Chapter 462 "Run! Run!" [Thank You! Thank You Again! I Owe You 41k More]

The eighth day of April,

Two quarters to noon (after 11:30 a.m.)

Xinlingfang, inner city of Bianjing,

At the entrance of Daxiangguo Temple,

The little Liju standing there shook his tied pony tail,

on horseback,

Xu Zaijing covered the somewhat dazzling sunlight with his hands and looked at the towering towers on both sides of the gate.

Daxiangguo Temple is open five times a month, and every time it is the busiest market in Bianjing City!

Today is the birthday of Buddha, so the entrance of Daxiangguo Temple is crowded with people, making it look like a bustling commercial street in later generations.

"That young master! You can go!"

The monk who maintained order at the side door stopped the pedestrians and shouted to the Xu family's carriage and horses.

Xu Zaijing nodded towards the monk, and after nodding greetings to the passers-by who gave way, he, Zai Zhang and Zhu Qinghu protected several carriages of the Xu family and drove towards the temple.

When a group of carriages and horses entered the temple,

The side door was closed again by the monk inside.

The lively noise was much lower than before.

Xu Zaijing looked around and saw on the left hand side a long snow-white high wall that protected against disasters and fires. On one side was the temple courtyard with the side door closed. Looking at the aisle in front of him, he could see cars and horses parked in the distance.

Daxiangguo Temple occupies a large area.

After walking along the road for a long time,

Everyone stopped at the entrance of a courtyard.

After Xu Zaijing and his brothers dismounted, they looked at the young novice at the door, the eminent monk with white hair and hands clasped together, and quickly bowed with their hands clasped together.

Mrs. Sun, who got off the carriage, apologized to the eminent monk and said, "Master, I took the liberty of visiting you today to pray for blessings. I'm sorry to bother you."

"It's fate that good believers can come. Why bother? Please come in."

Mrs. Sun turned around and looked at Mrs. Zhu Xu and her two daughters-in-law who had dismounted, and nodded with a smile.

Xu Zaijing stood aside, waiting for his mother, aunt and others to get out of the car and take the female ambassador into the courtyard.

Qingyun leaned behind Xu Zaijing and said, "Sir, looking next to you is the Chai family's carriage."

Xu Zaijing turned his head and looked at the carriageway where several carriages were lined up: "How do you know?"

"I saw the boy next to Brother Jin."

Xu Zaijing nodded and walked toward the courtyard with Qingyun and the three little envoys who had just gotten out of the car and followed him.

Walked around the courtyard for a while,

Xu Zaijing saw his mother, Mrs. Sun, walking quickly with a smile and saying hello to the lady standing at the door of the hall.

Mrs. Chai looked at Mrs. Sun walking over with a smile on her face and said:

"Sister Sun, why are you here today? I specially chose a time when there are few people to come. I didn't expect to meet you. What a fate!"

Mrs. Sun smiled and said: "Our family has a happy event today. Seeing that it is still early, we took advantage of the day to come to the temple to burn incense and pray for blessings."

Hearing this, Mrs. Chai's smile faltered slightly, and then she asked curiously: "Oh? What kind of happy event is it?" As she spoke, she glanced at Xu Zaijing behind Mrs. Sun.

Mrs. Sun smiled and looked at her eldest aunt, and whispered a few words to Mrs. Chai.

Mrs. Chai was stunned, looked at Zhu Xu and Zhu Qinghu with a brighter smile, and sighed: "That is such a happy event!"

"Oh, why did I stop my sister at the door? Come on, let's go in!"

Mrs. Chai said and walked towards the main hall with Mrs. Sun.

Xu Zaijing and his two brothers were at the end,

After following the others through the door and Chai Jin, who was waiting by the door, they cupped their hands and walked toward the main hall while talking.

On the way, Zhu Qinghu looked at Chai Jin doubtfully and said, "Brother Jin, why are you always laughing for no reason?"

Chai Jin glanced at Xu Zaijing, smiled and waved his hands: "It's okay, I just remembered some interesting things after returning home."

