Everyone's faces were embarrassed for a while, but the old monk bowed slightly: "A few donors, please." ”

Wei Han whispered: "No conflict, no conflict, I just didn't expect the prince to want to listen to Zen." ”

Xia Chen was also very surprised, you must know that ordinary people can't understand it, and if you can't understand it, it's a kind of torture, Helan Gong has also read Buddhist scriptures?

Helan Gong said: "This king does not understand Buddhism, but only asks for Zen for his uncle." After that, he glanced at Xia Chen: "It's King Ge's mother." ”

Xia Chen said: "How does the prince know that I know King Ge?" ”

Helan Gong smiled slightly: "He mentioned you in his letter to me before he left. ”

"Oh." Xia Chen was very surprised when he heard this, but he didn't want to ask anything.

When they arrived at Bo'en Temple, Xia Chen and others went to the incense hall to enter the incense, and Helan Gong was taken by the old monk to see the elders of the temple, and he did not see him until noon at the time of fasting.

After dinner, under the guidance of a little monk, they toured the temple, a rather neat and simple courtyard, several Buddhist halls and pagodas of different sizes and styles, coupled with the boundless blue waves and the mountain breeze mixed with lush green incense, which made people feel quiet and solemn in their hearts.

Xia Chen has never believed that people can really get rid of Hongchen, let alone get rid of the pain of birth, old age, sickness and death, but when she got here, she felt that she could put aside the trivial matters of Hongchen for the time being.

When the sun was in the west, Helan Gong came out of the meditation room, and looking at his expression, it seemed that he was still immersed in thinking about some questions.

Wei Han asked, "Can the prince get a satisfactory answer?" ”

Helan Gong: "It doesn't matter if you're satisfied or not, it's not too early, let's go down the mountain." ”

Xia Chen glanced at each other. Got on the horse and left the Bo'en Temple and walked down the mountain, and no one spoke again along the way.

Until he reached the foot of the mountain, Helan Gong suddenly said: "Since all the qiē is empty. And why do people live? ”

Everyone looked at each other, and Wei Han spoke first: "Why don't you live?" I think it's fun to be alive. ”

Helan Gong said: "Besides, those monks, since they think that everything is empty, why do they still have to keep so many rules and precepts? This king really can't figure it out. ”

Xia Chen said: "Tranquility is a quiet bundle. The principle of Buddhism is to let go of attachments and pursue a natural state of mind, right? The prince wants to understand that he is obsessed, isn't this asking for trouble? ”

Helan Gong looked at the south city gate and sighed slightly: "I want to be quiet." Then he harnessed his horse and galloped towards the city gate.

Cen Shaoyou looked at his back and suddenly laughed: "This little prince is really interesting, how many people can't understand the truth in their lifetime." Did he even want to find out? ”

Xia Chen shrugged his shoulders: "I used to think about similar problems, but later I found that even if I wanted to blow up my head, I couldn't think of why." So I had to give up. ”

Cen Shaoze asked with interest: "What problem is Chen'er thinking?" ”

Xia Chen smiled: "If I say it, you will think about it, I don't want to give you a headache." ”

The more she said this, the more curious they became, and they kept asking.

Xia Chen said helplessly: "Since you are not afraid of not being able to sleep." I'll just say it. The question I want to ask is – where do people come from? Who am I? ”

Everyone was stunned, and Cen Shaoyou said, "Where did the people come from?" Is this a problem? Beat the mother's womb. ”

Hearing this, everyone else burst out laughing, and Xia Chen even smiled wryly: "Brother Shaoyou, I mean where did the first person come from?" For example, did the egg come first, or did the chicken come first? ”

"This ...... I really can't think of it. Cen Shaoyou scratched his head.

Wei Han said: "This question is very difficult, but the second question is much simpler. Who am I? I'm Wei Han! ”

Xia Chen said: "Brother Wei, if you were born an orphan with no name and no surname. So do you think it's time to tell people who you are? ”

Wei Han was stunned: "Then I am ......"

Cen Shaoze said: "Chen'er, why do you think about these strange questions? It's a real headache. ”

Xia Chen smiled: "You have to ask." ”

Wei Han said: "Chen'er, do you have an answer?" ”

Xia Chen blinked his eyes: "Don't say, you can think about it first, in a few days, I will tell you my answer." This kind of question is similar to color is empty, just look at personal perception and understanding, who will have a standard answer!

Wei Han sighed: "Chen'er, you are too unruly!" Are you really going to make us want to break our heads? ”

Xia Chen said: "It's not that I don't want to say it, just take this chicken and egg as an example, different people should think differently." ”

Cen Shaoze smiled slightly: "I understand, what Chen'er means is that this kind of problem is the benevolent and the wise." ”

Xia Chen sighed: "In the end, Brother Cen is still smart." After that, he turned his head and looked at Wei Han: "It's just you, I don't think it's better not to think about it." ”

Wei Han laughed and said: "Chen'er, you're so right, I really don't plan to think about it, it doesn't matter if he has chickens or eggs first, anyway, I eat both chickens and eggs." As for who I am! My name is Wei Han, no name or surname, I'm all me. ”

Xia Chen was a little impressed by this guy when he heard this, is this called great wisdom and foolishness? Or the blind cat has run into a dead number, isn't what he said the simplest and best answer, he struggled for half a month to come to such a conclusion.

