The Prince and the Demon Monk [Rebirth]

In the 25th year of the Ming Dynasty, the eastern capital suffered a solar eclipse, and the whole court was shocked. Seven days later, the Guanzhong earthquake occurred, and the fire rose into the sky. The fire in Yuzhou lasted for three days.

Since Emperor Mingyuan ascended the throne, there have been droughts every three years and floods every five years. King Chu Teng hid the yellow robe in the army, intending to rebel, and all of this was actually framed by Emperor Ming Yuan.

Emperor Ming Yuan was furious, and in the second year after he ascended the throne, the vegetable market in Dongdu was bleeding for three months, and the rumors had just faded away.

A few days later, Si Tianjian Cao Yi risked his life to play, saying that the combination of the sun and the moon, the five stars connecting pearls, and the earthquake in Yuzhou were all caused by someone on the side of the emperor who stirred up yin and yang. But yin and yang are in the same body, rebelling against the harmony of heaven, which makes the heaven and earth angry, and the six poles fall repeatedly. If you want to calm the anger of heaven, the prince should die to apologize.

The prince was intelligent since he was a child, talented and beautiful, and won the emperor's heart. Emperor Ming and Yuan had always placed high hopes on him. Naturally, he didn't believe what he heard, so he ordered an imperial doctor to examine him. …

In the lonely and empty prince's bedroom, the crown prince who was supposed to be a self-proclaimed prince was now wearing white clothes, kneeling quietly on the soft couch by the screen window, his eyelashes half-down, and looking out of the window motionlessly.

A volume of Buddhist scriptures was lying on the sandalwood table, and the cold wind blew up a few corners of the book.

In a few days it will be Emperor Ming Yuan's birthday, Liang Cheng originally planned to transcribe a volume of "Taizheng Zang" for his father, but now it seems that there is no chance to present it to Emperor Ming Yuan.

It was the midwinter season with the bone-chilling cold, a few petals of snowflakes leaked into the half-closed window with the wind, and hit Liang Cheng's long eyelashes, but the person on the couch looked like a delicately carved cold jade carving, clear and lingering. , unresponsive, not like a living thing.

Suddenly, a black shadow fell silently behind Liang Cheng, with a few strands of black hair fluttering. Liang Cheng smelled the familiar scent of Du Heng, his eyelashes trembled slightly, he stood up and raised his hand, revealing a pale and thin wrist, slowly Slowly closed the window sash, and then sat back.

The black shadow is the posthumous son of the eldest princess, Wuyanghou Mengliujun, who has always been handsome and imposing, but now he looks depressed. He stretches out his hand and is about to attach Liang Cheng's shoulder. But he smiled bitterly, turned his back, clenched his fists tightly, and said softly, "You hate me?"

Liang Cheng chuckled, "It's come to this point, it's just a matter of whether you hate it or not, I just blame it, I don't know people clearly, and I believe in the wrong people."

As soon as the words fell, Meng Liujun sat in front of him, "Shinu, today's events are not what I wanted. I just wanted His Majesty to abolish your crown prince, but I didn't expect that in just a few days, there will be a solar eclipse and a solar eclipse." The earthquake is shaking, His Majesty wants to use you to block... the mouth of the world..."

The word "Shinu" is Liang Cheng's nickname. Da Qi worships Buddha. He always invites some eminent monks to pray for children during the Catch Zhou Ceremony. Back then, at Liang Cheng's Catch Chou Banquet, it happened to be the Supreme Meditation. , Da Prajna returned from traveling without crossing the clouds, and broke his vow not to accept the mantle in this life, and brought back a young apprentice. It may be possible to escape into the empty door."

No matter how much Emperor Ming Yuan respected Zen Master Wudu, he was not happy to hear the words, but when he turned his head, he saw Liang Cheng pulling a string of Buddhist beads in the hands of the young apprentice beside the Zen master. A lotus-shaped red stone was escaping from the middle of the beads, and the Zen master said: "The crown prince's body It belongs to the state of the country and cannot escape from the Shamen, so I took the small characters as 'Shinu', I don't know what your Majesty thinks?"

