Tang's dining table

In Daci'en Temple, Xuanzang was sitting on a futon in white monk robes, with two black monks sitting on the left and right beside him.

Master Xuanzang's face has a texture of white jade, which is very similar to Kunlun mutton-fat jade. It is still slightly glowing with the setting sun outside the window.

In the past two years, this monk has become less and less human. Everyone says that Master Xuanzang will become a Buddha immediately after his enlightenment a year and a half ago.

"You shouldn't go. There is no love for no reason in this world, and there is no hate for no reason. Once there is love and hate, it is a period of cause and effect that needs to be resolved.

A period of cause and effect is a world. The world will not change whether you escape or face it. It will only continue on its original path.

Everyone is just a mayfly in this world, and their life and death have no impact on the world. Do you care if one mayfly kills another mayfly in his limited life? "

"So, whether Li Ji and I surrender or resist forcefully, the result will be the same?"

After finally getting an interview with Master Xuanzang, Yun Chu was ready to ask clearly. No matter what, Master Xuanzang was probably the closest thing to a god in the Tang Dynasty.

Master Xuanzang looked at Yunchu with gentle eyes and said: "When fear arises from the heart, it becomes the inner demon. The strength of the inner demon depends on the intensity of the terror. If the terror is severe, then the inner demon will be huge. If the heart is free from fear, Then the inner demon is as small as dust.”

Yun Chu said doubtfully: "I always feel that Li Ji is a person who has the ability to kill me."

Xuanzang waved to Yunchu and said, "Come here."

Yunchu obediently approached Xuanzang, thinking that he had some secrets that needed to be told. Unexpectedly, just as he approached Xuanzang, a skinny black old monk next to Xuanzang pulled out a stick from his sleeve, and the lightning flashed. It hit him on the head. Yun Chu instinctively dodged away, but his body was tightly hugged by another monk in black, and he didn't even break away.

"Poof", the stick hit Yun Chu's forehead accurately, causing stars to pop up in Yun Chu's eyes. In panic, he struggled with both arms, but the monk in black who was holding him easily avoided it, leaving Yun Chu Chu's strength had nowhere to go, and instead took him back two or three steps.

A stream of blood dripped from Yun Chu's forehead. Yun Chu grabbed a handful of blood, opened his hand at Xuanzang and shouted, "What are you doing? I'm bleeding."

Xuanzang smiled and said, "I'm killing you."

Yun Chu took out his handkerchief and covered the bleeding wound on his forehead while saying angrily: "Why are you killing me?"

Xuanzang smiled and said: "Look, I hit your head with a stick and you are still bleeding, but you still don't believe that I will kill you. Think about it, why does this make sense?"

Yun Chu covered the wound with a handkerchief and was startled. Xuanzang's words were not wrong at all. If this scene had happened elsewhere, I would never have reacted like this. Where would I have the time to ask others why they killed me? , I have already drawn the knife.

After thinking for a moment, Yun Chu sat down and said: "I don't think you will kill me. Even if you hit me with a stick just now, it was with ulterior motives. At least you didn't have the intention to kill me. I'm sure of this."

Xuanzang said with a smile: "Idiot, the stick fell on your head and it still bleeds. If you change it to someone with a weak constitution, older or younger, this stick will kill you for no reason. You still say that I don't want to kill you." ?

I'd like to teach you a lesson: never use your own ideas to empathize with other people's ideas. Doing so is really too dangerous.

You always feel that Li Ji will kill you, so have you considered what the consequences will be after Li Ji kills you?

Have you considered what price Li Ji would have to pay to kill you? "

"I have thought about it. I am young and he is old. One life is exchanged for another and he takes advantage."

When Xuanzang heard this, he sighed and took the stick from the old monk in black. He originally wanted to hit Yun Chu's head again, but seeing how pitiful his face was covered with blood, he hit him on the shoulder with the stick and said, "Li Ji is still here." I feel like it would be a loss to trade his life for yours.

Let me tell you, the older a person gets, the more afraid of death he is and the more he cherishes his limited life.

Young people live their lives like water. People after the age of forty will live their lives like oil. People over seventy years old will definitely live their lives like gold.

If you want to exchange someone else's gold-like life for your water-like life, you are thinking too much, right? "

Yun Chu covered his head with one hand and rubbed his shoulder with the other, grinning and saying, "A hero like Li Ji should have figured out the concept of life and death long ago, right?"

Xuanzang had the idea of ​​​​turning the stick again, and finally stopped moving.

"Do you know what Li Ji's greatest skill is besides military affairs?"

Yun Chu said: "I learned about medicine from Sun Shenxian."

"He is not a doctor, so why did he devote himself to studying medicine and achieve anything? Do you think he studied medicine to help those in need and save all people?"

Yun Chu shook his head in embarrassment and said, "He is not a benevolent living Bodhisattva. He is just as good as the living King of Hell."

Xuanzang blinked at Yunchu with his bright eyes. Yunchu immediately woke up and said, "Is it to save himself? Is he worried about being harmed by quack doctors?"

Xuanzang continued to blink his eyes and said: "He also came to the old monk to find ways to prolong life. Not only the old monk, but also Ye Fashan and Zhang Guo, who died not long ago, were also guests of his family. Even those from the Western Regions The foreign monk, the master from Tubo, also lived in the Yinggong Mansion as a residence.

So, you fool, you should understand that what Li Ji is looking for right now is how to extend his life, not to trade one life with you.

