Since Fang Shanqi left that day, Tang Song started to close his door to thank the guests early the next morning.

Although the gatekeeper received more and more famous thorns, he could actually close the door and disappear. You should know that most of these famous thorns were incumbent officials who were eager to go up to the level, and some were heavyweights who were even pulled by these officials to talk about.

But he actually disappeared!

The collective fall of officials from four families is the biggest political turmoil since last year Di Renjie and other eighth ministers were exiled for the "rebellion case" and has attracted attention. In addition, so many officials have been vacant this time, and many of them are flawed in the middle class, so it has become increasingly tempting to make people in the imperial city feel fluctuating. As an official, although the origin of scholars makes them like to sigh from time to time, "It is better to go back if you are tired...", but when you see the opportunity, who can truly be as calm as you see the water and treat it as if you are idle?

This is exactly what the poet said: Everyone in the world says that it is good to leave officials, but how can anyone see anyone in the forest? However, although many officials who thought they could take a chance at this opportunity were itchy, no one had a good idea to face Lu Yuanfang's door lock. After decades of serving as an official, the gentleman Lu's style of acting has long been a notice from the officialdom.

Such a sincere gentleman with a straightforward and rigid temperament is in charge of the promotion of an official. He will not listen to any favors, unless you can force the emperor to suppress it. Even if he should argue in this way, he still has to argue in front of the emperor. For such a person, what other ways can he do besides waiting for his decision?

Furthermore, according to his historical habits, officials who are involved in major fraud cases are always cautious when supplementing, and they will be almost arbitrary. Not to mention the doctor and the Minister of Personnel, even the Minister of State can't get involved.

It is precisely because of this that although the major fraud case of officials from four families was very lively, and although countless officials were anxious to look at the seats they had freed, they were anxious to get angry. However, with the gentleman Lu Lu, there was no big deal.

Just from this influence, Lu Yuanfang, the Minister of Political Affairs, deserves his position as an important official in his country.

But when the news that he had changed his mind and gave Tang Song a new screening power to spread the situation immediately. The officials who heard the news one after another were first glaring and unable to believe it, and then they all had their own shapes. There were unfair people, jealous people felt the unfairness of the way of heaven, and there were also those who lamented that villains were successful...-

As this news spread, it was like a huge rock smashing into the water. The originally calm lake surface instantly swelled endlessly, almost within a day or two. This became the most exciting and hot news in the officialdom of Shendu and the official reserve.

After half a year, after the assassination of White Horse Temple, Tang Song was helpless and once again the focus of heated discussion. Fortunately, this incident was not widely circulated among the market, otherwise it would inevitably be another scene of Tang Song talking about the storm of the city.

With Tang Song's age, his rank can frequently cause such a turbulent shock. Many people in the officialdom were sighing and moved, and they couldn't help but turn their memories to the four heroes of the early Tang Dynasty decades ago.

When a young man becomes famous, he is often the focus of attention and heated discussion in the officialdom and scholars. However, will Tang Song be unable to escape the fate of the four heroes with high talent and poor life?

There was a lot of discussion in Shilin, but it was just a hot discussion. After all, they have not officially entered the officialdom. Although they like to pay attention to the trends in the officialdom, the task that Tang Song accepted this time has no personal interest in them.

There is a difference in the officialdom. Many officials immediately saw the opportunity after the shock caused by this news was calmed down.

After all, there are few exceptions like Lu Yuanfang. In the officialdom, in addition to the past of political achievements, people's favors are absolutely indispensable. This is a habit of thousands of years. Who can not know?

Although Tang Song was appointed by Lu Yuanfang, he is not a gentleman Lu after all. Not to mention his personality and character, the two are very different just by their status. If Lu Xiang can't get through, it may not be possible that he, a small Shangshu, can't even get through?

There are far more than one smart person, and there are even more smart people in the officialdom, so it is normal for a flowing water to rush to the concierge of Tang Song’s family.

