royal robes

Chapter 77 Between black and white
After entering the inn, it suddenly became crowded. Eighteen Khitan warriors are enough to make a fuss, and there are also a lot of decent monks.Fortunately, the wargs couldn't get in, only the white wolf followed Zong Xin and never took a step away.

The cultivation of the white wolf is far superior to that of ordinary wargs, and the white wolf can get in through the door that ordinary people can enter with a slight twist of its body.

Xiao Er served the tea, and Elder Mu Xiang told the story slowly.A few months ago, disciples often disappeared on Wutai Mountain. At first, they thought that the young monk could not stand the commandments of the temple and fled down the mountain. But later, people often found bones of dead people, and only then did they know that something was wrong.

The number of missing disciples continued to increase, and 23 temples on Wutai Mountain joined forces to investigate the matter in detail.At the same time, it is stipulated that the disciples in the temple are not allowed to travel alone even during the day, and they are not even allowed to leave the door for half a step at night.

As a result, some disciples encountered companions being snatched away by monsters. Most of them happened at night, so they did not see the monster's appearance clearly. They could only see two red eyes and a long tail.

The 23 temples selected the highest martial arts and Buddhism to jointly eliminate demons.As a result, only Elder Mu Xiang came back alive that night with injuries all over his body. The other abbots were all eaten by monsters, and even the abbot of Xiantong Temple could not escape.

In fact, Elder Mu Xiang didn't even see what kind of monster it was, because before the monster appeared, it sprayed out a poisonous mist. Several eminent monks fought with the monster in the poisonous mist, and lost contact with each other.After Elder Mu Xiang was hit by the long tail a few times, he ran away before he had time to see the true face of the monster.

But Elder Mu Xiang can be sure that it is a giant python with a bowl-thick mouth that has turned into a spirit.But at this time, several masters with the highest martial arts and Buddhism have become blood food in the mouth of monsters. In desperation, Elder Mu Xiang took all his disciples down the mountain to seek shelter, and handed Wutai Mountain to monsters.I hope that the letter from the Governor of XZ will allow the imperial court to calm down the matter.

Zong Xin nodded and said, "Leave this matter to the poor monk, it's just a trivial matter."

Mu Xiang said: "Senior nephew Zong Xin, that demon snake is very advanced, so don't be careless."

"It's okay, it's a little snake. The poor monk will go up the mountain tomorrow and slaughter it for stew. Come and eat some when the time comes." Zong Xin said with a smile.

"It's inappropriate..." Zhao Kuangyin said: "Steaming is not enough for wine~ It's better to roast snake meat. It's fun to drink while roasting meat around the fire."

"Uncle Zhao, I've been eating barbecue for the past few days, but I'd like to have some stewed meat." After all, Tian Ya is a child, and it's nutritious to eat some stewed meat.

Yaoyao said: "Stop arguing, let's talk about serious business. For such a big snake, half of it is innocent, and half of it is barbecue."

Everyone nodded, this solution is good.Although I want to drink while grilling meat, the stewed snake soup is also delicious. If it is winter, it will be even better, warming up with some wine.

This is acceptable to everyone, and you can also run on both sides for a change of taste.

"Nephew Zongxin..." Elder Mu Xiang said, "Are you really sure that you can catch this monster?"

"You still want to catch it alive? I came all the way to get rid of the demon for you, and I'm not allowed to stew it?" Zong Xin was very curious, what hobby does this old monk have?
"Hey~ I just pretended to be an old monk and didn't say anything."

Elder Mu Xiang didn't know what to say. Everyone was talking about different things.I was still thinking about whether it would succeed, but they were already planning how to eat it.After all, they are Buddhist disciples. Judging from the appearance of this group of people...more than a dozen Dharma protectors have already begun ordering meat and drinking wine.

"Half stew, half barbecue?" Tianya recalled this sentence, and suddenly had an epiphany: "I have figured it out ~ that problem can be solved."

Zong Xin excitedly said: "Yaoyao take out the chess piece and see how this kid solves it."

"I haven't solved it after four days of trying. Do you really understand?" Yaoyao took out a small box from her bag, which contained 23 white chess pieces, one side of which was painted black with ink.

"What do you mean?" Elder Mu Xiang asked immediately, puzzled.

Zong Dao said: "This is a question asked by the poor monk so that the disciple can distinguish right from wrong with his wisdom. Paint all 23 Go chess pieces with one side black and the other side white, among which 10 are black and 13 are white. Let the disciple Blindfolded, divide the 23 pieces into left and right piles, so that the number of black pieces on both sides is the same."

Yaoyao poured 23 chess pieces on the tea table and counted them so that 10 of them had their black sides up and the other 13 had their white sides up.Everyone thought about it for four days, but they couldn't solve the problem. Even the Khitan warriors came over with the wine jar to see how he divided it.

Tian Ya immediately covered his eyes with a cloth, randomly divided the chess pieces into two piles, and then counted the number of chess pieces. There were 10 chess pieces and 3 black pieces on the left side, and 13 chess pieces and 7 black pieces on the right side.

"Wrong, I said you can't solve it." Yaoyao excitedly said: "If you want to rely on luck, it is difficult to succeed once."

Tian Ya shook his head and said: "I haven't finished dividing yet. Tian Ya flipped all the chess pieces on the left side. Originally there were 3 black and 7 white pieces. After turning them all over, they became 3 souls and 7 black. The number of black pieces is the same as that on the right. Same."