Therefore, "Shinu" became his nickname, and when Zen Master Wudu left, he took out a red stone that was exactly the same as that on the wrist of his little apprentice and gave it to Liang Cheng, saying: "This is the blood of the Tathagata, the patriarch of Zen back then." The relic, the prince wears it every day to protect the Dharma, and there may be a chance of turning around in the future."

Emperor Ming Yuan was overjoyed, and ordered someone to forge a black gold flower pendant, put blood relics in it, so that water and fire would not invade, and put it on for Liang Cheng.

Meng Liujun often called him small characters in private, but Liang Cheng didn't think he was disobedient, but felt close and warm. After all, as a prince, he could let him off the princely demeanor. Later, he called him "release slave", which only made him feel ironic.

Liang Cheng then did not react to what Meng Liujun said, closed his eyes, his face was calm, like stagnant water, without any waves.

Meng Liujun gritted his teeth, and said: "Now that the edict has been issued, the East Palace is deviant, rebellious against yin and yang, mutations are frequent, the evidence of blame is clear, the crown prince deeply blames himself, and poisons himself in the palace."

The two rows of crow-feather-like eyelashes trembled slightly, Liang Cheng still closed his eyelids, but a fishy sweetness welled up in his throat, which was firmly suppressed by him.

"In the eyes of the world, you are already dead." Meng Liujun stuffed a small blue medicine bottle into Liang Cheng's hand, and said, "Your Majesty will never let you live, I'm afraid he has sent someone to give you wine. It's a fake death pill, drink it together with the poisoned wine, and I will definitely rescue you."

Liang Cheng felt it was funny when he heard it. He pulled out his held hand, let go of the medicine bottle, and stared at Meng Liujun with a pair of penetrating eyes, "How can the Fourth Prince let me live?"

"I'm not from the Fourth Prince."

"Oh?" The corner of Liang Cheng's mouth twitched, "I ask myself that I have treated you with sincerity, even if you broke the secret of my body, I never thought of murdering me, because you once saved my life, and even more I believe in you and my love since childhood, I really can't figure it out, if it wasn't because you took refuge in the Fourth Prince, what else would it be?"

After Liang Cheng finished speaking, he stared at the other party coldly. Meng Liujun's originally anxious and worried expression gradually turned cold, turning into a very complicated gaze, "Do you still remember the doggerel that was circulated in the case of Xiangguo Temple?"

Liang Cheng's face changed. The Taizu of this dynasty had been taught by Zen Master Huijue, and he had avoided life and death three times. Therefore, the Daqi royal family has always respected and believed in monks, and followed suit. Zen Buddhism prevailed in Daqi. The temple worships the Buddha and prays for blessings.

No, on Buddha’s birthday last year, Queen Mother Zhao was stabbed to death by a poisonous needle hidden in a futon, and two lines of blood-red poems appeared on the Buddha statue——

Emperor Xi mourned for his old age, and the poor Zhao daughter was not pregnant.

The ancient Buddha of Qingdeng can't bear it, he secretly picked the rain and dew to come.

To make matters worse, the golden vase on the Yongning Pagoda burst open suddenly, and the bloody white silk on which the poem was written fell out like snowflakes and was picked up by many believers.

This doggerel is vulgar and plain, bluntly saying that the Empress Dowager Zhao is promiscuous and adulterous, and that Emperor Ming Yuan is not the heir of the previous emperor, so I don't know where he came from.

As the crown prince, Liang Cheng knew that there would be no waves without wind, and there would be no wind from holes, but he never doubted his father. Back then, all the descendants of King Teng were slaughtered, but there were still some remnants that flowed into the rivers and lakes. Since Emperor Ming Yuan ascended the throne, such rumors have never stopped , I think it is the handwriting of these remnants.

