As he spoke, he picked up a peanut and put it in his mouth, and a blush appeared on his handsome face.
Zhang Tianshi drank the wine in the cup, picked up another piece of pork elbow with chopsticks, and then said, "I ran away because I saw someone looking for me."
Taoist Priest Yuan then asked mysteriously, "Where are you living now? Why don't you stay with me? If someone comes looking for us to settle the score, we brothers will have someone to look after us."
The two claimed to be brothers, but in reality, they had no master at all. He called Zhang Tianshi "senior brother" because he learned all his deceptive tricks from Zhang Tianshi. In fact, the two knew each other's abilities very well.
Zhang Tianshi waved his hand and said, "I don't live with you. I live in the Li family now. It was formerly the Prince of Shan's Mansion, now the Marquis of Shanning's Mansion."
Taoist Priest Yuan was surprised and envious. "Brother, has Princess Yongjia taken a special liking to you? This is a great fortune."
Zhang Tianshi said modestly: "It is also the fate of the princess and I. We have known each other for many years."
He said this, but he couldn't hide the smug look on his face.
Taoist Yuan poured another bowl of wine for Zhang Tianshi and asked him about the Li family from time to time, of course, they were all trivial matters.
After the two of them drank half a jar of wine, Zhang Tianshi's speech became noticeably less fluent.
Taoist Yuan felt the time was right, so he gently nudged Zhang Tianshi and asked, "Brother, have you ever been to Princess Yongjia's Buddhist temple? I heard that the Buddha statues in the temples of these wealthy families are all made of gold. Is that true?"
Zhang Tianshi waved his hand. "It's fake. It's just a layer of gold on the outside. The princess's Buddhist temple... was decorated by me."
Taoist Priest Yuan knew that he was really drunk, so he asked, "What's under that Buddhist temple? Do you know?"
Zhang Tianshi’s eyes suddenly widened, then closed wearily, but he didn’t say anything.
Taoist Priest Yuan glanced out the window and asked again, "I think you're just bragging, aren't you?"
Zhang Tianshi opened his eyes again and said vaguely, "What am I bragging about? There is a statue of Bodhisattva under the Buddhist temple."
"but……"
Taoist Priest Yuan pressed on, "But what?"
Zhang Tianshi's face was filled with confusion. "I can't recognize which Bodhisattva that statue is. She...she asked me to perform a ritual to make that Bodhisattva suffer in hell forever without reincarnation."
At this point, Zhang Tianshi laughed again, "What do you think she was thinking? I'm a Taoist priest, and she wants me to do something bad to the Bodhisattva."
"Luckily, I really don't know how to do it, so I just pretended to do it, and she actually believed it."
"If it weren't for the fact that she gave me so much money, I would never do such a thing."
Although he is a liar, he is also a liar with a bottom line. He would not dare to do anything disrespectful to Buddha.
Taoist Yuan wanted to ask more questions, but Master Zhang was already lying on the table and couldn't get up.
He fumbled around twice and saw that the person was indeed asleep, then he stood up and walked to the window.
"Your Majesty, I have asked as you asked."
Su Yuanzhou, who was standing outside the window, said "hmm" and turned away.
On the way back, Su Yuanzhou pondered what Zhang Tianshi said.
The Bodhisattva statues that do not look like Bodhisattvas are also required to be unable to be reborn into the Pure Land forever and suffer the pain of endless hell.
Such a curse is clearly directed at people.
Su Yuanzhou suddenly remembered the statue of the late queen. He had found it odd that Princess Yongjia had identified it as the late queen's statue in the main hall. If the statue had come from the Li family, intending to harm him and his mother, it wouldn't be surprising.
He knew that the Buddha's body had been sent to the Song family, so he changed his route and went to the Song family.
*
Zhang Tianshi slept until the evening before waking up.
When he stood up, Taoist Yuan was already coaxing the child.
"Junior brother, I've drunk too much." He rubbed his head, stood up shakily, and drank a large bowl of water.
Taoist Priest Yuan smiled and said, "Brother, why don't you stay at my place today? We can continue drinking tonight."
Zhang Tianshi looked at the sky, shook his head and said, "No, I'd better go back first."
Taoist Priest Yuan did not keep him any longer, but carried the child and sent him out.
In this way, Zhang Tianshi returned to the Li family.
As soon as he entered the room, he saw the guard Jia Huai about to go out. He smiled and greeted him, "Guard Jia, are you going out? It looks like it's going to rain today, so be careful when you go out."
Jia Huai smelled the alcohol on him and asked, "Master, did you go out for a drink? I see you are really cool and unrestrained, unlike us who are on duty all day."
Zhang Tianshi smiled and said, "I went to my junior brother's place and had a couple of extra drinks."
"I envy Guard Jia. You've been with Her Royal Highness the Princess for over twenty years, right? Not everyone can have such an honor."
Although Jia Huai was a guard, he was deeply trusted by Princess Yongjia.
Hearing him say this, Jia Huai said modestly: "Her Royal Highness just doesn't mind my stupidity. When I first followed Her Royal Highness, she had just married into the Li family not long ago..."
At this point, Jia Huai was suddenly stunned.
Zhang Tianshi looked at him in confusion, "Guard Jia? What's wrong?"
Jia Huai seemed to have remembered something and said to Zhang Tianshi, "You are busy. I have something important to see Her Royal Highness the Princess."
Before Zhang Tianshi could react, Jia Huai left. However, he did not leave the house, but went towards the inner courtyard.
Princess Yongjia was having dinner when she heard that Jia Huai wanted to see her about something important, so she went to the hall next door to meet him.
After Jia Huai entered the room, he didn't even bother to greet the emperor. He said anxiously, "Your Highness, I remember who the monk from Huguo Temple is."
Princess Yongjia was completely confused. "Monks from Huguo Temple? What kind of monks?"
Jia Huai could only make his story short, "Yesterday, the young lady went to the Huguo Temple and was confronted by a monk. General Chen and I went to the temple secretly and beat up the monk."
"I thought the man looked familiar, but I couldn't remember who he was. Just now, when I was talking to Master Zhang, I suddenly remembered him."
He sighed again, "Master Zhang is indeed a man of great virtue. This is the gods and Buddhas reminding us to make preparations early."
Princess Yongjia's expression also grew serious. "Who is it?"
Even though no one else was in the room, Jia Huai lowered his voice and said, "That man was Li Hu, the deputy general who used to follow His Majesty the War Prince. He was His Majesty the War Prince's confidant."
Princess Yongjia stood up instantly, with one hand resting on the nanmu square table.
"What did you say? Someone close to the War King?"
"Could you have made a mistake? I sent people to confirm it, and there was not a single survivor."
Jia Huai said confidently: "I can't be mistaken, it is indeed His Royal Highness the War King's men."
"And I can confirm that Li Hu knows the truth about what happened back then. Back then, His Majesty the War King valued him the most. Others may not understand what happened, but he definitely knows the inside story."
Princess Yongjia closed her eyes tightly, and when she opened them again, there was a dark light in her eyes.
"You and Chen Ping go there in person and make sure to eradicate the problem completely."
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