Chapter 278: Showdown
Daihai Temple, Daxiong Treasure Hall.
Yang Guang became angry when he heard the news of Yi Feng's attack on Fox Lake.
Time can change a qiē, and in less than a year, Yang Guang's perception of Yi Feng has completely changed.
At the end of the eighteenth year of the emperor's reign, more than three days of rain and snow shrouded Xingyang, Zhengzhou, Henan Province. The Bianhe River has long been frozen, and several rows of willows on the bank of the river are also hung with a layer of ice edges, covered in silver, shining and crystalline. The Daihai Temple on the side of the Bianhe River has been full of incense since the establishment of the temple in the Northern Wei Dynasty, especially in the legend that Guanyin Bodhisattva traveled north to cross people and moved to Xingyang, since then the Xingyang moat began to rise and fall with the tide of the sea, which makes the jungle of this dojo dedicated to Guanyin more mysterious and profound. Countless good men and women, incense continues.
The seven-storey Thousand Buddha Pagoda, the nine-zhang high dripping Guanyin golden body, and the majestic Xiongbao Hall that has just been completed have made Daihai Temple more and more famous now. Approaching the end of the year, many good men and women came from hundreds of miles to burn incense and worship the Buddha. There are even many people who have started to live by the temple half a month in advance, ready to compete for the first pillar of incense on New Year's Day next year.
In the twilight rain and fog, the dusk drum bell came from the Daihai Temple, in front of the Daihai Temple, the estuary grass market that relied on the Buddhist temple and the amount of the estuary, all kinds of noisy grass market shouting, the ice fishing on the Bianhe ice, the horse running on the ice, also gradually stopped with the twilight drum bell of the Buddhist temple.
The Daxiong Treasure Hall has just been replaced with ambergris incense candles presented by Yang Guang, the king of Jin, dozens of stout ambergris incense candles are burning, emitting red light flames, and the ambergris incense mixed with the incense candles is spreading little by little. The candle flame dispelled the darkness in the temple. Reflecting the Jin King Yang Guang who was suppressing his anger on the futon in the hall, and the Yangzhou 'Zhang Sanlang' with an indifferent expression on the side.
There was no one else in the palace, and Yang Guang, the king of Jin, entered Beijing, and encountered heavy snow on the road when he passed through Zhengzhou. Staying temporarily, come to Daihai Temple to worship Guanyin Bodhisattva.
As the world knows, today's son is the Buddhist Vajra, born in Feng Yi's Prajni Temple, raised by bhikshuni wisdom immortals, and has always worshiped Buddha. During the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Buddhism prevailed. Emperor Wu of Zhou destroyed the Buddha and destroyed the temple, and Buddhism was greatly hit, but after Yang Jianyi ascended the throne. He immediately began to respect Buddhism, not only with his own worship of Buddhism, but also let the people copy Buddhist scriptures, and the government built Buddhist temples. In the eighteenth year of the emperor's reign. The Great Sui built more than 3,000 Buddhist temples throughout the country. The Son of Heaven attaches such importance to Buddha, and Yang Guang, the king of Jin, is naturally no exception. Yang Guang was in the south of the Yangtze River, and he respected Buddhism very much. In Yangzhou, Yang Guang not only established two dojos of Huiri and Fayun, but also invited all the monks with high moral standing in the Buddhist circles in the south of the Yangtze River to Yangzhou and gave them generous treatment, allowing them to sort out the scriptures and study the teachings. In particular, he sent envoys several times to welcome Master Zhiyi, the most famous master in the Jiangnan Buddhist world at that time, to Yangzhou. Zhiyi said three times, but Yang Guang was not angry. Instead, he bowed to others again and again, and finally invited him to Yangzhou.
In the eleventh year, Yang Guangte set up a thousand monks conference in Yangzhou to welcome the arrival of this Buddhist monk. It was at this conference that Zhiyi received the Bodhisattva vows for Yang Guang, took the Dharma name Zongzhi, and honored the title of Zongzhu Bodhisattva, and Yang Guang was Zhiyi's honorific title of Wise Master.
The bodhisattva vows, also known as the Mahayana vows, cover the seven vows, which are similar to the eight vows, but are superior to the one qiē vows.
Therefore, in the Buddhist family, all Buddha disciples who have developed bodhichitta can receive it, whether they are monks or at home.
Yang Guang received this Mahayana vow, which was not only considered to be a Buddhist monk, but also did not have to become a monk, and was regarded as an ordained layman who practiced at home.
Last year, Yang Guang sent people to welcome the wise master to Yangzhou again. The wise master went with an illness, but died of illness on the way. This year, according to the last wish of the wise man, Yang Guang built Tiantai Temple on Tiantai Mountain. This time he came to Daihai Temple, and Yang Guang also came to invite the monks of Daihai Temple to recite scriptures for the wise master. In addition, it is also to meet Yi Feng in secret. Because of Yang Guang's arrival, Daihai Temple, which has always been a constant pilgrim, also had to temporarily close the mountain gate, only allowing Yang Guang and others to enter the temple. However, there are exceptions today, but the Yangzhou clan Zhang Saburo and his party were able to quietly enter the temple.
