Xuan Qing left Nanyin Temple and had been traveling abroad for many years.
More than ten years ago, I happened to pass by Dajing and accidentally met Bai Tianrui and Bai Jinglun, who were still teenagers. At that time, Bai Jinglun was not as stable as he is now, and his temperament was actually similar to that of Bai Tian Rui. It could even be said that he was more arrogant and self-willed than Bai Tian Rui. After all, he was the eldest prince who was born as a direct son. He had grown up in the palm of his hand as if he had been treated as an eyeball since he was a child. If he wanted anything, how could he have wronged himself. At that time, Bai Tianrui, who had not yet become a prince, was devoted to the sword, but at first glance, it seemed to be a bit simpler than Bai Jinglun.
Dajing's folk customs are open, and there are temples of Tianjun everywhere, which is a good thing for Xuanqing. After all, from Nanyin to Dajing, he had already walked thousands of miles, and the entanglement on his body had long since been exhausted. Besides, there is a rule that outsiders don't know about their Nanyin Temple almsgiving, that is, they can only take things, not money.
Because of this rule, when Xuanqing arrived in Dajing, he couldn't even get a copper plate out of his purse, so he could only barely make ends meet with the help of kind-hearted people.
Under such circumstances, Xuan Qing accidentally met Bai Jinglun.
That day, he happened to be fetching water at the mouth of the well, and two young men in brocade clothes riding on tall horses came over from the side. The young man's horse stopped beside him, looked at him with interest, and at the same time began to chat in a low voice. The two thought they were so far apart that the monk would not know what they were talking about. Who knows that the monk is not an ordinary monk, and he can hear the conversation between the two clearly from a distance.
Bai Jinglun opened his mouth first, and he said, "Brother, do you think this monk is a real monk or a fake monk?"
Bai Tian Rui glanced at Xuan Qing: "I guess it's true, how can a fake monk be so poor."
Bai Jinglun said: "Then let's make a bet."
Bai Tian Rui said: "What are you betting on?"
Bai Jinglun whispered in Bai Tian Rui's ear, and then the two hit it off and agreed to the gamble.
Bai Jinglun got off his horse, walked up to the monk with a smile, and asked, "Where did the master come from?"
Xuan Qing put his hands together and said warmly, "In a small temple in the west."
Bai Jinglun said again: "Where is the master going next?"
Xuan Qing said: "The monk is going to seek alms."
Hearing this, Bai Jinglun took out a piece of gold, handed it to Xuan Qing, and said with a smile: "The weather is so hot, Master has worked hard, this is a little bit of my heart, and I hope Master will not dislike it."
Where would Xuan Qing pick it up? She shook her head and rejected Bai Tian Rui's kindness, saying that she would not accept money for alms.
Bai Jinglun squinted his eyes when he heard the words, looked at Xuan Qing carefully, and after a while, he withdrew his hand: "Then what does Master take for alms?"
"Only fast food." Xuan Qing replied.
As soon as he spoke, there was Bai Jinglun's giggling laughter behind him, apparently mocking Bai Jinglun for losing the game. Bai Jinglun raised his chin and glared at Xuan Qing, snorted and turned his head away, probably thinking that this monk is boring. I don't want any money, I want some kind of fast food.
Xuan Qing watched Tian Rui and Bai Jinglun walk away. At that time, he naively thought that his fate with these two teenagers ended here. Who would have guessed that after a few days, they met again, but this time, Xuan Qing suffered Seriously injured, he hid in a temple to recuperate.
Bai Jinglun, who happened to come in to worship Tianjun, smelled the blood on his body, and found Xuanqing hiding in the corner. He saw the gentle and dignified young monk sitting in the corner a few days ago. It was blood, Bai Jinglun stopped, half squatted down, and woke up the half unconscious Xuan Qing.
"Why did you get hurt so badly?" Bai Jinglun's tone was a little picky, "Who is so brave to hurt a monk in Dajing."
Xuan Qing reluctantly replied: "It's the monk's business."
Bai Jinglun tilted his head and looked at him: "Why don't you ask a gentleman to take a look for you?"
Xuan Qing said: "No money."
