

The inside of the monastery is so wide that there are no means of transportation. Shen Sui, Qin Zhen and Murong Fu, accompanied by Liu Yucheng and two lieutenants of Jingzhao Mansion, walked for a full quarter of an hour before finally reaching the outside of the abbot's courtyard. .This is due to their fast pace. If it was a pious pilgrim, I am afraid that they would not be able to get here within an hour or two.Along the way, there was hardly anyone in sight, only a few scattered monks, sweeping snow with brooms.A huge Buddhist temple seemed quite empty and silent.

The abbot's courtyard was actually expanded on the basis of the well-known Ci'en scripture translation courtyard.The first abbot, Master Xuanzang, was first invited into the Buddhist scriptures institute, and later became the Venerable Master of Ci’en. In fact, he was already considered the abbot of Ci’en at that time.Since then, Ci'en has become the ancestral home of the Confucianism School founded by Master Xuanzang, and the abbots and abbots of Ci'en in the past have lived and lived in the scripture translation courtyard.Gradually, the scripture-turning courtyard became the abbot’s courtyard.

If you go northward for a while, you can see the courtyard wall of the West Pagoda, in which stands the most magnificent and majestic pagoda in the Tang Dynasty - the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.

Standing at the main entrance of the abbot's courtyard, you can see the wild goose pagoda which is covered by the lower half.Shen Sui stood at the gate of the courtyard for a long time, looking up at the Wild Goose Pagoda, wondering what he was thinking.In front, Liu Yucheng and Murong Fu had already stepped into the abbot's courtyard, but she was still staying outside.Qin Zhen knew her well, seeing her looking up and thinking, so he stayed by her side without saying a word.

Murong Fu became anxious again, and shouted in the courtyard:

"Brother Zhiqin, little brother Bozhao, come in quickly!"

Qin Zhen felt it was funny, and couldn't help but whispered to Shen Sui beside him:

"You better stop torturing our Lord Murong."

Shen Sui also smiled, and said: "No matter how urgent you are, you have to allow someone to think about it."

After finishing speaking, he made a gesture of invitation, half a body behind Qin Zhen, and the two walked into the abbot's courtyard together.As soon as he was admitted to the hospital, Shen Sui kept looking down at the ground.Qin Zhen noticed her actions, followed her gaze, and saw that the green brick floor in the abbot's courtyard was wet, and there were two or three spots of snow, most of which were piled up under the two ginkgo trees in the courtyard, which were probably left after the snow was cleared in the morning. of.

Along the way, Qin Zhen paid three-point attention to Shen Sui, seeing her looking up at the Wild Goose Pagoda from time to time, and looking down at the ground from time to time, looking thoughtful.Although Qin Zhen didn't know what was going on in her mind, she also knew that she might have noticed some things that ordinary people would not notice.

Under the eaves of the main hall of the abbot's courtyard, there was a general and two monks waiting.A few people came forward to pay respects, the general's name was Cheng Xu, his style name was Ye Han, he was a regimental school lieutenant of the right military guard in the sixteen guards of the imperial army, from the rank of ranger general, to the fifth rank.This time, he received the imperial order of the sage, responsible for guarding the Ci'en Temple after the incident, and assisting the Jingzhao Mansion in arresting the murderer.I got a summons before, so I waited here early in the morning.

Of the two monks, one of them was about fifty years old, with clear and far-sighted features and a hint of worry.The light yellow monk's robe is covered with a scarlet cassock, which presumably has a high status.After being introduced, it was known that this monk was Master Miaoyin, the supervisor of Ci'en Temple.He is the younger brother of Master Miaopu, the abbot, and his status in Ci'en Temple is second only to Master Miaopu, and he is in charge of everything in the temple.

Another monk, wearing only a light yellow monk's coat, was just a year old, very young.But his complexion was pale, his eyes were blue, his voice was shallow, and his complexion was not very good.This monk was the first monk who discovered the body of the abbot, Yuan Hui.

After the meeting ceremony, Murong Fu explained the purpose of coming and wanted to investigate the scene of the crime again.Master Miaoyin put his palms together and confessed: "Amitabha, I have sinned." Then he took out a key from the sleeve pocket of the monk's robe and opened the padlock on the main hall door.Now the keys to the two crime scenes are kept by him personally, and Cheng Xu is responsible for guarding his safety.

The main hall door opened, and Murong Fu led a group of people to check inside, but the key person, Shen Sui, was not in a hurry to go in, instead, he kept wandering around under the two ginkgo trees in the courtyard.When she reached the snow, she knelt down, reached out and squeezed a small piece of snow, put it in her mouth, then nodded, as if confirming something.After that, she turned around and walked in the opposite direction of the main hall, bypassed the west side room, went up the corridor, and walked along the corridor to the inner courtyard of the abbot's courtyard.

Murong Fu was about to talk to Shen Sui, but when he turned around, Shen Sui disappeared.He widened his eyes and asked Qin Zhen:

"Brother Qin, where is Shen Bozhao?"

