Wang Ben was silent for a while, and then said to Ying Zheng: "The Buddhist scriptures are vast, and this may take a long time. Therefore, the villain needs some help."
Ying Zheng nodded again.
Wang Ben took a deep breath: "In addition to Naluo and the monks who came to Daqin from the Peacock Kingdom, I hope that Young Master Hu Hai can also participate."
Ying Zheng frowned slightly.
Wang Ben traveled around the Peacock Kingdom and did have some enlightenment, but this does not mean that there are no human emotions and desires.
When he faced Ying Zheng, he was still a little nervous.
Along the way, Xiao Yi truthfully described Hu Hai's thoughts. Wang Ben also considered it all the way and felt that it was really not good for Hu Hai to stay in the palace.
Hu Hai was in the palace as if he were imprisoned. If one day in the future, the emperor is in a bad mood, will he order the death of Hu Hai?
So Wang Ben thought of a compromise.
He sincerely said to Ying Zheng: "The problem with Mr. Hu Hai is that he is too violent. I think that his anger can be resolved by using Buddhism. I boldly ask your majesty to allow Hu Hai to become a monk."
Wang Bi had already popularized the concept of becoming a monk to Ying Zheng.
Give up everything in the world and stay in a Buddhist temple all your life. In addition to reading scriptures, you can also think about the principles of life.
Ying Zheng thought about it and realized that this might not be a bad thing for Hu Hai.
So he nodded.
Seeing that Ying Zheng agreed, Wang Ben bowed excitedly.
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"Master, I'm so happy, so happy." Xiao Yi came to Hu Hai's courtyard excitedly.
Hu Hai was so happy that he didn't even have time to put on his shoes and ran out barefoot.
He noticed that Xiao Yi came in through the front door, and the guard just let him in.
What does this mean? Has his father decided to let him go?
Hu Hai excitedly held Xiao Yi's hand and said repeatedly: "Xiao Yi, you are back. I have been very worried these days."
Xiao Yi smiled slightly and said, "Sir, I'm so lucky to have lived up to my command."
Hu Hai's eyes lit up: "So... Wang Ben is back?"
Xiao Yi nodded: "Yes, I'm back."
Hu Hai's heart pounded: "What about me?"
Xiao Yi said: "Wang Ben has informed His Majesty, and His Majesty has agreed to let you leave the palace."
Hu Hai burst into tears: "I didn't expect that all my wishes for many days would come true in this day."
Although Hu Hai was excited, he still couldn't believe it, and said to Xiao Yi: "I always feel that this is like a dream. Is this true? Don't lie to me."
Xiao Yi smiled and said: "Of course it is true. If you don't believe it, please take a look, sir."
Xiao Yi ducked, and Hu Hai looked over there and found several people walking in.
The leader is none other than Wang Ben.
Hu Hai walked over excitedly.
Wang Ben bowed slightly and said to Hu Hai: "Master, please follow me."
Hu Hai nodded vigorously.
Wang Ben took him all the way to the palace gate.
Along the way, Hu Hai kept thinking in his mind.
He was thinking about what to do next.
Leaving the palace is only the first step. As long as you escape from captivity, you can make a difference. The second step is to make great achievements and impress his father. The third step is to regain the favor of his father and return to the palace. Even if he cannot return to the palace, he will still strive to be granted the title of king in another place.
After a hundred years, my father can gather the soldiers and horses in the kingdom to fight back. By then...hehe, it is still unknown who will take over the palace.
In just a few steps, Hu Hai thought clearly about his future.
When he is confident and wants to build a career. Suddenly, he found that Wang Ben's pace had slowed down.
Hu Hai was a little puzzled, after all, he hadn't left the palace yet.
He glanced to the side and his eyes suddenly shrank.
He saw two people: Huaiguzi and Li Xin.
Will anything good happen where these two people appear?
But Huaiguzi and Li Xin came over this way.
Hu Hai looked at the two of them nervously.
Wang Ben ignored them, just pretended not to see them and stood aside.
Li Shui smiled and saluted Hu Hai: "Young Master, you are well."
Hu Hai chuckled and said nothing.
Li Shui pointed to a hut and said, "Master, please come."
Hu Hai frowned: "What does this mean?"
Li Shui said: "It is a test. If you pass the test, from now on, the sea will be as wide as a fish can leap, and the sky will be as high as a bird can fly."
Hu Hai was a little confused: Why should I go through the test after leaving the palace?
However, he could guess a little bit. It is estimated that the content of this test is to be loyal to his father. After leaving the palace, he must not do evil or have any rebellious intentions.
As Hu Hai walked towards the hut, he thought: "Maybe after entering, he will have to swear a poisonous oath or something like that?"
Hu Hai has no psychological barriers to swearing poison.
