Mask of Rebirth

Emperor Qin Ming ascended the throne for five years, he used talented people and accepted advice with an open mind.Eliminate dissidents, kill all traitors in the court, quell wars, act vigorously, wisely and decisively.

He even borrowed Wei Ziyang's ingenious method to vigorously develop the greenhouse farming industry, expand the army, improve bows, bed crossbows and other weapons, promote vaccinia vaccination, prevent epidemics, and promote surrounding commerce.For a time, the state of Qin prospered vigorously, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, had ample food and clothing, and the economy developed rapidly.

In just a few years, Qin State developed into the most powerful country among the Three Kingdoms, and all the people respected it as the emperor of Ming Dynasty.

Not only that, but Qin Mu promoted Buddhist etiquette, and spared no expense in building monasteries.During his reign, he went to Jinchan Temple many times in person to pay homage to the soldiers of the Zhonglie Hall, worship the Buddha and fast, every year like this, rain or shine.

This year is already the sixth year.

The holy intention came early from the court, and it is all right as in previous years. The emperor will come here to fast for half a month, and the idlers will avoid it.

On the second day after receiving the imperial decree, Wei Ziyang went down the mountain early.

Although he is only a disciple of the layman and has not performed the ceremony of shaving, he has always been like everyone else, beating the bell and striking the bullock every day, worshiping the Buddha and chanting scriptures, learning Buddhist rituals, and has never broken the precepts.More or less can be considered a monk.

It's just that every year at this time he would be upset and had to bid farewell to his master, go out for a visit, and pay homage to the world's famous mountains and temples.

This walk lasted for a month or two, so the two had never met each other.

This time it was Kong Kong who went down the mountain with him. The two were ordered by their teacher to escort a golden Buddha statue to Anren Temple in Lu Kingdom.

It's spring and the flowers are blooming. The further south you go, the more pleasant the scenery will be.The world has been peaceful for many years, and it is a time of prosperity again. Along the way, the scene of corpses strewn all over the ground is no longer seen.On the official road, the warm sheds on both sides stretch to the distance, neat and uniform, endless, very prosperous.

"Junior brother, I guess you invented this too?"

"how do you know?"

Kong Kong chuckled, "It is said that the warm shed came out of the Beiling area a few years ago, and you happened to be there at that time, so it must be you."

"You guessed it." However, it has developed everywhere in just a few years, which was not expected at the beginning.

"I really admire you. How did you come up with those waterwheels, ladders, folding chairs, and this greenhouse?"

"This is not something I came up with, I just made good use of other people's wisdom." However, it is still very satisfying to watch the people live a life of adequate food and clothing.

Wei Ziyang shook his head with a smile, thinking: No wonder Master refuses to formally accept me as an apprentice, even this vanity can't let go, so how come the six senses are pure.It seems that I will be an ordinary person for the rest of my life!

"With those things, you don't know how much effort I saved, otherwise my juniors and I would have to go down the mountain to fetch water every day, and we wouldn't have to do anything else after several trips."

"When people don't want to work, they will come up with some weird tools to do it for them, so lazy people promote social development."

Kong Kong nodded again and again, "It seems very reasonable....It would be even better if you can find another tool that can chop wood for me."

"I want to be lazy again, be careful if the master finds out and punish you!"

"I'm promoting social development, that's what you said."

The corners of Wei Ziyang's eyes twitched twice, and he was speechless.

This senior brother, who is in his twenties, still has a child's heart, and he likes to bicker with him the most on weekdays, but fortunately, with him, life in the monastery will not be so boring.Of course, those little pirated inventions were also intentionally or unintentionally prompted by Wei Ziyang to come up with them.

Fortunately, they are all innocuous things, which are only used in temples on weekdays, and will not be spread outside to make people suspicious.

"We will be able to reach Yufeng Mountain in the evening, do you want to go to the mountain and have a look?"

"What are you going there for?"

Kong Kong laughed and said, "Go and pay homage to you."

"It's not like a senior brother! Drive your car."

The two talked and laughed and soon went up the mountain road. The mountains here are undulating and the terrain is dangerous. It is a place where soldiers must fight.A few years ago, Lu Yang sent his army northward from this place and captured the five cities of Qin State all the way. It was once unstoppable, but it was a pity that he met his nemesis when he reached the Jinsha River. In just one year, he ended in a disastrous defeat.

The north of the mountain is the territory of the Qin State, and you can enter the territory of the Lu State by crossing the highest Yufeng Mountain. Because it is the border between the two countries, some criminals who committed serious crimes fled here, and detoured at the border between the two countries to escape the search of the officers and soldiers. Some mountain thieves who make a living by robbing houses and robbing houses.

Coincidentally, the two of them met such a group of robbers today because their luck was too low.

I thought it was just an ordinary robbery, but the situation seemed to be not that simple. They seemed to have been lying in wait here for a long time, and they were waiting for visitors from Jinchan Temple!I don't know where they got the news, but they came straight to the golden Buddha.

Wei Ziyang crawled out of the dead, so naturally he was not afraid of any scenes of swords and swords. Not only did he not have stage fright, but he watched the excitement from the sidelines.

