The Eight Winds of Rebirth

In the middle of the night, Fu Yalian pushed open the courtyard door, and what she saw were two teenagers sitting side by side on the steps outside, one was still sitting precariously, with a straight back like an unsheathed sword.Hearing the movement, he slowly turned his head, his brows were as cold as a painting.As for the other boy, lying softly on his lap, he had already fallen asleep in a daze, and under the moonlight, one could still see wet tears on his cheeks.

Fu Yalian shook her head and sighed.

"Sly and clever, tricky and eccentric."

How wonderful it would be if Gu Xiangtan was just the son of the Duke of Yuguo, or even if he was born in an ordinary family, no matter whether he was a civil servant or an official, as smart as Gu Xiangtan, he would have his own way of frankness, but partial birth is the worst one. Kind of, partial birth is the most involuntary kind.

The Huanghuang ancestral position, which everyone envied, seemed like a heavy shackle to such a frail child with erratic beliefs, restricting his real life and future from the very beginning.

It's just that Fu Yalian still wants to do this even if it's difficult for others, and the Gu family still wants to do it.

This is a beautiful cage made of gold, which blocked Gu Xiangtan's freedom, but also blocked the shadow of swords and swords outside the cage. He couldn't get out, and neither could others.

The expectations of Fu Yalian and the Gu family have never been high. The prerequisite for a good life is to survive first.

Fu Yalian knelt down and wanted to take Gu Xiangtan from Zhao Yuan's hand, but Zhao Yuan stepped aside and said, "Shen, let me do it."

Fu Yalian is a scholar, although he eats chaff and swallows vegetables every day, a child in his teens can still be hugged, and he shouldn't let the crown prince do it, but Zhao Yuan didn't wait for Fu Yalian to speak, and carefully supported Gu Xiangtan Get up and walk into the house.

Putting the person down on the bed, Su Xi and An Yin hurried over to cover Gu Xiangtan with a thin quilt.

Zhao Yuan turned around and was about to leave, but Fu Yalian said at this moment, "If you go to Beijing in the future, can you take care of him once or twice for me, even if it's because he saved your life. The only person who can be entrusted is you."

Zhao Yuan paused, and said lightly, "I will do it myself."

After a while, Zhao Yuan didn't see Gu Xiangtan again, she should have been meditating behind closed doors in the courtyard and cultivating the Tao devoutly.

On the [-]th, the monks of Xiangguo Temple Xie Xia left the customs, and it was the Obon Festival, so a blessing ceremony was held with a lot of people.

Zhao Yuan never went to join in the fun. He practiced sword in the courtyard for a while, and when he heard the noise, he opened the door, and saw a young boy passing by the door with a bamboo basket on his back.

"Where are you going?" Zhao Yuan asked.

Gu Xiangtan was wearing a short shirt and jacket, and the loose indigo trousers underneath were rolled up twice at the ankles, revealing the unhealed wounds wrapped in bandages. He looked like a young master in peasant clothes.

"I'm going to perform the life-release ceremony." Gu Xiangtan shook a bunch of herbs and half a box of grapes in the bamboo basket.

On the Obon Festival, release animals, pray for blessings, perform pujas, and pray for peace.

"What about the Fa Conference?"

Gu Xiangtan shook his head, "I won't go, I made an agreement with the master."

Zhao Yuan frowned slightly, as if she didn't support this idea very much, but Gu Xiangtan looked at the sky and didn't have time to talk to Zhao Yuan. There are quite a few people going with them, and they will be back in the evening...I'm leaving."

Zhao Yuan watched him leave, thinking that Xiangguo Temple would perform a life-release ceremony in a few months, that is, monks, laymen, and pure men would use their labor income, or firewood, melons, fruits, herbs, and some handmade products to go to the nearby The villages exchange poultry and some small hunting animals to release them, and exhort them to kill them. The monks are very popular in Daye, not to mention the Luli people who are proud of the territory of the Emperor Temple. Most of them are willing to use this to accumulate virtue. Gu Xiangtan also went there once, but he was accompanied by Fu Yalian, but this time it was only him.

Zhao Yuan thought about it, and felt that nothing would happen, but until the sky became dark, Gu Xiangtan still did not come back.

Not far away, Su Xi and An Yin also came here in a hurry. When they saw Zhao Yuan, they said that all the monks who met Xiangguo Temple on the way had returned, but there was no sign of Gu Xiangtan inside.

Zhao Yuan listened to a backlash, beckoned to Mou Fei and said, "Follow me."

Mou Fei seemed to be hesitant about Zhao Yuan's intention to leave this place, but he didn't dare to resist what Zhao Yuan meant, so he had to follow in the end.

The two climbed two mountains, and finally saw a person staggering in a small basket in the indistinct forest before the sky was completely dark.

A piece of Gu Xiangtan's trousers was torn, his jacket was also unthreaded, half of his face was covered with black dust, and he looked very embarrassed.

Looking up and seeing Zhao Yuan and Mou Fei standing in front of him, Gu Xiangtan wiped his face with his sleeve, and said lightly, "Well... I couldn't find the way just now, and then I followed the stars in the north to find it."

