Don't be clouded

Chapter 21

The days in Xuanqing Mountain passed slowly.After the Thousand Monks Meeting ended, the mountains returned to tranquility.

Since the assassin came to test his identity last time, no one bothered him anymore. Ji Bieyun seemed to have escaped the suspicion of the people behind the scenes, and the influence of Zheng Yu's death gradually faded.

Fang Muzhi came to him once, nominally to see if he had spread rumors about the Fang family, but in fact, he had a pot of tea with him, and before he left, he hesitated and said that he would try it soon, so he went out to relax.

Knowing that Ji Bieyun was going to participate in the Deng Que Meeting, he made a bet with him that if he won the Deng Que Meeting, he would host a banquet for him to celebrate.

The rest of the days are pretty much every day.In his free time, he drinks tea, fights with Xu Yang, is pulled by Miao Ci to tell stories, and occasionally goes to the back mountain to see the scenery outside the Buddhist temple.

Except for the fourth day of March, which should have been the birthdays of Liu Yunjing and Huizhi.

Their birthdays happen to be on the same day.Before the accident in the Liu family, he still had family members to celebrate his birthday, but Huizhi did not.During the more than a year when he and Huizhi had known each other, Huizhi was still trapped in the Buddhist temple on the fourth day of March, spending a deserted day no different from usual.

Now it was his turn to be quiet.

Xu Yang couldn't get used to the quietness of Xuanqing Mountain, so he sneaked off to the bottom of the mountain today to find excitement.And Ji Bieyun was holding Ji Yao's shell, even if there was no one around, he couldn't reveal his birthday, but in the evening, he went to the small kitchen to burn firewood and boil water, and made himself a bowl of longevity noodles.

When the noodles were just scooped up, Guanchen actually came. Ji Bieyun poked his head out from the kitchen door, looked at the monk who had changed back to the gray and white straight clothes, and asked, "Have you had dinner, Master?"

Guan Chen was taken aback, "Not yet."

"Then you wait in my room for a while."

After Ji Bieyun left this sentence, he went back to the kitchen and ordered another bowl of plain noodles while the water in the pot was still hot.He walked quickly back to the room with two bowls of steaming hot noodles, and put the bowls on the table in a hurry as if holding a stove.

"I'm scalding to death..." He touched the earlobe with his fingertips to cool down, and greeted, "Hurry up, there is no meat in your bowl."

Ji Bieyun was under the table opposite the monk, and his bowl had been sitting for a little longer, and it was already a bit lumpy.Picking up the chopsticks and flipping the noodles in the bowl, I couldn't wait to take a bite.The noodles taste light, and the warmth spreads from the stomach to the whole body, finally dispelling the coldness.

After taking a bite, he looked up and saw that the monk was still sitting still.

"What's wrong? Do you dislike my poor craftsmanship?"

Guan Chen finally picked up the chopsticks and denied, "No, it smells very good."

Ji Bieyun was not in a hurry to move the noodles in the bowl, and rested his chin to watch the monk eating the noodles slowly, not sure if he liked the taste or not.

He couldn't get the sense of accomplishment from cooking by himself from Guan Chen, so he asked others: "What did you come to see me for?"

The monk put down his chopsticks, raised his head politely and said, "The benefactor will leave Xuanqing Mountain soon, right?"

He nodded, "That's why you came to me on the day of the Thousand Monks Meeting?"

Guan Chen didn't deny it, but asked again: "Has the benefactor's injury healed?"

Ji Bieyun smiled and patted his left arm, "Look, I don't feel anything at all."

"That's fine."

Guan Chen lowered his head again, Ji Bieyun also fell silent, the two finished their noodles quietly, it felt like a birthday, and he had the right to think that someone had celebrated with him.

Ji Bieyun took the bowls and chopsticks back to the kitchen, and when he returned to the room, Guan Chen hadn't left yet.

He hesitated for a moment when he stepped over the threshold, "Why, you are so reluctant to let me go, does Master want to spend the night in my room?"

Guan Chen didn't react to his teasing, and stood up slowly, with a little uneasiness in his brows and eyes.

"Benefactor Ji came to Chenjing, what exactly do you want?"

He instantly understood the purpose of the monk's visit, probably seeing that he was going to participate in the Dengque meeting, so he also knew his thoughts on making it to the top.

Stretching out his finger to the direction of the capital, the smile on Ji Bieyun's face disappeared without a trace, leaving only a coldness as heavy as iron.He said: "Look, hundreds of thousands of people are crowding into the square city wall for the sake of fame and fortune. From the outer city to the inner city, the more powerful the people, the more they go inside, biting until the end. , the most powerful will take over the innermost imperial city and take the world into his pocket."

Guan Chen didn't turn his head, just looked at him quietly.

Ji Bieyun sensed those calm gazes, but he persistently looked in the direction of Chenjing, "I am in Chenjing but I can control the affairs of the world. How many people dream of this kind of power. I am a layman, although I don't desire the highest The throne, but also wants to go to the heights of Chenjing."

He turned his head and met Guan Chen's gaze. The monk stared at him for a moment before asking, "Does the benefactor also have the world in his heart?"

Ji Bieyun thought of the border between Daliang and Nanchen when he was a child, the soldiers stationed at the border, the people of the two countries who were running for their lives, and the vast world inside and outside Shugu City.

He has read military books and maps in his father's study since he was a child, and he has also listened to a lot of teachings from his father's generation.

A hundred years of turmoil has destroyed the foundation of the world, and the people are looking forward to long-term peace and stability. Daliang brings this possibility to the world, but it is not the dynasty that the people dreamed of.

In fact, there is no such thing as a perfect dynasty.

Those who stabilize the world may not necessarily be able to rule justly, and the open and secret struggles around the center of power will never stop.His father said that an official must have his own scale in his heart, not only to be a minister to the emperor, but also to be a minister to all the people in the world.

Ji Bieyun always remembered those words, the Liu family was just a small part of the world, what he came to Chen Jing to seek was not only the justice of the Liu family, but also the world.

The half-true smile appeared on the corner of his mouth again, and he relaxed, leaning against the door frame with his arms folded.

"Who knows."

Guan Chen looked away, as if he had a lot to say, but it turned into a long silence.

Ji Bieyun didn't find this silence difficult either, he turned his head and looked at the young leaves growing on the tree, and felt a sense of peace in the evening spring scenery.

"It's so nice here," he sighed softly, "It's as quiet as when I was a child."

The monk looked down at the Buddhist beads wrapped in his hands, and did not speak, as if he was refuting his words with silence.

He smiled and said: "For you, it is naturally not quiet. When you become the abbot of Xuanqing Temple in the future, I should not be a commoner. I have some spare money. When the time comes, I will dare to ask you for a piece of land in the back mountain and build a garden The scenery is beautiful and no one disturbs you, how nice it is.”

Guanchen laughed softly, "Okay, the poor monk will wait for the good news from the benefactor."

The tranquility in the mountains seems to last forever, but Ji Bieyun knows that this rare quiet day will not last long.

It will never be like this in the future. When you wake up, there is a spring mountain, and before you fall asleep, there is a breeze and a bright moon.

The author says:

The last calm, the next chapter will enter the second volume

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