A Clash of Gods - Chapter 139

[Chapter 139 The Ghost Possessed]

Yang Ning was slightly startled when he heard the words “King of Huainan” and asked, “Have you served the King of Huainan?”

Zhenbi said: “I spent two years in the Huainan Prince’s Mansion, in fact, mainly to serve the Prince of Huainan.”

“The Prince of Huainan?” Yang Ning asked curiously, “Since you are a royal chef, why did you go to the palace of the Prince of Huainan? Now that you are in the palace of the Prince of Huainan, why did you come to the Daguang Temple?”

There was a look of sigh on Zhenbi’s face, and he sighed: “If it wasn’t for the master, I’m afraid I’d already be dead.”

“master?”

The young monk Zhenming knew that Yang Ning didn’t know many things in the temple, and explained: “Senior Brother Zhenbi is the disciple of Uncle Jingshan. Uncle Jingshan is in charge of purchasing the Wuguan Hall and various warehouses in the temple.”

“So that’s the case.” Yang Ning said, “Brother Zhenbi, you said that you died early without entering the Daguang Temple. Where did you start?”

Zhenbi said: “Junior Brother Qi doesn’t know anything. I was originally an official in the imperial kitchen in the palace, and I am quite talented in cooking. The master of the imperial kitchen saw that my talent was not bad, so he taught me personally and took great care of me. I remember that when the sage gave a banquet in the palace, I made a group of fragrant fast food, all vegetarian food, after the King of Huainan tasted it, he said that I did a good job and insisted on seeing me.”

“I see.” Yang Ning said, “The King of Huainan must think that you are good at cooking, so the sage will ask you to come over.”

“Junior Brother Qi is really smart.” Zhenbi sighed: “It’s not bragging, if I stayed in the palace, I wouldn’t be what I am today, even if I am not the master of the imperial kitchen, at least I am the second master. The King of Huainan greatly praised my craftsmanship. , Sheng Shang could see his mind at a glance, and before he could speak, he asked me to go to Huainan Wangfu as an official, I… I naturally couldn’t resist the decree.”

Yang Ning nodded slightly.

The emperor has been appeasing King Huainan all the time, and he has a great deal with King Huainan. In the emperor’s eyes, there is no difference between a cook and a fly in the royal dining room. Since King Huainan likes it, sending it out is just a matter of words.

“When I arrived at the palace of Huainan, there were quite a few people in the kitchen of the palace.” Zhenbi said, “Although I am the royal chef in the palace, I am a junior when I arrive at the palace…!” I am not pleasing to the eye, and they find fault with me everywhere. At that time, I also knew that the King of Huainan was interested in me because I was good at vegetarian dishes. .”

Yang Ning asked curiously, “The dignified Prince of Huainan, with brocade clothes and jade food, doesn’t actually contain meat and fish?”

Zhenbi said in a low voice, “I didn’t understand it at first, but later I found out that the prince may have been entangled in dirty things. In order to ask the Buddha’s blessing and get rid of the ghosts from his body, he began to eat vegetarian food since he was a child. I’m good at vegetarian food, so the King of Huainan let me into the palace, specially responsible for three meals a day for the prince.”

“Yin ghosts are haunted?” Yang Ning smiled and said, “How is this possible, not to mention whether there are ghost ghosts in the world, even if there are ghost ghosts, where is the palace? It’s not the ghosts who dare to go in.”

“That’s what you say, but it’s true.” Zhenbi made a gesture and said softly: “I have seen with my own eyes that sometimes the prince of Huainan is possessed by a ghost, and he will run around madly in the palace, and He is full of nonsense, and sometimes he has a sword in his hand, and once I saw him go mad, he almost hacked to death a servant of the palace…!” Although the situation changed, the expression on Zhenbi’s face was still evident. A trace of fear came.

Looking at his expression, Yang Ning knew that what this guy said was probably true, and frowned, “Is the Prince of Huainan a lunatic?”

“No, no, absolutely not.” Zhenbi said with certainty: “Only when the ghost is possessed, he is crazy. The prince is usually a modest gentleman, kind, and he is also very good to the servants, but he is a good person.” He smiled bitterly: “If the prince is not possessed and keeps serving him, it’s not a hard task. Although he is the prince, he doesn’t pick and choose. Even if the servants are negligent, he just smiles and doesn’t care.”

“Then how did you come to the Daguang Temple?”

The real wall showed anger again,

Said: “It’s not the people in the kitchen. I stayed in the palace for two years. The prince and the prince were very satisfied with me, and later promoted me to be the second chef in the kitchen. I remember that the prince suddenly began to be possessed by ghosts again. I don’t know how the King of Huainan invited the master…it’s my current master, Master Jingshan, the master went to the palace to recite the scriptures to exorcise the ghosts of the prince…!”

Yang Ning smiled and said, “It turns out that the masters of Daguang Temple also practice exorcism.”

Zhenbi was a little embarrassed and said, “I made a vegetarian meal to send it over that day, but…but there was a chicken head in the vegetarian meal…!” Looking at Yang Ning, he explained: “It’s a big rooster. My head was chopped off alive and put in the lunch box, bloody, and when I opened it, the prince was frightened, and the prince was very angry and ordered me to be beaten to death.”

Yang Ning said, “Of course someone in the kitchen is deliberately trying to harm you.”

