Chapter 166: The Sutra Pavilion
The area of Yakushian is not large. After leaving the Daxiong Hall, the largest building, and entering the backyard, there is an apse covering an area of more than 200 square meters. The plaque hanging here is the Sutra Pavilion, which is probably where Yakushian used to collect Buddhist scriptures. However,
At this time, the Sutra Pavilion had been converted into an entertainment venue, and standing outside you could hear the bustle of people inside.
Walking into the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, Zhao Fuxiang found that there were actually two floors inside, with a stage in the middle. A bald nun wearing scantily clad clothes and heavy makeup was dancing gracefully on the stage. There were private rooms on the first and second floors around him. He could hear from outside the door.
The hustle and bustle came from here. The design of the box was very clever. Standing at the door, Zhao Fuxiang could only hear the voices coming from inside, but could not see who was inside.
Lai Quanqing said to Zhao Fuxiang: "Please go up to the second floor, and we will go to the vegetarian restaurant for you in a while!"
Liao Dagui and the others did not have enough status, so Lai Quanqing arranged for them to sit in a corner on the first floor, while Zhao Fuxiang and Zhao Chongfang were taken to the second floor.
The environment in the private room on the second floor is good. There is a screen on the side that separates the surrounding private rooms. The half-draped bead curtain at the door provides good privacy in the room. The window of the private room is opened facing the stage below, and you can see the bald nun dancing in the middle.
The light shining on the fragrant scar on the nun's head and listening to the ambiguous music made Zhao Fuxiang, who had never seen the world, feel excited.
After Zhao Fuxiang and Zhao Fuxiang sat down, Su Zhai came up quickly. Zhao Chongfang was the captain of the security brigade. Lai Quanqing did not dare to neglect, so the ones that came up were naturally the best ones. Like the Su Zhai provided by temples in later generations, the Su Zhai here is also based on seating.
For the money, the dishes on this table are very rich, including chicken, duck, fish, sea cucumber, abalone and so on.
Zhao Fuxiang looked at the lifelike Su Zhai and asked curiously: "Brother Xian, isn't this Su Zhai? Why is there all kinds of meat?"
Zhao Chongfang secretly cursed this guy for being a country bumpkin, but he explained: "Brother, this vegetarian meal is made of three mushrooms, six ears and soybean products. Of course, the taste is incomparable with real meat dishes, but it is better.
The chef’s knife skills are so good that you can’t tell them apart just by looking at them.”
Zhao Fuxiang took a closer look at the plate of shredded eel that had just been served. When it was served, Zhao Fuxiang indeed recognized the dish as real shredded eel. However, he picked up one with chopsticks and took a closer look. It turned out to be a shredded eel with the edges cut off.
It is fried and has a really lifelike appearance.
Zhao Fuxiang put the chopsticks into his mouth and chewed the shredded eel. After all, it was not real eel meat. He immediately noticed the difference, but the texture and taste were about 70% or 80% similar.
Zhao Fuxiang nodded repeatedly and asked: "Brother Xian, this dish is really good. Isn't this table of dishes cheap?"
Zhao Chongfang smiled and said: "Brother came to the best vegetarian restaurant of course. This high-quality banquet costs fifteen taels of silver. The food eaten by my brothers is much less expensive. It only costs two taels of silver. In fact, the taste is almost the same. The difference is just that."
On this knife work!”
Fifteen taels, even in Guangzhou where prices are skyrocketing, fifteen taels is enough to arrange an abalone mat. However, abalone mats are common, but this vegetarian restaurant is not. Zhao Fuxiang feels that these fifteen taels are worth it!
After a while, the vegetarian meal was served. Zhao Chongfang poured a glass of wine for Zhao Fuxiang and said with a smile: "Brother, this glass of wine is a toast to my brother, and I will treat him as a younger brother to apologize to my brother!"
Zhao Fuxiang laughed and said: "We are all members of the same family, why are we talking so much! If not, we might not be able to meet my brother!"
