Chapter 390 Young Abbot, Heartbroken
Yaer City, Western Regions...
An idea suddenly popped up in Jiang Qingzhi's mind.
Planning for the Western Region requires an excuse.
As for Sun Chonglou, that guy is not cut out to be a monk.
Instantly, his eyes were filled with warmth, "Master, you have come from afar. Have a cup of tea first."
Cheng Xing was obviously a little surprised by Jiang Qingzhi's reaction. He smiled and said, "I can't stay for long. I want to take the child back."
"I'm not going!"
At some point Sun Chonglou appeared at the side of the reception room, his fists clenched, "You were the ones who set the fire, you burned my father to death..."
Jiang Qingzhi: “…”
Cheng Xing sighed, "When the power in Yaer City changed, that person was a bit ruthless and did not get the position legitimately, so he wanted the abbot to speak up for him. After persuading him again and again, the abbot still refused...
Power blinds people, so they burned down the Dazong Temple. That night, there were heavy casualties in the temple, and it was not just the abbot..."
Sun Chonglou shook his head, "You guys are still chasing me all the way..."
"That was another group of people." Cheng Xing said, "Even though the Dazong Temple suffered heavy casualties, it still sent five people to follow. The five people caught up with the bandits and fought all the way. In the end, only one person returned with serious injuries and said that you escaped to the Ming Dynasty.
Five years ago, Dazong Temple was initially renovated. I led a group of monks into Daming and searched for you along the way. Buddha bless you, I saw you fighting in the street that day, you are indeed the son of the abbot, and your decisive character is exactly the same..."
Decisive?
Jiang Qingzhi and Fu Cheng looked at each other, thinking that Sun Chonglou was really stupid!
A simple-minded person acts according to his heart, doing what he thinks of without any hesitation.
Could it be that the abbot...
No!
A fool cannot be the abbot.
And he couldn't protect his son Sun Chonglou.
"You are lying." Sun Chonglou's tone became weaker. Somehow, Jiang Qingzhi suddenly felt a little empty in his heart.
Cheng Xing slowly unbuttoned his monk's robe, revealing his chest.
He pulled open his monk's robe completely, exposing his entire chest and abdomen.
There were scars running across his chest and abdomen. The deep scars still showed the traces of muscles being turned over to the sides, which was too painful to look at.
Cheng Xing seemed unaware. "Back then, those five people were ordered to follow and protect you. Unexpectedly, the abbot asked his people to take you away in advance. The five people chased after you all the way and found the pursuers. They fought all the way... Four of them died one after another, and the remaining one fought to the death to hold back the remaining pursuers..."
"Who is that person?" Sun Chonglou walked over step by step.
Cheng Xing slowly put on his monk's robes, "The remaining man watched you enter the Ming Dynasty and then return. He was on the verge of death several times along the way, but fortunately, with the Buddha's blessing, he was able to return to Dazong Temple.
At that time, the usurper controlled Yaer City, and only the ruins of Dazong Temple remained. He had to rebuild Dazong Temple with his fellow monks to maintain the orthodoxy... When the initial renovation of Dazong Temple was completed, the man took the bowl and headed east. "
Sun Chonglou's lips moved, "It's you. Right?"
"Yes." Cheng Xing smiled, standing on tiptoe to touch Sun Chonglou's forehead, "I held you in my arms when you were little. You were very strong, and fellow monks said that you were the reincarnation of the Vajra under the Buddha. So as soon as the Dazong Temple was renovated, they urged me to come and find you. Buddha bless you, are you okay?"
Sun Chonglou lowered his head and said, "I have some impression that you gave me candy back then."
"That's the candy from the Arabs. It's the sweetest." Cheng Xing said with a smile, "I got it when I went begging. The Arab said that there are countless great countries in the far west. Those great countries are powerful and have a lot of wealth... At that time, you said that they are all mine."
"Did I say that?"
Sun Chonglou glanced at the young master and thought that this sounded more like what the young master would say.
Jiang Qingzhi and Fu Cheng retreated to the side.
"Master, it seems it's not fake." A hint of sadness could be heard in Fucheng's voice.
It’s really hard to describe the feeling of raising a child with great effort and then one day someone suddenly comes to your door and says they are the child’s parent.
"Of course it's not fake." Jiang Qingzhi had already asked someone to check it out.
Although the inspection is not strict nowadays, it is impossible to search for someone in Ming Dynasty for five years without a pass.
As long as there is a history, it cannot escape Jiang Qingzhi's investigation.
Sun Chonglou and Cheng Xing were talking in low voices. Jiang Qingzhi saw Sun Chonglou crying, and Cheng Xing lovingly reached out to wipe away his tears.
Sun Bu Tong is here.
He whispered, "Master, the Five Cities Military Department checked and found out that this monk came to the city a month ago. The reason for his trip on the pass was to travel around the world and gain some understanding of Buddhism or Zen."
Cheng Xing raised his eyes, "A monk needs to travel thousands of miles, and along the way he must constantly question his heart, why he came into this life, why he exists, why he will die..."
Philosophy trifecta!
Jiang Qingzhi's mind was a little confused, "Let's settle it first!"
He returned to the backyard and told Li Tian what happened.
"What? Son of a monk?" Li Tian was quite shocked.
"This is not the point!" Jiang Qingzhi lit a cigarette and took a deep breath, but the cool smoke still couldn't suppress his anger.
