Chapter Eighty-Six: The Path Seeker (I)
Song Yiren raised his head and looked at the dome.
The blood-stained zenith, with continuous silver light, the flickering long lines of dragons and snakes gathered, as thin as a river, thick as a river, the moment the day dawned, the whole dome was like a pair of silver scrolls.
A faint voice sounded in front of the ancient hall of rubble.
"The True Buddha has descended...... It's a beautiful scene. ”
Shenxiu, who was bound by the "binding rope", struggled to raise his head, muttering to himself, his eyes reflected the thunder and fire in the sky, the wind and rain howled, and his feminine face was even paler by the thunder.
Shenxiu chuckled lowly.
He threw out an interesting question.
"Jinglian, if you want to die here, will Song Que sit idly by?"
This question made Song Yiren's movements slightly sluggish.
Meanwhile.
Holding a Zen staff, wrapped in a robe, and covered in blood, Yuzi Daoxuan struggled to stop his shaking body, held down the golden light Zen staff with one hand, and closed his palms to cover the pestle staff to stop sliding.
He frowned, small images flashing through his mind.
Song Que, the great guest of Buddhism, is the people who stand in the highest position in Lingshan in the true sense.
Even if he becomes a Buddha, it will take many, many years to compare with Mr. Song Que.
The reason is simple.
Song Que is too powerful.
It is in the true sense of the word, the strength of the individual.
This big guest secretary "twisted the fire" after going straight to Nirvana, and was even invited by Emperor Taizong to drink tea in the Tiandu Palace, and since then he has been sitting in Lingshan, enjoying the highest level of treatment.
Song Que Keqing was angry once in Lingshan.
It was when Dao Xuan was still young, and he vaguely remembered that on a rainy night, Lingshan's great array was activated, and the sword light was broken all night, and it was broken by this guest qing...... At that time, Daoxuan was not yet a lawyer, he was immature, and he didn't know what was happening, but after he gradually took over the affairs of the Vinaya, he learned some "stories" that happened that night.
The time point is when Da Keqing sends Jinglian out of Lingshan.
The reasons are......
Someone tried to "murder" his son.
After Song Que quietly sent Jinglian out of Lingshan, he was furious, searched for the soul and found out a corner of the truth, and searched for it, killing many cultivators in Lingshan along the way.
Da Keqing's move left a case file, the law sect kept all the laws of Lingshan, and Song Que trespassed the law sect to kill the disciples, although there was no fault out of reason, but it still aroused the disgust of some people in the sect...... Where there are people, there is a "struggle for power", and in the territory of Lingshan, the dissatisfaction with Song Que has long existed, and it is getting worse.
Song Que is an extremely protective person.
Compared with Lingshan, he cares more about his wife, children, and people close to him, which is not difficult to see, but the two sects of Buddhism and Zen law, the powerful people of the past generations, because of "faith", everything is important to Lingshan.
Song Que's "twisting fire" was an accident.
It was this accident that changed the pattern of Lingshan today.
Song Que's Taoist companion was the Holy Maiden of Yaochi back then, and now she is sitting at the seat of the elder pavilion in the Sanqing Pavilion of the Taoist Sect, both of them are in the realm of Nirvana, supporting each other, and their status is so profound that outsiders can't shake it at all...... This is both a plus and a cons.
Emperor Taizong invited the two to tea.
It is because of the marriage between Song Que and Gu Yi that it symbolizes the "joining" of Taoism and Lingshan across Zhongzhou.
It is too coincidental that Song Que and Gu Yiren have already been heart-to-heart before they forget about the fire, if they deliberately marry and Emperor Taizong notices the "inappropriateness", I am afraid that they will be killed on the spot when they are in the imperial city of Tiandu.
This has made Dao Sect and Lingshan walk on thin ice in the past few years.
Emperor Taizong even killed Pei Min when he said kill.
One by the head.
The marriage between Song Que and Gu Yiren was the "reason" why Taizong moved the Lingshan Dao Sect.
Because of this matter, the relationship between Lingshan and the Great Sui has become delicate and stiff over the years, and after the crown prince ascended the throne, he increased the amount of taxes on Lingshan and personally appointed two guest secretaries, one resident in Lingshan and one to Yaochi.
This intention is already very obvious.
When the spearhead of all this was pointed at Song Que, Lingshan's "gratitude" for this Nirvana was no longer the same as before.
In the inner hall of Lingshan, there was an impeachment of Song Que's seat as a guest, and then someone echoed it, and the news spread more and more widely, and the trouble became more and more intense, and the wind of scolding and belittling Song Que spread all over the peaks for a while, and it was very noisy.
Daoxuan, who has traveled far and wide, although he is not in Lingshan, has always grasped the news in Lingshan.
The battle between the two sects of Zen and Vinaya is uncertain, and he must have the latest information so that he can judge the situation himself...... And the trouble encountered by "Song Que Da Keqing" was something he did not expect.
In Daoxuan's view, there are some things that cannot be touched.
A holy mountain can stand because it has its own "pillars".
