The Eight Winds of Rebirth

In the twilight of the morning, a sedan chair with green curtains came slowly from a distance.

The chief eunuch in front of the palace gate trotted forward, seeing Su Xi who was standing by the sedan chair hurriedly bowed his waist and said respectfully: "Lingfo, are you going out of the palace?"

Su Xi glanced at him sideways: "You know why don't you get out of the way?"

The little eunuch looked around again, seeing that Gu Xiangtan had only two attendants and one bodyguard with him, he immediately showed a bit of embarrassment on his face.

This is what I ordered...

The sedan chair was lifted, and a childish but gentle face appeared in the next moment, with a shallow smile on the corner of the mouth, looked at the little eunuch and said: "Today is twenty-two, it is the birthday of the Lantern Buddha, I will go Put a lamp in the temple, go back as soon as you go, don't worry, the emperor also said that I can leave the palace whenever I want, if he asks again, just tell the truth."

Gu Xiangtan's voice was soft, his eyebrows were calm, and the little eunuch's heart softened all of a sudden, why "don't worry", when did the master of the palace say something like this, let alone the person in front of him patiently Come up with the reasons yourself.

The little eunuch paused for a moment, then slowly took two steps back, his frightened expression was replaced by sincerity, he bowed his head and said: "Your servant is talking too much, Lingfo, be careful."

Gu Xiangtan nodded to him, smiled warmly again, put down the palanquin and let the porters carry him away from the palace.

After walking for more than half an hour, the sedan chair arrived outside Shimen Temple.

Gu Xiangtan was still dressed in plain clothes, and he didn't tell anyone to come. After getting off the sedan chair, he entered the Daxiong Palace with many pilgrims. The temple was full of incense and countless believers.

Gu Xiangtan walked around inside, then took a penny from An Yin, bought a simple lamp, found the Tathagata Buddha statue and knelt down.

After silently reading the prayer and the person to be blessed three times in his heart, Gu Xiangtan lit the lamp and respectfully enshrined it on the Buddha table.

On one side of the head, I saw an extra golden treasure lotus lamp. The lamp has nine layers in total, and each layer is covered with strands of gold leaf. The bright light from the sky made Gu Xiangtan's bright lamp below it so pitifully small.

Holding the lamp was a pair of thin white jade hands with a birthmark in the shape of a plum blossom on the back of the hand. Gu Xiangtan followed those hands and saw a woman in Chinese clothes kneeling on the futon beside him.

The woman didn't notice him after offering the lamp, she just raised her head and said to the monk standing beside her, "Little master, I want to ask for a lottery."

The monk brought the lottery tube, the woman shook it, and at a glance: the lottery is drawn.

She looked bitter, and handed the lottery to the young monk.

The little monk said: "Amitabha, you should know what a donor should know. If you don't know your mind, you will beg more and be more vexed."

The woman seemed to be dissatisfied, and she took another lottery and shook three times in a row, but all of them were the worst. The sadness on her face made the little monk feel a little bit unbearable.

No matter what he tried to persuade, the woman would not give up, the little monk could only shake his head and retreated to the side.

Gu Xiangtan got up, Su Xi asked: "My lord, are you back?"

Gu Xiangtan nodded, took two steps forward, and looked back at the woman, seeing that she was still persistently waving the lottery, her slender back was inexplicably shrouded in a layer of deep gloom, which stained her fine clothes. It's getting dark.

"Whispers in the world, the sky hears like thunder, the dark room is guilty, and the eyes are like lightning."

The woman froze suddenly, turned her head slowly, and saw a young man in white clothes standing not far away. The young man was slender, with a clear face, and looked at him with a calm and peaceful expression, but it was as if a needle was hidden in the cotton, and he was pierced right away. At the bottom of my heart, the indistinct shadow is illuminated so hard to hide.

Meeting the woman's eyes, the boy pondered for a while, and said another sentence.

"The sea of ​​bitterness is boundless, you must realize it early when disasters are not imminent, there is a way to the fairy fate, and the heart is not a grass or tree to return to the truth."

After saying this, Gu Xiangtan stopped looking at her, turned around and left the Shimen Temple, just like when he came, got into the sedan chair, and left here.

Not long after walking, Su Xi's head poked in from the outside.

"My lord, what did you mean by what you said to that lady just now?"

An Yin beat him outside: "After reading so many sutras, why are there still no rules!"

Gu Xiangtan pushed Su Xi's forehead, "It's interesting if she can figure it out, but if she can't figure it out, it's meaningless."

Su Xi looked blank, thought for a while and retracted his head.

But after a while, the curtain was opened again.

Gu Xiangtan glanced at him helplessly, but Su Xi said, "My lord, the sixth son is here to pick you up."

Gu Xiangtan was stunned, and hurriedly ordered to get off the sedan chair, lifted the curtain and went out, and sure enough, he saw Zhao Yuan standing not far away, there was still half a stick of incense away from the imperial city, he would definitely look for it.

"Why so early, didn't you agree to go at noon?"

Zhao Yuan said: "Third Brother asked me to come." The Shenwu General's Mansion has been completed recently, so Hou Bingchen invited Gu Xiangtan to the mansion as he said before.

Gu Xiangtan pondered for a while, Zhao Yuan must have gone to Sumeru Hall and found that he was not there, so he looked for it along the way. After such a detour, he left the door not knowing how long ago.But at this moment, seeing the serious face of the other party, Gu Xiangtan couldn't help laughing.

