The Eight Winds of Rebirth

Zhao Yuan died.

A little eunuch in blue satin came to report.

After Gu Xiangtan heard this, his hand holding the pen paused slightly, and the lacquer on the tip of the pen wiped a line on the cloth.He was stunned for a moment for the things he had copied for two days before he raised his head and asked softly, "...how did you die?"

"I heard that on the way back to Beijing, I was ambushed by the remnant party of the barbarians. A few days ago, I sent a letter to report it quickly," the little eunuch said slowly, "After the prince learned about it, he sent the best imperial doctor in the palace to rush there. But the imperial doctor is still on the way, but the sixth lord can't hold it anymore, the night before..."

Gu Xiangtan lowered his eyes without moving, and nodded after a while, "I see, you go down."

The little eunuch couldn't help raising his head and quietly glanced at the expressionless side face of the other party, as if he wanted to say more, but in the end he didn't have the guts, he just bowed his waist and backed away embarrassingly.

As soon as Su Xi entered the courtyard, he saw a young eunuch come out of the study, with a very strange face, he was walking quickly with his sleeves folded and his eyes downcast, without looking up.Su Xi's heart skipped a beat, and he stretched out his hand to stop him.

"Where did it come from?"

Having followed Gu Xiangtan for so many years to eat fast and chant Buddha, Su Xi's face can be considered to be a little calm, he used to have some courtesy in front of people, but now he stares at the people in front of him with a faint sense of austerity.

As soon as the little eunuch looked up, seeing him, he hurriedly leaned over to salute.

"Small, small...have seen grown-ups."

Su Xi has no official position or rank, he is just Gu Xiangtan's attendant, but who makes him serve a special master, even the person who takes care of him is also extraordinary, not to mention that he is just an insignificant little eunuch, Even the empress in the harem, a member of the imperial court, would stop and nod to greet Su Xi when she saw Su Xi.

Su Xi asked again in a cold voice, but saw that the little eunuch was shaking all over, obviously frightened.

While trembling, he said, "My lord... yes, it was the concubine Jin who asked me to come here. This year, the melons on Bodhi Mountain are ripe, and the empress asked me to give some to Lingfo..."

However, before the little eunuch finished speaking, Su Xi directly kicked him down!

"—Come here!" Su Xi blushed and raised his voice.

The guards standing on both sides were frightened by this scene. They had never seen such anger from adults before. They trembled for a moment, but they still bite the bullet and hurried forward.

Su Xi pointed at the little eunuch, "Tie him up and take him down!"

The little eunuch immediately begged for mercy, Su Xi raised his hand and slapped him to shut him up, then said to the guards on both sides in a low voice, "What did I tell you recently? Do not let anyone in. Just do your own thing, you should ignore it! If Lingfo is fine, then let it be, if there is something...you can't pay for a hundred heads!"

Those words shocked everyone in the venue, they knelt down and begged for forgiveness, but Su Xi didn't have time to look at them, so he walked quickly to the study room, but stopped suddenly when he touched the door , after some changes in the expression on his face, he finally endured his worries, put on a calm and even look, and opened the door carefully and stepped in.

Gu Xiangtan was still sitting there behind the table in the middle, but his posture remained the same as when the little eunuch left just now, with his head slightly bowed in a daze, and he didn't raise his eyes until he heard the sound .

"Retire..." Gu Xiangtan rubbed his forehead, "My copy of the scriptures is damaged, you take it to the Buddha and burn it." Gu Xiangtan casually rolled up the cloth under his hand and put it aside. Put down the pen in your hand.

Su Xi agreed, and walked forward to carefully put away the scriptures. During the period, he secretly glanced at the neatly sliced ​​ruddy watermelon on the table, without taking a bite.Looking at Gu Xiangtan's expression again, he saw nothing but tiredness in the other's eyes.

But Su Xi's heart was raised high.

Gu Xiangtan flicked the sleeves of his robe and walked towards the inner room, "I'm a little tired, I want to sleep for a while, so I don't need to deliver dinner."

Su Xi was naturally anxious when he heard that, he followed in two or three steps, but he didn't dare to get too close, and said with a low voice, "My lord, is there something wrong? Do you want to tell the imperial physician?"

Gu Xiangtan shook his head, lifted the curtain and went in, waved his hand, "No, you can go down."

