Chapter 4 Judging People by Appearance
The Dharma Neng could not help Duowen up, so he could only kowtow until blood was seen on his forehead.
He finally knew how deep the hatred in Duowen's heart was, and that his Buddhism could not be resolved. Perhaps only Shen Langjun could do it.
In Zanmo Temple, Chen Guang also carried out his plan step by step. The Heart Sutra he copied was the reward for eating and living in Zanmo Temple, but the few Buddha statues he drew these days were asked to ask him to help exchange some money with Dharma.
Chen Guang is not a professional painter, but he is still able to serve as an art teacher in school, so he has painting skills. What's more, in this era when painting emphasizes the will of spirit, his fine-brushed Buddha statues are vivid and may not be anything in everyone's eyes, but they are very strange in the eyes of ordinary people.
"The painting of this Pratyekabuddha is so realistic that the Shen Langjun is determined."
Fa can understand painting because his senior brother Faming was a famous painting monk. During the Kaiyuan period, he was often recruited by saints to paint. Although the paintings that were sunny lacked spiritual energy in his eyes, they were better than realistic and exquisite. For the high-ranking officials and nobles in Khotan, they could be sold at a high price.
Zanmo Temple is a temple worshipped by the royal family of Khotan. It is not short of money. Even the windows are embedded with glass from the country of Fresh. The Dharma Neng directly collects the Buddha statues of Shen Guang. He spread the Dharma in a foreign land and is well aware of the principle that "if you do not rely on the king, the Dharma will be difficult to accomplish." Chen Langjun's paintings are excellent. At least no one in Khotan can match it. It is better for the good men and women who are used to send to the royal family.
The coins in the Western Regions were chaotic, and all countries had their own currencies. Although the Kaiyuan Tongbao of the Tang Dynasty was hard currency, it was rarely circulated on the market, so Chen Guang finally took gold and silver coins from the countries in the Paihe River from Fa Neng, which were worth about twenty cents.
Winter went and spring came. On the spring day of Tianbao for five years, Gao Xianzhi, the governor of the Khotan government, returned from Kucha Town, where the Anxi Protectorate was located. Then, the governor of the Khotan government, who had just led the Yanqi governor and the deputy governor of Anxi, did not rush back to the west city where the governor of the Khotan government was located, but led nearly Baiya soldiers to Zanmo Temple.
"Abbot, Gao Zhenguan... No, Gao Duguan has reached the foot of the mountain..."
Gao Xianzhi is generous and luxurious, and she is surrounded by her travels. In addition to being obedient in front of the great governor of Hexi, the great governor of the Hexi, Meng Lingcha, he is arrogant and rampant on the ground of Anxi.
Seeing Zanmo Temple preparing to welcome Gao Xianzhi like a scattered scattered, Chen Guang couldn't help but look forward to it. When he came to this prosperous Tang Dynasty, he wanted to make some name for himself. The most important thing was that he didn't want to see the prosperous era fleeting like a gorgeous fireworks, especially in the Anxi land, he wanted to guard this fertile land.
In front of Zanmo Temple, the temple gate is wide open, and Chen Guang and Fa Neng stand together, wanting to see what kind of person Gao Xianzhi is!
Soon, Chen Guang saw an elite toothed soldier at the foot of the mountain surrounded by a middle-aged man wearing brocade robes and white fur cloaks coming up the mountain.
When he was about to approach the temple gate, Gao Xianzhi jumped off the horse. Although he was domineering, he was also a believer who worshiped Buddha. He respected Master Faneng. Moreover, since Master Faneng came to Zanmo Temple to serve as the abbot, the royal family of Khotan has become more loyal to serving the Tang Dynasty, which has saved him a lot of worries.
Chen Guang could see Gao Xianzhi clearly at this time. This Anxi deputy guardian had a tall figure. He looked nearly 40 years old last year. His thin face was erect, his eyes were as sharp as ink, and his eyes were sharp, making people feel chilling.
Gao Xianzhi also looked at Chen Guang, and then his eyes lit up. He had always judged people by his appearance, and his personal guards and entourage were all handsome. His number one aide still recommended himself to him repeatedly before he was taken over to his command.
Chen Guang's tall figure is more than 1.8 meters tall and more than 6 feet tall. He is also considered a big man among the soldiers of the four towns of Anxi. What's more, his skin is fair and delicate, which is like a difference between the dark and rough military men under Gao Xianzhi.
"It's true that he looks good!"
Gao Xianzhi thought to himself that he was also known for his handsome appearance when he was young. In addition, he was born in a general and became a general in less than 20 years. Therefore, he had a good impression of Chen Guangda, who was handsome, and thought that he had dozens of staff and entourages under him, but not many of them were so outstanding, let alone the Shen Langjun in front of him who had a bookish aura.
