But after a while, the fat monk ran over panting, with a happy face: "Your Highness is deeply blessed!" Originally, the master was in retreat and did not see anyone, but later he said that since he had this fate, he should have seen it. No, tell the little monk to take you over! ”

The prince was also happy in his heart, and took Xue Ke's hand and walked towards the monk's house in the back mountain.

Xue Ke was quite unimpressed in his heart, what kind of master, what kind of fate to see, not to see the noble identity of the prince of the Middle East Palace.

The fat monk just wanted to say that it should be inconvenient to take a woman, but looking at the prince's expression, he endured it and didn't say it, the master will see one anyway, and see two too, and people who have already transcended the red dust, there should be no difference between men and women.

The fat monk took the two to a clean and remote courtyard and said goodbye. The clouds on the horizon flowed, and the light was shining, and it seemed that this simple courtyard also had a bit of fairy spirit.

The prince clasped the door. Then I heard a voice answer, "Here we are." ”

When the door opened, I saw an old man dressed in monk's robes. At first glance, it looks very old, but if you look closely, it is not very old, so you can't guess the age.

Facing the prince's namaste, his eyelids gently drooped and returned the salute, but when he saw Xue Ke, his eyes opened, and the essence flashed.

He looked at Xue Ke carefully, and when the prince and Xue Ke both felt a little strange, he suddenly shook his head and sighed.

The prince couldn't help asking, "What advice does the master have?" ”

Master Zhihai walked into the room, and there was no arrangement in the room, just a collapsed futon, and there were wooden fish and Buddhist scriptures on several cases. It was dark, but there was no light in the house.

"Amitabha! Have you ever heard a saying that flowers do not bloom again, and people do not live again? ”

Xue Ke's heart moved, and he couldn't help but stare at the figure in front of him a little? of the monk.

"The reincarnation of all things in the world has its own Dharma truth, why is the donor still obsessed with this opportunity and refuses to let go?" Zhihai lit the oil lamp on the table, and the whole room lit up.

The prince didn't understand the wit in his words, and was about to ask in detail, but saw Xue Ke's expression beside him change greatly.

"Hatred is as deep as the sea, resentment is soaring, isn't it because of hatred that I live?" Xue Ke asked sharply.

"Amitabha, don't you understand that hatred is futile, resentment is futile, love is useless, and seeking is useless. It's better to let go of the knot as soon as possible. ”

Xue Ke's expression was terrible at this time, and the prince even wondered if the master in front of him had done some evil magic at that moment, and hurriedly called softly, "Sugar Candy?" ”

Xue Ke waved his hand, signaling that he was fine, but continued to ask Master Zhihai: "I want to ask the master, why do you want to put it down?" How can I put it down? ”

"Amitabha, the donor's words are wrong. Everything in the world has cause and effect, and the so-called is not that it is not reported, but the time has not yet come. Even what has not appeared in this life will also appear in the next life, and the so-called Dharma is boundless, and it is not something that can be done by man. No one in this world is born out of hatred. ”

"Then how did I come to be, Master?" Xue Ke asked step by step.

"There is a sense of reincarnation. Someone will inevitably bear the price for going against the sky. If the benefactor thinks that there will be someone in this life who will bear such a price, he can think that this person must be doing so in the hope of peace and joy for the benefactor, and not for indulging in hatred. ”

"Who is this man?"

"Amitabha." Master Zhihai turned around and stopped answering, "If you have a fate, you will meet, and if you don't have a chance, you have to miss it." Donor, let it all be. I have a string of Buddhist beads, which is also the object of the deceased, and the donor is willing to take it with him? ”

The prince only felt strange in his heart, this old monk was obviously confused about every sentence, but Xue Ke could listen to every word. Moreover, it was clear that the two of them were here, but he gave a string of Buddhist beads that he carried with him to a woman, although he was unhappy, he saw Xue Ke take this string of Buddhist beads.

It is just a string of 108 Buddha beads bracelet carved in ordinary woodcuts, and each bead is carved with a Buddha image, and the Buddhist scriptures say that the Buddha has one hundred and eight phases to show the world. The Buddha statues on the beads are either kind and kind, or fierce and evil, and their expressions are different.

Xue Ke took it, but his hands trembled a little, like an old thing he hadn't seen for many years, and a familiar feeling arose. Xue Ke put it on his wrist, and for some reason, he suddenly felt inexplicably sad, only to feel that tears were about to pour out in the next moment.

Xue Ke refused to believe his feelings, and asked again, "Why?" ”

"Amitabha! Two donors, please come back! Zhihai shook his head.

The prince was only afraid that Xue Ke would be enchanted, so he hurriedly pulled Xue Ke to prepare to leave.

Jihae sighed and sent the two to the door of the house. The sunset at the top of the mountain had dissipated, and the sky was gradually darkening.