Su Xi stared blankly at him disappearing into the curtain, and responded after a while.

Turning around and leaving the house, seeing those people still kneeling in the courtyard, Su Xi was upset, he beckoned someone to take the little eunuch down first, and called another person to come forward and say, "Tell the imperial doctor!"

Tai Hospital didn't dare to be negligent after hearing the news, followed the past of the two top boys, and asked a few servants to follow, in case there was anything wrong, they rushed to report.

In the inner room, Gu Xiangtan tossed on the bed for a long time before he fell asleep in a daze, but his dream was full of strange lights. First, he dreamed that when he was a child, he listened to his master's lecture in Xiangguo Temple. The master asked him to recite over and over: If it is destroyed, misfortune will destroy oneself.

Gu Xiangtan was so dizzy from reading, he lost his strength and lay prone on the ground.

The master asked him with a headache and heartbroken: karma and fruit retribution, things have come to this day... Xiangtan, do you regret it or not?

Regret or not?

Gu Xiangtan retorted dissatisfied: Why should I regret it?Emperor Zongzheng collapsed, Zhao Dian and Zhao Jie were decapitated, I avenged my Gu family, Zhao Su became the regent, I put an end to the fatuous and ruthless Daye Dynasty, I, Gu Xiangtan, was worthy of the patriarch of the temple, I am sorry to the people of Daye, why should I regret it!

The master looked at him quietly, but the sadness in his eyebrows and eyes became more and more serious, so serious that Gu Xiangtan couldn't bear to look at him.

Then the dream changed again, before arriving at a small farmyard, Gu Xiangtan was led in by the master, the small courtyard was simple and deserted, only a tall grape trellis was particularly eye-catching, and it was full of round fruits. Tender and attractive to pick.

The master said: Xiangtan, from now on you can learn Buddhism with me here.

Gu Xiangtan heard himself asking in a childish voice: Uncle Fu, when can I go back to Beijing to see my parents?

The master frowned slightly, bent down and looked at each other: When you receive the precepts and take over the big responsibility, you can go back.

Gu Xiangtan nodded with a half understanding.

But until the death of the master and the tragic death of his parents, Gu Xiangtan still did not get enlightened.

Before the age of 13, the abbot Guanshi said that his mind was uncertain and his consonance was not clear. After the age of 13, the abbot said that he was born with evil spirits and killings gradually started. Year after year, Gu Xiangtan never took the precepts, and when he returned to Beijing From that moment on, Gu Xiangtan understood that he would never be able to enter the Buddhist gate in his whole life, and he would not be able to settle down in the Buddha's heart.

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In the middle of the night, Gu Xiangtan started to have a fever. He heard the imperial physician softly whispering to Su Xi and An Yin that Lingfo's cold syndrome was caused by being frightened and then catching a cold. Given Lingfo's weak constitution, it is not suitable If you use too heavy medicine, you can only warm it up slowly to see if the crown prince can be well on the day of his enthronement ceremony.

The imperial doctor went to test the medicine, Su Xi couldn't help but dropped something in the outer room.

An Yin hurriedly grabbed him and told him to keep his voice down so as not to wake up the young master.

Su Xi's tone was eager and ruthless, "What do you mean the concubine Jin sent melons, but she Mei Jianyou found a dog to poke our young master's heart, why are we hiding it like this! I didn't expect the result to be...all my fault, all my fault!" Su Xi slapped himself twice without mercy.

He is impatient and aggressive by nature, but he has restrained himself a lot in recent years under the pressure of Gu Xiangtan, but seeing the young master's appearance, Su Xi couldn't bear it any longer.

An Yin was two years older than him, and also more stable, but thinking about it now, the depression he had held back for several days made him a little bit red-eyed.

"Now that you know, this matter is endless. Everything else is fake. It's not too late to clean up those cats and dogs in the future. The most important thing is to get through the current hurdle. The young master's body is big. If you pass it A few days... When the coffin enters Beijing, I'm afraid that there will be more..." When mentioning that person's death, An Yin couldn't continue.

Su Xi choked up and said, "Can you not let the young master go?"

An Yin shook her head, "Do you think it's possible, the young master has a deep mind, and no one can see through it, but can you and I not know?"

For that person's last journey, even if Gu Xiangtan climbed, he had to climb over to see him off.