Chapter 31

Prince's Mansion, Garden Pavilion.

Li Qinglin and Qin Yi sat opposite each other on the stone table. It was already dark, the moon was hanging in the middle of the sky, the breeze was blowing, and the garden was fragrant.

There was no one waiting on the left and right, so Li Qinglin warmed the wine himself, watching the small stove flames flickering by the pavilion, a little lost in thought.

Qin Yi looked at him for a while, and really felt that this was a super contradictory person, with extremely complicated perceptions. In fact, he could see that some of Li Qinglin's gestures were not for show, just like he was warming the wine with his own hands at this moment, he was definitely not pretending to be a virtuous corporal, because it was unnecessary, what effect would it have on the perception of a maid to warm the wine? On the contrary, since we met, he has always looked like this, not like a prince. In many cases, Qin Yi always feels more like a warrior, or a pure warrior.

But such a soldier did a lot of things that cold-blooded politicians would do.

"Don't keep looking at me." Li Qinglin smiled suddenly: "Although I have a somewhat similar face to Qing Jun, I am not a woman disguised as a man."

Qin Yi was also amused and laughed out loud: "You rarely joke."

"I said it because I don't have that much mental energy. If I was still full of dreams like Qingjun, then I would also like to joke." Li Qinglin said with a smile: "Who doesn't want to smile every day? With a gloomy face and a full stomach It's not a good feeling to be full of calculations on your mind."

"Then you..." Qin Yi thought about it, and then asked, "Why did you choose such a taste?"

"One must always have an ideal and work towards it. Otherwise, what's the use of drifting with the tide and living numbly all one's life?"

Qin Yi was startled, and then remembered what Tassel said during the banquet, which was similar to what is the use of living, but the two had completely different views. What's the use of living if one thinks that you can't communicate freely? One thinks that if you don't have an ideal in your life, you are like a salted fish, what's the use of living?

I thought that Liusu would comment on this, but Bangzi was silent and did not respond.

Li Qinglin said again: "Brother Qin, what is your ambition? Traveling leisurely in the forest, making friends with pine and bamboo, not getting involved in the hustle and bustle of the mundane world, free and easy?"

Qin Yi hesitated for a moment, then replied, "That's right."

Li Qinglin smiled: "Although I have different ambitions, I don't think there is anything wrong with it. This is a noble man. The most fearful thing is that I will spend my life in a mediocre life. Instead, I will comfort myself that I am ordinary and precious. This is a fool."

Qin Yi's face was a little hot, and he felt as if he was the latter...

But I also know why Tassel didn't comment, because in fact, what Tassel said has nothing to do with Li Qinglin, in essence, they all have a kind of ideal and pursuit, and the essence is the same, so there is nothing to dispute about different pursuits.

On the contrary, Qin Yi thought he was born calmly, but he was actually a salty fish... because he didn't know what he was after, even though he had once pretended to tell Li Qingjun that people should know what they were after, but he didn't know what he was after.

He finally asked back: "Then what exactly is Brother Li's ambition? Nanli power?"

"Heh..." Li Qinglin laughed dumbfounded, and without answering immediately, he slowly turned off the fire, lifted the flagon and poured a glass of wine for Qin Yi, as if he was sorting out his words.

Qin Yi didn't rush, and looked at him quietly.

"Brother Qin is from Nanli, and he is also a pharmacist." Li Qinglin held the wine glass and stared at the liquid in the glass, "In your eyes, is Nanli a patient?"

"Hmm..." Qin Yi sighed, "Forget it."

"Father is devoted to Taoism and has no intention of state affairs. Even the news of Xihuang's invasion is not as important as his use of Danhua." Li Qinglin said slowly: "In state affairs, it is better to listen to the nonsense of the demon way than to listen to the loyal ministers. It is even better than listening to my son. The southeast earthquake is not the first to fight the earthquake and rescue the disaster, but to go to the altar first; the enemy's invasion is not to prepare troops, but to pray to the sky."

Qin Yi was silent.

