Can you live forever

Chapter 223 Leifeng Pagoda Falls, West Lake Dries Up
After the battle in Yangzhou, Zhang Zhixiang originally wanted to talk to Fa Hai, but when he wanted to find Fa Hai, Fa Hai had already left, so Zhang Zhixiang and Jiajing went directly to Nanjing.

But Fahai's departure did not mean he went back to Tibet directly.

Instead, he went to... Lin'an.

Lin'an was the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty. Before that, it was the capital of the Wuyue Kingdom, also known as Hangzhou. There is a West Lake in Lin'an, and there is Leifeng Mountain and Leifeng Pagoda beside the West Lake.

Walking on the mountain road, Fa Hai sighed leisurely when he saw the West Lake was clogged with water.

When Fahai entered the Leifeng Pagoda, a welcoming monk noticed him. A young monk stepped forward and bowed in eleven obeisances, asking, "Amitabha, where did the Master come from?"

"The poor monk Fahai came from the snow-capped mountains of the Western Regions."

"It turned out to be Master Fahai, what happened to Master?"

"Come here for the white lady."

"White Lady?"

The little monk scratched his head and didn't know what to say, so he could only tell: "There is no such person as Bai Niangzi in this temple, did the master make a mistake?"

Fahai didn't answer, but asked, "Are you a monk from Jingci Temple across the street?"

The little monk should be.

Fa Hai asked again: "The Leifeng Pagoda is taken care of by your monastery, can there be a special abbot?"

The little monk replied: "There is no abbot, but there is a lay master who is in charge here."

Fa Hai nodded and said, "Then ask the little master to find the steward, and tell him that Fa Hai is here for the white lady."

"It's… okay."

Although the little monk felt that the clouds were covering him, he still went to report. He climbed to the top of the fifth floor of the pagoda and said to a layman who was sitting in front of the Sutra Pavilion reading: "Layman Qian, here comes a Fahai." Master, it is said that he is here for the white lady."

"White Lady..."

The elegant middle-aged man pondered for a moment, as if he had thought of something, he quickly got up and went downstairs with the young monk. When he saw Fa Hai, he respectfully saluted and asked, "But Master Fa Hai who is teaching the Dharma in Yangzhou?"

"It's the poor monk."

"I've heard about my master's name for a long time, so please go upstairs and tell me about it."

So the two climbed to the top of Leifeng Pagoda, the little monk gave the tea set and retreated, but his heart was like a cat's paw, wondering what the white lady was?

After Qian Heng poured tea for Fa Hai, he asked, "Master, do you know the origin of Leifeng Pagoda?"

Fa Hai took a sip of his tea, nodded and said, "In the past, Qian Chu, King of Wuyue, invited Buddhist treasures from Tianzhu to build this pagoda to suppress demons."

"However, the Buddha's top bone relic cannot suppress the Jiangnan context."

"Qian Chu, king of Wuyue, saw that the scholar-officials were replacing the nobles as the new ruling class, so he specially invited the Buddha's parietal bone relic from Tianzhu, hoping to suppress the white snake."

"However, it has had little effect."

Qian Heng sighed slightly, and said: "It's not completely useless. Without this tower, there would be no Zhu Hongwu. It's just that one formation can't change the destiny after all."

"West Lake is dry, Leifeng Pagoda is down, not far away."

As he spoke, Qian Heng looked towards the West Lake not far away. Since the Tang Dynasty, the water area of ​​the West Lake has been reduced by more than half. Not only is the lake reclaimed for farming, but the water level of the West Lake is also quite low. In many cases, it is even impossible to sail. serious.

"West Lake dried up, Leifeng Pagoda collapsed, and a white snake was born."

This sentence is a prophecy left by an eminent monk from Tianzhu when the Leifeng Pagoda was built.

The Qian family in Lin'an guarded the Leifeng Pagoda for generations to suppress the White Snake. Qian Heng naturally paid close attention to the news from Yangzhou, knowing that Zhang Zhixiang and Jiajing had a battle with the White Snake and the Green Snake.

