Prison Dragon

Chapter 139

Ao Chen rubbed the only five characters repeatedly with his fingertips, and the candlelight danced on his face.

"There's something else."

He said looking up.

Yang You followed him and looked up. The algae well on the top of the pagoda spread out like an umbrella cover, with the center protruding upwards and slopes on all sides, forming an inverted bucket shape with a big top and a small top.A blooming white lotus is painted in the middle, surrounded by water patterns that spread out layer by layer. Looking up from below, the top of the pagoda looks higher and deeper because of the algae well.

In the center of the lotus is a seated Buddha with low eyebrows and compassion.

"Can you feel it?" Yang You asked.

Ao Chen nodded, squinting his eyes and seemed to be constantly confirming, "It seems to have my breath, but it's already very weak. If I didn't stand here very close, I wouldn't feel it at all."

"Where is it?" Yang You looked at the caisson, "Could it be that there are organs on it?"

Ao Chen didn't speak, a black light shot out from the tip of his index finger, instantly piercing through the Buddha statue in the center of the algae well.

The sawdust fluttered, and a black box fell quickly, and Ao Chen controlled the speed and slowly landed in his palm.

He threw the long-burning lamp out casually, Yang You let out a small cry and failed to catch the lamp, watching the flickering candle flame of the long-burning lamp with a heart, and finally landed safely in its place.

The wooden box was about a foot long, and the lock on it was corroded, and Ao Chen fell off it with a light touch.

He opened the wooden box, and there was a dragon scale inside, which was adorned with a red wreath and made into an accessory. There were some shallow cracks on the dragon scale.

Ao Chen picked up the dragon scale with two fingers and inspected it carefully in the candlelight, when a sigh suddenly sounded in his ear.

Yang You's eyes widened, "Did you hear that just now?"

Ao Chen nodded, and both of them turned their gazes to Longlin.

Yang You took the dragon scale, pointed to the cracks on it and said, "It should have saved people from disasters."

The dragon scales are warm and moist, and the edges and cracks are polished very smooth. There are black stains in many cracks. Yang You wiped it with his hands. Those stains are not dust, but more like they have penetrated into it from the beginning.

"Blood." Ao Chen said concisely.

Yang You was shocked when he heard it, "It seems that this dragon scale should be brought by someone to play with it from time to time, otherwise it wouldn't be so smooth."

He reached out and knocked on the box containing the dragon scales, and sure enough, he heard the sound of the cavity.

Ao Chen handed the box to him, Yang You felt around the bottom plate with his hands, found a corner, and used his nails to fasten it and lifted it up forcefully, the wooden splinter penetrated the gap between the nails and the flesh, but he didn't care It hurts, and I took out the things in the interlayer.

It was an imperial edict, the bright yellow cloth began to fade rapidly the moment Yang You took it out, Yang You unfolded it carefully, the bright yellow finally turned brown.

It is not a formal imperial decree, the scribbled handwriting and the ink marks that have been scribbled and altered show the chaotic mood of the writer, and many sentences are not smooth at all, just like gibberish.

But Yang You can still discern carelessness from it.

This is an edict of guilt, signed by Yang Shuo.

There is only one meaning he wants to say——

He missed his younger brother countless times throughout his life, but he had to let King Han die for the sake of the world.

He regretted King Han's death that year.

In order to repent, he built the Thanksgiving Temple, and asked the people in the Thanksgiving Temple to serve the ever-burning lanterns for the royal family, and wrote the name of King Han on his own ever-burning lanterns, hoping that King Han could share the incense offerings with him.

I hope that the compassion of Buddhism can appease the soul of King Han.

At the same time, he also left a will that was passed down orally from generation to generation——

The Yang family must take good care of the ever-bright lighthouse of the Thanksgiving Temple.

"So, the dragon scale was left by King Han?" Yang You looked at the dragon scale in his hand, and the bright red Yingluo had also faded and turned gray at this moment. He looked at Ao Chen, "You know King Han, and you are with King Han, He's on good terms."

Even gave the dragon scale to save his life.

Ao Chen's eyes were still somewhat confused, "I never gave it to anyone except you."

"I'm afraid this is what happened in your missing memories. You really can't remember King Han?"

"I just think this name is very familiar, and it sounds happy, at least I don't hate him." Ao Chen said.

Yang You didn't want to hear about the past that Ao Chen spent with others, no matter what identities those people used to participate in Ao Chen's life, that was something Yang You couldn't know, touch or even change.

But he couldn't help being curious about Ao Chen's past, the 800-year past mixed with huge information, the closer he was, the more curious he became.

I want to know completely, even if I don't want to face many things.

They have completely possessed each other physically, but their hearts are always separated by their chests.

How does that feel?

Yang You will be frightened and uneasy.

Not knowing about Ao Chen's past made him feel that he could not control Ao Chen, could not monopolize Ao Chen, and he always felt that there were pairs of eyes peeping at Ao Chen in the past time.

There is always a bond that he can't see that cares about Ao Chen, perhaps deeper than that between him and Ao Chen.

Although he clearly knew that even if he knew about Ao Chen's past, it would be largely useless for the present.

But he didn't dare to ask more.

Every time Ao Chen hesitated to mention the past, it also gave Yang You a chance to convince himself.

For 800 years, he must have been very lonely and lonely, so he didn't want to mention the past.

Yang You persuaded himself, he didn't want to see Ao Chen depressed because of the past, so he willingly chose not to ask, and only listened when he was willing to talk.

"Think about it carefully, Ao Chen." Yang You grabbed Ao Chen's shoulder, "The previous memory probably contained the information of rescission of the contract."

