A scholar of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

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Until the little monk standing beside him also came to call, and in the middle of the night, there was a howling sound from Daning Temple, and the abbot of Daning Temple left.

Early the next morning, Gu Qing received the news that the abbot of Daning Temple had passed away, and he felt a little heavy in his heart. Although he only went to live in Daning Temple for a while, he only said a few words. I feel like a very mysterious person.

Gu Qing put on his clothes and didn't even bother to eat breakfast. Gu Xiao looked at the listless Gu Xiao all day and said, "Did you not sleep well last night?"

Gu Xiao gnawed on the meat bun, "I read too late last night."

"If you are really tired and go back to sleep, you go to the academy to play." Gu Qing hurriedly left after finishing speaking.

Gu Xiao pouted while watching Gu Qing leave, and muttered, "Don't ask me how late I was reading last night."

Fan Jian smiled and followed Gu Qing away. Fan Jian knew that Gu Xiao was reading until dawn last night.

Li Xiang watched Gu Qing leave, "Teacher seems to seldom go out, what are you doing today?"

Wu Mei brought a bowl of porridge to Li Xiang and said, "He's going to see an old friend."

"Oh." Li Xiang ate his breakfast obediently.

Gu Qing went all the way to Daning Temple. Daning Temple is not far from his home and can be reached in more than an hour. Fan Jian said, "Why didn't the owner drive a horse?"

"I think walking is better." Gu Qing said.

Walking all the way, I ran into Li Er who was also going to Daning Temple.

"Old man, what a coincidence." Gu Qing greeted.

On weekdays, Gu Qing treats Li Er respectfully, but in private, Gu Qing treats Li Er very casually.

Li Er also likes this kind of address, after all, it doesn't sound too far away. He looked at Gu Qing and said, "You also received the news?"

"Yeah, the old man called me a few words before, saying that I would see him off." Gu Qing walked all the way.

Li Er nodded and walked.

Wang Qin glanced at Fan Jian who was following Gu Qing, and the four of them had nothing to say as they walked all the way.

Seeing that he was about to arrive at Daning Temple, Gu Qing broke his calm, "My father-in-law, I have never known the relationship between you and this old abbot. Is there any secret that I cannot know?"

"It's all old stuff, so don't mention it." After Li Er finished speaking, he walked to the front of Daning Temple, saluted slightly and walked in.

Gu Qing also saluted slightly and walked into it. When he came to Daning Temple, he saw Tang Xuanzang was here at a glance. He was a little surprised, but he still watched a group of monks performing rituals. Most of the monks here did not remember it. They were alone. This friendly look seems to still remember him, and he won many peaches in Daning Temple back then.

Sitting next to Gu Qing, Li Er said, "I received the news that the old abbot passed away very peacefully."

"I know." Gu Qing also nodded.

Gu Qing has been watching the ceremony end, watching the bones of the old abbot turn into ashes in the flames, watching the mournful expressions of the monks in the temple, he is speechless for a while, every time he thinks back to what he said to himself, those words are very common, but detailed Thought it carefully, but it was very tasteful, and said in a low voice, "Go all the way."

Li Er looked at the burning fire and bowed his head devoutly.

Tang Xuanzang stood on the other side and observed Gu Qing's expression through the gap of the flames, observing the person who had confused him for several years, where did Gu Qing come from, and what was on Gu Qing's body.

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Chapter 1 Questions and Answers of Tang Xuanzang

After Li Er left Daning Temple, Gu Qing still stayed here to watch everything here, reminiscing with the monks here, watching a young monk approaching not far away, Gu Qing saw him and said with a smile, "Long time no see .”

"Benefactor Gu, long time no see." Buchi said.

Gu Qing remembered him, the little monk back then was not crazy, and he also remembered that he came to say goodbye to him when he went out to practice, and brought Tang Xuanzang back to Chang'an when he came back.

"You have grown up too." Gu Qing said, "How old are you this year?"

"The poor monk is nineteen this year." Buchi said.

A few monks at the side handed over cassocks to Buchi, Gu Qing glanced at Buchi again.

Buchi took the cassock and put it on himself in front of Gu Qing, then said respectfully, "Benefactor Gu, in fact, when the poor monk returned to Chang'an, the old abbot gave me the mantle and bowl, and I just put it on today."

Gu Qing looked at the man in cassock. At the beginning, he saw this little monk was still an ignorant child, curious and a little timid about the world outside the temple, but now he looked at him and found that he had grown up, with a certain stability and otherness in his eyes This kind of look was also seen in the eyes of the old abbot of Daning Temple.

"It doesn't seem too good to say congratulations at this time." Gu Qing rubbed his nose suspiciously.

