Around Dongting Lake in Hunan Province, surrounded by mountains, the mountains are lush with trees and covered with many temples and nunneries. Every year, a large number of good men and women come to the temples and nunneries to make incense and make wishes, and donate countless gold and silver as incense money. Every monastery and nunnery is very rich. Among them, the old host of Wen Miao'an is particularly good at managing savings and amassing a huge amount of wealth.
The old host of Wen Miao'an lived to be in his 80s before he died. Before his death, he selected his apprentice Shizuka as the host. The host Shizuka is still very young, with a dignified appearance and an elegant temperament. She has read books, is very literate, understands books, is familiar with scriptures, and can strictly abide by the rules and precepts of Buddhism. She stays behind all day, and ordinary people want to see her. Both sides are difficult.
Shizuka presides over chanting sutras every day, and her only hobby is reading novels. Every year on the birthday of Guanyin Master, men, women and children come to the nunnery to burn incense and worship Buddha, which attracts many vendors. Some merchants from far away rented empty houses in the nunnery to live in, and many of them were selling small talking books. Host Shizuka will also let people buy some novels to read. She likes to watch stories about Wu Zetian becoming emperor and Yang Yuhuan becoming a female Taoist priest. She knows the content of these novels very well.
On this day, a Taoist priest came to the nunnery. Because they were all monks, the host, Shizuka, met the Taoist priest. The Taoist priest had a square face and long beards, a demeanor like a fairy, and his speech was very mysterious. Many words made people feel Elusive. The Taoist asked Host Shizuka to invite all the nuns and attendants around him, and then knelt down in front of Host Shizuka.
Host Shizuka was taken aback and did not understand why the Taoist priest did this suddenly, only to hear the Taoist priest respectfully say: "The maiden will definitely become the mother of the state in the future, I have been practicing Taoist for five hundred years, and I haven't received an official title yet, so I can't. Turn into positive results.Please, after your dream come true in the future, you can bestow Xiaodao on me as a real person, so that I can obtain the right result. Seeing the host of Shizuka nodding in agreement, the Taoist priest kowtowed again and again, and left ecstatically. Becoming an empress and noble concubine, a mother in the world? Thinking like this, the host of Shizuka couldn’t help but feel a little fascinated, and even reading the scriptures and doing Zen sometimes became a little absent-minded.
One day, a distinguished guest came to Wenmiao’an and asked to rent a quiet house to recuperate. , Shizuka rented the west yard to him. This distinguished guest was in his thirties, slender, handsome in appearance, and extraordinary in bearing. After he settled in, he sent servants to the nunnery for Qinan, Longxiao, Anxi, etc. Precious spices and some fire cloth are rare overseas treasures. Shizuka received such a precious gift and felt that she should go to thank the guests in person, but when she came to the west courtyard, the guests did not see her. For more than two months, Shizuka I haven't seen him, and I don't know what this mysterious guest does. Host Shizuka can't help but be very suspicious when she sees this guest Shenlong. The door of the courtyard was locked. The host Shizuka couldn't hold back her curiosity, opened the courtyard door with a spare key and walked in. I saw that the guest's residence was beautifully furnished and decorated with splendor, which shows that the guest's status is distinguished.Host Shizuka walked into the back room and saw a small box on the desk of the guest. Host Shizuka opened it and found a letter inside, which read: "Chen ran to play: Now the island is full of soldiers, only to be dispatched. With a salary of 200,000 yuan, you can choose a day to set sail and go straight to the country, and take advantage of it and capture it in one fell swoop..."
Shizuka didn't expect this to be a letter involving major military affairs, and she was stunned for a while. , At this moment, the guest suddenly came back from the outside, and he was very surprised to see host Shizuka holding the letter in his hand: "How did you break into my residence without permission and discover my secrets, no wonder I want to kill you Silenced." As she drew out her sword and was about to start, Shizuka was so frightened that she knelt down and begged for mercy.
The guest lowered his head thoughtfully and said to the host Shizuka: "I am the king of Japan. When I came, the national teacher calculated a hexagram for me, saying that if I came out this time, I would get a mother of the country. The proof is on you. If you can really listen to me, I will spare you." Of course Shizuka could not ask for it, and was willing to follow the guests. That night, Shizuka stayed with the guests, and the two quickly fell in love and swore each other.
Host Shizuka cuddled in the arms of her lover and asked what the letter said, the king of Japan said: "On my way to China from Japan, I found a place in Siam called Luohua Island, with a radius of thousands of miles and a population of There are many, and the products are rich. The guards there are sparse. I want to capture it and expand the country. I have already mobilized the army, but because it is far away from my country, the army cannot be supplied with salaries. I received a letter from my subordinate yesterday, and I plan to return to Japan overnight. The state was preparing for military pay, but was worried that the wind would not go well, so he hesitated and did not set off. Fortunately, he did not set off, otherwise, he would not have met Concubine Ai."
Host Shizuka heard the title of Concubine Ai, and couldn't help blushing and heartbeat. She didn't expect that what the Taoist priest said back then really came true. At this time, she threw herself on her lover and asked him how much military pay he needed. The king of Japan said: "If there is any For 200,000 taels of silver, you can also buy food and salaries in China for emergencies. Shizuka said: "If that's the case, it's very easy. Just how do you get away with the money? "
The king of Japan hugged her tightly and said, "Don't worry about Concubine Ai, I have my own way. The next day, the host Shizuka took out all the silver hidden in the cellar and gave it to the king as food for his lover. The king of Japan had all the silver wrapped tightly in thick felt, and asked his servants to go down the mountain to gather it up. Hundreds of people, all with vertebrae buns and strong suits, went down the mountain one by one with silver on their backs. The king of Japan accompanied Shizuka in the nunnery every day and night. They were very loving, waiting for good news from Siam.
After more than two months, the king of Japan received a good news: "Luohua Island has been successfully captured, please come to the island quickly to appease the people and handle government affairs. "The king of Japan told Shizuka the good news, decided to go to Luohua Island first, and told Shizuka to wait in peace. After he settled down on Luohua Island, he would send someone to greet her immediately, and she would definitely be conferred as a concubine at that time. Shizuka Hearing this, I looked forward to it, and before leaving, I gave my lover the 50,000 taels of silver that he had kept privately, so that he could reward the army to appease his subordinates.
The Japanese king reluctantly bid farewell to the host Shizuka. , waiting for him to send someone to greet him. But after the king left, there was no news, and no one was sent again.