"Husband," Li Tian said, "Shitou would definitely not want to go to the Dazong Temple."
"Yes!" Jiang Qingzhi said with a smile, as if what Li Tian said was the truth. After Jiang Qingzhi went to the forbidden area, Huang Yaner said, "Master is really kind to stones."
"My husband and Shitou may seem like master and servant, but in fact they are more like brothers." Li Tian said with emotion, "They have been together for many years. If Shitou went to that Dazong Temple, my husband would be sad."
Jiang Qingzhi sat in the forbidden area for a long time, but he was unable to concentrate.
Cheng Xing took Sun Chonglou out for a trip. After they came back, Sun Chonglou said that they had been to a temple, and Cheng Xing had been staying there for a while.
"He gave me this." Sun Chonglou took out a scripture, "My father copied it himself."
Jiang Qingzhi asked, "Do you want to become a monk?"
Sun Chonglou scratched his head, "Why become a monk?"
"There is a temple for you to inherit, young man!" Jiang Qingzhi patted his shoulder.
The Vajra in front of the Buddha... Jiang Qingzhi said, "Stand still and don't move."
Sun Chonglou stood still, Jiang Qingzhi walked in front of him, put his hand on his head, and stretched his palm forward flatly.
He still cheated in the middle, quietly moving his palm upwards a little, but the gap was still speechless.
"You seem to have grown taller than last year. I wonder why you have grown so tall?" Jiang Qingzhi said.
"I just feel hungry, so I eat. When I eat, I grow taller. Sometimes I feel really hungry at night, so I go to the kitchen to look for food, eat until I'm full, and then go to sleep..."
"When I was in Suzhou Prefecture, I never saw you eat so much."
"The Ye family was in charge at that time. I was afraid they would embarrass us, so I endured it most of the time and waited until dawn before going out to look for food."
"Do you regret it?" Jiang Qingzhi asked.
"No." Sun Chonglou shook his head, "I have been very happy following the young master in the past few years."
"Then... that's all." Jiang Qingzhi wanted to ask him if he was willing to follow Cheng Xing to Yaer City, but he couldn't speak when the words came to his lips. It was as if the boy in front of him would disappear in front of him as soon as he opened his mouth.
Cheng Xing came and talked with Fu Cheng alone for a long time. Later, Fu Cheng asked to see him.
"The situation in Yaer City is not good. Dazong Temple needs someone to take charge, so Chengxing cannot stay for long.
He said that the night before Shitou's mother gave birth to him, she dreamed of radiant light and blood, and when she woke up, she gave birth to Shitou. In their view, radiant light means Buddha's light. Blood just proves the massacre in Yaer City and the catastrophe in Dazong Temple.
Therefore, the monks regarded the stone as the hope for the revival of Dazong Temple, and sent a message to Cheng Xing to bring the stone back.
Jiang Qingzhi looked at Fucheng silently.
Fu Cheng looked respectful, but his hands were tucked into his sleeves. "I don't know what Dazong Temple or Xiaozhong Temple is. It's not cold when it snows, but it's cold when the snow melts. It's been terribly cold in the capital these days. I think those elderly people might really freeze to death..."
This was the first time that Fu Cheng openly revealed his murderous intentions in front of Jiang Qingzhi.
"If it were someone else, even if it was Dou Jialan..."
In the past two days, Sun Chonglou often went out with Cheng Xing, and the person guarding the study was replaced by Dou Jialan. When she heard this, she lowered her head silently.
"I agree with you and get rid of that person." Jiang Qingzhi was not without means to make Cheng Xing leave, "But he is a stone, I can't do it. Otherwise, every time I see him from now on, I will feel... inexplicably uncomfortable."
Dou Jialan looked up. She knew this feeling and was also envious of the friendship between Jiang Qingzhi and Sun Chonglou.
Fu Cheng was silent for a long time, "Then over there on the stone..."
"No need to persuade him." Jiang Qingzhi said, "Let him choose for himself."
"But that boy is stupid."
"Lao Fu, although stones may seem stupid, people who live by their intuition make choices a hundred times wiser than those of us who make decisions based on interests."
Jiang Qingzhi said: "I know you are reluctant, but many times, this is fate. It is destined and cannot be changed by humans."
If Sun Chonglou was forced to stay, would he become depressed?
A gloomy Sun Chonglou... Fu Cheng moved his lips, "I know."
"Tell Cheng Xing that if it was him, or the Dazong Temple, or the Yaer City, who forced Shitou to do something..." Jiang Qingzhi's eyes were cold.
Fu Cheng went back and conveyed Jiang Qingzhi's decision, "Master said that Shitou can choose. But Master has something to say."
Cheng Xing was overjoyed, "Please speak."
"My uncle said that if you or Dazong Temple or Yaer City force Shitou to do anything, when the army is at the gates of the city... By the way, do you know of any Jingguan outside of Datong?"
"The mountain of corpses?" Cheng Xing chanted a Buddhist name. "I learned that the people at that time were in Shaanxi, so I chanted a scripture to pray for the souls of the dead."
"My Lord said that the Western Regions might also be short of a Jingguan."
Fu Cheng turned around and took Sun Chonglou to his room with a smile, and said a lot...
What are the ways of the world, what are the evil hearts, what are the ways to protect oneself...
The next day, when Fucheng woke up and walked out of the bedroom, he did not see the boy who was waiting for him eagerly.
For an instant.
Fucheng felt heartbroken.
(End of this chapter)