Cen Shaoyou said: "Wei Han! You kid is just lazy and stupid, and you have a lot of words. ”

Wei Han smiled: "Didn't King Hai Lian just say that every qiē is empty, isn't it too stupid for me to bother with a bunch of 'empty'?" ”

Entering the south city gate, Yue Feiyun said, "I want to go back to the General's Mansion." ”

Cen Shaoyou said: "I also have something to see my uncle." ”

Wei Han looked at Cen Shaoze: "I have to go first to see if King Hai Lao has gone back, there will be some personal matters later, you can take Chen'er back first, right?" ”

Cen Shaoze nodded: "You guys go and get busy, Chen'er and I will go back to the house first." ”

Sitting on Cen Shaoze's horse, Xia Chen suddenly remembered the time in Zhaojia Village. "I don't know if my grandmother is busy with the farm as in previous years, and the second uncle should have gone out of the customs with the team."

Cen Shaoze said: "The border pass is relatively peaceful for a while, you don't have to worry too much." ”

"Hmm."

"That's right, Chen'er. Have you seen Prince Fengyue lately? ”

Xia Chen said vaguely: "I have been living in Cen Mansion, how can I see him?" ”

Cen Shaoze said: "I mean after you went to Fengyue Villa for a banquet that time. ”

"Oh, once I saw it. He said that he was going to take a friend to look for medicinal herbs, but he didn't know if he had set off. ”

"That's right." Cen Shaoze said lightly.

When they arrived at Cen Mansion, the doorman hurriedly greeted him: "You guys are back, Yueniang has an accident." ”

Cen Shaoze and Xia Chen asked in surprise at the same time, "What's wrong?" ”

The doorman handed an envelope to Xia Chen: "Yueniang went out to buy things early in the morning and didn't come back here, about half an hour ago, a child sent this letter, saying that someone asked him to bring a message to Xia Gongzi, saying that he wanted to find Yueniang." Do as the letter says. ”

Xia Chen has opened the letter, and the letter said that at two o'clock, he will meet at the Yuelai Tavern in the west of the city. Prepare two hundred taels of silver, and you can't bring others or weapons, otherwise you don't want to see Yueniang again.

Cen Shaoze also saw the content of the letter: "Chen'er, there is still plenty of time. House in advance. ”

Xia Chen nodded and entered the hospital with Cen Shaoze. The doorman hurriedly closed the door. While walking towards the hall, Cen Shaoze asked, "Chen'er, do you think this incident is a coincidence, or is someone deliberately coming at you?" ”

Xia Chen's expression looked very solemn: "Of course it's not a coincidence, Yueniang has always dressed simply, and buying things is nothing more than buying some fruit snacks and the like, which kidnapper and blackmail will find her as a target?" The other party asked for two hundred taels of silver, thinking that it was just a pretense. ”

Cen Shaoze said: "In this way, is it really your eldest uncle as Wei Han said?" ”

Xia Chen frowned: "Although I don't believe my cousin's words. But this possibility is not ruled out. ”

Cen Shaoze pondered for a moment: "Think about it again, who else wants to deal with you?" ”

Xia Chen said: "The person who set fire to me last time and wanted to burn me to death has not been caught yet. As for the mastermind behind the scenes, I can probably guess a point or two. ”

"Who is it?"

Xia Chen smiled bitterly: "It has nothing to do with Xia Fu, and the other party obviously knows that Yueniang is like a relative to me." And I believe that Yan Gongzi and those people don't have time to trouble me because of the matter of Qin Gongzi and the arrival of King Hailing. ”

Cen Shaoze was slightly puzzled: "Isn't the Xia Mansion just your eldest uncle and aunt...... Could it be that your uncle and aunt too? ”

Xia Chen said: "My uncle won't, so it's hard for my uncle and cousin to say." "Through Guò's last temptation, she determined that Xia Yarong should be related to the person who set the fire, and she was bent on climbing Gao Zhi not planning to marry Meng Huwei at all, why should she be engaged to her?

