In the south of the capital, it was the residence of many officials of the current dynasty.

Interestingly, many officials' residences were based on the rules of official position. One product, two products, and three products, all have a fixed number.

Officials choose their place to live according to their rank, and they have to move or change houses when they are promoted or demoted.

There was once a strange incident of an official who was promoted three levels in a row and moved three times in a month. However, this was many years ago, and the official who had been promoted to the third level did not live in the south of the city now, but did it on the other side, with a hereditary title and an exclusive mansion.

That's right, this person is Master Pang.

But today Pang Taishi was not in his own mansion, but was invited to the south of the city, to the mansion of Chen Shimei, the servant of the Criminal Department.

This Chen Shimei is the champion of the previous session, and now he has become a waiter in the Criminal Department, and it is certain that he will continue to stay up and become the secretary of the Criminal Department.

Just because, when Chen Shimei participated in the imperial examination, Taishi Pang was the chief invigilator. According to the rules, all the scholars who were admitted that year became Pang Taishi's protégés, and Chen Shimei was the champion selected by Pang Taishi himself.

Heaven and earth are the teacher, the teacher is one of the five constants, and the relationship between master and apprentice is not much different from the relationship between father and son.

Therefore, the invigilators are all members of the imperial court, and they are definitely the emperor's confidants, so they will use this legal and reasonable way to "form a party".

Chen Shimei, as the original champion, is naturally the most valued student of Master Pang, and he has paved the way for him to rise all the way over the years. Although it is not as exaggerated as moving three times a month, it has moved twice in a few years.

Chen Shimei also knows how to respect teachers and has always been Master Pang's favorite disciple. Therefore, when Taishi Pang came to Shilang's Mansion as a guest, others would not think that there was any problem.

But now the two of them in the house understand that today is not an ordinary master and apprentice reminiscence, but Master Pang specially came to the door.

Master Pang sat in front of Chen Shimei with a serious face, and said angrily: "I told you a long time ago, how can you sweep the world if you don't sweep a house, and when you told me that everything has been swept away, why did you let Bao Zheng find the clues now?"

Chen Shimei was reprimanded by Master Pang like this, and she was suddenly a little flustered.

Chen Shimei was originally a scholar from a rural village, and she can be regarded as talented, and she deserves to be admitted to the top prize, otherwise she would not be valued by Master Pang.

The only problem is that Chen Shimei was married when she went to Beijing to take the exam, and she had a wife and children in the countryside. But after becoming the champion, he naturally couldn't escape the tradition of catching his son-in-law under the list, and the champion Lang was favored by the princess of the dynasty.

The Great Zhou did not have the rule that a horse should not be an official, on the contrary, Chai Xixu, as the founder of the country, was full of confidence in his own control, and he didn't mind being an official at all. And Chen Shimei is really talented, so after marrying a princess, she can rise to prominence.

Between the wretched wife and the future, Chen Shimei decisively chose the latter.

It is not difficult to marry a princess, but it is difficult to deal with the wife of the family.

Chen Shimei is a decisive person, he spent money, hired a killer, and killed his wife Qin Xianglian, even the children. And in order to ensure that the news would not leak out, he also found someone to pretend to be a bandit and slaughtered the entire village.

In this way, all the people who know his details are dead, and Chen Shimei can be this colt with peace of mind. ….

With the identity of a relative and the help of Master Pang, Chen Shimei has already touched the back of the chair of the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, and will soon be able to sit in this position.

At this time, news came from Kaifeng Mansion that someone wanted to verify the tragedy of the slaughter village that year. It stands to reason that this eucalyptus is not Kaifeng, and there is no reason for Kaifeng Mansion to call the file.

However, Bao Zheng linked several wanted Jiangyang thieves with the tragedy of Tucun that year, so Kaifeng Mansion had a reason to check the file.

Although Chen Shimei felt that he was doing something unknowingly, he was naturally very concerned about this eucalyptus as a thief, and when he heard that Bao Zheng had transferred the file of this eucalyptus, he realized that he was in trouble.