"Well, that's fine, you're already here, so let's go now," he said to the bearers, "you go first, if someone asks, just tell the truth."

Then, without being polite, she turned around and got into Zhao Yuan's sedan chair.

After a while, Zhao Yuan also came in, sat down beside Gu Xiangtan, and ordered the sedan chair to be picked up.

Along the way, Gu Xiangtan looked at the bustling scene along the street and was speechless, this time it was rare for Zhao Yuan to speak first.

"What are you going to Shimen Temple for?" If you want to burn incense and pray for gods, you can go to the Buddhist hall of Sumeru Hall, and Gu Xiangtan doesn't need to leave the palace.

Gu Xiangtan snorted: "You still want to ask me? Don't you know everything by asking Yanfang?"

Zhao Yuan looked at him, wondering what she was thinking, and turned her gaze away for a moment.

But Gu Xiangtan asked persistently: "Why don't you wonder why I know that Yan Fang was sent by you?"

Zhao Yuan didn't raise her eyes, and didn't speak, until she was annoyed by Gu Xiangtan's pursuit, and then she said, "If you know it, you will know it." This tone faded a little bit of coldness, and Gu Xiangtan could hear something. The smell of broken cans.

Gu Xiangtan was surprised, did Zhao Yuan never think of explaining to herself?Or maybe he thought that he might never know for the rest of his life.

In fact, after thinking about it later, Gu Xiangtan realized that if it was an answer that he could not cope with, Zhao Yuan would rather shut up, remain silent, and not answer, and rarely lie to himself, and he would definitely do it if he said it, and he would do it if he didn't say it. Do it silently.He used to always feel that Zhao Yuan's heart was hidden so deep that it took him so many years to be aware of it. However, after walking the road again and realizing it with his heart, he realized that this person has always been full of flaws. sincere.

Feeling Gu Xiangtan's gaze, which was deep and mixed with faint sadness, Zhao Yuan didn't understand, but for some reason, she also felt her heart flutter.

Just as he opened his lips to speak, Su Xi shouted from outside: "My lord, the general's residence is here!"

Zhao Yuan came back to her senses, got up first and got out of the sedan chair, then turned around and stretched out her hand to pull Gu Xiangtan out together.

Outside the sedan chair, the mighty and majestic gate of the mansion can be seen at a glance. Hou Bingchen led Xue Yiyang, Zhao Ze and a group of deputy generals to welcome them out in person, and said to Gu Xiangtan with a loud smile: "The Lingfo is here, please hurry up, the last general is gone!" Been waiting for a long time."

Gu Xiangtan greeted him for a while, then followed them into the mansion, and along the way, he could see how much effort Emperor Zongzheng spent to win over the great general.

Although this general's mansion is not as magnificent as the palace in the sky and the earth, the carved walls of Qionglou in Langyuan can still be regarded as majestic. The private school grounds for performing martial arts alone are magnificent and thoughtful. Hou Bingchen's words and deeds can also be seen It can be seen that he is quite satisfied with this new residence.

Several people came to the main hall again, where the banquet was already set up and they were waiting for Gu Xiangtan to take his seat.

This is the first time in two lifetimes that Gu Xiangtan has been so close to the people of the Shenwu Military Camp. Hearing Hou Bingchen introduce his brave and skilled lieutenants to himself, he thought that each of them has made great achievements in battle, but in the last life they may not have all good results. Gu Xiangtan's mood was a little ups and downs, and it was hard to explain it to outsiders.

And those lieutenants also thought that Lingfo should be aloof and non-human, but although the young man in front of him looked noble and elegant, he was actually approachable from the moment he opened his mouth, but after a few rounds, he had already made friends with everyone. One piece, without airs, and not full of Buddhism and Zen, on the contrary, it makes people feel very close and comfortable talking to him, but it's a pity that the general and Lingfo can't drink, otherwise the scene will be even more lively.

Zhao Ze is always the most energetic at this time, he drank the tea in the cup until it looked as if it was aged, he slammed the table and stood up and said: "Looking left and right always has no chance, and the Lingfo is also here today. Who of you will come out and let me compete to see how my kung fu has been practiced in the past few days."

Several lieutenants looked at each other and only laughed.

Seeing that they were silent, Zhao Ze looked at Zhao Yuan again, who took a sip of tea and ignored him.

Zhao Ze was furious, and said loudly: "What? You are looking down on me. The masters in the palace all said that I have made great progress, and the two of them are no match for each other!"

"Pfft..." After saying these words, someone finally spoke up, but the tone of the words was not very good.

"Master in the palace? Hehe, master carpenter or master gardener?"

Zhao Ze took a look and saw that it was the high-spirited genius doctor from last time. Thinking of what he said to him in the hall before, Zhao Ze refused to accept it, "Then you come, let me see what you are capable of, can you be a yellow-haired kid?" Talking nonsense."

"What are you talking about!" Yizheng was obviously not excited, and Dang even jumped up, "Since you are looking for death, I will show you my ability."

As he spoke, he turned over and jumped out.

When Zhao Ze saw his figure, his eyes lit up immediately, and he jumped behind him three or two times.

Xue Yiyang wanted to stop him, but Hou Bingchen said, "Follow them, if you can't beat them to death."

Unexpectedly, within a short while after saying this, there was a scream from outside, and everyone hurried to look, and saw Yizheng standing aside with his arms crossed in the huge courtyard, looking at Zhao Ze with hatred.

On the other hand, Zhao Ze was lying face down on the ground, clutching his buttocks and humming like a gossip.