Soon after moving forward, a stream appeared in the sycamore forest, crossing the sycamore forest, there was a stone table next to the stream, at this time next to the stone table sat a monk in a gray robe, was staring at the stone table very intently, I don't know what on the stone table can make the monk so fascinated, the sun shines through the leaves on the monk's body, to the monk who looks not very old with an elegant atmosphere.

Under the leadership of the warrior monk, Liu An and Xiao Yuanzi approached the stone table, and the monk seemed to be awakened by the footsteps of several people, and finally raised his head and looked at Liu An and his party.

The monk stood up, and there was a moment of trance in his eyes, but then his face was full of warm smiles, and he saluted Liu An with his hands folded and said: "The poor monk has no trace, I have seen Mr. Xiao An, since the last goodbye, the poor monk is very concerned about Mr. ”

Liu An also smiled happily, clasped his fists and saluted back to Traceless: "Elder Traceless, don't come to harm, it's Xiao An's inconsiderate behavior, and he should come to visit the elder from time to time." ”

In today's Dacheng country, in addition to the An Ruolan sisters who live in the deep palace, there is only Liu Ning, the king of Ning, who is a monk and lives in seclusion in Qinglian Temple, since fifteen years ago in Jinmen Pass and became a monk, Liu Ning has never set foot in the imperial city again, these years has been living in Qinglian Temple to worship the Buddha, do not ask about the world, escape the world, forgive sins, in short, the current Liu Ning is just a monk in Qinglian Temple, and is no longer the great prince of the Dacheng country.

Xiao Yuanzi's face was also full of smiles, and he saluted to Traceless: "The villain has seen Master Traceless. ”

Wuji also made a Buddhist statement to Xiao Yuanzi, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen Mr. Xiao Yuan for many years, and Mr. Xiaoyuan's fortune has not diminished. ”

Hearing Wuji call himself Mr. Obuchi, Xiao Yuanzi hurriedly bowed down and said very respectfully: "Being praised by the master is the blessing of Obuchi." ”

Traceless smiled slightly, turned his head to the warrior monk and ordered: "The poor monk and the two gentlemen are discussing the Dharma, you go and get busy with yours." ”

The warrior monk saluted to Traceless and said respectfully, "The little monk will retire first." ”

Liu An turned his head to Xiao Yuanzi and ordered: "You also go with this master, remember to donate some incense, and wait for me outside the courtyard." ”

Xiao Yuanzi said respectfully: "Mr. Xiao An, don't worry, the little one will go to the minister elder and donate this year's incense." ”

Xiao Yuanzi knew that Liu An was going to talk to Wuxian alone, so after saluting the two, he followed the warrior monk all along the way back, the reason why he followed in was just to see Wuji, since he had already seen it, it was not suitable for him to stay here again, after all, Liu An's conversation with Wuxian was not suitable for him to hear.

Wuxian stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please, and said to Liu An: "The stone bench is simple, Xiao An won't dislike it, right?"

Liu An smiled slightly, didn't speak, walked straight to the stone bench, and sat down regardless of whether the stone bench was clean or not.

If Wuxian was still the previous Liu Ning, he would definitely not sit opposite Liu An, because the courtesy of the monarch and the minister is insurmountable, but now Liu Ning is already a profound Buddhist Wuji, and Liu An also calls himself Xiao An, and he can sit opposite Liu An calmly without a trace.

After sitting down, Liu An also looked at the table with a distraction, before he was attracted by the look of traceless concentration, and wanted to explore the table, but now he sat next to the stone table, only to find that the stone table was originally a chess game, and it was an endgame.

After the two of them sat down, they didn't speak, just quietly watched the mess on the table, except for the sound of squirming leaves, only the tireless summer cicadas were singing happily.

After a long time, Liu An said: "Master Traceless, although the red chess is powerful, but there is a fatal flaw, within five moves, the black chess will inevitably turn defeat into victory." ”

Wuxian raised his head and said to Liu An: "The poor monk in this bureau pondered for a day before finding a flaw, but I didn't expect Xiao An to just glance at the variables in it. ”

Liu An shook his head and said with a traceless gaze: "The master praised, the chess game is the way to kill, I have lived in the palace for a long time, so I am naturally more familiar with this way, and Buddhism pays attention to the way of salvation, the master studies Buddhism day and night, and is naturally not good at killing, how can I talk about the level together?"

