Tang Fengzhi Chengqian

In 624 AD, on the [-]th day of the second lunar month, Huachao Festival.

On this day, the city of Chang'an is very lively. Some people go out together in spring to enjoy flowers, some ride horses in spring, and the ancient temples outside Chang'an city are also very lively at this time.

People offering incense, making wishes, and outing in spring, people come and go, laughing and laughing, it is very lively.

There were also people coming and going in front of the Wolong Temple. The little monk who was guiding at the gate of the temple spoke dryly. He had just given directions to the Guanyin Temple, and some people came and asked the direction of the Arhat Temple.And when the little novice was so busy that he was dizzy, out of the corner of his eyes, he inadvertently glimpsed a few very solemn horse riders coming not far away. Although those riders were wearing simple robes, their aura was very fierce. , one of the riders at the head was about forty years old, dark and thin, with a very serious expression on his face, although his aura was restrained, it was even fiercer, and there were several more behind, these riders were guarding the front, back, left, and right sides. He came with two big shoulders carried by four people.

The little novice's heart skipped a beat, the court regulations forbade officials to sit on the shoulders, so the person sitting here could not be the prince or prince?

So, the little novice hurriedly resolved a few people who asked for directions, then turned around and ran towards the temple.

After the Jianyu who came to the gate of the temple was slowly and carefully put down, all the riders got off their horses one after another. Among the riders, a young man with a soft face got off his horse and hurried over a few steps to the front of the Jianyu. The veil covering the shoulders asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, you have already arrived at the Wolong Temple. Is the slave waiting for you?"

A clear, slightly smiling and helpless voice came from inside, "Little Yinzi, I've told you all. When you come out, just call me son. Why? Forgot again?"

Little Yinzi smiled coyly, "The servant forgot again."

"That's all." The clear voice said lazily, as if a little helpless, "Anyway, we are sitting on the shoulders, even if we don't say anything, people can guess our identity."

Little Yinzi nodded inwardly, that is, "The servant will serve you down?"

"Yeah." After a pause, he said, "Ruby is with the princess, right?"

"Yes, Hongyu and Zhu'er are serving the princess, and Aunt Fengye is also there."

"Ah That's good"

Then Xiao Yinzi opened the veil, and saw a boy about twelve or three years old sitting inside, wearing a white robe, wearing a red jade wind phoenix around his waist, a green square scarf folded on his head, and a pair of black and white on his handsome face. Her eyes are bright and beautiful, her nose bridge is straight, her lips are slightly curved, her red lips are simple and clean, but she has a kind of elegant demeanor that cannot be ignored.

Although the young man was quite handsome, it was a pity that he was inconvenient to move. Xiao Yinzi carefully carried the young man down, and then another short young man with the same feminine face hurried over pushing a wheelchair.

After the young man sat in the wheelchair, the dark and thin man riding a horse stepped forward and saluted, with a slight smile on his face, and asked, "Your Highness, can I tell the abbot of Wolong Temple that His Highness has arrived at the temple?"

The young man, who is our Cheng Qian, shook his head slightly, quite helplessly, "General Xu Zhu, I am only here to pray for my father, queen and queen, so don't make it public."

Xu Zhu glanced at his shoulders from the corner of his eyes, and smiled.The smile is a bit of a joke.

Cheng Qian rolled his eyes indecently, and said simply, "General Xu Zhu, you can laugh if you want."

As a result, the smile on the corner of Xu Zhu's mouth really widened.It's just that he still seems to have some scruples and dare not laugh.

Chengqian snorted softly, turned his head, feeling very powerless, he had clearly agreed with his father, to drive lightly, don't make a fuss, but when he went out, Jianyu? !Second Guards? !

Well, Jianyu, he also admitted that he has limited mobility, and he originally planned to sit on the shoulder, but it was a very simple one that was not covered by a veil, the kind that ordinary people sat on! !Instead of this kind of place where only the father and the queen can sit, then the Second Imperial Guard

In the end, under the tactful persuasion of his mother and his persistence, his father only sent a small team of the Second Imperial Guards to escort him and Changle Yuzhang.

Unfortunately, the whole process was watched by spectators, and the spectators were General Xu Zhu.

"Ahem, I dare not." After hearing Chengqian's cold snort, Xu Zhu hastily shortened the length of his grin, but the smile in his eyes still couldn't be concealed.

Cheng Qian just snorted and didn't care about it.

