Clouds and mist shimmered between the pavilions on the top of the mountain, and black and white fell on the chessboard.

The old monk was happily laying white seeds, and Mo Fence was absent-mindedly falling black seeds.

"If you don't pay attention to it, I'm afraid you'll lose." The old monk said with a smile, just like when Mo Liang first saw him.

"But it doesn't matter if you win or lose a game of chess." Mo Liang threw away the sunspot in his hand and said impatiently.

"You don't have an attachment to this chessboard, you don't have a competitive heart...... But why is she so obsessed with a woman? The old monk knew that Mo Li would not play chess with him again, so he was no longer reluctant, but put the chess pieces into the chess piece one by one.

"There are countless creatures in the world, why does the old monk only care about me." Mo Liang smiled unkindly: "Isn't this a kind of attachment? ”

The old monk's face stiffened, and he recited the Buddha's horn and said, "Can the disciple know that people can be reincarnated?" ”

"I've heard of it."

"Everyone is born differently in each life, has different experiences, and may even have different appearances or genders." The old monk sighed: "You were in the previous life, and you are in the next life...... If you do good in this life, you will not be rewarded in the next life, and if you do evil in this life, you will not be judged in the underworld, and maybe you will not even have the opportunity to be a human being in the next life. ”

"What does this have to do with me? Past lives and future lives are not present lives. Mo Li replied.

"Life is in a hurry for decades, and it is a blessing to cultivate in the next life, why do you bother to dwell on the love of a lifetime, after the light goes out, you will start a new reincarnation, and you will not remember who the county lord is at that time." The old monk calmly persuaded: "There is a way of fate, everyone is different, and most of the people who are in love are shallow, why not follow fate and do what you should do?" ”

"What should I do?" Mo Liang sneered: "You said that there is a way of fate, I should have died of both parents as a teenager, and I should be alone with a weak kinship?" I have nothing left now, only lovesickness cannot be abandoned, but you actually came to me today to tell me, this is my fate? Do you think I can accept it? ”

"Your fate is not here, some people are just teenagers and bumps, but often people with great achievements, if you have been in love with both parents since you were a child, you will not be where you are now. Mohedge...... There is a certain amount of luck in people, and if there is gain, there will be loss, this is the way of heaven. The old monk folded his hands and said.

Mo Liang quickly grasped the point revealed in the old monk's words, and said: "What do you mean to say that my luck is to have great achievements in the future, and in exchange, I must be young and young, and now let me give up my most beloved woman?" ”

The old monk paused, closed his eyes and said: "A good man has ambitions in all directions, and the world sees that chaos is coming, even if you don't think of yourself, you have to think of these sentient beings." ”

"All sentient beings are what you Buddha should be, so what does it have to do with me? I don't need to do a big job, if it is possible, I would rather be just an ordinary teenager, my parents are still there, happy and healthy. Mo Liang got up and sneered: "What's more, the monk just said, there is a way of fate in this world, if the world is in chaos and the people are not happy, it shouldn't be counted on my head, they should be blamed for their bad fate, and the way of heaven is not benevolent!" ”

"You!" The old monk opened his eyes and said with a slight anger: "Stubborn! Do you know that you will have great ...... in the future?"

"In the eyes of the monks, is there only creation...... Only sentient beings? Mo Liang walked to the edge of the pavilion and looked at the clouds and mist in the mountains, as if he was in the fairy world, "You just want me to get ahead faster and let the power corrupt my soul, and you marry me just to paralyze the mind of beauty and let me go in the direction you want." ”

The old monk closed his eyes and recited the scriptures.

"Is this what a monk should do?" Mo Liang didn't look back, and continued: "If I really go in the direction you want, who will I become? Selfishness, greed, power and beauty...... Is this my great creation? A blessing for all beings? ”

"You're not a traitor." The old monk replied.

"Yes, so in this life and this life, you can't say that you can't move me, power and wealth are like floating clouds, only lovesickness can't be disappointed." Mo Liang said firmly.

"Alas...... It's also strange that the poor monk is too anxious, and he doesn't want you to take too many detours. The old monk shook his head and said: "It's not as simple as you think, but isn't it better for a woman to forget about each other?" Your friends don't have their dreams come true, do they? Why do you want to keep going...... In the long run, you are afraid of your life. ”

"Hahahaha!!" Mo Liang smiled at the distant mountain: "I don't care about the worries of life at all!" It is the right thing to pay for the love of our hearts, and as for my friend, we are just pursuing the difference. ”

"Then do you know that in the end it is just to make a wedding dress for someone else?" The old monk said suddenly.

Mo Liang frowned and turned around and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

"Your real master should leave you a word......" The old monk looked at Mo Li, as if he had an insight into it.

Thinking of the letter, Mo Liang said unhappily: "You know a lot. ”

"The poor monk shouldn't have said it, but he ...... If you continue to refuse to let go, then the qiē you have worked hard for today will be handed over to others, including your most beloved woman, when the county lord and the county lord are in charge. The old monk seemed to be talking a dumb riddle, he got up and recited the Buddha's name, bowed down and said, "You can do it yourself." ”

Mo Liang was puzzled and wanted to ask again, but he saw that the monk walked out of the pavilion in a few steps, and he actually walked fast, and when he rushed out of the pavilion, the monk had disappeared.

