red and white

The sound of the suona is still echoing in the air, and the surrounding scene slowly dissipates like grains of sand, which is a sign of the end of the illusion.

Mu Gesheng was completely dumbfounded.

Because of his personality and experience, there are not many things that can really shock him. In his previous life and this life, the number of times he was dumbfounded can be counted on the fingers.

Even if he encountered Yin soldiers when he entered Xiguan in the city, his first reaction was not shock, but how to solve it.This is actually an instinct cultivated on the battlefield. When encountering emergencies, you cannot indulge your senses, because it may be just a daze, and you will die.

But now Mu Gesheng is in a very delicate situation, because he seems to be unable to do anything except be dumbfounded.

He tried to combine the key words in his mind - him, Chai Shuxin, getting married.

He married Chai Shuxin, and Chai Shuxin married him.

They were married decades ago.

He was still dead when they got married.

The most important thing is that Chai Shuxin didn't tell him anything, and just kept it from him for several years.

……

Damn, how could this happen.

Muge thought to himself, is there such a thing as a cheating marriage in a dark marriage?

"Fake monk." He raised his voice, "Come out, I promise I won't beat you to death."

A burst of laughter came from the depths of the illusion, and a phantom in cassock jumped out, "My dear disciple, how do you know I'm here?"

"Nonsense." Mu Gesheng said: "My silly girl said that the illusion was left to me by the third child, but there is no him in the illusion, it can only be your tampering."

He is now full of doubts about the structure of the entire mountain ghost spending money. It seems to store memories, and it seems to lead to another time and space.Everything that happened in the Yin-Yang Ladder is vivid in his mind. At that time, he rescued Chai Shuxin. Is it real or another illusion?

Although he didn't understand what was going on with all this, he knew that the little novice must have known everything, and this old bastard had lied to him a lot.

Mu Gesheng rolled up his sleeves, the little novice felt something was wrong, "What are you going to do?"

"Deceive the master and destroy the ancestors." Mu Gesheng said concisely, "Did you say it yourself, or let me ask?"

"...I don't have an entity now, grandson, you will die like this."

"I know, it's convenient, otherwise I'll ask you if you're dead." Mu Gesheng smiled and said, "I haven't beaten anyone recklessly for a long time."

"Disciple, you are so shameless, you really deserve to be a person who came out of my Tiansuan sect."

"Everywhere, the masters taught well, I just carry on the tradition and carry it forward." Mu Gesheng said: "So what are you going to do?"

"I recruit." The little novice raised his hands, "I recruit anything."

"It is said that the money spent by mountain ghosts was made by Fuxi, and there is vastness hidden in it. It can be said that it is the foundation of the seven families and the root of all schools." The little novice said: "After death, every fortune teller's soul returns to the money maker. into the vast energy in it."

"I know this." Mu Gesheng interrupted him, "Don't give the summary of the previous story, just talk about the main points."

"Young people nowadays really lack patience." The little novice sighed, "I used to be one of the fortune tellers, and what I can tell you is that the lineage of fortune tellers only uses mountain ghosts to spend money to start divination. method, as for its origin, the Heavenly Calculus has never fully understood it."

Mu Gesheng frowned slightly, "What do you mean?"

"It means that I can't give you a reasonable explanation." The little novice said: "My soul has been wandering in spending money for a long time, and I did find something strange. Have you heard a word?"

"What?"

"Sumeru hides mustard seeds, mustard seeds Nasumi."

This is a Zen principle - the mustard seed is a tiny seed, and the sumeru is a huge mountain.In Buddhism, there is a wonderful vacuum. A space as big as a mustard seed can accommodate Mount Sumeru. Not only that, but it can also accommodate the three thousand great thousand worlds.

Just like Shakespeare's famous saying, there is a universe in the shell.

Mu Gesheng understood what the little novice meant, "...You mean, there is a world in every mountain ghost coin?"

