The next day, as soon as Zhu Gaoxu retreated, he went straight to the outside of Emperor Ying's city and rushed towards the small Zhuangzi where his son lived.

The early dynasty didn't have much to say, so it was naturally a fight.

Winning the war is an indisputable fact, even if the civilian camp is unwilling to see the military generals camp sit large, but now there is no reason to restrict it.

If there is no reward for military merits, who will shed blood for Daming in the future? And who will stand up in front of their civil officials and shelter them from the wind and rain?

However, it is indisputable that things are true, but the civilian camp is not without a solution.

It is impossible to reduce the reward, because if it is unjust, it will cause bad public opinion, but the civil service can try to suppress it and delay the issuance of the reward as much as possible.

When the turmoil brought about by this great victory has almost subsided, then the reward for those meritorious soldiers will be much worse at that time.

After all, there is a possibility that one plus one is greater than two, and similarly, there is a possibility that it is less than two.

Under such caution as the civil servants, the reward was naturally postponed.

First, it is difficult to determine the credit for this time, because there is still Zhu Zhanyan who was not present, but he is a very key person in this northern expedition.

Second, it is natural for civilian officials to postpone the high-sounding reason that they should not live up to the expectations of the soldiers.

In addition, Zhu Gaoxu, the leader of the military general camp, is not in the mood to confront the civil officials because of his son's affairs, which can be regarded as a reason.

It's just that what Zhu Gaoxu didn't expect was that he was in a hurry and hurried, and finally pounced.

"Where has the prince gone?" Zhu Gaoxu looked at the empty Zhuangzi and asked the guards at the door with black lines on his face.

Zhu Zhan Yan has very few guards, even with the addition of Zhu Ling and Zhu Ping, there are only about a dozen of them, so many of the guards in this Zhuangzi are not Zhu Zhan Yan's own.

In the past, it was Zhu Gaoxu who transferred his own guards, and later the old man also transferred some because of the Japanese affairs.

"Back to His Royal Highness the King of Han, the prince has gone to the Heavenly Realm Temple." The guards at the door were transferred by Zhu Gaoxu before, so naturally there would be no concealment.

Of course, the premise is that Zhu Zhanyan intends to reveal it, otherwise it is impossible for these people to know his whereabouts.

These people are just guards, even if they are also tasked with monitoring him, it is not on the surface, Zhu Zhanyan naturally will not report to them for everything.

Zhu Gaoxu frowned when he heard this, and he was a little reluctant in his heart, but after thinking about it carefully, he still decided to go to the Heavenly Realm Temple.

Tianjie Temple, Daxiong Treasure Hall.

Zhu Zhanyan sat on the futon, holding the Qianzhi in his hand and knocking on the wooden fish, but he was different from ordinary monks, he knocked irregularly, and he was completely indiscriminate.

"If Your Highness is unintentional, then there is no need to knock." Yao Guangxiao, who was sitting on the side, finally couldn't help but speak.

"If you don't ask for anything in your heart, it's useless to knock it."

"That's not going to work." Zhu Zhanyan shook his head and refused without hesitation.

"After killing so many people on the grassland, I am now a serious evil, I have to knock it well, otherwise I will not be able to go to the eighteenth layer of hell after death?"

……

Yao Guangxiao: What wind and waves have you not experienced? But he was still speechless by Zhu Zhanyan.

More than 100,000 people have died because of you, and now you want to chant sutras and worship the Buddha to alleviate your sins, why did you go earlier? And can this level of sin be resolved by knocking on the wooden fish?

Besides, look at you like that, do you have a half-serious look? Fools can tell you're hiding.

As for who to hide......

"Forgive the poor monk." Yao Guangxiao shook his head, he wanted to ignore Zhu Zhanyan, but the irregular sound of wooden fish could already be called noise.

"His Royal Highness the Prince is insincere, and it is useless to knock it."

"Besides, if there really is a Buddha overlooking the world, where is there so much injustice in this world?"

The Qianzhi in Zhu Zhan's hand paused slightly, and looked at Yao Guangxiao in surprise.

It is usually difficult to imagine such words coming from the mouth of a monk, but if these words came from the mouth of Yao Guangxiao, a demon monk in black, it would not seem surprising.

A person who is now a monk, but the teacher is a Taoist priest, and he is also proficient in the three religions, and has a good relationship with the leaders of the Buddhist and Confucian families, you say he is a monk?

It's not that I can't say that, it's just that it's a bit inappropriate to say it.

"What about you, old monk?" Zhu Zhanyan threw the Qianzhi in his hand and collapsed directly on the futon.

"There are quite a few people who died directly or indirectly at the hands of the old monk, right? Is that why you became a monk? ”

"No, those things only happened after you became a monk, so what are you?"

As he spoke, the corners of Zhu Zhanyan's mouth curled: "Is the crime one more degree?" ”

Yao Guangxiao smiled slightly when he heard this, but he didn't answer, but knocked on the wooden fish in front of him.

Seeing this, Zhu Zhanyan couldn't help but pout.

Although Yao Guangxiao didn't say it, Zhu Zhanyan also knew a little.

This person, ostensibly a monk, actually has the essence of the three schools of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, but he cannot be classified into any of them.

A person's life always has to go crazy once, and wearing a white hat for the old man at the beginning was Yao Guangxiao's madness.

He is not a person who has no desires, but he is not far behind, and his goal in life is to reflect his own value.

Difficult? said that it was a rebellion, but for Yao Guangxiao, it was just a way to reflect his own value, he was not interested in power, otherwise he would have been above ten thousand people under one person.

"Zhan Yan."

Not long after Zhu Zhanyan and Yao Guangxiao fell silent, Zhu Gaoxu's voice rang out.

"Gao Xu has seen Master Daoyan."

is different from Zhu Zhanyan's unruly, even if he is arrogant like Zhu Gaoxu, he is respectful when facing Yao Guangxiao.

"His Royal Highness the King of Han is polite, but the poor monk should not deserve it." Yao Guangxiao immediately returned to the Buddha.

In addition to reflecting the value of life, Yao Guangxiao is really like a monk.

is not arrogant or impatient, does not covet power, does not like money, and does not despise anyone by virtue of his own martyrdom of the first hero.

"Zhan Yan, what are you doing here?" After greeting Yao Guangxiao, Zhu Gaoxu looked at his son.

"Go home, even if it's back to Zhuangzi, you shouldn't be here now."

"No return!" Zhu Zhanyan shook his head directly, picked up the Qianzhi on the ground, and began to knock on the wooden fish.

"The child killed too much in the Northern Expedition, and if he didn't atone for his sins, he would go to eighteen layers of hell after death."

……

Zhu Gaoxu looked at his son with black lines on his face, and his reaction was different from Yao Guangxiao's, but his thoughts were the same.

"His Royal Highness the King of Han." Just as Zhu Gaoxu was about to speak again, Yao Guangxiao interrupted him.

"It's a good thing that the son of the world has the heart to worship the Buddha."