Then Xu Zaijing and others followed the elders to burn incense and pray for blessings, and also sprinkled some sesame oil money for blessings, because everyone had a vegetarian meal together in the wing of the temple before noon.

after dinner,

Xu Zaijing listened to the lively noise coming from outside the courtyard, stood up and said: "Mom, aunt, I'm going to go outside for a walk."

Sun, who was talking about Bianjing anecdotes with Mrs. Chai, waved her hands without turning her head.

Upon seeing this, Zai Zhang, Zhu Qinghu and Chai Jin also stood up and left.

The four of them walked towards the bustling courtyard.

Chai Jin shook his head and said, "Listening to the elders chatting, it seems that Mr. Hong's promotion and that girl's marriage are going to come to nothing."

Xu Zaijing and the other three people all nodded.

Just now in the wing room, the four of them heard a lot of anecdotes.

These days, the most talked about thing in Bianjing is no longer 'the Kang family was lax in running the household and their money was embezzled by their slaves', but 'the Hong family's daughter was misbehaving'.

"I've never heard of this before, why has it become such a fuss recently?"

Zhu Qinghu said with some doubts.

Chai Jin said from the side: "Brother Jing, you and Liulang have always been good friends, so you didn't get any news from him?"

Xu Zaijing nodded: "That's quite a bit."

The other three people all made a listening gesture.

"I heard that Mr. Yu Xiao, who returned to Beijing before taking office in Xiangzhou, will be promoted, and Mr. Hong will also be promoted."

"And Liulang said that it was first rumored that the girl from the Hong family entered the carriage of the Qin family and got engaged to the Dongchang Hou family, and it was the Yu family."

After Xu Zaijing finished speaking, he said no more.

Zai Zhang said: "Didn't the Hong family girl agree to have the Gu family's fifth room? Why?"

Chai Jin said uncertainly: "Wu Lang, Master Yu, doesn't he also want to join the Ministry of Industry?"

Xu Zaijing shook his head: "I didn't ask much about it."

Zai Zhang sighed and said, "We should stay in the wing, maybe we can hear some of the doorways inside!"

Xu Zaijing smiled, crossed the threshold and walked forward.

After walking for a while,

Several people entered the lively atrium with their female envoys.

When some vendors saw Xu Zaijing and his party, they shouted loudly and enthusiastically solicited customers.

Xu Zaijing didn't buy anything, but Qingcao and the other three female envoys behind him bought something.

After walking around for a while,

"A few of you gentlemen will stop and take a look?"

Hearing the well-dressed stall owner speak,

After Xu Zaijing and others looked at each other, they stopped at a bow and sword stall.

The stall owner held out a beautifully decorated long sword. After Zhu Qinghu took it, he gave a thumbs up and said:

"Look at the Bai Gaojian just shipped from Xingqing Mansion. This is the quality!"

"bass!"

Zhu Qinghu took out his long sword and took a look at it. After tapping it lightly with his finger, he nodded and said, "Oh, you really got it for free! The quality is pretty good! How much money is it?"

"Chenghui three hundred guan."

Zhu Qinghu smiled and put down his sword.

"Alas, young master, you can take the two hundred and eighty with you."

Looking at the stall owner, Qingyun waved his hands with a straight face and said, "Don't even look at where this person came from."

The stall owner was stunned, looked at Zhu Qinghu's figure and imposing manner, and said with a smile: "Disrespectful, could he be a warrior who came back from the Western Army?"

Celebrating Tiger raised his hands.

"Take the two hundred and fifty coins with you."

Xu Zaijing smiled and shook his head.

Chai Jin stood aside and pointed to the palm-sized half-piece of fish-shaped bluestone placed in the middle by the stall owner and said, "Let's take a look at that stone."

"Young Master, you have a good eye for this authentic Gongzhou whetstone, priced at 40 guan!"

Hearing this, Xu Zaijing, Zai Zhang and Zhu Qinghu all smiled noncommittally.