"In my place?" Mo Liang touched his chest and muttered to himself.

Coming down from the mountain, Mo Li did not return to the county lord's mansion, but went to Huo Mansion according to the original plan, that Huo Guiren's father was not a big family, but two generations ago was recommended by Princess Yang to enter the Ministry of Industry, and the next two generations have entered the court as officials. The old Lord Huo who was taken care of by Princess Yang has passed away, and the person who met Mo Li this time was the father of Huo Guiren, Master Huo, the waiter of the Ministry of Works.

Lord Huo didn't seem to be surprised at all that Mo Liang would come, maybe from the day his daughter saved the Lord of Fuqing, he expected that Mo Liang would come in person.

The two took tea and drank each other, and Lord Huo got straight to the point and said, "This time, but the county lord has something to send?" ”

"What the hell do you want?" Mo Liang was also not polite, and said bluntly: "If Lord Lao Huo is still in the world, I still believe that you have the heart to repay the county lord, but now things are not people...... How many of you are still grateful to Princess Yang? ”

Master Huo was not angry, he said frankly: "My father was frustrated back then, and his family was poor, if it wasn't for Princess Yang's help, my father was able to become a craftsman in the Ministry of Industry, and I would not have had the opportunity to take the imperial examination, let alone achieve this position today." ”

"Princess Yang is long gone now, even if you don't repay the favor, no one knows what happened to your family back then. It's not worth risking your exposure to save the county lord, you must know that none of you came forward when the county lord's identity was questioned before, and he might even be sentenced to beheading for treason. Mo Fence said.

Master Huo put down the tea bowl and was speechless for a while before saying, "Childe...... That's right, this person walks the tea and cools, even if we have the heart, we are powerless. ”

"Open the window and say something, the moment you saved the county lord, you should have asked for me or the county lord." Mo Li stared at him and said.

Master Huo took a sip of tea with a little embarrassment, struggled in his heart, and said: "Maybe the prince doesn't believe it, the noble man saved the county lord that day, and it wasn't just what we Huo Mansion meant. ”

Mo Liang raised his hand and let him continue.

Master Huo sighed and said: "Actually, our people have been staring at Concubine Miao for several days, and by chance we know that Concubine Miao's son has a connection with the King of Guangjun, and he is too bitter in the fiefdom, so it is not surprising that he wants to find someone for help." ”

"So when Concubine Miao learned that the Queen Mother and the Prime Minister wanted to give the county lord to the King of Guangjun, she took the lead and wanted to take credit for her son?"

"More than ......" Master Huo wiped the sweat on his head and said: "Few people know that the first emperor was actually interested in Concubine Miao's son, but later ......"

"Concubine Miao wants her son to have the support of King Guangjun." Mo Liang continued, so ambitious.

"The prime minister is strong, Concubine Miao and the king of Guangjun are eyeing each other, and the emperor is ......" Lord Huo suddenly got up and walked around in front of Mo Li and said: "This Kyoto is going to be chaotic, all ...... They didn't want the county lord to be taken away by the king of Guangjun. ”

Mo Liang had already heard what Master Huo meant, and it was no wonder that Huo Guiren was exposed and Lord Huo was exposed, if they were not voluntary, then someone behind them instigated and did not dare to show up, but Lord Huo obviously did not want to be slaughtered.

It seems that the so-called Princess Yang's old ministry is just a group of villains hiding in the shadows for their own interests.

"Now, they are divided into three factions, one is the most radical, they do not believe in the identity of the county lord, and even feel that the county lord is ...... Falling into the reputation of the princess, the second faction is very cunning, they want to use the county lord as a flagpole to win over all the people in the world who are grateful to the princess, then the third faction ......" Lord Huo looked at Mo Liang with some nervousness and said: "They want to marry the county lord, and then leave the blood of Prince Li......"

Do you need to talk about the rest of the story? Coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, this is an intention to rebel. It's no wonder that Lord Huo was so frightened that he had to bow his head to Mo Li.

"The princess's vision is really too bad, what can she save." Mo Liang sneered: "You sue me so much, what do you mean?" ”

"The old father is naturally grateful to the princess, and the Huo family will never have malice towards the princess. It's just that this time, the Huo family's foundation was too shallow to be pushed out as a chess piece. Master Huo said with some sadness: "I don't care with the nobles, since I was targeted by them, there is no hope, but the Huo family still has children, if possible, I would rather them go back to their hometown to be a farmer and a carpenter, than to rise and fall in this capital, maybe lose their heads!" ”

Mo Liang saw the kindness of Acacia being rescued by Huo Guiren, and promised Lord Huo to send his heir out of Kyoto and to his hometown in the near future. He stood at the door of the Huo family's gate, looking at the Huo family's plaque, and suddenly felt particularly ironic.

Back then, the old Lord Huo desperately wanted to come to Kyoto to show his ambitions, but after only three generations, Lord Huo would rather return to his hometown and resume his old business.

The prosperity of Kyoto is really just a passing cloud.