Meng Liujun's mother, Princess Yuehe, was the seventh daughter of the former emperor. Her mother and concubine were the most beautiful women in the world back then. The original Marquis of Wuyang used to be Prince Teng's companion, and thinking of this relationship, Liang Cheng's thoughts flashed, and he said calmly, "What? Who is this related to you?"

Meng Liujun stretched out his hand to caress his cheek, Liang Cheng frowned and avoided. In the past, they were very close, and he never called himself "lonely" in private. As for him, he never had any grievances because he didn't distinguish between superiority and inferiority.Now that the other party is acting like this, Liang Cheng can no longer wait calmly.

Meng Liujun was not angry when he was dodged, "The words in the poem are not fabricated. The Queen Mother Zhao used snakes to fill the dragon. After Liang Zhaochang ascended the throne, he slaughtered all the princes and grandchildren, even the princess. My mother and the brothers and sisters of King Teng are deeply in love , do you know why he let my mother go alone, he is honored and favored, and he often asks personally?"

The eldest princess Yuehe has completely inherited the demeanor of her mother and concubine, the most beautiful woman in the world. Although she is over forty now, she looks like she is in her prime, and with her luxurious and graceful demeanor, the world is willing to be the eldest princess. I'm afraid there are as many celebrities and heroes as there are crucian carp crossing the river.

Thinking of the gentle and indulgent look of his father looking at his aunt, Liang Cheng's heart sank. Sure enough, Meng Liujun smiled sarcastically and continued: "The Liang thief coveted my mother's beauty, but he couldn't do it because of his status. Do you know what my father is doing?" dead?"

Seeing Liang Cheng's silence, Meng Liujun's expression froze for a moment, "He was the one who killed me! In order to protect me, my mother pretended not to know the truth and committed herself to everything. Tell me, why don't I hate it?"

"When the crown prince is abolished, the rest of the princes will fight for succession. I want Liang Zhaochang to betray his relatives, ruin his reputation, and die without a place to die!"

Shocked, Liang Cheng accidentally knocked over the inkstone on the case. Before he could say anything, Meng Liujun grabbed his wrist, pulled it in front of his eyes, pinched his jaw, and said quietly: "The Ninth Prince and your mother are compatriots. , he is the concubine of Zhonggong, without your protection, he is just like you, trusting my brother Jun so much, Shi Nu, when do you think he can live?"

"Meng Liujun!" Liang Cheng said in a low voice, and if he was not afraid of alarming the guards outside the hall, he would have reprimanded him loudly, "I have nothing to say about what my father did, but Ji'er is only ten years old. You are so close to me, and never harmed you, how can you?!"

"Shinu, Shinu," Meng Liujun pressed the corner of Liang Cheng's mouth affectionately with his thumb, and exhaled softly, "Only you believe that he is innocent and cute. In such a big palace, how can he be so pure and kind, with a heart of innocence, and so Has your empress mother, who is compassionate and chanting Buddha, ever been sincere to you? I am afraid that she has waited for the Ninth Prince to grow up, and then let you die suddenly, and you are the only one who was fooled by the old master. Observing benevolence, righteousness and morality, the tool of a gentleman, delusional thinking about brothers and friends being respectful, fathers being kind and sons being filial, it is simply ridiculous."

"If it wasn't for the powerful Li family of your mother's mother's family who left you as a cover for the Ninth Prince, the Eastern Palace would have changed hands long ago. This time your secret is indeed my secret trick, and Liang Zhaochang found it out by himself. I originally calculated it. Liang Zhaochang will only abolish your position as the crown prince, he doesn't want him to love you more than usual, but this time he doesn't care about the relationship between father and son at all, he will attack you and quell the rumors, how about it, do you still believe in the family relationship of the Tian family?"

Liang Cheng didn't show sadness on his face, but in fact his heart was ashamed. Although he didn't believe Meng Liujun's provocative words, he knew very well that what the other party said was not random speculation. Empress Li never got close to him and didn't like him contacting the Li family. , all kinds of past are not without traces to follow.

He knows very well that everything is because he is a heterogeneous man who confuses yin and yang...