"The poor monk knows, but Tang Xuanzang has a lot of doubts, and some cause and effect should be explained." Buchi made an inviting gesture, "Gu benefactor, talk in another place."

"Okay." Gu Qing nodded.

Following Buchi, he came to a small room, which hadn't changed at all. I remembered that this was the small room where I once regretted entering the temple, and Tang Xuanzang sat cross-legged in it.

Gu Qing also sat down cross-legged, and the three of them sat on one side. The room was very quiet. The death of the old abbot did not have much impact. The monks here quickly resumed their previous behavior. Bu Chi took out a chopstick and Holding the chopsticks in one hand, he stood it on the ground and said, "Since no one will speak, let this chopstick decide."

After speaking, Buchi let go of a section of the chopsticks, and the whole chopsticks tipped over to face Tang Xuanzang.

Bu Chi nodded and said, "Tang Xuanzang, you go ahead."

Tang Xuanzang stared at Gu Qing and said, "Gu Qing, what do you firmly believe in?"

Hearing this, Gu Qing smiled and said, "I'm just a layman, so I don't have anything to believe in. If I have to say I believe in something, I believe in what I want to believe in."

"Now it's the poor monk's turn to speak, but the poor monk heard what the benefactor said, and felt that what the poor monk said next was superfluous." Bu Chi looked at Tang Xuanzang and said, "Go on and ask."

Tang Xuanzang said again, "Gu Qing, tell me what the future looks like in your heart."

"I used to think that I knew the future, and I used to think that I could do things in this era that I couldn't do before, but when I came back to my senses, I realized that the original future was no longer in front of me, in front of me It’s a future that I don’t even know about myself.” After Gu Qing finished speaking, he looked at Tang Xuanzang, “Why don’t you keep asking, let’s keep it simple.”

"Alright." Buchi said.

Tang Xuanzang asked again, "Gu Qing, what did you get from Mangshan? When Zhao Rui met me in Luoyang, he said that you inherited something from Mangshan, something that he would never get in his life."

Recalling everything that happened to Mangshan back then, Gu Qing still feels a little sad when he thinks about it now, "I can't tell."

"At the beginning, there was a group of people who were looking for longevity. You have probably come into contact with these people." Tang Xuanzang said again, "You Gu Qing seems to have got everything now. You have fame, you have wealth, and you can even use power. You Will you want to find longevity next time?"

Bu Chi observed Gu Qing's expression, and after a long silence, the words came out of Gu Qing's mouth.

"Let me tell you a story." Gu Qing said, "There were two senior brothers back then, and their master taught them skills and principles. One problem is longevity, but their master did not tell them where longevity is. There are legends throughout the ages, the story of King Mu of Zhou and Queen Mother of the West, whether King Mu of Zhou really got longevity from Queen Mother of the West, the first emperor sent people to search all over the world. Seeking longevity medicine, Emperor Wu of the Han dreamed of the Queen Mother of the West, and the Qinling Mountains span thousands of miles. Why did Lao Tzu realize his epiphany in Mangshan, set off from Mangshan and go west to Hangu Pass, why so many princes and generals put their mausoleums in Mangshan, Mangshan Why did the mountain bury so many people, what did Mangshan mention in the geomancy, and where is the Heavenly Palace at the end of the snow-capped Changbai Mountain for thousands of years?"

Gu Qing slowed down and continued, "From this, we can draw four locations. Where is the Queen Mother of the West? Many ancient books record a place named Kunlun, where is the last elixir of the first emperor. The world thinks that Penglai Immortal Island, and there is Mang Mountain and Changbai Mountain."

"Senior brother found clues and traveled all over the world in search of longevity, but junior brother thought that the so-called longevity is false. It was useless for him to dissuade his senior brother several times. A few years later, junior brother also traveled all over the world and came to Mount Mang, just to be a The tomb keeper has been sitting in Mangshan for decades."

"Decades have passed, and this senior brother found that it is impossible to find longevity by himself. For senior brother, longevity is no longer a so-called luxury and desire. For him, longevity is an answer. Years was for this answer. Speaking of which, this senior brother is also a sad person. He knew that he could not find longevity in his own limited life, and then this senior brother began to recruit strange people from all over the world to teach his disciples the skills, and He gave his disciples the answer that he had been hiding for most of his life, and hoped that his disciples could find it, and even after his death, some disciples would look for the answer.”

"However, his disciples believe that longevity is a falsehood, a big lie left by the predecessors to future generations. Longevity does not exist. He stayed on Mang Mountain and watched his senior disciples come to Mang Mountain one by one to find the answer. But they all returned in vain, the younger brother knew that his senior brother had pursued it for most of his life, if his senior brother knew that immortality did not exist, it would be more uncomfortable for his senior brother than killing him, and his whole life was ruined in a lie."