The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty

The three Yunshui monks were brought into the hotel, and the doctor in the store led them to their seats. There were no private rooms in this store, but fortunately there were not many people at this time, and there was a screen in the corner, which became a small world of its own.

Yun Yan ordered some tea and rice, and asked the doctor to go down.

Zhihe and Zhili carefully helped Zhisheng to sit down, propped his back up, and poured hot water for him to drink.Zhisheng's face looked better, but only a little.Judging by his facial features, he should be born in good shape, but unfortunately, his sick face completely destroyed his spirit.

Zhihe said gratefully: "Brothers do not criticize our actions, but are willing to listen to our complaints, which really impresses our brothers!"

"You are so righteous to this junior brother, I admire it!" Hui Chong said, "Stealing the scriptures is also a helpless act when we are in a hurry. How can we bear to blame you? If you don't dislike it, come and live in Daxiangguo Temple Come on, squeeze, our yard can still accommodate three people! Our teacher is proficient in Qihuang, and he can also diagnose and treat Zhisheng Junior Brother."

Zhihe panicked, "How dare you bother senior brother! It's already a great favor for you to allow us to talk about scriptures!"

When the two were resigning, a young girl turned the screen and came to their table.

Seeing the young girl Fangzi, Zhihe blushed and lowered his head, not daring to look.

The girl also opened her eyes wide, and said with a smile: "It's actually a few sorcerers, I'm so polite." The girl who came uninvited saluted, reached out to pick up the tea on the table, and ordered tea for them, humming played a minor tune.

Hui Chong rubbed his head, grinned and said, "I didn't see the gardenia lamp hanging outside the door, hey, you go now."

Whenever a gardenia lamp is hung, it means that there are prostitutes in the restaurant.These prostitutes are extremely active, they will solicit business by themselves, or they will directly come forward to sing and serve, and the drinkers will reward them with money.

"Oh, let's wait for the slave family to finish serving the mages this time." The girl smiled shyly, "It's okay if you don't give a reward, it's the sesame oil money donated by the slave family."

The monks almost burst out laughing.

The girl brought the tea to everyone, winked, and left.

She walked away, and Zhihe breathed a sigh of relief, took a sip of tea to suppress his shock.

"This young lady is interesting," Yun Yanhui also picked up the tea, "Let's have a toast with tea instead of wine, in order to be able to get together today, it is fate to meet."

Everyone touched each other with tea bowls and drank tea.

Yun Yan asked again: "Listen to the accent, senior brother looks like a member of Ying Tianfu?"

"That's right." Zhihe nodded, a little sadly, "I've been wandering abroad for seven or eight years, and I haven't been back."

"Oh," Yun Yanhui asked casually, "What happened in my hometown seven or eight years ago?"

"I..." Zhihe suddenly realized what Yunyan said just now, and stared at him with wide eyes, his body tensed up, "What did you say?"

Hui Chong looked at Yun Yan back in confusion, "Brother Yan, what did you do..."

Zhihe and Zhili put their hands on Zhisheng's arms, ready to drive him away at any time.

At this time, Zhisheng suddenly snorted, tilted his head back, and passed out.

Zhihe quickly reached out to feel his breath and pulse, and beat the table angrily, "Sweat medicine?!"

The three monks from Xiangguo Temple sat back in fright, "What kind of sweat medicine, what nonsense are you talking about, is Junior Brother Zhisheng sick?"

Zhihe picked up Zhisheng's tea bowl, smelled it, licked it a little more, and said with an ugly face: "It's the sweat medicine, the medicine that the prostitute just gave? What are you trying to do, in broad daylight...Aren't you afraid that I will call you someone?"

Yunyan, who had been sitting as firmly as Mount Tai, returned to Shi Shiran and said, "You are calling, do you want me to help you and call the officials from Kaifeng Mansion?"

The muscles on Zhihe's face twitched, making sure that the kid's previous sentence "what did he do in his hometown" was not just nonsense, he gritted his teeth: "What exactly do you want?"