Before closing the door, Zhihai said again: "Your Highness has recently had a bloody disaster, so it's better to be careful of the people around you." He looked at it and said indifferently: "Don't worry, Your Highness is deeply blessed, and someone will stop you." Then he sighed again, turned and closed the door.

Xue Ke hadn't come back to his senses yet, he closed his eyes and touched the beads on his wrist, and tears fell uncontrollably.

The prince was startled, and hurriedly ripped off the wrist beads and said, "I think this monk and this wrist beads are a little strange, Tangtang, are you okay, is there anything uncomfortable?" Throw it away. ”

Xue Ke wiped his tears and smiled: "It's okay, it's just that I suddenly felt sad, and I didn't feel uncomfortable, but I felt clearer." He took the wrist bead from the prince's hand again: "Don't worry, maybe as the master said, I have a relationship with this wrist bead." ”

The prince and Xue Ke returned to their respective monks' houses, Xue Ke just looked at the string of wrist beads, thinking about the words of Monk Zhihai, she always thought that she was too resentful, or that God had mercy on her, so she was reborn, but today's words of Zhihai clearly told her that someone paid the price to let her be reborn.

Who is this person? And what price did he pay? Isn't the purpose of his rebirth to take revenge?

Ah Liu watched his lady sit in a daze, and did not go to bed to rest until late at night after repeated persuasion. I slept very unsteadily all night, and I repeatedly whispered in my dreams: "Who is it?" Who are you? ”

Early on the second morning, the blessing was prayed, and there was a set of royal procedures, and the momentum was huge, although Xue Ke was watching the ceremony, he was always uneasy.

After praying for the blessing, the prince and his entourage went down the mountain. On the surface, the goal of the trip has been completed, and in the praise of a group of officials, it is natural to have a staggered plan, and there is no need to go into detail.

Since they arrived in Shanxi, the officials of the Sansi Yamen, whether they supported the King of Qin or others behind their backs, always treated the prince with peace with the prince on the surface, and strongly invited the prince to return to Beijing from Taiyuan Mansion, and the prince gladly responded.

Shanxi's political envoy Si Yamen is stationed in Taiyuan Prefecture, and has jurisdiction over four prefectures and four prefectures. Taiyuan Prefecture has jurisdiction over six states and 22 counties. The seat of Taiyuan Prefecture is Yangqu County.

All the way from Wutai County to Yangqu County, because of the accompaniment of Shanxi political envoys and other officials, the prince and Xue Ke were not able to ride in the same car, and Xue Ke was accompanied by many wives.

Xue Ke found that in addition to holding her, the other two ladies were the main ones. One is the wife of the Shanxi Chengxuan political envoy, surnamed Qin, who can speak well and talk about the customs and customs along the way; The other one was not of high grade, Mrs. Wang, who was the commander of Taiyuan Mansion, who did not speak much, and looked a little arrogant.

It wasn't until the evening that Xue Ke saw the prince, and the prince drank some wine lightly, but there was no drunkenness in his eyes, but on the contrary, there was a little bit of mockery and extra sobriety.

Xue Ke said with a smile: "Has Your Highness gained anything?" ”

The prince rubbed her hair: "Don't worry. "Because after Master Zhihai said something about the bloody disaster that day, Xue Ke has been a little relieved.

Obviously, the monk didn't say anything before he spoke, but he didn't know why Xue Ke had been caring so much. The prince glanced at the rosary that Xue Ke put on his wrist, and felt a little bit of a diaphragm in his heart.

Xue Ke saw the corner of his eye, and funnily stretched his sleeve to cover the rosary, and said, "I have some doubts." ”

"Oh? Tell me about it. "After Xue Ke has been in Linglong Pavilion and Suzheng Hall in the past two years, he has greatly improved in political affairs, and he also has his own opinions. The crown prince was also willing to hear her opinion.

"First, how old is the Shanxi political envoy? It shouldn't be small, why is his wife Qin no more than thirty years old? Second, I see that all the ladies flatter Mrs. Wang, who is the commander of the Taiyuan Mansion, why is this? ”

The prince smiled and nodded: "The lady is becoming more and more insightful now." ”

Xue Ke scolded him dissatisfiedly: "Don't worry about making fun of me!" ”

When the prince saw her with a smile on his face, he thought of the many political affairs in the past few days, but he didn't make love well, so he couldn't help but feel a wave in his heart, pulled her to his lap, and said in detail:

The so-called three divisions of the yamen are the political envoy department, the criminal envoy department, and the command envoy department, which are respectively in charge of the civil affairs, prisons, and military affairs of one side. Although the three divisions nominally do not interfere with each other and are in charge of their own shares, if they are not in the border area, they all take the responsibility of undertaking the declaration of political envoys, after all, the money, grain, taxes, and official personnel of a place are all in charge of it.

