If it hadn't been for the urging of this girl Ling'er, I'm afraid Fakong wouldn't have written to him at all, let alone met him.
Chu Ling admitted frankly: "I see that you two are guessing back and forth. You are really tired and panicking. It's better to meet and explain things clearly."
Chu Xiong said angrily: "It's really troublesome!"
Chu Ling curled her red lips and hummed: "Father, don't you think you are childish? Why can't you explain something clearly in person? You have to guess again and again. This is how suspicion is planted, and it becomes deeper and deeper."
"You are too naive!" Chu Xiong shook his head and said, "You..., you still haven't experienced the world, so you don't know how dangerous people's hearts are."
"Father!" Chu Ling snorted: "I can't say that people's hearts are sinister. I can't say that for others. Fa Kong is definitely not that sinister. Even if he is not that compassionate, he will not intentionally harm others or benefit himself at the expense of others. He is a
A very fair man."
"So, Father, I have a sinister heart, right?"
"Hehe, that's hard to say."
Chu Xiong's eyes widened: "You girl!"
Chu Ling didn't care about the change in his expression and waved her hand: "Okay, Father, just tell me whether we will meet or not?"
"..." Chu Xiong pondered.
Chu Lingming narrowed his eyes and chuckled.
Chu Xiong glared at her.
Chu Ling smiled and said: "Father, are you afraid?"
"What am I afraid of!" Chu Xiong was immediately unconvinced.
Chu Ling smiled and said: "You are afraid of meeting him, aren't you?"
"Put...what..." Chu Xiong blurted out and wanted to curse, but when the last word came to his lips, he failed to curse. He held back his anger and hummed: "What do I have to be afraid of!"
Chu Ling felt more and more that he was childish and arrogant like a child: "Since there is nothing to be afraid of, why can't we meet him?"
"I think it's a waste of words and time." Chu Xiong snorted: "It's useless. Some things can't be explained clearly."
"What's unclear?" Chu Ling shook her head and said, "It's obviously a very simple thing, but it's made very complicated."
"How can it be so simple?!" Chu Xiong snorted: "It involves the general trend of the world, the country, the country, the country, how can it be simple?"
"Everything in the world is very simple." Chu Ling said, "Aren't you just worried that he will betray us?"
"……good."
"Just ask him face to face and ask him to swear an oath that he will never betray." Chu Ling said: "Of course, he has always been fair, and asking him to swear this oath will cost him a certain price."
"If he can really swear, the price doesn't matter." Chu Xiong said.
"That's it." Chu Ling stroked her hands and smiled.
"He will definitely take the opportunity to open his mouth." Chu Xiong frowned.
Chu Ling shook her head and laughed.
Chu Xiong snorted: "You girl, turn your elbows outward, why are you laughing!"
"You just said that the price doesn't matter." Chu Ling said with a smile: "Now you start to care about it. Father, you are too greedy!"
"...Okay, let him make some conditions." Chu Xiong hummed, "Let him take it easy and don't mess around."
"...You'd better say it in person." Chu Ling thought for a while: "Speak clearly in person to avoid the trouble of me passing it around in the middle."
"Let's mention it first." Chu Xiong said, "It's not too late to meet again."
Chu Lingming stared at Chu Xiong without blinking.
Chu Xiong was furious at her.
Chu Ling smiled and said: "Father, you are afraid of his magical power, his psychic ability, right? So you don't want to meet him to negotiate terms, right?"
"...Not bad." Chu Xiong hummed, "If you talk to him face to face, you will definitely be eaten to death by him."
Even if he wears a treasure, there is no guarantee that it will be effective. Now he is becoming more and more unpredictable.
After meeting, he clearly saw everything I was thinking, and all my trump cards were exposed. What else is there to talk about?
More importantly, I don't want him to know my deepest thoughts.
Chu Lingming's eyes flashed, thoughtfully: "Father, you don't want to get rid of him, do you?"
She looks innocent, but she is not really innocent. She has experienced the ghost realm of the human heart and will not view the human heart as too beautiful.
My father has always been so afraid of Fakong. Could it be that he never had the intention to kill?
I'm afraid not necessarily.
According to my father's temperament, I must have thought about it many times. This is the simplest and best way to get rid of all the troubles once and for all.
Just because I can't do it.
Or it's not possible at the moment.
When she thought of this, her eyes were bright.
Chu Xiong avoided her eyes.
Chu Ling knew at a glance that his guess was correct, and frowned: "Father, do you really want to kill him?"
"Nothing." Chu Xiong waved his hand.
Chu Ling snorted: "You still want to kill him now?"
"If we can really kill him, it would be the easiest." Chu Xiong said, "But I want to use him even more."
As long as I can suppress him with my own cultivation, and with the snow-capped mountains in hand, I don't have to worry about Fakong not helping me at the critical moment.
Chu Ling said: "Father, it's best if you think so...then when will we meet?"
Chu Xiong thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "Let's go to Wanfa Temple this evening."
"Wanfa Temple?" Chu Ling was surprised.
She originally thought it would be at Lingkong Temple or the outer courtyard of Vajra Temple, but she didn't expect it to be at Wanfa Temple.
Where is Wanfa Temple?
She searched her mind for a while and finally gave up.
I have never heard of this temple.
Chu Xiong said: "You have never been there. Wanfa Temple is in the west of the city. It is a small temple. The abbot is a profound Buddhist."
"Is he also an eminent monk?"
"Um."
"How is your cultivation? Do you have supernatural powers? Can you cast Buddhist spells?"
"... My cultivation level is ordinary. I don't have magical powers and I can't cast Buddhist spells. If you have nothing to do, just leave. Father, I'm still busy."
