Chapter 676: Chapter 651: The Author of the Heart Sutra
"Qing Ying, does your master... excel in the Buddhist Path?" The Seventh Prince looked towards Qing Ying.
His confidante, Fufeng, also turned her gaze to Qing Ying, showing extreme concern.
Qing Ying looked puzzled: "I... I have never seen our master read Buddhist Scriptures. But his actions have always been methodical, Your Highness, just watch quietly."
Fufeng’s gaze shifted lightly: "Your Highness, I’ll wander over there."
"Alright!"
Fufeng left the original spot.
Her figure quickly melded into the crowd.
The next moment, her figure completely vanished, and inexplicably, she appeared in a room above the nearby tavern.
In this room, she appeared, facing a girl in white.
This girl was delicate and petite, with a pointed chin and ears, her entire aura seemed to drip from her adorable little ears.
She was none other than the Qingqiu Seventh Princess.
"Seventh sister! You actually came to Desert City." Fufeng was shocked, just moments ago she received a transmission from the Seventh Princess while beside the Seventh Prince, already finding it unbelievable, and now seeing her youngest sister in person, she was truly astonished.
The sister was already betrothed, and in just over two months she would be married.
Why wasn’t she waiting at home for the wedding, but instead wandering the Jianghu?
Was there no sense of propriety?
"Big sis! You have to save me. In this whole world, only you can save me. When grandma was dying, she held your hand and told you those words, today you must honor them. She said our mother isn’t reliable, out of all Qingqiu, only you, big sis, can be relied upon. Now it seems evident, grandma was the wisest, she knew everything..." The Seventh Princess clutched Fufeng’s hand, launching into a lengthy tale, starting with the deceased grandmother...
Fufeng gritted her teeth in frustration, finally interrupting: "Get to the point!"
"Big sis, my fate is so hard, I can’t go on, truly..." The Seventh Princess’ eyes were filled with tears, using her sister’s sleeve to wipe them as she finally got to the point: "I met my soulmate in the Jianghu, my true destined love, he’s my Brother Su, Brother Su loves me, and I love him, this is what big sis often calls mutual affection, but those old timers in the clan intend to sell me to the Li Family for the Heart Pavilion’s support, thus the arranged marriage three months from now."
"Understood! You have a soulmate, but this Mr. Li, isn’t who you want!" Fufeng figured out.
"Yes, didn’t big sis always say, the heart is very small, it can only hold one person? I’m not like our shameless third sister who could fit eighty or so people, my heart can only hold one!"
"So what are you asking for? Just say it directly..." Fufeng was exasperated, this girl knew she had a grudge with the third sister, adding an insult whenever mentioning her, appealing to Fufeng’s preferences, but without being outright deceitful, she was just cunning; Fufeng was too weary to argue, just wanted to know her agenda...
"So, big sis, you have to kill him!"
This time it’s straightforward!
Simple and direct!
Kill Li Chengnian!
This was the Seventh Princess’ decisive plan.
"Kill him?" Fufeng’s eyes widened.
"Hmm, the shameless third sister has already chosen the wrong side, but her warning is correct. If Uncle Li doesn’t die, even if I escape to the ends of the earth, the clan will capture me and send me to his ragged bed. The only plan now is the decisive strike, to kill him!" The Seventh Princess said, "It’s not easy for others to kill him, but it’s too easy for you, big sis, you live right next to him, your Tianhu Needle is formless and invisible, no one will ever trace it."
"Well..." the big sis slowly shook her head, "No way! Absolutely not! His Highness values him greatly, he’s his reliable aide. His Highness finding one good aide is a rarity, how could I mess this up?"
"Value him for what? He’s just a master of pretense! He’s actually more harm than help, if His Highness relies on him, he’d end up in failure, you’d definitely become a widow..."
Fufeng gritted her teeth in frustration, suddenly, her eyes lit up.
Because she saw a scene below.
Lin Xiaosu walked through the street, very poised, but his steps never paused, gradually becoming the odd one out in the crowd, as everyone stood still, he walked towards three high monks.
"What’s that fool doing?" The Seventh Princess also saw it.
"Is he debating Buddhism with the monks?" Fufeng murmured.
"Debating Buddhism? He knows nothing about Buddhism! He’s just showing off, big sis, you see? Someone like him, with no depth, how could he ever be an aide to His Highness?"
This remark, casting aside the ever-present subjective undertone, actually seemed somewhat objective.
Fufeng’s heart also arose with a similar sentiment, that this paper-mate brother-in-law indeed lacked depth, considering the nature of the occasion?
Daring to approach like that.
The whole Beijing knew, Li Chengnian loved to show off, boasting of his literary knowledge everywhere, but choosing to show off at such an occasion would be idiotic!
Meanwhile, inside Zhen Heaven Pavilion, Pavilion Master Lei Zhen Tian’s face was dark, staring in that direction, in front of him were two teams, one of scholars, the other of monks.
The scholars were self-assured, filled with confidence, speaking in classic idiomatic phrases...
"What is Zhen Heaven Pavilion? It’s the place reigning over all doctrines for the Dynasty! Why did these three monks choose to set up a legal field outside Zhen Heaven Pavilion rather than anywhere else in the vast Beijing, what is their intention?"
"This is undermining our Zhen Heaven’s reputation! How can we tolerate this? Let us use Confucian classics to show them what is meant by things one must not do!"
"Wait! They have presented the Buddhist Path, if we aim to suppress, we must do it with Buddhist Path as well! Otherwise, they won’t accept it, and Beijing’s people will surely say our Zhen Heaven Pavilion can’t truly reign over all doctrines..."