This time, Yang Guang entered Beijing, not only took his family to Beijing, but also invited the monks and masters gathered in Yangzhou to go north to Beijing to meet the Son of Heaven. At this time, in the Daihai Temple, the monks gathered, the famous monks in the south of the Yangtze River have Zhituo, Hong Zhe, Facheng, Daozhuang, Zhiju, Jizang, Huijue, Huiyue, Huixian, Fa'an, Lishen, Fa Title, etc., all of them are famous monks and monks.
However, at this time, in the Daxiong Treasure Palace, there were only Yang Guang and San Lang, but this San Lang was not Zhang Sanlang but Yi Sanlang.
Yang Guang, the king of Jin, has just passed the year of his establishment, with a beautiful posture, a handsome face, and a vigorous and heroic spirit between his eyebrows. Dressed in a yellow robe, his face did not have half of the impetuousness of the young king, but unlike the steady demeanor of the past, his face was a little more angry at this time, and even implied murderous intent. This killing intent was naturally not aimed at Yi Feng, today, Yi Feng finally arrived in Henan and quietly arrived in Zhengzhou to enter the Daihai Temple to meet Yang Guang as Zhang Sanlang of Yangzhou. Yi Feng truthfully ambushed hundreds of thieves by the Black Wind Thieves in Youzhou, and told all the facts that were obviously manipulated by Yang Liang, the king of Han, behind the scenes.
As soon as Yang Guang heard that the King of Han had sent someone to Huaihuang to ask for money, but after being decisively rejected by Yi Feng, he actually secretly sent horse thieves to ambush and intercept him, and his expression became grim and implicitly murderous.
More than half a year ago, when I first saw Yi Feng in Jianghuai, although I was a little shocked after finding out that Yi Feng was actually my illegitimate child, it was mostly shocked. With the memory of the earliest love of the Yuan family, he has a little protection for this illegitimate child. Although he knew that the other party was a horse thief, he still had the heart to defend it, but he didn't think too much about it. When he was sheltered, he was still thinking about how to prevent this illegitimate child from suddenly appearing to endanger his position. Therefore, in the end, he was not allowed to stay by his side, but was sent away far away to the Huaihuang in the northern frontier of Saiwai. It's just that this illegitimate child always surprises him, and in a short period of time, the illegitimate child who once made him faintly avoid it has become so impossible to ignore.
Today's Yi Feng is already the grandson of the emperor whom the Son of Heaven is concerned about, and he is the son-in-law of the East Palace. He also controls a large army in his hands, a famine with gold and silver. The current Yi Feng is of great help to Yang Guang, especially for those he is secretly planning, which is of great help. He needs Yi Feng's support and is indispensable.
In fact, the anger and murderous intent on his face just now. Three points are true and seven points are false. He was very angry that Yang Liang dared to reach out to Huaihuang, because he had already regarded Huaihuang as his own territory and his own source of money, food, and wealth. Especially after Yi Feng secretly sent two thousand high-grade stuffed war horses to Jiangnan. After agreeing without hesitation to secretly provide him with five thousand war horses and thousands of sets of armor and ordnance, Yang Guang already looked at Yi Feng, the illegitimate son, no less lightly than his two sisters-in-law. The total number of war horses before and after is 7,000 war horses, and more war horses can be obtained in the future, which is extremely important and rare for Yang Guang, who is in the land where Jianghuai does not produce horses. Especially after the Son of Heaven just cleaned up the ranch Ma Zheng on a large scale last year, it was impossible for Yang Guang to reach out from the pasture of the imperial court. And at this critical time of seizing the throne, it is very important to have a force that is loyal to itself. And cavalry is a top priority.
Yang Guang knew that his fifth brother was the youngest son of the Heavenly Family, unlike their elder brothers, who had already left the town to join the domain, Yang Liang had always stayed in the palace. Very much the two saints like to pamper. It is precisely because of this favor that Yang Liang has not made an inch of merit to the Great Sui Dynasty, but he easily has the strongest merger state territory that none of the brothers has been able to get. After the crown prince fell out of favor, the king of Qin was banned. The King of Shu has always had a bad reputation. Now the most favorable contenders for the position of crown prince are only Yang Guang and Yang Liang.
Yang Guang also took precautions against this fifth brother as never before, and Yang Liang stretched out his hand to Yi Feng, which was challenging him Yang Guang, which was absolutely unbearable.
However, he was a little happy in his heart, happy that Yi Feng could refuse Yang Liang so unprocrastinatingly, and even made such a response that obviously had no room for change, and Yang Liang unexpectedly sent a bandit to ambush Yi Feng, and the relationship between the two could no longer be eased. Yang Guang also secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Yi Feng's actions made it impossible for him and Yang Liang to ease up from now on. In this way, Yi Feng can only stand firmly on his side.
