There are two important festivals in April. The eighth day of April is the birthday of Buddha Shakyamuni, and the thirteenth day of April is the birthday of Emperor Zhao Huan of Ganlong Festival. The two festivals have arrived together, and merchants want to make more money with this. Officials from all over the country have also brought tributes to Beijing to celebrate their birthdays, making Bianliang City even more lively.

On the third day of the lunar month, the King of Qin and the Princess went to Longde Palace to visit the Emperor and the Queen Mother. That day, the couple personally cooked a sumptuous lunch for the Emperor and the Queen Mother. The dinner was very happy. However, when they left, the King of Qin suddenly turned around and knelt down, kowtowed three times to the Emperor and the Queen Mother, saying that they were unfilial. When the Queen Mother helped the King of Qin up, he saw him full of tears and was not very sad...

On the fifth day of the lunar month, the King of Qin sent someone to give the emperor a birthday gift and asked Zong Zhengsi that he would take his princess to Daxiangguo Temple to pray for incense and blessings on the Buddha Bathing Festival.

Daxiangguo Temple is a famous royal temple, one of the top ten historical temples. It was originally named Jianguo Temple. It was built during the Tianbao period of the Northern Qi Dynasty. The temple site was the former residence of Xinling, the fourth son of the Warring States Period. In order to commemorate his ascension to the throne by King Xiang, Ruizong of the Later Tang Dynasty, he named Daxiangguo Temple. By the time of the Song Dynasty, it was expanded many times, covering an area of ​​more than 500 acres, with 64 Zen, law school, and thousands of monks. It is the national Buddhist center.

In the Song Dynasty, because he was respected by the emperor, Xiangguo Temple was at its peak and became a "royal temple". Whenever overseas monks came to China, the emperor often ordered Daxiangguo Temple to be received; envoys from all directions would definitely enter the temple to visit. On the day of the Buddha's birthday, Buddhist monks and disciples bathed in the water with bronze Buddhas on this day, so this day was called the Buddha Bathing Festival.

All temples in Bianjing held Buddhist bathing and vegetarian services on this day, especially the ceremony at Daxiangguo Temple was the most grand, so the royal people would go to Xiangguo Temple to watch the ceremony and burn incense on this day. This was a very normal thing. However, the great master did not dare to make a decision and hurriedly reported it to the emperor.

Zhao Huan was quite hesitant. Because there were so many tourists in Daxiangguo Temple on this day, a large number of people poured into Kaifeng City. He was worried that the King of Qin would take advantage of this, but if he didn't let him go, it seemed that it was not very favorable and could not find a legitimate excuse.

"Li Fu, which temple in Bianjing City has fewer people in the Buddhist festival?" Zhao Huan asked Li Fu, the eunuch standing aside, that he was responsible for surveillance of the King of Qin.

"Your Majesty, on this day of bathing in the Buddha, monks, nuns, Taoists, officials, people and women from all directions. They will go to the temples in the city to admire the grand occasion of bathing in the Buddha, and the temples of all sizes are crowded." Li Fu replied.

"The King of Qin is going to Daxiangguo Temple to burn incense. Can you stay here?" Zhao Huan asked again.

"This... Your Majesty, the King of Qin is too smart, and most of his subordinates are brave and cruel people. If he wants to escape in the chaos, the young one will not be sure to follow him!" Li Fu hesitated and said honestly.

"A bunch of waste can't even look down on me!" Zhao Huan cursed.

"Your Majesty, I have an idea. I don't know if it's feasible?" Li Fu thought for a while and said.

"explain!"

"Your Majesty, since the King of Qin only said to burn incense, we will let him go to Kaibao Temple. On the way, we sent people to pick him up and save him on the grounds of protecting the safety of the King of Qin. Then we drove away all the monks and tourists in the tower in advance, and only let the King of Qin and his wife climb the tower to burn incense and pray for blessings. The small leader guarded the tower gate. The pagoda was twenty feet high, and the King of Qin could not escape without help from it!" Li Fu said.

