Jiayu Village of Red Mansions

A man, this crime is not less than yourself, right?How could his fourth child be his invisible heir apparent outside the palace, but he was waiting to die desolately inside this high wall!

After fighting this breath, Shui Xi had no more strength, and fell on the bed prone, seeing that he was exhaling more and inhaling less!The Holy Majesty quickly went to help Shui Xi to lie flat, and shouted: "Prince doctor, send the doctor quickly!"

The imperial physicians who had been waiting outside for a long time came rushing in. They diagnosed the pulse, administered needles and poured ginseng soup in an orderly manner. However, the prince was exhausted and could not be rescued after all. Looking at his most beloved son in the past After dying, a line of clear tears flowed down from the corners of the holy majesty's eyes which were no longer smooth.

The deposed prince Shui Xi died of illness in Xian'an Palace ten months after being imprisoned. The emperor mourned and ordered him to be buried generously.

No.30 six times

Due to the death of the deposed prince Shui Xi, the Holy Majesty has not seen a smiling face for many days, and the entire court outside the Forbidden City is filled with depression. .However, in such an environment, the Prince Yong's mansion was turbulent. These days, because of the death of the deposed prince, Shui Zhan was so busy that he didn't contact Yucun for a few days. It was nothing at all. Yucun is not a woman. You must know his movements all the time. What really makes Shui Zhan feel wrong is that the emperor suddenly issued an imperial decree to imprison him in Prince Yong's Mansion and he is not allowed to go out at will, and the nails he planted outside the Qianqing Palace seem to have been removed overnight. Pulled it clean, how could this not make him restless.

At the same time, Yucun was imprisoned in a side hall of the Qianqing Palace. Outside the hall, the sun was shining brightly, and it was so warm that people came in through the window paper. Onyx was turning around the porch.

"Hmph! You're in a good mood!" The Holy One snorted, took a discount from Li Dequan, threw it on Yucun, and said, "What else do you have to say!"

Yucun picked up the memorial that fell on the ground. On the dark yellow scroll, he described things after he met Shui Zhan in Jinan Mansion. Things are enough to prove that the relationship between him and Shui Zhan is impure.

Touching his forehead to the ground, Yucun said: "I have nothing to say!"

"You! You..." Seeing Yucun's reticence, His Majesty became even more angry, pointing at Yucun for a long while speechless.

Slumping down on a chair beside me, the Holy One gradually calmed down, and said: "Jia Hua, you have disappointed me so much, you have saved my life, and you often accompany me to handle government affairs. I really treat you as my nephew. Look at it, but look, what are these!"

"Your Majesty owes you my great love!" The details of being with the Holy Majesty in the past few months emerged in front of my eyes. It can be said that the Holy Majesty treats Yucun more affectionately than ordinary princes.

"Don't worry, I won't kill you!" The Holy Majesty didn't even bother to look at Yucun again, and said with drooping eyelids, "I've thought about locking you up here in Qianqing Palace for the past two days, and the fourth child is my preference." Your successor, you are my most valued minister, and giving up any one would cut my heart. I know the temperament of both of you, and neither of you is that extravagant and lustful person. It can be broken, but I can't let you and the fourth child develop like this!"

As he said that, the Holy One slapped the table heavily, and shouted: "Doing so will destroy both of you! It's unrealistic to let you never see each other again in this life with such empty talk. It's impossible for the court to see you when you look up. Don’t I know what you two are capable of? I don’t believe that what’s written on this piece of paper is everything, and there’s so much going on behind the scenes! I’ll transfer you out, and I’ll be the fourth one in a hundred years. If the transfer order calls you back, can I still jump out of the coffin?"

Leaning on the back of the chair, the Holy Majesty said weakly: "I have made up my mind, let me say that I dreamed that the late emperor became a Buddha in the Western Paradise. As my son, I am grateful for the Buddha's grace and intend to serve the late emperor in front of the Buddha. body, can't be filial

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There is a courtier Jia Hua who is loyal to the emperor and pure filial piety. I specially adopted him as a righteous son. He became a monk in Chongfu Temple on behalf of the emperor. "

Li Dequan's slightly shrill voice echoed in the slightly empty Daxiong Hall of Chongfu Temple. The hall was full of monks and monks, and the hall was extremely grand.

Monks don't practice customary rituals, the abbot in cassock didn't kneel down to receive them, he just performed the Buddha's ceremony, received the imperial decree, and offered it on the table slightly lower in front of the Buddha.In fact, the decree is just a formality. The abbot of Chongfu Temple has already received the news that Yucun is going to become a monk in Chongfu Temple under the order, and has already prepared all the necessary items for shaving.

Yucun had bathed in incense early, loosened his hair, changed into the monk's robe without leggings, and stood aside.

The presiding officer nodded slightly to Prince Yong Shui Zhan, who was watching the ceremony, walked up to Yucun, and said, "Master Jia is a substitute for the Holy One, which is very important. Even if you are an old monk, I dare not be your master. The old monk will accept you as a disciple on behalf of the old master." , for the old monk’s younger brother.”