"Okay, I'll go then." Chu Ling glanced at Long An and said, "Father, don't drink ginseng tea alone, it's easy to get angry."
Chu Xiong waved his hand.
Chu Ling said: "Didn't you drink the spiritual tea I asked for for you?"
Chu Xiong said proudly: "Father, I accept it, but there is no better tea in the world than tribute tea."
Chu Ling curled her red lips: "Fakong planted this himself in the medicine valley. I didn't tell my father before because I was afraid that you wouldn't drink it."
Chu Xiong frowned: "Fakong's tea?"
Chu Ling said: "This is real spiritual tea. If you really don't want to drink it, just give it back to me and don't ruin it."
"Okay, let me try it." Chu Xiong was suddenly moved.
Chu Ling had previously only said that he picked the tea from outside for him to try, but did not tell the specific origin.
He happily accepted it, but had no intention of drinking it. He wanted to keep it and put it on display so that he could feel happy when he saw it.
Now that I know that the tea was grown by Fakong himself, I have the idea of giving it a try.
"Then I'm going." Chu Ling was as light as a deer and jumped out of the Humble Administrator's Palace.
Chu Xiong withdrew his gaze and said in a loud voice: "Jiao Quan, go get the tea, make a cup and try it."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Jiao Quan agreed respectfully.
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The sunset is in the sky.
The sky is filled with colorful clouds.
The city of Shenjing is becoming more and more prosperous and lively.
The Wanfa Temple in the west corner of Shenjing City is shrouded in tranquility and sunset.
"Dong...dong...dong...dong..."
The sound of drums sounded in the evening, making the place look more and more peaceful.
Chu Ling and Chu Xiong stood outside the gate of Wanfa Temple, looking at the slightly dilapidated temple in front of them.
The wall tiles are filled with vicissitudes of life, retaining the traces of time.
Chu Ling turned to look at Chu Xiong.
There was doubt in his eyes.
Chu Xiong said slowly: "This is it."
"How did Father discover this place?" Chu Ling asked curiously.
Chu Xiong said: "I studied Buddhism a while ago and found out that although the temple is in ruins, there are eminent monks."
There are three thousand Buddhist sects, some of them start with fame and wealth to promote Buddhism, and some of them transcend the world of mortals.
This Wanfa Temple is indifferent to fame and fortune.
"It's really difficult for my father." Chu Ling said with a smile.
Why did my father study Buddhism?
It must be to deal with Fakong.
Chu Xiong said: "Go in."
There were no guards around him, neither the Forbidden Palace guards nor the Hidden Dragon Guards were there, only the father and daughter came.
Chu Ling stepped forward and knocked on the door.
A young gray-robed monk opened the door, titheed, stepped back without saying a word, and made room.
Chu Ling and Chu Xiong stepped into the courtyard and walked slowly to the front of the Main Hall. They saw Fakong, dressed in purple and gold cassocks, bowing at the foot of the steps of the hall.
Fa Kong was bowing respectfully to the golden Buddha statue in the Mahavira Hall.
He turned around and He Shi smiled at Chu Xiong: "I have met the emperor."
Chu Xiong Heshi looked at him calmly: "Fakong, your cultivation level has really improved greatly."
When I saw Fakong again, it felt like it had been years, but in fact it was only more than a month.
Chu Ling said: "Father, do you want to find a place to talk?"
She turned around and looked around, but she didn't see the monk.
It seems that there are no monks in the huge Wanfa Temple, and the drums were played just now.
Fakong smiled and said: "They are starting evening classes, and they are all in the sutra hall at the back."
"No need to find a place." Chu Xiong waved his hand: "Just talk here, it's just a matter of a few words."
Fakong smiled and said: "The emperor's style is still the same, which is gratifying."
"There's no need to say these falsehoods. It's really gratifying that your cultivation has improved so quickly." Chu Xiong looked Fakong up and down.
He looked calm and was extremely shocked.
Fakong no longer conceals his cultivation like last time, but he has reached the ultimate state of unity between heaven and man.
I originally thought that I had made more and more efforts and was strong enough, but I still fell far behind.
At such a young age, in such a short time, he has reached this stage. Is this the power of supernatural powers?
Normal situations are absolutely impossible!
Fakong smiled: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Chu Xiong restrained his strange emotions and said in a deep voice: "You know the current situation, right?"
Fakong nodded slightly.
"Will Dayun continue to fight?" Chu Xiong asked.
Without the trouble of Zhen Longyuan, how could there be so many masters in Dayun and not take action?
Fakong said slowly: "I have already thought of ways to postpone it."
"Then there will eventually be a fight?"
Fakong said: "Now we can only postpone it. It may change in the future, but it may not change the general trend."
Chu Xiong frowned: "Then we have to be ready for a fight. Once the fight starts, we have no chance of winning."
This is my most fundamental worry.
Good birds roost in trees.
If Da Gan is bound to fail, will Fa Kong sacrifice his life to serve Da Gan?
This is simply not expected.
Fakong said: "I have been thinking of ways to increase our chances of winning. So far, it is not a inevitable defeat."
Chu Xiong perked up.
Chu Ling smiled and said: "So, Fakong, you have done a lot of things silently?"
Fakong smiled and said calmly: "After all, I am a Dagan man. How could I watch Dagan fall?"
Chu Xiong's face brightened slightly.
Regardless of whether this sentence is true or false, it is very comfortable to listen to.
Fakong looked at Chu Xiong: "What I want is for the world to be peaceful and live a stable life. I don't want to be a person in troubled times, and I don't want Daqian to fall into the hands of a foreign country."
Chu Xiong's expression softened and he nodded slowly.
But Fakong knew that Chu Xiong would not completely believe it.