The generals like the border towns of the Tang Dynasty, the civilians in the pass, and Gao Xianzhi were all from Yunwen and Wuwu, but their literary talent was far less than outstanding martial arts, and they were not pure martial artists.
"Master Fa Neng, this person must be the Lord Chen?"
After seeing the Fa Neng, Gao Xianzhi stared at Chen Guang and looked at him. His eyes were extremely aggressive. If someone else had probably lowered his head, but Chen Guang was still the same, but instead he looked at Gao Xianzhi carefully.
Gao Xianzhi, wearing a black cloud-patterned brocade robe and wearing a white fur cloak, looked like a martial artist. Instead, she looked like a lonely and arrogant scholar. "Chen Guang pays homage to Protector Gao!" Chen Guang called him a greeting, but he just bowed his hands and did not bow his waist.
"This token is returned to you."
Gao Xianzhi threw the token of the name engraved on the Knight's Eye to Chen Guang, and his eyes were full of appreciation. He had always been tolerant of people who were good-looking and capable. This Shen Langjun looked at the ape's arms and beehive waist, and his figure was strong, not like a silver-shaped gun head.
"Thank you, Prophet Gao."
While speaking, Gao Xianzhi entered the temple gate and then headed to the temple. The Tang Dynasty set up a guard envoy to command 6,000 Han soldiers. Gao Xianzhi's usual guarding palace was in the capital of Yutian, but he felt that it was boring to live in the city, so he often came to Zanmo Temple to stay for a few days and hunted nearby.
Most countries in Anxi and Hezhong believe in Buddhism, but the rules of the temples are mostly different from those in the pass. Chen Guang looked at Gao Xianzhi's fangs and soldiers carrying hunted wild animals into and out of the kitchen of Zanmo Temple, and the monks in the temple didn't care.
"Where is Mr. Chen from?"
When Gao Xianzhi was young, he was granted the honorary officer of the cavalry commander who had been transformed into five transformations because of his father. He was not unfamiliar with the token of the honorary officer. The token of the cavalry commander of the Chen Guang was made of the actual object. The workmanship and materials were extremely fine, but he also made the old effect of patina, so he didn't see any flaws.
"I'm from Wuxing, Jiangnan."
In front of Gao Xianzhi, Chen Guang's attitude when he answered was neither humble nor arrogant, and his calm demeanor made Gao Xianzhi nod secretly.
"It turns out that Chen Lang comes from Shen's family in Wuxing."
Gao Xianzhi whispered to himself that the Shen family in Wuxing can barely be regarded as a famous family in Jiangnan, but his Gao family comes from Goguryeo. In the eyes of the five surnames, Qiwang, he is also a very poor family. The eldest brother does not laugh at the second brother.
After arriving at the temple, Master Fa Neng, who was originally accompanied, left consciously. He was unwilling to deal with Gao Xianzhi more. This Gao Dugu is indeed generous and generous, but he acts erratic and takes a flirtatious manner. He is attracted to friends, while those who look down on him are mean.
When the sandalwood was lit, the shallow smoke lingered in the monument, which made people feel very comfortable to smell. A follower next to Gao Xianzhi took a glass bottle and poured wine for the two of them.
"This is a grape wine from Liangzhou. How does Chen Lang feel the taste?"
Gao Xianzhi is a drunkard and believes that he has a huge amount of glasses that he can't get drunk. He looked at the sunlight that he raised his glass and drank it all, and his eyes were shiny.
"The taste is OK, but it's a bit astringent. I think it's a mistake when picking grapes for winemaking."
Chen Guang put down his wine glass and said with a lingering taste that he had not drunk much wine, but he brewed his own wine every year and after savoring it for several years, he also had some experience in making wine.
Seeing Chen Guang knowing wine, Gao Xianzhi became more and more happy. With a bottle of wine, they asked the two of them to drink all over in a moment. When they were slightly drunk, Gao Xianzhi looked at the guqin placed in the monastery and asked Chen Guang, "Can Chen Lang play the zither?"
"I understand a little bit, but I haven't played the piano for a long time, so I'm afraid I'm a little unfamiliar."
Chen Guang replied, but his expression didn't seem to be a little bit clear. He was a folk musician, and he was best at erhu and pipa, and he knew the guqin a little better.
As he spoke, Chen Guang had already walked to the guqin, knelt on his knees, and his expression became solemn and quiet. When he was learning the guqin, the teacher had talked about the most important artistic conception of the guqin, and only by being sincere and upright can he get the charm.
Chapter completed!