Bao Zheng is also a champion, and there has naturally been an exchange between the old and new champions. Chen Shimei could see that Bao Zheng was a really talented and ambitious person, and what made him even more uneasy was that Bao Zheng not only did a good job in articles, but also had the ability to do things

It is unparalleled in the world.

Such a person wants to turn over his old accounts, how can Chen Shimei sit still, so he notified Taishi Pang and prepared to come to the door for help.

Who would have thought that Taishi Pang was in such a hurry and would come to the door himself.

"Teacher, the students have indeed done a clean job, that Qin Xianglian has long since lost her bones, and even the original village has been ransacked by bandits and all of them are dead. The students couldn't understand how that bag of sunspots could suddenly start investigating this old eucalyptus and find it on my head, which was not at all normal."

Hearing Chen Shimei's explanation, Master Pang slapped the table and scolded loudly: "It's really not enough to succeed and more than to lose."

Chen Shimei didn't dare to refute, and hurriedly knelt in front of Master Pang and said, "Please calm the anger, teacher."

Although Pang Taishi was angry, after venting, he also understood that Chen Shimei was no wonder about it. He knew what Chen Shimei did at the beginning, and now it sounds like he is doing it very decisively, and he should never leave any hands and tails.

When no one reported it, how could Bao Zheng suddenly think of checking this old eucalyptus? This is a very unconscionable thing. Now is not the time to blame Chen Shimei, you need to solve the trouble of Bao Zheng first.

"How are you going to deal with it?" Master Pang asked.

Chen Shimei said: "The methods in officialdom are nothing more than coercion and inducement. Although Bao Zheng is known as iron-faced and selfless, I don't think he is a fool, as long as he is given enough benefits and some pressure, he should be able to stop investigating it."

Master Pang sneered: "You, after being an official for so many years, not only has you not grown at all, but you have even regressed in your vision, so Bao Zheng is something you can suppress? Even the emperor knew his name, and he was appointed to be in charge of the criminal affairs of Kaifeng Mansion. You can suppress him with just one of the servants of the criminal department?"

"Teacher, can't you help the students? As long as the teacher makes a move, you ......."

Chen Shimei's words were interrupted by Master Pang: "Why do you want to help you press as a teacher? You just didn't have any talent among the candidates, so you became this champion. But Bao Zheng's current session has countless talented people. is like the one named Su Shi, he didn't even enter the top ten, but with his talent, he is ten times higher than you. And Bao Zheng can overwhelm the crowd and is a well-deserved champion, what do you compare with him? In another ten years, he will only achieve more than you." ….

Chen Shimei was speechless by Taishi Pang's words, and he remembered that in Bao Zheng's session, Taishi Pang was still the chief examiner.

This is the first imperial examination for the new emperor to ascend the throne, and it may also be the last, which has a very special significance, so he will let Pang Taishi, an important minister, invigilate the examination.

In other words, the relationship between Bao Zheng and Pang Taishi is actually not more distant than Chen Shimei. It's just that Chen Shimei has been by Taishi Pang's side for too long, so her feelings are deeper.

When Chen Shimei thought of this, she suddenly sweated like rain.

If Master Pang doesn't help, then I'm afraid I can only find my wife to find a way, talking about the current wife, Her Royal Highness Princess Xinyang.

However, this princess is rude and willful, and he really doesn't want to beg her until he has to.

While he was pondering, a butler suddenly knocked on the door and reported through the door, "Master, master, there is a monk outside the door asking to see you."

Chen Shimei said impatiently: "No see, no see, stuff some money and let him go."

Then the butler said, "Master, he said his name was Daoran."

In less than half an hour, Dao Ran left the Shilang Mansion.

Chen Shimei and Pang Taishi were still sitting opposite each other, but they were completely lost in thought.

Chen Shimei couldn't help but ask, "Teacher, what did you say this monk came to me for?"

Master Pang groaned and didn't say a word, because he couldn't understand it either.

Dao Ran came to visit suddenly, and did not mention anything else, only said that he came to pray for Chen Shimei.

