Chapter 44: Guiding the Maze
It turned out that Yuan Shoucheng was picking up the fine fragrant tea prepared by the boy in white at hand, uncovering the lid of the cup, closing his eyes, approaching the rim of the cup with the tip of his nose, and carefully sniffing the fragrance of tea wafting out of the cup, "Hmm." Master Yuan looked very enjoyable and physically and mentally comfortable, as if the fragrance of this tea had penetrated into his heart and spleen.
Patiently waiting for the master to slowly put down the teacup, Li Biao opened his mouth to speak.
"Mr. Yuan, thank you for your guidance yesterday, and I don't hide it from Mr. Yuan, now that I am in danger, I hope Mr. will show me a clear way. ”
As he spoke, he brought up a golden koi and hexagram gold that had been prepared long ago.
Yuan Shoucheng glanced at the koi lightly, and then at Li Biao.
"Tell me what is on your mind. ”
"Dare to ask sir, why do most of the good people in this world live so hard, but this bad person lives so chic and free?" When he said this, Li Biao's mind flashed the image of his old mother and that Liu Hong.
"Most of these good people take care of others, but they have wronged themselves and suffered themselves, and bad people have always hurt others but only care about themselves. Yuan Shoucheng replied without thinking.
Hearing this, Li Biao nodded. Then he asked, "Sir, is there really karma in this world?"
"Everything in the world cannot escape a heavenly principle, and the so-called heavenly principle is clear. Speaking of heavenly principles, Yuan Shoucheng's face was condensed, and he was extremely solemn, it turned out that his Yuan family disciples had always been in awe of heaven and earth.
"I don't think I'm a good person, but why are the wicked and bad guys I've seen alive so far?"
"Hehe, good and evil will be rewarded in the end, only to fight for late and early. It's not that you don't report it, the hour has not come, and when the hour comes, the retribution will be unpleasant!" Yuan Shoucheng replied with his gray beard.
"Since the gentleman has seen through the evil deeds below, why did he give me a forty-two-character judgment?"
"Accumulate virtue and do good, save people in danger. Yuan Shoucheng gestured with his hand to make a figure of eight.
"Sir, for what I did in the past, I often regret my mistakes and regret it very much, and now, can I change it all over again?" asked Li Biao sincerely.
"No! Now that the big mistake has been made, how can it be said that it can be changed! Just like this time, it cannot be reversed!" Yuan Shoucheng pointed to the sun printed on the screen window.
Therefore, you have to take responsibility and bear the consequences for the mistakes you have made in the past, and this is exactly the karma and karma of Buddhism. ”
Hearing this, Li Biao was a little dejected, bowed his head and was silent.
"However, if you want to repent and reform yourself, it is not that you have no chance of correcting yourself......," Yuan Shoucheng said.
"Sir, please speak, Sir, please speak!" Li Biao's eyes lit up, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw.
"Liu Xuande, the lord of Shu at the time of the Three Kingdoms, has a good saying!"
As long as you cut off evil thoughts, stop doing evil, and sincerely do good, do more good deeds, and accumulate yin virtues, you can reduce your previous sins, and perhaps you can sin without death. ”
"Thank you for your advice!" Hearing this, Li Biao was overjoyed and hugged his fists again and again to thank him.
"Hehe, according to my Yuan Shoucheng, what you want to ask is not actually the road under your feet, but the road in your heart!
"Exactly, exactly, what Mr. said is extremely true!" Li Biao nodded repeatedly.
"Okay, today, I, Yuan Shoucheng, have said all this, and I can't say anything more, otherwise I will be punished by God! Saying that, Yuan Shoucheng made a send-off action.
"Thank you, sir, for your advice! Thank you, thank you!" Li Biao saw that the master had already sent off the guests, and it was inconvenient to stay, so he folded his fists and thanked him again! Then he turned around and left.
Qin Wangfu
Li Shimin, the second son of Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan
Tonight's Qin Wangfu Council Hall was brightly lit, as if it were day.
A group of generals and staff gathered here, and the civil ministers and military generals in the conference hall gathered together, and the atmosphere was solemn.
At this time, everyone invariably turned their eyes to King Qin, and their eyes were full of expectation.
