At the entrance of Lingyun Temple, the little monk Xinzen took a broom to clean the fallen leaves in front of the door as in the past. He swept so carefully that two people coming up from the bottom of the mountain didn't notice. A sound woke him up.

"Little master, we are here to visit Master Jueben, the abbot of your temple, please inform me."

Xin Zen was shocked and fixed his eyes to look. I saw a middle-aged man leading a little boy about ten years old, the middle-aged man was wearing a white brocade robe, although it was not gorgeous, but from his body he could feel a rich temperament. The young man was young, but he looked a little weak, and his face was a little pale.

He spoke: "Abbot Jueben is dedicated to the Buddha, studying the principles of Buddhism, not asking about worldly things, and asking the donor to ask him to come back." ”。

The middle-aged man took out a letter and said, "We have no intention of disturbing Master Jueben's Qingxiu, but the child is seriously ill, and only the abbot can save him under the guidance of Mr. Shuihua." There is a letter from Mr. Shuihua here, and I hope that the little master will help inform me. As he spoke, he took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to the little monk with both hands.

The little monk took the letter with both hands, and saw a few words written on the front of the envelope, "Visit Master Jueben of Lingyun Temple", and there were four slightly smaller words written in the lower corner, "Shui Hua worships".

Xinzen took the letter and looked at it over and over again, and then looked at the young man, but when he saw that the young man's face was pale and there was a little pain on his face, he sighed and took the letter and went in.

This middle-aged man and young man are the emperor and Zhao Yu.

After Zhao Yu rescued Meng Shuihua, he breathed in the palace for a few days, and his body gradually improved. The emperor took him to visit Master Jueben, hoping to get rid of the "root of the disease" as soon as possible.

After a while, Xinzen ran out and said to the emperor: "Sir, the abbot is invited."

The emperor arched his hand at Xinzen, and then pulled Zhao Yu in.

Xinzen took the two of them around for a while and came to a room outside. But seeing that the outside of this house is simple, there is no prosperity at all.

Xinzen said to the emperor: "Sir, the abbot is in this house to cultivate, please come in."

Outside the house, the emperor bowed to the door of the house and said, "Emperor Qingyang Kingdom, lead the child to pay a special visit to Master Jueben." ”

An old voice came from the room and said: "Your Majesty is here, the old man can't welcome him from afar, I hope Your Majesty will forgive me for the rudeness, please come in." As Master Jueben finished speaking, the door suddenly opened.

The emperor arched his hand again towards the room and pulled Zhao Yu in. But the room was very simple, with a statue of the Buddha at the front door, a bed and a small table in the room, and no other furniture, and a few scriptures randomly arranged on the table.

The emperor saw an old monk sitting next to the table, presumably it must be Master Jueben, so he stepped forward and saluted: "See the master below."

Master Jueben shook his hand and said, "Your Majesty does not need to be polite, please take a seat." ”

The emperor took Zhao Yu's hand and asked him to sit down with him.

The emperor said: "I have no intention of disturbing the master's cultivation, but the child is seriously ill, so I ask the master to help save him." ”

Jueben glanced at Zhao Yu beside him a few more times, and a little admiration appeared in his eyes, and said to the emperor: "The old man already knows, and the old man doesn't like to care about worldly things. Even if the old man and the old man are old friends, even if the old man does not look at his sake, for the sake of the common people in the world, the old man will try his best to use Buddhism to resolve the pain of the little benefactor. ”

When the emperor heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you so much, abbot."

Jueben said: "It's okay, the old man has one condition. ”

The emperor said: "Master, please speak."

Jueben said: "Let the little donor stay in the temple to practice."

The emperor was stunned and said, "This."

Jueben said: "The person who enters my empty door lies in a fateful word, the little donor can lead the practice, and the old man will guide him to some Buddhist principles." ”

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief, and he also hoped that Yu'er would be able to take over. If Yu'er becomes a monk directly, who will take over his throne, will it depend on the little son who is not angry, but this thought is fleeting.

Jue Ben saw that the emperor didn't speak, thinking that there was something unspeakable.

I saw the emperor say: "This is natural, everything is up to the master." It's just that Xiao'er has never left home, and he doesn't understand many things, so he troubles the abbot. ”

Jueben said: "The little donor and I meet is a fateful word, the old man will definitely take good care of the little donor, Your Majesty, please rest assured."

The emperor thought to himself that Shui Hua was a cultivator, and his Taoism was profound, and even he had to turn to Jueben for help when he was in trouble. That Master Jueben's Taoism may be much higher than Shui Hua, and Yu'er will definitely be fine if she stays here to practice with him. Then he said: "So it will trouble the abbot, I don't know what the abbot is missing here, I will arrange for someone to send it together."