This meeting was an important moment in the father-son showdown, and the young Jin King Yang Guang looked at his son Yi Feng, who was kneeling in front of Guanyin Jin, with a wild ambition. I saw that Yi Feng's expression was normal, his aura was lofty, and the whole person was quiet and calm. This made Yang Guang appreciate this son more and more, and the more calm he became when facing major events, which also made Yang Guang's heart that had been worried about him slowly let go of his heart during this time. Such Yi Feng is a calm and shocking young man, and Yang Guang sees himself from him. But it is such a calm Yi Feng that makes Yang Guang believe that he must have already understood how to choose how to stand in line.
He thought of the first meeting in Jianghuai nearly a year ago, when Yi Feng took the initiative to meet him, when he and the Gao family sisters were besieged by him in Gaojiazhuang, and life and death hung by a thread.
When they first met, both of them were surprised that they looked so similar, and they were even more shocked by the reunion of father and son. But now that I think about it, when we met for the first time that day, what left the deepest impression on him was that Yi Feng broke his plot to seize the heir at that time, and even gave him many rebellious suggestions. Although many of those plans were actually implemented or prepared to be implemented by him at that time, he was still shocked by that insight. Therefore, he put away his plan to get rid of this extraneous branch. Now, after so much time, this bastard has proved with practical actions how right he was to keep him in the first place.
is about to enter Beijing, this time into Beijing, the Beijing division will inevitably have a dragon fight, although Yang Guang has a lot of chips in his hand, but the original small soldier, but has crossed the river, straight to the old handsome, in the blink of an eye, Yi Feng's small chess piece has become the most important card in his hand. Before entering Beijing, he needs to reach a further solid agreement with him.
After more than half a year, father and son reunited again.
Yang Guang sighed in his mood, looking at the dignified appearance in front of him, majestic and handsome, Yi Feng, who was a little more calm and atmospheric than at the beginning, wearing a purple robe, wearing a folded scarf, wearing a sword at his waist, and even having a short beard under his chin.
"Seven years ago, I held a thousand monks conference in Yangzhou, and invited the senior monks and wise masters of Jiangnan Buddhism to take the ordination for me."
Yi Feng sensed that Yang Guang had something to say, so he didn't interject and listened quietly.
Yang Guang seemed to fall into memory, groaned for a while, and then said again after a long time: "Do you know, seven years ago, it was the year your mother died, do you know how she died?" ”
"Folk rumors say that Concubine Yuan died of a heart attack." Yi Feng said lightly.
Yang Guang was obviously stunned when he heard this answer, in fact, the death of the Yuan Crown Princess was a secret that had been made public a long time ago. When Concubine Yuan died violently, Queen Dugu quickly found out the truth, Princess Yuan was poisoned by Yun Zhaoxun, and the matter also implicated the prince. The prince agreed, Yun Zhaoxun planned, and then a healer carried it out. Although Queen Dugu found out the truth back then, the person was already dead, and the crown princess had no heirs, but the Yun family gave birth to four sons to the prince, and if this matter really had to be made public, the prince would not be able to break away from the direct line. In the end, the matter was suppressed, and a gag order was issued in the palace not to spread it. But there is no impermeable wall in the world, and the real cause of Concubine Yuan's death was quickly spread. But when it comes to the prince, it can only be stopped in the end. At the beginning, Yang Guang happened to return to Beijing, and Dugu personally told Yang Guang about this matter.
Yang Guang believes that with Yi Feng's current ability, he should have known the truth about Concubine Yuan's death long ago. But he never thought that he would be such a reply.
"She was murdered by the prince and the Yun family, put poison in the soup, and was directly poisoned. This matter is absolutely true, and the queen personally verified it and sued me. ”
Yi Feng sighed: "The king is to take over the world and sit on the future supreme of the world." It is important to understand that the truth is not always important, and the evidence does not matter. What the truth is, whether there is evidence or not, this is not the most important thing. And most importantly, how do you do it! Obsessed with the truth and obsessed with the pursuit of evidence is just a sign of the weak. Just like the death of Concubine Yuan, the queen has already found out the truth and controlled the exact evidence, but what about the results? Nothing! Why is this happening? Because that person is the crown prince, he is the prince of the country. As long as he does not abolish the position of prince for one day, then even if he murders his wife, what will happen? ”
Yang Guang was surprised and moved.
"When I heard the news from the Queen, I was shocked and saddened. After returning to Yangzhou, I summoned the monks all over the place, held a thousand monks conference, and asked the wise master to receive the Bodhisattva vows for me. In fact, there are a few people in the world who understand that the qiē I did at that time was not because of how I respected Buddhism, nor because I wanted to use Buddhism to appease Jiangnan, but in fact, I did this qiē only because of your mother. I swore then that I would make the prince pay for it. ”
"The king is wise, if you want to get this justice back from the crown prince, the best thing to do is to take away his position as the crown prince and make him a wasted man. Otherwise, there can be no revenge. Yi Feng whispered gloomily.
Yang Guang was silent for a long time, and finally put his mind at ease, Yi Feng was so resentful of the crown prince, he no longer had to worry about Yi Feng's position after returning to Beijing. first had a grudge with the King of Han, and then had a life and death relationship with the crown prince, Yi Feng could only stand on his side in the future! (To be continued......)