The brothers who traveled westward in those years

Chapter 28 0028, reunion after 18 years
This morning, the old Zen master went to the back mountain before dawn.When he returned, Tang Sanzang had already gone to the main hall to chant scriptures. The old Zen master lifted the pillow, and then lifted a square lattice.He took out a small box from it, and inside it was something he had kept for 18 years.In the blink of an eye, it was time for him to return the things to their original owners.

Eighteen years ago, the old Zen master rescued Jiang Liu'er from the river, and named him Tang Seng and Sanzang. Today, 18 years later, he wants to tell the secret that has been buried in his heart for 18 years.Without the previous anxiety, the old Zen master was very calm when he saw Tang Sanzang's stone monkey.

Called Tang Sanzang out of the Fahua Temple, and sat in Tang Sanzang's favorite place, under the big tree is really a good place to enjoy the shade.Just now the brothers were still asking him about Buddhist scriptures, Tang Sanzang didn't know what happened to the master today, so he dragged him out of the temple from the main hall.

Handing the blood book in his hand to Tang Sanzang, the old Zen master said: "No matter what you want to ask, you can ask after you finish reading this."

Tang Sanzang took the blood book, opened it suspiciously and examined it carefully.During this short period of time, his complexion changed several times, until Tang Sanzang let out a heavy breath of foul air.Only then did his complexion return to normal, and he returned the blood book to the old Zen master.

"Master, is it true?" Tang Sanzang asked.

The old Zen master nodded and said, "It's absolutely true. When I saw you by the river, I only had this wooden basin. According to your mother's wishes, I didn't tell you the truth until you arrived. The blood book says It's very clear that your mother hopes that you can live well, and it doesn't matter whether you take revenge or not."

Tang Sanzang said: "The hatred of killing one's father, the hatred of taking one's mother, is there anything in this world more worthy of blood and deep hatred than such encounters?"

The old Zen master frowned slightly, and sighed: "Master, I know that you have been having troubles all these years. You are talented, intelligent and hard-working, and you can understand many things by yourself. I won't say anything redundant. You can see how you want to do it yourself." Do it. You have grown up, and you need to choose your own path in the future."

There was a long silence, Tang Sanzang remained silent for more than half an hour.Only the old Zen master is trying to enlighten him, not only because he is afraid that he will do something radical with his will, but also because he is afraid that he will lose his Buddha's heart.That is the bodhicitta of the seven apertures, which is rare in a thousand years, and it is an existence beyond the reach of many eminent Buddhist monks and Buddhas.

Tang Sanzang went down the mountain in the afternoon, without anyone's permission, and brought back two jars of wine in a grand manner.I bought a big bag of snacks, and then called the old Zen master to the back mountain.The two drank happily all night, and when the old Zen master woke up early the next morning, there was only a note left by Tang Sanzang.

"Master, I'm leaving, don't miss me. You must know your mission, and you must know that I am the most critical link. Although you didn't force me, I know what to do. Don't worry, no matter what winds you experience in the future Chuiyuda, you are my master Tang Sanzang. The sky is big and the earth is big, the master is above me, please accept my apprentice's worship." Finally, I drew a portrait of bowing down.

The old Zen master laughed loudly after reading it. His laughter woke up the nearby wolves, tigers and leopards, and echoed throughout the back mountain.Smiling and laughing, he shed tears, stood up and ran down the mountain desperately.He didn't bother to pick up a monk's shoe when it got caught on a branch, and didn't care if his monk's robe was scratched by a branch. In his 80s, he ran to the foot of the mountain with the last of his strength.

He failed to catch up with Tang Sanzang who was leaving, and he failed to tell him that the apprentice took care of himself.He has always claimed to be the best for Tang Sanzang, treating him like his own son.But how many people know that all of this was set up by the old Zen master.The purpose is to make Tang Sanzang go down the mountain willingly, so that he can follow the plan without disrupting that person.

Lying on the ground and wanting to move on, a black shadow appeared in front of the old Zen master.The black shadow let out a sinister sneer, and the voice made people shudder.

"Since you have already done it, why blame yourself. Even if he really treats you as a father, he can't escape the whole plan in the end. Even if you don't do it, there will still be other people around him to take your role."

"You, what are you doing?"

The old Zen master spat out a mouthful of blood, and the black shadow suddenly became real.It turned out to be a graceful woman with a black veil on her face.Hugging the old Zen master whose face was getting paler and paler, he took out a small bottle to give the old Zen master some medicine.But he was pushed away by the old Zen master, and then the old Zen master turned into a ball of powder.

He died, vanished into ashes and never reincarnated forever.She went crazy, and since then she has cultivated into a demon dressed in red.The woman is the doom of the old Zen master, all because the old Zen master saved her.

Entering Jiangzhou, Tang Seng didn't go directly to the magistrate's office, but set up a bookstall at the entrance of the office.Putting a few scriptures in front of him, he kept staring at the main entrance of the prefect's office in Jiangzhou.

Over the years, the magistrate has experienced three ups and downs, and at the highest point he climbed to the position of governor.It's a pity that he doesn't fit in with the crowd, and he is very good at flattering horses, but when it comes to other aspects, he can't find a common topic to chat with the adults.He doesn't want to talk to those who are younger than him, and those who are older than him don't like to talk to him.

Seeing the magistrate's sedan chair leaving the government office, Tang Seng put away the bookstall and walked to the back door of the government office.The steward regarded Tang Seng as an ascetic monk and sent someone to take him to the kitchen for some vegetarian food.It happened that the servant girl was making soup for his wife, and she smashed the sand pot in a hurry.If the stingy master knew about this, her legs would definitely be broken.

