Chapter 41 Buddha
The handsome little monk, wearing a white monk's robe, stood in the moonlight, neither happy nor sad, with a look of Buddha.

The little monk looked at Chen Ji and said, "My name is Luo Zhui Sakya, but everyone likes to call me little monk. You can also call me little monk."

Princess Baili leaned on the wall, looked at Chen Ji and introduced him, "The little monk is a reincarnated Buddha, very powerful! He said you are powerful, so you must be very powerful!"

Chen Ji hesitated for a moment and asked: "Is it so difficult for a reincarnated Buddhist to climb over a wall?"

The young monk was a little embarrassed: "I haven't completed it yet. My master told me to recite the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Sutra 100,000 times. I have just recited it more than 70,000 times, and my great wish has not been fulfilled yet..."

Chen Ji pondered that the little monk's words revealed a lot of information: the other party's way of practice was to recite scriptures and fulfill his ambitions. Reciting them one hundred thousand times was a hurdle, and he should become stronger after reciting them one hundred thousand times.

The other party just told me his way of cultivation, which was quite frank.

At this time, the prince looked at Chen Ji curiously: "Little monk, do you think he is very powerful? He doesn't look like that."

The prince no longer wore the sable fur coat he wore during the day, but changed into a black cross-collared long-lapel coat with silver lotus embroidered on the fabric. It looked somewhat simple and elegant, but it did not quite match the prince's slightly ostentatious appearance.

The young monk brushed off the dust on his robes. He looked clear and at about fourteen or fifteen years old, he pointed to his chest and said, "When I say powerful, I'm not referring to my strength, but my heart. There are three thieves in everyone's heart: greed, anger, and ignorance. But this young man has gone from greed and anger, only ignorance remains. He is already very powerful."

“Greed is an unbearable desire. Many disasters in this world are caused by greed. Not being greedy does not mean not loving money, but knowing how to restrain yourself.”

"Anger is unwise anger. If a person still has anger, he cannot be called a wise person, because anger clouds the mind."

Chen Ji thought thoughtfully: "So stupid?"

The little monk smiled and said, "Stupidity is obsession. Once you have obsession, you can't get rid of it."

Princess Baili was riding on the top of the wall, dressed neatly like a man, with a white gown, white pants, white boots, and a white jade hairpin. The only thing she wore was a red jade pendant, like the red on the forehead of a white koi.

She propped her chin up and asked curiously, "Little monk, you are talking so mysteriously, how many thieves have you killed yourself?"

The young monk thought for a moment and said, "It's the same for me. I am just a fool."

Princess Baili asked: "Why didn't you cut off the last word '痴'?"

"It's not that I won't cut it off, but that I don't have it," the little monk explained. "I don't have 'idiocy' yet, so I can't cut it off. The master asked me to come to the Central Plains this time because he wanted me to find 'idiocy' and then cut it off. I haven't found it yet, and I don't know what 'idiocy' is, but the master said that I will know it naturally when I meet it."

"Eh, I haven't heard you say that before... But wouldn't it be better without '痴'? What else are you looking for? Isn't that a waste of time?" Bai Li wondered.

The young monk shook his head: "This is a calamity. Without going through a calamity, one cannot become a Buddha."

The prince leaned against the wall, bored, and said, "You monks are supposed to be compassionate, why are you always beating and killing? Fighting and killing is not good!"

The young monk shook his head: "In my Gening sect, we never talk about mercy."

"Oh? Then what are you talking about?"

"Fearless."

Princess Baili rode on the top of the wall, crossed her legs and sat sideways: "Brother, stop talking, pick me up."

"Hey, here I come," the prince came to the wall and let his sister step on his shoulders and jump off the wall.

Chen Ji watched silently. The Crown Prince and Princess Baili did not have the same biological mother, but their relationship was ridiculously good.

And this prince, although he is already twenty years old, is still not in good shape...

Wait, Wuyun said that there should be a Princess Lingyun born to Concubine Jing in the palace. Why isn’t she with them?
At this time, the prince looked at Chen Ji: "This..."

"Chen Ji." The prince laughed and said, "Chen Ji, I think you are also a handsome man. We will definitely become good friends in the future. But there is no time to chat today. There are still many friends waiting at the door. Let's go first. We are all children of the rivers and lakes. See you again if we are lucky!"

Zhu Baili also hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, yes, I'll bring you Ma's donkey meat hotpot when I come back in the morning!"

As he spoke, the prince led the little monk and County Lord Baili away.

Chen Ji raised his arm to block the way: "Wait a moment."

"Ah?" The prince took a step back: "What?"

Chen Ji said, "As for the hush money, I will give each of you ten taels of silver, or I will call the palace guards."

The prince cried out in surprise, "Wow, you think we don't know the prices outside, right? Ten taels of silver can buy a house in the suburbs, why don't you go and rob... Little monk, didn't you say that he has already cut off the word greed?!"

The young monk hesitated for a moment: "This shows that he has been very restrained."

Prince: “?”

Princess Baili looked at Chen Ji and said, "One tael of silver each time. We will have to do this many times in the future. You have to pay it back slowly, or I won't do this to you in the future!"

Chen Ji: “Okay!”

Bai Li looked at the prince helplessly: "Brother, he agreed so quickly, did I cut too little?"

"Seems to be."

Chen Ji said, "One person, one time, one tael. There are three of you this time, so you have to pay three taels."

At this time, someone outside the door shouted through the crack in the door: "Prince, Princess, are you out?"

The prince looked at Princess Baili and said, "Give us the money. The people outside can't wait any longer."

Zhu Baili reluctantly took out a small plain sachet from his sleeve, took out three 'silver peanuts' from it, and patted them into Chen Ji's palm: "Here you go! Can we go now?"

Chen Ji made way for him and said with a smile, "Thank you for your patronage. I wish you all a happy evening."

The prince hurriedly ran to open the main hall door, but saw more than a dozen people waiting outside the door, with swords and knives on their waists, looking like people from the underworld.

Chen Ji also saw Liang Gouer and Liang Maoer in the crowd.

The prince asked at the door: "Where are we going to play?"

But Liang Gou'er smiled and said, "There is only one lively place in Luocheng at night, and that is the East Market. The most fun place in the East Market is Red Clothes Lane! Let's go, Prince, take us to Red Clothes Lane for a drink!"

Chen Ji was shocked.

Princess and monk, going to Red Lane?!
At this time, Princess Baili was carefully closing the door of the clinic. When there was still a gap left, she saw Chen Ji looking at her from afar, so she frowned and snorted, then quickly closed the door.

Chen Ji weighed the silver peanut in his hand. Wuyun climbed up the apricot tree and lay on the branch with his two claws tucked into his pockets.

Wuyun meowed: "They are pretty good people."

Chen Ji smiled and said, "As a prince and a princess, you didn't get angry when I blocked your way. You never used your status to pressure others. You are indeed a very good person."

(End of this chapter)