Chapter 66                                                                                                                             �

This time, Zhou Mengchen had no fixed destination. Anyway, they couldn't go too far. There were too many places outside Beijing to visit, so you could see wherever you went.

Along the way, Zhou's mother and Li Yunzhen lifted the curtains and looked out.

"Stop." Zhou's mother said.

Zhou Mengchen immediately asked, "What's wrong with my mother?"

Zhou's mother said, "Is there a temple in front?"

Zhou Mengchen looked over and looked at the plaque from afar and said, "It seems to be Chongfu Temple?"

Zhou Mengchen said as he looked at Xu Gao beside him.

Xu Gao immediately said: "This Chongfu Temple is the first ancient temple in the capital. I heard that it was built by Emperor Taizong of Tang to conquer the souls of Liaodong soldiers. He ordered it to be Minzhong Temple. Later, it was repeatedly abandoned and built, and now it was rebuilt during the Zhengtong period. My ancestors also participated in major engineering."

Zhou's mother said, "Amitabha, since it is an ancient temple, it will definitely work. When you were in Beijing, I asked the Bodhisattvas at home many times. If you are today, you are all the Bodhisattvas bless you. Today is here, so you will naturally worship. Besides, you children will go out for a walk, so I won't follow you."

Zhou Mengchen pondered for a moment and said, "Mother wants to go, so she can go naturally. However, I came out with you today. How can you do it if you don't want to go? I'm waiting outside. After you worship Buddha, you'd better come out. Let's go to the next place."

Seeing that Zhou Mengchen refused to agree, Zhou's mother had to say, "Okay, okay, okay, listen to you."

Zhou's mother, her wife and several women went in. Zhou Mengchen asked several disciples to go in to protect her, but Zhou Mengchen stopped going in.

Zhou Mengchen had no idea about Buddhism and Taoism, but he was in charge of a Taoist emperor. Of course, he had to be more cautious. It was one thing that he didn't like those Taoists, but he also had to claim to be Taoist sect in front of Jiajing. This was the reason. So he did not enter the temple.

He just waited outside and asked the coachman waiting outside and said, "Is there any famous Taoist temple nearby?"

The coachman said, "Of course it's Baiyun Temple."

Zhou Mengchen said, "Okay, when the old lady comes out later, we will go to Baiyun Temple."

As mentioned before, Zhou Mengchen did not have a clear destination for his trip. It was just that Zhou's mother wanted to worship Buddha, so Zhou Mengchen naturally had to balance it. Although these small things were likely to be Zhou Mengchen's useless achievements, Zhou Mengchen, who was walking in front of the emperor, had been targeted several times and had long learned to be cautious.

He sent his mother to worship Buddha, and he sent his mother to temples and Taoist temples one after another, which are two different concepts.

Soon Zhou's mother came out of the inside and after getting on the car, she sighed to Zhou Mengchen: "This temple is very big and very pompous, it's just that it makes people very strange and a little deserted. Many temples in Wuchang are much deserted. I wonder why?"

Zhou’s mother didn’t know, but Zhou Mengchen knew it.

If the superior has something to do, the subordinate must follow it.

Zhou Mengchen thought with his toes that there was such a Taoist emperor in the Ming Dynasty, which had a relatively shallow impact on the provinces below, but it had a great impact on the Buddhist temples near the capital.

But this is not easy to say to my mother. Zhou Mengchen smiled softly and said, "Mother, next we go to Baiyun Temple, which is the Dharma field of Changchun's real person Qiu Chuji, and it is also quite effective."

Facts have proved that Zhou's mother is an ordinary old Chinese lady. She did not believe in that family devoutly, but believed in the word "efficient". No matter what she teaches, as long as it is effective, everything is easy to say. The old lady doesn't care about the ineffective gods and Buddhas.

When Zhou's mother heard the word "effective", she immediately said, "Is that so? I have to go and have a look."

Zhou Mengchen called Xu Gao and said, "It's almost noon. You can go to Baiyun Temple first to see if you can order a vegetarian meal. We will have lunch at Baiyun Temple at noon."

Xu Gao agreed and rode his horse to go first.

Baiyun Temple is going west than Chongfu Temple. When we arrived at Baiyun Temple, we had already gotten rid of the buildings outside the capital. The surrounding fields were coming towards us. Zhou Mengchen felt a little refreshed.

I saw the Baiyun Temple archway from afar, which was very grand.

Xu Gao was also waiting outside the door. Zhou Mengchen asked, "Have you decided?"

Xu Gao said: "It's settled."

Zhou Mengchen returned to the carriage and said, "Mother, let's have dinner here at noon today."