Bai Jinglun: "… "
This answer was really embarrassing, Bai Jinglun was stunned, never expected to get this answer from the monk's mouth. He wanted to ask again, but the monk fainted again because of the serious injury. After thinking about it, Bai Jinglun felt that he still couldn't put the monk here. If he died, wouldn't it be unlucky. After all, this temple is his favorite one, and the statue of Tianjun in it is also the most beautiful one. Bai Jinglun, who wanted to understand this, reached out and picked up the monk, turned on his horse, and galloped away all the way, and entered the palace like this.
Xuan Qing, who was in a coma, entered Dajing's palace for the first time. If he knew about his future relationship with the Dajing royal family, he would probably have to climb out of the temple, but it was too late now.
Xuan Qing, who was brought into the palace, drank a lot of medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor, and after a period of time, he was able to heal the wounds safely and steadily. After his body finally recovered, he planned to leave. However, before leaving, he went to ask Bai Jinglun and asked him what wishes he could tell the monk.
Bai Jinglun is giggling without seriousness, saying that any wish of his own can be fulfilled by a monk
The monk was not angry either, and said warmly, "Donor, but it doesn't matter."
Bai Jinglun took out three ingots of gold from his purse, handed it to Xuan Qing, and said earnestly, "I just want to give money to the monk once. I wonder if the monk can make an exception for me?" When he was young, he was only obsessed with losing. After taking a gamble with his younger brother, he was completely unaware of what his actions meant.
Xuan Qing's always flattering appearance changed after Bai Jinglun said these words. He slowly widened his eyes and said, "Can Your Highness change your wish?"
"No change." Bai Jinglun hummed, "Didn't you just say that any wish can be fulfilled? I just have one wish, monk, just be quick, collect the money and leave!"
Xuan Qing was speechless, staring at the gold in Bai Jinglun's hand as if staring at a hot potato.
At first, Bai Jinglun thought that the monk was being reserved, but later found that the pain in his expression was not a fake, but even more interesting. He has lived for 20 years, and has heard a lot of hypocritical politeness, but it is the first time that he sees that some people really regard money as a tiger or wolf, and he is even more curious.
How can anyone in the world not like money? Bai Jinglun didn't understand.
The two were deadlocked for a long time, and finally Xuan Qing was defeated. When he was a teenager, Bai Jinglun was as stubborn as a stone, and Xuan Qing, who had a good temper, could be his opponent, and he also owed him a life-saving grace. After thinking about it, Xuan Qing had no choice but to stretch out his hand and take the gold.
As soon as the three shiny gold ingots entered Xuan Qing's hand, they made a sizzling sound. Looking at Xuan Qing's originally white palm, there were actually three burning black marks.
Bai Jinglun was shocked when he saw this, pulled Xuan Qing's hand and took a closer look, only to realize that what he had just seen was just an illusion.
"Amitabha." The monk withdrew his hand and bowed to Bai Jinglun, "The monk will leave first."
"Let's go, let's go." Bai Jinglun waved his hand, feeling that this monk was very evil.
The monk took out a bag from his arms and handed it to Bai Jinglun, saying, "The monk is from Nanyin. If your Highness has any trouble, please burn a bead, and the monk will come over as soon as possible."
At this time, Bai Jinglun didn't know what Nanyin Temple meant. He wanted to refuse, but seeing the monk's stubborn expression, he still couldn't say the words of refusal. He took the bag and threw it into the fruit bowl in front of him, saying, "Got it."
Xuan Qing sighed, turned around and left.
Three ingots of gold, thirty sandalwood beads. The rules in Nanyin Temple were set long ago, so Xuanqing had been out for so long and never took money from anyone, and he had never met anyone who rescued him and had to give him money.
This is probably the fate in the mouth of the master, although from Xuan Qing's point of view, this fate is really a bad fate.
Xuan Qing said here, his expression was sparse, and his mouth was mostly sigh. However, Lin Rufei heard that although he was talking about trouble, but there was a faint smile in his eyes, he knew that he didn't actually hate Bai Jinglun.
Yes, who would hate such an interesting young man, who just doesn't know that these thirty sandalwood beads will burn until the Year of the Monkey and the Horse Month.
Gold is indeed a good thing, but unfortunately the monk's life is so poor that he can't hold it, Xuan Qing shook his head and sighed.
"Master's words are serious." Lin Rufei said with a smile, "The beads have been burned three times now?"
"Well." Xuan Qing said, "Unconsciously, they are not teenagers anymore."
