According to the predetermined itinerary, the day after Yang Guang arrived in Jiankang was the day of the inauguration ceremony of the Xie ancestral hall, he originally planned to wait until he and Master Zhiqi to pay tribute to the ancestors of the Xie family before looking for an opportunity to inquire about the origin of the flowers, but unexpectedly the next morning, Zhiqi actually took the initiative to come to the door.

"Please forgive me, the poor monk thought about it all night, and he still thought it was good to ask the prince about this matter as soon as possible." Zhiqi was unusual, and asked Yang Guangdao worriedly, "Please tell the truth to the prince, how did Master Jingxu pass away?" ”

Yang Guang sensitively flashed a glance at Pei Yun, who came with Zhiqi, and persuaded Zhiqi: "Master, about this matter, can we talk about it after we come back from Jiang Shan." ”

Zhi Qian shook his head, clasped his palms and said: "The poor monk came north this time, the original purpose was to mourn Jingxu Shitai, if the prince refused to see the truth of Jingxu's death, please forgive the poor monk for being difficult to obey his fate, and he could not go to Jiangshan with the prince." ”

Before he could finish speaking, a thunderclap suddenly sounded in the sky outside the room, followed by a pouring rain. Yang Guang's face changed, he glared at Pei Yun again, turned to him and asked, "Are you ready to stop?" ”

"I'm ready to stop according to the prince's orders, but I didn't expect the weather to ......," Pei Yun replied with a twinkle in his eyes.

Yang Guang said "um", and then asked Zhiqi: "Since the sky is not beautiful, Xiao Wang and the master should simply leave later." But I don't know why the master suddenly came to Xiao Wang to ask Xiao Wang about the truth about the death of Master Jingxu, did he hear any rumors? ”

"It's not a secret, the poor monk went to Tongguang Ni Temple with the prince yesterday to mourn Jingxu Shitai, and happened to see an ominous thing placed under her relics pagoda, and was puzzled.

Yang Guang's heart moved, and he took advantage of the situation to ask: "The bad thing that the master said is the pot of flowers placed under the Jingxu Shitai Relic Pagoda?" Does the master know this flower? ”

Zhiqi nodded and replied, "Although I can't name this flower, I have a deep memory of it, and I know that it is by no means a good thing. Yesterday, I unexpectedly saw this flower on the relics pagoda of Jingxu Shitai, and guessed that Jingxu's death was probably not a good end, so I came to ask the prince for verification, and I hope that the prince will tell the truth. ”

Yang Guang and Pei Yun exchanged glances, and replied solemnly: "The master's expectations are not bad, the death of Jingxu is indeed a bit incredible. Then, he truthfully informed Master Zhiqi of the suicide of Jingxu in fear of sin, sighed, and said: "I didn't expect that a monk like Jingxu would do such a thing, because of the fame of her life, she did not announce the truth to the outside world, but still ordered someone to hold a grand funeral for her, and built a relic...... pagoda."

"Amitabha, sin, sin." Zhi coveted after listening, closed his eyes and palms, said the Buddha's name, looked sad, and after a long time, he opened his eyes, looked on his back and said to himself, "After many years, I didn't expect the poisonous flower to reappear in the world, harming the monks and friends of Jingxu, it is really a misfortune for Buddhism!" ”

Yang Guang saw clearly from the sidelines, and saw Master Zhiqi burst into tears, as if he was extremely distressed by Jingxu's death, so he waited for his emotions to calm down a little before asking: "Since the master called this flower a poisonous flower, he must know the origin of this flower?" ”

"The first time the poor monk saw this flower, it was more than ten years ago." Zhi coveted looked at the rain curtain outside the room with great interest, and fell into the memories of the past, "I remember that it was still a poor monk at the invitation of Senior Brother Dujing, trekking thousands of miles from the Central Plains, not long after he first went to Tiantai Mountain, once when he went to the place where Senior Brother Dujing lived and talked to him about the essence of Buddhism, he happened to see a flower blooming in the courtyard where he lived that he had never seen before, so he asked him for the name and origin of this flower. At that time, Senior Brother Dujing replied that he didn't know what this flower was called, and a foreign friend who was related to him gave him a bag of flower seeds, and he had nothing to do when he studied Buddhist scriptures, so he sprinkled this bag of flower seeds in the courtyard, but he didn't expect it to bloom in the next year.

At that time, neither of us paid much attention to this matter, but we never thought that just a few days later, I heard that something strange had happened to Senior Brother Dujing, and I hurriedly ran to take a look, and I couldn't help but be stunned by what was happening in front of me: I saw that the small courtyard was full of birds' corpses, and there were scattered petals that had been pecked by reckless birds. The only living creature seen in the courtyard was the Hu cat raised by Senior Brother Dujing.

Only then did we realize that this flower was a highly poisonous thing, and Senior Brother Dujing had gone down the mountain to find his foreign friend for this matter, and asked him face-to-face why he didn't tell him that the flower was poisonous when he gave him the flower seeds, but unfortunately he didn't find the person.

Since then, all the monks and people living in the area of Tiantai Mountain know that this flower is a bad thing.

It's just that the poor monk remembered that the monks in the temple set a fire and burned all these flowers, but he didn't know where the monks got this pot of poisonous flowers, and finally died because of the flowers. ”

"As for Dujing Toutuo's extraterritorial friend, does the master know his name and where he came from?"

"The incident of the bird accidentally eating the poisonous flower happened not long after the poor monk first went to Tiantai Mountain, and the poor monk had not yet changed to the monk status of Tiantai Temple, so he did not ask Senior Brother Dujing about this person. However, when chatting in the temple, I heard Brother Duyu, who was good with Senior Brother Dujing, that the person who gave the poisonous flower seemed to be a master of martial arts, and he and Senior Brother Dujing became acquainted with each other because of the competition. ”

"Xiaguan Yu Jingxu Shi passed away after the monks and nuns of Tongguang Ni Temple asked in detail, and no one knew where this flower came from. At present, it can be concluded that the person who gave the flower is the culprit who caused the death of Master Jingxu, so that the master can tell more details about the origin of this flower, so that the person who gave the flower can be captured as soon as possible, and the master of Jingxu can be innocent. Pei Yun interjected on the side.

Zhiqi didn't answer, and said to Yang Guang with his palms together: "The poor monk has known Jingxu monk friends for many years, and knows her virtue and personality well, I don't know if the prince has thought about it. ”

He suddenly raised a question that Yang Guang had never thought of before, which caught Yang Guang off guard, and after thinking about it seriously, he still couldn't think of a reason, so he asked Zhiqi for advice: "Please make it clear to the master." ”

"Although the poor monk is a monk who cultivates Buddhism and does not have anything to do with the world, he has also heard of all kinds of incidents that have occurred in Jiangnan since the prince led the army to level Chen, please calm down and think about it, Nanchen has not brought much happiness to the people of Jiangnan, why is there still a Taoist monk like Jingxu who is willing to restore the power of Nan Chen's death since his fall?" Zhiqi said to Yang Guang with a solemn expression.