Don't be clouded

Chapter 91

That Huoguanchen made it burn to the end.

All the people who came to fight the fire were stopped by him from the very beginning, everyone in Xuanqing Temple was not allowed to approach this place, and the Shengjing Hall burned until the sky brightened before it gradually subsided.

The Habayashi Army suddenly withdrew at this time.

Xuanqing Temple returned to calm.

Ji Bieyun was brought back to the prestigious courtyard by Guan Chen, and sat on a chair by the window.He didn't notice it before, and only felt pain in the soles of his feet when he came back. Looking carefully, he had been scratched by many small stones, and he should have been injured on the way to the Hall of Victory.

Guan Chen took the medicine, knelt in front of him on one knee very naturally, raised his foot on the knee, and carefully cleaned up those small wounds for him.

Ji Bieyun looked down, the slight pain was not serious, it just happened to be on the soles of the feet, which was a bit tormenting.Guan Chen's movements were very careful, but it was precisely because he was too careful that it made him itchy.

After a long silence, he suddenly said, "Why did Yuan Huidi stop after burning the Shengjing Hall?"

Guan Chen threw the stones he took out on the ground, and said, "Have you heard of the fire that the late emperor experienced?"

"What?" He was a little dazed, and thought about it after a while, "Is it before the establishment of Daliang, the fire that was rumored to have the help of the Buddha, so that the late emperor escaped from the enemy's ambush?"

The monk nodded, "At that time, the army led by the late emperor suffered serious damage and slept outside a dilapidated temple at the end of the day. There was only one old monk left in that temple. He refused to allow the late emperor to station there, saying that he had an epidemic that would catch all the soldiers, so the late emperor had to lead his troops to garrison on a distant hillside."

"It hurts, hurts..." Ji Bieyun gasped suddenly, interrupting the monk's narration.

Guan Chen looked up at him, and squeezed his calf comfortingly, "The stone is too deep, bear with it."

It's not that Ji Bieyun can't bear it, it's just that in front of Guan Chen, he deliberately pretended to be coquettish.

"It's because you hit too hard." He said deliberately.

Sure enough, Guan Chen became more careful, and his movements slowed down, and he continued to talk about the story after a while.

"In the middle of the night, the ruined temple suddenly flooded. The late emperor sent people to put out the fire, and then rescued the old monk. But the monk refused to come out, so he sat in the fire, chanted to the half-damaged Buddha statue, and kept repeating Talk." The monk paused, "He said, 'If I don't go to hell, whoever will go to hell'. The fire grew bigger and bigger, and then the ruined temple was burnt down, and the old monk died in the fire."

Ji Bieyun was fascinated by what he heard, and couldn't help interjecting: "Did he just die like that? Why did he think he would go to hell?"

"Because the fire attracted the enemy army in ambush." ​​Guan Chen said slowly, "The enemy army thought it was the late emperor's army on fire, and rushed over one after another, but in the end they were surrounded and defeated by the army stationed on the hillside. After this battle, the first emperor harvested a lot of food, grass and materials, and the enemy army surrendered many people, who were basically taken for his own use. From then on, the morale of the Liang army was greatly boosted, and they pursued the victory all the way, and never experienced a desperate situation.”

"That's why the first emperor believed in Buddhism so much?" He asked, "Is it because of that fire that saved him and the future leader? But this story sounds too god-given, and I feel that there are many mistakes in it. , Where did you hear these details? The first emperor told you personally?"

Guan Chen was noncommittal, "It was the late emperor who told me, it may be true or it may be false. I don't know what the late emperor was thinking, but this matter can indeed be used by me."

Ji Bieyun gradually understood, and guessed: "So you burned the Shengjing Palace, and said to the outside world that the Buddha gave blessings and dispelled this vision?"

"Yes." The monk raised the corners of his mouth invisibly, and smiled mockingly, "The so-called truth and falsehood, people live in reality, but they always need some fantasy, don't they?"

"Okay, but I have one more question." He asked curiously, "Then you wouldn't just hand over a memorial or letter to the palace, would you? Someone must be selected by you to offend the emperor for you, just like the emperor It’s like the last time you taught me to take down Yushitai.”

Guan Chen knew almost everything about him and answered: "I asked Prince Xian to send a letter to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and someone probably mentioned it in court this morning."

"Okay, so you planned it early in the morning, causing me to worry in vain." Ji Bieyun leaned down, a little annoyed, "It's Prince Xian and the prime minister, and as the abbot of the monastery, you have a lot of connections. "

The monk admitted his mistakes with a good attitude, "It's my fault."

He deliberately sneered, "You have made many mistakes, anyway, Xuanqing Temple is safe now, I have to settle accounts with you one by one."

"I need to give you medicine first." Guan Chen took a small porcelain bottle on the table, and looked down when he saw his wound, his expression was not very good. You have to learn to take care of yourself."

When the situation changed, Ji Bieyun felt guilty, "...does it hurt after applying this medicine?"

