Zhen Shuyuan and Ye Weilai brought some refreshments and then left to go about their business.

Xiufa walked to the door and waited obediently.

Ouyang Rong looked at the white-bearded old monk in black clothes and the pointed-faced county magistrate in front of him.

The two of them were obviously older than him, but they frowned and sighed in front of Ouyang Rong, which was in sharp contrast to Ouyang Rong, who was as plain as a lake.

But Ouyang Rong understood.

Although Master Shandao is a monk, because of the Donglin Buddha, he is regarded as an accomplice of the violent guards in the eyes of Li Zhengyan and others who hold high the banner of rebellion and refute the Tianshu statue.

This time Cai Qin and Zhu Lingxu's army captured Longcheng County. Naturally, Master Shandao could not hide in a temple to escape the world like other monks. Moreover, the temple was not safe. After all, he was too rich.

But other temples can still spend money to eliminate disasters. Master Shandao and Donglin Temple are not just spending money to eliminate disasters. People probably have to be physically destroyed to see the Buddha.

Therefore, the eminent monks of Donglin Temple also ran away immediately and fled to Xunyang City with Magistrate Diao.

Ouyang Rong spoke seriously: "Don't worry, eminent monk Mahawisdom, Master Wang will be here soon, and the Donglin Buddha Hall will be built as scheduled."

Master Shandao sighed: "The Ming Dynasty is making fun of me again."

After a pause, he hesitated and asked: "The rebels seem to be very opposed to the statue. Mingfu, how about we stop for a while?"

Ouyang Rongqi said: "Why did you change your words?"

Master Shandao sighed: "If you think about it carefully, this matter is indeed inappropriate and has caused a rebellion, like that in Guizhou... eh."

"It's just an introduction." Ouyang Rong said softly:

"But what is coming will still come. If conflicts don't break out from this opening, they will break out from other openings. It is unavoidable.

"In addition, looking at it now, the statue making thing is more complicated than I thought. It can no longer be decided by the next person."

He squinted his eyes, and the cold voice of Rong Zhen not long ago came to his ears again.

Master Shandao and Magistrate Diao couldn't help but look at each other sideways and didn't ask any more questions.

Ouyang Rong suddenly changed the topic:

"Li Zhengyan, Wei Shaoqi, and Yue Ziang sent Wang Junzhi to Longcheng to take up his post. Did they stay there?"

Magistrate Diao was stunned and nodded.

Ouyang Rong lowered his eyes: "Did they look for anything during their stay?"

Magistrate Diao and Master Shandao looked at each other, the former frowned and the latter was in a trance:

"The Ming Dynasty said this, and I remembered a little bit. Donor Du and Donor Yue visited the small temple three times.

Master Shandao recalled with his eyes open.

"Master has a very good memory."

Of course, Master Shandao would not say that the more money donated by pilgrims for incense, the better their memory will be. He said eloquently:

"The first time they came, they visited the temple by themselves. After finishing, they put on two sticks of incense and left. Later they came again, donated a sum of money for incense, found the old monk, and asked to go to the library to study Buddhist scriptures, and the old monk agreed.

"The last time, it was weird. They sat on the floor with the old monk to discuss Buddhist scriptures. Before leaving, they asked the old monk something familiar."

"What's familiar?"

"The little princess of Xunyang Palace also asked about it."

"Oh?" Ouyang Rong vaguely guessed in his heart.

"They asked Lao Na if there was an original collection of Tao Yuanming's poems hidden in the temple, especially a poem called Returning to Lai Xi Ci."

Ouyang Rong sighed. He knew that Li Guo'er had been looking for "Return to Come and Come Back", so he gave it to her as a birthday gift.

Later he found out that this Ci Fu was the Hanshi Sword Jue.

So after arriving in Xunyang City, Ouyang Rong also asked Li Guo'er about this matter and why he was looking for this word. However, the two were having a cold war at the time, and the princess's answer was that she had no comment.

I contacted Li Guo'er who had collected Tao Yuanming's poems very early. He was looking for this poem even before Ouyang Rong came to Longcheng. The Juhua Poetry Society later established also chanted chrysanthemums, which meant commemorating Tao Yuanming's picking of chrysanthemums under the eastern fence.

Ouyang Rong treated her as a hobby, mainly because Li Guo'er didn't have any spiritual skills. Ouyang Rong naturally didn't want to doubt anything, but he just warned her not to spread this poem to others. Li Guo'er nodded in agreement.

At present, Li Zhengyan, Wang Junzhi and others cannot find their way back and say goodbye. They are wandering around Longcheng County like headless flies, which also proves that she is indeed tight-lipped.

While Ouyang Rong was thinking, Magistrate Diao said:

"In the Ming Dynasty, Xiaguan remembered something. During the few days they stayed in Longcheng, Li Zhengyan, Wei Shaoqi and others, in addition to reading Longcheng County Chronicles, also went to explore Tao Qian's former residence, and Xiaguan accompanied them.

"This was one of the two places they visited most often at that time."

"Oh?" Ouyang Rong said curiously: "Where is the other place?"

Magistrate Diao took another look at the handsome young man in front of him:

"It was the Broken Wing Canal built by you in the Ming Dynasty. Li Zhengyan and Wei Shaoqi often went to observe it and praised it full of praise."

Ouyang Rong was silent for a moment.

Magistrate Diao: "This official must have done nothing wrong."

"There's nothing wrong with the company, it doesn't count as any involvement, and then what happens."

Ouyang Rong pursed his lips:

"Did they carry a painting?"

"What painting?" the two of them were curious.

Ouyang Rong shook his head and said nothing.

Magistrate Diao said again:

"By the way, when they left Longcheng County, they took the road to Yuenv Gorge and went to Yunmengze. When Du Shuqing asked for leave, he also went boating with them to Yunmengze."

"Yunmengze?"

Ouyang Rong frowned slightly and murmured:

"Shouldn't we go to Hongzhou and see what happened next?

"Or, they went to Yunmengze to look for something, and did they take the Peach Blossom Spring painting with them?

"But what do they need from Yun Mengze? Is Peach Blossom Spring true? Wait a minute..."

He suddenly looked up.
Chapter completed!