"Officials, I...I was really eager to save you at that time. Seeing that you were in trouble, I lost my bearings for a moment..."

"Just because I have been with you for so many years, you should just take pity on me and spare my life..."

"Your Majesty! It's been fifteen years, it's been fifteen years since we crossed over from the south! In the past fifteen years, I have been working hard and assisting you with all my heart, Your Majesty!"

"Chen..."

Yang Yizhong's home is not far from Fengyu Gate, not far from the imperial palace.

The house is not big, but it is backed by the Lin'an government office and the yamen of the three provinces and six ministries, so the location is pretty good.

From the moment he got off the carriage, Lieutenant Zhang was like a dead son, with tears and runny nose, and kept pleading to the emperor.

Pleading, leaving his life.

Liu Qi and Yang Yizhong were also helping to talk, but the emperor seemed to have lost his hearing. He only looked around and ignored the three of them.

Later, Captain Zhang actually asked Daoji to go to him:

The young monk could not protect himself against the emperor. Besides, he could clearly see the old man killing people just now.

This is the first time the emperor has come to the house. He has not received any notice before. Everyone in the Yang family is busy. Starting from Mrs. Yang, they don’t know what kind of etiquette they should show so as not to neglect the Tian family. .

"What about Kun Ren?"

Yang Yizhong had roughly guessed the emperor's intention. When he saw the emperor asking, he led a few people to a house in the inner courtyard.

"Doctors from three medical clinics in Lin'an City have seen it. Master Fohai's wound is not deep and there is no serious problem."

"It's not deep?" Liu Bang asked doubtfully, "It's not deep, so how could he be knocked unconscious with one strike?"

"That's right..." Yang Yizhong hesitated, "I was shocked."

"Is he so timid?"

You are so young, but you still dare to block the knife for yourself.

Liu Bang didn't quite understand. Anyway, he himself was determined not to do such a stupid thing.

"You guys just wait at the door, I'll go in and see him."

Although the emperor still regarded him as nothing, this was the first time the emperor spoke, and he quickly responded.

Among the three generals, he is the oldest, but his voice is the loudest at this time.

After watching the emperor enter the house, Yang Yizhong sensiblely brought the door up. As soon as the door was closed, Zhang Jun pulled Liu and Yang aside as if he was a different person:

"Zhengfu, Uncle Xin, you two arrived in Lin'an before me. What happened to this official family...?"

"You have just heard what the official said. If you still think that we have the same feelings as colleagues, just tell me what you know!"

The three people outside the house started chatting, and the three people inside the house were not idle either.

Seeing the visitor, the lying monk Fohai wanted to get up, but Liu Bang stopped him:

"You kid, just lie down."

Daoji has been with Fohai since he became a monk. This is the first time the two of them have separated.

Seeing his master wrapped in white cloth and turned into half a rice dumpling, he always wanted to cry, but he didn't dare.

Seeing his appearance, Fohai thought he couldn't bear to worry himself, so he couldn't help but touch his face:

"Good disciple, you have grown up."

After the master and apprentice exchanged greetings for a while, Liu Bang said:

"Daoji, go guard the door and don't allow those three people to eavesdrop."

Although Daoji was reluctant to give up, his movements were not slow. As soon as the emperor finished speaking, he had already decisively broken free from Fohai's hand.

This little Kun... Liu Bang couldn't help but shook his head. When he left, Liu Ruyi was only about this age.

As for Daoji being pestered by Zhang Jun after he went out, that is another story.

At this time, looking at the monk in front of him, Liu Bang was not polite and sat down next to the bed:

"Say it."

Fohai was lying on his stomach, and he could only see his legs, but he didn't know what his expression was, and he couldn't perform Buddhist rituals.

"Noble sir, what do you want the young monk to say?"

"You took a stab for me. I'm very grateful to you, but when did you recognize me?"

Fohai seemed to have expected this question, and without even thinking about it, he answered directly:

"It's a long story."

"There is plenty of time, I will listen to you no matter how long it takes."

