Did our Prince Zhaojun copy the Diamond Sutra 102 times? The answer is of course he did. Not only did he copy it, but Emperor Kangxi, who always loved him, doubled his reading time, going from 120 to 360.
The entire Diamond Sutra has a total of 5,320 words, and if it is read 360 times, it will be more than 1.9 million words. Yinzuo felt that even if he turned into a crab, with eight crab legs and two claws all holding pens, he would have to copy it day and night for a while, not to mention that he only had a pair of hands. It seems that his father was really determined to teach him a lesson this time, and he was definitely ruthless.
If he relied on himself to complete such a huge project, it would take him forever. As the saying goes, it takes a thousand days to train an army and only a moment to deploy it. Look, the benefits of having many brothers are now apparent. Based on the principle of not wasting time, Yinzuo specially picked a day with light wind and bright sunshine to invite all his brothers to his Enze Garden!
When Yinzhen and Yinreng were invited by Yinzuo, they thought Yinzuo was bored again and wanted to invite them to have some fun together. But they never expected that as soon as they arrived, they were taken to Yinzuo's study, which had never been used for a thousand years.
"Sixth Brother, what's your plan today? You invited all of us brothers here, are you here just to watch you copy the scriptures?"
Yinzuo put away the scripture in his hand, put down the pen, walked out from behind the desk and made a gesture of invitation to everyone. Although Yinzhi and the others didn't know what Yinzuo was up to, they still followed him to the small hall outside the study.
Yinzuo brought everyone to the flower hall outside the study. After seeing that they all found a seat and sat down, he quickly asked Dexi to bring tea and snacks to everyone. After everyone had almost finished eating and drinking, he secretly pinched his thigh hard. Yinzuo did not hold back his strength this time, and tears immediately welled up in his eyes.
"Big brother, second brother, third brother...you must help me this time, otherwise I will really hang myself in front of you right now. Khan Ama is really too much. Who would copy the scriptures 360 times in one go to show filial piety? The Diamond Sutra has over 1.9 million words. If I want to copy it all by myself, you won't see me for the next year. But if I really copy it for a year, I won't be alive anymore. Can you really bear to watch a bud like me wither away like this?"
Oh, why would they have been brought to the study upon arrival today? Turns out they were waiting there! It wasn't that Yinzhi and the others were unwilling to help Yinzuo copy the sutra, but they were just wondering: would it really be okay to send this piece of work, pieced together like this, to the Khan-Ama? You know, the last person to have such a lucky break and ask the Ninth Brother to do it for them was the foolish Tenth Brother, and that time, he and the Ninth Brother were severely punished.
"Sixth Brother, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that we have the lesson from the past. You know how badly the ninth and tenth brothers were beaten by Khan Ama last time. If we brothers help you this time, won't we all be beaten by Khan Ama too? You know Khan Ama will really check every page."
Since Yinzuo had already invited people here today, he naturally couldn't let them run away. Hearing Yinzhi's words, he secretly slapped himself on the thigh, and his tears flowed even more happily.
"But big brother, three hundred and sixty times! Even if I sit in this study for months, I still can't finish copying it. If you don't help me, I'll have no way to make a living. Big brother, second brother, just help me copy the book to complete Khan Ama's task. If anything goes wrong, I will take the responsibility for my own actions and will never betray you. Besides, there is a saying that the law cannot punish the masses. Khan Ama can deal with me, the ninth brother, and the tenth brother. Can he deal with more than a dozen of us brothers at the same time?"
You know what, Yinzuo's crying appearance really softened the hearts of Yinzhi, Yinreng and others. Everyone felt that what Yinzuo said made sense: the law cannot hold everyone responsible. Khan Ama couldn't just kill all the brothers because of this incident.
As the saying goes, when brothers work together, they can accomplish more than they can accomplish. Almost every one of Yinzuo's brothers was a leader, so when they worked together, they could achieve twice the result with half the effort. Even though some of them tried to imitate Yinzuo's handwriting, with everyone's joint efforts, they finished copying all 360 copies of the Diamond Sutra in just half a month.
Yinzuo gathered together the scriptures sent by his brothers, asked Dexi to count them to confirm the number, and then packed the scriptures into the box he had prepared in advance. Then he called Akshan and Hatu and asked them to carry the boxes and follow him to Qingxi Book House!
"Khan Ama, I haven't seen your baby son for more than half a month. Do you miss me?"
To be honest, Kangxi really missed Yinzuo after not seeing him around for more than half a month. However, as soon as he thought about what this kid was going to do next, the longing that had just risen in Kangxi's heart disappeared in an instant!
"What's in this box of yours?"
Yinzuo glanced at Kangxi who was asking the question even though he knew the answer, and without asking anyone else, he walked up to him and lifted the lid of the box, then pointed at the paper inside and said to Kangxi.
"Khan Ama, isn't this the 360 copies of the Diamond Sutra you asked me to copy? I'm telling you, ever since you gave me the order, I've been working day and night. Today, I've finally finished copying the 360 copies of the Diamond Sutra you instructed me to copy. Would you like to come and check it out?"
It must be said that Yinzuo's mental quality is really excellent. He knew that he would be exposed as soon as his father came to check, but he was not afraid at all. If Kangxi had not known in advance that most of these scriptures were copied by Yinzhi and others with the help of Yinzuo, he might have been really scared by this kid at this time.
"Yinzuo, I'll give you one more chance. Take this scripture back with you and remove the water from it. Fill in the missing parts and then come back for my inspection. I'm doing this for your own good."
Yinzuo had long known that his little tricks could not be hidden from the old fox Kangxi, so he simply stopped pretending and came clean to his father. He walked a few steps to Kangxi's side and sat down, raised his hand to hug Kangxi's arm, and started his usual trick - acting coquettishly and making trouble.
"Khan, my son's scriptures are filled with water. If we drain all the water out, there will really be nothing left. Father, please forgive me this time. I promise you that I will definitely control my mouth and never speak nonsense again."
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