Chapter 117: Fish Leaping into a Dragon?
This monk is mediocre-looking, wearing a black monk's robe, which is worn and old, and should be mediocre and untalented. But for some reason, with just one glance, Zhu Su remembered this monk.
No, he doesn't look like a monk. Although the monks of Bifeng Temple kneeling in front of Zhu Su now do not look like monks, this black-clothed monk is different from them. These monks who knelt on the ground and begged for mercy gave Zhu Su the feeling of being a liar. And this black-clothed monk feels like a ......
A sick tiger hiding its claws!
It's weird. Obviously, he was very polite and smiling. Zhu Su felt like he was facing a great enemy, and the hairs on his back stood up.
"Is that the king you trapped?" Although vigilant, it is not to the level of fear. The monk was dressed in a monk's robe and unarmed, and Zhu Su had nothing to fear. It's just that his triangular eyes made Zhu Su inexplicably vigilant.
"The little monk just wanted to see His Highness but couldn't, so he had to do a little trick as a last resort. The little monk had already discovered that the looted property in the temple was locked in the cellar behind the palace, and there were also some treasures accumulated by these money-greedy monks for many years. Your Highness can take it for himself, and talk about it to repay the little monk's rudeness." The black-clothed monk was neither humble nor arrogant.
These words made the fat abbot kneeling down his teeth itch. What you have saved up for many years is you using to pay for your faux pas? Borrowing flowers to offer Buddha didn't bring such a righteous one! This monastery is kind enough to take you in, a down-and-out monk, what will you use to repay my kindness in taking you in with my temple property to repay the sin of disrespect?
His grievances Zhu Su naturally didn't know, and even if he knew, he didn't bother to take care of them. He was now only staring at the black-clothed monk with his triangular eyes lowered and acting as a deferential figure. In many histories and romances, he has read that some people have won the attention of the powerful in some out-of-the-ordinary way, but he did not expect that one day such a thing would find his head.
"Asking to see this king? What's the matter with you?" Zhu Su's face was not shocked, and he still carried his hands behind his back, fully showing the arrogance that a prince of the Zhu family should have.
The black-clothed monk's eyes were more and more appreciative. A young prince has such a talent for change, but in the face of this sudden situation, his face remains unchanged and occupies the leading power of dialogue. How can a teenager do this? I heard that this fifth prince was silent in the palace before, and he did not have any outstanding among the princes. But now that the black-clothed monk is trying, it is almost certain that this son is raising obscurity in Taoguang.
A prince, what is Taoguang for? What else can it be for?
The black-clothed monk forcibly suppressed the trembling of excitement, and tried to maintain a humble but neither humble nor arrogant appearance: "The little monk asked to see His Highness, but he asked for nothing. I just want to count a hexagram for His Highness......
"Fortune telling?" Li Jinglong, who was beside Zhu Su, was suddenly happy. "You are a bald donkey, but what kind of hexagram do you learn from Taoist priests? Don't you know that His Royal Highness King Wu used to make it easier for the streets to see through the thief's trick earlier, and if you want to deceive him, you must first weigh your own way!"
"The poor monk once studied under Master Tong Xuan Ming Su Hongdao, and then learned the way of yin and yang techniques. Naturally, I know how to do divination." The black-clothed monk said indifferently. Li Jinglong and the monks of the monasteries were in an uproar. Master Tong Xuan Ming Su Hongdao is known as Xi Yingzhen, who is the most famous person who has obtained the master today, and the legendary figure who can pass through the Yin and Yang Nine Shades. This monk is obviously a monk, but he can learn from a person like Xi Yingzhen?
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Zhu Su was even more vigilant in his heart. A monk followed the Taoist priest to learn yin and yang arithmetic, which shows that although he shaved his head, he had no Buddha in his heart. A monk who does not respect the gods and Buddhas must be ruthless. The last monk who had no Buddha in his heart had already created a great cause of pouring the sky, and his name was Zhu Yuanzhang.
