Gu Zhili said calmly: "Lu Ning, whether you want it or not, once you marry King Yi, we will be grasshoppers tied together!"
"What do you mean by this?" Lu Ning squinted with cold eyes and his voice was very low.
Gu Zhili put down the teacup and immediately changed his face: "Lu Ning, don't forget your life experience. Once the emperor finds out that you are still alive, not only the prince, but also the caravan will be implicated! You care so much about these people, you probably don't want to let them go."
Let this happen!"
Lu Ning had a sullen face and said angrily: "Gu Zhili, are you threatening me?"
Gu Zhili twisted his beard and laughed and said: "Don't dare, don't dare! After all, if your identity is exposed, we will also be implicated, which is not worth the loss. So, as long as you are willing to obey, we will definitely protect you to the end. At the same time, you also
Don’t forget to support your relatives!”
Seeing his smug look, Lu Ning gritted his teeth with hatred and wanted to kill him with a knife! But he was a high official in the court after all, so he couldn't do that!
"Shameless!" Lu Ning stood up angrily, glared at the two of them fiercely, then turned around and walked away.
She must not be manipulated by them! Never! She secretly made up her mind!
He pushed the door open angrily, almost knocking Su Bing over. "Are you okay?" Lu Ning grabbed him and asked with concern, "Are you injured?"
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter!" Su Bing quickly stood up and stabilized his mind before saying: "Young leader, there is a monk outside the door looking for you. He seems to be in a hurry!"
"What's going on in the past two days? Are there so many uninvited guests?" Upon hearing this, Lu Ning immediately frowned and looked very unhappy: "Well, if you are here to beg, please give me more money and food.
I’m tired and I can’t see any guests today!”
"But..." Before Su Bing could finish speaking, Lu Ning turned around and walked towards the backyard.
Unexpectedly, a figure rushed out from the side like a black whirlwind, blocking her way: "Young Gang Leader, please stay! I have come here specially because I have something important to say to you!"
Lu Ning hurriedly took a step back, subconsciously pulled out the nine-section whip, and looked at the visitor warily: he looked about sixty years old, wearing a greasy black robe, but he had a monk's bald head, and there were nine
Ring scar. This man has a sallow face and a thin face, a shiny rosy nose, and a pair of inverted triangular eyes covered with bloodshot eyes. He looks like a drunken sick tiger.
"It's you?!" Lu Ning recognized that this person was the crazy monk from Lanruo Temple...
"Hahaha! It seems that the young gang leader still remembers Pindao!" The bald Taoist priest laughed loudly.
"Why are you here?" Lu Ning didn't have a good impression of him, and he was rude to him.
"The poor Taoist knows that Shaobang mainly wants to marry King Yi, so he wants to tell you a story. After you hear this story, you may have other plans!" The bald Taoist priest stared at her and said with deep meaning.
"I'm not in the mood to listen to your story." Lu Ning's face was cold, with a "don't mess with me" murderous look all over his body.
"This story is related to your life experience, don't you want to hear it?" The bald Taoist priest's eyes became serious.
Lu Ning slowly put away the nine-section whip and said calmly: "I have heard that story. If the Taoist Master has nothing else to do, I will leave first!" After saying that, she cupped her hands and stepped up to leave.
"Eighteen years ago, almost all the monks in Lanruo Temple died because of you! Abbot Jueyuan even voluntarily burned himself in flames just to keep you alive. Don't you want to know what happened back then?" Bald Taoist Priest
He changed his usual free and easy tone, and his tone gradually became serious.
Lu Ning slowly stood up, spread his lips and took a deep breath before raising his hand: "Okay, come with me!"
She took the bald Taoist priest into the reception room of Xiulou and personally prepared some snacks and a pot of tea.
"I don't know how to address Taoist Priest?" Lu Ning poured him a cup of tea and sat across from him.
"The name of the poor monk and layman is Xu Daocheng. Before he was ordained and became a monk at Lanruo Temple, he was a wild Taoist priest who wandered around the world. After entering Lanruo Temple, Master Jueyuan gave him the name [Taoji]." Xu Daocheng started talking non-stop.