Xu Zaijing patted Chai Jin on the shoulder and said, "Brother Jin likes it. I'll give you a few bucks tomorrow."

Chai Jin was stunned and said with a smile: "The things my steward found, aren't they all in your pocket?"

Xu Zaijing nodded proudly.

Qingyun stood aside, holding a few bow strings in his hand and said: "Sir, these strings from his family are quite good."

Xu Zaijing nodded: "Buy a few more!"

After some haggling, the deal was completed.

The stall owner held the long sword in his hand, looked at the people walking away, and sighed regretfully.

"Stall owner, I want that 250-gauge sword!"

said the passerby who was just watching the excitement.

"Go, go, do you know the goods?"

With that said, the stall owner put the long sword back into the wooden box in front of him.

Walking forward for a while,

Several people stood in front of a stall where saddles, bridles and reins were hung.

Looking at the attire and temperament of Xu Zaijing and others,

The stall owner who was saying to his customers, "Look, this is the Northern Liao Anlan." stopped talking, handed the customers over to the boy beside him and said, "Young gentlemen, what do you want to buy?"

Zhu Qinghu pointed at the Anqiang just now and said, "Bring the Bei Liao Anqiang to me for a look."

The stall owner whispered:

"Young gentlemen, you guys look like you know what you're selling, so I won't show off my shame. Hahahaha."

Zhu Qinghu and Zai Zhang continued to watch at the stall, while Xu Zaijing stood aside and continued talking to Chai Jin.

Chai Jin looked at the excitement around him: "My brother and I used to come here every year. In the past two years, when my mother was in Beijing, it was my mother and I who came here."

"Ah? Brother Jin is here to worship Buddha?"

Chai Jin shook his head, thought for a while and then continued: "This Daxiangguo Temple also does some money business. My money is useless at home, so it is better to let Daxiangguo Temple help release some and earn some profits. "

Xu Zaijing nodded and glanced at Chai Jin.

Chai Jin smiled knowingly and said: "My family lends money, and the interest is only 10%.

Xu Zaijing wondered: "Wouldn't this allow people to take advantage of the low interest rates?"

Chai Jin replied: "Then it has nothing to do with my family."

In the Daxiangguo Temple,

A quiet little courtyard,

There were two attendants carrying long swords at the entrance of the courtyard.

The two attendants were very alert and glanced here and there from time to time.

However, the areas where the armbands were tied to the arms of these two people looked a little bulging, as if they were being bandaged.

In the courtyard house,

Zhang Shipan sat cross-legged on the futon,

The monk who was kneeling opposite said in a respectful manner: "Brother, don't blame yourself. No one could have expected such a situation to happen."

Zhang Shipan's beautiful and feminine face was very calm. He rolled his eyes and said, "It's really hard for me to deal with that guy from the Xu family. He can't leave the palace unless he gets rid of me! It takes so much money to send a message like today." Great! Can the station send some experts to help?"

The monk whispered: "Brother, I can't give you an answer on this matter. Let me send this matter back to the stage and wait for the news."

Zhang Shipan nodded and continued: "Also, you know the kind of opportunity you prepared for Prince Yan before. I think you can give it to me too."

The monk had a somewhat embarrassed look on his face: "Brother, you think too simply! It was possible to succeed before because it was located outside Bianjing, and King Yan mobilized powerful soldiers, wore armor and used powerful crossbows. Otherwise, it was so smooth! Just having the master next to that girl is a huge problem."

Zhang Shipan said with a straight face: "Don't worry about this, just tell the Buddhist dressing table my plan."

"Yes, senior brother."

"How is the contact with the south? Is there any letter from Taichung?"

The monk said: "Senior brother, the Imperial City Division of the Great Zhou Dynasty is becoming more and more powerful now, and there is no contact message from the south yet."

Glancing at Zhang Shipan, the monk continued: "Even if we are contacted, I won't be able to see you, junior brother."

Zhang Shipan pondered for a while, nodded and said: "Also, let Taili find a way to recruit some suitable people for me to come to Bianjing, preferably from Beizhou."