If you think that you can buy your identity, you will pass on your name to the sect. If you think that you don’t have enough status, you will have to ask someone to say hello. Originally, there are many official positions available this time, and there are many low-level and middle-level official positions, which leads to more people who are interested in activities.

Both the officialdom and Shilin saw this chaos, and they also understood that Tang Song, who had always been up and down in the strong winds and waves, was once again pushed to the forefront, so they were curious about what measures he should do this time.

At this moment, Tang Song ignored so many priests, and so many incumbent officials and heavyweights behind the priests, and then......... I closed my door and thanked the guests!

Although the social atmosphere was very open at that time, the concepts of hierarchy and customs of valuing etiquette that had been preserved for thousands of years were not said to be gone.

In the Shishi, can you imagine a low-ranking official from the seventh grade who was not even seen after receiving the famous sects of the sixth grade fifth grade, or even the fourth grade third grade Shangguans?

This is like a deputy county magistrate-level official who actually turned away the mayor, secretary and even deputy provincial officials in later generations. This......... is this what people in officials do?

Isn't this crazy?

Because he couldn't see Tang Song, he was crazy or not, but he did such a crazy thing. A seventh-rank Shangshu who had not yet officially served, actually closed the entire Shendu officialdom, which made many current officials with higher powers than him win a lot of time.

Tang Song's unreasonable behavior won excellent praise in Shilin without any surprise, but in the officialdom of Shendu and in the imperial city, that's all.

No matter how much discussion outside was, Tang Song just stopped opening his door and said nothing, and was silent.

Silence is not quiet. On the contrary, he has not had any leisure time during this day when he has not left home for most of the month.

During this period, Taiping came from the side door and stepped on the moon, and he could not see him. This was not a good deal. In addition, he had to arrange the return of the dagger before at night, which was not an easy task. In addition, he was the archives that even a strong man could not pick.

Taiping's analysis of Lu Yuanfang's destruction this time was left. She, Wu Sansi and Fang Shanqi put in three lists. Coupled with the scene of the hot discussion outside, Tang Song had no ease at the beginning of accepting the task. Many archives and documents could no longer be described in terms of view, and it was simply an analysis.

Analysis, summary, comparison~ People who can write and calculate in the mansion were gathered to participate in this matter. The records he taught orally are probably no less than 100,000 words. These days, Crystal always rubs his wrists when he has a little free time.

Twenty-five days later, that is, the 28th day after Tang Song received the task from Lu Yuanfang, the major event that disrupted the people of the mansion finally came to an end. Tang Song, who had lost weight again and had a pale face, breathed a long sigh, looked up at the clear and cool autumn sky outside the window, pulled the crystal and walked out.

"I haven't finished it yet." After this month of high-intensity work, Crystal, who had to communicate with different people, was becoming more and more fluent in speaking, and was no longer the stuttering look she used to be.

"It's not too late to do it again when I come back. I've really made people so bored these days that I've gotten so bad that I've gone out for a walk..."

I was so nervous at home that I wanted to come out, but after they really came out of the side door since they were young, they didn't know where to go. Tang Song would not go to a place with a lot of people now, and there was only annoyance when they went there.

Tang Song smiled in front of the side door, "I heard that there is a small Wuxiang Temple nearby, let's go over and take a look..."

Crystal will naturally not object.

Although Xiao Wuxiang Temple is located in Shanghaofang District in the North City, it is not well-known and not large in scale. It is also afternoon now, and the temple is even less crowded and seems a bit deserted.

But this tranquility was exactly what Tang Song wanted, and he refused the company of the monk. The two walked leisurely into the mountain gate.

Not long after walking, I could faintly smell a faint fragrance of osmanthus. When I walked around, Tang Song, who was dizzy and felt the long-lost relaxation. He was in a state of interest and led the crystal to look for the osmanthus fragrance.

When I walked all the way to a garden behind the temple, I finally found the source of the cinnamon fragrance. The back garden of Xiao Wuxiang Temple is not big, with an area of ​​at most two or three acres, and it is not fine to clean it up. But because of this, it adds some wildness to it out of thin air.