An emperor who became an emperor above ten thousand people, and a sword cultivator who became an eight-level cultivation base, are not mortals.
Lin Rufei said, "Does the monk drink?"
Xuan Qing said: "Master Lin wants to invite me to drink?"
Lin Rufei smiled freely and said, "Don't give you money while you're drunk. What are you doing so nervously?"
Xuan Qing blinked and smiled, "It's okay to drink some."
Lin Rufei took out a pot of unopened wine from her virtual ring, and called the palace servants to bring two glasses. It's a pity that this wine and what Gu Xuandu gave him that day was like a sky and an underground. After drinking that wine, the rest of the drink was as bland as water.
Seeing Lin Rufei's unfinished expression, Xuan Qing smiled and asked him why he looked like this.
"Just drinking this wine, I remembered other good wines I had drunk before." Lin Rufei said, "After drinking that wine, I always feel that other wines are too weak."
Xuan Qing said: "Oh, there is such a good wine in the world?"
Lin Rufei described it in detail. After Xuan Qing listened to it, she was silent for a moment and whispered: "The monk seems to have drunk it too."
"Master also drank it?" Lin Rufei asked curiously.
"Yeah." Xuan Qing said, "I have an old friend. Although he is not good at cooking, he makes some small cakes very delicious. Among his craftsmanship, the most famous is the art of winemaking." He took a sip and said softly, "As long as you have drunk his wine, other wines will never be seen again."
"You must have a good relationship." Lin Rufei said.
"It's not bad." Xuan Qing responded.
"Where is he now?" Lin Rufei asked casually.
"Dead." Xuan Qing said slowly.
Lin Rufei was stunned, then embarrassed: "Sorry, I didn't mean to..."
Xuan Qing waved his hand, indicating that it was okay, and said plainly: "For ordinary people, life and death may be taboo, but for monks, life and death are as ordinary as eating and sleeping, and it is not an unspeakable word."
Lin Rufei asked curiously, "Will Master be sad?"
Xuan Qing said with a smile: "The monk is not a puppet, of course he will be sad."
Lin Rufei said, "Then why is it the same as eating and sleeping?"
Xuan Qing said seriously: "If Young Master Lin eats something unpalatable, will he be sad?"
Speaking of the unpalatable food, Lin Rufei immediately remembered the traditional Chinese medicine Fu Hua and Yu Rui boiled for her, her face instantly wrinkled, she nodded in agreement, "Sad, really sad."
Xuan Qing laughed.
The two chatted all night until the morning light faded.
Xuan Qing summoned the palace staff to get off the carriage and leave the palace together with Lin Rufei. The two returned to the inn, ate something casually, and then went to rest. Lin Rufei stayed up all night and drank a lot of wine, but she didn't have any insomnia. She slept until noon, woke up top-heavy, pinched the corners of her eyes, and asked Fuhua to bring over sobering soup. When he walked downstairs slowly, he saw that Xuan Qing was already sitting in the lobby having lunch.
Lin Rufei sat down opposite him and said with a headache, "Master, why did you get up so early?"
Xuan Qing said with a smile: "It's probably because the monk's drinking capacity is better than that of the young master."
Lin Rufei sighed.
Xuan Qing had a good appetite and happily ate the vegetarian meal in front of her, but Lin Rufei had no appetite and only felt a splitting headache. Seeing this, Xuan Qing showed no sympathy for him at all, but kept laughing. Lin Rufei, who was laughing, was very resentful.
"By the way, I suddenly remembered, why do you have to delay this matter for a day?" Lin Rufei said, he always had a feeling that Xuanqing should be able to resolve the matter of the third princess yesterday.
Xuan Qing sighed: "Young Master Lin, you must know that in fact, most fathers love their daughters very much."
Lin Rufei frowned.
Xuan Qing said: "But if you are an emperor, the father's side will not be so important."
Lin Rufei didn't understand: "What do you mean?"
"Actually, the third princess is not the biological daughter of the queen concubine." Xuan Qing whispered.
Lin Rufei was stunned, but she didn't expect a royal private matter that she shouldn't know came out of Xuan Qing's mouth: "Could it be..."
"Yes." Xuan Qing said, "The concubine was difficult to give birth back then, and the child was actually gone as soon as it was born, but not many people knew about this matter, even... the concubine herself didn't know it."
