The copy of the universe from the journey to the west

Chapter 196 Mr. Wu Liu! The Divine Monk Hui Yuan! The Truth about Huxi! (Seeking monthly votes)
Lu Xiujing also said: "So there are often many contradictions in the village, because these rules were created by Liu Wu himself, so they are not complete."

Lu Chen nodded: "Indeed, if it is under his control, all contradictions will be considered normal."

Then, Lu Chen said again: "Xiu Jing, how could you lose such an important thing as the Lu jade pendant?"

"I don't know why I lost it, but one day when I woke up, the jade pendant with the Chinese character Lu was gone."

Lu Xiujing smiled and said, "It's all right now. The Lu jade pendant has returned. Now, Liu Wu can no longer deceive us."

Lu Chen shook his head at this time: "It's too early to say these things now. Now that we are under the eaves, we need to be careful."

He turned his gaze to Mr. Bai: "Mr. Bai, have you ever met a monk here?"

"Monk?"

Bai Weng looked very confused and asked, "What is a monk?"

"Grandpa Bai has never been out, so he doesn't know the Buddhist monks."

Lu Xiujing explained, and then said to Mr. Bai: "Grandpa Bai, monks are Buddhist monks. They are a sect that was introduced from the West to the Central Plains during the Han Dynasty after the Qin Dynasty... Well, before the Qin Dynasty, there were schools of thought similar to the Hundred Schools, which is the same as Brother Xiuchen's Taoism."

"I see."

Mr. Bai shook his head and said, "I have never seen any monks."

Lu Chen nodded to show that he understood.

"Let's leave it at that for today. We can discuss anything tomorrow. I'm afraid Liu Wu has already returned from his night patrol."

Lu Chen whispered to the two of them.

Then he looked back and heard faint footsteps outside the door and someone stood at the door motionless.

Lu Xiujing and Bai Weng also looked towards the closed door.

"Squeak."

The door was pushed slightly, revealing a gap.

The next moment, an eye appeared in the crack of the door, staring at the three people.

A weird atmosphere is spreading.

After a long silence, Lu Chen suddenly smiled and said, "Uncle Liu, is that you?"

"It's me...you guys...why aren't you asleep yet?"

Liu Wu's voice was heard from outside the door, but now his voice sounded very hoarse, as if his vocal cords were rotten.

"It's time to sleep."

Lu Chen smiled and said, "You've worked hard, Uncle Liu, you should go to bed early too."

"Oh, go to bed early, go to bed early, and get up early, so as not to delay planting beans tomorrow." The hoarse voice sounded again.

I said I would go to bed early, but the eye outside the door showed no sign of leaving.

Lu Chen glanced ahead and saw that Lu Xiujing's face looked a little ugly, while Bai Weng was so frightened that his face turned pale.

"I'll go into the house and sleep first. Mr. Bai, Xiaoliu, you should also go to bed early." Lu Chen said.

Then he went into the house.

After seeing the three people enter the house, the eyes outside the door quietly disappeared.

Lu Chen closed the door and sat on the table. He took out the jade pendant with the word "Lu" on it, took a look at it, smiled slightly, and put it away.

"They have some acting skills, but they are not professional actors... Planting beans, interesting, is it you...?"

……

In the main room on the other side.

Lu Xiujing helped Bai Weng into the house.

As soon as the door closed, Lu Xiujing let go of Bai Weng's arm.

"Bai, did he find out?"

"I don't know. But, we acted so realistically, he shouldn't have noticed...right?"

"Alas, I don't know how that bastard Xiao Liu hid it from me and got the jade pendant back. He pretended to do it so well under my nose. If he hadn't secretly contacted Liu Wu and hadn't had time to find the monk, he might have succeeded."

"Haha, what's the point of waking up Liu Wu and finding the madman? If we can trap them once, we can trap them a hundred times. The one who came in is not that strong. He has some Taoist skills, but he is not the Immortal Taoist Lord. He can't turn the world upside down."

"I hope so. What are you going to do next?"

"Find a way to get the jade pendant back, and then... let them all stay here. The outside world is too dangerous, and it's safer here. It can also prevent the news from leaking out and being found by that guy again. Xiaoliu's aptitude is indeed good, but he is still not as good as this newcomer. If he is allowed to inherit..."

"Haha, now it's all yours. You can let whoever you want inherit the throne. I can't control it anymore, right?"

The conversation in the room came to an abrupt end.

After a long time, Mr. Bai let out a sigh, which lingered in the room for a long time.