In the past four years, he knew quite well the leader of the Second Imperial Guard who only patrolled Qihui Palace.He is very straightforward, he doesn't seem to be so taboo about status and status, when he gets excited, he can talk about everything with him, but he won't reveal a word of what he shouldn't say, so Cheng Qian feels that his degree of cunning is no less than his own. Uncle and his teacher Li Jing, and he and his teacher Li Jing seem to have the same force?But after several times of tidying up by myself, these two people refused to get off the stage to make gestures, what seemed to be a taboo?

Chengqian intuited that this Xu Zhu was not simple.

But Chengqian didn't bother to understand the spy, since his father could send him to Qihui Hall, he should be trustworthy.

While talking here, Changle and Yuzhang, who have gradually revealed their talents and national beauty, came hand in hand.Changle wore a goose-yellow ruqun, and Yuzhang wore a pink ruqun.

"My subject, Xu Zhu, has seen the two princesses." Xu Zhu suddenly put away the smile in his eyes, and knelt down to salute solemnly and indifferently.

"Brothers" Changle and Yuzhang stepped forward, first greeted Chengqian, then turned to Xu Zhu who had put away his smiling face and put on a serious look, "General Xu is excused."

Chengqian glanced at Xu Zhu, raised his eyebrows slightly, this Xu Zhu seemed to show his true nature except in front of himself and Li Jing, he seemed to be so rigid and serious in front of other people, um, interesting.

"Brother, shall we go in now?" Yuzhang was a little shy. While they were talking at the gate of the temple, many people had already looked over, especially many of them had shining eyes on Yuzhang. Zhang and Changle.

Chang Le, who has always been cheerful, also blushed a little at this time.

Chengqian frowned slightly, and was very displeased with the sights around him, and was about to speak, when Fengye hurried forward, behind him, Hongyu and Zhuer each came up with a gauze hat, after Fengye saluted, he went forward to talk to Changle and Yuzhang whispered a few words, so Changle and Yuzhang lowered their heads slightly, and asked Hongyu and Zhu'er to put their gauze hats on them.

Cheng Qian nodded slightly, and said softly, "Okay, let's go in. Go early and come back early, so as not to worry about the parents and queen."

Xu Zhu signaled the three men behind him to come forward and carry Chengqian's wheelchair. Chengqian's wheelchair has been modified, and some are similar to Danyu, so they can be carried directly. Therefore, Chengqian is in front, Changle and Yuzhang are Finally, walked into the Wolong Temple.

The abbot of Wolong Temple also rushed out at this moment.

Chengqian signaled Xu Zhu to put himself down, with a peaceful smile on his face, clasped his hands together, and said to the abbot, "Master, you don't need to be so polite."

"I didn't know His Highness was visiting, so I couldn't meet him far away. Please forgive me, Your Highness."

Cheng Qian smiled, "Master, I don't want to disturb the peace of your temple, so I don't want to say anything. I came here this time just to pray for my father, the queen, and the queen. I am troublesome to send someone to lead the way."

The abbot glanced at Chengqian in surprise, seeing Chengqian's calm smile, his brows and eyes were only elegant, without arrogance, he couldn't help being amazed, then bowed his head and chanted the Buddha's name, "Amitabha, I don't know which monastery your Highness wants to go to?"

"Guanyin Temple." Cheng Qian replied without thinking.

Ignoring those staring eyes all the way, walked into the Guanyin Temple.Smiling, he refused the abbot's company, and dispatched the Zhike monk, leaving only Xiao Jinzi and others.

After entering the Guanyin Temple, both Changle and Yuzhang took off the veil, exhaled slightly, looked at each other with a smile, and walked to Chengqian's side. Seeing Chengqian clasped his hands together, closing his eyes and praying silently, he followed Chengqian's example and closed his eyes. pray silently.

After a few silent prayers, Chengqian opened his eyes, took the incense handed over by Xiaojinzi respectfully, held it high above his head, closed his eyes, and silently prayed in his heart: Bodhisattva blesses father, queen, and queen to be in good health.

After praying, Chengqian handed the incense to Xiao Jinzi and asked Xiao Jinzi to insert it.

Staring at the statue of Avalokitesvara with a loving face, Chengqian said silently in his heart, Bodhisattva, you must keep my father and queen mother safe, and let me find Sun Simiao as soon as possible. Four years after my mother’s qi disease was cured, the biggest knot in Chengqian’s heart is The mother's gas disease.When he was wandering around the world, he often consciously stayed in some places such as hospitals or places with doctors. He knew that his mother's gas disease was not incurable, but it had to be done early, and more maintenance was needed. The most important thing— —Famous doctor Sun Simiao.

After much deliberation, at this moment, only Sun Simiao might have a solution.

After finding Sun Simiao, maybe not only the queen mother, but also Changle, who was still praying silently after looking at him, and Changle.