Therefore, it is natural for the ladies to hold the wife of the political envoy. As for this Mrs. Qin, she is not the original partner of the political envoy, nor is she the stepfamily. ”

"Oh? Could it be a concubine? Unlikely! Xue Ke asked curiously while patting away the prince's restless hand.

"Of course, it's not a concubine's room, if the concubine room appears on this occasion, I'm afraid that the books of the political envoys who supervise the imperial history will already be piled up."

Xue Ke nodded, that's right. The court has strict laws, and the boundaries between wives and concubines are clear.

"The Qin family is his flat wife."

"And what about his original room? What is the origin of this Qin clan? ”

"This adult's original partner has already left the house, although he has not been separated, but he is practicing in a nunnery by himself, and he no longer cares about the mundane affairs in the house. And the Qin family? The prince smiled: "It's the female official before our queen's mother." ”

"Oh!" Xue Ke nodded, no wonder Shanxi is the queen's money bag, and there is still such a relationship.

Ah Liu came in with melons and fruits, and saw the prince holding Xue Ke at a glance, put down the fruit without squinting and walked out of the room, and carefully brought the door.

Xue Ke said angrily: "Are you ashamed? ”

The prince held her hand and pinched a piece of watermelon, fed it to her mouth, stretched out his tongue and licked the watermelon juice on her lips, and said vaguely: "If you want to be ashamed, it is also Ah Liuzhen!" Today, a few adults also said to me that Niangniang is beautiful and beautiful, and she looks like a fairy! ”

The crown prince imitated their tones, making Xue Wei tremble with laughter in his arms.

The prince took the opportunity to kiss it again, the sweetness of the watermelon in his mouth, and it took a while to separate, and the prince licked his lips with satisfaction: "What is there to be ashamed of under the intimacy of the lonely and the beautiful lady of the country?" ”

"By the way, didn't they want to send a few young and beautiful girls this time?"

"Absolutely! I said that if I didn't look as good as my mother, I didn't have to come over. And then it's gone. The prince looked like he was begging for praise.

Xue Ke nodded with satisfaction: "Hmm!" Niangniang will reward you with a piece of watermelon, open your mouth! Xue Ke smiled and handed over a piece of watermelon.

The prince shook his head and said, "Don't want watermelons, let's enjoy something else!" The two of them started a fight.

After a period of absurdity, Xue Ke fell on the collapse and remembered the question just now: "By the way, what is the origin of that Mrs. Wang?" ”

The prince's mind was blank, just rubbing the skin on Xue Ke's back, listening to her question, he had a headache and said, "Tangtang, don't you think it's a bit embarrassing to ask this at this time?" ”

Xue Ke smiled and bit his shoulder: "Bold minion!" I just received the reward, and I think I'm spoiled by the scenery? ”

The prince was bitten by her itchy and painful, but he didn't dare to retreat, and hurriedly coaxed: "How can there be? Isn't this afraid that the mother will cluck her teeth!"

Xue Ke snorted and let go, only to see a red tooth mark on his shoulder. Xue Ke touched it with satisfaction: "Do you like it?" ”

The prince nodded helplessly: "I like it." ”

Xue Ke was lying on him looking for a comfortable posture, looking at the prince from top to bottom, and sure enough, after looking at it for a long time, it became more and more pleasing to the eye.

Xue could use his hand to slowly trace the corners of his eyebrows, eyes, and lips. The prince looked at her eyes and fell into it unconsciously.

Suddenly, Xue Ke twisted him, and the prince subconsciously screamed softly, and asked with an aggrieved expression: "What's the matter, Niangniang?" ”

"I'm waiting for you to say that Madame Wang!"

The prince couldn't laugh or cry, he couldn't quite understand how Xue Ke could talk about these things in an instant from this kind of affection and sweetness, and as long as Xue Ke looked at him with that kind of eyes, there was only one thing left in his heart.

With a resigned sigh, the prince took his heart: "Mrs. Wang is the sister of the queen's mother's family, well, to some extent, she is also my distant cousin. ”

No wonder her grade is not high, and everyone is like the stars holding the moon, it turns out that there is this relationship.

"So, most of the officialdom in Shanxi is the power of the queen?"

"It's not over, right, but the chief politician of one side is, and it is inevitable that the upward and downward effects will be leaning towards that side."

Xue Ke looked at the expression of the prince Chengzhu in his chest, and knew that he must also have someone to install him.

"Then it's going to Taiyuan Mansion soon, where are you going to check?"

When the prince heard such a big question, he couldn't help but sigh with a headache: "Niangniang, it's getting late, is it okay to report it again tomorrow?" ”

Xue Ke pursed his lips, thinking that he would have to hurry tomorrow: "Okay, sleep!" ”

"Don't! I haven't received the reward yet! The prince turned over.

"Where is such a greedy minion, you let me out!"

"Niangniang, I can't get out!"

The summer insects in the courtyard were singing, mixed with the low sounds of slapstick and laughter in the room.