Lin Rufei said, "Whose children are the three princesses?" A thought popped into his mind, and he said incredulously, "Rabbit spirit?"
Xuan Qing said: "Smart."
Lin Rufei was at a loss for words, and felt that the fact of the royal family was troublesome.
"You know, rabbits give birth to babies, and they all give birth to a litter in a lifetime." Xuan Qing said, "The rabbit spirit gave birth to eleven babies in one breath... It seems that it is not so unacceptable to adopt one to my father. After all, eleven children without fathers are really a headache." He seemed to have seen the scene before, showing a horrible look.
Lin Rufei was also stunned for a moment. Although he had never raised children, when he thought of the scene of a dozen or so cubs crying together, he felt horrified no matter what.
"It's not easy." Xuan Qing shook his head.
Lin Rufei didn't know what to say for a while, so she picked up the chopsticks and ate some vegetarian food with Xuan Qing. After eating, he went back to the inn to make up his sleep. When he was called by Fu Hua and the others, it was already dusk outside the window.
Fu Hua said that the carriage in the palace had been waiting outside for a while, but Xuan Qing told them not to rush to wake Lin Rufei. After Lin Rufei took a shower, she changed into her formal attire, went out and got into the carriage, and saw Xuan Qing sitting inside and chanting scriptures with her eyes closed.
"Let's go." Seeing Lin Rufei coming, Xuan Qing nodded to the guard sitting next to him.
The guard called to the coachman, and the carriage moved slowly towards the palace.
At this time, there was a different atmosphere in the palace. Xuan Qing asked the guards what happened during the day. The guard said with a sullen face that this morning the emperor made a big fuss in the courtroom, grabbed a few ministers and scolded them severely, and at noon he turned over the old accounts and punished a few concubines who wanted to do something, making everyone now Everyone knew that the emperor was in a bad mood and did not dare to touch the bad head.
Xuan Qing said: "Is there nothing else?"
The guard asked, "What does the master mean?"
Xuan Qing said: "The Holy Master didn't send anyone out to find someone?"
The guard smiled bitterly: "Master, stop joking, of course he's looking for it, but if that person is willing to come over, why would the saint be so angry?"
Xuan Qing said: "That's right."
The words of the two were vague, but Lin Rufei guessed that the one they were talking about was probably the rabbit spirit who had given birth to more than a dozen children.
Finally in the palace, after getting off the carriage, before entering the study, I heard Bai Jinglun's angry scolding from inside. Judging from the content, it should be scolding his children until someone outside entered. After reporting the sound, it stopped. When Lin Rufei entered, she saw the calm and noble Emperor Dajing again.
There were five princes and princesses kneeling in front of the emperor. It seemed that all but the third princess had been called over. Judging from their faces, it was obvious that they had been scolded for a while, and all of them were trembling and expressionless. When the emperor let them go down in a cold voice, a few people seemed to have been granted amnesty and hurried out. And when Bai Jinglun reprimanded his son, Bai Tianrui had been sitting next to him drinking tea and watching a play. He didn't mean to convince him at all. Looking at his expression, he could not wait for Bai Jinglun to scold him for a few more rounds.
"Master Xuanqing, Young Master Lin, please take a seat." Bai Jinglun waved his hand to signal the two to sit down, and said solemnly, "It's all unsatisfactory things."
Xuan Qing said: "Sage, be careful to get angry and hurt yourself."
"If I were to die, I would definitely be pissed off by them." Bai Jinglun said indifferently, "It's all my fault for my lax management of the family, which caused more rumors in the palace and wronged Mu Mu."
Xuan Qing sighed and did not speak.
Bai Jinglun said, "Is Master Xuanqing ready?"
"Okay." Xuan Qing said, "But I still need Young Master Lin to do me a favor."
Lin Rufei asked strangely, "Me? How can I help?"
Xuan Qing smiled and said, "Of course you can."
Lin Rufei didn't know why, but seeing Xuan Qing's firm tone, she didn't question it any more.
Bai Jinglun said: "The princess is next door, Tianrui, you also help Master Xuanqing a little, I won't go there, wait until the princess wakes up... just let the palace servant call me." He sat down and took a sip Hot tea, there is some tired taste in his eyes, thinking about it, he probably hadn't slept all night last night.
In the daytime, Rui said ok, then got up and took Lin Rufei and the others to the next room. The third princess in the room still seemed to be asleep, her expression was peaceful, and she could not see the taste of pain.