"Since you have already entered Taoism, why do you still want to convert?
What about joining Buddhism?" Lu Ning was puzzled by this.
Xu Daocheng touched his bald head and sighed quietly: "Hey, it's a long story. That's another story. Are you willing to hear it, young gang leader?"
Lu Ning smiled faintly and sighed softly: "Now that you've arrived, you'll be in peace. I'm ready. No matter what the pipemaster has to say, I'll be here to listen attentively!"
Xu Daocheng took the tea cup and took a sip before recounting the past eighteen years:
"I was chatting about the youthful madness. I hold the yellow on my left, the blue on my right, wearing a brocade hat and mink fur, and riding thousands of horses on a flat hill. In order to repay the love of the city, I followed the prefect and shot the tiger myself to see Mr. Sun. I was drunk, my chest and courage were still open, and my temples were slightly frosted.
, so why not! On what day will Feng Tang be dispatched in the clouds of Chi Jie? He will draw his eagle bow like the full moon, look northwest, and shoot at the wolf."
On the hillside outside Shengjing City, Xu Daocheng was riding a green donkey upside down, holding a wine gourd, and slowly climbed up the mountain road, drunkenly muttering this word. His body was swaying back and forth, as if he would fall down the next moment.
Get off the donkey's back.
One person and one donkey walked slowly to the mountainside, and a temple suddenly appeared in front of him. He opened his drunken eyes and looked at the plaque, stretched out his hand, pointed at each word, and murmured: "Lan-ruo-temple! This is it!"
"
This Lanruo Temple faces south, backed by mountains and surrounded by clear water. There is an ancient cypress outside the temple gate, with a green and dense crown, like a big open green velvet umbrella.
Xu Daocheng drank the remaining wine in the gourd in one gulp, wiped his mouth, then climbed off the donkey's back unsteadily, staggered to the door, stretched out his hand to find the copper ring, and buckled it several times. Before the person at the door could answer, he
Then he let out a loud belch and lay limply on the ground.
After a moment, the door creaked open, and three people walked out slowly: the leader, the old abbot, was wearing a cassock, with a white beard hanging down his chest, a solemn Dharma appearance, and his Dharma name was Jueyuan.
Behind him are two young monks in green clothes, one fat and one thin. The fat one is Wu Chan and the thin one is Wu Zhen.
At first glance, there was no one outside the door, and the three of them were slightly surprised.
Wu Chan suddenly pointed at the ground and exclaimed angrily: "Master, look! This drunk Taoist priest is making trouble again!"
Only then did Abbot Jueyuan see the drunken Xu Daocheng under the threshold. He sighed and shook his head: "Hey, bring him in!"
Wu Zen and Wu Zhen looked at each other and curled their lips at each other. They were extremely reluctant and did not dare to disobey the teacher's order, so they had to walk out of the door and struggled to carry the drunk Taoist priest in. The two moved him step by step into the courtyard and winked at each other.
They all let go at the same time. Xu Daocheng made a grunt and fell heavily to the ground, but he only grunted, turned over and snored like thunder again.
The two young monks looked at the drunkard on the ground, curled their lips angrily, and then turned to look at the master.
Abbot Jueyuan looked at the drunk Taoist priest and frowned: "Get a bucket of water and pour him awake! In a pure place of Buddhism, he is so drunk, how can he behave like this!"
As soon as the words fell, the two young monks suddenly became interested and immediately worked together to bring a large bucket of water. The two walked to Xu Daocheng's side, and before the abbot could say anything, they simultaneously lifted the bottom of the bucket, and a large bucket of cold well water hit him unconscious.
The personnel man was heartbroken.
Ji Lingling shuddered, Xu Daocheng sat up suddenly, spit out some water, and coughed several times. His whole face turned red and his whole body was dripping wet.
Wu Zen, Wu Zhen saw his miserable appearance at this moment, and felt happy in his heart, and couldn't help laughing.
