The Eight Winds of Rebirth

Although the seminar will take eight days and nine nights, Emperor Zongzheng and the princes only need to be present on the first day, and Zen masters will do it for them after that.

After using up the refined Laba porridge in the palace, an altar was opened again as a dojo for "flaming mouth giving food". One by one, the presiding Vajra Master is still Guanzheng, and he is already familiar with the altar purification, opening the altar, offering incense, and worshiping. There should be no mistakes, but there are some small mistakes when offering incense.

After reciting the "Xiang Zan" with the master, the meritorious master has to worship in turn at the yoga altar, spiritual altar, and face-to-face Dashi talk, and this meritorious master is naturally Zhao Jie to take over. However, it may be the first time for him to practice this ritual, and he felt a little panicked, or maybe the turnaround in today's field was too strong, and when Zhao Jie walked to the altar of the Great Master, suddenly a gust of wind blew, All of a sudden, the raging flames in the altar were ignited even more loudly, and after flying in the air, they flew straight towards Zhao Jie's face!

In order to keep the flame alive, the altar is filled with flammable objects such as tinfoil, wax oil, etc. If it is sprayed on Zhao Jie's face at such a distance, burning his nose and eyes, the consequences will be unimaginable. He didn't even react, he could only watch the bright red fire shoot towards Zhao Jie's face like a swimming dragon!

Just at the very moment, a figure flew up from the crowd, pulled the Buddha banner hanging on the side, and spread it directly in front of Zhao Jie, blocking the wandering flames, and then pushed Zhao Jie to the side. Behind him, his huge body shielded him from the attacking heat.

Zhao Jie fell far away, and when he turned around, he saw that the robe corner of the man who had saved him was already on fire.

Zhao Jie's eyes widened, and he said anxiously: "General! Put out the fire! Save the general!"

Fortunately, there were a lot of taboos when the Yankou Dojo was set up, and Zhao Jie was somewhat prepared. Several large water tanks were in the distance just in case, and the monks and servants on the side hurriedly fetched water to put out the fire. An impending crisis was resolved.

And the one who saved Zhao Jie was none other than the number one general under the Three Kings, General Yubayashi, Hu Tiandong, one of the four generals who made Emperor Zongzheng fear a lot.

Hu Tiandong is more than a dozen years older than Hou Bingchen, and he has made great achievements on the battlefield. When the prince was still there, he was one of the few people who could barely fight with him, but when he got older, he was transferred back by Zhao Dian. After arriving in the capital, he was in charge of the troops of the Central Imperial Army. Of course, his [-] troops were still waiting in front of the border city.Hu Tiandong is tall and tall. Although he is old enough to know his destiny, he still looks majestic and unyielding. Just take the move he just saved Zhao Jie, General Yubayashi is really young.

Emperor Zongzheng and Gu Xiangtan hurried out of the hall to look, but fortunately, the fire only burned half of Hu Tiandong's robe, and there was no serious injury other than a small injury on his hand, so after some reassurance, The dojo continued.

Gu Xiangtan looked at General Yubayashi who was surrounded by the crowd and temporarily left to change clothes, then looked at Zhao Jie who had been slightly frightened, but had regained his indifference, and finally exchanged one with Zhao Su who was standing at the farthest corner of the crowd. Meaningful eyes.

So busy until sunset, the Water and Land Dharma Assembly on the day of Buddha's enlightenment finally came to a close.

Emperor Zongzheng returned to the palace with the queen and concubines after he had praised the third son, and when he left, Gu Xiangtan also left, and the courtiers dispersed.

Before Gu Xiangtan left, he received a warning gaze from Zhao Yuan, the meaning of which was self-evident.Gu Xiangtan curled his lips, and silently replied with his mouth: Got it.

After returning to the palace, he was indeed very honest, simply ate his dinner, and then stood by the window silently looking at the new moon in the sky, motionless.

Until a shadow flew across the sky, flapped its wings twice, and stopped on the high wall beside the courtyard.

Gu Xiangtan hurriedly opened the door and went out. The bird saw him and flew to the short branch in front of him as if he understood human nature. Under the moonlight, it could be distinguished that it was a big black pheasant.

Gu Xiangtan saw that a small bamboo tube was tied to its foot, looked around, and stretched out his hand towards it, but the bird didn't move, and let the other party untie the bamboo tube.

There is a small piece of paper hidden in the tube, and only four words are written on the paper: insist on not following.

Needless to say who wrote this paper, and who has the ability to tame hawks, Gu Xiangtan originally asked Zhao Su to invite someone tonight, but judging from the feedback on this paper, Zhao Su has already used it. Tried everything, but failed.

To be honest, this matter is really embarrassing for him. As far as Zhao Su's current position is with the Three Kings, how could General Yubayashi, who has always been loyal to the Three Kings, be willing to go with him easily? Apart from Zhao Su, Gu Xiangtan couldn't think of anyone else for a while, and, today is the day of "killing chickens to scare monkeys", Gu Xiangtan is still waiting for General Yubayashi to come out and play a big role, how can he do without him.

After thinking about it for a while, Gu Xiangtan turned around and put on his outer robe and went out.

However, just after stepping out of the door, Yan conveniently stood outside like a door god, directly blocking Gu Xiangtan's way.

Gu Xiangtan twitched the corner of his mouth and laughed: "I'll be back in a while."

