Chapter 182 Recognition (Update)
Chang Sui'an shook his head and said, "I don't know whose family she is from. I only know that she is the girl who went to the back mountain with me to pick chrysanthemums yesterday. She seems to have disappeared in the back mountain... The monks and the imperial guards in the temple have been searching for her all night, but they haven't found her yet."
Chang Suining roughly understood the sentence "We don't know whose family she is from yet". It seemed that the girl's family deliberately concealed her identity.
The girls accompanying this time are all daughters of officials and dignitaries. Now they have been missing for a day and a night. If the incident becomes a big fuss and everyone knows about it, even if they are found later, they will still be criticized and in trouble.
In such a situation, it is common practice to not announce the identity to the public for the time being in order to protect the daughter's reputation and the family's face.
The girls traveling with her might be able to make some guesses based on who was missing, but there was no way to find out about a man like her brother.
"Cui Liulangjun and I originally wanted to help find people, but the imperial guards said it was not necessary and did not let us get close. Now the back mountain has been surrounded." Chang Sui'an said.
Cui Liulang said that this meant that he didn't want irrelevant people like them to interfere.
Chang Suining nodded and said, "With the Imperial Guards here, there shouldn't be a shortage of people to look for people..."
The Imperial Guards' move should have been prompted by the girl's family or the Holy Book Emperor. Firstly, they did not want to publicize the identity of the missing girl, and secondly...
If the worst outcome really occurs, this move can ensure that the accident scene is not excessively damaged as much as possible.
Thinking of this, Chang Suining subconsciously said: "No matter which family the girl is from, I just hope she can be found safely."
Chang Sui'an nodded.
Seeing that the abbot's room was right in front of them, the brother and sister put the matter aside and said no more.
The moment he stepped into the room, Chang Suining deliberately made himself look more natural and without showing any flaws.
Wu Jue looked no different from usual. When he saw the brother and sister coming, he smiled and urged his disciples to set the table.
"You must have been bored in the tower for the past three days. The vegetarian food must have gotten cold when it was delivered..." Wu Jue personally picked up some food for Chang Suining, "Come, eat something hot to warm yourself up."
Chang Suining watched him pick up the dishes and put them into his bowl of porridge, then looked at the dishes on the table, and suddenly he felt as if he was pulled back to many years ago.
Chang Sui'an also noticed something different: "Why does today's vegetarian meal seem different from usual?"
"Of course it's different." Wu Jue said with a smile: "I did all this today."
Chang Sui'an was surprised: "You also know cooking!"
"Why, your father didn't tell you? When I followed His Highness on the march, I was often the one cooking. The mutton noodle soup I cooked myself was so delicious that your father would eat five bowls every time and almost eat the pot!"
"He's been craving this dish for years, and now he asks me to make him a bowl of it from time to time. But that's not possible, because I'm a monk now."
Wu Jue smiled like a Maitreya Buddha, looking at the girl who was eating with her eyes downcast: "I can't cook meat, so I'll make some vegetarian dishes for you to try. But I haven't cooked for a long time, I don't know if my cooking skills are still there."
Chang Suining lowered his head and chewed slowly.
Here I am.
It still tastes the same as before, hasn't changed at all.
It seemed as if after eating he was going to get up, put on his armor, and leave the tent with Lao Chang and the others to kill the enemy.
Chang Sui'an took two bites and nodded repeatedly in amazement, saying it was delicious. No wonder his greedy father wanted to eat the pot!
Wu Jue put down his chopsticks halfway through his meal and said with a smile, "Sui'an, sit down and eat slowly. I'll take little Sui Ning into the inner room to talk about Buddhism... If anyone knocks on the door, just say they haven't finished their meal yet and ask them to wait outside first."
Chang Sui'an was stunned when he heard this. What Buddhist teachings did Master Wu Jue have to discuss with his sister alone?
Moreover, the words were not meant to ask him to eat, but more like asking him to stay here to keep watch? The boy subconsciously looked at his sister, and only nodded when he saw that his sister also put down her bowl and chopsticks.
Although he was a little confused, but since one was his sister and the other was Master Wu Jue who watched him grow up, Chang Sui'an obeyed the arrangements and sat where he was and continued to eat.
Chang Suining followed Wu Jue into the inner room.
"What Buddhist teachings does Second Father want to talk to me about?" she asked.
"Don't be in a hurry, let's go inside and talk..." Wu Jue said, pointing his finger over.
Chang Suining looked in the direction of his finger: ...under the bed?
This is a bit too deep.
Wu Jue motioned for her to go in first.
"You are the elder, please go first." Chang Suining said politely.
"Why, are you afraid of a conspiracy?" Wu Jue snorted, somewhat dissatisfied: "Do you really not trust me?"
As he said this, he strode to the bedside as if to prove his innocence, bent down and crawled in.
After a moment, a muffled voice came from under the bed: "Look, I'm not dead."
"..."Chang Suining then followed in.
She followed Wu Jue through a secret passage and came to a secret room.
Just like Cui Jing last time, Chang Suining's eyes were first attracted to the wine jars.
Wu Jue walked to the stone wall and lit a lamp.
After the lights were turned on, Wu Jue still stood there with his back to Chang Suining.
There was an unusual silence all around.