It was only when Qin Zhen realized that Shen Sui was gone that he couldn't help but stroking his beard and laughing:

"Bo Zhao has a delicate mind and his thinking is contrary to ordinary people, so you can let him go."

"Oh... this Shen Bozhao..." Murong Fu stamped his feet, it's true that the emperor is not in a hurry for the eunuchs!Bah, bah, bah, no taboos.He doesn't care if Shen Bozhao's thinking is different from ordinary people, anyway, he can't let him wander around and waste the time.So he hurriedly sent two school lieutenants to look for Shen Sui.The two captains also complained, the temple is so big, where can I find it?While he was in a hurry, he heard Yuan Hui say:

"Young monk just saw that Benefactor Shen went to the west inner courtyard."

Upon hearing this, Master Miaoyin raised his eyebrows and said hastily:

"Yuan Hui, hurry up and take these two benefactors to the West Inner Courtyard, and find Benefactor Shen. There are Qing Kes living there. It would be bad if you ran into them."

Yuan Hui quickly responded, and led two school captains of the government soldiers to go.Murong Fu asked:

"Dare to ask Qingke?"

Master Miaoyin clasped his hands together again, and explained: "Amitabha, a female lay Buddhist, lived in the temple half a year ago. She is young and profound in Buddhism, and often talks with Abbot Qing. But she is a lay lay Buddhist after all, and she has not left the temple. In order to avoid suspicion, she should have lived in the guest room of the east courtyard, but there were many people in the guest room, she liked to be clean, and her status was noble, so the abbot arranged her alone in the west inner courtyard of the abbot's courtyard. "

"I don't know the identity of this female layman." Qin Zhen asked.

"She cultivated here, and only the abbot knows her status as a layman, and the poor monk only knows that she is a distinguished guest, named 'Xinlian', and the monks in the temple call her 'Xinlian Layman'."

At this moment, Shen Sui was stationed in the plum garden in the west inner courtyard, standing under a white plum.The cold wind is cold, and the white plums are tall and straight. Although the branches have not sprouted, but the snow falls on the branches, just like the plum blossoms.

Shen Sui's gaze was not on the plum branch, she stared not far away, deep and gloomy emotions rolled in her dark eyes, the turbulence seemed to overflow, but was forcefully suppressed.At the end of the line of sight, there is a woman looking up at "Plum".Wearing a white skirt with wide sleeves on the right lapel, holding a string of one hundred and eight bodhi seed holding beads in her hand, she stands gracefully in the cold wind, her figure is thin but tall and straight.Her jet-black hair hung loose like splashes of ink, tied lazily at the end with a white ribbon.The skin on the side face is more snowy, the eyelashes are like butterflies, the eyebrows are far away, and the lips are red, like that exiled fairy descended into the world, Linlin is like ancient and cold jade.

At this moment, a figure walked quickly behind her, holding a white fur collared cloak in his hand, and wrapped it around her shoulders.

"Why did San Niang wear such thin clothes when she came out, don't be cold." It was a maid with heroic features and strong hands and feet, and she walked vigorously, like a practicing family.

The beauty dressed in white snow looked back, and wanted to turn around to talk to the maid, but inadvertently saw a man in blue official robe standing under the plum tree in the distance, and was suddenly stunned.

Time stood still at that moment.

The author has something to say: [Note]: The term "official man" in the Tang Dynasty refers specifically to the person who is an official, and the general rank is not low, and most of them are the leaders of the officials.Because Shen Sui was a seventh-rank official, wearing a blue official robe, after seeing him, the maid used this word to make fun of Shen Sui.Official costumes in the Tang Dynasty had color requirements, whether they were formal dresses or ordinary clothes. Officials above the third rank wore purple, officials above the fifth rank wore scarlet, officials above the seventh rank wore green, and officials above the ninth rank wore blue.

I saw a friend say that the first three chapters are a bit boring, which may not attract readers.Shu feels that it is necessary to emphasize that a good article does not care about losing readers at the beginning, because these lost readers will come back later.Why do I start this article with this entry point? Naturally, there is a reason for me.The opening chapter has already given a lot of suspense and foreshadowing. If none of these can attract readers, it means that these readers have no love for this article by nature, so there is no need to force them to stay.

Shumou himself was deeply touched, and some articles did not attract me at the beginning, so I abandoned them.But since then, the article has become more and more famous, and the word-of-mouth has gotten better and better. I will be attracted to read it again. After being patient and savoring it carefully, I find that it is a good article.

Believe me, impetuous people will never read this article. Think about whether you plan to read a chapter within 2 minutes, and then quickly skip to the next one?If yes, please take a deep breath, take a longer time and look carefully, you will have nothing to lose.

PS: Han Ou Yin, Yin Han Ou, slim and slim Han Ou Bai Xue, just like when we parted in the past.