In the past, the stone would have let the knower know that his worst mistake was not to disobey the divine decree, but to confront him.

The stone that had changed unconsciously was just quietly following the Zhike at the moment, planning to wait until the sprinkling was over, and then discuss it with the Zhike who had poured out his heart and lungs.

Except for the acquaintances, none of the monks in the team knew that the former Great Demon King had arrived, and they stepped on rhythmic steps, chanted rhythmic mantras, and completed the sprinkling without panic.

Zhiyin came to Xuanyuan Temple an hour earlier than Nong Qingyun and his party.

He didn't go with Nong Qingyun, not because Nong Qingyun had inserted a few more stabs in their relationship on thin ice, but because he had encountered a private matter, and this private matter made the meaning of his visit to Xuanyuan Temple this time different.

More than ten days ago, an urgent letter to Zhiyin was sent to Shennong Palace, this letter came from Mingzhou Commander Lin Xian, and was transferred to Shennong Palace through Haihui Temple.

In the letter, Lin Xian mentioned that he would arrive at Haihui Temple in four days, and he had important matters to discuss with Zhiyin. Zhiyin has no contact with people in the court, but he only knows Lin Xian, the commander of Mingzhou.

Many years ago, Lin Xian and his men passed by Haihui Temple and stayed in the temple.

At that time, Haihui Temple was still a temple with strong incense. That night, one of the disciples of the monastery who was keeping vigil fell asleep and unintentionally knocked down the candlestick.

The weather was dry, and the flames of the candlestick spread from one hall to another like a hungry beast, and finally the whole temple was ablaze.

Fortunately, Lin Xian and his men fought bravely to put out the fire, so that the monks of Haihui Temple escaped and had no worries about their lives, but the temple was only left with ruins after the fire.

Lin Xian wrote to the imperial court and allocated funds to rebuild the temple, and Haihui Temple was able to continue the incense.

Zhiyin is grateful for Lin Xian's great kindness. When Lin Xian's letter arrived, he rushed to Haihui Temple to meet Lin Xian without hesitation.

Nong Qingyun hadn't taken back the Shennong whip from Nong Qingshan, so how could he easily let Nong Qingshan leave. However, Nong Qingshan's reason for returning to Haihui Temple was reasonable, and Nong Qingyun was inconvenient to forcibly stay, so he had to pretend to be worried about the safety of his senior brother on the road, and asked Shi Shazhu to accompany him.

At the same time, he also repeatedly emphasized the importance of the water and land puja for a monk, and hoped that the senior brother would rush to Xuanyuan Temple immediately after meeting Lin Xian.

After that night of heart-to-heart conspiracy, Nong Qingyun decided that Shi Shazhu helped him not out of concern for Zhiyin, and with decades of experience in figuring out people's hearts, he confidently put Shi Shazhu into his camp.

Nong Qingshan smiled at his junior brother's human-faced beastly heart, at that time, he had not expected that after meeting Lin Xian, he wanted to go to Xuanyuan Temple more than anyone else.

In the cold and silence of Haihui Temple, Lin Xian, who was simple and simple, looked serious, but his attitude was humble: "Master, I came this time to borrow the Indian monk's true meaning scripture "Mahayana Treatise" collected by your temple. ”

The true meaning of the monk, the Sanskrit name of Parammuda, the West Indian Yuzeni Brahmins, proficient in Mahayana. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Emperor Wu of Liang admired his name for a long time and sent officials to invite him from Funan to Jianye to translate scriptures and spread the Mahayana theory.

Later, due to the war, the true meaning traveled to major monasteries, but he still persevered in translating the scriptures, and successively translated the "Seventeen Lands", "The Middle Treatise", "The Golden Light Sutra", "The Supreme Sutra", "The Mahayana Treatise", "The Kusha Commentary" and so on, which played a vital role in the development of Buddhism in China.

When Lin Xian came to Haihui Temple, he met Zen Master Zhiyin to talk about "The Mahayana Treatise". He had no interest in Buddhist scriptures, so he wandered around the monastery with his men.

The temple caught fire that night, Lin Xian and his men extinguished the fire, saved the lives of the monks in the temple, and also took the initiative to propose that the emperor should allocate funds to repair the Haihui Temple.

Knowing that he was grateful for his kindness, he couldn't reciprocate it, so he took him to the only place where the treasure was hidden in the monastery - the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion to see the Buddhist scriptures, including the original manuscript of the "Mahayana Treatise".

How could this "Mahayana Treatise" be in Haihui Temple?

When Zhendi lived in the Buddha Temple in Jin'an, after translating the "Mahayana Treatise", he left the scriptures in the Buddha Temple, so as not to be displaced and lose the scriptures.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty and the beginning of the Song Dynasty, due to the war, the Foli Temple was burned, and the monks fled separately.

Master Kongming, the last abbot of Foli Temple, came to Xiangshan with the original manuscript of "The Treatise on Mahayana" and founded Haihui Temple.

The "Treatise on the Mahayana" is a supreme treasure in the hands of the successive abbots of Haihui Temple, and it has never been shown to outsiders, and even most of the monks in the temple have not seen the original manuscript.

Lin Xian had the grace of reinvention in Haihui Temple, so he was fortunate to see the "Mahayana Treatise", but it was unprecedented to borrow it.

"Oh? Commander Lin wants this? Knowing that his face was embarrassed, he knew very well that he had no reason to shirk, if it weren't for Lin Xian, the Zangjing Pavilion would also be poisoned by the fire, and the original manuscript of "The Mahayana Treatise" would inevitably turn into ashes.