There are six or seven old osmanthus plants in the garden. The branches and leaves are lush and the yellow flowers are like broken gold. The fragrance of osmanthus in this small temple is rippling from here.

The garden is even more lonely. Except for an old monk watching something under a osmanthus tree, there is no one else.

Tang Song was walking in the garden and was talking to Shui Jing, "It is located in the downtown area of ​​the North City, but there is such a quiet temple and these beautiful osmanthus trees. This trip is here. If you can listen to you play a song at this time, you will be regretful..."

At this point, Tang Song paused, "Yes, I haven't heard you play the piano for a long time..."

"If you want to listen, you will play a few songs..."

This is not the answer Tang Song wanted, "If I hadn't wanted to hear it, you wouldn't have played it?"

“Where are you free these days?”

Hearing this, it naturally evoked the memories of hearing the Qin on the moonlit night by the Bagua Pool in Longmen Mountain in Tang Song. He thought about the crystal's spotless dust when he first met in Luoyang. Thinking about the scene of her fiery life and circling in the archives and documents these days, Tang Song felt a lot of unhappiness in his heart.

Then it felt like there was something very beautiful and wonderful because of my own reasons, and a feeling of melancholy arose.

"Crystal, I'm almost done. From tomorrow on, you can just leave the list in your mind. Is it good to live the life you want to live like before?"

Jing Jing, who was walking side by side with Tang Song, turned her head and looked at him, "The life is very good now. Although I am a little tired, I like it..."

Upon hearing this, Tang Song was surprised, "Wrinkling those archives is both boring and boring. How could you like it?"

"Like it is like it, why bother lie to you? Then every archive document is actually a living person, and every test paper is followed by a fresh life..."

Tang Song stopped and reached out to turn Shuijing's head over. He stared at her eyes for a long time before he had to admit that Shuijing hadn't lie to him, but this discovery made him feel a little disappointed.

Lost, really disappointment!

How could that crystal with a calm and light cloud and a spotless wind like these things?

Did she change? Or did she never really know her?

Tang Song didn't know the answer or what to say, and didn't want to say anything more at this moment.

After the two walked silently for a while, Shui Jing suddenly said: "The piano is in the heart. Every time you think about it, you will naturally turn into a graceful heart sound. Why do you have to hold the ancient musical piano and burn incense and play it..."

It sounds like a bit Zen when Shui Jing said such words in Xiao Wuxiang Temple, but this did not resolve the melancholy and loss in Tang Song's heart.

At this moment, a voice from Kong You came in front of him, "I parted in Suzhou that day. Today I met here by chance. It seems that the old monk and the faith have some destiny..."

Tang Song looked at him and said that the only old monk in the garden besides them. It was a coincidence that this monk was the old monk who heard only the sound of the sound at the foot of Hanshan Temple in Suzhou that day. The two of them met hurriedly at the gate of Suzhou City, and the old monk even gave him a string of rosary.

Such an encounter was really rare. Tang Song quickly moved forward and asked happily: "It turns out that good fate, when did the master arrive in Luoyang?"

"It's been a while since the old monk Tang Shanxin Zhizhi came to Luoyang..."

"Oh, Master knows me?"

The old monk smiled but did not answer. Tang Song turned to ask, "I was too hasty in Suzhou, and I was ashamed to not ask the master's name..."

The old monk's introduction to himself ended with four simple words, but he did not mention his origin.

Since he didn't say it, Tang Song didn't ask any more questions and changed the topic, "What is the unknown master just looking at?"

Monk Fazang opened his body slightly and exposed a stone tablet behind him.

This stone tablet is mottled and rainy, obviously it has been a while. The front inscription part has obviously been wiped by the old monk. Tang Song approached and looked at it before he realized that this seemingly inconspicuous little Wuxiang Temple was actually quite fundamental.

According to the inscription, the place occupied by Xiao Wuxiang Temple was originally Sun Yuanji, a founding hero and famous prime minister of the early Tang Dynasty. Because his mother believed in Buddhism, she placed it as a Buddhist temple, which was considered a family temple of the Changsun family. When the temple was first established, even Emperor Taizong had spent money on incense and oil to the place, and even the name of Xiao Wuxiang Temple was written by imperial pen.