Although Kongkong is strong in martial arts, he can't hold back the bandits who set traps everywhere, and there are so many people, it's not difficult to protect himself, but it's not easy to protect Wei Ziyang and the Golden Buddha who don't know martial arts at the same time.Soon, they were outnumbered and gradually lost ground.

The two groups were having a lively fight, and out of nowhere, another group of guys who didn't know whether they were enemies or friends appeared.

As soon as the leader saw the thieves making trouble, he ordered his subordinates to take action without saying a word, and the several groups immediately fought into a ball.

For a moment, the dust flew around and the atmosphere was smoky. Wei Ziyang couldn't see which hero it was that rescued him.

Fortunately, with their help, the two black-clothed men with strong martial arts soon beat up those gangsters and fled for their lives crying and howling.

"No need to chase."

The two men in black, who were about to take advantage of the victory and chase after him, returned to the leader's side, bowed their heads and cupped their fists, "Yes, master."

"It's getting late, let's continue on our way."

Kong Kong trotted over in a hurry and took a closer look. The outfits of these three people were really strange. They were all wearing black clothes, black trousers and black scarves, and the person on the right was still one-eyed. Eagle-like eyes, very sharp.Putting his hands together in front of his chest, Kong Kong saluted and said, "Thank you a few benefactors for your help."

The leader gave him a condescending look, and with some doubts in his heart, he turned his head and asked the subordinates beside him, "Why do you look familiar?"

"Returning to the master, he seems to be a monk from Jinchan Temple."

"Oh?...Are you from Jinchan Temple?"

"The benefactor has good eyesight, and the poor monk's dharma name is Void...that is my junior brother, Void!"

The man in the lead glanced into the distance, and saw that Wu Wu was placing the golden Buddha in the car with his back on his back. He was wearing a bamboo hat to cover most of his side face, and only his long hair above his waist could be seen dancing in the wind.I can't help wondering why the monks of Jinchan Temple have not been ordained.But this thought just passed by in a flash, and turned to the void and whispered: "I don't know where the two of you are going?"

"The two of us are ordered by the teacher to go to Anren Temple."

The man nodded, "I also have some friendship with Master Zhiming, the abbot of Jinchan Temple. Since we are on the same road, you two should go with me, so as not to be ambushed by those thieves again."

"Oh, the benefactor knows my master? No wonder I feel that some people are kind." After thinking about it, Kong Kong thought that it would be good to go with a few people, so he nodded in agreement.

On the road again, the five of them walked together.On the long road, several people couldn't help but chatted, only Wei Ziyang hid in the car and didn't say a word.

The breeze occasionally blows the door curtain, and he can be vaguely seen holding a Buddhist scripture, like an old monk in meditation, looking very engrossed, but the bamboo hat is still blocking it, so his true face cannot be seen.

The person in the lead felt vaguely that the figure of this person seemed somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it before.Jin Chan Temple?But I have been there many times, and I have never seen any unshaved lay disciples.

Yufeng Mountain is close in front of you, and the fork road splits into two stretches, one is the road up the mountain, and the other is the road around the mountain, both of which can directly lead to the territory of Lu State.But at this time, the shortcut has been blocked by some gravel and dead trees. It seems that the landslide caused by the rain last night made it impossible to pass.

"Junior brother, it seems that this time you can't go up the mountain if you don't want to. Look."

Wei Ziyang lifted the bamboo hat slightly, glanced over there, nodded, and covered the bamboo hat again.

"It may be a bit bumpy to walk from this road, please sit down." Kong Kong said to those people again: "The mountain road is difficult, if the benefactors are in a hurry, they don't have to wait for us."

The leader nodded and said: "Alright, there are officers and soldiers stationed in this area all the time, and there will be no thieves to make trouble, so I will leave first."

"It's time to work, a few benefactors go slowly."

Kong Kong was humble and polite, but the junior brother who was hiding inside was a little too rude, he never showed his face from the beginning to the end, let alone said a word.It is really rare for a monk to be so arrogant!The man in black glanced at the motionless door curtain, feeling slightly dissatisfied.

Several people said goodbye and galloped away, looking like they really had something urgent to do.

Kong Kong was not in a hurry to hurry, it was already dark, even if he hurried, he would have to spend the night on the mountain tonight.

"Junior brother, what do you think those people do? Why can't I remember where I saw them?"

It took a long time before Wei Ziyang replied softly, "Maybe I went to the temple to burn incense."

is it him?It shouldn't be such a coincidence, right?

Wei Ziyang has always been unsure whether the man blocking his face is Qin Mu, it seems vague and vague.It has been almost six years, and I have almost forgotten everything, even the voice.What's more, Qin Mu should be on the way to Jinchan Temple at this time, it should be unlikely to come here, maybe he just thinks too much.

The sky was getting dark, there was no moonlight tonight, the mountain road was really difficult to walk, Kong Kong was planning to find a clean place to spend the night, when he saw some flickering fires in the distance, it seemed that many people gathered there.

"You won't meet bandits again, will you?"

Wei Ziyang thought for a moment, "Find a way around."

"Probably not, you see."

The flames in the distance seemed to be getting denser and denser, and people walking around could be seen vaguely, so there must be a lot of people. "You wait here, I'll explore the way first."

"Brother!"

Kong Kong turned his head and waved his hands, "I will be careful."