"This is a secret order from Prime Minister Zuo, and it should not be revealed to others. But the master is a person who respects him, so it is okay to tell the truth. The Japanese monks returned to the court to send an envoy to our country, and he was very fascinated by the Mahayana theory. One of the purposes of his mission to our country was to see the original manuscript of the translated scriptures. In order to highlight the profound connotation of my Chinese state, Prime Minister Zuo agreed to the request to return to the court. ”

"I see." Zhiyin thought about the faded and yellowed scriptures that had been through vicissitudes of life, and nodded slowly.

If it is really as Lin Xian said, this is Prime Minister Zuo's order, then it is useless for him, the little abbot, to oppose it, it is better to push the boat down the river and return Lin Xian's favor.

He was silent for a while and said, "Since it is lent to Japanese monks, he can also promote the Mahayana teachings, which is considered a meritorious thing." At that time, the Master of True Essence traveled from India to Fuso and then to China, precisely to spread this doctrine all over the world. Now that he has the opportunity to spread it to Japan, he is very pleased. It's just ......" Chiin paused.

"Master has something to say, please speak." Lin Xian's eyes stared at Zhiyin, revealing an anxious look.

"It's just that the original manuscript of this "Mahayana Treatise" was passed down by Master Kongming, the founder of our temple, and the abbots of the generations regarded it as a treasure, if it was lost in the hands of the old man, it ......"

"The master can rest assured that the Japanese monk is only borrowing, and if he wants to bring it back to Japan, he will definitely only be allowed to bring back the rubbing, and return the original manuscript to the master. Prime Minister Zuo attaches great importance to the "Treatise on the Mahayana", and specially implores the emperor to send four masters of the Ouchi guards to escort this scripture. ”

Lin Xian glanced at the four guards outside the hall who were as powerful as the Arhats, and reminded him that he was determined to win.

"Commander Lin, you are kind to this temple, and the old man believes in you."

Zhiyin took Lin Xian and the four inner guards to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion and took away the legendary scriptures that witnessed the thousand-year-old vicissitudes of Haihui Temple.

After Lin Xian left, Shi Shazhu asked Zhiyin for the reason, and exclaimed with an anxious face: "It's not good! ”

"What?" Knowing that he was so calm and composed, he didn't have any other choice.

"I have a friend who is an official in the capital. He said that there was a lot of buzz in the capital, and Prime Minister Zuo had no one in his eyes, covering the sky with one hand. ”

"So what? Are you saying that I shouldn't have lent the Mahayana to an official who has no one in his eyes and covers the sky with one hand? ”

"Yes, especially this official doesn't even care about the emperor. Think about it, can our wise and martial founding emperor endure such a prime minister? ”

"The emperor wants to get rid of the prime minister?" Zhiyin absentmindedly talked about the government that he didn't care about, and what appeared in front of his eyes was the black black sea soaked in hatred.

"Presumably, but for good reason." Shi Shazhu stared at the bronze mirror in his hand, which seemed to reflect the vicious fight between the emperor and the prime minister.

"The emperor wants to get rid of the prime minister, what does it have to do with me?" Zhiyin turned around and prepared to start meditating as usual.

"Implicated!" A gust of wind blew, and the candle flame was about to be extinguished, Shi Shazhu stretched out his hand and wrapped the candle, and the flames began to run up again.

Zhiyin sneered: "Hmph, do you mean that if Hu Weiyong is involved in the East Window incident, it will inevitably involve Lin Xian, and Lin Xian has dealings with me, so I will also be implicated?" ”

"Although monks like me don't know much about the affairs of the court, ordinary people also know that the emperor has been the emperor from a cloth cloth to the current position of the Son of Heaven, how can ordinary people do it? Hu Weiyong has never even been on the battlefield, and he has no military power, what does he rely on to rebel? Besides, since Hu Weiyong can be the prime minister of Zuo, he must not be a reckless person, doesn't he know that he can't fight to be the emperor? ”

Knowing that the sentence hit the bull's-eye, he didn't want to persuade Shi Shazhu, but wanted to be persuaded by Shi Shazhu. He needed more reason to believe that he would be implicated, and vaguely he sensed the mystery of the matter.

Shi Shazhu smiled slightly: "Brother Zhiyin, what you said is human common sense, but when a person gets carried away, he often does something unexpected." Over the years, the emperor has favored Hu Weiyong very much, he himself doesn't know who he is, it's not enough to be favored by the emperor, he wants to be the emperor himself. Although the feeling of being under one person and above ten thousand people is good, it is not as good as that of the whole world, and it is not the king's land; On the shore of the land, it is not the feeling of the king's minister. ”

The corners of Zhiyin's mouth turned up slightly, and he was approaching the core step by step.

"Brother Zhiyin, you're right, Hu Weiyong can't fight the current emperor, so I came to talk to Brother Zhiyin about this. The emperor is not a soft-hearted person. He has killed many of the founding heroes, let alone ordinary people like us. If you are involved in Hu Weiyong's affairs, your life will definitely not be guaranteed, so it's better to be careful! ”

Zhiyin's face finally appeared with unexpected joy: "I know it in my heart, thank you for taking such pains for me." ”

"Hehe, it's good that you know." In Shi Shazhu's brighter smile, a trace of cunning was hidden in a corner that no one had discovered, like a well-planned hunter who saw his prey ready to move.

Shi Shazhu's words made Zhi Yinmao suddenly open.

After twenty long waits, he finally has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get rid of his wife's killer.

He couldn't wait any longer, and embarked on the journey to Xuanyuan Temple without hesitation.