Li Shimin, the king of Qin, has a wide forehead and tendrils, bright eyes, resolute and heroic, and is now carrying his hands behind his back, facing the bright moon in front of the window, and he is in deep thought.
Hou Junji, Cheng Zhijie, Wei Chigong, Qin Shubao and other neatly draped generals are gearing up and walking back and forth eagerly, and the chain mail on their bodies makes a sound of "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh" from time to time. Seeing that Li Shimin, the king of Qin, was still pondering, Sun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others looked at each other and were at a loss.
After half a ring, the eldest grandson Wuji saw this, gritted his teeth and heart, and walked to the front of King Qin, interrupting Li Shimin's thoughts.
"Lord Qin, if you continue to make decisions, you will suffer from its chaos! Lord Qin, you and the crown prince have always been different from each other, and now they are on the same page, just separated by that layer of window paper. Today, Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, issued an order, in the name of the northern expedition against the Turks, to prepare to mobilize most of the soldiers and horses of our Qin Wangfu to participate in the expedition, and strictly ordered all troops and horses to be assembled within seven days. ”
The eldest grandson Wuji glanced at Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and other staff members as he spoke, and Fang, Du and the others immediately nodded in response, and gave the eldest grandson Wuji a look of support and approval. Seeing this, the eldest grandson Wuji's confidence increased greatly, and he continued to speak to the King of Qin: "Lord, from our point of view, this prince and the King of Qi have formed an alliance of life and death, and in terms of military exploits, this time the Northern Expedition to the Turks should have led the army of my Qin Palace, but I didn't want to be robbed by the King of Qi, it is difficult to say that there is no prince to blow the wind in front of the emperor!
"That's right, what Mr. Changsun said is extremely true, I hope the prince will think twice!" Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others hurriedly echoed the opinions expressed by Changsun Wuji.
"Shimin, I think what my brother said really makes sense. Next to him, the eldest grandson of Princess Qin, who was beautiful in appearance and trembling with golden hairpins, also came to persuade King Qin.
"Hehe, what you said is not unreasonable, I also considered this matter carefully just now. Although there is some misunderstanding between me and my eldest brother Jiancheng and fourth brother Yuanji, after all, we are brothers of the same mother, and on the occasion of the foreign enemy Turkic invasion of our Tang Dynasty, we should put harmony first, sincerely unite, and jointly defend against foreign enemies! We must not be suspicious of each other among brothers, and let foreign enemies be treated as jokes. ”
"Brother Wuji, you're a little too worried!" Li Shimin shook his head slightly and smiled.
At this time, Cheng Zhijie, a general with leopard eyes and thick eyebrows, a full face and a beard, and a hot temperament, quit!
Cheng Zhijie (also known as Cheng Biting Jin) stepped forward with a pair of wide plate axes, hugged his fists at King Qin with a pair of plate axes and said: "Big brother, my children of the Qin Wangfu have been fighting on the battlefield all these years, opening up territories and making great achievements, which prince dares to compare with the King of Qin? What is that King of Qi! Ah, phew!!
As he spoke, Cheng Zhijie spat on the ground fiercely, eager to smash the ground into a hole with his spit!
"I'll just listen to my eldest brother's dispatch. If Naqi Wang Yuanji comes to dispatch us and wait, it will only be four words: Don't go!
Cheng Zhijie had a hot temperament and immediately shouted loudly in the conference hall.
When the meeting hall was lively, the royal family bent down to report: "Lord Wang, someone from the East Palace is here outside, saying that there is something to report to the prince in person." ”
"Oh?" Li Shimin stretched out his hand: "Invite him in." ”
The messenger of the East Palace came to the council hall, solemnly saluted Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and then explained the intention: "The little one is entrusted by the prince to invite the prince of Qin to be respected, and the prince is invited to the East Palace at noon tomorrow for a banquet." ”
After that, the messenger of the East Palace presented the red gilded invitations of the crown prince Li Jiancheng and the king of Qi Li Yuanji.
"Hehe, it's the eldest brother and the fourth brother who invited me to the banquet, and the messenger will go back to tell my eldest brother, and say that I will go there at noon tomorrow. Li Shimin closed the red invitation card and said with a smile.