"The king is like this, and the subjects are even worse. In the court, Donghua is flattered, he is flattering, no one is doing business, and everyone is learning Taoism. Some people dare to wear Taoist robes to the court. Not only did the father not feel disobedient, but he also wore it himself. It's like a joke." Li Qinglin said with a smirk: "In the rivers and lakes, evildoers are rampant. Everyone disrespects the king and worships Taoist temples instead. Every family's production is abandoned, the couple cleans up, the sex is not harmonious, and even the population has dropped. Brother Qin, this country It's not just a disease, but a terminal illness that can kill you."

Qin Yi nodded slowly. He didn't know much about the national economy and the people's livelihood, but what Li Qinglin said was obviously true. If it was true, the country would really come to an end.

"When did it all start? It was the father who listened to Donghua and began to ask about the beginning of longevity. This is the crux of everything." Li Qinglin said: "I have also persuaded, and I have also formed cliques, framed and tried to It's useless to blow Dong Huazi down from the political level, but I'm just a second prince, and I don't have enough political capital."

Having said that, he finally drank the wine he had been weighing for a long time.

Qin Yi raised his head and looked directly into Li Qinglin's eyes.

"Big brother was assassinated by Ye Ling." Li Qinglin said calmly: "He is in favor of his father and he is also cultivating Taoism, so forget it. But he absolutely shouldn't, he shouldn't have brought this trend into the army, That was the final bottom line of my Nanli. From then on, I suddenly had an idea, besides him, if I become the prince myself, maybe there will be salvation. Do you think I am for power? Yes, I want this Without power, Nanli cannot be saved."

Qin Yi sighed softly, and silently drank the wine in his glass.

Liusu spoke suddenly: "Ask him, what would he think if there is really a method of longevity in the world."

Qin Yi asked. Li Qinglin thought for a while, then smiled and said: "Brother Qin is an alchemist himself, so he must believe this, no wonder he asked this question... But as I said, there are proofs for demons and ghosts, and immortality is just a rumor. Many emperors pursue this way, but no one lives forever , I don't believe this."

Qin Yi insisted: "I mean if, if there is any."

Li Qinglin shook his head: "I am a prince, this is my country. My responsibility is to make the people live in peace, the country is strong, the internal life is rich, the external is able to resist the foreign captives, if possible, I can open up the territory, and the power will be powerful. The world, let me die immediately and live in vain. Longevity? What's the use of being immortal, without my own responsibilities, forgetting my ambitions, and I will live in vain for thousands of years, but I am just a walking dead. "

Liusu smiled softly: "Interesting person." But Qin Yi didn't let Qin Yi continue to ask.

Instead, Li Qinglin asked Qin Yi: "Brother Qin, I haven't listened to your storytelling recently, but I still listened to Ye Ling's retelling of your Journey to the West intermittently. The end must be to obtain the scriptures and become a Buddha?"

Qin Yi nodded and said, "Each has a job, but Tang Seng and Wukong have become Buddhas."

"Then... I have a doubt. I wonder if Brother Qin can answer it?"

"What confusion?"

"The story of the six-eared macaque..." Li Qinglin said slowly, "Is the one who was killed a six-eared macaque or Monkey King?"

Qin Yi's heart skipped a beat, and his eyes widened in surprise.

This stalk was indeed mentioned, but he never thought that Li Qinglin, who had listened to some clips intermittently, would think so, you couldn't have worn it back, could you?

"Why are you so confused?"

"After the six-eared incident, Sun Wukong acted like two different people, and he was no longer wild, so there is this confusion. I always wonder if it is true that Monkey King has been cheated by the Tathagata to die in this battle, and it is the six-eared macaque who learned scriptures on his behalf. .”

Qin Yi had no choice but to explain: "That's not a story I made up. There is indeed an original work. The titles of these chapters in the original work clearly indicate the heart ape. Therefore, in general explanations, it is believed that the so-called six-eared macaque is actually Sun Wukong's own heart ape. After being removed, The wildness is taken away."

Li Qinglin poured the wine silently, and drank it all in one gulp.

"What's wrong?" Qin Yi asked curiously, "Is there any problem with this plot?"

Li Qinglin said indifferently: "I would rather believe that the Great Sage is dead than accept that monkey king who sweeps heaven and hell with his stick cross-legged and becomes a Buddha forever."