Zen Master Zhixin thought he was going to die.
He listened to Xie Hanyi's words and came to the Tatar tribe in order to avenge his biological father. Tatar tribes generally believe in Buddhism. Although their Buddhism is different from that of the Central Plains, they still respect Zen Master Zhixin, an eminent monk from the Central Plains. They didn't know that this so-called eminent monk had actually broken his precepts long ago and could no longer be regarded as a Buddhist disciple.
Zen Master Zhixin's mother was a noblewoman of the late emperor, but his father was not the late emperor. This was a scandal that was kept secret in the palace. Almost everyone in the royal family knew about ocher, because Dong Guiren had a tryst with someone during the late emperor's filial period, and was caught by Jin Shang. The person who had a tryst with Dong Guiren was a guard. This guard was young and vigorous, could not withstand the temptation, and lost his life for women.
But Dong Gui and the child in her belly held on to their lives. Zen Master Zhixin didn’t know what kind of mood he had in keeping him. Although the former emperor and his concubines should be treated kindly and scandals should not be made public, there are many ways to make a person disappear silently in the harem. Why did Dong Guiren have Such a lucky person to be able to survive after being pregnant with an evil fetus.
Zen Master Zhixin thought about this matter for a long time before he finally understood it. Perhaps it was because I hated the late emperor and deliberately kept him here just to humiliate a dead man. Everyone who knew the inside story would think of the late emperor's head being worn when they saw him. A bright cuckold. This can be considered a kind of revenge! That's why he was sent to Huguo Temple and even allowed to become the disciple of the abbot of Huguo Temple.
Zen Master Zhixin didn't know about this at first. Before he knew about it, he devoted himself to practicing Buddhism without any distractions. But one night, the young eunuch sent by Dong Guiren sneaked into the Zen room and brought Dong Guiren's blood letter.
Listening to the cry of the little eunuch and seeing the cruel facts written in the blood book, Zen Master Zhixin's heart towards the Buddha wavered for the first time. He violated the precepts, and aversion and resentment arose in his heart.
The reason Dong Guiren asked people to come to him was not at all out of missing his son. Although the whole article was filled with false words of longing, Zhixin could not see any sincerity in it. Zen Master Zhixin has listened to the prayers of countless religious women and knows what a mother who truly loves her son should look like. Dong Guiren didn't love him, and she even resented him, blaming him for coming at the wrong time and blaming him for causing her to lose face and be placed under house arrest in the palace. Although Dong Guiren did not say this, Zen Master Zhixin could feel it. He has been very sensitive to people's emotions since he was a child, so he can easily comfort believers. But at this time, he would rather not be so sensitive.
"Zhixin, your heart has changed." The host looked at him and sighed deeply, "Go out and walk around. Maybe you can gain some enlightenment."
Zhixin traveled as promised, but all he saw were sons killing their fathers, fathers killing their sons, brothers bullying their brothers, and brothers cheating on their brothers. When a person's eyes are shrouded in haze, he can no longer see the beauty of the world. This feeling reached its peak after what happened in Gushan Village. Even though he got to know Ye Wuji, and even though Ye Wuji still had an innocent sense of justice in him, none of these could bring Zen Master Zhixin's soul, which had fallen into stagnation, back to the light.
"Are you going to die?" Zen Master Zhixin heard the sound of the chasing horses' hooves, but at this moment, his injured feet were almost bleeding out and he could no longer stand up. Can't let them catch it. Zen Master Zhixin thought. Since he had no choice in life, at least he had to make the decision once in death.
Zen Master Zhixin climbed up the cliff with his hands and feet. When the arrows from the pursuers fell on him, he fell headfirst to the bottom of the cliff.
Zen Master Zhixin closed his eyes, and everything in the past flashed before his eyes like a revolving lantern. He didn't know how long it had passed, maybe it was just a blink of an eye, maybe it had been a long time, but he did not feel the impact of falling to the bottom of the cliff. His body landed on a flexible and elastic web with mucus on it, and Zhixin stuck to the spider web like a fly.
He opened his eyes and saw a spider about the size of two people slowly crawling towards him. Its thick legs were covered with black hair and its claws were as sharp as knives.