Murong Chong was stunned by Lin Ruo's question, but Lin Ruo didn't mean to let him answer, and continued: "When I went down the mountain to all the bhikshus and holy monks, I recited the Mahayana Buddhist scriptures to him at the house of Elder Zhao of Sheweiguo, to ensure the safety of the living in his family, and the deceased to be detached, and only asked him to come back with three buckets and three liters of rice and gold. With the great wisdom of the Buddha, how could he really care about the three buckets and three liters of rice and gold? It's just that I don't want to teach those believers the idea of getting something for nothing, because that's the real 'root of unkindness'! ”

Murong Chong rarely read the scriptures and Buddhism, but he understood Lin Ruo's explanation.

The essence of the Diamond Sutra is only one sentence: there is no self, no one, no beings, and no longevity. If it is said that sentient beings are not equal because of wealth and poverty, it is really ordinary people who are too out of context and trapped in appearances. The Buddha said, 'All beings are equal. This does not mean that the rich and the poor, the beautiful and ugly, the wise and stupid, the long and the short life, but the fact that all living beings must decide the way of 'choice' by themselves. There is a give-and-take, this is the fairest reason. Isn't it ridiculous that the disciples of the Buddha Sect are obsessed with things outside their bodies, their relatives are rich and far away from all sentient beings? The temple accepted gold, silver, silk and silk, and helped the world to benefit all sentient beings, but it became a fault? If they are greedy for ink out of selfishness, then they are sinful. ”

"So, Master Shengyan accepted these three grains of rice and gold for the same purpose?" Murong Chong thought about it carefully and said with a smile, "Why do you really feel so much truth when you say it?" ”

Lin Ruo raised his eyebrows and glared at him: "What does it mean to have some truth?" I have copied so many scriptures for the emperor's grandmother, how can it be unreasonable? ”

Lin Ruo in front of him had a bit of a rude taste, and Murong Chong's heart trembled involuntarily. Faced with Lin Ruo's naturally playful appearance, he raised his hand uncontrollably, touched her head, couldn't hide the doting love in his eyes, and echoed and said, "Yes, what you say makes sense." ”

Lin Ruo's expression was stunned, in her memory, whether it was a past life or a present life, the person who rubbed her head so dotingly and gently could be counted on one hand. One of them is Gu Manxue's sister Gu Manxi.

Sudden memories came flooding in, and Lin Ruo suddenly found that whether it was Gu Mengyao's life or Lin Ruo's life, there were many people who treated her gently, but she was deeply trapped in the word "love", and she had been indulging in the grief and hatred of hurting for her loved ones, which was really not worth it.

Thinking of this, Lin Ruo's eyes couldn't help but reddened slightly.

"What's wrong?" Murong Chong noticed Lin Ruo's sudden strangeness, so he hurriedly got closer, frowning and asking.

Lin Ruo took a deep breath, pursed his lips and shook his head, and said lightly: "It's okay, I just remembered my sister." Before, she would have done the same. ”

Seeing Lin Ruo clearly flashing with tears, but forced to pretend to smile, Murong Chong was particularly distressed - this time, he clearly felt the distress in his heart. Involuntarily, he continued to gently rub Lin Ruo's head, and said softly, "Don't worry, I will accompany you." ”

Just a bland promise. heart, but inexplicably missed half a beat.

In his previous life, Chu Haoze also promised her a lot, but most of them were just empty words and never did. But in the face of Murong Chong's scorching gaze, Lin Ruo somehow believed it, probably because no matter how strong a woman was on the outside, when she met someone she felt might be really good to her, emotion would always make a decision before reason. Many years later, when Lin Ruo recalled Murong Chong's many promises, it would be no better.

But at this time, she believed it so easily. Obediently responded, with a smile in his tears, but he looked a little pitiful and distressing.

Zhu Xuan on the side, looking at the affectionate relationship between the two masters, lowered her head with a red face, and tried to reduce her sense of existence. Unfortunately, it didn't really go her way, and she coughed twice, then asked her to pour a glass of water, and after a while asked her to take some snacks from the food box, probably to ease the ambiguous atmosphere in the carriage - no matter how stupid anyone was, he could tell from the snack plate that barely touched a few bites.

Zhu Xuan didn't say anything on her face, but she sighed slightly in her heart: Miss, Miss, you and the prince obviously have feelings for each other, why don't you say it? It always makes us people anxious......

In fact, not only did Zhu Xuan complain in her heart, but Lin Ruo also despised herself in her heart: she had lived one more life than others, and she had already passed the age of an innocent little girl, and she had no boundaries when she joked with Su Muyu, why did she become this little girl who was just starting to fall in love when she stayed with Murong Chong?

"Young Master, Miss, Hu Xian has arrived."

A proclamation came from outside the carriage, like an amnesty, which made Lin Ruo breathe a sigh of relief and prepare to get out of the carriage to breathe. But Murong Chong seemed to have suddenly changed his temper, stretched out his hand and grabbed her, and ordered Zhu Xuan to wrap Lin Ruo tightly to make sure that she would not catch a cold, and then took her hand and got out of the carriage.

During the whole process, Lin Ruo was in a state of little dazedness, and he forgot to tell Murong Chong about his next plans. It wasn't until Steward Wang saluted them that Lin Ruo realized that he had forgotten something.

Sneaking a glance at Murong Chong beside him, according to the tacit understanding between them, it should be okay...... Right?

Even if the tacit understanding is not enough, with Murong Chong's temperament, it should not be a bad thing.

Lin Ruo silently comforted himself.

To put it bluntly, it is a bit like a black market, but it is more open than the black market, after all, this is the acquiescence of the Emperor of the Dynasty and the Great Khan of Beiqi. The Beiqi could sell their hunted prey here, or they could exchange their seized booty here for gold, silver, rice, and grain, and all things obtained legally or illegally could be traded as long as the price was negotiated.

But there are policies at the top, and there are countermeasures at the bottom.

For example, Daiguo is rich in all kinds of copper and iron ore, although the imperial court explicitly prohibits private transactions, but there are always those who dare to risk their lives to sell private mines. As the source of these generations of weapons for Beiqi, Beiqi will also bless them a little bit. The back and forth has further fueled the trade of private mines between the two countries.

Fortunately, among the Beiqi people, they could not find a person who was proficient in the art of arithmetic, and without their knowledge, half of the private mines that Beiqi bought at a large price were handled by Li Yan and fell into the hands of the Meng family in Zeguo, and then changed hands to buyers in need at a very high price. The deal is extremely risky and therefore more secretive.

However, there is a big reason why Lin Ruo braved the cold and came here in person for this. But she hid it so well that no one except Li Yan knew her plans, including Ji Junyang, who was also kept in the dark. It's not that they don't trust him, it's that they haven't come to tell him yet.

"Old thing, why don't you accept me after you take so many furs?"

There was a dull sound of "pop", and a large stack of fur was thrown on the ground in front of him, raising a burst of dust, and Lin Ruo couldn't help but cover his mouth and nose and cough.

Murong Chong frowned, and subconsciously stopped in front of Lin Ruo and took her into his arms. Lin Ruo, who finally came back, had a red face, I don't know if it was because he was choked by the smoke and dust, or because he was shy. However, Murong Chong still relentlessly smoothed her down, and asked again when she calmed down: "Yi'er, are you okay?" ”