He has even begun to write a manuscript. He must say something touching and tear-jerking, so that after listening to it, his father will not only believe it, but also pity himself.
The more Hu Hai thought about it, the more confident he became, and then he opened the small door.
Sure enough, someone was waiting for Hu Hai inside.
But what surprised Hu Hai was that the man was not wearing palace clothes, but civilian clothes.
Hu Hai was slightly startled.
Then he discovered that this person looked familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere, but he couldn't remember the specific place.
The man bowed humbly to Hu Hai: "I have seen the young master before."
After Hu Hai heard his voice, his mind buzzed, and some very bad memories came to mind.
He pointed at this person and stammered: "Could it be that you are the famous Xiaodao Liu in Xianyang City?"
Xiao Dao Liu Gan laughed and said, "Young Master has good eyesight."
Hu Hai's face suddenly turned pale.
Xiaodao Liu, he has indeed seen it.
Xiao Dao Liu presided over the palace executions of Sha Tilie and Mao Dun.
Today... I am in the same room as Xiaodao Liu?
Huaiguzi said, is this a test?
Could it be...
Hu Hai exclaimed and turned around to escape. It turned out that the door was locked from the outside.
Li Shui's voice came from outside: "Sir, you must abide by His Majesty's decision and pass the test seriously."
Hu Hai's teeth were itching with hatred: "Huai Guzi, you actually hurt me like this?"
Li Shui outside sighed and seemed to be talking to someone else: "Isn't it a gentleman if a person doesn't know something but doesn't feel embarrassed?"
Then came Li Xin's sympathetic voice: "Brother Huai has a noble character, which is quite similar to mine."
Hu Hai felt that it was pointless to argue with these two shameless people, so he started calling Wang Ben's name.
Wang Ben sighed and said to Hu Hai: "Don't worry, sir, it will be fine in a moment. If you don't want to leave the palace, that's fine. I will open the door immediately."
Hu Hai stood in the room, caught in the battle between heaven and man.
To leave the palace, or not to leave the palace?
If you stay, your life will be precarious, but you may not have a chance to make a comeback. There is just little hope.
Leaving the palace and establishing a career were more likely. But... after being castrated, does everything still have meaning?
Suddenly, he had an idea. He took out some deformed gold from his pocket and stuffed it into Xiao Dao Liu's hand.
Xiaodao Liu was so flattered that he wanted to refuse but couldn't bear it, so he accepted it half-heartedly.
Hu Hai whispered: "After a while, show mercy."
The meaning is obvious, there are only two of us in this room. Whether I was tortured, who knows? Later, if you told me to cut it clean, wouldn't that be enough?
Xiaodao Liu put the money into his arms: "Young master, don't worry, I understand."
Hu Hai nodded with satisfaction, and then asked Xiaodao Liu: "Do you need to drink?"
Xiaodao Liu was stunned for a moment and said, "If you want to drink, that's fine too."
Hu Hai opened the wine jar and drank a lot. Then he felt dizzy and fell asleep on the low couch.
Xiaodao Liu looked at Hu Hai and shook his head slightly: "Young master is really young and too timid. Do you need to drink to be brave?"
I don’t know how long it took before Hu Hai woke up.
The first thing he did after waking up was touch between his legs.
Fortunately, everything is still there. The money was not wasted.
Hu Hai nodded with satisfaction.
The room was already empty, and Xiao Dao Liu didn't know where he had gone.
Hu Hai sat up from the low couch and felt something strange about his body, maybe because he was still drunk.
He opened the door and found Wang Ben, Li Shui and others still waiting outside.
Click, a white light flashed, and someone took a picture of him.
Hu Hai narrowed his eyes and glanced at Li Shui somewhat unhappily.
Just at this time, a gust of cool wind blew, and Hu Hai felt that his scalp was tightening and his head was extremely cold.
He reached out and touched it, and suddenly found to his horror that his hair was missing.
This...this...what's going on?
Hu Hai was stunned and confused, not knowing what to do.
Li Shui and Li Xin were still discussing beside them.
Hu Hai heard Li Shui say: "Brother Li, please take a look, isn't he pretty?"
Li Xin hummed: "It's okay, but I'm just not used to it."
Hu Hai walked over in three steps, pointed at Li Shui and said, "Where is my hair?"
Li Shui smiled and said, "Xiaodao Liu shaved it off for you."
Then, Li Shui pointed to the side.
Over there Xiao Dao Liu hurried over with a young eunuch, obviously he had just received the news.
When Xiaodao Liu saw Hu Hai, he said as if he was taking credit for it: "Master, what do you think of the villain's craftsmanship? The villain took the young master's money, so he was extra careful. He didn't even scratch his scalp."
Hu Hai was furious: "How dare you shave my hair, how dare you..."