"Brother, what wish did you make to the Bodhisattva?" Yuzhang opened his eyes, saw Chengqian looking at him with a smile on his face, and asked softly.

"What about Yuzhang?" Cheng Qian teased.

Yuzhang smiled quietly, and whispered, "Yuzhang begs the Bodhisattva to bless father, queen, mother, brother, brother Qingque, and Changle to be safe."

Cheng Qian smiled approvingly, "Brother is the same." Turning his head to look at Chang Le who had opened his eyes and smiled sweetly at himself, "Where is Chang Le?"

Chang Le smiled mischievously, "I didn't tell my brother!"

Chengqian chuckled, pretending to be angry, "Okay, don't tell my brother, and then my brother won't take you out!"

Chang Le pulled Yuzhang over, stuck out her tongue, and made a grimace, "I'm not afraid. The queen mother said that the Baihua Association the day after tomorrow will take me and Yuzhang's sister to go."

Chengqian rubbed his nose, a little bored, ah, the queen mother has already told Changle?Really, I still want to make fun of it.

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Leaving Guanyin Temple, Changle and Yuzhang didn't want to go back too early, so they told Chengqian, and after Chengqian agreed, they wandered around in Wolong Temple with Fengye Hongyuzhuer.

Chengqian recalled the scenery he saw at Wolong Temple in his previous life. It seemed that there was a peach blossom forest in the back mountain?

Then he motioned for Xiao Yinzi, Xiao Jinzi, Xu Zhu and several other guards to go to the back mountain.

The author has something to say: PS: A little information——

Flower Dynasty Festival: referred to as "Flower Dynasty", commonly known as "Flower God Festival", "Hundred Flowers Birthday", "Flower God Birthday", "Picking Vegetable Festival".The so-called "flower dynasty" refers to the time when a hundred flowers bloom.The Huachao Festival is a traditional festival of the Han nationality, and it has also become a festival of some ethnic minorities in the spread. The "Flower Festival" festival has different dates depending on the time and region: the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, the [-]th day of the second month of the lunar calendar, and the fifteenth day of the second month of the lunar calendar.

The Huachao Festival has a long history, and it was first recorded in the Spring and Autumn Period. "Flower Festival" began to prevail throughout the country in the Tang Dynasty.People in the Tang Dynasty loved flowers as a custom. In the Tang Dynasty, the "Flower Festival" was set as the fifteenth day of the second lunar month in the lunar calendar, and the "Flower Festival on the 15th day of the second month" became the same as the "Lantern Festival on the [-]th day of the first month" and the "Mid-Autumn Festival on August [-]th". "Three "month and a half" festivals juxtaposed.At that time, the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Huachao Festival on the fifteenth day of the second lunar month, and the Mid-Autumn Festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month were considered equally important traditional festivals.The ancients recorded: "The flowers are on the moon and the evening, and the common saying is that February and August are the half of the spring and autumn, so the February and a half are the flower dynasty, and the August half is the moon and evening." On this day, I personally presided over the "Imperial Banquet of Picking Vegetables" in the imperial garden.Those who are good at the top will be worse at the bottom.Therefore, the "Flower Festival" was popular from the government to the folk in the Tang Dynasty.

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Jiaozi: In the early Tang Dynasty, there was no such name as sedan chair.It is carried on the shoulders. In the Tang Dynasty, this kind of travel tool was called a burden or a shoulder.Officials were not allowed to ride on this kind of thing in the Tang Dynasty, because the government of the Tang Dynasty probably wanted to keep the ruling class and rulers healthy, so they were not allowed to take the burden. horse riding.Only in special circumstances can the burden be carried.There is a record in "Tang Huiyao", saying that you can only ride a horse when you are an envoy of the court, and you can't take the burden on the first line. , "You can't take the burden", you can't take the burden, "if you are sick", the second line, if you are sick, "the current position is Chen", where you were sick at that time, where to write an application. "Still applying to Zhongshumen and Yushitai", this application must be reported to the central government, and you can only bear the burden after you are approved.And the bearer, the person who carries the sedan chair, you pay the bearer's money yourself. "Self-funded employment", this regulation is very strict, and it is necessary to restrict officials from taking burdens.

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Wolong Temple: Wolong Temple is located in the west of Kaitong Lane East of Baishulin District, Beilin District, Xi'an. It is the earliest Buddhist temple in Shaanxi.According to the records of the temple stele, Wolong Temple was founded in the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty (168-189).It was called "Fuying Temple" in the Sui Dynasty.In the Tang Dynasty, because of Wu Daozi's paintings and stone carvings of Avalokitesvara in the temple, it was once renamed "Avalokitesvara Temple".In this article, only the title "Wolong Temple" is used.