The journey of the only child of a peasant family to take the imperial examination

Buddha's Bathing Day is an important Buddhist festival. As the top Buddhist temple in the country, Daxiangguo Temple naturally attaches great importance to it.

Monks will clean the temple in advance, decorate the Buddhist hall, hang prayer flags and canopies, etc. to create a solemn atmosphere.

The whole process is solemn and grand, integrating religious rituals with folk activities.

It is incomparable to any other Buddhist temple.

When they entered, many people had already arrived and were queuing up in front of the incense altar and the main hall to burn incense and draw lots, with pious looks on their faces.

There are many monks around maintaining order and guiding pilgrims.

There were also many monks sitting on cushions reciting scriptures such as "The Sutra of the Origin of the Prince's Miraculous Responses" to respectfully welcome the statue of the prince.

After burning incense, pilgrims can go to the courtyard on the other side to ask a master to interpret the divination.

Although there are many people, it is not noisy.

Places like temples always make people feel peaceful. Even people with bad tempers will become more restrained when they go to a temple.

Zhang Ping'an and a few others followed Marquis Daliu outside the hall, thinking that they would also go to ask for a fortune later.

Mr. Huang smiled and said, "I have prepared the money for the incense offerings. I hope I can draw a good fortune later."

"I heard that if you want to draw lots at Daxiangguo Temple, you must be sincere in your heart, and it has little to do with the money you pay for incense," Liu Sanlang said with a smile.

Then he touched his chest and changed the subject: "But I have also prepared generous incense money, so I can't neglect the Buddha, right? I'll just do my best!"

"You, Sanlang, you have also become cunning," Lord Huang replied, shaking his head.

The others laughed after hearing this.

At this time, the pilgrims who had finished burning incense and asking for fortune came out from the other side.

Zhang Ping'an took a casual glance and suddenly felt that he seemed like an acquaintance.

Looking closely again, the person facing the side and about to go to another yard was his former neighbor Li Mingxuan.

Although I haven't seen him for a few years, Li Mingxuan's temperament has changed a lot.

But those eyebrows, that figure, are indeed the same person.

Zhang Pingan pulled his brother-in-law Liu Sanlang and asked, "Brother-in-law, do you think that man is Li Mingxuan?"

"Li Mingxuan?" Liu Sanlang recalled for a moment before remembering who that person was.

Looking carefully in the direction of Zhang Ping'an's finger, it was indeed that person.

"It's really Li Mingxuan. I didn't expect that he was also in the capital. I haven't met a single acquaintance in the capital for several months, but I met them all when you came here!" Liu Sanlang was very surprised.

"Who is this person? I think he has some stories and is a man of experience!" Lord Huang looked in the direction of the two people's gaze, stroked his beard and asked curiously.

"He looks like he has a lot on his mind. I don't think he's doing well," commented Green Bean, who had a very vicious eye on people.

"He was my neighbor in my hometown county. He was also a scholar with some talent," Zhang Pingan said after giving a brief introduction.

He apologized to them and said, "Please wait a moment. I'll go say hello to him."

"It's okay, go ahead!" Lord Huang nodded.

Others have even less objections.

"I'll go too. After all, I've made myself familiar to everyone here, so I won't be criticized for my manners," Liu Sanlang hurriedly followed.

"Brother Li, please stay?" Zhang Ping'an called out after he got closer.

Li Mingxuan finally sensed something and raised his head to look at the two people in front of him.

The first person he recognized was Liu Sanlang. After all, Liu Sanlang was the tallest and strongest person he had ever seen in his life, and he had a deep memory of him.

"You are...you are Liu...Brother Liu?" Li Mingxuan was obviously stunned for a moment, then pointed at Liu Sanlang with an expression of sudden enlightenment.

Zhang Ping'an could see that he had forgotten his brother-in-law's name, so after being speechless, he simply called him Brother Liu, which was not wrong.

"Brother Li, do you still remember me?" Zhang Pingan asked with a smile.

Looking at the tall and elegant young man in front of him, Li Mingxuan had some guesses, but it was really hard to match him with the young man he used to be.

"Are you Zhang Pingan?" Li Mingxuan replied quickly this time, with some uncertainty in his tone.