"This is just a metaphor." The little novice said: "But there is a vastness hidden in the money spent by the mountain ghost. This vastness may not be just a wave of energy, but something more complicated. The illusion you see through the money spent by the mountain ghost , maybe it's an illusion, maybe the mountain ghost's money is a door through which you entered another time and space."

"Or maybe, you have really entered the mountain ghost's spending money, and there is another world in it."

"This is so fucking nonsense." Mu Gesheng said, "Are you writing a science fiction novel?"

"I am a monk, and it makes sense in terms of Buddhism." The little novice smiled slightly, "Ten billion Mount Sumeru, ten billion suns and moons, called the Three Thousand Great Thousand Worlds, among which there are three thousand past lives and three thousand future lives. You see It’s just one of them.”

So did he save Chai Shuxin, or did he not?

"Disciple and grandson, you are a bit in trouble." The little novice looked at Mu Gesheng's face and said, "Actually, why bother to entangle so much? There are mysteries in a grain of bodhi, and it is impossible for even a fortune teller to understand them all. The important person is still by your side, isn't that enough?"

It is quite enough, not only enough but also very doggy.Mu Gesheng said: "Then let me ask you, how much of what I experienced in the illusion is real?"

"What is true? What is false?" The little novice said leisurely: "Everything has a law, like a dream, like dew, like electricity."

Mu Gesheng couldn't bear it anymore, and violently beat up the bald donkey who was playing Zen.

"...Some of them are still true, which is the truth you are referring to." This time the little novice was honest, covering his head and aggrievedly said: "Although the mountain ghost spends money very mysteriously, there are still some rules in it, such as entering People in the illusion can only touch dead things, and everything in the illusion must be related to themselves."

"That is to say, since you can see them, it means that these things really happened in the past. Chai Shuxin did burn Penglai, but he couldn't kill the painting, and seriously injured Lin Juansheng." He paused, and added: " And then married you."

Mu Gesheng: "..."

"But the rules also have loopholes, or these loopholes are also the mystery itself. The incredible things you experienced in the mountain ghost spending money are both true and false, and they will indeed affect the future."

"Then if I didn't jump into the yin-yang ladder—"

"Hush." ​​The little novice raised his hand and said, "Don't say anything."

There is a rule under Tiansuan's sect: Language will cause variables.

This time the other party is serious.

Mu Gesheng was silent for a moment, then said: "But this is too fucking nonsense."

"Are you referring to the mountain ghost spending money? Or did Chai Shuxin marry you?"

"..." Mu Gesheng silently rolled up his sleeves.

"Okay, okay, no kidding." The little novice hurriedly said: "As a generation of heavenly fortune tellers, it is impossible for you not to have noticed that sometimes it is not like heavenly fortune tellers who control mountain ghosts to spend money, but mountain ghosts. Money is being used to drive you."

"The inheritance of the Tiansu lineage is different from other schools. It has neither the unique skills passed down from generation to generation by the Yao School or the Mo School, nor the half-dead body of the Yin-Yang School. 49 mountain ghosts spend money, if the money is not there, the sky is not there."

"Actually, Tian Suanzi in the past has more or less repelled the mountain ghost for spending money, and you are the one who reacted the most."

"You should have an impression." The little novice said slowly: "That Yin soldier riot a hundred years ago."

A hundred years ago, when the Yin soldiers rioted, Mu Gesheng asked the seven families of the scholars to defend the city for support. On the one hand, they suppressed the Yin soldiers, and on the other hand, they fought against foreign enemies.

However, the seven schools of thought put forward conditions, whether to advance or retreat, to be determined by the hexagram.

This is completely contrary to Mu Gesheng's behavior. The mountain ghost spends money as his destiny, but as a soldier, the country is broken, and if he wants to fight for survival in a deadly situation, he cannot help him trust his destiny.

In the end, the seven families of the philosophers retreated without fighting, and suffered heavy casualties on the slope of the ancient city. Although he suppressed the Yin soldiers, he paid a more painful price.

Even thinking about it today, Mu Gesheng still feels chills in his heart. The seven schools of thought claim to be at the helm of all living beings, but it is based on the premise of preserving themselves.