Yan Fang was unmoved, with no expression on his face, not only carried out Zhao Yuan's words [-]% of the time, but also learned a lot of attitude.

Gu Xiangtan stared into his eyes, also slowly withdrew his smile, and lowered his voice.

"Go away..."

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When Hou Bingchen returned to the mansion, he wanted to find Qiu Yilou, and the servant returned to him. The girl Yilou said that the palace will be a dojo, and the general must be clean and tranquil in the past few days, so it is not easy to disturb him here, so he went back to Huaju today. square.

Hou Bingchen frowned, seemed dissatisfied, and didn't call for anyone, and went out of the mansion to find her back.

Huajufang, the famous pink brothel in the capital, in such a night, looking from afar, the Qiong boudoir embroidery pavilion is full of lights, and the hall is full of warm fragrance and jade, and all the beauties who come and go are full of pearls and emeralds, and their bodies are full of fragrance. It is really captivating.

Before Hou Bingchen entered the gate, he came from a distance, and a half-aged lady with a juan handkerchief and white powder came out to meet her, "General, General, you are here. I will miss you this afternoon." Then why Miss Qiu came back by herself, maybe she said something wrong and the general disliked her, and she was sad for her, unexpectedly, she saw the nobleman, really worthy of our Yilou's painstaking efforts to miss you. "

Hou Bingchen thought she was noisy, and he didn't like to let her get close. The tiger's eyes stared like that, which scared the bustard a few steps away, and he didn't dare to make any more noise.

Hou Bingchen threw an ingot of gold to her casually, and said in a deep voice, "I have something to say to Yilou, so it's inconvenient to disturb people, let them go if they don't have anything to do with it."

The old bustard held the golden thing in his hand, his eyes were straight, and after regaining his senses, he hurriedly shouted: "Girls, girls, the general is happy today, so I will let you rest for a day, let it go, let it go, what should you do?" Why are you going!" Because she was so excited, she didn't even suppress her voice, which was extraordinarily shrill and piercing.

Under the envious and alluring gazes from both sides, Hou Bingchen lifted his robe and went upstairs directly.

Just after turning a corner, I heard the sound of the piano floating from a distance, and one person sang softly with the music: "The jade man plays and sings slowly. Scatter..."

The sound is like the cry of a warbler, and the Lizhu falls on the plate, but it also contains a faint sorrow. It is long and melodious, and it circles the beam for three days.

Hou Bingchen stood by the door and listened for a while. After the man had finished singing, he slowly opened the door.

Seeing that it was him, Qiu Yilou's eyes flashed, then he lowered his head, stood up, and blessed him.

Hou Bingchen walked over and sat down, held Qiu Yilou's hand and pulled her to sit down too, and said with a smile, "Why did you come back by yourself, it's easy for me to find."

Qiu Yilou smiled, but the smile contained a bit of sadness: "Water and land dojos need to be pure in body and mind..." The meaning beyond the words is: I am born in a humble background, and I am afraid of polluting the feng shui of the general's mansion.

Hou Bingchen sighed: "How many times have I told you that I never mind your background, as long as you are willing, I will redeem it for you..."

However, before he could finish speaking, Qiu Yilou hurriedly interrupted him.

"General!" Realizing that he was too excited, he hurriedly suppressed his voice, "Don't worry, General, Yilou...isn't worth your concern."

Hou Bingchen didn't think so: "You deserve..."

Qiu Yilou's heart tightened, and after a long silence, he finally couldn't hold back and said: "Yilou's life is poor, how can he compare with Madam..."

Hou Bingchen was stunned: "You know, yes, you should also know that I am sorry for you."

"No, General, don't say that..."

Hou Bingchen shook his head: "No, I'm really sorry for you. I miss her so much, so I take you as a consolation. Even though I know it's fake, sometimes I still can't get out in a trance." Hou Bingchen heard the sad news of one dead body and two lives in Beijing. Even though time has passed, Hou Bingchen still couldn't hide his grief.

Although he knew Hou Bingchen's thoughts long ago, and he was here because of his thoughts, but Qiu Yilou's heart still clenched when he said it out of his mouth.

"I didn't treat you sincerely, so it's only natural that you don't want to go with me."

These words made Qiu Yilou feel ashamed.

Hou Bingchen said again: "The Buddha originally said: all appearances are false. Human appearance is nothing but falsehood, but everyone's obsession, even I can't avoid it. If you think about it carefully, it is unfair to my dead wife, and it is unfair to you." How fair, so you don't have to compare with her, there shouldn't be any competition in this world."

The more Qiu Yilou listened to it, the more uncomfortable he felt. Enduring the annoyance, he simply got up and said, "A few days ago, Yilou learned to make a kind of scented tea. Drinking it can calm the mind. Do you want to try it, General?"

Hou Bingchen looked up at her: "Naturally."

Qiu Yilou took a small box from the desk and made tea for Hou Bingchen without the need of a maid. Not far behind her, Hou Bingchen looked straight at Qiu Yilou's back with a look in his eyes. There was a flash of depth.

After Qiu Yilou finished her work, she brought the tea to Hou Bingchen. When she was walking, she stumbled and almost spilled it. Fortunately, Hou Bingchen gave her a quick hand.

Hou Bingchen had a gentle smile on his face: "Why do you feel a little lost?"

Qiu Yilou was stunned: "No, no..."