Jueben said: "Lao Wei has nothing to do here, but the coarse tea and light rice have made the prince suffer." ”

The emperor said: "Master Jueben, you are polite. If you are willing to rescue the child, I have nothing to reciprocate. I don't know if I can let my child go home once in a month or so. ”

Jueben said softly: "Amitabha." Then he continued: "This is natural, the little donor just follows me to practice Buddhism, does not enter my empty door, and is naturally not bound by the rules of my temple, and can go down the mountain at any time."

The emperor said, "Thank you so much, master." Today I have taken my leave, and he will come back to visit the master in the future."

Jueben said: "The old man is not far away, please forgive me for the rudeness."

The emperor said: "The master is polite, I want to say a few words to Xiao'er before leaving."

Jueben said: "Donor, please take care of yourself."

The emperor pulled Zhao Yu out of the room.

Zhao Yu reluctantly sent the emperor to the gate of the temple, with tears shining in his eyes.

The emperor looked at the child who had been watched by himself, leaned down and touched his head and said, "Yu'er, stay here and practice with Master Jueben, and go home to see when you are homesick."

Zhao Yu nodded heavily.

The emperor sighed, his eyes were a little reluctant, but he still made up his mind to turn around and leave.

Zhao Yu watched his father's back get farther and farther away from him, gradually blurred, and finally turned into a dot and disappeared, and he returned to the temple weakly.

In the following days, Zhao Yu followed Jueben to practice.

There are not many people in Lingyun Temple, plus him, Jueben, and the little monk who sweeps the floor at the door, there are a total of three people. In addition to teaching Zhao Yu his homework, Master Jueben locked himself in his room all day long to meditate on Buddhism.

After Zhao Yu came, the happiest thing was Xinzen. In the past, Xinzen stayed in the temple all day long and was very boring, but since Zhao Yu came, the abbot handed over the task of sweeping the floor in front of the door to him, and he was a little more relaxed. What's more important is that I have a playmate of the same age.

At the beginning, Zhao Yu still seemed a little restrained. After a while, I became familiar with Xinzen and had a little understanding of his life experience. Xin Zen was an orphan whose parents died when he was three years old, and he was dying of hunger, but fortunately Jueben found him by the passer, brought him back, raised him as an adult, and let him stay with him to practice.

Zhao Yu listened to Xinzen talk about his life experience very indifferently, not dissatisfied at all, remembering that he was the same age as him, and the situation was indeed so different, he gradually had some admiration for him......

Xinzen has an extra playmate for no reason, and when he is fine, he pesters Zhao Yu and listens to him talk about a lot of strange things, which is very exciting.

It's no wonder that Xinzen has followed Master Jueben since he was a child, and in addition to sweeping the floor, cooking, chanting and chanting Buddha, he rarely goes down the mountain, and he knows very little about the outside world, and his knowledge is naturally incomparable with Zhao Yu, who was born in the royal family. In addition to doing chores and chanting Buddha, the two of them play together more all day long.

In addition to arranging homework for Zhao Yu every five or six days, Master Jueben still closed his door as before.

Time passed day by day, and Zhao Yu had unknowingly stayed in Lingyun Temple for three months. During these three months, the emperor had only seen him once, and that was two months ago. The emperor followed a dozen of his men and brought a few boxes of gold and some daily necessities to Abbot Jueben. Jueben left behind the daily necessities and scattered the gold to the common people at the bottom of the mountain.

Since then, the emperor has not sent anyone again. Zhao Yu stood at the gate of the temple and looked at the mountains in the distance, and homesickness also surged into his heart.

During these three months, Zhao Yu's body has also improved a lot, his spirit is much lighter than before, and the number of outbreaks of the demon god's physique has become less and less.

During this period, apart from teaching him to study Buddhism, Jueben did not teach him any powerful methods.

Jueben only let Zhao Yu cultivate Buddhism, but in fact, he cultivated his mind and guided him to the right path, so that he could survive the tribulation of the inner demon, otherwise even if Zhao Yu was high in the future, once he couldn't overcome the inner demon, he would inevitably become a bloodthirsty demon in the future. This is also Zhao Yu's good luck, if he falls into the hands of the righteous path, after all, he has not caused any killing so far, and he will also be eliminated by those righteous people in the name of the Heavenly Dao. Zhao Yu naturally doesn't know this now.

Early in the morning, Zhao Yu swept the fallen leaves at the entrance of the temple, looked at the mountains in the distance with a broom, and thought of his home, his father, and Lulu. He gritted his teeth and finally made up his mind to go home and visit. He finally mustered up his courage and walked towards the door of the abbot of Kakumoto. Since he came, Jueben's concern for him has been lukewarm, but he is strict with his homework, and he is a little afraid of Jueben in his heart. Things went unexpectedly well, and Abbot Jueben agreed to Zhao Yu's request and allowed him to go home.

is about to go home, Zhao Yu's mood is extremely happy, and he will soon be able to see his relatives, his father, Lulu, and Uncle Li Xun. He simply packed up the bow, but in fact, he didn't salute much, said goodbye to the heart meditation, and happily hummed a little song, jumping down the mountain.