Chapter 36 The Past Section 3 Passing Away
"He Zheng, forget about this matter. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info listening to the unknown master's lecture on the scriptures and the Fa today, I Xiao Yan really have a long insight. Xiao Yan smiled, "That Eight Friends of Jingling, I haven't remembered it for many years, and today after the unknown master mentioned this, I really miss these old friends of mine." β
When Xiao Yan said this, he slowly stood up: "It seems that the nameless master is still going to continue to surpass the undead here, so I won't be able to disturb it, so I'll leave first." β
"The emperor walks slowly!" Nameless was still sitting there, not intending to stand up and give it away.
"I just don't know what ---- Master's next scripture is?" Xiao Yan didn't want to ask, but at this time, for some reason, he actually had a trace of inexplicable awe for this unknown master from the bottom of his heart.
"Back to the emperor, the old monk below will recite the "Mantra of Death". Nameless still has that indifferent appearance, refusing to give Xiao Yan a little face.
"Then I, Xiao Yan, want to thank Master!" Xiao Yan nodded and said.
"The emperor is polite, I am an ordinary cultivator, it is a great honor to be able to talk to the emperor, how can I thank him?"
After Xiao Yan left the main hall, his face became extremely ugly, he was the king of a country, and no one dared to contradict him like this for many years, when he wanted to be with his brothers in the early years, Fan Yun, Xiao Ziliang and others often regarded themselves as their own brothers, saying some jokes, and they didn't mind if they were heavier.
It's just that that time has long been in the past, with the passing of those good brothers in the past, they quoted scriptures together, recited poems, and traveled the world together.
He Zheng asked quietly on the side: "Your Majesty, do you want the last general to think of a way to ---- him?"
Xiao Yan looked around at Tongtai Temple: "This is the quiet place of the Buddha's six times, how can I tolerate you to come here?" Besides, this person must be a high-ranking monk who has attained the Tao, listening to the scriptures he preached, as well as the tone and expression of his voice and expression when he spoke to me, I can conclude that he will definitely not come from Dingshan Temple. β
"The last general understands, and the last general will go and find out about this matter. Of course, He Zheng understood why the emperor told him about this, and he naturally understood the deep meaning of his words.
Seven days later, Nameless came to the abbot on time. The abbot sat on the futon, and when he saw him come in, he motioned for him to sit opposite him.
The abbot is extremely grateful in his heart, he is hindered by the face of the current emperor Xiao Yan, he can't come forward for his junior brother, but the nameless master in front of him dares to stand up and do this, this courage is not owned by ordinary people, and in the face of the emperor's accountability, he can adapt to the situation and answer like a stream, which shows that the depth of the nameless connotation and cultivation has reached an unfathomable state.
"I thank the nameless master for his great help, the old man has promised the master to talk to you at night, you can ask as much as you want tonight, as long as I know, I will know everything, and I will say everything. β
"Thank you, abbot! What the nameless wants to ask is the matter of the emperor today. Nameless whispered.
The abbot was shocked when he heard this, he raised his head and re-examined the monk in front of him, he didn't understand why this monk from Jozan Temple was so interested in this emperor in the temple? Could it be him, could it be him---- the more the abbot thought about it, the more afraid he became.
Nameless saw the doubts in his heart, he took out a volume of scriptures from his bosom and put it in front of the abbot: "This is the whole volume of the "Diamond Sutra" written by the ancestor of Zen Buddhism, the Patriarch Bodhidharma, and it is a beloved thing that I have always carried with me. β
The abbot picked up the scroll with trembling hands, he had obtained a few pages of the scriptures copied by the Bodhidharma Patriarch in his early years, and the handwriting on the fragment was the ink treasure of the Bodhidharma Patriarch.
The abbot opened the scroll with trembling hands, and when he saw only the first few pages, he had already concluded that it was written by Patriarch Bodhidharma himself. He was overjoyed to have suddenly encountered such a fortunate event, and for a monk like him, it was already a blessing to be able to see this precious sutra with his own eyes, and there was nothing else to ask for in this life.
"This ---- is indeed the ink of Patriarch Bodhidharma, where did this ---- nameless master come from?" The abbot couldn't put down the scriptures, he stared at the scriptures in his hand for a long time, and couldn't bear to put them down.
Nameless smiled slightly: "It seems that this scripture is related to the abbot, if the abbot is willing to tell me the story of the emperor, it is yours." β
The abbot pondered for a long time, and finally put down the scripture, and he folded his hands and said to Nameless: "Nameless, although I like this scripture very much, if I exchange the past of the current emperor, I am afraid that the old man will not be able to do it." β
"Then how about I exchange a story for a story without a name?" Nameless smiled slightly, and did not put away the scroll, but put forward a new condition.
"Story for story?" the abbot was stunned, not knowing what the nameless words meant.
"The abbot's story, of course. The nameless understatement made the abbot sitting opposite suddenly shiver.
The abbot's face was bloodless at this time, he stared straight at the nameless in front of him, and only after a while did he ask: "Who are your ----?"