Seeing him say this, Fohai no longer concealed it:

"The young monk is from Sichuan. When he was young, he studied Dharma with Zen Master Keqin in Zhaojue Temple. Until six years ago, after Zen Master Keqin passed away, the young monk left Sichuan and came to the south of the Yangtze River."

Damn you, why don’t you start with King Wu’s defeat of Zhou?

He cursed secretly in his heart, but after hearing that he was from Shu, Liu Bang was silent for a moment and then said:

"Gua Wa Zi, you are a fairy."

When Fohai heard the words, he was surprised and doubtful: "You, why do you say such vulgar words?"

Liu Bang patted him on the shoulder: "Isn't this to see if you are lying? I am very familiar with Shuzhong... keep talking, keep talking."

Even if Fohai was scolded, he had never been scolded so dirty before. At this time, his neck was already red, but fortunately, he had not recited Amitabha in vain for many years. He paused and said again:

"After leaving Sichuan, the young monk studied in various Zen monasteries and temples in the south of the Yangtze River, Chuzhou, Wuzhou, Quzhou, Tanzhou..."

"Can you get to the point?"

Fohai said: "Amitabha, the young monk said beforehand that it is a long story, and you will listen to it no matter how long it is."

"Okay, okay, I listen!"

"Until a few days ago, the young monk was invited by layman Yi An to go to Qiantang to chant sutras for his late father and husband. It was there that the young monk met Taoist Master Huangfutan."

"Taoist Priest was also invited by layman Yi An. Although the method he learned is different from mine, both of us are from Sichuan, and Taoist Master Huangfu is very profound in Taoism, and the young monk admires him."

"On that day, the two of us were discussing Dharma under the pavilion. When the Taoist priest saw that the general had lost his position, he predicted that something would happen to one of our great generals in the Song Dynasty. He thought of the generals who had been recalled to Lin'an. Although the two of us did not know who they were.

, but he was still worried, so the young monk came to Lin'an. Although he couldn't help much, he could still do his part by praying for the stricken general."

"Before leaving, the Taoist priest tested a hexagram for the young monk. He only said that this trip would be a bloody disaster, but it would also lead to great luck. Even... the future of the Song Dynasty was tied to the hands of the young monk alone.

”

"So that night, after feeling the nobility in you, the young monk boldly guessed that you are the great luck Taoist Master Huangfu mentioned... In fact, even if it were not you, but someone else, the young monk would have done the same.

Amitabha."

After Fohai finished speaking, he closed his eyes and said nothing, waiting for this person's reaction.

Until...

There was a sharp pain in his back, and he subconsciously wanted to turn around, but was pinned to the bed.

"My lord, what are you doing?"

Liu Bang pressed the monk with one hand, and drew the fingers of the other hand together to scratch his wound. Even though it was wrapped with a medical cloth, Liu Bang's strength still caused Fohai to suffer endlessly.

"It's a story, I won't comment on it."

"But it may be possible to use such words to deceive other people, but I will never believe it."

"Don't ask why, right? A Taoist, right? Stargazing, right? Divination, right?"

"If you know the truth, tell the truth. If not... hum."

Liu Bang smiled sadly, and the strength on his hands became a little stronger, and he was so painful that sweat oozed out.

The monk was shocked. According to their speculation and understanding of this person, at this time, even if he did not believe it completely, he must have believed half of it.

How, how could it become like this!

"What a pity, I thought you were the one who could tell the truth."

Fohai gritted his teeth and said: "This is the fact. If you feel that this young monk has something to hide, just take this life!"

After hearing this, Liu Bang stopped.

Just when Fohai was thinking whether he was testing himself, he heard:

"What should I say? You helped block the knife, but I won't take your life."

"It's just that your disciple has no favor with me."

He said this calmly, making Fohai feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

The two of them were silent, and they could only hear the chirping of cicadas outside the house.

Liu Bang did not force him. After a while, Fohai smiled bitterly and said:

"Can you tell me how you found out?"
To be continued...