"Well. This idea is good, but the pagoda of Tianqing Temple is higher. Just send him to Tianqing Temple to burn incense as you said. If he still asks him to run away, be careful of your dog's head!" Zhao Huan said. A few days ago, the spy sent to the Jin Kingdom sent back the news that the Jin army was mobilizing heavy troops and secretly rumored that they were going to send troops to help the Qin King of Song Kingdom restore the throne. If it was not for his birthday, it was not advisable to take action, otherwise he would be taken down. At this time, you must not let him escape!

"Yes, I will definitely live up to Your Majesty's trust!" Li Fu hurriedly kowtowed!

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Early in the morning of the eighth month of April, Li Fu led a team of men to the Qin Palace to "escort" the Qin Palace to Tianqing Temple to burn incense. Zhao Qi only brought two small yellow doors with incense and candles to go out today. Everyone in the mansion gave them money for holidays and let them go out for fun.

"I was called honored before the sound of croaking, which made the three thousand seas dim. The bad water was watered once a year. I knew that he was a reward for his gratitude." As soon as Zhao Qi went out, he encountered a group of young monks holding small pots of bronze statues, soaked them with sugar water, covered them with flower sheds, and welcomed them with cymbals, and watered them with small ladles, and recited verses loudly. Zhao Qi Xiao smiled and ordered his disciples to take money and reward them. These monks would come to the gates of the high-ranking households every festival. When Zhao Qi was in Xiangyi, he drove them away, but today he made an exception!

Then Zhao Qiong rode his bike to Tianqing Temple. In fact, Tianqing Temple was also very famous. It is known as the four famous temples in Kyoto together with Xiangguo Temple, Kaibao Temple and Taiping Xingguo Temple. It was built during the Xiande period of the Later Zhou Dynasty. It happened to be the birth date of Chai Rong, the "Tianqing Festival" of Zhou Shizong Chai Rong. In order to be Chai Rong's merit courtyard, the temple was named Tianqing Temple. Taizu Zhao Kuangyin launched the Chenqiao mutiny and drove the last emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Gong of Emperor Zhou from the palace. He fled to Tianqing Temple for a while and stayed there for a while. It was not considered a low status when he asked Zhao Qiong to go here to burn incense.

Zhao Qi's palace is northwest of Kaifeng City, while Tianqing Temple is southeast of Kaifeng City. There are many pedestrians on the road. The royal relatives and nobles in the capital and wealthy families are also out. Everyone is surrounded by them. After seeing the ceremonial guards of the Qin King, they all give way. Good people respect him and sacrifice themselves for the country and are loyal and righteous; bad people are afraid of the "No. 1 bastard" in the capital, and they are beaten up and have nowhere to be discussed!

The car was fast and slow. After an hour, he arrived at Tianqing Temple. The Buddha bathing ceremony had not yet begun, but the car did not stop in front of the hall, but pulled the prince directly under the Fantai.

The Fantasan Tower is built on a high platform. It is said that near the platform, it was said that people lived in a family named Fantasan for a long time, so people called this high platform Fantasan, with a wide tabletop. Every spring, peaches and plums compete for spring, flowers bloom in color, trees are lush, and the temple is full of words. People go out to enjoy flowers in spring, burn incense and worship Buddha, drink and write poems, and call "Fantasan Spring Scenery" one of the eight scenic spots in Kaifeng.

"Prince, this tower is pure and you can enjoy the beautiful scenery around you. I have someone to guard the door and serve the prince and princess!" As soon as the car stopped, Li Fu hurried forward and opened the car door for the prince and said.

"Haha, it's your kid who understands what I think. He likes quietness and rewards him with a big silver ingot!" Zhao Qiong looked up at the towering tower in front of him and said with a smile.

"Thank you, please come with me!" Li Fu took the silver and weighed it for ten taels, and said happily.

"This place is good, it's indeed a good place!" Zhao Qiong helped the princess, followed Li Fu upstairs, and looked around... (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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