I am a commoner, but I will lead the empress to unify the world

Chapter 511 The Test of Humanity is Wrong

"Okay, then thank you Master Qiao for causing you so much trouble."

Shen Changgong said politely.

Master Qiao laughed and said,

"The fortunes of Great Yan are like the rising sun, unstoppable. Your Highness is a star general sent from heaven, destined to lead Great Yan to unify the world.

After the world is unified, there will be no more wars and no one will die in wars.

The prince took the sin of killing upon himself, but gave blessings to the people of the world and his descendants, and his merits are immeasurable.

I am not helping the prince, but all living beings in the world."

"The Taoist priest is righteous, and I am grateful for your guidance. I will take Xiao Qiao away with me.

In addition, after returning, I will send someone to give the Taoist priest 100,000 taels of silver to repair the Taoist temple."

Shen Changgong stood up and prepared to go out.

However, Master Qiao said,

"Your Majesty, please do not pollute this pure Taoist place with yellow and white things."

"Oh? Taoist priest, you have practiced Taoism for many years, would you still be tempted by these things?"

“Those vulgar things naturally cannot tempt me, but I am not the only one in this Taoist temple. There are many young Taoists as well. They may be bewitched by these gold and silver and do wrong things.

Purity and inaction, following the natural way, are the foundation of Taoism."

Hearing this, Shen Changgong smiled and said,

"Master, since those who practice Taoism must be pure and inaction, they naturally shouldn't be tempted by gold and silver.

Those who can be tempted are weak-willed, so why keep them around?

Master Qiao shook his head firmly.

"Your Highness is wrong! They are still young, their cultivation is not deep, and their will is not strong. This is normal. Not everyone is as disillusioned with the world as I am.

Cultivation is a process, and they have not reached that level yet, so you cannot judge whether they are right or wrong based on the fact that they "cannot resist temptation."

It's like your imperial examination system. You can't let an eight-year-old who has studied for two years become the top scholar. If he fails, you say he didn't work hard? Or that he's wrong?

No, he just hasn't reached that level yet.

When they are studying, we all know that we need to help them eliminate external temptations and let them focus on their studies.

Why did they have to test them with gold and silver when they came to the Taoist temple?

If they didn't have these gold and silver, they would practice Buddhism with peace of mind.

If they had gold and silver, they would be tempted to become corrupt.

So, did the prince test their humanity or change their lives?

If the prince did this and they failed the test, the prince would say that they were not sincere, which would be putting the cart before the horse and putting the result before the cause.

It's not that they are not good enough, but that your actions have changed them.

It's like you meet someone on the street and you want to know if he will become a murderer, so you try to persuade him to kill someone.

After he kills someone, you say: See, I knew this person would become a murderer.

But he never thought that if it weren't for you, he wouldn't have killed anyone at all."

Master Qiao's words enlightened the young Prince Shen.

He looked at Master Qiao, clasped his hands and said solemnly,

"The Taoist priest taught me what he was saying, and I have learned my lesson. Human nature cannot withstand the test. Moreover, the very act of testing changes the original trajectory of fate, so the result of the test is also inaccurate."

Master Qiao nodded, a look of relief on his face.

"But the Taoist priest has helped us so much, but I have no way to repay him. This makes me feel uneasy."

"Your Highness is right. This is your karma, and it's due. Your Highness, please send some grain up some other day."

Don't give too much, twenty dan is enough to get the people in the Taoist temple through the winter. If you give them too much, they will develop the habit of being lazy and enjoying themselves, which is not good."

"Okay, then I'll listen to the Taoist priest and send someone to bring up 20 stone of grain."

"Well, Your Highness, please return. Please take good care of Xiao Qiao, but don't overindulge her. Don't let her wear gold and silver, and don't let her pure heart be polluted by the secular world. Otherwise, she will not be able to help Your Highness purify his sins."

"I see. I understand."

Shen Changgong nodded, and then looked at the little Taoist nun with two buns on her head.

"Sister Xiao Qiao, please go back with me."

Xiao Qiao's face was puffed up with anger. He pulled Master Qiao's sleeve and said,

"Master, I don't want to go with him. Xiao Qiao hates Lanling Prince."

Master Qiao smiled and rubbed her hair and said,

"If you don't enter the world, how can you leave it? If you don't see the various aspects of the world, how can you gain enlightenment and cultivate the Tao wholeheartedly?

Xiao Qiao, you must stick to your original intention and not be tempted by the outside world. You should walk around and see the world from the perspective of an observer.

Haven’t you always wanted to go down the mountain and play? Now is the time, go ahead.”

"OK then."

Xiao Qiao was no longer stubborn, nodded, and followed Shen Changgong out.

After coming outside and entering the kitchen, Yan Fuyao and others were having dinner.

Seeing Shen Changgong bringing a little girl over, Yan Fuyao was surprised.

"Why did you kidnap the little nun from the Taoist temple?"

Shen Changgong smiled and said,

"Master Qiao gave her to me. From now on, she's ours. We can bully her as we please."

I don’t know why, but after seeing Xiao Qiao, Shen Changgong always wanted to bully her. Maybe it was because she was too cute.

"No, I'm here to help you. I'm just following you temporarily. I didn't give it to you, and I'll be back!"

Xiao Qiao glared at Shen Changgong angrily.

"Stop talking nonsense and come and eat."

Shen Changgong grabbed her little bun and pulled her over, asking her to sit down and eat with him.

There are many people here, and Shen Changgong is not in a position to tell the real reason. The ministers and officials are all eating, so it would be bad to kick them out.

I can only wait until I get back to talk about it.

He simply explained,

"I have a plan with Master Qiao. This little girl will stay with us for three months. We just need to protect her during this time."

The women nodded when they heard this and didn't ask any more questions.

They looked at this cute chubby little girl with shining eyes and loved her very much.

Yan Fuyao waved and said,

"Come, little nun, sit next to me."

Xiao Qiao felt as if she had been pardoned. She immediately moved her stool away from the big devil Shen Changgong and ran to the big sister in red clothes who looked very kind.

After sitting down, Yan Fuyao picked up some food for her and said with a smile,

"Eat more. You must be hungry after a busy morning."

"Thank you, benefactor."

Xiao Qiao thanked him solemnly, then picked up his chopsticks to eat.

"What a cute little guy."

Tang Xinyi, who was on the other side of Xiao Qiao, also picked up some food for her. Gongsun Wan'er, who was in the distance, handed her some delicious snacks. Jiang Ruoxue poured her some hot tea and handed it to her.

Xiao Qiao felt everyone's warm kindness and smiled, saying,

"You are all good people, and you are all Lanling King's enemies, right?"

"Huh? Why do you say that?"

Yan Fuyao said in surprise.