Who is another ruthless monk in history after Zhu Yuanzhang? Zhu Su had already guessed the identity of this person.
"Since the monk is willing to calculate the fortune for me, then you can do it. It's just that I don't know if you will be punished by the Buddha if you count the hexagrams in front of the Buddha?" Zhu Su's words were provocative.
"Amitabha, my Buddha is compassionate and naturally will not blame the little monk for such a trivial matter. Your Highness also invites the little monk to come to the hall to have a look." The black-clothed monk's face does not change color.
Guessing his identity, Zhu Su also guessed a little bit of this person's intentions. I didn't expect his ambition to be in his heart so early. But knowing what he's thinking, you can be sure that he won't be against him. It was Zhu Su who refused the request of the guards and Li Jinglong, and followed the black-clothed monk to the Daxiong Treasure Hall alone.
The sandalwood in the hall is bursting, the Buddha statue is solemn, and it seems that everything in heaven and earth is silent. Zhu Su glanced around, and the black-clothed monk respectfully invited him to sit down, and he generously took the king's robe and sat on the futon.
The black-robed monk also sat down. "Please also ask Your Highness to stretch out your left palm and give the little monk a look."
Zhu Su glanced at him with a smile. After guessing his identity, he already had the absolute upper hand in thought. Now all you need to do is watch each other's pretending performances.
"Monk, what do you see?"
"Hmm. Your Highness bears the golden scales, which is the life of great wealth and nobility." The black-clothed monk said.
"Nonsense, my father was the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the son born to the true dragon naturally also has golden scales. Are you only saying these auspicious words? You have wasted all this effort to ask the king to reward you with a few dollars of silver to buy wine and drink?"
"Your Highness, don't be impatient. The little monk has not finished speaking. As the saying goes, 'the golden scales leap into the pool and turn into a dragon, and the little monk calculates that His Royal Highness will ...... in the future."
"There will be a day when you will be able to leap into a dragon!"
"The little monk is also thin and talented. If you don't give up, you are willing to attach yourself to the tail of His Highness and do one or two miscellaneous things. What does Your Highness think?"
The black-clothed monk's eyes were burning and he stared at Zhu Su. A pair of triangular eyes like a sick tiger seem to be burning with raging flames.
"A dragon leaps into a dragon?" Heh, this guy really showed his tail. Turn into a dragon and turn into a real dragon. What is a real dragon? Isn't it the emperor? Legend has it that after he met the scholar Yuan Hui, he wanted to stir up the world in order to perform the dragon slaying technique he had learned. I don't know if it's true or not?
Now he wants to provoke me to covet the crown prince? It's weird and weird. Why don't you go to the fourth child?
"The monk saw the wrong person." Zhu Su slapped the king's robe and stood up. "Can Leap Fish turn into a dragon? Before the rain in the Qinhuai River, there are always river fish who are unwilling to be lonely and jump high, and most of them end up as a meal in the mouth of the birds watching on the side. Turning into a dragon? Xiao Wang's knowledge is shallow, but he has never seen it."
"I've always been used to lying flat, and even when I'm a fish, I just like to be still. There is no hobby of bouncing around. I'm afraid the monk has found the wrong person." When he had finished speaking, he was going to leave the temple.
"Your Highness likes to lie flat? Not necessarily, right?" The black-clothed monk spoke suddenly, although his tone was still neither humble nor arrogant, but the speed of his speech had increased by three points. "If His Highness likes to lie flat, why do you want to find an opportunity to go out of the palace alone and live on your own? And why is there an endless stream of steel making every day? And why do you buy people's hearts and train soldiers?"
"Your Highness has been favored by Your Majesty, if you are still hesitating, wouldn't you be authorized by others? The little monk took a lot of effort, and I believe that His Royal Highness can also know the sincerity of the little monk's heart. Why should you be wary?"
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