Encounter with the Four Great Talents

Tang Shen turned his head and looked at the surrounding scenery. It was early spring, and the mountains and forests were verdant. Under the mist that had not completely dissipated in the morning, the originally small mountains and forests were much deeper.Yellow or red flowers are dotted in the bushes, which are indistinguishable in the mist but look more delicate and lovely.The bluestone slabs washed by dew stretched upwards in the woods.From time to time, some crisp birdsong can be heard around, or the rustling sound of grass being passed through.

Gradually, the sun shines into the mist layer from the top, reflecting patches of colorful rays of light, making the small tree more and more beautiful like a fairyland on earth.

Wen Zhengming next to him took a deep breath and said with a smile: "Brother Shen, this Jingchen Mountain really lives up to its name. If it is a clean and dust-free place, don't say that there is a good monk, just a monk." Immortals are not surprised."

Xu Zhenqing, who was walking beside him, also lived in Wu County for a few years when he was a child. Although he had never been there, he knew something, and said with a smile: "Zhengming is wrong. The name of Jingchen Mountain comes from the Jingchen Temple on this mountain, and Jingchen The temple got its name from Master Jingchen, the abbot who built the temple at that time. However, this Jingchen Mountain is indeed a rare place of pure spirit.” (Fiction)

It was rare for Tang Shen to get up early in the morning, and led the way with his hands behind his back. He smiled and said, "Whatever his name is, for an ordinary person like me, the only thing that attracts me here is vegetarian food."

Wen Zhengming laughed loudly, Xu Zhen shook his head and smiled wryly: "Brother Shen, you are really a man of temperament."

Tang Shen smiled indifferently, and turned around to see a bamboo forest.The bamboo forest is densely covered with green bamboos, with long branches and luxuriant leaves, and the wind blowing from somewhere makes the bamboo leaves rustle.

Wen Zhengming and Xu Zhenqing immediately fell in love with this place, while Tang Shen looked down and saw the bulging rotten leaf bag on the ground, and said with a satisfied smile: "It seems that there are bamboo shoots to eat at noon today. This Jingchen Temple Although the other vegetarian dishes are not bad, the three fresh spring bamboo shoots are especially delicious."

Wen Zhengming's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Really?"

Tang Shen nodded, looked again and said, "Oh, it's almost here, well, it seems that the morning class is just over, and we came just in time."

This Jingchen Temple is a small temple not far from the city of Wu County, but it is quite famous and has a history of a hundred years.There is nothing valuable in the temple, and there are not many monks, but because it is located in the beautiful Jingchen Mountain, and the vegetarian dishes are well prepared, especially the abbots of each generation have outstanding Buddhist attainments, there are constant pilgrims every day, and there are many Those who visit the Buddha walk up the mountain to listen to lectures every day.

Both Xu Zhenqing and Wen Zhengming took time to study Buddhism. Although they didn't have much attainment, they were very interested in the morning lecture given by the abbot of Jingchen Temple.Tang Shen was not interested in this, but he thought the vegetarian food here was good, so he took the two of them up the mountain early in the morning.

Although the three of them came quite early, there were already some pilgrims here.The three of them burned incense, donated some sesame oil money, and were brought to the main hall by the little monk, where they sat on some futons and prepared to listen to the lecture.

Tang Shen looked around, and there were already some people who came to listen to the lecture, and most of them came together.Tang Shen even heard someone talking about the excitement of Tang Yin's marriage yesterday.Occasionally, you will see a few people walking into the room separated by a bamboo curtain, and they should be some female pilgrims.

When the time came, a group of plain-clothed monks came out behind a middle-aged abbot in cassock.The abbot was actually in his fifties, but he looked like a middle-aged man in his thirties, with a kind face and warm eyes. His slender figure was wearing a loose cassock and looked a bit bookish.

The abbot's eyes turned around the hall, and when he saw the three of Tang Shen, he paused for a moment, smiled and looked away.Tang Shen naturally knew what he was laughing at. He often came here to eat vegetarian dishes, and his elder brother often came here to listen to lectures on Buddhism. Moreover, this master was very good at calligraphy and outstanding in landscape painting. Tang Yin admired him very much.After a long time, it is clear that the abbot is familiar with their brothers.It's just that although he often comes, he never comes to listen to lectures, so he only laughs when he sees himself sitting here.

