Ming Dynasty Detective 1546

Chapter 48: The "Strange Dream" Reappears

"you!"

Zheng Yishu's face changed color. Lin Daqin didn't expect these two to be so direct. He wanted to persuade them but didn't know how to start.

Haiyue is a person who never suffers any loss, not even verbal loss. Otherwise, why would he practice martial arts?
If I meet such a villain, I don’t want to live in the same room with him. It’s disgusting!

However, the two of them seemed to be packing up too quickly. Seeing that all the books on the nearby shelf had been put away, the man shouted decisively, "Enough! You want to kick me out? I won't leave!"

Hai Yue was unhappy: "No! Living in a temple with a poor scholar like us will be bad for Mr. Zheng's reputation in the future. Why stay?"

In this era, the word "Master" was not something that ordinary scholars could use. Generally, senior officials of higher rank or below the fourth rank would call him "Master" as a respectful title. Haiyue's tone was much more sarcastic than the other party's.

Zheng Yishu was so angry that his face turned pale and his hands began to tremble: "You! You!"

"Okay, stop talking!" Haiyue stuffed the package into the other person's hand and said, "No!"

Zheng Yishu took the package and seemed to be stunned for a moment, standing there motionless.

Hai Yue was afraid that he would stay and become an eyesore, so she feigned curiosity and asked, "Why? As a dignified Tianguan family, don't you have a courtyard for guests to live in... Or are you just bluffing? The Fang family doesn't really care about you at all, and you'll have nowhere else to go if you leave here?"

After being pushed to this point, Zheng Yishu had no choice but to leave if he still had some dignity. However, his eyes flickered, as if he had thought of something. He suddenly threw the package on the bed and said with gritted teeth, "Unless the abbot kicks me out, I will stay here! As for whether the Fang family values ​​you, whether it is true or not, it won't be long before you two Qionghai barbarians will know!"

Seeing the quarrel escalate into insults, Lin Daqin hurriedly said, "Calm down, both of you! Calm down! Why do you have to do this?"

Zheng Yishu's chest heaved, his eyes wide with anger. Hai Yue smiled and said, "Brother Jingfu, do you know how we Qionghai people react when we're insulted? A duel! After signing a life-or-death agreement, we fight to the death! This is a custom we learned from the people on the island!"

Lin Daqin blinked, and Zheng Yishu's expression changed completely.

Hai Yue was born tall and strong, with a figure as straight as a pine tree. His every move showed his heroic spirit. It was obvious at first glance that he was not a person with only good looks. How could he duel with such a person?
"Hmph! I won't talk to such rude people like you!"

Zheng Yishu didn't dare to stay any longer and left in a huff.

But the package was left behind and thrown on the bed.

Hai Yue curled her lips, and Hai Rui also looked calm. However, Lin Daqin sighed, "Shisanlang, why bother scaring him? Brother Jingxuan wasn't like this before. It seems that he was traumatized by that study tour, and that's why he's become...become...ah!"

"No matter what kind of person he was in the past, he's disgusting now. Of course, we must study even harder for the exam. Using our exam results to silence those who cling to the powerful is the right way to go!"

Haiyue's words were powerful and impactful.

"it is good!"

Lin Daqin's eyes also changed.

At the age of nineteen, he had never thought that he could really surpass all the scholars in the world and take the lead, but being stimulated by his fellow townsman and friend, even a clay man could get angry and his fighting spirit was immediately aroused.

Open the book!
……

In the following days, Haiyue and Hai Rui stayed in Xilai Temple, studying hard with the top students.

It really proves the saying "Listening to one word from you is better than reading for ten years".

The originally boring classics, history, and eight-legged essays, when told by Lin Daqin, were like a dead tree coming back to life, and they were full of different vitality.

When Haiyue started writing again, comparing her previous works, she suddenly felt that she had turned decay into magic.

It wasn't all study; in his spare time, he would wander around the temple. The internal training method Haiyue practiced was called "An Chan Zhi Long," which sounded like it had something to do with Buddhism.

But he had asked his father Haihao before, but got no answer, and he didn't go to the temple very often.

Now entering the Zen ancestral temple, Bodhidharma, the first ancestor of the Western Zen sect, began to circulate his inner energy, as if...

Well, there is no difference!

"Martial arts is martial arts, why do you have to associate it with Buddhism?"

"What's more, those who practice Taoism focus on cultivating their hearts, and those who practice Buddhism also focus on cultivating their hearts. Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness are all what the heart aspires to. The method of inner training requires a calm mind and concentration. Therefore, all kinds of academic studies, even the most profound, can complement the inner training methods and reach the ultimate state together..."

"But in this environment, writing the story of the journey to the West is quite appropriate!"

In my spare time, I would visit Xilai Temple and create some works.

After figuring out the correct use of plagiarism, Journey to the West was not far from being officially released.

There was a rumor in later generations that Journey to the West was a banned book, but in fact, not only was it not banned, on the contrary, it sold very well, and countless versions were published and reprinted repeatedly.

As for the fact that there are many satirical scenes in it, they may be satirizing Jiajing, but that’s fine.

Zhu Houcong is only 24 years old now, and he still looks like a decent person. He is even regarded as a wise ruler by court officials. If there is any satire, it should be on his middle and late years. How could Zhu Houcong know about the bad things the old Taoist priest did now?

He wrote with divine power. The four masters and apprentices, you carry the load, I lead the horse, we greeted the sunrise and saw off the sunset, overcoming one difficulty after another.

During this period, a new book friend came along, Lin Daqin.

The story of Tang Monk's journey to the West has long been a household name, and there are many newly adapted versions of the story in the streets and alleys. Lin Daqin originally just picked up this new version, but after all, seeing Hai Rui reading it with great interest, he couldn't help but feel curious. But once he opened it, he couldn't put it down.

The days passed quickly, and the only flaw was that there was an annoying guy hanging around in front of me.

Zheng Yishu still lives in the Zen room.

The relationship between them had reached a freezing point. The man from Chaozhou no longer dared to mock the man from Qiongzhou as a barbarian. He went out early and came back late every day, but he never left.

Hai Yue herself is not a narrow-minded person, she just hates villains and is unwilling to swallow her anger when facing such people. She would sulk by herself when there is no one around. Now that the other party has been obedient, she just lets it go. Just like her brother Hai Rui, she turns a blind eye and pretends that the other party does not exist.

Only Lin Daqin had a gentle temperament. Even though he and Zheng Yishu were no longer close during this period, he still maintained outward politeness and chatted with them from time to time.

One day, Hai Yue came back from morning exercise with a stick from the temple. She saw Lin Daqin and Zheng Yishu talking from a distance. At the end, Zheng Yishu yawned, shook his sleeves, and walked away without any courtesy.

Seeing Lin Daqin's rather helpless expression, Haiyue didn't want to question her friend's style of dealing with people, but she couldn't help but say, "Jingfu, why do you have to treat this person with gentlemanly courtesy? He's really not worth your trouble!"

Lin Daqin sighed softly, "Brother Jingxuan has been plagued by nightmares these past few nights. I just saw that he looked haggard, and I wanted to show some concern, but he looked even worse..."

Haiyue thought about it and realized that the guy did toss and turn during the night. However, she had a very good sleep quality and didn't care about others, just slept soundly. She said casually, "If you have a clear conscience, why worry about nightmares in the middle of the night? This is the sign of doing something wrong!"

"Ah! But that dream was quite strange..."

Lin Daqin frowned. "They say they're wandering around in a foggy village and can't get out."

(End of this chapter)