The Eight Winds of Rebirth

In the middle of the night, everything is silent.

In the Buddhist hall of Sumeru Hall, the low and inaudible sound of chanting lingered along the night wind, Gu Xiangtan knelt in front of the Buddha statue with his back straight, holding a string of purple jade beads in his hand, non-stop Recite Buddhist scriptures that calm the mind and calm the mind.

But no matter how many times he repeated it, the two poems left by Su Xi still lingered in his ears.

There is a man who has not yet arrived in Yingzhou, how does the blue bird kill the bird matchmaker...

Gu Xiangtan opened his eyes and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

At this time, there was the sound of light footsteps behind him, Gu Xiangtan stood up, turned around, and saw Zen Master Guanzheng standing outside the door.

Guanzheng didn't show any surprise at Gu Xiangtan's appearance at this time, he just stepped in, cleaned up the burnt incense ash on the incense table, took three new ones, and placed them respectfully.

Turning back, he said softly: "Among the five desires and six dusts, there are countless afflictions."

Gu Xiangtan, who was guessed to be distressed, showed a trace of shame on his face, "Wake up because I was trapped by a worry."

Guan Zheng said nothing, as if waiting for him to speak.

Gu Xiangtan thought for a while, and said with difficulty: "There is a person who has owed another person a lot in his life. At the end of his life, he made a wish that he will repay everything in the next life and never forget his kindness. However, the experience Once reincarnated, that person was born in a temple and gave his life to the Buddha, and now he meets his benefactor from the previous life again, and he treats him wholeheartedly again, so what should he do if he sees him being crushed by him?"

Gu Xiangtan really couldn't find a clue, Zhao Yuan's heart, I didn't know it before, because he hid it too deeply, but after walking through the sky and the earth once, Gu Xiangtan could see it clearly It was clear, and this was why he made up his mind to take back everything that Zhao Yuan lost for him.This is a kind of repayment, and also a kind of atonement, in order to repay Zhao Yuan's sincere devotion to him, even at all costs.

However, Zhao Yuan's true heart is what Zhao Yuan wants most, but Gu Xiangtan never thinks about it, or dare not think about it.Even though he has done countless things to deviate from Buddhism for himself and others in the past two lifetimes, but only this, Gu Xiangtan knows that once he has this idea, or steps over that line, he will never come back , I can't let go.

Gu Xiangtan can live and die for Zhao Yuanqing, but he cannot be loved by Zhao Yuanqing.

Because he is Gu Xiangtan.

However, it would be great if he was just Gu Xiangtan.

Gu Xiangtan looked at Zen Master Guanzheng, in the night, the obsessions in his eyes were tangled into balls, shining like a little strange light.

"Amitabha," Guanzheng proclaimed the Dharma, "the Buddha said: Love is not heavy and does not give birth to whirling. Although that person has entered Buddhism, he is still a human being in the world, just like you and me. Everything in the world is involuntary, just like you and me. To live here temporarily is like a spiritual Buddha entering the world and intervening in politics. If you really care about it, it will run counter to Buddhism. However, my Buddha is merciful, and great love is paramount. Empty talk is nothing more than self-deception, people don’t act rashly if their hearts are not moved, and if they don’t move, they won’t be hurt.”

After Guanzheng finished speaking, seeing Gu Xiangtan standing in a daze, he couldn't help shaking his head.

"Sorrow arises from love, fear arises from love, without the one who loves, there is neither worry nor fear..."

Guanzheng chanted all the way, as when he came, he quietly left the Buddhist hall.

Gu Xiangtan was left alone in the silent night looking at the string of purple jade beads in his hand, speechless.

-

A few days later, Guozi Temple.

As soon as Gu Xiangtan entered the school, he saw many people chatting around a corner, and the one standing in the middle was Prince Zhao Mian.

In the past, the crown prince was often surrounded and flattered like this, so it was not surprising, but from time to time, the exclamation of "His Royal Highness the crown prince is so amazing... wow... oh..." made people look sideways.

Gu Xiangtan glanced there, happened to see Zhao Yuan sitting not far away, Gu Xiangtan stared for a moment, then retracted it calmly, and then sat down in his seat.

After a while, the crown prince walked over from the crowd. Gu Xiangtan heard a puffing sound in his ears, and a gust of warm air was blown up. When he looked back, he was facing a pair of fierce eagle eyes, unblinking. Blinkingly looked at Gu Xiangtan.

Gu Xiangtan looked at the thing for a moment, then his eyes moved up, and he looked at the prince lightly.

The prince was stunned for a while, then laughed.

"No one has ever been able to look at my Qiongqi for more than a moment without being pecked by it. You are worthy of Lingfo. All living beings are close to you."