Cen Shaoze said: "Didn't Wei Han say that they are also in a bad situation, and they are very worried about you?" ”

Xia Chen shook his head: "Brother Cen, I can't explain this matter to you for the time being, the time is almost up, help me prepare a horse." ”

Cen Shaoze said: "I'll go with you!" ”

Xia Chen said: "No! The man who has brought the letter here will know you, and he will not come out to me when he sees you. ”

Cen Shaoze said: "Since I am sure that the other party is coming for you, how can I rest assured that you will go alone!" ”

Xia Chen knew that it would be difficult to convince him, so his right hand suddenly stretched out and plunged straight into his armpit, clasped his arm upwards with his backhand, and at the same time twisted his ankle and turned behind him to restrain him: "Brother Cen, you should always rest assured now, right?" Ordinary masters can't deal with me. ”

Cen Shaoze said: "That's because I was defenseless. ”

Xia Chen was a little anxious: "Brother Cen, Yueniang is very important to me, I am offended!" As he spoke, he slashed the back of Cen Shaoze's neck with a knife in his left hand.

Helping Cen Shaoze, who had fainted, to the couch in the back room, Xia Chen turned back to the courtyard and asked the servant to prepare a horse, leaving Cen Mansion and galloping towards the place specified in the letter.

The westbound sunlight dragged the shadows of houses, trees, and people for a long time, and across a small bridge, there was a small bamboo forest, and halfway through it, I suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves behind me.

I didn't meet a person on a horse on the bridge just now, and I didn't see anyone passing by after entering the bamboo forest, so I had already hidden in the bamboo forest? Xia Chen slowed down and turned his head to look, only to see a man in green clothes, wearing a sand hood on his head, and a black veil covering his face, but obviously this person was coming for him.

Xia Chen reined in his horse, waited for the man to come to him and asked, "Dare to ask Gongzi Yuelai how to go to the tavern?" ”

The man stopped his horse and said in a deep voice: "You are trustworthy, Yueniang is in my hands, where is the silver?" ”

Xia Chen took off a cloth bag from behind the saddle and put it in his hand: "The silver is here, where is the Yueniang?" ”

The man said, "Follow me." As he spoke, he turned his horse's head and went into the bamboo forest.

Xia Chen had no choice but to follow, walked for a while and came to a small clearing, looking at a few bamboos on the ground that had just been cut off by Qi Gen, she was afraid that there would be a trap here, so she grabbed the horse and said: "Brother Tai seems to have been prepared for a long time, and the Yuelai Tavern is just a trick, so even if someone knows, it will be a trip in vain." ”

The man reined in his horse: "Not bad." ”

"Where's Yueniang?" Xia Chen asked again.

The man did not answer directly, but asked, "Where did you get so much money?" ”

Xia Chen said slowly: "You don't have to worry about this brother, right?" But Brother Tai seems to know that I am poor, so why did he kidnap Yueniang and ask for ransom? ”

The man said, "Because I am not for the silver, but for your life!" With that, he pulled out the sword at his waist, and the whole person jumped up from the horse, and with a flick of his wrist, the blade of the sword went straight to Xia Chen's throat.

Xia Chen turned his head to the side, turned over and dismounted, and at the same time threw the cloth bag in his hand at the tip of the sword of the man in Tsing Yi, and shouted: "I have no grudge against you, why do you want to take my life?" ”

With a few crisp sounds, the cloth bag was cut to pieces, and the silver ingots of white flowers were scattered on the green bamboo, which looked indescribably beautiful and attractive.

The man in Tsing Yi also seemed to be attracted to his gaze, and stopped there with his sword: "Sure enough, it's silver, Third Young Master Xia really values love and trust." Speaking of this, he swung his sword again and stabbed at Xia Chen: "You just think it's for money." ”

Xia Chen didn't dodge to the sides this time, he only took a small step back, turned his body around, took out the wind god and slashed to block his throat and chest, his phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and said coldly: "Meng Guard!" Why do you bother? Although he kept his voice suppressed, the tone of a person's voice was very disguised, Xia Chen felt a little familiar early on, coupled with his thin figure and the voice of the third young master Xia, she was sure that this person was Meng Huwei, and only he would be played by the Sun family and Xia Yarong.

The man in Tsing Yi trembled when he heard this, but he didn't stop his hand, and the tip of the sword "ding" when it hit the blade of the sword, and it actually broke. He stared at the severed sword that fell to the ground in a daze: "How can this be? He didn't even see where Xia Chen's knife came from? How could he block all his attack points at once?

Xia Chen said: "You are not my opponent at all, but I don't want to kill you, what about Yueniang?" ”

"She's fine, she should go back now, alas! If you hadn't hidden it too well, I wouldn't have threatened her. At this point, he bent down and picked up the broken tip of the sword: "You really don't want to kill me?" ”

Xia Chen said: "You are also an infatuated person, and you will soon know that you have actually fallen for them, and you will not be unfavorable to me in the future, why should I take your poor life!" ”

Meng Huwei tore off his hat and knelt on the ground: "If I can't kill you, you won't get Yarong, what's the point of me living!" As he spoke, he picked up the broken sword and stabbed it in the throat with his backhand.

Although Xia Chen was aware, it was too late to stop him...... (To be continued......) R1292