Xiaodao Liu was startled and said in horror: "The banished immortal asked me to do it."
Li Shui coughed dryly: "This is His Majesty's will."
Hu Hai stood there blankly, and suddenly he fell to his knees with a plop, crying loudly: "The hair is born from the parents, how can it be damaged... Hu Hai was innocent and was tortured, it was really... heartbreaking." "
Wang Ben said calmly: "My lord, Your Majesty agrees to your leaving the palace. The condition is that you must follow me to become a monk."
Hu Hai: "Huh?"
Wang Ben said: "This time I met a group of wise men in the Peacock Kingdom. They called themselves monks. They called their ancestor Buddha."
"What these people think about is not how to make achievements or how to dominate the world. They think about what is life and what is death."
“They leave their homes and careers behind, meditate hard, and finally achieve enlightenment and enter eternal joy.”
Hu Hai: "Huh?"
He had some doubts as to whether Wang Ben had been given some ecstasy soup.
What are these... I have never heard of them.
Wang Ben smiled at him and consoled him with kind words: "Therefore, you can become a monk with me. Let's think about the principles of life together. Don't mention the pursuit of fame and fortune in the past."
Although Hu Hai didn't understand it clearly, he vaguely felt that something was wrong.
Wang Ben added: "In the Peacock Kingdom, there is no need to shave your head. But Huaiguzi suggested that shaving your hair would make you look more pious. And without your hair, you will be very different from the secular people. You can show your majesty that you are devoted to the world." Buddha, there is no more ambition.”
"I thought about it and thought this was a good idea. So I found someone to shave my head for you. Liu is the best knife maker in Xianyang City. Now it seems that his skills are really good."
Hu Hai was stunned and asked tremblingly for a while: "So, what will I do after I leave the palace?"
Wang Ben said: "Live with me in the temple, translate Buddhist scriptures, study Buddhist principles, and spend this life."
Hu Hai's head was buzzing: "Isn't that the same as... going from one cell to another?"
He suddenly felt dizzy and fainted.
Li Shui looked at Hu Hai lying on the ground with emotion: "This is the fate of Buddha. He has entered samadhi so quickly."
Li Xin asked curiously: "Is this what entering samadhi is?"
Li Shui hummed: "It is said that this is what it is like to enter samadhi. You close your eyes and cut off the connection with the world. You feel that a moment has passed, but when you open your eyes, a few hours have gone."
Wang Ben carried Hu Hai on his back and left the palace.
He didn't want to hear Li Shui's random explanation behind him. That kind of nonsense, any more than one sentence is an insult to Buddhist scriptures.
Wang Ben left. Li Shui and Li Xin also planned to go back to their respective homes.
At this time, a young eunuch came over and said that His Majesty had summoned him.
The two of them went to Ying Zheng's study again and found that Xiao Yi and the important ministers were there.
Ying Zheng said to Wu Jiao: "Tell them about the situation in the Peacock Kingdom."
Xiao Yi recounted everything he saw and heard along the way.
Ying Zheng asked: "What do you think I should do?"
Li Xin said: "The Peacock Kingdom covets our great Qin, and I think we should preemptively attack it and send troops to destroy it immediately."
Chunyu Yue shook his head: "The wars and disasters are very costly. The Peacock Kingdom is thousands of miles away from our Qin Dynasty. What good will it do to us to destroy them? It is just a punishment for the majesty."
Li Shui smiled and shook his head: "In my opinion, the Peacocks are strong and weak in foreign countries and are vulnerable to attack. With our Great Qin Tiger and Wolf Division, it shouldn't be difficult to destroy them."
"It would be wrong to say that destroying this country is useless. According to Xiao Yi's description just now, this country is clearly in the tropics."
Chunyu Yue asked curiously: "What is the tropics?"
Li Shui sighed: "It seems that this official assessment is imperative. The dignified doctor doesn't even know what a tropical zone is."
Chunyu Yue said nothing, but he was holding fire in his heart.
In order to cope with the examination, all the civil and military personnel of the Manchu Dynasty had gone to some kind of night school in Shangjun Courtyard.
They were greedy for cheap, and everyone got a monthly pass to enter. As a result, Shangjun Villa later announced that tickets were free.
What a waste of money.
Now Chunyu Yue is busy during the day, dealing with official matters. I have to attend classes in the evening.
I haven't missed any of those lessons, I just haven't heard the Tropical lesson yet.
I didn't expect to be ridiculed by Huai Guzi again today.
Li Shui ignored Chun Yuyue's expression and said to Ying Zheng with a smile: "Peacock Country spends most of the year in summer. The temperature is high and the vegetation is lush. Crops can be harvested almost as they are planted."
"If we, the Qin Dynasty, occupy this place and use the Peacock Kingdom as a granary, wouldn't that be a great thing?"