During this period of time under house arrest by his father, it's not that he didn't expect his father to come and see him, and let him out of the palace on the basis of a trace of blood, in the end, it was nothing but delusions...

That's it.

This body was created by the blood essence of father, queen and queen. Now that father wants to take it back and use his life to stabilize the throne, he will repay the favor of this life.

Liang Cheng waved Meng Liujun's hand away, got up calmly, turned his back, and said calmly: "As you said, since the mother and the Li family can protect me so far, they can also protect Ji'er. I advise you, father The emperor's methods are thunderous, and sooner or later they will find you, so stop as soon as possible, so as not to hurt aunt."

After saying that, without waiting for Mr. Mengliu to react, he shouted loudly: "Come on!"

Meng Liujun came here secretly this time, so naturally he didn't dare to disturb others. Seeing the sound coming from outside the hall, he had no choice but to fly away.

Liang Cheng put the medicine bottle that Meng Liujun left on the case table into his sleeve, and in an instant, the imperial guards who were ordered to guard Liang Cheng came in. These are the confidantes of Emperor Ming Yuan, and they are also first-class masters in the Jianghu. If it were not for Meng Liujun Li Daoxuan, the No. 1 teacher of Daoist sect, is extremely talented and successful as a young man. I'm afraid he won't be able to come and go freely in his bedroom.

"What are your orders, Your Highness?"

Liang Cheng pretended to ask, "I just want to see my father."

The guard had no expression on his face, and said without a trace of ups and downs in his tone: "Forgive me for being so humble."

"Get out!" Liang Cheng shook his sleeves and said angrily, "Get out!"

A trace of doubt flashed in the guard's eyes, and he bowed and retreated.

Liang Cheng waited until the door was closed outside the hall, then sat down at his desk, the medicine bottle in his sleeve rolled out, Liang Cheng stared blankly for a long time, and finally poured it into the orchid shelf beside him.

After rewinding, in a blink of an eye, I saw a line of gatha on the Buddhist scriptures.

As I have heard, the ordinary will be exhausted, the tall will fall, the union will be separated, and the living will die.

Liang Cheng closed his eyes. In his life, he was honored and extraordinary, enjoying all the honors in front of others, but he lived tremblingly, alone and helpless, like facing an abyss, and if he made a wrong step, he would never recover. Comply with the king's heart, obey the subjects, be kind and respectful, be cautious in words and actions, dare not make a wrong step, never have a moment of chic and unrestrained, and in the end... nothing in the end.

Liang Cheng's thoughts drifted away, and there was a sound of "imperial decree" in a trance, and a pair of silver soap boots appeared in front of the bed not long after. Liang Cheng didn't listen to what the person said, and was put on the case. A white jade pot and a wine cup, someone poured a cup of wine for him, it was crystal clear, but his throat was sealed with blood.

"Your Highness, please."

Liang Cheng stretched out his hand, and a black gold chain was wrapped around his pale and bony wrist. Liang Cheng was stunned, and asked, "Father...do you ask Eunuch to say something else?"

"Go back to Your Highness, never." The person who came was a young eunuch, seeing Liang Cheng not moving, he was a little contemptuous, and said: "Your Highness should go on the road in the morning, so that the heaven and earth can harmonize the yin and yang. If Your Highness dare not, this servant is willing to serve His Highness. Power."

Liang Cheng glanced at this face-faced little eunuch who looked like a villain in power, fearing that his father would not let him live again if he left the East Palace.

This is the imperial palace, where human life is worthless, even the nobles and nobles, under the throne, are still nothing more than an ant.

The last trace of wishful thinking in his heart was extinguished, Liang Cheng raised his head and drank the poisoned wine in his hand.

The white jade cup rolled off the soft couch, a smear of blood splashed onto the black gold hollow pendant on Liang Cheng's wrist, a star of red light flashed, and before the little eunuch had time to take a closer look, the screen window was blown open by a biting cold wind, and the goose feathers snowed heavily. They rush in from the bank, with red plums in between, raising Liang Cheng's black hair, revealing a red lip stained with blood...