Zhou's mother said, "Listen to you."

Zhou Mengchen helped Zhou's mother get out of the carriage, and the group parked the carriage, and walked into Baiyun Temple under the guidance of a little Taoist priest.

In Zhou Mengchen's opinion, the architectural layout of Baiyun Temple is not much different from that of ordinary Buddhist temples. Zhou Mengchen accompanied Zhou's mother to worship each temple, such as the Jade Emperor, the Three Officials Emperor, etc. Zhou Mengchen was a little confused and said in his heart: "I can understand that there is no one in Chongfu Temple? But why is there no one in Taoist temple? This is not a big deal, right?"

However, Zhou Mengchen's question was just kept in his heart.

After worshiping the gods, the group of people used vegetarian food in the guest room of Baiyun Temple.

These temples and Taoist temples near the capital often come with dignitaries, so although it is a vegetarian meal and a vegetarian banquet, the quality is also first-class. The taste is very good.

After eating vegetarian food, Zhou's mother was a little tired and rested in the guest room. Zhou Mengchen and Li Yunzhen were wandering around in Baiyun Temple. Li Yunzhen also said: "My husband, didn't you say that Taoist sect is prosperous? Why are there some deserted people in Baiyun Temple?"

Zhou Mengchen did not hide many things and opinions from Li Yunzhen. He couldn't explain Li Yunzhen's words clearly for a moment. He could only say vaguely: "Maybe we were wrong when we came and were not regular from time to time. So we didn't see anyone. But isn't this just right? It's a little more pure."

"The layman's words are wrong." said a middle-aged Taoist priest.

When Zhou Mengchen saw this Taoist priest, the one who impressed him the most was his eyes. He really felt like he looked like a torch. It seemed that he looked at him and felt like he was burned by his eyes.

Zhou Mengchen said, "What do you say about Taoist priest?"

The middle-aged Taoist priest said: "Your Majesty is advocating the Tao now, and the Tao of the Heavenly Master is worshipped, but here is the Quanzhen Gate. How can you benefit Shao Tao from others without any connection?"

After hearing this, Zhou Mengchen understood.

In fact, Zhou Mengchen himself didn’t understand it. There were factions within Buddhism and Taoism. Various schools were extremely diverse. Generally speaking, Taoist sect Quanzhen was in the north and Tianshi was in the south.

Emperor Jiajing was from the south, and the Taoist priests he chose were all from Huguang. Even if they were not from Huguang, they were also recommended by the Taoist priests of Huguang. Naturally, they were all in the circle of Tianshi's teachings.

Emperor Jiajing believed in Taoism, which naturally brought great benefits to the Taoist sect, but the problem is that the most benefit was the Tianshi Sect, and even the Quanzhen Sect was suppressed intentionally or unintentionally. The two great Taoist temples in Beijing were one of Baiyun Temples and the other was Dongyue Temple.

Needless to say, Baiyun Temple is naturally Quanzhen Gate.

The Dongyue Temple was where Zhang Tianshi came to Beijing in the Yuan Dynasty, so it was naturally the gate of the Tianshi Sect.

Although Shao Tao and Zhang Tianshi may not be very close, they are both in the same circle. They are favored by the Dongyue Temple. Now they seem to be overcoming Baiyun Temple and becoming the first Taoist temple in the capital.

Even if a noble official wants to enter the Taoist temple, they usually choose the Dongyue Temple. After all, the Taoist priests in the Dongyue Temple can communicate with the Taoist priests in the palace, and they cannot say that they can be useful in some things. However, Baiyun Temple cannot.

Zhou Mengchen talked with this middle-aged Taoist priest about the Taoism pattern in Beijing. He felt that his knowledge had increased greatly, and he also felt that the Taoist priest in front of him was first-class in terms of his words and demeanor, and he looked like the kind of Taoist priest who had Taoism.

Of course, Zhou Mengchen would not believe in them all. After all, Buddhist and Taoist people are the best at gaining people's trust. Moreover, the Taoist priests of the Ming Dynasty that Zhou Mengchen met were all Tao Zhongwen, so it was difficult for Zhou Mengchen to have any good feelings for them. Zhou Mengchen asked: "I have been talking for so long, but I haven't asked Daming Master Daming."

The middle-aged Taoist priest said: "I am a layman named Sun, and his name is Xuanqing."

What was Zhou Mengchen going to say? Suddenly he heard a little Taoist priest say, "Master, a layman is sent out, and it seems that he is seriously injured. I can't deal with it anymore. Go and have a look?"

Sun Xuanqing said, "Why are you panic? I'll go now."
Chapter completed!