The Eight Winds of Rebirth

Since paying homage to his parents that day, Gu Xiangtan has been living in the Sumeru Hall all the time. During the evening rites and morning visits, the door was closed. They were all declined by Gu Xiangtan.

When Su Xi and An Yin entered the room, they saw him watching the colorful butterflies fluttering outside the window, as if in a daze.

Su Xi said happily, "My lord, Layman Fu's letter has arrived."

Gu Xiangtan came back to his senses, and quickly stretched out his hand towards him, "Let me see."

It has been [-] years since they arrived in Beijing, and they wanted to report Fu Yalian's safety. In the letter, Fu Yalian asked him to be careful in his words and steps, and to come back as soon as possible after taking care of the Duke's funeral.

It's just that Yuguo's mansion died in vain, and the murderer hasn't been found yet, so he must not be buried at will. The last life has been delayed for half a year, and Gu Xiangtan never returned to Luli until his death. None have been seen.

In this life, Gu Xiangtan naturally wanted to go back, and also wanted to see his master, but he knew that the time had not yet come.

After reading to the end of the letter, Gu Xiangtan's heart skipped a beat, and a smile could not help but appear on the corners of his lips.

Su Xi looked at it, and hurriedly asked, "My lord, what did Jushi Fu say? Are we going back?"

What Fu Yalian wrote at the end was that the incense in Xiangguo Temple is still at its peak, and several Zen masters and himself are all safe and healthy in embroidering Buddha. .

Zen Master Guanyun never went out to treat patients. Apart from the people in the National Temple, the only one who got his hands was Zhao Yuan. Since Zhao Yuan detoxified five years ago, Guanyun has developed a habit of giving Gu a monthly consultation. It is customary for Xiangtan to go to Zhao Yuan to have a diagnosis after taking his pulse. Now, Fu Yalian specifically mentions that Guan Yun is no longer going out, so he tells Gu Xiangtan that the person who needs a pulse diagnosis has left.

The master never mentioned Zhao Yuan's identity before, but now that he has moved and Gu Xiangtan is in the capital again, he must not be able to hide it sooner or later, so he simply informed him in advance so that he could be prepared.

Apart from the time for letters to and from Luli, there must be more than ten days before Zhao Yuan arrives.

Thinking about this, Gu Xiangtan couldn't help but let go of Yu Zu's mood recently.

He said to Su Xi, "Master told you to be obedient and not talk to messy people."

Su Xi felt a little wronged, "My lord, I don't have one, I just..." He thought for a while, "I chatted with the little guard at the door for a while."

Gu Xiangtan knew that he was talking about Yan Fang, and asked him with a smile, "Oh? What did you say?"

"I didn't say anything else, just let him watch the door carefully, the people from the prince's side, don't let them in casually."

Gu Xiangtan nodded, then turned to see An Yin holding something in his arms.

"Where did it come from?"

An Yin said, "It was just sent from the third prince's residence."

Putting it on the table, I saw a hand-copied "Diamond Sutra" that was three or four feet long. , destroying the inner softness that the scriptures should have.

An Yin continued, "I heard that the third son spent three days and three nights copying it by himself. In order to pay homage to the Duke, he sent someone to kneel outside early in the morning."

Su Xi said, "It seems that the third prince is much more polite than the prince of Nao Shizi, and he has used a bit of sincerity."

Gu Xiangtan just watched silently, and suddenly Yan Fang's voice came from outside the door.

"Lingfo, someone wants to see you."

Gu Xiangtan asked, "Who is it?"

Yan Fang replied, "He is the son of the seventh generation."

Gu Xiangtan paused, then took the candle in front of him, slowly put the scriptures in his hand up, and under the slightly surprised eyes of Su Xi and An Yin, he burned the carefully drawn thing. clean.

In the faint light of the fire, Gu Xiangtan's brows were calm and his face was expressionless.

Only when there was only a pile of ashes left in front of him, he said to Su Xi who was a little dazed, "Aren't you going to open the door?"

Only then did Su Xi regain his senses, and ran out in a hurry, while An Yin hurriedly stepped forward to clear the table.

Gu Xiangtan brushed off his cuffs, his plain white clothes were flawless, got up and walked outside.

Zhao Ze was only followed by a little boy, who was walking in with his hands swaying, when he saw Gu Xiangtan, he immediately stopped, as if he didn't know what to do, he hesitated for a while, only scratched his head, and looked at Gu Xiangtan. bent over.

Gu Xiangtan raised the corner of his mouth, beckoning him to sit down at the side of the courtyard.

Zhao Ze didn't mind either, and took two boxes of things from the boy, put them in front of Gu Xiangtan, and said, "The imperial concubine Jin brought them with me, and asked me to say hello."

His familiar habits are really the same as those in his previous life. Gu Xiangtan was a little dazed looking at it for a while, and then nodded, "Is it Jinfei? Thank her for her kindness on my behalf."

Zhao Ze said "um", "Don't you want to see the Lingfo? They are all good things. There are wild ginseng from Fengwu Mountain, Qushu Dan from the north, oh, and this..." Zhao Ze patted the last The brocade box below, "The fire luan feathers of the southern barbarians are placed in the inner room to ward off evil spirits. They can keep you safe and healthy, and they can also illuminate at night. They are more useful than the moon... Haha, I also have one in my house, but it is a water luan. Lingyu, there is no such bright hall."

Gu Xiangtan followed his directions to look at each one, and then said, "It is indeed a rare and good thing, but I am a Buddhist practitioner, so I don't need these."

"Ah?" Zhao Ze didn't expect that Gu Xiangtan would reject it, "Then I... how can I tell Empress Jinfei?"

