Chapter 205: Never Turn Your Back
Xia Sheng never expected that the abbot of the heart would return to the Dharma Treasure Pavilion so quickly.
I really underestimated the heroes of the world.
However, even so, Xia Sheng didn't seem too flustered, but said with a smile: "It seems that Master Xinkong doesn't know the magic of this Ling, right?"
The words fell, and the crisp bell that lingered in the Dharma Treasure Pavilion came to an abrupt end, and an old monk with white hair slowly pushed the door in from outside the pavilion, bowed slightly and recited a Buddha name, showing compassion on his face, and said to Xia Sheng: "Why did the donor say this?"
Xia Sheng looked at the small bell in the hand of the abbot of Xinkong, smiled and shook his head: "If the master knew what this thing should be used for, he wouldn't have rang the bell to me before." ”
The empty-hearted old monk was noncommittal about this, and did not angrily reprimand Xia Sheng for such a thief, but smiled and said: "In this way, could it be that the donor has a great relationship with my temple?"
Xia Sheng clasped his hands together, belatedly bowed to the abbot of Xinkong, and replied: "I can't hide it, the family teacher and the holy monk of Haifa are old friends. ”
"Oh?" Hearing this, the Heart Void Mage couldn't help but look suspicious: "In that case, why did the donor come this time and become a thief instead of a guest?"
Xia Sheng smiled bitterly and sighed: "It's really a last resort. Because I know that the owner of this treasure bell once said that unless he came to collect it himself, your temple would never give it to others, and the holy monk of Haifa is a person who has made a promise, although he has passed away, but I believe that the heir he has chosen will also obey this order, and if he does not make this decision, I am afraid that I will never be able to get this thing. ”
For Xia Sheng's answer, the abbot of Xinkong seemed quite surprised, and immediately asked, "Could it be that the donor knows who the owner of this thing is?"
Xia Sheng nodded neatly: "Of course I know! It is the regent of the Dajin Dynasty when it was first established, Luoqiu!"
Speaking of this, Xia Sheng's eyes couldn't help but flash a trace of regret: "It's a pity that the battle of Buzhou Mountain happened too suddenly. So much so that he didn't have time to return to your temple to retrieve this treasure, otherwise, who can say the outcome of that battle?"
Xia Sheng's words once again surprised the abbot of the empty heart.
Because about Luoqiu, the history books have long been decided. Now in the eyes of the world, Luoqiu is no longer a regent at all, but the biggest rebel in the five hundred years of the Dajin Dynasty!
Bullying the monarch, plotting rebellion, intending to assassinate Emperor Taizu in Buzhou Mountain and replace the Zhao family, such a traitorous and evil person, it is no wonder that Emperor Taizu will exterminate the ten clans.
Even if the king of the dynasty has rehabilitated the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest, he does not dare to overturn Emperor Taizu's conclusion on Luoqiu!
But now in Xia Sheng's mouth. This regent Luo Qiu has become a pathetic hero worthy of sympathy, if this remark reaches the ears of the imperial court, not to mention that he is just a prince and prince, even if he is the prime minister of the court, no one can protect him!
But Xia Sheng still said this, because he was facing the contemporary abbot of the White Horse Temple, Master Xinkong.
Once upon a time, the White Horse Temple was his last refuge.
And now. In the hands of the abbot of Xinkong, he held the purple bamboo bell that he had stored here.
So. He firmly believes that even after 500 years, the monks in the White Horse Temple are still his solid backing!
Unfortunately, he is no longer the regent Luoqiu, but a sixteen-year-old boy, and even if the Buddhists believe in the reincarnation of cause and effect, he cannot tell the other party that he is the reincarnation of Luoqiu.
Because this is the greatest secret since he was a man in his ninth life. It is the guarantee of his life, and it is the reason why he will not be hated by the world.
Once the hole cards are opened, they are no longer hole cards.
Once a secret is spoken, it is no longer a secret.
However, the next move of the Master of the Heart Void. But it still caught Xia Sheng off guard.
He suddenly stepped forward with a smile, and then handed the purple bamboo bell into Xia Sheng's hands.
At this moment, Xia Sheng's whole person froze, he looked up at the eyes of the abbot of Xinkong, who had precipitated too much wisdom and years, and for a while, he didn't know where to speak.
The abbot of Xinkong didn't say anything, didn't ask anything, but made a Buddhist salute to Xia Sheng very respectfully.
Raise your hands flat on your chest and merge your fingers upwards.
This is the most common posture of Buddhist monks, but at this time, the abbot of Xinkong bowed to Xia Sheng, which represented a very important significance.
See the wise and wise.
So Xia Sheng knew, he knew.
This may have been the greatest crisis that Xia Sheng IX had ever encountered as a human being, but Master Xinkong expressed his kindness with the most concise and clear gesture, he took off the rosary on his wrist, and with a slight shock, he scattered it throughout the Dharma Treasure Pavilion.
The sound of the beads hitting the ground was crisp and pleasant, but it was like a heavy hammer smashing into Xia Sheng's heart.
In the next moment, a full eighteen Buddha beads burst open one after another, turning into wisps of green smoke and disappearing invisibly.
Although Xia Sheng didn't ask anything, the abbot of Xinkong made his own answer in advance.
If there is a breach of trust, so it is.
Xia Sheng held the purple bamboo bell in one hand and the night sword at his waist in the other, if it was tight, after a while, he finally sighed quietly, and then bowed to the Xinkong mage, and walked out of the magic treasure pavilion.
As Xia Sheng's mind moved, Di Jiang and Poor Sang turned into two streamers and returned to his spiritual aperture, and Xia Sheng's footsteps did not stop at all, and he slowly left the White Horse Temple under the incomparably wise eyes of the abbot of Xinkong.
It wasn't until the moment he stepped out of the temple gate that Xia Sheng felt that his vest was faintly cold, he exhaled a deep breath of turbidity, didn't say a word, and then greeted the stars and moon in the sky, and went to the Weining Marquis Mansion.
White Horse Temple and his party, from a certain point of view, Xia Sheng's goal was still achieved, because he got back the purple bamboo bell.
But on the other hand, he inadvertently exposed his biggest hole card.
Whether it is a blessing or a curse can only be left to time to confirm.
At least he believed that the White Horse Temple would never become his enemy.
As for the abbot of the empty heart......
Let's hope he can really keep his oath.
Xia Sheng never thought that the road back to the Marquis of Weining Mansion would become so long, and in the dark it seemed to have its own certainty, and this night might be about to become the biggest catastrophe since his rebirth.
When Xia Sheng slowly passed by Osmanthus Lane in the west of the city, he suddenly stopped.
More than 100 zhang in front, there is Tongluo Street, where the Zhenguo Mansion is located.
Less than a mile to the north is Yuehua Street, which is where the main hall of Shantang, the Terracotta Division, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Punishment are located.
As for the Ye family's Weining Hou Mansion, it is even farther away, separated from Xia Sheng to the east and west.
So Xia Sheng knew that he wouldn't be able to go to the Weining Hou Mansion.
Because in front of him, behind him, in all directions, there are people hiding in the night, under the bright moonlight, the killing intent is strong!
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