After a while, Chang Suining finally spoke first: "What about Buddhism?"
Wu Jue didn't answer her.
After another moment of silence, the chubby figure spoke.
The voice was not loud, a little hoarse, a little sighing, a little complaining, and a little caring from the elder towards the younger.
"Why didn't you tell me you were back?"
Not hearing a response, Wu Jue turned back slowly, his eyes reddened, and asked again in a higher voice: "Since you are back... why didn't you tell your subordinates!"
Chang Suining looked at him in confusion: "...What are you coming back for?"
Wu Jue glared: "You still don't admit it!"
Chang Suining: "Admit what...?"
Wu Jue's nose felt sore, and he sat down with a plop. He slapped his thigh and cried, "You are so cruel that you still refuse to recognize me even now!"
Chang Suining: “…”
"Are all of you lords so cruel?"
"I look forward to your return day and night... I am already this old, how many days do I have left to live?"
"I gave you the ring but you refused to take it. Now you are pretending not to recognize me... Can I harm you?"
Wu Jue complained with tears and snot, as if he wanted to vent all the emotions that had been suppressed in his heart for many years.
Chang Suining was given a headache by his crying.
He must have guessed that she was most afraid of people around her crying in front of her.
Wu Jue was not satisfied with just crying, he rolled up the sleeves of his monk's robe and cried even more aggrievedly: "Look at my body full of poisonous sores, how could I possibly harm you!"
Poisonous sore?
Chang Suining looked over and saw that there were many scars on his arms, which were so densely packed that it was quite shocking.
How did this come about?
Wu Jue wiped his nose and cried, "I became a monk, and all these poisonous sores are because of you. You can disbelieve Lao Chang, Lao Meng and the others, but you can't disown me!"
For her?
Wu Jue continued to cry, "Your Highness, if you still have a conscience, just admit it!"
Chang Suining: "I don't quite understand what you are saying..."
There is no doubt in my mind: "You understand!"
He said: "The only one who can be so stubborn is Your Highness!"
Chang Suining: “…I’m not.”
Wu Jue: “You are!”
Without waiting for Chang Suining to deny it, he stared at her with tearful eyes and said, "Whoever lies is a donkey!"
He added: "Whoever does not admit it will be bald tomorrow!"
Chang Suining: “…”
There's no need to threaten her in such a layered way! Wu Jue stared at her closely: "Tell me again, are you right or wrong?"
"..." Chang Suining looked at him helplessly.
Their eyes met for a moment, and Chang Suining sighed softly.
Wu Jue was obviously 100% sure, so her denial was meaningless.
Chang Suining, who didn't want to be that unlucky guy again, wanted to look up at the sky in annoyance, but when he raised his head, all he saw was a dirt wall.
"Okay, it's me," she said.
The next moment, she felt Wu Jue rushing towards her, kneeling at her feet and bursting into tears.
"You finally admitted it!"
"When these poisonous sores appeared on my body, they were all round. I knew that these sores would become something big if they were so aggressive... It really paid off!"
Chang Suining looked down at the abbot who was lying at her feet and crying loudly.
After a while, she half-knelt down and patted his back gently: "Okay, you are now a great monk after all, why are you crying like this?"
Wu Jue wiped his tears and said, "It's all because I made you angry..."
"It's obviously you who's forcing me to do this." Chang Suining sat back casually and sighed, "I should be the one crying."
Wu Jue said aggrievedly: "I just want to recognize you, and I don't intend to force you to do anything..."
Since he had already admitted it, Chang Suining didn't dwell on it anymore and asked him, "But how did you determine that it was mine?"
Is she easy to recognize? A person who has been dead for more than ten years suddenly comes back to life in another person. This is such an incredible thing that no one would believe it if I told them.
What was the basis for Wu Jue's certainty? --The secret in the Heavenly Maiden Tower? Before Cui Jing left, he hinted to her that Wu Jue had the answer she wanted.
Wu Jue choked up and said, "Everything in the world has its own cause and effect. Although you have changed your identity and appearance, you are still you... It was God's will that allowed me to recognize you."
Chang Suining: "... Let's say something that people can understand."
Wu Jue choked up for a moment before he said, "General Cui told me."
Chang Suining: "Cui Jing?"
"Yes." Wu Jue nodded and said, "It was Grand Commander Cui who first recognized you... Your subordinates set up a forbidden formation in the Heavenly Maiden Tower. He was the one who got the chance to use this formation. He was a man with ulterior motives. When a man with ulterior motives saw your unintentional actions, he naturally began to make some guesses."
"What finally confirmed Grand Commander Cui's guess was your extraordinary act of self-rescue when you encountered difficulties in Hezhou." Wu Jue asked: "Your Highness returned at that time, right?"
Chang Suining nodded.
Wu Jue said: "As early as that time, the formation in the tower had already given us guidance...but at that time no one thought that you would have returned."
Chang Suining looked at him, "So, the formation in the Heavenly Maiden Tower..."
Wu Jue: "It is for your resurrection."
Resurrection?
Although he had thought of this possibility in the past few days, Chang Suining's heart was still stirred when he heard it with his own ears.
It turns out that her "resurrection" was not accidental, but man-made.
Then, she has two issues that need to be verified and faced.
She asked the one she cared about most first.
Good night everyone.
(End of this chapter)
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