And Lingshan has been able to stand up over the years, because of Song Que, the young Nirvana, although Buddhism has mastered the "law of immortality", following the example of the Great Sui royal family, and arranging several "old immortal" characters to live in the coffin for a long time, but after all, it is only for a temporary firefight.
Fortunately, Da Keqing didn't care about these voices.
Dao Xuan knows why.
Once a person stands tall enough, it doesn't matter how the ants under him bite.
Mr. Song Que is the power of the Nirvana realm, as long as his realm is still there, even if the impeachment documents are piled up all over the spiritual mountain, it is impossible for the Buddha to give up this living Twisting Fire Bodhisattva.
A new Flame Twister has not yet appeared.
The backbone of Buddhism is Song Que.
The upper echelons of Lingshan, no one would really think that they could do without Mr. Song Que.
Unless they're crazy.
And what made Daoxuan's mind tremble, as if he had been struck by thunder, was such an idea that jumped into his mind along with the previous thought.
Even he didn't know why this idea was born-
What if those big people in Lingshan are really crazy?
......
......
Dao Xuan looked at Shenxiu's face that had been drenched in the rain and had become a little sickly.
Shenxiu showed a somewhat sad, somewhat painful smile.
"If you're going to die, Song Que will go on a killing spree. ”
His tone was extremely cold, in harmony with his face, with a cold mockery, "I saw the scene when Song Que killed people...... At that time, to send you away from Lingshan, Da Keqing began to do it, he killed too many people, those big people in Lingshan, also have their own relatives, valued friends, and caring juniors, because of you, some people were killed by mistake. ”
"Mr. Song Que is a very uncalm person, he can send you away from Lingshan and start killing again, it is already the limit. Shenxiu laughed in a low voice and said the old things back then, when he was just a child, but the comprehension and qualifications of the congenital Dao fetus made him understand the intrigue that did not belong to the children's world prematurely, "In fact, the 'murder case' has not been overturned, if Song Que found out the truth...... So why didn't Gu Xing die?"
It's like being struck by lightning.
Song Yiren stood up slowly with the pouring rain on his back, his eyes became a little trance, and his ears were like thunder.
His father, when he was a child, sent himself and cinnabar out of Lingshan...... Not just to "dodge" the curse, but also to "kill"?
Song Que is killing in Lingshan?
I didn't even know it...... Over the years, his father and mother have never mentioned it, and he and Cinnabar were patrolling the Tianshen Plateau, occasionally coming into contact with the Buddhist disciples of Lingshan, looking at the eyes of the two of them half afraid and half evading, at first I thought it was the difference in status, until now, Song Yi knew the real reason.
Standing next to Song Yiren, Cinnabar, his eyes were full of shock, and he looked at Gongzi, unable to say a word.
Compared with Song Yiren, she has to know more about Lord Keqing's "calf protection", if Childe has an accident here, Da Keqing will really go crazy.
Song Que ...... It's going to kill again.
Shenxiu was tied with a rope, the rope was deep in the skin, and the whole person was bent over like a shrimp, but he didn't feel pain, and he still laughed.
"When the bathing Buddha puja opened, a meeting was held in the north, and Lingshan happened to send Song Que Da Keqing to ...... This meeting lasted for a month, and at this moment, Lord Keqing was in the north, and there was no time to leave. ”
"How can there be such a coincidence in this world?"
His voice became lighter.
The tone also became brisk.
Shenxiu stared at the junior brother standing in the heavy rain, hoping to see an emotion similar to "melancholy" in the other party's eyes...... But he was disappointed.
Shenxiu's eyebrows slowly frowned.
Jinglian's eyes were only empty for a while, and then quickly condensed, he stood on the ground, an ancient knife was broken, and there were two more, clanging, he held the handle of the knife with both hands, squatted down, and looked seriously at the man who was locked by the rope.
"Senior brother...... Senior Brother Shenxiu...... Growing up, I've always admired you. ”
Song Yiren was silent.
Shenxiu frowned tightly and didn't say a word.
Song Yiren continued: "I thought you were a wise man hidden in your heart, or a trekker chasing the Great Dao...... Even if you're not, you're an ascetic who keeps your heart. ”
"But you're neither. ”
"I'm looking at the wrong person, you seem to be a careerist...... A strategist who tries to play with Lingshan's future. Song Yiren's tone became a little painful, "I know Mr. Zhou You of the Taoist Sect, I don't understand...... As a congenital Dao fetus, why are you chasing these things?"
Isn't scheming and human hearts the most boring things in the world?
He really couldn't figure it out.
After Song Yiren finished speaking, he held the ancient knife, exhaled a breath, and made a difficult decision.
"If Senior Brother tells me the answer, I can give Senior Brother a happy ...... Let you die here. ”
Die here......
The voice was heard.
Shenxiu's brows slowly relaxed.
He looked up at his junior brother, and some images of his childhood flashed in his mind.
Zenko smiled with her trademark gentle smile.
He smiled a little hoarsely.
A sarcastic rhetorical question sounded in Song Yiren's ears.
"Why am I a Dao tire...... Are you going to chase the avenue?"