After speaking, he directed Yucun to kneel on the futon in front of the Buddha statue of Sakyamuni, and asked Yucun, "Can you follow the teaching?"

Yucun glanced at Shui Zhan standing next to him, lowered his eyes and replied, "Follow the teaching."

In addition to the imperial decree to send Yucun to become a monk on behalf of the emperor, the Holy Majesty also ordered Shui Zhan to watch the ceremony on his behalf. As for the purpose of letting the two see each other for the last time, only the Holy Majesty knows.

The presiding officer burns incense, and presents the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and gods at the shaving ceremony with fragrant flowers, the four kings of Vatican and Buddha, the eight divisions of heaven and dragon, the Lord of Garan, the God of Earth Dragon, the King of Dharma Protectors, Vajra Warriors, and ghostly gods and so on, to be witnesses of the ordination and guardians of the altar.

Yucun got up and bowed four times to the north and four times to the south with secular rituals, saying goodbye to heaven and earth, kings, parents, and teachers for the "four graces"; Wow, Yucun bowed three times to the former abbot who was enshrined in front of Sakyamuni Buddha, and knelt down with palms together.

The host left his seat with a clean bottle in his hand, walked to Yucun, dipped his hands in the nectar in the bottle, and sprinkled it on Yucun's head.A young novice took the clean bottle from the abbot's hand and brought the precept knife enshrined in front of the Buddha.

The presiding officer took the saber, picked up a bunch of hair from the end of Yucun's hair, and said: "Shave off the beard and hair, and wish all living beings to stay away from troubles and die in the end."

Shui Zhan was on the sidelines, and he didn't miss a glance during the whole process. He wanted to keep this moment firmly in his heart, watching the strands of blue hair on Yucun's hair fall to the ground, and Shui Zhan's nails were deeply embedded in his palm. Holding it in the palm of my hand, I admired that the clouds and temples are like waterfalls, and I once entangled with my hair all night, laughing and saying that the two are like the married couple.But now, he can only watch them fall one by one, falling to the ground, on Yucun's body...

The abbot recited the Buddha's gatha, and shaved off the black hair tied with Yucun's forehead until only the hair on the top of his head remained.

Yucun glanced at the blue silk that fell to the ground beside him, on one side of Shui Zhan's expressionless face, the muscles on the side of his face were tensed, as if he was enduring something.Shutting his eyes slightly, Yucun opened his eyelids and said, "If you decide to become a monk, you will leave without regret."

In this way, the host asked three times, and Yucun answered three times, each and every time was like a blunt bell, hitting Shui Zhan's chest.

After Yucun finished answering, the abbot shaved off the remaining topknot.

Feeling the coolness on the top of his head, Yucun got up, shook his sleeves, and the hair left on his body fell to the ground, as if he had shaken off the ties of a lifetime, and returned to the original place, kneeling and clapping his hands together.

The abbot said to Yucun: "Brother, the monks in this temple are ranked as 'clean and true as the sea, deep and pure and pure, virtue is eternal and eternal, and the wonderful foundation is always strong'. Master Jikong Zen Master has passed away, and the old monk's dharma name is Chunyuan. You are the brother of the old monk, so you take the dharma name Chunming."

After a moment, the sound of the chime reminded Yucun that Yucun bowed three times to the spiritual seat of Zen Master Jikong enshrined in front of the statue of Sakyamuni, got up and stood aside, and sang Buddhist gatha together with the monks in the temple.

As soon as the shaving ceremony was over, Li Dequan said goodbye to the abbot and Yucun one by one, and then walked up to Shui Zhan and said, "Lord Yong, let's go back!"

Li Dequan paused for a while, but Shui Zhan did not reply. When he looked up, he saw Shui Zhan staring at Yucun with his back to him. His eyes seemed to want to eat Yucun, so he couldn't help but take another step forward. , raised his voice a little and said: "Prince Yong, let's go back, Your Majesty is still waiting for us to come back!"

Then Shui Zhan gave Li Dequan a cold look, turned around and strode out of the Daxiong Hall.Li Dequan was so overwhelmed by Shui Zhan's gaze that he broke out in a cold sweat. After waking up for a while, he realized that he was left behind. Suddenly, Li Dequan felt that even if Jia Yucun became a monk in Chongfu Temple, Shui Zhan would not As the Holy Majesty expected, with the passage of time, this relationship was broken.

Xu Shi got the order from the Holy One, and the host arranged for Yucun to live in a very quiet place. It was a small single-family building located in the depths of the bamboo forest on the back mountain. A clear stream flowed at the foot of the mountain. The curved bluestone road leads directly to the small building, and the luxuriant bamboo forest actually partially blocks the stone road, and the small building is hidden in it, looming, which is very similar to the realm of "empty mountains and no one, water flowing and flowers blooming".

When Yucun met, he liked it very much, and even went away with a lot of depression in his heart.After living in this small building for a few days, almost no one set foot in the back mangosteen forest except for the little novice who was sweeping and delivering vegetarian food.

Moreover, Yucun is the substitute of the Holy One with a detached status, and he is also the nominal junior of the host. Apart from the host, Yucun is the highest seniority.