If Xu Jingye was really that precious, he wouldn't have had to set fire to the mountain to kill his grandson.

A person who spends his whole life manipulating military formations, soaking his whole life in a sea of ​​blood and mountains of corpses, and lucky enough to escape from the gate of hell, will he regard other people's lives as more important than his own?

In addition, the old monk also knew that there is a kind of sacred grass in the land of Xikang, which is a worm in winter and a grass in summer. It has miraculous effects on prolonging life... Therefore, Xu Jingye's men approached Xikang, and many old commanders and soldiers under his command disappeared. Without a trace, if you go to Xikang and take a look, you will find that they are all there waiting for summer grass to turn into winter worms. "

Yun Chu is very familiar with Cordyceps sinensis. When he was a street director, there would be a few boxes of this stuff in the office from time to time. He usually paired it with honeysuckle, Minxian Codonopsis pilosula, chicken soup, and duck stew... Now, I heard that Li Ji made this for Dong Dong even did not hesitate to ask his grandson to send troops to dig in Xikang, which was later known as Ganzi Prefecture. This was hard for him to accept for a while.

"Cordyceps sinensis lives up to its name. It transforms into a qi channel. One thing can be both life and death. It is difficult to believe in physics in this world."

Master Xuanzang recited a poem with a smile. After reciting the poem, he waved his hand towards Yunchu and said: "The tiger's teeth are fallen, its sharp claws are bald, its body is weak in the setting sun, its screams are silent, its calls are unresponsive, and it is impossible to live forever. How pitiful, pitiful, it is to know that you will die in an instant!"

Yun Chu shuddered and said quickly: "If I get old in the future, I would rather lead my grandchildren to fight in a brothel than waste my limited life on the endless search for immortality.

This is really terrible. Li Ji, Cheng Yaojin, and Liang Jianfang, who are not well-known heroes, are now living as a big joke. "

Having said this, Yunchu suddenly remembered that Xuanzang died within a year or two, and couldn't help but trembled: "Are you going to die?"

Xuanzang said with a smile: "You mean I'm going to die?"

Yun Chu shook his head like a rattle.

Xuanzang sighed and said: "Two years ago, the old monk sensed that he was about to run out of oil and his lamp was about to run out. The day of his death was this year. For this reason, the old monk was very happy. Who would have expected that the Tao is impermanent. This year, the old monk will die. The monk had prepared all the rituals for the sitting ceremony, but who would have expected that the opportunity that the old monk had been waiting for disappeared without a trace. It was really strange.

Since you also know the old monk's death date, why not tell me when will the old monk shed this fetter? "

Yun Chu glanced at the two old monks in black clothes beside Xuanzang. The old monks closed their ears very obediently. Yes, their two ears were like two gates closing their ear holes, and they immediately showed a pair of The appearance of being in concentration.

Xuanzang said impatiently: "Let's talk now, they have sealed the six senses, which is more reliable than the dead."

Yun Chu whispered: "I remember very clearly that you passed away this year. You were seated in Yuhua Palace and buried in Bailuyuan. I also heard that after your death, you produced a lot of relics. In particular, the parietal bone relic is the most complete and is a treasure of Buddhism."

Hearing this, Xuanzang raised his hand and touched the top of his bald head and said, "Are you saying that the bones here have been transformed into relics? Or is it a Buddhist treasure?"

Yun Chu resisted not telling the eminent monk that his parietal bone relic was later smashed into nine pieces and scattered around the world...

Xuanzang rubbed his bald head and said with a smile: "It seems that the old monk still has some Buddha bones. Go, go. The old monk washes these Buddha bones carefully to prevent them from being contaminated with dust..."

After Yunchu came out of Master Xuanzang's meditation room with blood streaming down his face, he looked at the sky again and found that there was no cloud at all. The sky was blue and blue, and he felt as calm as a baby in his heart.

There is a lotus vat outside the meditation room, and Master Xuanzang is washing his bald head with the water in the vat. Yun Chu cannot use that water to wash his face, and he is also worried that his blood will pollute Xuanzang. Master Zang’s precious parietal bone relic.

Fortunately, it was not the opening hours of Daci'en Temple today, and all the people entering and leaving the temple were monks. Although their faces were covered in blood, these monks were not very strange.

After leaving the main entrance of Da Ci'en Temple, Yun Chu jumped onto the back wall of his house. When he landed, he heard a scream from Li Si.

Looking back, Li Si was pinned under a ladder. Also pinned were Yun Jin, Wen Huan, and Di Guangsi. Guangsi was the fattest kid and was pinned at the bottom. He didn't dare to say anything. Just a little face turned red.

The only person who was not pinned down by the ladder was Yun Jin. Yun Chu rescued several children from under the ladder, and grabbed a slingshot from Yun Jin's hand behind his back. He couldn't help but coldly snorted: "You guys take it." What are you doing with a slingshot?"

Wen Huan opened his mouth and said, "Hit the bald donkey."

Yun Chu said angrily: "Who told you to do this?"

Li Si smiled and sang: "Hit, beat, beat the bald donkeys, one bag at a time. The bald donkeys have bald donkeys on their heads, all the big and small bald donkeys."

Just after singing, Li Si belatedly saw Yun Chu's face covered with blood, and then he screamed and crawled to the back house, shouting as he ran: "Mom, Mom, the master has been raped by a bald donkey." beated."