After the two looked at each other for a while, Wuxian took the initiative to look away, looked down at the endgame on the table and said: "The poor monk looked at the emperor's face, his heart was firm, his breath was agitated and gradually melodious, presumably it was the favor of heaven and he got a lot of chance. ”

Liu An raised his head and looked at the lush leaves, and said calmly: "The pure place of Buddhism is the best choice for changing your mind and thinking, and when I stepped into this sycamore forest, I felt something, and the whole person was suddenly enlightened, and I thought through some things that I couldn't think through." ”

Traceless picked up the pawn on the chessboard that went deep into the red formation, and asked Liu An, "Is the emperor ready to continue the way of killing or has he already comprehended the way of salvation?"

Without answering the question without a trace, Liu An asked rhetorically: "Brother Huang, don't you have a little murderous intent?"

However, in just a few words, the title between the two changed, Xiao An became the emperor, and at this time, Wuxian seemed to return to that rainy night fifteen years ago.

Wuxian put the chess pieces in his hand back into place, then closed his eyes, turned the Buddha bead in his hand and said: "Don't be happy, don't be sad, don't be stupid, don't be angry." ”

Liu An also retracted his gaze to the sky, stared at the pawn that was put back in place without a trace, and said calmly: "However, no one in the world is a Buddhist, sorrow, joy and hatred, good and evil and laziness are the norm.

Without a trace, he kept turning the Buddha beads, opened his eyes and stared at Liu An and said: "Stop the suffering of poverty, stop the anger of evil, stop the greed of laziness, stop the hatred of killing, promote the beauty of goodness, promote the love of friends, promote the virtue of humility, and the power of grace, the world is like this, all carefree." ”

This time, Liu An took the initiative to avoid the traceless gaze, stood up and walked to the edge of the stream, put his hands behind his back and said: "Since I ascended the throne fifteen years, I can only get rid of poverty, so what else can I talk about? How many fifteen years do I have left? If killing can stop evil, killing can stop laziness, and killing can stop anger, then why don't you kill one happily? Killing one and saving the world together, although they have different paths, they will end up together. ”

"The emperor can enter the Tao by killing, but can the emperor's successor inherit this way? Although Traceless knew that he might not be able to convince Liu An, he still said what he thought in his heart.

Looking at the unreal reflection in the stream, Liu An said: "Why don't I understand this? But how can governing the world be like this simple chess game? I have saved the world for more than 15 years, and I have barely achieved the pain of poverty, but there is one less word of poverty, but the word of greed has become countless times larger, let alone fifteen years, even if it is thirty or sixty years, this word of greed cannot be eliminated, and I cannot afford to wait." ”

"Then what does the emperor plan to do?" Wuxian is not pedantic, some Dao can see the end, but the road is full of thorns, and the end cannot be reached, so he took the initiative to end the discussion about Dao and asked Liu An's plans.

Liu An turned around, looked at Wuxian and said, "Kill a batch, save a batch, I don't know what the master thinks?"

Traceless continued to ask, "How to kill, how to save?"

A breeze blew, Liu An's robe fluttered in the wind, and the whole person exuded supreme majesty.

Liu An said word by word: "Kill the small to save the big, kill the chicken and set an example for the monkey!"

Wuxian didn't say anything, but closed and pondered for a long time before speaking again: "It's really hard for Xiao An all these years. ”

Liu An smiled freely, sat on the ground, then took off his boots, rolled up his trouser legs, and put his feet into the cold stream, and the whole person was happy.

Liu An propped up the ground with both hands, looked up at the sky again, and asked lightly, "Master, do you really not have a little murderous intent?"

The Buddha bead in Wuxi's hand stopped turning, this is the second time Liu An asked him if he had murderous intent, he knew what Liu An wanted to express, what Liu An said about murderous intent did not mean that he would kill Liu An, but asked him if he was willing to return to the mountain and be his Royal Highness King Ning again.

knew that Liu An was not testing him, but really hoped that he could regain his murderous intent and go out of the mountain to help Liu An govern the world, but without a trace he couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart, he couldn't forget the original posture of the gods, the thunder in the sky, and the empty battlefield outside the gate after the thunder.

Liu An knew that Wuxian would not easily agree to himself, so he continued: "I have always kept the Guogong Mansion, and I have also found those scattered family members back then, except that there is no original owner, it is the same as fifteen years ago, if the master is willing to go out of the mountain, I can issue an edict to admit that I misjudged the ancient Guogong at the beginning, and completely restore the honor that originally belonged to the Guogong Mansion." ”

Traceless's hands trembled slightly, and after listening to what Liu An said, his seemingly unwavering heart was already magnificent at this time, and his expression was also very excited.

Liu An glanced back at the traceless whose aura had changed significantly, once again increased his bargaining chips, and then said: "Master, Gu Guogong must have a son in the beginning, you must also know, are you willing to watch him live with the reputation of the demon all the time? You are Gu Bin's sworn brother, and you are also the father-in-law of that orphan, don't you want to bring your righteous son back to your knees to raise?"