"Alas... Master, if you are still alive, could you please tell Bai, Bai, did you do the right thing?"

"Xiaobai, you did the right thing. What's wrong with protecting the master's hometown?"

"Yes, I did the right thing!"

……

The next day.

Before dawn, Lu Chen had already gotten up and walked into the yard. He jumped up and climbed up the withered apricot tree.

Soon, they reached the top.

As light began to appear in the sky, Lu Chen also began to practice.

“You can practice.”

Lu Chen opened his eyes. Although there was only light here and no real sun rising, Lu Chen could still practice.

However, the secret realms of Shangqing Sect and Lingbao Sect are not suitable for practicing!

At this moment, the door of the main room was suddenly opened.

Lu Chen looked down and greeted with a smile: "Xiu...Xiao Liu, good morning."

Lu Xiujing also saw Lu Chen, and his face changed drastically: "Come down quickly!"

Lu Chen was stunned for a moment, but still quickly got down from the tree.

"Why did you climb the tree?!" Lu Xiujing asked with an ugly look on his face.

Lu Chen was confused: "I thought the tree was tall, so I climbed it to take a look at the surroundings. Is it not possible to climb this tree?"

After Lu Xiujing's expression changed for a moment, he sighed and said slowly: "This tree is really not worth climbing. Grandpa Bai said that this tree was planted by the ancestors who built the secret realm. It has important meaning for the entire Qin Village. If it is seen by people in the village, I am afraid there will be other troubles."

Lu Chen nodded: "Then I understand. I will never climb a tree again in the future."

Lu Xiujing nodded: "It's good that you know. In this secret realm, peach trees are taboo areas and cannot be trespassed. Apricot trees have important meanings and cannot be disrespected."

Lu Xiujing told Lu Chen about some of the rules that needed to be followed in Qin Village.

In fact, there are not many taboos.

Generally speaking, except for peach trees and apricot trees, trees are not allowed to enter other people's homes without permission. They are not allowed to enter without an invitation.

There are far fewer other taboos.

Of course, in the end, Lu Xiujing also said that the specific details would depend on Liu Wu’s consciousness.

You can't do anything he doesn't allow you to do.

At the end, Lu Xiujing suddenly asked: "By the way, brother, do you still need the jade pendant?"

"It is still useful. I am studying why my consciousness and thinking will not be changed when I have the Lu jade pendant in my hand."

Lu Chen said: "Why, are you useful?"

Lu Xiujing said without changing his expression, "Bai Weng and I have to communicate with Liu Wu every day. I was afraid that he would obscure my consciousness again, so I thought of keeping him as a backup."

Lu Chen heard this and said, "That's easy."

As he spoke, Lu Chen took out two pieces of talisman paper and handed them to Lu Xiujing: "This is the talisman paper I drew before to drive away evil spirits. Since Liu Wu is a ghost, it's a good opportunity to try it out now to see if it works. Take it first. If it doesn't work, I'll use the jade pendant to bring your consciousness back to you at night."

Lu Xiujing took the talisman paper, and his expression changed a little, but he couldn't say anything more, so he nodded: "Okay."

Then turned and left.

Lu Chen looked at Lu Xiujing's back with a normal expression.

At this time, Mr. Bai was also standing at the door of the main hall, staring at Lu Chen's back with his crutches in both hands.

Although there is no sun, the sunshine is shining on the earth.

When everyone else started to work in the fields, Lu Chen also began to walk around the Qinren Village.

Following the same route he took yesterday, Lu Chen left the village. When he reached the shanty town at the entrance of the village, the dumb, crazy man inside rushed over again, staring at Lu Chen intently, with a ferocious look on his face.

Lu Chen remained indifferent and took two more steps until he came to a pool of water.

There is also a bridge here, but only half of the bridge is left, and the other half has been broken off.

“This is a bridge from a long time ago.”

Liu Wu walked over from the side, his face looked normal, without any of the ghostly aura from last night.

"Uncle Liu." Lu Chen greeted him.

Liu Wu came to Lu Chen's side, looked at the broken bridge and said, "This pond used to be connected to the stream outside, but suddenly one day, the water in the pond disappeared on a large scale, and it was also disconnected from the stream outside."

"How did this bridge break?" Lu Chen said.

Liu Wu shook his head: "I don't know."

He looked a little confused: "But I remember that this bridge has always been like this."

As he spoke, his confused look changed, and he waved his hand and said, "This bridge is of no use. Let's go fishing. After fishing, we have to plant beans."

