My Sisters Excel in Both Literary and Martial Arts - Chapter 1127

[Chapter 1093 Peach Blossom Temple]

After struggling for a moment, Prefect Xu finally nodded and admitted that he had taken the incense money because he did not dare to let Jing Zhe check.

Over the years, he has collected a lot of “management fees.”

At the beginning, the major poetry festivals in Jiangling were held in different restaurants or Goulan. Restaurants and Goulan did not charge entry fees, but the scholars and talents who entered the building would definitely spend money in the building. The price of various drinks and tea was much higher than usual. , and the owners of restaurants and Goulan will naturally give Taishou Xu some hard work, and this has become an established rule.

Later, Master Kongjing became the abbot of Taohua Temple. In order to seek development, he found Taishou Xu and promised that as long as Taishou Xu handed over various poetry gatherings to Taohua Temple, he would give money to Taishou Xu for each poetry meeting. A lot of hard work.

Prefect Xu hesitated, but later he agreed.

Because…he gave so much that Prefect Xu didn’t even have the courage to refuse.

It is said that wool comes from sheep. Taohua Temple, as a Buddhist temple, naturally does not have so much money. Where can it come from so much money to honor Prefect Xu?

Therefore, incense money came into being.

You must know that although there was money for incense when entering Taohua Temple, it was voluntary at that time. People who wanted to ask God for blessings would naturally willingly offer money for incense.

But now, anyone who wants to enter the temple to participate in the poetry festival has to pay incense money. At first, some people were dissatisfied. After all, many scholars are not rich.

However, even if someone reacted, the matter was suppressed when it came to Prefect Xu, and it went away over time. As a result, Taohua Temple became even more rampant, and the price of incense increased with it, and they were not allowed to bring their own long and short incense, which was very domineering.

The power and wealth transaction between Prefect Xu and Master Kongjing was shady. Since Jing Zhe did not blame it, Prefect Xu chose to admit it. If he were to find out, he, the prefect, would not be able to do anything.

Jing Zhe was very satisfied with this answer and did not continue to worry about the incense money. This made Prefect Xu sigh in relief. He thought that Jing Zhe didn’t seem to want to make a fuss about the incense money. He was just too nervous. .

Jing Zhe nodded and said, “That’s right. So, if Prefect Xu can collect the incense money from Peach Blossom Temple, my official position is much higher than that of Prefect Xu. Is there any problem with getting money for picking peach blossoms and selling wine?”

” No…no problem…”

Master Kongjing agreed stammeringly. He originally came to accuse Jing Zhe, but he was so intimidated by him that he instantly lost his temper and always had a strange feeling.

“By the way, just now the old monk was talking about the problem of Peach Blossom Temple, right?”

“…”

Master Kongjing nodded, thinking that picking peach blossoms and selling them for money can’t be justified, but calling Peach Blossom Temple Peach Blossom Temple is useless. Do you need to wash it?

Unexpectedly, Jing Zhe sneered after hearing this: “Because, from today – no, from now on, there is no Peach Blossom Temple in Jiangling City, only Peach Blossom Temple!”

“…”

Because he was immersed in the issue of the ownership of Peach Blossom Temple just discussed. Before he could react, Master Kongjing was stunned for a moment, so he didn’t speak. When he reacted, he suddenly woke up.

“President Jing, what do you mean? Peach Blossom Temple is obviously here, why do you say it’s gone?”

“Because from now on, Peach Blossom Temple will be renamed Peach Blossom Temple.”

“Why… why?”

Jing Zhe stepped forward. After a few steps, he came to Master Kongjing, less than one meter away from him, and said in a cold voice: “Just because I am a second-rank official of the imperial court, why, I still need to report to you and ask you to do my work. “Is it possible that you are His Majesty?”

“No…that’s not what I mean!”

Master Kong Jing cursed Jing Zhe countless times in his heart. This guy is so bad. He talks normally, but he always He was going to lead him astray. Fortunately, he was clever. Otherwise, if he were not careful, he would have accused him of deceiving the emperor!

“What the poor monk means is that the name of Peach Blossom Temple is good, why is it suddenly changed?”

In fact, whether this temple is called Peach Blossom Temple or Peach Blossom Temple is not the issue that Master Kongjing is most concerned about, but the abbot of Peach Blossom Temple It is him, and everyone in Jiangling knows that if Peach Blossom Temple becomes Peach Blossom Temple, what will happen to the ownership issue?

After hearing this, Jing Zhe sneered: “Okay? If I didn’t pay a private visit incognito, I would also think that Taohua Temple is good! But the result is exactly the opposite! Coming to the temple to offer incense depends on the sincerity and consciousness of the people, but Peach Blossom Temple forces everyone to buy your incense, and the price is many times more expensive than that of Yamashita!

Just now outside the door, you just forced me to buy long incense, but you dare to ask for two taels of silver for one long incense. Eminent monks? You are obviously some bandits!

You have defrauded many people under the name of Taohua Temple over the years, which is a disgrace to the reputation of Buddhism. So, do you still have any objections to changing the name of Taohua Temple to Taohua Temple

? …”

What Jing Zhe said was the truth. It turned out that because of the protection of Magistrate Xu, even if someone was dissatisfied with the report, they would all be suppressed. But now that Jing Zhe has investigated it by himself, Master Kongjing doesn’t even have the slightest intention to quibble.

After thinking for a while, he quickly said: “I agree, I agree…but President Jing, the poor monk was wronged! The poor monk has been burning incense, worshiping Buddha, and reciting scriptures in the temple. As for asking for incense money, these disciples did it privately. “Ah!”

At this time, Master Kongjing explained based on the idea of “a dead Taoist friend will not die a poor Taoist”, and winked at the disciples, indicating that you should resist first and see what happens next!

The fat and thin monk realized what he was doing and immediately begged for mercy: “President Jing, our master is right. It was indeed us who collected the incense money privately, but since we are the first offenders, we hope that President Jing will forgive us!

” From their point of view, this was not a big deal. After all, they had been detained for a long time, and they were also escorted by Prefect Xu. Jing Zhe had just arrived, what else could he do besides frighten them?

Young people are all about saving face, especially in front of so many people and Lin Wan’er and others. As long as you give him face and everything is easy to talk about, can he really catch them?

To have this kind of thinking means that they don’t understand Jing Zhe at all. When they understand Jing Zhe, they will realize that it is too late.

“First offender?”

When Jing Zhe heard this, he laughed angrily. These guys really didn’t shed tears until they saw the coffin, so he looked at the thin monk and asked: “Is this your first time collecting incense money? But look at you and me today. He’s very skilled in asking for money!”

“President Jing, this is really my first time!”

The thin monk naturally refused to admit it, fearing that Jing Zhe wouldn’t believe it, so he pointed at the crowd and said, “If President Jing doesn’t believe it, You can ask!”

“…”

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(End of this chapter)