Chapter 68: Who is the Benefactor Who Helps Overcome the Tribulation
Songshan Temple.
Under a five-hundred-year-old apricot tree, there is a stone table, a chessboard, a censer of incense, two cups of tea, and two people sitting cross-legged on the ground.
"I lost again."
A man dressed in simple blue robes, with an exceptionally refined demeanor, looked at the chessboard with some regret as he withdrew his hand. He looked at the youthful monk with a clean and handsome face sitting across from him and sighed, "Master Jinghui’s chess skills are exquisite, Yunzhi is far from matching them."
If outsiders were present, they would surely be astonished to see such a scene, where the mighty Prime Minister of a country addresses a monk of an age that could be his son as an equal, and with particular respect.
However, if one recognized this young monk, it would naturally seem justified, for he was Master Jinghui, who was surrounded by a holy Buddha light at birth, considered the reincarnation of the Saint Buddha. He entered the monastery at the age of three, wise and eager to learn from a young age, acquainted with all schools of thought. Although only twenty-two years old, he had traveled extensively across the Great Qing, giving lectures and debates, with countless followers, and was granted the title of Master Jinghui by the royal family, also the National Guardian Monk of the Great Qing Country.
Jinghui, with his elegant brows and eyes, picked up the black chess pieces with his slender, fair fingers and placed them back in the chess cup. Hearing Song Zhiyuan’s words, he looked at Song Zhiyuan and smiled gently, "Merely an elegant pastime for self-entertainment. The Prime Minister worries about the country and the people, Jinghui is far from matching this."
Song Zhiyuan was speechless; this was just how he was, always able to counter your words with a single remark.