"It's better not to have such a thing." Mu Gesheng murmured.

The little novice hummed, "You thought so, and you did it."

Mu Gesheng: "?"

"You guessed it right, the money that Wu Zixu left you for the mountain ghost was indeed manipulated by me, and what he left you is actually another memory." The little novice scratched his head, "But Chai Shuxin has been hiding it like this all along. It's not a problem for you, so I made my own way and inserted an extra paragraph."

He clapped his hands, and the surrounding scene suddenly changed, and they returned to Chenghuang Temple again.

Song Wentong was raging on firewood and salary, while Zhu Yinxiao stood aside, trying to persuade the fight.

The little monk looked at the scene in front of him and smiled: "This is what Wuchangzi of the previous generation left you, and there is the final truth in it."

"Ahem, fourth child, although I don't know when you were able to see this memory, I think it is necessary to explain." Wu Zixu rarely played the role of He Ximu, standing on the roof with a cigarette stick in his mouth , Holding a mountain ghost to spend money in his hand.

"Let's talk about what's going on now first. I don't know what Chai Shuxin has done. Anyway, he has become a Rakshazi now. He also burned Penglai, killing the painting will not succeed."

"This news is explosive, isn't it?" Wu Zixu sighed, "Then there is even more explosive news, he is married."

"I married you in the dark, I heard you right, the bride is you."

"The second brother immediately exploded when he heard the news. We originally went to Zhu's house according to your arrangement, and then rushed back from Chengque Terrace overnight." He pointed at the chaos in the yard with the cigarette stick, "He is beating people there Well, Chai Shuxin didn't fight back, but I think he can hold on for a while."

"How should I put it, actually, I think the second child is angry not because he married you, but because he didn't drink the wedding wine." Wu Zixu said, "He might still be planning to have a bridal chamber."

"Don't scold the brothers for being unethical, just sell you like this. In fact, Chai Shuxin is really interesting. Do you know why he married you in the dark? This is actually related to Rakshazi's identity, because fate Because of the reason, the soul of the person who has a bond with Rakshasa will not dissipate even after death."

"This is a paradox with Tian Suanzi's soul disappearing after death, but if he can really gather your soul together, you will be able to come back to life. Although we don't know if this is true or not, at least it is a hope. "

"It may take a long time, and I don't know if we will meet again one day, but I think Chai Shuxin should be ready to wait for you. Rakshazi can live for a long time."

"Really, my second brother and I thought it was impossible for you to come back to life, but he did it." Wu Zixu said softly, "Now my second brother and I no longer have any position to criticize."

He said with a smile, "Actually, I'm quite curious when he fell in love with you, but I think with your virtue, you must not be aware of it. We didn't even notice it. You are indeed the young master of the Yao family. Make a fortune."

"In short, our natal family agrees to this marriage." Wu Zixu gave a thumbs up, "It's not that we are not authentic, it's because the in-laws gave too much."

Song Wentong's voice came, "Don't talk so much, third child! Come and talk about business!"

"Here we come." Wu Zixu jumped off the roof and patted his clothes, "Are you done?"

Song Wentong snorted, he did not act lightly, it was the first time Wu Zixu saw Chai Shuxin with a bruised nose and a swollen face, but the other party didn't say anything, and wiped the blood from his lips.

Zhu Yinxiao's throat was dry from persuasion, and he spit out a ball of fire, which directly burned through the floor tiles.

Chai Shuxin said calmly, "I thought you came here to beat me up."

"That was just a matter of chance." Song Wentong clicked his tongue and said, "According to the arrangement of the fourth brother, there was no business for you here."

"...What did he arrange?"

"It's a huge mess, and the three of us will have to pay for it." Song Wentong pointed to himself, Wu Zixu and Zhu Yinxiao, "He set up a huge mess. Originally, you were the only one who could survive alone. There is only so much conscience left in that black-hearted rotten lung, and I don't want to involve you in it."

"But you are fine." Song Wentong sneered, "I fell in on my own initiative."