Gu Xiangtan said with a slight smile, "You can take it back and use it yourself, and give it to me."

"How does this work."

"Why not?"

"Being known by the empress, I can't finish eating and walking around, Lingfo, are you trying to trick me?" Zhao Ze was a little surprised.

Gu Xiangtan looked at his shining eyebrows, as if recalling something, his smile subsided slightly, "You can just say it straight, the empress will really blame you?"

Zhao Ze looked embarrassed, "Well, it's not really strange, but I didn't do this job well, what a shame."

Gu Xiangtan shook his head, "It's done, at least I accept your empress' wishes."

Zhao Ze saw that Gu Xiangtan's face was still a little pale, sitting in the wind with his sleeves swaying slightly, looking rather weak, and thinking of another matter that Concubine Jin took care of him, he couldn't help saying, "Lingfo, don't be sad, things always happen. On the day when the truth comes to light, the Duke of the State will have a solemn festival, and God will give him justice."

Zhao Ze said this with sincerity. He still remembers how long ago, Duke Yu always comforted him when he saw him, saying that his own son was only about the same size as him. Zhao Ze, the father-in-law, also felt a little warm, and Zhao Ze didn't feel very good when Duke Yu went.

However, he still wants to persuade Gu Xiangtan, "Like me, although not as brave as some of my brothers, I always tell myself to work hard and stand up high, so that one day I will be able to kill my enemies and avenge my father."

Hearing him take the initiative to mention this, Gu Xiangtan raised his eyes.

Back then, when the great prince died in the frontier, Zhao Ze was still in his infancy. His mother and concubine heard the bad news. Since then, she couldn't get sick and went away within two months. Emperor Zongzheng said to the outside world that he wanted to protect the prince's little son. , took him to the mansion, and was brought up by the concubine's room. After that, he ascended to Dabao, and the concubine's room was also named Jinfei, and Zhao Ze grew up there.

Gu Xiangtan said, "Your brothers are indeed remarkable."

Speaking of this, Zhao Ze is also honored.

"That's right, the third brother sent me a letter a few days ago, saying that he will return to Beijing soon, and I will definitely ask him for advice then."

"General Shenwu wants his teacher to return to court?" Gu Xiangtan was surprised.

Zhao Ze nodded again and again, "I haven't seen the third brother for more than three years, and I don't know how he is doing now, alas, there are fourth and sixth brothers... Fourth brother at least has good news every once in a while, I know him It's going well and safe, but Brother Six...doesn't know what's going on now."

"Sixth brother, is it Zhao Yuan, the sixth son?" Gu Xiangtan thought for a while before he seemed to remember this person, "Where is he now?"

Zhao Zedao, "In the beginning, it should be in the north." The north is a big city in the north of Daye, and it is considered prosperous, but the climate is extremely cold. People who are used to the warm and warm capital can't bear it. "He has been in poor health since he was a child. That day, he was murdered by a traitor and was dying, and he heard that it would be cured only by decocting it with Chuxue from the north, so the emperor sent troops to send him there."

And this time, it took nine years.

"Should?" Gu Xiangtan grasped the point of his words.

Zhao Zedao, "Well, it should have lived there at that time, but I heard that it is no longer there."

"Where did you go?"

Zhao Ze paused and shook his head.

Gu Xiangtan was a little unsure if he really didn't know, or if he didn't want to tell himself, maybe Emperor Zongzheng told Zhao Ze in this way: There is a traitor who wants to harm Zhao Yuan, and he might endanger his safety if he returns to Beijing. It has been living in another country, so that it is safe and peaceful.

Zhao Ze didn't know that Zhao Yuan almost died many times when he was outside.

Thinking of this, Gu Xiangtan stroked the Buddhist beads on his wrist, his eyes darkened, and he didn't say another word.

After Zhao Ze left, Emperor Zongzheng sent someone to say that on the fifth day of next month, a Dharma meeting would be held for the Yuguo government. The specific matters should be decided by Lingfo. If you need help, you can go to the prince.

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This Dharma meeting was really big. The venue was chosen in the Shimen Temple in Beijing, which is also one of the temples of Xiangguo Temple. The Dharma meeting was presided over by Zen Master Guanzheng. Thousands of monks gathered, including abbots and Zen masters from various ancestral temples, as well as wandering monks from all over the world, not to mention devout people coming one after another.

Fortunately, Emperor Zongzheng had expected it long ago and asked the prince to arrange and disperse the people in Beijing, so that the scene would not collapse and disturb the peace of the Fa Conference.

It's just that when Zhao Yuan entered Beijing, he was still blocked by the turbulent crowd outside the city. Mou Fei got out of the carriage to ask, and came back to report, "The officers and soldiers guarding the city have strictly checked, and now only the monks who belong to the temple can enter and exit. There are only people from the government."

Zhao Yuan didn't speak, and Mou Fei didn't ask anymore, he raised the long sword at the waist and hips and stood upright outside the carriage. Although they were dressed low-key, their imposing posture was extraordinary, and the crowds on both sides gave way one after another. Dare to approach.

After waiting, they waited until the sky turned blue and purple, and it was evening.

Seeing that the city gate was about to be closed, many people earnestly prayed to no avail, but two fast horses approached not far away. The man on the horse was dressed in red and wore blue lion boots, which were the clothes of the close guards in the imperial city.

When they got close, the two men stopped their fast horses and flew down, regardless of the frightened guards on both sides of the city gate, they bypassed them and the surging people, their knees softened, and they knelt down in front of the carriage .

"The crown prince guards Chen Cai and is ordered to welcome the sixth son back to the palace."