He grinned as he spoke, still in that pleasing appearance.

Zhao Yuan's brows were still untied, and through the faint moonlight in the forest, she caught his ankle that was swollen like a steamed bun.

Gu Xiangtan moved his legs and stopped talking.

Zhao Yuan walked over and stared at him coldly for a while, until Gu Xiangtan lowered his head to avoid his gaze.

Suddenly Zhao Yuan turned around, lifted the corner of her robe, and squatted down facing Gu Xiangtan.

Mou Fei hurriedly said, "Master, I'll come..."

Zhao Yuan ignored him, still maintained this posture, turned her face halfway, and signaled Gu Xiangtan to hurry up from the corner of her eye.

Gu Xiangtan paused, Ren Moufei took his bamboo basket, fell forward, and lay on Zhao Yuan's back.

Zhao Yuan herself is just a child who has not yet grown up, but it is more than enough to carry Gu Xiangtan on her back, and her feet are steady like the wind, and she walks effortlessly.

Gu Xiangtan put his head on his shoulder, and the broken hair on Zhao Yuan's cheeks fluttered in the wind, tickling his cheeks.

Gu Xiangtan stretched out his hand to scratch it, then took out his chest, and then took out something.

Zhao Yuan was walking in the moonlight, and Mou Fei was clearing the way for him. Suddenly, he felt a chill on his neck. He looked down and saw a piece of braided silk thread with a lucky bag hanging on his chest. Her steps were swaying, and the delicate patterns of deer and plum branches on the lucky bag were particularly eye-catching.

Zhao Yuan smelled a faint fragrance, was startled, kept on stepping, and asked in a low voice, "What is it?"

Gu Xiangtan said, "My mother gave me two last year. I'll give you one."

Zhao Yuan knew that the one on Gu Xiangtan had the word "Shou" embroidered on it.

"What's inside?"

Gu Xiangtan paused before saying, "Peace Talisman."

Zhao Yuan asked again, "How many were released?"

Gu Xiangtan thought about today's results, "Ten... the first nine little creatures were mended by me for the Buddha. My Buddha's heart was not sincere and I violated the precepts. The tenth is the one who made a wish to release life." It's just Gu Xiangtan The basket of herbs and grapes that Tan carried was not enough for him to exchange so many things with the villagers, so in the end the basket was empty, so he could only rush around to pick it again. Fortunately, he had learned some medicine with his master, and there were some things around the village. Only then did the expectation when going there come true, but I accidentally fell down on the way and missed the hour.

Gu Xiangtan spoke slowly, but did not hear Zhao Yuan's answer, he just thought he was not happy, quickly picked up the lucky bag and said with a smile, "There are also hosta flowers stuffed inside, the fragrance can clear away heat and detoxify, Chang Pei can help prolong life. "

Zhao Yuan glanced at the thing that reached the tip of his nose, it was a bulging bag, and the color was also festive, it was really not something he would use.However, after taking two more steps, he raised his hand to take it and tucked it into his collar.

Gu Xiangtan narrowed his eyes with a smile, and continued, "I also learned a poem about doing good deeds from the villagers, and I'll read it to you."

After all, he read it to himself.

"If you want to have a long life, don't live short. Ask your son to have a good heart. Doing good is the most convenient and convenient. Self-cultivation is an ancient sage. Time goes by and gold is hard to change. After a day, one day is less. If you have money, accumulate virtue and do good quickly, etiquette and shame. To learn everything..."

Gu Xiangtan's voice was clear and clear, and the words were clear, and the immature young man still had a childish cadence, which sounded particularly melodious and melodious.

Zhao Yuan felt the breeze blowing through his ears between the opening and closing of his lips. In the dense forest on this summer night, it seemed to buzz and vibrate together like insects on both sides. The shock made Zhao Yuan's heart go numb. It was like someone piercing him with a thin embroidery needle. Gu Xiangtan read a word and pricked the needle lightly. After Gu Xiangtan read all the way, the needle pierced him all the way. Exuding billowing and long heat, constantly melting something...

There were birds singing outside the window, Zhao Yuan slowly opened her eyes, and only when she saw the mighty lion head carved on the bedside clearly did she feel that she had another long dream.It's only been two or three months since I left Luli, but I feel as if it's something that happened in my previous life.

Zhao Yuan stood up and pinched the center of her brows, and Mou Fei, who heard the movement outside the door, said in a low voice, "Master, are you going to wake up?"

Zhao Yuan didn't need the service of a young eunuch. He had only Mou Fei and Bi Fu by his side since he was a child, and he didn't have this habit when he was in Beijing.

He hummed, and Mou Fei pushed open the door and came in, holding water in his hand, helping Zhao Yuan to dress and freshen up.

The scallion-white knuckles were submerged in the water, scooped up a handful and covered the face, after getting wet, took a towel and dried it carefully.

Mou Fei shook off the sky-blue robe, Zhao Yuan stretched out his hand to let him put on the sleeves and fasten the belt, and the light red blessing bag in front of the plain white obscene clothes slowly disappeared.

Turning around, it was the sixth son Zhao Yuan who was eager to go, and who was unpretentious.