"Will the time when Zhang Zhixiang hit the White Snake hard and the prophecy comes true will be delayed?"

Qian Heng asked Fa Hai.

Fa Hai shook his head and said: "Zhang Zhixiang has memories of later generations, so we have to learn from him when the Leifeng Pagoda fell and when the West Lake was dried up, so that we can know when the White Snake was born."

"As for the future of Leifeng Pagoda, and the future of our country."

"With these evidences, we can judge whether the killing of the snake is effective."

Hearing what Fahai said, Qian Heng also agreed: "Indeed, the gentry is a white snake, but the white snake is not a gentry, and the Leifeng Pagoda has not yet fallen, so the snake in Yangzhou may not be a real snake."

"The world is in chaos, the world of great strife is coming, and the world of great cold will also come."

"There have been unprecedented changes in the past, and I don't know if the prophecy can be changed so that Leifeng Pagoda will forever guard the White Snake."

Fahai sang Amitabha and said, "The poor monk came here to guard the Leifeng Pagoda. I wonder if layman Qian believes in the poor monk?"

"Master Gao Yi, in this world of great strife, the White Snake is afraid of riots. It is precisely the need for a master like the master to guard, so as to prevent the evil spirit from overflowing and causing harm to the world."

Qian has his own way of observing people. Although it is the first time he has seen it, Qian Heng believes in Fa Hai.

Immediately.

Qian Heng took Fahai to Jingci Temple to meet the abbot, and Fahai became the abbot of Leifeng Pagoda after that, while Qian Heng left for Nanjing to meet Zhang Zhixiang before Jiajing and Zhang Zhixiang went north.

……

But here, Li Weining showed fanaticism of converts.

Zhang Zhixiang did not answer him directly, but asked him to continue to listen to the class quietly until Xushi, when the Dharma meeting was dispersed, and when the crowd dispersed and everyone went home, Zhang Zhixiang asked Li Weining: "Do you know that I want to be in Annan?" doing what?"

Li Weining nodded heavily, and said: "Kill all the dignitaries and rich merchants, take the land into the imperial court's possession, and then distribute it equally to the people in Annan, exempting the land tax."

Zhang Zhixiang looked at Li Weining for a while, and said: "That's true, if you go back to Annan, it's only two acres of land, a six-foot bed, and you won't have any glory and wealth."

Li Weining said, "I don't want to be rich, I just want to be famous in history."

"From now on, I will be a saint in the eyes of the people of Annan. It is the part of Annan's history that can't be avoided no matter what. It is I who made Annan completely merged into Ming Dynasty. When Annan's descendants think of this, they will thank me. .”

"Although Daming does not recognize the Hou Li Dynasty."

"However, Houli has existed in Annan for more than 100 years. The people recognize me as the emperor of Houli. In the name of the emperor, I will completely abandon legal principles and give up all the rights of dignitaries. From then on, the people of Annan can use this as a banner to fight rebel."

"They will lose all their shackles and be free."

Zhang Zhixiang knew that Li Weining really understood it now, not only did he understand it, but he also understood it thoroughly. There was light in his eyes, almost fanatical light, and it was the last straw that a person grasped in despair.

He is now Zhang Zhixiang's most devout believer, but if Zhang Zhixiang will violate that set of fairness, I'm afraid he will be the first to charge up and hang Zhang Zhixiang...

Although Zhang Zhixiang doesn't like this state of paranoia, he has to admit that sometimes these paranoias are more useful.

They have their own atmosphere and aura, which can easily render others.

Now that Li Weining returns to Annan, it will be easy to mobilize the people to get things done in a hurry.

"Get up."

"I will write a letter to Qiu Luan for you. When the time comes, you will march south with the Ming army."

Li Weining should be excited.

Their conversation did not avoid outsiders, so Qian Heng, who was still here after the Fa conference, heard their conversation. Qian Heng really felt the change of the times, and it would be an earth-shaking change.

and so.

There are some things that can be told to Zhang Zhixiang.

　There is one chapter left in March plus more.

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(End of this chapter)