The two drank the wine in one gulp, and Zhao Chongfang continued: "Brother, tomorrow we will go to Zhaojiazhuang to find the family tree of my brother, a veteran of the clan, so that he can help me when he organizes group training in the future!"
This is what Zhao Fuxiang wanted. After hearing what Zhao Chongfang said, he asked: "Brother, how many people with the surname Zhao can we have in Guangdong?"
Zhao Chongfang thought for a while and said: "There are about three to four thousand people here in Guangfu. We belong to the lineage of the King of Wei. In addition to Nanhai County, there is an ancestral hall in Dongguan, but they are the sixth branch of the King of Wei and have some connections with us.
!There are also Zhao family ancestral halls in Nanxiong, Chaoshan, and Lianzhou, but the ones in Nanxiong are from the lineage of Taizu, and the ones in Chaoshan and Lianzhou are from the lineage of Taizong, and have nothing to do with the lineage of our King Wei!"
This is also normal. Not to mention the Taizu lineage, the orthodox royal bloodline has regained the throne, especially since Gaozong's southern migration. The Taizong lineage has controlled the Northern Song Dynasty for more than 200 years, and its status is far stronger than that of the King of Wei.
Much more, and more than 400 years have passed, so there are fewer connections between nature.
"Brother Xian, do we have a good relationship with Taizu's lineage?"
In Zhao Fuxiang's understanding, King Zhao Tingmei of Wei was persecuted to death by Taizong Zhao Kuangyi. Naturally, the relationship should be tense. On the contrary, Taizu's line did not hold real power in the Northern Song Dynasty, and they should have a good relationship with King Wei's line.
After hearing this, Zhao Chongfang laughed and said: "Brother, you are wrong! We still have some contact with the Chaoshan people, but have no contact with the Zhao family in Nanxiong at all!"
Zhao Chongfang revealed some of the conflicts in the family. It turned out that the Nanxiong Zhao family did not flee from the north during the Southern Song Dynasty, but moved from Mengzhou, Henan in the early Ming Dynasty.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the world was in chaos. The Zhao family in Mengzhou, Henan, gave birth to an outstanding person, Nanxiong Hou Zhao Yong. This guy had been a core member since Zhu Yuanzhang started his army. He followed Zhu Yuanzhang to fight from north to south for more than 20 years. After Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor, he was granted the title of
As Marquis of Nanxiong, the fiefdom is Nanxiong, Guangdong. After Zhao Yong was granted the title of Marquis, he moved his family from Mengzhou, Henan to Nanxiong, Guangdong to settle down. This is also the origin of the Nanxiong Zhao family.
Zhao Yong is not only a member of the Taizu lineage, but also a marquis of the imperial court. Naturally, he looks down on the poor local relatives in Guangdong, so the relationship between the two parties has not been good for more than two hundred years. On the contrary, the Taizong lineage in Chaoshan was engaged in business.
I have some money in my hands and need help from the Zhao family in Guangdong, so the Zhao family of the two houses have a relatively close relationship.
Zhao Chongfang drank a glass of wine and cursed: "Back then, Hu Weiyong, a member of Zhao Yong's party, was killed, and Marquis Nanxiong was also removed from the title. However, after Emperor Chengzu succeeded in the Jingnan, he restored the status of Zhao Yong's son Zhao Tu, but Marquis Nanxiong was no longer there.
, only gave the job of the hereditary commander of the Nanxiong Guard, and the current commander of the Nanxiong Guard, Zhao Xianliang, is the ninth grandson of Zhao Yong!"
It turned out that there was such a relationship. Zhao Fuxiang quickly remembered Zhao Xianliang's name. A general with military power like this would definitely be helpful in the future.
While the two were drinking, Lai Quanqing led two nuns in black robes and walked in. Seeing the two of them, he smiled and said, "Two masters, these are the nuns Hui'an and Huitong of our nunnery. They are practicing intensive cultivation."
Buddhism is just the right thing to practice with these two masters!"
Zhao Chongfang laughed, hugged him and asked with a smile: "Little Master, what is your name?"