Tang Shen couldn't understand Buddhism. They talked about it at the top, but he felt like he was listening to a lullaby when he listened to it at the bottom.In addition, I got up early this morning, so I couldn't help but began to doze off watching my nose, nose, nose, and heart.Fortunately, he sleeps well and doesn't snore, otherwise Monk Mingming might come over and beat him with a ruler.

Xu Zhenqing and Wen Zhengming listened intently. There are countless books in the Sutra Pavilion of Jingchen Temple, many of which were written by predecessors. The old monk has read almost all of them, and his stomach is not covered with ink.There is a saying: Listening to your words is better than reading ten years of books.It's a pity that to Tang Shen, it's almost the same as playing the piano to a cow.

After sleeping for a while, Tang Shen felt numb in his legs, so he opened his eyes and moved his butt lightly.It turned out that nothing happened, but when the angle was changed, it happened to press on the already numb leg, and it was so sore that it grinned.Helpless, he had no choice but to stand up on his legs, confessed to Wen Zhengming in a low voice, and walked out of the hall along the wall.

Outside the Jingchen Temple, the fog has completely dissipated, the trees under the blue sky and white clouds are clean, and the fragrance of green grass is everywhere.Looking around, he invited a young novice, ordered a table of vegetarian food, and then went for a stroll around.

The abbot's lecture lasted about two hours. After the abbot left, all the pilgrims stood up.Wen Zhengming stood up, stretched his legs and looked around: "Brother Shen said he went out for a walk, why hasn't he come back?"

"Maybe I'm going to eat vegetarian food." Xu Zhenqing rubbed her legs and looked around. Just as she was about to ask someone, she saw a little novice walking over and took the two of them to a side hall near the trees.Here are all some simple or bamboo or wooden tables and stools, it really is a food vegetarian.Some people were already seated, and Tang Shen was leaning on a seat with a great view by the window.

Next to Tang Shen is a big window, outside is greenery, and the sound of spring water can be heard, and the breeze blows, bringing sandalwood incense to the Buddhist hall, which is extremely elegant.

He is dressed in black today, making his already fair skin more transparent and crystal-clear. With one hand resting on his cheek, his casual expression is lazy and leisurely. The soft light shines from the side, illuminating the slightly childish facial features much deeper. , It was extraordinarily handsome and compelling.There were already quite a few people in this side hall, they were all sitting around him, all kinds of scrutinizing eyes kept falling on him.And he didn't seem to be able to feel it, so lazily tilting his bones and leaning on a long thin waist, he felt like a beauty lying on a couch.

Xu Zhenqing's eyes flickered, and she said with a light smile: "It is said that Mr. Tang is suave and handsome, with outstanding looks. Looking at it now, Mr. Tang is also extremely handsome."

Wen Zhengming glanced at him and walked towards Tang Shen without saying a word.Tang Shen raised his eyes, and his long eyelashes lifted to reveal his bright and pure eyes that were as dark as midnight.Seeing the two people coming, he sat up straight and said with a smile, "I've been waiting for a long time."

Wen Zhengming just laughed: "If you listen to the lecture with us, why do you need to wait so stupidly."

"Then I'd rather wait." Tang Shen tapped his leg, and he felt a pain in his bones when he thought of kneeling and sitting still and not listening to the old man's Buddhist scriptures.

Xu Zhenqing also sat down, and said with a smile, "Master Zhiran is worthy of being a master of Buddhism. Just listening to this lesson will benefit people a lot. If there is a chance, I will definitely come to listen to it again."

Tang Shen glanced at him with a smile, and said softly: "Then he will be very happy, and there will be another one to give him money. He is talking about expanding the Buddhist scriptures pavilion every day."

Xu Zhenqing couldn't help but burst out laughing, and the color was as gorgeous as a flower, which immediately dazzled the eyes of the people around her.

Wen Zhengming glared at the two men with unhealthy eyes, and complained in his heart for Tang Shen's behavior of leaving all the small nursing homes at the foot of the mountain. He felt a lot of pressure.

Because Tang Shen came early, the kitchen had already prepared the dishes he ordered, so when everyone came, the little novice quickly brought up some vegetarian dishes he ordered.Although good food pays attention to the color and fragrance, the color here is a bit different, but the fragrance is first-class.Wen Zhengming's eyes lit up after eating only one chopstick, and even Xu Zhenqing couldn't help but let out a gasp, speeding up the frequency of dropping chopsticks.