Chen Shimei wanted to refuse, but Master Pang stopped him.

Is this student crazy, Dao Ran is a person who even the emperor dares to kill, refuses his request, and is not afraid that the entire Shilang Mansion will be razed to the ground? Pang Taishi's attitude towards Dao Ran now is to stay away, as long as he doesn't show up, he should not be seen, and he will never take the initiative to provoke.

Now that Dao Ran has come to the door, Taishi Pang can only avoid it

Open.

In the end, Chen Shimei respectfully welcomed Dao Ran in, and then listened to him recite a Buddhist scripture.

Then, there is no then.

Although Dao Ran's chanting is really good, it makes him feel comfortable physically and mentally.

But what is the purpose of this monk coming to the door to recite the scriptures and not collecting money?

Chen Shimei was puzzled, and even Master Pang was blinded.

In the end, there was no result in the discussion, Pang Taishi was frightened by Dao Ran, and went home early, leaving Chen Shimei alone to think about how to ask his wife for help.

In the dead of night, Chen Shimei finally thought of a rhetoric, and was ready to satisfy the princess first, and then talk about her predicament.

However, just as he was about to get up, his eyes suddenly went dark, and he fainted.

In the room, Tirodada and Yelu Longming appeared.

"What is the use of this man?" Yelu Longming asked.

Tirodata shook his head and said, "I don't know?"

Jereman said strangely, "I don't know? So what's the use of you stuning him?"

Tirodatta affirmed, "Daoran has sought him, he must be of some use."

Yelu Longming frowned and said, "I think you are too suspicious, he may not have any ability, maybe he is just here to climb the dragon and the phoenix, and take advantage of the power of the imperial court."

"Hehe, he is the demon of demons that my lord values the most, and you will only lose badly if you despise him." Tirodado said. ….

"Since you're so jealous of him, why don't you just take action, don't say you're not his opponent. Kill him directly, and soon be gone?" Yelu Longming said.

He followed Tirodado all the way, and what he couldn't understand the most was that he obviously had such mana, but he couldn't let go of things at all. replaced him, directly wiped out the Great Zhou, issued a decree, and tossed as much as he wanted, and it was easy to destroy the Buddha in the world, so why bother.

Tiroda shook his head and said, "This is against the rules, if I take action against Daoran, the Buddhists will naturally have Bodhisattvas such as Guanyin and Fuxian to help, and in the end it will become a fighting method that can never tell the winner from the loser."

"Does that sound like a game? The battle between life and death is still so shredded, isn't it too child's play?"

"The battle between Buddha and demon is not a game, but if you only talk about the mortal world, it is not much worse." Tirodado said.

Yelu Longming said disdainfully, "If it is so easy to say, why does Buddhism need to spend so much energy spreading the Dharma? What is the impact of the end of the Dharma era on Lingshan?"

In Yelu Longming's view, the beliefs of the mortal world are of great use to the gods and Buddhas of the heavens, which is why Buddhism works so hard to maintain the beliefs of the mortal world and maintain the orthodoxy of the Dharma.

Tirodatta shook his head and said, "If you want to say that there is no effect, then it is not so, but if it has much impact, you can't really say how much. Don't you think that if no one burns incense and worships the Buddha, the Buddha will attain Nirvana?"

Yelu Longming frowned, and began to feel a little conflicted.

In his heart, he thinks that the mortal world is very important to all the gods and Buddhas, but it seems a bit unreasonable to say that the Buddha is maintained by the power of incense.

"You're just a mortal after all, and you still don't have enough vision. Among the gods and Buddhas, those who really rely on incense are some small gods who do not enter the stream. Whether it is the gods of the Heavenly Court or the Buddhas of the Spirit Mountain, without the mortal world, it actually has little impact on them.

"It's the same with my Demon Gate, my lord Da Zi Tian doesn't care about the life or death of mortals at all, his opponent is always just Lingshan."

"What is that mortal world to an immortal?" Yelu Longming frowned and asked.