Guan Chen didn't answer, the medicine powder was shaken off on the wound directly.Ji Bieyun felt a sharp sting, which was just a small matter to him, but he purposely yelled "pain" and whispered: "It really hurts. If I knew that the medicine would hurt so much, I would have done it at that time." Time to calm down and put your shoes on."

The monk in front of him let out a very light laugh, and raised his head after the wound was treated, "Okay, you first think about how to settle accounts with me, and I will go back as soon as I go."

After that, he got up and walked out the door.

It wasn't until the figure disappeared that Ji Bieyun looked away and turned his wrist.

After the chain was cut off by him, the shackles were still on his body, Guan Chen only had time to treat the wound on his foot, so the shackles were not untied.He stared at the thing for a long time, unable to guess what the monk was feeling when he put it on for him.

While thinking, Guan Chen came in with a basin of clear water and put it on the table.

"What are you going to do?" Ji Bieyun just finished asking, when he saw the monk walking straight towards him, picked him up with ease, and put him on the bed again.

"Apologize to you."

Guan Chen took out the key from his pocket, untied the four shackles one by one, and threw them on the ground casually.

Wrists and ankles had bruises of varying degrees, Guan Chen looked like he wanted to touch it but didn't dare to touch it, stared at it for a moment, got up and walked to the table, took out a towel from the basin of hot water and wrung it dry.Afterwards, she covered his wrists with a towel, wrapped her palms around his wrists and rubbed them lightly, as if trying to loosen the bruises.

Ji Bieyun stretched out his hands obediently, and suddenly said: "Actually, Ye Shizi told me something else."

Guan Chen paused, then raised his head, although he didn't see the crazy look in the middle, his eyes were still full of guard.

"He said that during the few days in the palace, I often watched you secretly," he was a little embarrassed, "but I didn't even notice it myself."

Guan Chen didn't speak, just kept looking at him.

Ji Bieyun was ashamed of being stared at, and looked away, "So, you really deserve to be beaten up by me. The way you looked in the stone house reminded me of the first time I saw you, in the winter You were brought into my room by the housekeeper. You haven't become a monk yet, and you don't have any Buddha nature. You look like the most difficult overlord among the children, with fierce eyes, and you don't have a good face when you look at me. I thought you were going to rush up and hit me."

"Don't have a good face?" the monk finally said, his tone was not very agreeable, "I don't remember being cruel to you."

"Yes! Why haven't you been fierce!" He retorted, "After you became a monk, when I went to Lingdong Temple to play with you, you were very fierce to me. And once I was discovered by the great monk, he Bullied me when I was too young to dare to sue my parents, and called me a short-lived ghost who could not enjoy blessings. I was so angry that I ran to find you, but you let me go before I could speak, and don’t go to Lingdong Temple again.”

Guan Chen's face darkened, "He scolded you?"

Ji Bieyun still wanted to add fuel to the scene and sell it badly, but suddenly felt that the opponent's strength was a little stronger, as if he was restraining something.

"You are not a short-lived ghost who can't enjoy blessings. Don't listen to that person's nonsense." The monk said in a serious and firm tone. I'm just afraid that if your parents find out, you will be scolded."

He was a little moved, "I didn't listen to that sentence... I once heard a saying that people who have wandered between life and death will live a long life. You see, I almost died when I was young. There were also several times when I almost died, and according to this, I have already gone back and forth between life and death several times, and I will definitely live like an old birthday star with white eyebrows and white beard!"

Guan Chen smiled, "Yes, you will live a long life."

Ji Bieyun laughed for a while and suddenly put on a straight face, "Why are you laughing, you are here to apologize to me, be more serious."

"But when I see you, I feel better."

Guan Chen still didn't take back his smile, stood up after saying this, went to change the water and gave him a hot compress on his ankle for a while.

He was a little ashamed, and he didn't dare to tease the monk anymore. He didn't call out until Guan Chen finished everything and was ready to leave.

"I know you have something to do, but I haven't slept most of the night, can you coax me to sleep before leaving?"

Guanchen folded himself and sat on the edge of the bed again, watching him fall asleep with lowered eyes.However, the eyes of the two were relatively close for a while, but there was no progress, so the monk could only ask, "How can it be considered coaxing?"

Ji Bieyun came to his senses and hurriedly asked, "Can you speak love words?"

"No." Guan Chen replied very decisively.

In an instant, Ji Bieyun lost interest again, lay back on the bed, closed his eyes, and said sullenly: "Then you should recite Buddhist scriptures, this is the most hypnotic."

When Guan Chen's voice recited the Buddhist scriptures, he carried a power as broad as the sea. Hearing the chanting sound, he seemed to have fallen into a peaceful and inclusive sea.After an unknown amount of time, he finally felt sleepy.Between half-dream and half-awake, he vaguely felt that someone had gently touched his forehead and the corners of his eyes.

A peaceful but confused voice was like a dream and hallucination: "What should I do to set you free and protect you well?"

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