Lu Chen suddenly called him: "Wait a moment, Uncle Liu."

"What's wrong?" Liu Wu looked at him.

Lu Chen said, "Yesterday, Uncle Liu, you said that the dumb madman was very pitiful. I want to go see him today, but I am afraid of misunderstandings if I go alone, so I plan to find someone I know well to go with me."

"Did I say that yesterday?"

Liu Wu hesitated a little after hearing this, but then smiled and said, "But you have good intentions, so let's go."

Then, the two of them went to the shanty town.

With the arrival of the two people, the dumb madman once again showed a crazy and ferocious expression.

"Oh, how pitiful."

Liu Wu looked at the dumb madman and sighed.

"What's so pitiful about that?"

Lu Chen suddenly laughed: "As a master for a lifetime, he might have seen through everything a long time ago. It was just his greed at the last moment that ruined himself." "What?" Liu Wu was stunned.

Lu Chen took out the jade pendant with a smile and pressed it on Liu Wu's forehead.

In an instant, Liu Wubian was stunned on the spot.

Lu Chen looked at the mute madman, and the latter's ferocious expression also subsided at this time. Looking at Lu Chen, his expression became complicated.

Lu Chen smiled and said, "Don't look at me like that. This scam is easy to see through. Liu Wu? Wu Liu, right? If I can't see such an obvious name, I won't understand what you mean, Master. Besides, where is Xilu Village in Chaisang County? Only the place where Tao Yuanming lived is called Xilu."

As he spoke, Lu Chen tapped the mute madman's forehead with the jade pendant.

"You...how do you know my identity?"

Following Lu Chen's suggestion, the dumb madman finally stopped being dumb and spoke.

“It’s really a good key.”

Lu Chen put away the jade pendant with the word Lu, and then answered the dumb madman's words: "I didn't see it, but I just felt that since Lu Xiujing was alive and Tao Qian was alive, it is estimated that Master Huiyuan might be alive too. And Master Huiyuan is a divine monk. No matter how down and out he is, there must be something strange about him. The most strange people in the whole Qinren Village are the fisherman Liu Wu and the crazy dumb madman. The dumb man is not dumb because he is not allowed to chant Buddha's name, and the madman is not crazy because he does not want to be restricted by the rules and regulations of Peach Blossom Spring and completely integrate into it. Therefore, the divine monk of the time became a dumb madman in Peach Blossom Spring."

Huiyuan was a practitioner of the Buddhist lineage of chanting Buddha's name. Making him a mute meant cutting off his ability to chant Buddha's name. His madness was manifested because he was resisting the rules that were forced upon him.

Dumb madman... No, to be more precise, Master Huiyuan looked at Lu Chen deeply: "I now finally believe that it was the right choice for Lu kid to give away the jade pendant."

"Can we stop chatting for a moment now?"

Mr. Wu Liu Tao Qian, who was standing next to him, also spoke with a sigh. With the help of the Lu jade pendant, he also regained his rationality and memory: "Monk Huiyuan and I have both regained consciousness. We will definitely be discovered by Mr. Bai. Let's quickly find a safe place."

"Wait a moment."

Lu Chen suddenly asked: "The safe place Mr. Wu Liu mentioned is the broken bridge, right?"

Master Huiyuan nodded and said, "That small bridge can connect to the outside world, to the Huxi River in the outside world, and with the help of some things that I left in Huxi River, we can fight against the existence here."

Lu Chen shook his head: "That may disappoint you two, that broken bridge may not be a safe place."

"What do you mean?"

Tao Qian frowned.

Lu Chen said: "I went there just now to see if it was safe, but I found that the broken bridge should have been structurally destroyed. I'm afraid it has lost its function of providing shelter."

As he spoke, he held up the jade pendant with the Chinese character Lu and said, "Now, the safest thing is this."

"You just took a look and you're sure it's unsafe?"

Tao Qian did not believe what Lu Chen said: "Back then, Monk Huiyuan was sheltered by the Broken Bridge for ten years."

"That was before."

Lu Chen shook his head: "If you two don't believe it, you can go and take a look. But..."

Lu Chen looked around and saw that the villagers of Qinren Village who were doing farm work had put down their hands and looked at the three people: "You two better tell me about your experience here. I still have some details to figure out. The Broken Bridge is useless, and there is no safe place here."

Tao Qian and Huiyuan looked at each other and nodded: "Let's talk while we walk."