“That’s right, someone wants to kill me.” Zhenbi said indignantly: “The King of Huainan is very smart, he should know that even if I had the guts, I wouldn’t dare to put chicken heads in the lunch box, but he was very angry at the time. I had to cure my sin. Fortunately, the master was there. He told the king of Huainan that I had a Buddhist fate and wanted to take me to the Daguang Temple to worship Buddha and practice meditation. life.”

Yang Ning said: “If you really want to say that, Master Jingshan really has saved your life for you.”

“Yeah.” Zhenbi said with emotion: “So I followed the master into the mountain. The master knew that I was good at cooking and asked me if I would like to work in Wugutang. My life was saved by the master. The master asked me, Of course I would. Since then, I have been working in Wugutang until today…!”

Yang Ning didn’t expect Zhenbi to have such an experience before, so he gave a thumbs up and said, “No wonder the dishes you cook are really good. It turned out to be in the imperial kitchen.”

Zhenbi’s eyes showed a little bit of color, and said: “Junior Brother Qi, I’m not bragging, I have been in Wugutang these years, and I have been in contact with vegetarian dishes day and night, and my cooking skills have been greatly improved. Comparing me with a vegetarian meal, I may not lose to them.”

“I believe this.” Yang Ning said, “But Senior Brother Zhenbi, since you are talking to me openly, I also have a few words that I don’t know if I should say it or not.”

“you say!”

Yang Ning said: “You have been pushed out and bullied before, and even nearly lost your life. Now that you have personal experience, why bother to bully other brothers and sisters in this Daguang Temple? They all went into the mountains to cultivate and get together. , are also fate, in fact, there is no need to divide each other.” He glanced at the young monk Zhenming and said, “I’m very surprised, why are you targeting Zhenming?”

Zhenbi was even more embarrassed, and he looked at Zhenchi before shyly said: “Junior Brother Qi, this…this is our fault, in the future…this will not happen again in the future.”

“You haven’t answered my words yet.” Yang Ning said, “I’m asking you, why are you targeting Zhenming, because he is young?”

Zhenbi hesitated for a while, and finally said: “Actually…it’s actually my master and…there is some conflict with Master Jingchun. I heard people say that when I was young, Master Jingchun asked my master several times. Embarrassing, so…!”

Yang Ning said: “I guessed it was the case. I said Brother Zhenbi, this is the Daguang Temple, known as the first temple in the world, where the Dharma shines everywhere. Even if we cook, we should have time to read two Buddhist scriptures. Jingchun Master and Jing…the grievances between you and your master, I am afraid they have already forgotten it, but you still remember it in your heart, and monks still have the heart to fight for strength, that is really not right.”

Zhenbi raised his hand and scratched his forehead, and said, “What Junior Brother Qi said is ours, not ours, in the future…not in the future. Don’t worry about today’s matter, Junior Brother Qi, yes, Qi Do you want to stay on the mountain to practice, or just practice here for a short time?”

Yang Ning said, “Why do you ask this?”

“It’s nothing, it’s just that starting from tomorrow, I will send someone to deliver food to you.” Zhenbi smiled and said, “Isn’t Junior Brother Qi recuperating on the mountain? I’m inconvenient, so I’ll make you sick meals, so you don’t have to go back and forth. .”

Yang Ning thought that this is certainly not a bad thing, and smiled: “This… this is not good, right? Is it something special?”

“It’s all right.” Zhenbi said immediately, “I’ll make arrangements, I’ll make arrangements.” Young monk Xiang Zhenming said: “Junior Brother Zhenming, if there is something wrong with the previous senior brother, UU Reading www.sonicmtl.com You can Don’t take it to heart, in the future, I will ensure that you are full and well-fed.” Xiang Yangning said with a smile: “Junior Brother Qi, you all take your time, it’s getting dark, so it’s not good to disturb you here, look for a chance to talk later.”

He also hated being knowledgeable, and led Zhen Chi out the door, even carefully bringing the courtyard door with him before leaving.

The young monk Zhenming sat down opposite Yang Ning and said, “It turns out that they gave me very little food because the master had a quarrel with Uncle Jingshan.”

“There must be a cause for its effect.” Yang Ning said, “Whatever happens, it will never happen for no reason. However, your master always seemed to be ugly to their master back then, which is considered very good.” He lowered his voice and asked: ” Little Senior Brother, have you always taken care of me when I am here?”

The young monk Zhenming nodded and said, “Yeah, what’s wrong?”

“Oh, I remember lying on that bed when I woke up.” Yang Ning pointed back to the bed behind him, “You seem to have said that I lay here for two days and two nights.”

“Yeah.” The young monk Zhenming said: “You were brought over by the master personally. At that time, the uncle of the master had already helped you heal your wounds. Before you woke up, you should rest in bed first. The master went down the mountain to the palace that night. , before leaving, I asked the little monk to take good care of you, and wait for you to get up and teach you the Qing scriptures…, the little monk did everything according to the master’s instructions.”

“Then…then can you find a package on my body?” Yang Ning hesitated before asking cautiously, “Wrapped in black cloth, with drawings inside, can you see it?”

The little monk Zhenming shook his head and said, “No, Junior Brother Ning, have you lost something? There are no outsiders here, and the little monk has never touched your things.”

Yang Ning knew that this little monk should not lie, but he was even more depressed. He wondered who took those sword pictures away, could it be the old monk who healed him?