kvmb Chapter 1146 Please Help Me, Your Highness
Chapter 1146 Please Help Me, Your Highness
“Master Jiexian…” After a long while, His Royal Highness the King of Chu finally calmed down and asked the question in his mind: “I am very curious - how do you know so many things…”
"Amitabha..." Upon hearing what His Royal Highness the King of Chu said, Master Jiexian first chanted the Buddha's name, and then said: "Your Highness, you don't know that I loved reading when I was young. Later... maybe it was because I read too many books. One day, when I was meditating in front of the Buddha statue, I suddenly realized that I was in a huge study. There were countless books on the bookshelves around the room. Those books... recorded many unknown things in the world..."
"Oh?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu naturally didn't believe what he heard, so he asked, "Then may I ask... Master, did you learn any information about me from this?"
"Of course there is." Master Jiexian nodded when he heard this, and then he uttered a long sigh: "When I was born, Chang'an was in turmoil... Your Highness, the King of Chu, you have made it to the end of this life... You have done your duty to the two great scholars of the time who taught you."
"What do you mean?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu felt as if he was being...ridiculed in some way.
But he wasn't so sure.
"Nothing. Anyway, Your Highness, please remember what I said to you today. Don't forget it." Master Jiexian said this, thought for a moment, and then said, "In addition... I will give you three more hours, as a gift."
"What the hell is going on here..." His Highness the King of Chu actually had a lot of objections to the monk's witty remarks, but...
For the sake of Master Xuanzang and Taoist Master Zhang from Mount Longhu... I will not bother with this old man.
"Your Highness, don't let your imagination run wild. What we are going to discuss next is very important." Just as His Highness was stunned, Master Jiexian suddenly said, "For example... the cows you raised in Luowei City."
"Hmm?" His Royal Highness Prince Chu frowned upon hearing this: "Master, did you also learn this from a book?"
"That's about right." Master Jiexian nodded and said, "I only know that you have a way to eliminate this demon called pea sore."
"I do have a way to prevent pea sores." Seeing the other party's firm tone, His Royal Highness the King of Chu did not deny it at the moment.
"That's... very good." At this moment, Master Jiexian's eyes flashed with relief: "You don't know, in the near future... a plague will break out in Bodhgaya City, and many people will die painfully from pea sores... Your Highness, you are about to become the savior of my Indian Buddhism!"
“This… doesn’t seem right…” His Royal Highness the King of Chu is not someone who can be easily fooled: “Master Jiexian, what I just told you is that I can only prevent it, but I cannot cure it.”
"Arakanasun will definitely lose, and after his defeat, he will find a way to retaliate against the Buddhist sect that helped you in this war, so... he will transport patients infected with pea sores to Bodhgaya, where the Buddha attained enlightenment. His intentions are sinister and beyond the imagination of ordinary people..."
“Uh…” His Royal Highness the King of Chu felt that he had been led astray by Master Jiexian, but he still tried hard to return to the right path: “Master Jiexian, I don’t actually need the help of Buddhism. So, don’t bring the high monks from India to help me. I—”
“——No!” The Prince of Chu was interrupted by Master Jiexian in a stern voice: “Even if I die, I will clear the obstacles for you, Prince of Chu!”
"Ah?" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was even more confused: "You are so... persistent, what are you trying to achieve?"
"Because only if you conquer Central India, Your Highness, can you truly return to the sea. And the descendants of our Indian people will also be free from the fate of being oppressed and fooled..."
“You…” At this moment, His Royal Highness the King of Chu looked at the miserable Master Jiexian, and he felt as if his entire scalp was lifted up: “You actually knew…”
"I would rather Tianzhu be just the name of a territory of the Tang Dynasty than let the Tianzhu people suffer from the world's suffering for generations. So, Your Highness, King of Chu, I humbly beg you here... I beg you to become the hero king of us Tianzhu people, and become the well-deserved uncrowned king on this continent! Please... lead us out of the sea of suffering!"
When Master Jiexian said this, he stood up and knelt before Li Kuan: "I hope Your Highness the King of Chu can help me!"
“No, no…” Upon seeing this, His Royal Highness the King of Chu hurried forward and helped the old man up from the ground: “Master Jiexian, you don’t have to do this.”
“Your Highness, can you promise me?” Master Jiexian looked at His Highness the King of Chu in front of him, with sadness in his eyes: “You know… you know everything…”
"I really want to agree to your request, but... you don't know that I will not stay in Tianzhu." His Royal Highness the King of Chu felt that a promise made in such matters must be kept, and now he... did not really want to give the other party this promise.
"I know all of this, but if you can nod your head, no matter which of your brothers becomes the king of Central India in the future, they will fulfill this promise."
"Then I promise you." Considering that his brothers...seemed unable to be like him, chopping down those who didn't obey him with their swords, and they were able to chop down those who didn't obey him, he decided to take the risk and agree to this matter: "But I have one condition."
"Don't worry, Your Highness. Buddhism will be subject to the constraints of the imperial power from now on."
"That's not it." His Royal Highness the King of Chu shook his head and said, "If you don't accept the restrictions, I will destroy Buddhism. It's not difficult. What I want is for Master Jiexian to serve as the national teacher of Daqian Kingdom - please don't refuse, otherwise I will regret it."
“This…” Master Jiexian was a little embarrassed when he heard this, but in the end, he gritted his teeth and agreed to this matter: “This old monk… your servant… obeys your command!”
"Well, that's good." His Royal Highness the King of Chu nodded, but then he suddenly remembered something, so he said to Master Jiexian: "Well... Master... can you tell me, who is that Liu Xiu in this world?"
“Ah? Oh…” Master Jiexian’s “ah” and “oh” almost made His Royal Highness the King of Chu blush: “Regarding this… Your Royal Highness the King of Chu should actually know the answer, but he just doesn’t want to admit it…”
"Ah..." Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu deliberately spoke in a sarcastic tone: "No wonder I often heard my friends praise me as 'Li Jia Xiu'. It turns out... I am -"
"I take back what I just said." Master Jiexian saw that the King of Chu was deliberately making trouble, as if to amuse him, so the corners of the old man's mouth immediately showed a gratified smile: "Your Highness, King of Chu, do you know...at the beginning, only Wang Mang...wanted to know who that guy named Liu Xiu was..."