Xu Daocheng sat on the ground blankly with his eyes wide open for a long time. After he saw the person in front of him clearly, he immediately stood up and knelt on the ground, clasping his hands together: "Amitabha, Abbot Jueyuan, I apologize for disturbing you!"
Abbot Jueyuan's face softened slightly, and he raised one hand: "Taoist Master Xu, every time you go up the mountain, you talk about Buddhism and Taoism with the poor monks, and you can be considered half a friend. But today, you came to this pure place drunkenly.
What happened?"
Xu Daocheng immediately apologized and said with a smile: "On the way up the mountain, I passed a wine shop. I was addicted to alcohol, so I couldn't help but drink a few more drinks, which offended me! Abbot Jueyuan, I came here to stay in Lanruo Temple for eighteen years!"
"
"Borrowing? Eighteen years?" Upon hearing this, Wu Chan immediately jumped up and said, "You stinking Taoist priest haven't woken up yet! Why are you talking nonsense!"
Wu Zhen also put his hands on his waist and agreed: "That's right! If Taoist priests don't refine elixirs in Taoist temples, why should they stay in our Buddhist place! What a beautiful idea!"
Abbot Jueyuan put on a straight face and scolded: "Wu
Zen, enlightenment, don't be rude to the Taoist priest!"
The two young monks pursed their lips and stopped talking. They rolled their eyes and turned away.
Xu Daocheng was not angry either. He stood up quickly, clasped his hands together, and bowed a few more times: "Abbot Jueyuan, Pindao has already explained the cause and effect to you. Please let Pindao stay for the sake of the people and the country!"
Abbot Jueyuan raised his palm and returned the salute: "Amitabha, Taoist Master Xu, although we are all monks, Buddhism is different after all. If you want to stay here, I'm afraid you have to enter my Buddhist door!"
Hearing this, Wu Zhen and Wu Zen stared at the master in shock, their mouths wide open and they had forgotten to protest.
However, Taoist Xu touched the bun on his head, chewed the flower seeds for a long time, and then gritted his teeth: "Okay! As long as you can let me stay here, I am willing to be tonsured and switch to Buddhism!"
"Amitabha!" Abbot Jueyuan sighed deeply and said meaningfully: "The Taoist priest really has taken a liking to that child..."
Wu Zen and Wu Zhen were confused by this unreasonable statement. But Xu Taoist seemed to understand and said without thinking: "Yes, we will meet here in eighteen years!"
Abbot Jueyuan then asked: "It takes eighteen years for a child to grow up. Is it really necessary?"
Look, that kid is just a kid with a yellow mouth now. After eighteen years, everything will be settled. With the right time, place and people, he can achieve hegemony!"
Abbot Jueyuan shook his head and sighed: "The Taoist priest is so crazy!"
However, Taoist Xu smiled indifferently and said: "I have lived my whole life just for this thing! Let alone eighteen years, even eighty years, I will still wait!"
Abbot Jueyuan twisted his beard and pondered for a long time, and then said quietly: "That's it, that's all! This big dispute is ultimately the reincarnation of cause and effect. You are so persistent that it is hard to get rid of your karma. I will help you!"
The two young monks were confused by the inscrutable words of the two men, and no one could understand their meaning. But they saw the rare seriousness on the abbot's face, and they guessed what was going on. The Taoist priest said that what we have to do in eighteen years will definitely not be easy!
"The child that the Taoist Master is waiting for...is King Yi?" Lu Ning suddenly interrupted him.
"The young gang leader is indeed smart!" Xu Daocheng sighed sadly: "I have been waiting for him to grow up! We met at Lanruo Temple eighteen years later!"
"So, what you said that time was not crazy?" Lu Ning suddenly remembered the words that Xu Daocheng said that day.
Xu Daocheng raised his head and laughed: "Hahaha! The world laughs at me for being so crazy, but the world can't see through my laughter!"
"What happened next?" Lu Ning suddenly became interested in his story.