"What we want depends on what you want." Yun Yan replied.If these people are purely profiting from infringement, then they have to defend their rights.He only secretly hinted that the acquaintance of the prostitute drugged Zhisheng so that they could not escape, and he also wanted to give a chance.

Hui Chong finally understood, "Brother Yan, you mean he was lying to us before?"

"Nonsense," Yun Yan gave him a blank look, "Brother, don't even think about it. They are really sick, so why can't they go to the monastery to register? Many monasteries in Bianliang have always provided medicine for the poor, not to mention they are also monks. I Not to mention that most people think of going to Daxiangguo Temple first, but have they been there?"

Hui Chong patted his head: "Didn't they ask for help and hit a wall..."

At this moment, Zhihe knew that among these few people, the yellow-mouthed boy was the one who made the decision. He suppressed his fear and said, "That's right. We tried a few small monasteries first, but none of them were willing to take them in, so we were discouraged." Feeling cold, I dare not go to Daxiangguo Temple to try."

This order also requires the permission of the host family. At this time, there is actually a big gap between the rich and the poor among the monasteries.

The rich are like the Daxiangguo Temple, where there are many alms-giving people, and they are very rich.In poorer monasteries, there are not many pilgrims, because the state will force monks to buy salt and other items to increase their income. There is a quota every year, and the consumption is quite large, often beyond their means. Not to mention doing business, they may not even be able to drink tea.

If the monasteries Zhihe went to were poor monasteries, he might be rejected.

Yun Yan turned back but shook her head, "Under the feet of the Son of Heaven, this is not the case. This person claims to have no one to help him, and even the monastery does not allow him to place orders. He makes money and does not take patients to stay in the inn. He is so ashamed, but he would rather take the initiative to advocate and study the scriptures." You don’t need a license to apologize when someone comes to your door. You can completely imitate the performance of a mature monk in Daxiangguo Temple, but you don’t go to other tile houses, and you only choose junglers who make less money... Seriously, Even if it was copied, based on their ability to imitate, there must be Washer willing to accept it."

These kinds of behaviors, combined with their expressions, really make people feel that something is wrong.

"Why are these? It can only mean that they dare not ask for help, stay in a hotel, or go to the washhouse to perform arts! In my opinion, there is a big problem with their identity. The certificate is fake, right? Or there is no certificate at all—— To be honest, judging by your clothes and the current situation, it doesn't seem like you can afford a degree."

It is illegal for monks and nuns to become monks, and it is illegal to shave privately, and the degree certificate is equivalent to their legal identity certificate.

But the state will not let people become monks casually. Either you pass the exam—it is very difficult, and those who pass the exam are a minority, or you can buy it with money. Sometimes when something important happens, the state will issue a small amount of certificates as a gift.The sale of duo is a fiscal revenue of the country. When the finances are tight, the sales of duo will be increased.

If there is no certificate, or if the certificate is fake, then naturally I dare not go to places that need to check the certificate.

Inferring from this, in the current society, those who walk the rivers and lakes as fake monks have basically committed crimes...

That's why Yunyan asked before returning. He suspected that these young people who pretended to be monks "Yunyou" had committed a crime and left their hometown involuntarily.And judging from his reaction, most of them were cheated.

Zhihe and Zhili listened to Yunyan's reply, and then saw that Zhisheng had been overwhelmed by the medicine, which made it impossible for the two of them to take Zhisheng out of the store, so they had to sit back in their seats.

"Okay, now we can tell you what's going on with you."

Although Zhihe and the three have been wandering in the rivers and lakes for several years, they are really not scheming and vicious people, otherwise they would not look sincerely sorry when they saw them, let alone make up a lie and fail to make it up, and the matter has been exposed. Zhihe sees that Yun Yanhui has no intention of reporting to the official, so he holds a glimmer of hope and comes from the truth.

It turned out that Zhihe and Zhili were blood brothers, and Zhisheng was their cousin. The three belonged to a small village in Yingtian Mansion. A few years ago, there was a famine, and victims of the famine robbed unscrupulous landlords, resulting in many casualties. Only these three people are left.