This inscription records the origin of Xiao Wuxiang Temple, which ends with the content of the inscription. However, based on these somewhat vague words, it is not difficult to recall the grand occasion of the incense that was flourishing when Xiao Wuxiang Temple was first established.

However, this kind of prosperity did not last long. In the end, with the failure of Changsun Yuanji's political battle with Wu Zetian, Changsun ending up being forced to commit suicide, Xiao Wuxiang Temple also became an inconspicuous small jungle in Luoyang City.

After thinking about the grand scenery of that year, and looking at the loneliness of Xiao Wuxiang Temple now, you will naturally feel a sense of prosperity and decline. Perhaps because of the strong contrast, monk Fazang was unable to avoid the common people. "After hundreds of years, Tuoba Wuji is a master of talent, which is a pity, and it is a pity."

Tuoba was originally a surname of Hu. Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty changed to Changsun when he carried out the sinicization reform. Therefore, the old monk Tuoba Wuji actually said that Changsun Yuanji was Changsun.

Tang Song was not a person who liked to be sad about spring and autumn. At the beginning of his journey, he showed it very clearly when he explained the allusion of the Tears Monument to Liu Mei when climbing Mount Xian. In addition, the high and enterprising spirit hidden deep in his bones, after hearing Fazang sighing filled with the vicissitudes of history, the feeling of prosperity and decline that originally arose in his heart was wiped out.

As soon as he thought of this, Tang Song raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Don't be sad about the moon in the Golden Valley Garden, don't sigh on the spring on the Tianjin Bridge. If you learn to look for past events with emotion, where isn't you sad in the world? Changsun Yuanji was the first hero of the founding official of the Tang Dynasty, and then the famous prime minister of Zhenguan. He then became the ruler and peace. His life was vigorous. If a man in the world was like this, what's the regret of being lonely behind him?"

When the old monk heard this, he looked at Tang Song in shock. He saw that although the young man under the osmanthus tree was a little haggard and thin, the vibrant spirit that came out of his body was forcing people to come.

After looking at Tang Song for a long time, Fazang suddenly smiled, "Yes, love should not be burdened by things, but the old monk was obsessed with the appearance, but he never thought that Tang Shanxin could say such words..."

When I met by chance at the moonlit night at Hanshan Temple in Suzhou, Tang Song had a name called Hanshan Shide, a famous monk in the middle and late Tang Dynasty: "If someone in the world slanders me, bullies me, insults me, laughs at me, despise me, despise me, hate me, hate me, and lie to me, what should I do? Just tolerate him, let him, avoid him, be patient, respect him, ignore him, and ignore him, and stay for a few more years..." Unexpectedly, the old monk Fazang heard these words, and praised them loudly at that time, and recited "Amitabha Buddha".

Tang Song could not explain the source of the right name. Fazang thought that this was from him, and this was too far from his words just now. One was tolerant of the song and the other was to be vigorous and vigorous. No wonder the old monk was shocked and difficult to explain.

Trouble! Tang Song could only bow his head, "The words I said at night at night were just to persuade my friends to make a mistake. Unexpectedly, I hope the master will not blame him..."

Fazang is stupid, "Hu Jie"

"Why should the verbal master who was originally just a persuasion to others be so persistent..."

Tang Song looked bitter, "Many things in this world are said by a three-year-old child, and the eighty-year-old man cannot do it. For example, there are eight truths of suffering in Buddhism: birth, old age, illness, death, meeting with enemies and hate, separation, and seeking. There are also six sayings, saying that everything in the world is just like a dream, illusion, bubble, fog, lightning, if you want to escape from the sea of ​​suffering, you fall on the word "empty". If you see the empty space, you will naturally let go. Let go of it, you will not be obsessed, and if you don't be obsessed, you will naturally be liberated. There are more than a thousand monks in the world, who don't know these crude Buddhist principles? Who can't say these words?"
To be continued...