"Master Huiyuan, can you break the shackles on you?"

Lu Chen looked at Hui Yuan, who had a long chain around his ankles that restrained his movements.

"Although I am a Buddhist practitioner, I also know a thing or two about Vajra Techniques."

Huiyuan put his hands together and said: "Namo Amitabha... Vajra Palm!"

A ball of diamond suddenly appeared where he clasped his hands together, and then he chopped it down. With a "clang" sound, the chain broke.

"It seems that he is still in a suppressed state." Huiyuan sighed.

In the outside world, this palm of his is enough to destroy mountains and break rivers, but here it can only cut a chain.

Lu Chen was envious: "When the divine monk was alive, he was about to attain the Arhat realm, right?"

The most magical power he could exert was just enough to light a cigarette, which was still no match for Huiyuan's ability to break chains with his bare hands.

Huiyuan nodded and said: "When I was still alive, I had already reached the peak of the Dharma."

"Stop talking nonsense and go."

Tao Qian urged.

In just a short while, a large group of villagers began to surround the three people.

The three of them hurriedly ran towards the broken bridge, and as they were heading towards the broken bridge, Huiyuan and Tao Qian were talking about their experiences in Peach Blossom Spring over the years.

The cause of the incident was a false report made by the Wuling fisherman.

Tao Qian was informed of the matter by his distant relative Liu Ziji from Nanyang, who wrote to him.

After Tao Qian learned about this, he wrote this story in the form of "Peach Blossom Spring".

"However, Nanyang Liu Ziji is not dead. He was written as dead because he himself requested that his two identities not be confused. It was also for the sake of his family, who did not want to be too involved with Taohuayuan."

Tao Qian spoke as he walked quickly.

Liu Lunzhi of Nanyang, whose courtesy name was Ziji, loved traveling and living a unrestrained life.

Lu Chen asked: "He is not dead, so where did he go?"

Huiyuan on the other side said: "I came to Mount Lushan and changed my name to Liu Chengzhi."

"Liu Yimin."

Lu Chen understood that Liu Yimin once served as the magistrate of Chaisang, and later resigned and entered Lushan.

This also explains why Tao Qian and Huiyuan both knew about Peach Blossom Spring.

After all, "Peach Blossom Spring" was published after Huiyuan's death, and Tao Qian knew about Peach Blossom Spring because of Liu Ziji.

Why did Huiyuan know about Peach Blossom Spring?

If Liu Chengzhi and Liu Lunzhi are the same person, then it makes sense.

The two Liu Yimin are the same person!

Liu Lunzhi is Liu Ziji in "Peach Blossom Spring" and is from Nanyang.

Liu Chengzhi was the first lay Buddhist among the eighteen sages of the White Lotus Society and was from Pengcheng.

Lu Chen did not expect that these two 'Liu Yimin' were actually the same person!

but.

The meaning of "survivors" refers to the survivors of the Jin Dynasty. Both of them considered themselves to be survivors, and both yearned for a life of traveling and sightseeing. Although the origins of these statements are different, they can all be forged.

So it is reasonable that the two are the same person, and it is not too unexpected for Lu Chen.

Afterwards, Huiyuan briefly told his story.

When Fu Jian occupied Chang'an, he wanted to recruit Daoan. Daoan's followers left one after another, and Huiyuan also took his disciples to Yunfu Mountain to establish a new Taoist school.

When he arrived in Xunyang, he happened to meet Liu Yimin, who was the magistrate of Chaisang and was on his way to Xunyang to report on his work.

Liu Yimin then recounted what he had heard in Wuling and also told another story.

"Liu Yimin said that he had been searching for a long time and finally found the Peach Blossom Spring. The entrance to the secret realm of the Peach Blossom Spring can only be moved but not closed. After the entrance to Wuling is closed, a new entrance will surely be born. The new entrance to the Peach Blossom Spring is in Mount Lushan, but he is a Confucian and cannot open the Peach Blossom Spring, so he found this poor monk and wanted me to find the entrance to the Peach Blossom Spring."

As Huiyuan was speaking, the three of them had already arrived at the Broken Bridge.

“So, Huxi Bridge actually corresponds to this bridge.”

Lu Chen looked at the broken bridge.

Huiyuan was silent for a while, then nodded with some difficulty: "When I heard what Liu Yimin said, the first thing I thought of was Dongtian. Without thinking too much, I committed the greatest sin of my life..."

"The tiger soul is looking for its accomplice." Lu Chen suddenly said.

Huiyuan was silent.

