Wanshou Temple is a thousand-year-old temple, a prosperous place of Buddhism, Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang once became a monk when he was a young man, traveled around, and believed in Buddhism.

After becoming the emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang often convened the world's high monks, opened a Dharma meeting in Jiangshan, discussed the scriptures and practiced Buddhism, selected the outstanding among them, appointed official positions, and gave them a fortune. In the early Ming Dynasty, it was common to see all kinds of monks and officials wearing robes in the court. Zen Master Daoyan was favored at the Jiangshan Dharma and was arranged by Emperor Hongwu to revise the "Yuan History" in Wanshou Temple.

Later, Daoyan Zen Master sent an envoy to Goryeo, returned with a full load, under the fame, but retreated to practice closed-mouth meditation, which is incomprehensible, but after Emperor Hongwu heard about this, he praised Daoyan well, saying that he was indifferent to fame and fortune, and had lofty ambitions.

Dao Yan cut off the relationship with Yao Miaoyi's father and daughter, and it was inconvenient to continue to stay in Baihetang, so he and his son Yao Jitong both moved to the meditation room of Wanshou Temple to settle down.

Ten years of father-daughter relationship, it will be broken. Even Zen Master Daoyan, an outsider, was a little stunned afterwards, and he couldn't meditate when he read the scriptures and copy the scrolls, so he habitually touched the Buddha beads on his left wrist and threw himself into the air, only to realize that he had given the Buddha beads to Miaoyi.

Zen Master Daoyan walked out of the meditation room and wandered around Wanshou Temple. But I keep thinking about the past ten years and Yao Miaoyi's bits and pieces:

Pick up the little beggar-like Miaoyi from the temple gate; Miaoyi, who has a fever and talks nonsense; Clever and studious; The magic instrument that mixes the market; Miaoyi who first entered the Ming Sect; Miaoyi, who killed for the first time; Miaoyi who served in the army for his brother; Also, he decisively cut off the relationship between father and daughter, shocking and injured Miaoyi......

Today, the heavy snow stopped, the weather cleared, the monks of the lower grades in the temple shoveled snow along the road, shoveled away the calf-deep snow, and the stone road finally revealed its true cyan face, removing the decoration of the flying snow, returning to the basics.

Zen Master Daoyan felt that she was like the snow on the surface, Miaoyi was the stone road, when spring came, or under the interference of external forces, the snow would eventually disappear, and Miaoyi would show her original identity - the eldest daughter of the Duke of Wei.

That's it, that's it, maybe there is a definite number in every qiē.

I don't know who threw a note over and landed at Daoyan's feet.

A quarter of an hour later, Dao Yan followed the instructions of the note and went to a pilgrim's meditation room.

It's the Bright Elder Fox Trail.

The fox trail shaved off his gray beard, his hair was dyed black by something, his waist was straight, he was wearing a precious fox fur, and he seemed to be in his twenties younger, and the portrait of the bad old man on the bounty notice posted near the city gate was like two people.

It is estimated that Mao Xiang, who is looking for fox traces all over the city, can't recognize him.

Zen Master Daoyan said, "We thought you had left the city and fled to avoid the limelight. ”

"The most dangerous place is the safest place, and the Captain's Mansion estimates that I have escaped." The fox trace smiled, and there was a scholarly attitude between his eyebrows, "I have begun to gather the old department in Jinling and train the new people to make a big plan." ”

Zen Master Daoyan said lightly: "Oh? You didn't mention it in the Flying Pigeon's biography. ”

Fox Trace nodded, "That's right, I did it on purpose, King Xiao Ming is young, and I don't want to do anything, I plan to sue him after I get ready." ”

Zen Master Daoyan was expressionless and said, "After all, he is the King of Xiao Ming. ”

The implication is that the fox trail is good at making claims.

The fox trace was silent for a long time, and said: "Actually, if I sue you today, it is equivalent to suing King Xiao Ming, who has always been obedient to you. ”

This is a bit heart-wrenching, which is equivalent to saying that King Xiao Ming is a puppet of Zen Master Daoyan.

Zen Master Daoyan didn't even move his eyelashes, and said: "You misunderstood, Xiao Ming Wang is a person with ideas, but he is quiet by nature, respectful and polite to people, accustomed to discussing things, moisturizing things silently to exert influence on things, and rarely using Xiao Mingwang's identity to forcibly implement his ideas." ”

"Fox trace, this time when you were betrayed, just released from prison, angry, unscrupulous, I don't care, let alone tell King Xiaoming, you don't have to say such things in the future, Mingjiao is weak now, I can't afford to be suspicious and misunderstood."

