Chapter 370 Dad’s Advice Is Ineffective

"Sister-in-law."

Inside the Guangji Temple, after the coffin was brought in, a young man in armor got off his horse and walked up to Lu Lingyun.

He was about twenty-two or twenty-three years old, with rough skin and an upright body. His eyes and brows showed the savagery of someone who had been on the battlefield and seen blood. He was completely different from the young men in makeup and makeup who rode horses and paraded through the streets in Beijing.

When Lu Lingyun saw Cheng Qi, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, and the incidents in the Marquis' Mansion continued, he forced a smile and said, "Second Uncle, you're back."

"I didn't take good care of my uncle." Cheng Qi felt guilty when he heard Lu Lingyun's words.

Lu Lingyun's eyes were gloomy. "The battlefield is brutal and the enemy is cruel. My second uncle has done a good job. My father has defended the country and sacrificed his life for it. He is truly a role model for us."

At this moment, Qingfeng came running over, "Young Madam! The prince refuses to come out!"

When Lu Lingyun heard this, he frowned.

The military officers and generals had a fixed time for their triumphal entry into the city, and they had to enter the city gate before noon. Lu Lingyun simply asked Cheng Qi to squeeze out some time to send the old marquis over before they entered the city gate.

There is no time to waste.

At this time, Cheng Qi asked, "Sister-in-law, what happened to you?"

Lu Lingyun looked solemnly at the closed door of the courtyard, "Your elder brother wants to become a monk!"

Cheng Qi: “???!”

Seeing that time was running out, Lu Lingyun was about to ask someone to knock down the door, but Cheng Qi volunteered, "Sister-in-law, I'll go and persuade my brother."

When Lu Lingyun heard him say this, she looked up at him and said, "Okay, thank you for troubling me, Uncle."

"We are all family, there is no need to worry about anything."

After Cheng Qi finished speaking, he strode into Cheng Yunshuo's yard and banged on the door, "Brother, I'm Cheng Qi!"

His voice received a response from inside.

"Donor Cheng, you should go back too. I will not change my mind."

When Cheng Qi heard the calm and composed voice, especially the first word "Donor Cheng", he was speechless and annoyed for a moment.

He followed his uncle to defend his country at the border, amidst mountains of corpses and seas of blood, risking his life against the barbarians all day long. But Cheng Yunshuo was better.

Not only does he want to stay in the capital peacefully, but he actually wants to become a monk!

He slammed the door angrily, "All of us are protecting the glory of the mansion and the prosperity of the country, what are you doing! You are living a good life but you become a monk, what will happen to your family! Your uncle has returned with his body wrapped in horsehide, are you worthy of his sacrifice!"

After Cheng Qi's question, the room was silent for a moment. After a while, the sound of an old bell rang out again, "Master Cheng, everyone has his own path, and everyone has his own cause and effect. Coming and going in the world, in the end, it is just a handful of gravel."

Cheng Qi: “…”

My dear master, he really knows how to talk.

So everyone must die, that's everyone's destiny!

It's all the same if you die!

"Come out here right now! Stop talking nonsense to me! If you don't come out, I'll tear down your door!"

"Master Cheng, I will not leave. You can break my door today, but you cannot break my heart. I am devoted to the Tao. Even if I die, I will still devote myself to the Tao. May the Buddha have mercy on me."

Cheng Qi: “…”

He really wanted to kill him right now.

What he did was simply a disgrace to the Ningyang Marquisate and ruined his father's lifelong reputation!

But Cheng Qi also made Cheng Yunshuo speechless. He softened his tone and said, "Brother, I sent your uncle back to you. Even if you really want to become a monk, you should take a last look at your father."

Cheng Yunshuo's voice came from inside, "Amitabha, I am chanting the mantra for Lord Hou. He is in my heart right now."

Cheng Qi: “…”

He was completely speechless.

"Someone come! Break down the door!"

Cheng Qi called out to his men, and his lieutenants rushed forward, breaking the thin door panel with two clatters of their feet.

After breaking open the door, everyone saw Cheng Yunshuo, with a bare head, sitting cross-legged on a futon mat, turning Buddhist beads in his hands while meditating and chanting. A large group of people rushed in, but he was not moved at all.

He closed his eyes tightly and refused to close his eyes.

Cheng Qi was extremely angry. He took a quick step forward and grabbed Cheng Yunshuo, dragging him out.

"Your father is back, go and see him!"

"Do you know how your father died? At that time, the barbarians were struggling to the death and could not be defeated after a long siege. Uncle dragged his seriously ill body and put on armor to go into battle. It was his inspiring military morale that helped us win!"

"Without him, who knows how many more people would have died in this war!"

"He saved the lives of a group of us. How could such a hero give birth to a bear-like son like you?"

Cheng Qi cursed angrily, but Cheng Yunshuo, who was being dragged by him, still kept his eyes tightly closed.

He murmured and chanted, "Namo Amitābhaya, Dotāgataya..."

He kept chanting the Amitabha Sutra, but he just wouldn't close his eyes.

At this moment, Cheng Qi felt as if he had punched cotton hard. He grabbed Cheng Yunshuo by the collar and reached out to cover his eyes. "If you have any conscience at all, open your eyes!"

At this moment, a sigh came from the crowd.

"Cheng Qi, forget it."

Lu Lingyun spoke.

She looked at Cheng Yunshuo, who was dragged out and held in front of the old marquis's body without blinking, with complete disappointment in her eyes.

Never mind.

In his previous life, he was able to abandon his family property and parents to elope with Xing Dairong, and in this life he was able to do such a ridiculous thing as giving up everything to become a monk.

He has always been an extremely willful person.

Anyone who counts on him will be disappointed.

Even though Lu Lingyun had never held any hopes for him and only wanted him to be a quiet and presentable person, he was still caught in his own willful behavior, and all he could see was that he was disappointed to the point of giving up hope.

Listening to Cheng Yunshuo's still-intermittent chanting, Lu Lingyun looked away, "I hope you won't mention what happened today. I'll send the old marquis into the city first. Lingyun thanks you all!"

Lu Lingjun saluted Cheng Qi and a group of his generals.

Cheng Yunshuo was about to become a monk, and Lu Lingyun no longer cared about it, but this matter could not be made public easily.

The old marquis has returned wrapped in his corpse, and the higher-ups are just about to reward him based on his merits. If people were to know that Cheng Yunshuo had become a monk at this critical juncture, they would denounce him as unfilial!

The most important thing for her at this time is to clean up the mess!

The people in front saw Lu Lingyun bowing and saluting. Most of them were former subordinates of Ningyang Marquis Mansion, and some were Cheng Qi's men. How could they dare to accept it, and they all followed suit and returned the salute.

"Madam, you are too kind."

Cheng Qi looked at Lu Lingyun and returned the greeting, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, we won't say anything nonsense."

"Thank you, second uncle." Lu Lingjun looked at him gratefully, and then looked at the heavy coffin.

"Prepare the Marquis's coffin and send him back to the capital!"

Without a son to cry out for the deceased, Lu Lingyun cried out on behalf of the old marquis.

Lu Lingyun led everyone to the capital. After the coffin was carried away, Cheng Yunshuo was still kneeling on the spot. He closed his eyes and kept muttering the mantra for rebirth.