With a cruel smile, Tirodada said to Yelu Longming, "The mortal world is a place where the saints look at mortals pitifully, leaving you a reluctant place to stay, a shelter for all kinds of filth in the Three Realms, and at most a good place for the gods to go through the tribulations.

"Heavenly Court cares about the mortal world, because the Jade Emperor's duty is to manage the mortal world for the saints. At the beginning, Heavenly Court decided that no immortal wanted to do this, and the saints had to launch a battle to seal the gods, which made up enough immortals for Heavenly Court. Those who lose are doing their jobs, and they don't dare to slack off when they work day and night; Those who win the war are all nominal, and they don't listen to the announcement.

[In other words, it is the best way to read aloud and listen to books at present, change the source, .huanyuan. 】

"As for Buddhism's concern for the mortal world, it is because of the Buddha's compassion. It will be hard for him to watch others suffer."

"Buddha compassion?"

Yelu Longming seems to have heard some big joke, Buddhism only cares about the life and death of mortals because of compassion?

"What's so strange, it's not just the Buddha who is compassionate, if the saints weren't compassionate, they would have crushed the mortal world a long time ago. The six realms of reincarnation were created by saints, do you think the merits of the mortal world are useful to them? ….

"Whether it's the Buddha Gate or the Dao Gate, the Heavenly Court or the Spiritual Mountain, or the Great Cave Heaven and Blessed Land. Most of them are merciful, and there is always some mercy for mortals. It's just that there aren't many people who like to meddle like Buddhism, and they prefer to cultivate in the blessed land of the cave. If it weren't for compassion, would you think that immortals can only rely on mortals to have fun, and you mortals can't imagine the pleasures of immortals."

Seeing that Yelu Longming's expression changed several times, Tiroda said in a cold tone, "Because you are little worms who are constantly struggling in the cycle of birth, old age, sickness and death, they pity you, so they created the mortal world, only then will they spread the practice of cultivation to you, and they will leave all kinds of trials, I hope you can jump out of the cycle of reincarnation, come out of this prison of filth, and truly be at ease."

Yelu Longming retorted, "If the gods are merciful and use their magic power to create a place of supreme goodness, why is it difficult? Why are there so many human tragedies, birth, old age, sickness and death?"

Without thinking at all, Tirodata blurted out, "For in the eyes of the gods there is no liberation, but a sea of suffering. You think it's a good thing to live a long life, but in the eyes of the gods, dying at a young age is the same as dying at the end of your life, and you still have to continue to be reincarnated."

Yelu Longming said disdainfully, "Hehe, is the pattern really big enough? But if you ask mortals what they think, they will probably choose to live a long life of wealth and glory."

"Look at you, you still can't get out of the eyes of mortals. Your self-cultivation never came out of thin air, and in the process of cultivation, you have suffered a lot, right? Now I'm going to trade you for glory, wealth, and longevity, are you willing?"

Tirodaddo's question silenced Yelu Longming.

In order to cultivate this mana, Yelu Longming naturally suffered a lot, and even died because of this. He has seen countless human tragedies, so he chooses to bring tragedies to others, and at the same time, he can understand the darkness of people's hearts.

But if he wants to throw away these in exchange for a peaceful and rich life, he is unwilling.

Yelu Longming said frankly, "I have the hope of immortality now, how can I change it?"

"That's right, the reincarnation of a hundred lifetimes is only for immortality, which is a worthwhile tribulation in the eyes of the gods and Buddhas."

Tiroda did not hesitate to spend so many words to mention Yelu Longming, just hoping that he could have a higher vision. If you still maintain the vision of mortals, you will lose the first move on the chessboard of this catastrophe.

Yelu Longming couldn't digest such complicated information at once, so he just threw it aside without thinking about it, and said to Tirodado, "If you want to dig out the secret from him, then I suggest you don't take the torture away. Perhaps, if we follow Daoran's intentions, we will know his secrets. Didn't Dao Ran come to help him do good, so let's let him become a monk, maybe there will be something else."

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