Shi Kong practiced in Yunyin Temple for twenty years and never broke the precepts.
On the day the master drove him down the mountain, he only handed him a bag containing a copy of the Diamond Sutra, a letter, and a bag of silver.
He thought it was a trial.
Even though he was trapped in a music studio called "Fuguangtai" in the capital, he became the "Buddha" in the mouth of all the guests - a monk who was forced to stay and expound sutras in exchange for food, but always kept a copy of the "Diamond Sutra".
He also closed his eyes and turned a deaf ear. He thought that there was no difference between a music studio and a Zen room.
Jiang Yuebai paid a thousand gold to redeem him.
He looked at him with a smile: "Your calm attitude of 'I am the Buddha', does this count as seeing me with my form and beseeching me with my sound?"
Shi Kong was stunned for a breath.
He closed the Diamond Sutra, got up and followed him.
Shi Kong thought he was a benefactor, but later he discovered that he was the prince, a chess piece, and the knife that was about to stab the entire "Zen Sect".
On the night of the bloodbath in the Zen sect, Yunyin Temple was reduced to scorched earth. Shikong knelt in the ruins and picked up rubble for three days.
On the fourth day, he got up and walked towards Jiang Yuebai's mansion.
He doesn't hate Jiang Yuebai.
The one who hates it should be the one who gave the order.
He grew his hair and took a different path.
Some people died because of him, and many more people survived because of him.
Later, on the day Jiang Yuebai ascended the throne, many civil and military officials knelt outside the palace gate, and Shi Kong stood behind the crowd.
He clasped his palms together, bowed his head and sang.
It was to fulfill a wish to the Buddha on his behalf.
That winter, someone replanted a Bodhi tree in a newly built thatched hut on the site of Yunyin Temple.
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