Fox Trace and Zen Master Daoyan looked at each other for a moment, then made a gesture, asked Zen Master Daoyan to sit down, and said: "I'm sorry, in the past six months in the prison, I have always thought about revenge, and it is hatred that supports me to resist torture to extract confessions and refuse the temptation of Zhu Yuanzhang's high-ranking officials, and I have survived until today. ”

"After being released from prison, seeing that King Xiao Ming has been tepid, without any enterprising plan, I am very anxious, can't I restore the Ming Sect and push King Xiao Ming to the throne in my lifetime? Xiao Ming Wang followed you to practice Buddhism, did he also learn that the four are empty? ”

On the other side of the fox trail's questions and grievances, Zen Master Daoyan sighed: "You and I have secretly followed King Ming since we were young, and we have gone through ups and downs, and our loyalty to Mingjiao can be seen by the sun and the moon. Time flies, and we have gone from a young man to a white-haired old man. ”

"When we are old, the ideal we have been pursuing since we were teenagers has been repeatedly frustrated and has not been achieved, and we have devoted ourselves to this ideal all our lives, but now we look at reality and ideals seem to be getting farther and farther away. Disappointed, anxious, resentful, and full of mixed feelings. ”

Zen Master Daoyan put his heart into his heart, and the fox nodded again and again, "You and I were confidants when we were young, and now only you understand my mood best." Mingjiao can no longer be so tepid and passively beaten. This Ming world should belong to King Xiao Ming, you and I should be big people like Duke Wei and Duke Cao, instead of being incognito, cowering in the corner, like a rat crossing the street, it is the demon cult against the party that everyone shouts and beats. ”

The fox trace punched on the kang table, shaking the lid of the teacup with a buzzing sound, and his face was full of perseverance, "In my lifetime, I want to personally support King Xiaoming to ascend the throne of the emperor." ”

Zen Master Daoyan patted the fox trail on the shoulder, "Cao Cao has a poem that says it very well, 'Lao Ji is in the middle of nowhere, and his ambition is thousands of miles; The martyrs are in their twilight years, and their hearts are strong', the ideals of our people have not been eroded by the years, but have become more firm. Fox track, after the Mingjiao is recuperated, King Xiao Ming will definitely revive his morale in order to achieve great things. ”

The fox trace tightly grasped the hand of Zen Master Daoyan resting on his shoulder, and said: "I was imprisoned in the heavenly prison, and it was not for nothing, not far from my cell, the wife of the former adviser of the Duke of Wei was imprisoned, from her, I knew some secrets of the Duke of Wei's mansion, so I made an excellent plan, if it succeeded, it would be twice the result with half the effort for our great cause." ”

Zen Master Daoyan's heart sank and asked, "You killed that Mrs. Zhou?" ”

Fox Trace nodded, "I got the information I wanted from her, so I killed her. I didn't say it clearly in the flying pigeon biography, because I was afraid that King Xiao Ming would be soft-hearted and not understand my behavior, but it would bring unnecessary trouble. ”

"Besides, as soon as Mrs. Zhou dies, the faint crow will restore her identity as the eldest daughter of the Duke of Wei and start the first step of my plan."

I didn't expect it to be the fox trail who killed Mrs. Zhou, I thought it was the real murderer behind the murder of Mrs. Xu who bribed the jailer. Zen Master Daoyan was silent for a moment and said: "There are thousands of ways to kill an ignorant woman, you deliberately use the poison of the most dynamic strychnine, but in fact, you know that Miaoyi knows how to heal, and you can see the strange thing at a glance." From this suspicion I was secretly instigating, and I—"

Fox Trace calmly admitted: "That's right. You and I have been friends for many years, and I know your cautious and cautious nature. Once suspicious or centrifuged, no matter how reluctant he is, he will resolutely turn around and never look back. You can become a wise elder, stand tall in the Ming Sect for many years, and raise and teach the little Ming King with your own hands, and the principle of prudence is indispensable. ”

"I deliberately created this misunderstanding, so that your father and daughter are temporarily separated, and in vain, you chase away the faint crow, and the faint crow can let go of the fetters, return to the Xu family, become the eldest lady of the Xu family, and start the first step of this plan. You can rest assured, in the future, I will personally come forward to clarify the misunderstanding, and then make the next plan, and the crow will definitely throw himself into the arms of Mingjiao again, and willingly drive for us. ”

Zen Master Daoyan asked, "How can you be sure that as the eldest daughter of the Guogong Mansion, she will return to the Ming Sect and regain the name of the crow?" ”

Fox Trace sneered: "The faint crow has two knots, one is the mystery of her grandfather Xie Zaixing's rebellion, and the other is the truth of her mother's assassination. Only by mastering these two mysteries and interpreting the side we want to her will we be able to understand the idea of manipulating her. ”

Zen Master Daoyan asked, "Just like making the death of Mrs. Zhou?" ”

"Yes." The fox trace said: "Look, isn't this immediate? Everyone has weaknesses, and the ten-year father-daughter relationship between you and her is not just broken. Not for fame and fortune, but for the two unsolved cases back then, like the reverse scales of the dragon, they can't be touched. ”

"So your plan is-" Zen Master Dao Yan looked at his old friends and partners in front of him, as an elder of light, Fox Trace's scheming and strength were not inferior to Dao Yan, and he was almost undefeated, but last year the gutter capsized and was defeated by Guo Yangtian, a traitor.

Fox Trail collects the old department, reinvigorates itself, and gives it a go, maybe it can really get its wish.

Fox Trail opened a Go chessboard, personified in black and white, and detailed his plan.

Zen Master Daoyan listened to it and said secretly: If it really comes to that point, Miaoyi will be like a flame, and both sides will be scorched.