Ao Chen patted his head and smiled bitterly, "I forgot to tell you, I can only remember things from more than 300 years ago at most, but most of the time is when I sleep, so it doesn't matter whether I remember or not. "

"Old age is troublesome." He sighed, "Let the contract go with him."

"Don't you want to be free?" Yang You asked seriously.

Ao Chen said without hesitation, "Think about it, but I won't force you like before. If you can do it, do it, if you can't do it, forget it."

"Go back." He touched Yang You's side face, "There are no secrets here."

Daoman had been waiting for him downstairs and sent him out.

When he came to the gate of the temple, Yang You suddenly turned around and asked him, "Abbot, what is behind the ever-burning lamp?"

Daoman was stunned for a moment, thinking that Yang You suddenly went up the mountain because he encountered a problem and wanted to ask about Buddhism, so he replied, "It's the Buddha's heart. You can also see the Buddha's heart by observing the Buddha's body. Those who have the Buddha's heart are very compassionate; Compassionate to all sentient beings."

"It's not Buddha's heart," Yang You carefully observed Daoman's expression, "It's a heart of guilt, it's a heart of regret."

"Amitabha," Daoman clasped his hands together, and sang the Buddha's name, "Good advisors, if a person is guilty and cannot believe in the Buddha, he can only pray to the Buddha because of his sin. Therefore, the Buddha lived in the world to guide the public well and escape from sin and suffering; therefore, the Buddha Live in the world to guide the public, enter and exit the dharma of leaving sin and suffering. My Buddha is merciful, but enter with a sinful heart, and get out of the dharma."

Yang You saw that he was calm, so he no longer doubted Daoman, he just clasped his hands together and bowed to him before going down the mountain.

Exchange sinful heart for Buddha's heart, is that what Gaozu Yang Shuo thought back then?Because his younger brother Han Wang was executed, he was restless every night, hoping to use Buddhism to save the souls of the dead and comfort himself.

When people are dead, seeking heretics is just for the living to seek peace of mind.

Can the heart really be at ease?

When Yang You went down the mountain and went back to the palace to change into court clothes, it was almost time to go to court.

Yang You patted his face, feeling that he was in good spirits, and could last the morning before going back to sleep.

He told all the notes that he sorted out yesterday.

The Northeast generals arranged for no one to speak, and no one wanted to touch Yang Ren-related topics in front of Yang You. Even if they knew that Yang You was tolerant, they would not dare to touch Ni Lin.

What's more, Yang You's arrangement is also reasonable, he used the outstanding children of the aristocratic family, and also found some poor generals to supplement.

The difficult thing is the scientific examination.

Yang You was afraid that they would not agree to the obfuscation of their names, so his request at the beginning was to fix the proportion of students from poor families in the admission process.

He is well aware of the characters of the officials. If they show their swords all at once, they will try their best to resist.

Therefore, he said that the price should be [-] Wen, and he said that the price was [-] Wen. Of course, the officials would not do it. Wen, or [-] Wen can be accepted.

Maybe in the end he can still get the price of [-] Wen.

Sure enough, the decision to fix the admission ratio of poor students caused a stir, and many people stood up to refute it.

Yang You didn't really get angry with them, he just asked them to talk about a specific scientific examination reform plan, and he must try his best to curb the habit of candidates visiting examiners.

Chaotang quarreled into a pot of porridge, and they didn't have any good suggestions.

Yang You felt a little drowsy when he heard it, he rubbed his eyes, but gradually lowered his head uncontrollably.

……

"Brother, someone is looking for you!"

Yang You raised his head in a daze when he heard the voice, and he was in a dense forest, so dark that he couldn't see his fingers.

There are soldiers all around, but most of them are wounded soldiers. Even if they are not injured, their expressions are not very good. It seems that they are a defeated army.

He didn't remember experiencing such a scene. Although he had also lost battles, he had never seen a soldier dressed like this.

This kind of dress should not belong to Qi.

He couldn't move and could only look at different people through his eyes.

So Yang You understood that, like the dream brought by Bai Yulongpei, he is now in another dream.

What item made him fall into the dream again this time?

Could it be the dragon scale from last night?

So what he saw—

This is King Han's obsession!

For a moment, he forgot that he was still in the court, and just wanted to see as much as possible, maybe he could see clues about Ao Chen.

"Who?" He heard another man's voice say.

Great Patriarch Yang Shuo...

He guessed the identity of this person in an instant.

Under the moonlight, Yang Shuo's face was young and handsome, and his eyes were as sharp as a drawn sword.

Another face that was [-]% similar to him emerged from the woods, followed by a man in black.

The man in black was tall and tall, his white jade-like skin seemed to be shining slightly under the moonlight, his body was imposing and handsome.

That's... Ao Chen...

It really was that dragon scale!

Yang You stared at Ao Chen intently, his expression was indifferent, he walked slowly from the forest, with an arrogance of indifference to the world.

Yang You noticed that Ao Chen was only wearing black clothes, but there were no dragon patterns on them.

Yang Shuo stood up and said with some doubts, "Young Master, have we met?"

"No," Ao Chen replied without thinking.

"We must have met." Yang Shuo walked a few steps closer, saw Ao Chen's face clearly, and couldn't help but take a long breath, "In Yunxi City?"

Ao Chen blurted out, "No, I don't remember even if I saw it."

He glanced at Yang Shuo casually, "Because you are too ordinary."

Yang You burst out laughing.

Yang Shuo was stunned for a long time before asking, "I don't know why the young master came to see me?"

Ao Chen cut to the chase and said, "Do you want to be emperor?"