The little nun was also an expert at Fengyue. She smiled and said, "The little monk's name is Hui'an. I will practice Buddhism intensively with the master in a while!"
Another young nun, Hui Tong, came to sit next to Zhao Fuxiang, put her arm around Zhao Fuxiang and said with a smile: "This master, my name is Huitong. I wonder what your surname is?"
Zhao Chongfang laughed and said: "Don't you know, my brother is from Qiongzhou, a student of Master Zhou, the prefect of Qiongzhou, and he was highly praised by Master Song of Guangzhou!"
Zhao Fuxiang chuckled, pinched Hui Tong's cheek next to him, and said with a smile: "Little nun, your name is Hui Tong? If there is communication, there is no pain, and if there is pain, there is no communication! Do you have communication or pain?"
Zhao Chongfang laughed and said: "Brother is really talented, of course he will get pain first and then cure it!"
Lai Quanqing, who was standing at the door, smiled and said: "Master Zhao is indeed a great talent, but the young monk disturbed the rest of Master Zhao!"
After Lai Quanqing closed the door and was about to go out, Zhao Chongfang said: "Master, please go slowly. My brother is here tonight and he has to choose two lay people to sleep with him!"
After hearing this, Lai Quanqing cursed in his heart, this guy is really a big talker. Lay people are different from these nuns. Lay people are all women who come to the city to make extra money. They can't give you Zhao Chongfang free entertainment.
Although Lai Quanqing was dissatisfied, he did not dare to offend Zhao Chongfang. He had no choice but to grit his teeth and said: "Okay, I will prepare it now, but those female lay people are not from my nunnery. Isn't this the price..."
When Zhao Chongfang saw that he was being asked to pay, she was about to turn her face with her eyes wide open when Zhao Fuxiang smiled and said: "Xiang brother, please calm down, we are here to have fun, don't make a fuss over a little money!"
After Zhao Fuxiang finished speaking, he took out a bank draft from his arms, handed it to Lai Quanqing and said, "Host, this one hundred taels of silver is enough!"
Seeing the silver, Lai Quanqing was overjoyed, and quickly nodded and said: "That's enough, that's enough. I'm going to prepare now, Mr. Zhao, please wait a moment!"
When Zhao Chongfang saw Lai Quanqing like this, he cursed: "You guys are just blind to money. My brother is getting the money today. If the quality of the lay people we find is not good, then you should stop doing this!"
Although Lai Quanqing scolded Zhao Chongfang as a bastard, he did not dare to offend the man with an eyelid, so he quickly nodded and bowed and went out to prepare.
Now that there were no outsiders in the house, and listening to the ambiguous music outside, Er Zhao started to attack the two little nuns in the house. The two little nuns saw that these two people had high status and were very rich, so they naturally greeted them vigorously.
Bong.
Zhao Fuxiang used his hands together and said with a smile: "Huitong, you see I can't hold a wine glass with these hands, just feed me a drink!"
Huitong smiled and said: "Master Zhao is so good at death that he will bully monks!"
After Hui Tong finished speaking, he took a sip of wine with his small cherry mouth and put it into Zhao Fuxiang's mouth. Zhao Fuxiang deliberately puffed up his cheeks and blew, and the sip of wine spread all over Hui Tong's chest.
Zhao Fuxiang quickly said: "Oh, I'm sorry, you messed with little master, can you let me lick it clean for you?"
Huitong was tickled by Zhao Fuxiang, his face turned red and he smiled sweetly: "Master, you tickled the little monk so much!"
Zhao Chongfang, who was standing next to him, saw Zhao Fuxiang's dirty tricks, so he imitated him. He poured a glass of wine on Hui'an, then lay down and ate it fiercely.
After Zhao Fuxiang licked it clean, he stood up, took a glass of wine, poured it on his pants, and then said with a smile: "Little master, you see I have cleaned it for you just now, what should I do now?"
Seeing Zhao Fuxiang like this, Huitong laughed and said, "Master Zhao, you will bully the little monk if you are good or bad!"
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Chapter completed!