At this time, the sky will be dark, but the candlelight in the house will illuminate the whole room like daytime. Lin Rufei noticed that many candlesticks in the house are newly placed. It is probably Bai Jinglun who heard Xuan Qing's description and was afraid. The princess was specially placed because she was attacked by the shadow.
Xuan Qing walked in front of the princess and said softly that she was offended, then lifted the princess up on the bed and leaned on her shoulder.
Bai Tian Rui watched coldly from the side, although he had a consistent smile on his face, but how cold this smile looked, when Xuan Qing moved, he said softly: "Master Xuan Qing, do you think the third princess is really awake? alright?"
Xuan Qing said: "What's wrong?"
Bai Tianrui said, "She doesn't wake up, and my imperial brother still has some pity on her. If she wakes up, she should settle the account in the autumn."
Xuan Qing looked up at him: "What is the meaning of this, Prince?"
In the daytime, Rui spread his hands and made an innocent gesture: "Isn't that the truth? To be honest, in the second half of last night, the emperor sent me to Huangyan Mountain overnight, and I saw that person, but that person refused to come down after saying anything. ."
Xuan Qing pursed her lips slightly: "The princess will wake up sooner or later."
Bai Tian Rui sighed, stopped talking, waved his hand to signal Xuan Qing to continue, the coolness in his expression turned into irritability.
Xuan Qing let the princess lean on her shoulder, and then troubled Lin Rufei to move the candlestick to the front of the princess, so that the black shadow appeared behind the princess.
Then, Xuan Qing put his hands together and whispered the scriptures in his mouth. Lin Rufei also dabbled in scriptures and heard the content of Xuan Qingnian's scriptures. That's the Ksitigarbha Sutra, a scripture usually used to deliver the dead.
Following Xuan Qing's whisper, the shadow behind the princess also began to change, twisting and squirming, like a mass of flesh and blood.
The princess, who had been sleeping all the time, began to let out small moans in her mouth, and her tightly closed eyes began to tremble. When reaching a critical point, the princess began to struggle and twist. Bai Tian Rui saw this and quickly stepped forward to hold her down. A layer of sweat appeared on Xuan Qing's forehead, and he raised his hand to make a move to Lin Ru Fei.
Lin Rufei walked to Xuan Qing in a few steps and said, "What am I going to do?"
Xuan Qing said in a low voice, "I'm bothering Young Master Lin, put your hand deep into the dark shadow."
When Lin Rufei heard the words, she gently pressed her hand on the black shadow. Who knew that the shadow was like a swamp and swallowed his hand directly. Xuan Qing grabbed Lin Rufei's wrist and stopped him. After the shadow continued to devour, he continued to chant the curse in his mouth.
"Ah!!!!" The princess let out a shrill scream, and along with Xuan Qing's movements, the black shadow also made a terrifying sound like the separation of flesh and blood. Xuan Qing held Lin Rufei's wrist and pulled his hand from the shadow one inch by inch. At the same time, the shadow attached to Lin Rufei's hand gradually separated from the shadow of the princess. This separation seemed to be very painful for the princess, and she kept screaming and screaming, like being tortured. In the end, Bai Jinglun, who was waiting in the room next to him, was also brought in. Seeing her like this, Bai Jinglun couldn't help but step over to the bed with a few steps, took her carefully into his arms, and coaxed: "Mu Mu is not afraid, Daddy is here, Daddy is here..."
The princess clung to Bai Jinglun's shirt tightly, crying to the death.
Xuan Qing didn't have the time to watch this scene of the father's kindness and filial piety. The black shadow was attached to Lin Rufei's arm, and was about to spread to him along Lin Rufei's arm, but Lin Rufei's hand was suddenly held, and a figure that had not been seen for a long time suddenly appeared in Lin Rufei's body In front of Fei, his face was as beautiful as when he first saw him, his long and narrow phoenix eyes were full of smiles, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and his tone was as gentle as a spring breeze, and he said, "Xiao Li, long time no see."
Lin Rufei replied softly in her heart: Senior, long time no see.
After a long absence, Gu Xuandu finally reappeared.
The author has something to say: Gu Xuandu: Long time no see, Xiao Jiu, do you miss me
Lin Rufei pointed to the corner of her mouth
Gu Xuandu: I left a little earlier