In order to avenge, Zhihe and Zhili secretly ambushed the landlord's running dogs and officials. Unexpectedly, the housekeeper was seriously injured and still identified them. The three had to escape at night.

In order to conceal their identities, they shaved their heads, pretended to be monks, and bought fake certificates, wandering all over the country, eating when they were full.

During the period, they wandered around the rivers and lakes, and also followed a few "bosses", but unfortunately they only had the advantage of learning how to speak, they couldn't fight, and they also had a drag bottle, so they didn't get along very well.

That's it, all the way to Bianliang, unexpectedly, Zhisheng fell ill as soon as he arrived... The rest is almost the same as what they said before, but those reasons are replaced by fear of being found out as a fake monk Add a wanted criminal.

They are also unlucky, and infringement is also infringement. In the past, they have been beaten for copying other people's scripts, and they don't listen to their stories.But this time, I met the copyright owner who sent someone to drug him without saying a word.

Looking at his demeanor, it does not seem to be fake, Yun Yan pondered for a moment, and said: "Sure enough, it is because of illegal status that I dare not go to the monastery or the inn. You are also poor people. If so..."

Brother Zhihe was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that Yun Yanhui wanted to help them, and said excitedly: "If junior brother can help, the three of us brothers will be grateful, and we will definitely form a grass knot to repay them!"

"What's the report? I see that your ability to imitate is amazing. If you are willing to formally ordain or become a monk, I will ask the abbot to accommodate you and ask you three brothers to change their identities and enter the Daxiangguo Temple as lay monks and serve the temple. How about it? Yun Yanhui added, "The temple knows that the master is proficient in Qihuang, and he can also heal my younger brother."

The current Yun Yan Hui still has the confidence to speak to the abbot, after all, the two tasks he was in charge of have been a great success.

The two brothers looked at each other and said: "We brothers are grateful for the great kindness of our junior brother who repays grievances with virtue, but we can be ordained, but Zhisheng can't really become a monk. At least we have to leave a bloodline for the family to carry on the family line!"

"If you don't become a monk, how can you legalize your identities? I'm not capable of accommodating the Kaifeng government. It's okay to exploit loopholes in the degree certificate." Yun Yanhui was a little speechless, "Besides, why are you so stupid? You have become a monk, don't you?" Can't you be vulgar again?"

Nowadays, there are many prisoners with some conditions in the family who choose to become a monk in order to reduce their sentence or escape responsibility. It is a good man to return to the secular life after several years.It's the same as Empress Wu who first became a monk in order to marry her husband's son.To become a monk is like deleting the account and rebuilding it. After entering Buddhism, the previous data will have to be cleared.

Zhihe and the others couldn't afford the certificate of authenticity, let alone the necessary expenses of the monk, and they had no choice but to flee if they didn't want to go to jail.

Zhihe nodded in embarrassment, "Because you said you worked for the temple..."

"I can't ask you to be cows and horses for the rest of your life. What era is it now... Oh no, although it is this era, we don't pay attention to that!" Yun Yan replied, "Only pay attention to economic benefits, you can help create enough Wealth, count as repaying your kindness. When you cure your disease, I will calculate the account for you, and it will be accurate to a penny.”

Zhihe and his brothers were dumbfounded. They never thought that there was such a calculation. The agreed kindness cannot be measured by money?Is it accurate to the copper plate?

Yun Yan looked back at the two silly children who were still at a loss, and had another plan in her heart.He has a plan to make money recently, and he is worried that there is no one who can fully control and use him to work. These two seem to give him hope. Anyway, he can go back and inspect it first. He hired two skilled lay monks.

Zhihe and Zhili thought about it for a while, and immediately said: "We are willing! May I ask what is the name of this junior brother?"

Yun Yanhui was already immersed in the dream of receiving a suitable horse: "Brother Yun!"

Zhihe & Zhili: "..."