The monk nodded: "This is not difficult. This can be done with money."

"ASAP."

"Yes, senior brother."

Zhang Shipan stood up and walked outside.

When I arrived at the gate of the courtyard,

Zhang Shipan turned around,

In the sight of passers-by, Zhang Shipan put his hands together and bowed respectfully to the monk.

The two attendants following Zhang Shipan also bowed as usual.

Daxiangguo Temple,

atrium,

Under the afternoon sun,

Between the stalls and colorful booths,

Xu Zaijing and others continued walking,

Xu Zaijing had nothing in his hands, but Qingyun behind him was carrying a lot of stuff, most of which belonged to Qingcao and the other three female envoys.

Among them was the rattle that Qingcao claimed to have bought for Xu Zaijing - so that Xu Zaijing could give it to his nephews, nieces and other children.

If Xu Zaijing couldn't give it away, the green grass could be given to a newly married sister.

Withdrawing your hand from a carefully crafted bamboo mat,

Xu Zaijing said to the back: "Qingcao, buy three of these mats and take them back."

"Yes, sir."

At this time,

Zhu Qinghu bought some delicious melons and fruits from the stall in front of him and shared them with him after they were washed by the stall owner.

Xu Zaijing took the fruit but did not put it into his mouth, but looked not far away.

"Brother Jing, what's wrong?"

Chai Jin followed Xu Zaijing's line of sight and asked.

Xu Zaijing looked at a person not far away who was panting anxiously with his hands on his hips, waved his hand and said, "It's okay!"

Saying that, Xu Zaijing walked forward.

"Brother Gao, what happened? I can help."

Hearing Xu Zaijing's voice, Gao Yunqing, who was looking around, turned his head tremblingly. After trying to calm his breathing, he forced a smile on his face and said, "Jing, Brother Jing, why are you here?"

Xu Zaijing pointed to where he came from with the hand holding the fruit and said: "I accompanied my family to the temple to burn incense and pray for blessings."

Gao Yunqing nodded repeatedly: "Oh! That's it!"

"Brother Jing, don't worry. There's nothing urgent. You don't need to take action. You're busy, you're busy!"

As he spoke, Gao Yunqing wiped the sweat from his forehead and cupped his hands.

"Brother, please don't be polite. If you have any need, just say it. If we can help, it's our duty to help."

Chai Jin smiled and looked at the sweat on Gao Yunqing's hands.

Gao Yunqing wiped his hands on his clothes, looked at Zhu Qinghu and Zai Zhang who were approaching, and said sincerely: "Brother Jing, you young masters, you really don't need it! It's a trivial matter, a trivial matter!"

As he spoke, Gao Yunqing stood on tiptoe and waved to his subordinate not far away.

The imperial city officials not far away had an excited look on their faces and walked towards them with a smile.

On the way to the atrium of Daxiangguo Temple,

"Sir, why don't we wait outside the temple?"

Listening to the attendant's words, Zhang Shipan shook his head and said: "Go to the most lively atrium. Just say that we got separated from those who were following us."

"Yes, sir."

Zhang Shipan felt the gaze directed at him with a straight face.

In these eyes were shy girls with veils holding up fans, and some men with surprised and curious expressions on their faces.

"You thieves, what are you looking at!"

Zhang Shipan cursed secretly.

The attendant who followed rubbed his forearm and said, "Sir, these stubborn prisoners may think you are a woman disguised as a man."

"Shut up!"

The attendant responded politely.

After speaking, Zhang Shipan quickened his pace.

When I came to the side entrance of the atrium of Daxiangguo Temple,

The attendant looked at Gao Yunqing walking from the crowd and said:

"Young master, he is a junior official of the Imperial City Department."

"Um."

There was a smile on Zhang Shipan's face, and he cupped his hands apologetically and said, "High."

Gao Yunqing looked back in horror, then turned to Zhang Shipan and shouted loudly: "Run! Run!"