Tang Seng comforted the maid, and then took the responsibility on himself.The steward also listened to Tang Seng's suggestion, and reported to the master as he said.The maid stayed in the kitchen for too long, and attracted the passing wife to come to see what happened.

It doesn't matter, Madam invited Tang Seng into the back hall.Send away all the servants, leaving only the personal servant girl who has been with the wife for more than ten years.

Looking at the haunted face in front of her, Madam hugged Tang Seng weeping.She is Yin Wenjiao, the mother Tang Seng came to look for on this trip. For 18 years, she has missed her Jiang Liuer all the time.There were several times when she almost couldn't bear it anymore, and it was her son who gave her a reason to live.

She wants to watch Liu Hong be brought to justice, she wants to watch her son grow up, and she wants to find her husband's body.She didn't believe that God couldn't see all this, and she didn't believe that God would be so unfair to her.

"Mother, are you really my mother?" Tang Seng asked in tears.

In order to convince Tang Seng that she was his mother, Yin Wenjiao told the contents of the blood book verbatim.There is also the red rope around Tang Seng's neck, and what kind of birthmark is there on Tang Seng's body.When a child travels a thousand miles, the mother worries, but when the mother travels a thousand miles, the child does not worry.These 18 years have been like years for Yin Wenjiao, but Tang Seng only found out about his life experience not long ago.

After staying in the government office for two hours, Tang Seng refused his mother Yin Wenjiao's request to keep him.Promised that she would come back soon, and then he disappeared for seven days.Seven days later, Yin Wenjiao did not wait for her son, but a group of hussars came from the capital.The leader held the imperial decree and beheaded Liu Hong that day for public display.

The truth of the mysterious case 18 years ago came to light, which shocked the ruling and opposition parties.The emperor Longyan was furious, not only beheaded Liu Hong that day, but also ordered people to arrest hundreds of officials in the vicinity of Jiangzhou who were involved with Liu Hong.All will be dealt with severely and severely, and those found to be involved in malpractice, embezzlement and breaking the law will be punished with a higher level of crime.

Yin Wenjiao stood at the door of the magistrate's house, her heart suddenly became empty.Tang Seng walked up to Yin Wenjiao from the alley, shouted softly, and hugged Yin Wenjiao tightly.Yin Wenjiao was laughing first, and then began to sob softly, wetting Tang Seng's shoulders.She has lived through hardships these years, but she has never been able to find a shoulder to rely on.

The husband is dead, but she still has a son.Her son has grown up, and she wants him to start a family.Then continue the incense to the Chen family, and let his son get a good name in the exam.To be a clean official, to serve the people of the world.

Returning to the magistrate's living room again, Yin Wenjiao noticed her son's strange attire.There is no hair on his head, and he is wearing a monk's robe.With both hands together, it is clearly a monk.

"Son, are you a monk?" Yin Wenjiao asked in disbelief.

Tang Seng nodded slightly, and then told everything that happened in the past 18 years.However, there are some things that Tang Seng automatically omitted. How many people and children don't report good news but not bad news.He didn't want his mother to worry, so he wouldn't tell her about the doom and mission.

At the gate of the prefect, a middle-aged man was crying bitterly.Pointing to the plaque on the gate of the prefect, he kept crying and laughing.Passers-by regarded him as a lunatic, only the maid standing in the door looked familiar with him.It was only later that I remembered that Madam had a portrait that was [-]% similar to the person in front of me.

The servant girl is a good girl, she drove away the group of children who were laughing at the middle-aged people.He was led into the magistrate, and then helped him boil a pot of hot water, and prepared a set of clean clothes for him.

Now that the madam and the young master have been reunited, as a maid, she is really happy for the madam.But there is still a little regret, that is, the husband whom the wife has been thinking about day and night, died in the river.This person is [-]% similar to the portrait, maybe my wife will be very happy to see it.

Secretly leading the man into the back hall, the servant girl knocked on the door, and let the middle-aged man stand at the door to escape.Yin Wenjiao opened the door while talking to her son, then turned her head and froze on the spot.Tears were unstoppable like a torrent, and the four looked at each other for several minutes, and then the two called out each other's name at the same time.

He was still alive, Yin Wenjiao never dreamed that her husband was alive.Chen Guangrui never thought that he had been sleeping for 17 years.After waking up, he was in the Dragon Palace, and he couldn't recall the previous memories.So this year, he searched for his family's whereabouts with his vague memory. He first went to his hometown and saw his mother's grave.

The people in the village called him an unworthy son, who would care about his mother's death even after he had achieved great success.In the winter of the second year after he left home, the old lady died at home because she was left unattended.When he was found, he was skinny and dead, holding a half-sewn cotton shoe in his hand.

Eighteen years ago, the Chen family encountered misfortune, and the family of four lived in four places.The old lady died with regrets, Chen Guangrui has been sleeping all the time, Tang Sanzang escaped into Buddhism, and Yin Wenjiao begged for justice.

It was originally a family reunion dinner after a long absence, but in the end it turned into a farewell banquet for Tang Sanzang.He didn't call Chen Guangrui his father, but kept calling his mother.He has studied various Buddhist scriptures since he was a child, and he understands the principle of the cycle of cause and effect best.There is one of the most common principles in Buddhism, which is called extreme joy begets sorrow.

Only when he leaves at this time can the parents of this life enjoy the rest of their lives in peace. Eighteen years of suffering was long enough, and he couldn't just sit back and watch them suffer together again.

(End of this chapter)