Gu Xiangtan didn't have much perception of Zhao Mian's praise, he just looked at the bird once, the color of the coat was blue-gray, it was about a foot high, its claws were like hooks, its beak was like a knife, and its wings were four or four times wide open. It was five feet wide, and it looked very majestic, but there was a finger-thick iron chain tied to the foot, with a ring in the middle, directly passing through the bird's wing bone, and the head of the iron chain was tied to Zhao Yuan. Its movements are restrained between its wrists, making it unable to fly.

Seeing this, Gu Xiangtan couldn't help but slightly frowned.

He knew that this kind of bird was called "zhan". It was a kind of thing that rich and noble people loved to play with in the past ten years in central Beijing. They will only fly south, no matter what lure they use, they will never be able to chase them back, so those rich kids take pleasure in being able to trap the falcons by their side and never escape, and among them, they use the falcon taming skills of the Three Kings Zhao Jie The most unique thing is that there are countless hawks in the family. This thing can be popular in Beijing, and it has its own merits.

Now Zhao Mian has also played with this, and brought this thing to the school, in his heart, it is really boring.

However, Zhao Mian did not see Gu Xiangtan's expression, he was still talking about his rare treasures.

At this time, Zhao Jie also came in from the outside, and seeing him appear, some official children of the Three Kings faction who had been silent just now became lively.

"Sir, come and see the prince's falcon, it's really rare."

Sure enough, Zhao Jie said "Oh?", shook the fan in his hand, and walked over with a smile.

Seeing him coming, Zhao Mian straightened his back even higher, raised his arms up to Zhao Jie, and asked triumphantly, "How is it?"

Zhao Jie circled Qiongqi twice, and nodded seriously: "Wonderful, wonderful, this momentum, this posture, His Royal Highness really has extraordinary vision."

Zhao Mian snorted, it was obviously very useful, but Zhao Jie said in the next sentence: "It's just that my hawks never tie wing chains, and the prince's thing is a bit of a spoiler."

Zhao Mian's face changed, and he was about to say, "Take the wing chain, this bastard is going to peck my face!"

The words came out of my mouth, but I stopped in a hurry, and said: "Now I am in the school, so I can't be presumptuous. I will let you take a good look at it another day."

Everyone hurriedly agreed, and Zhao Jie shook his fan and nodded his head, but the smile on his face was full of sarcasm. Zhao Mian was so angry that he turned around and threw Qiongqi in his hand to The little eunuch behind him is Hexi.

This was unexpected, and when Rang Hexi didn't continue, Chen Cai was quick to pull, but he didn't have any preparations. As soon as he stretched out his hand, he was pecked hard by the pheasant, and his hand was immediately caught. A large piece of meat was removed, leaving a bloody hole the size of a copper coin, and the bright red liquid gushed out immediately, scaring everyone around.

And that Qiongqi succeeded in one attack, he flicked his wings twice and wanted to fly away, but unfortunately his wings were dragged down by thick chains, he couldn't fly at all, he could only flutter around, setting off a plume of feathers, but the surrounding officials' children were all He had no choice but to run around in a panic, fearing that Qiongqi would target them and be pecked at the flesh or eyes like Chen Cai.

The guards outside also ran in when they heard the commotion, and dozens of people started to catch birds in the inner room. The prince was still shouting anxiously, "Don't kill it, don't kill it!"

After screaming for a while, I saw that the guards were useless at all. Although the wings of this pheasant were bound, the movements of its feet were surprisingly fast. Let alone those who wanted to catch it, they couldn't even touch its feathers.

So Zhao Mian could only turn to Zhao Jie, "Don't you understand this? What are you going to do now?"

Zhao Jie's anxious expression showed a hint of schadenfreude, but he still said respectfully, "Your Highness, don't you know? You can't let go of this falcon, and if you take it off, don't try to catch it back."

Zhao Mian was furious, naturally he didn't believe him, and thought that if you can't catch him back, then you have no ability, if I want to catch him back, I'm more capable than you.So he pointed at Chen Cai, who was covering his hands, and said, "Catch it back for me. If you can't get it back, I'll put you and it in the same cage!"

Chen Cai gritted her teeth. After all, it was his duty to protect the prince according to orders, so she nodded, and was about to get up, but saw the pheasant flapping its wings suddenly, flying a foot high with the chain, and then straight He swooped towards the man in the corner, and then stopped on his thin shoulders!

There was a dead silence in the room for a while, and Zhao Mian and Zhao Jie didn't dare to speak.

On the other hand, Zhao Yuan, who remained silent all this time, couldn't help but turn cold, and narrowed her eyes.

The one chosen by the bird is naturally not someone else, but Gu Xiangtan...