"Master, am I right?"

Zong Dao: "Yes, that's it. No matter how many black pieces there are on the left and right sides, as long as you flip all 10 pieces on the left side, the number of black pieces will be exactly the same. Tianya, do you know what the master told you?"

"The disciple knows."

Everyone suddenly realized that this question is not difficult, as long as you figure it out, it will be very simple.There are only two things to do, divide them into two piles, one with 10 and the other with 13.Just flip all 10 sides over once.

"So that's it... Is it useful for you to teach your apprentices these things?" Yaoyao understood how to solve this problem, but still couldn't see the meaning.

Elder Mu Xiang clasped his hands together and said: "Amitabha~ I thought you were a fake master just now, but now it seems that you are indeed an eminent monk. I haven't solved this problem yet. It is very useful to teach disciples. There is no one in the world. Things are mediocre. The so-called right and wrong, right and wrong, start from the human heart and end up in human hands. Even if the eyes cannot see black and white, the heart can distinguish right from wrong. The old monk admires the depth of Zen. Not only can it train the disciple's mind, but also cultivate The understanding of the disciple."

Zong Xin turned to look at Zhao Kuangyin, and then asked, "Brother Yuan Lang, what have you realized?"

"Ping, the world originally only needs a word 'Ping'. Left Wen and right Wu, black chess is traitorous, white chess is loyal. Left and right are opposed, the government and the opposition are fine, black and white are opposed, and the world is peaceful. It depends on those in power who only need to flip black and white, By judging left and right, the world will be peaceful."

Zong Xin nodded, and then asked: "Tianya, what can you realize?"

"The general trend of the world is in my hands. Turning my hands into clouds, turning my hands into rain, Master taught me to be a chess player, not a chess piece."

"Yes, you all have very high understanding. It's a pity~ Brother Yuen Long, you haven't solved this problem, it's useless just to understand the truth." Zong Xin curled his lips and said: "I will never accept you as a disciple anyway. "

"I don't care, what's so good about being a monk..."

Zhao Kuangyin originally had something to say, but stopped.In fact, there is nothing wrong with being a monk. Zong Xin can eat meat, drink alcohol, and pick flowers. The worst thing is that he can still be picked by flowers... Thinking about it this way, being a monk is actually not bad, and you can do well reputation.

"Senior nephew Zongxin is really unexpected. I don't practice enough, so I can only admire him."

"Amitabha, the master has praised you~" Zong said: "I heard that the XZ mutton is good, I immediately asked the shopkeeper to slaughter a few sheep to honor the master, Tianya will do it quickly."

"Ok!"

Tianya immediately rushed forward and asked the shopkeeper to slaughter three sheep, one to roast the whole sheep, one to put in the soup pot, and the other to make some special XZ dishes. Don't worry about spending money, as long as it tastes good.

Elder Mu Xiang's face was livid, whether he should listen or not at this time, others are really eminent monks, but...

"Amitabha, I'm not practicing enough, so go back to the room and recite the scriptures immediately. Master and nephew Zongxin, you can eat slowly." Elder Mu Xiang immediately turned and went back to the room. Although he couldn't see the killing, he knew in his heart that Master Zongxin was definitely not an ordinary monk. There must be a reason for this.It's a pity that I don't have enough cultivation to comprehend it.

Everyone in this group knew that Zong Xin was just greedy for mutton, and there was no other reason.

Yaoyao looked admiringly, with her left hand resting on Zong Xin's shoulder, her chin resting on the back of her hand, and the fingers of her right hand moving back and forth on Zong Xin's face.This question is so delicate, it can indeed exercise Tianya's understanding, and it can also make people realize many truths from it.Although the three people realized different truths, but this kind of thing is different for the beholder, and the wise see the wisdom, there is no conclusion.

"Grandmaster is great~ With the wisdom of the master, you don't need martial arts at all to be able to surpass one person and surpass ten thousand people. What's more, the master's martial arts are outstanding. It is a great honor to marry you as a wife and slave."

Zong Xin smiled softly: "Tianya, you are still young, it is not easy to solve this problem after spending four days. But in the future, you must pay more attention to it, and don't doubt that the problem you posed for your teacher is unsolvable. If you If you have no doubts, you should be able to solve this problem faster."

"Disciple knows what's wrong."

"Let's eat first." Zong Xin suddenly shouted: "Shopkeeper, it's fine if the mutton doesn't come, why don't you even serve wine? Do you want the poor monk to smash your dilapidated restaurant?"

Yaoyao said: "You look very handsome when you lose your temper."

In the past few days, everyone has gotten used to it, just pretending that Yaoyao doesn't exist.Yaoyao doesn't mind, she only has Zong Xin in her eyes, no matter what Zong Xin's attitude is.Yaoyao knows very well that when a woman chases a man, Zong Xin will be unable to hold back one day, and as long as he is slightly moved, he will not be able to turn back.

The waiter in the shop immediately served the wine and food, and after a while, he brought out the mutton soup pot, with coriander, the original soup was tasty.Who said that mutton soup can't go with wine?All of them were sweating profusely after eating, because they are Khitan warriors, and they haven't eaten mutton for a long time, and the cooking method in the Central Plains is exquisite, and the taste is extremely delicious.

After eating for a while, Yaoyao took Tianya back to his room to sleep. After all, children and women don't have much appetite.This group of people look less and less like monks. They are just like a group of bandits having a dinner.

(End of this chapter)