Tang Shen had already eaten all the dishes here, so he didn't rush to grab them. He could also introduce the recipes of a few dishes while eating.When he was a child, he made his own recipes for the restaurant at home, and after a few mouthfuls of this vegetarian dish, he could guess the recipe pretty well.Xu Zhenqing herself is a gentleman's cook, but she found it interesting. She just thought it was a miracle that those seemingly inconspicuous things could be so delicious.But Wen Zhengming just buried his head in eating hard, and occasionally made two hums to show that he heard it.

After eating and drinking enough, Tang Shen took the two of them to the Buddhist scripture pavilion.

There are many precious Buddhist scriptures in the Sutra Pavilion of Jingchenyuan, but no one is allowed to borrow them.If you want, you can pay the monks in the temple to transcribe. If you can't wait, you can buy the transcribed ones, but ordinary paper handwriting is not necessarily very good.However, for Wen Zhengming and Xu Zhenqing, who were not particularly wealthy, the Buddhist scriptures that had been transcribed here were also good, so they spent money to buy a few of their favorites, and the great monk who guarded the pavilion narrowed his eyes with joy.

After walking around the temple again, Wen Zhengming prayed for a talisman for his parents, and Xu Zhenqing bought a string of Buddhist beads before going down the mountain together.

At the foot of the mountain, the servants of the three of them and the nurse of the Tang family were waiting by the carriage. They were relieved to see the three masters coming down the mountain, and sent them to the carriage to drive back to the Tang family.

In the carriage, Wen Zhengming squinted his eyes and fell asleep, while Tang Shen was in good spirits after sleeping in the morning.Xu Zhenqing didn't have the habit of taking a nap and was sober. Looking at Tang Shen who was leaning against the car wall and looking out the window, Xu Zhenqing suddenly said, "I heard that Brother Shen insisted that Brother Bohu didn't take part in the exam?"

Tang Shen looked back at him, Xu Zhenqing had a friendly and curious expression on her beautiful face, her eyes were wide open, looking innocent and cute.Tang Shen couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth because of such thoughts, and then said softly: "Brother is obsessed with calligraphy and painting. He has been studying painting with Mr. Shen since he came back from the provincial examination, but he didn't participate in the general examination. As for what I advocate, if Big brother insists on going to the test, and it is not something I can claim."

Xu Zhenqing heard the indifference in these words. He is a sensitive person, so he smiled more friendly at the moment: "To be honest, I was very surprised to hear that Tang Jieyuan didn't participate in the test. That's why I met Brother Wenbi that day. , so I followed over with a shameless face. Looking at it today, I feel that you are living a comfortable and blessed life like this."

Tang Shen smiled: "Whether you are comfortable or not, or whether you are lucky or not depends on the person. I didn't like chaos and noise since I was a child, and I didn't bother to bother with the world. Naturally, my eldest brother is the same, so the life we ​​live now is considered comfortable. Yes. But if a person with ambition and ambition lives in this kind of life, he will probably die of suffocation."

Xu Zhenqing laughed and sighed again: "Brother Shen is really reasonable. My family also hopes that the family will live like you, but I have never been reconciled. My family is barely rich, and it is also a big landlord. I can't read, as long as there are no accidents, I don't have to worry about eating and drinking in my life. It's just that I always want to break out of the world and prove my talent and ability. Unfortunately, as soon as I enter the capital... "

Seeing Xu Zhenqing's somewhat pale face, Tang Shen raised his eyebrows.It is impossible to say that he is not curious, but if he is really curious enough to ask, it is not something he will do, after all, the two of them are not close enough to be friends.So I took out the fan and shook it, but didn't interrupt.

Xu Zhenqing's face became more and more ugly. Seeing him falling into his own memories, Tang Shen knew that something must have happened in the capital that caused him great pain.Although I was so curious that I felt like a cat was scratching in my heart, I didn't dare to say a word of inquiry.

Then, Xu Zhenqing raised her head suddenly, with an extremely serious expression on her pale face: "Brother Shen, if you go to the capital, you must be careful in everything! Also, don't get close to those aristocratic families!"