"What does this mean?" Tao Qian was a Confucian scholar and had no idea what this meant.

"It's an extension of being an accomplice to a tiger."

Lu Chen said calmly: "After a tiger demon kills a person, it will choose a Yin spirit as its accomplice. The tiger soul after the tiger demon dies also has this instinct."

Tao Qian understood and looked at Huiyuan: "So, old monk, you suppressed the tiger demon on purpose?"

Huiyuan nodded silently, then slowly opened his mouth and told the real reasons one by one.

"Liu Yimin discovered that people often came down from Longshou Mountain, but there was no one living there. And like the Peach Blossom Spring in Wuling, there were streams here too. Sometimes, peach petals even flowed out with the water."

"In order to verify my conjecture, I first found a water source where the petals appeared. I used the peach petals to cast a spell and connected the water source of the Peach Blossom Spring to form the Chumu Pond. However, only water appeared in the Chumu Pond, but I could not enter it. So I found a tiger monster in Mount Lu, killed the tiger monster, and used his tiger soul as a guide to find a way to enter the Peach Blossom Spring..."

"That is the bridge?"

Tao Qian understood, but then he had a new question: "How did you know there was a bridge in Taohuayuan?"

"Of course it's because of the tiger soul."

The one who spoke was Lu Chen.

"Tiger soul?"

Tao Qian was puzzled: "How did you find the tiger soul?"

Lu Chen sighed helplessly, and while explaining, he looked at Huiyuan: "The tiger soul doesn't know, but the ghost knows. Moreover, as long as the tiger eats the soul, the soul will become the tiger's ghost. This bridge can be connected with the Huxi Bridge because the tiger soul is still there. With the help of the tiger demon's soul, we can fight against the suppression of the rules of Taohuayuan? Well, it is indeed a good idea."

Huiyuan, who was being "praised" by Lu Chen with a hint of ridicule, had a pale face.

He had even closed his eyes, clasped his hands together, and kept reciting scriptures. His strong body was a little hunched.

At this time, Lu Chen had already figured out everything.

Why did Huiyuan choose to stay in Huxi for 30 years?
Why the tiger spirits in Tiger Creek roar from time to time;
Why did he know that the flaw in Peach Blossom Spring was the Broken Bridge, and why was it protected for ten years?
And why Huiyuan was portrayed as a father whose child was eaten by a giant beast in Peach Blossom Spring!

Everything is the result of cause!

Tao Qian was stunned. He suddenly turned his head to look at Huiyuan, and looked at the sloppy man in front of him with an expression of great shock, the hermit monk!

But Huiyuan kept his eyes closed and chanted Buddha's name, and it was obvious that what Lu Chen said was true.

"Master Huiyuan... Haha! I knew you were just a fake monk!"

Tao Qian couldn't help but roar and scold.

He really didn't expect that this famous monk would have such a shameful past!

Capturing the monster and killing the tiger is not to suppress the disaster, but to let it devour the souls of the Qin Village villagers who are out buying!
This is the truth of the matter!
A bloody truth that has been hidden for decades!
The so-called divine monk actually let the soul of the tiger demon devour the souls of the villagers of Qin Village, turning them into ghosts!

And that accomplice might be a child!
Tao Qian was so shocked that he didn't know what to say.

Isn't this a fake monk or something?
Tao Qian at least had some self-cultivation, otherwise he would have pointed at Huiyuan's nose and called him "Yaksha Shura".

　1. Liu Wu is Mr. Wu Liu. The words "Chaisang Xilu" and "planting beans" all imply that Liu Wu is Mr. Wu Liu Tao Yuanming.

　　2. Liu Lunzhi, also said to be 'Liu Daomin'. Liu Lunzhi (Liu Ziji) and Liu Chengzhi are somewhat different in some classics, one is from Nanyang and the other is from Pengcheng. However, for the sake of fluency, this book arranges Liu Lunzhi and Liu Chengzhi as one person, because it is indeed said that both of them are Liu's survivors, and both were wanted to be recruited as officials by the then Jin State high-ranking officials such as Xie An, but both of them also refused high positions and generous salaries, and both of them also yearned for a life of self-cultivation in the mountains. Living in the same era, two people so similar, there is a possibility that they are the same person, so this book arranges them as the same person.

　　3. In addition, Bai Weng’s identity is also obvious. The clothes he wears actually give a clue to the identity of the character. He is an existing character in Calabash Brothers. Can anyone guess who he is?

　　
　
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