Nameless sighed lightly: "Life is impermanent, life and death are reincarnated, we can meet in this life, it is the fate of the previous life, we may not know each other in the next life, does the abbot understand the truth." β
At this time, the abbot was really afraid that this seemingly ordinary monk in front of him would say more words that he didn't dare to hear. He was hesitating at this time, whether to tell him the emperor's story, but since this person knew his past, he must also know the emperor's past, why did he tell it himself?
"Abbot, do you speak first or do I speak first?"
The abbot sighed helplessly: "That's it, that's it." Now that you know my past, I have nothing to say now, so if you want to know anything, just ask. β
"Emperor Xiao Baorong of Qi and Emperor Xiao Baorong was in the current emperor back then, can the abbot know about this?"
"Exactly!" replied the abbot in a low voice.
"How about the abbot please tell me about the emperor?"
The abbot took a long breath: "If you want to talk about Emperor Xiao Baorong, you must first talk about his mediocre and cruel second brother Xiao Baojuan." β
"Xiao Baojuan, Marquis of Dongduan?" Nameless is naturally the Marquis of Dongdu, who has heard of this famous Marquis of Dongdu, his cruelty and absurdity can be said to be a great shame for the previous dynasty.
"That Dongdusk Marquis Xiao Baojuan, was born to the Queen Mother Liu Huirui, but the Queen Mother died early, and was raised by Concubine Pan Niangniang since she was a child, and Concubine Pan Niangniang was naturally pampered by him, because he stuttered since he was a child, and he was greedy for fun, naturally no one dared to restrain him, and after his father Xiao Luan ascended the throne, he brutally killed the same clan and clan, that Xiao Baojuan has been in his eyes since he was a child, and after he grew up on the throne, he spread his father's evil deeds widely, and he was extremely cruel to people of the same clan and clan, and often went out of the palace and entered the rich people to take property, often looting his family's propertyγ He was treacherous, and when he did such a despicable thing, he did not want to be seen, and whoever met him would be killed. Because of his bad deeds, those local officials always paid attention to him, and whenever they saw him leaving the palace, they immediately ran to call for the expulsion of the people, so that there were no pedestrians on the road, and empty houses were stored. Alas---- the emperor of the former Qi, I am afraid that I never thought that there would be such a rebel son to inherit the unification----"
"What was the current emperor Xiao Yan doing at that time?" asked Nameless.
The abbot groaned slightly, this nameless master asked too timely, he said that at this time to lead to the current emperor, it was the right time, he raised his head, his eyes were firmly fixed on the nameless in front of him: "That Liang King Xiao Yan, occupy Yongzhou, support troops and Xiao Baojuan to confront, that Xiao Baojuan is hateful and afraid, every time he sends someone to kill Xiao Yan, he is unsuccessful, he wants to play with the plan of killing people with a knife, but he was recognized by Xiao Yan, and finally he forced Xiao Yan to raise troops to attack Jiankang." β
Hearing this, Nameless nodded slightly: "At that time, Xiao Yan was still a person with a conscience. β
Seeing his fellow clansmen being killed one by one, the emperor was naturally resentful in his heart, and the ministers of the auxiliary state at that time were killed by Xiao Baojuan one by one, even the loyal and kind Xiao Ziliang, that Xiao Baojuan did not let go, and kept forcing the king of Jingling to close his door and no longer pay attention to the affairs of the court. The whole court hated him so much that they gritted their teeth, and Xiao Yan raised troops, and he couldn't bear it. β
Nameless smiled, he didn't agree with the abbot's words in his heart, that Xiao Yan was definitely not because he couldn't bear it, that Xiao Yan must have had the ambition to seize the country since he began to assist Xiao Luan, but he never had a suitable opportunity, at that time, he must have seen the opportunity, so he took the opportunity to send troops and take down the Dongwu Marquis in one fell swoop.
"Xiao Yan is indeed a brave and resourceful person, after taking down the Xiao Baojuan, he supported his younger brother Xiao Baorong as the emperor---- originally we thought that Xiao Yan, the king of Liang, was a good heart, for the sake of the great Qi of the country and the society to do this, for his ambition, Xiao Baorong knew nothing at the time, let him be at his mercy---- no one could have imagined the next thing, that Xiao Yan actually fell in love with the woman Wu Shuyuan of the Eastern Dusk Marquis, and accepted that Wu Shuyuan and became his woman---- if it were not for this, there would not be the second prince Xiao Zong, who was born seven months laterγ When the abbot thought of these things, he was also extremely puzzled in his heart, "Until then, Xiao Baorong was still in the dark by Xiao Yan, and he obeyed Xiao Yan's idea wholeheartedly. Within a few days of Xiao Baorong becoming emperor, he began to kill his brothers like crazy, and his relatives around him ---- his brothers, only Xiao Baoyin escaped and fled to the Northern Wei Dynasty. Everything after that will be revealed----"
"Yes, Xiao Baorong probably didn't understand until his brother was killed or fled: he was just a puppet emperor. Nameless and faint sermon.