No one in the harem doesn't know that Wan Guifei is the real master here, but Wan Guifei doesn't think so, she feels that the harem is like a place to shake dice, anyone can shake a bigger point than you, the best way is to eliminate those who can get the dice first, so she has a bit of a gambler's toughness in her bones, and it is easy to attract cowardly people, such as Zhu Jianshen, the current son of heaven.

She was not beautiful but very strong, and she stepped on a short pestle and glared at Zhaoran: "You let this palace ascend to Sendai, if something goes wrong with you, then the life of this palace has to be in your hands?"

Zhao Ran rubbed his red eyes and said, "Niangniang can also not ascend to Sendai." ”

Not ascending Sendai means that you are greedy for the glory and wealth of the world, and perhaps it can also be extended by people with ulterior motives to not be able to be of one heart and one mind with the current saint who is dedicated to cultivation, Wan Guifei glanced at Liang Fang who was standing on the side: "If you can keep this palace complete, this palace will also repay the favor, if it is ......"

Zhao Ran said directly: "Xiaomin and Xiaomin's grandfather are also on the Ascension Stage." ”

Concubine Wan just flicked her skirt and sat down in the chair behind her and said, "Then according to what you said, who is afraid of this palace." ”

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Zhaoran went out of the middle gate, Wantong was already waiting there, and when he saw him, he asked, "You asked Xiao Huangmen to come to me, is there something important?"

"There's a very important thing for you to do. ”

"What?"

Zhao Ran whispered a few words in Wantong's ear, and the fat on Wantong's face couldn't help but tremble a few times: "You let me dig the grave of He Xianren?"

"This matter is extremely important, if you don't go, the concubine Niangniang may really have to ascend to immortal as soon as it arrives at noon today. ”

Wan Tong lingered for a while on whether to dig the immortal grave or let Wan Guifei ascend to the immortal, and then made up his mind: "It's just digging a grave, Jinyi Wei is not afraid of the living, how can he be afraid of the dead?!"

Zhaoran sighed in his heart, this Wan brother and sister is not a family that does not enter the door, and they all say the same thing.

As soon as Wantong left, there was a sound of footsteps behind him, and it was Liang Fang who followed again: "Young Master Rong, the noble concubine Niangniang let the Sprinkle family follow you, and you just give orders when you need it!"

Zhao Ran turned his head and said, "Speaking of which, there is really something for you to do." ”

Liang Fang hurriedly said, "Childe, you say." ”

Zhaoran grinned and said: "The braised elbow in the palace is really good, the color is bright, soft and glutinous, how to do it, can you let the imperial chef give you some advice?"

Liang Fang said dryly: "Braised ...... Elbows?"

Zhaoran put his arm on Liang Fang's shoulder and said, "Father-in-law has also worked hard, there are still one or two hours before noon, we might as well go and have a drink." ”

"This, this ......" Liang Fang hadn't said why, and had been dragged away by Zhaoran.

Liang Fang saw that Zhaoran and the imperial chef really discussed the method of braised elbows, he watched the sun rise higher and higher, and he was so anxious that he followed the ants on the hot pot.

As a eunuch of the imperial horse and eunuch, he has the power to the inner palace, and he relies on the favor of Wan Guifei, Wan Guifei is about to ascend to immortal, and he is afraid that he will not be far from ascending to heaven.

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In Jiang's mansion, Mrs. Jiang sat at the top of the hall, looked around at the family sitting in the lower corner, and then got up and said, "Change clothes and prepare a sedan chair." ”

As soon as he said this, Jiang Biqiao couldn't help crying first, and Mrs. Jiang also had red eyes, only Mrs. Jiang was quite calm, and said: "Don't panic, wouldn't it be fun for us Jiang Mansion to let people see it." ”

She walked to the bottom of the corridor and said to A-Ning, who was standing at the bottom of the steps: "Then I will hand over the master to you, and when I saw Xian'er, I told him that my grandfather is old, and he has a life and death, and he doesn't need to force everything, just keep himself." ”

A-Ning bowed and said, "A-Ning wrote it down." ”

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In the Chengqian Palace, Wan Guifei inserted a bead hairpin in the mirror, and the last one was still crooked, and the palace maid hurriedly came up to straighten her.

Only then did she get up and walked down the steps with the help of the palace maid.

At this moment, Zhao Ran had just walked out of the door of the imperial kitchen with Liang Fang, and it had just snowed in the cold winter moon, but Liang Fang's forehead had already gathered a layer of fine sweat.

"Young Master Rong, what should we prepare now?"

"Didn't you prepare?"

"Chef Li's secret ingredient for braised elbow?" Liang Fang couldn't help but ask.

"That's it, it's a good thing, get ready, let's go to Babel together. ”

"But, what's the use of that?"

"Why is it useless?" smiled mysteriously, "Mother Buddha loves to eat braised elbows." ”

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The two monks outside the hall were holding the things prepared by the National Teacher Tower, Zhaoran ordered them according to the list, and then turned his head and asked Jiuru: "Have you prepared the other things I asked you to prepare?"

Jiuru pointed to the carriage, and Zhao Ran stepped into the carriage with a long sigh of relief: "Let's go." ”

"How sure are you that of breaking the Buddha's mother's ascension to Sendai?" Jiuru asked.

Zhao Ran tilted his head and asked, "If I say that I don't have a point, you will not go up to Sendai with me?"

Jiuru said calmly: "Naturally." ”

"I don't have a point, and you still go up with me?" Zhao Ran couldn't help but say.

Jiuru said: "Although you are not informal, but you are a very principled person before the big right and wrong, even if you are not even sure that you have to go up, there is naturally a reason to go." ”

Zhaoran stared at him for a long time, when Jiuru said this, his eyelashes didn't move, as if he was gossiping, not something related to his life, his eyebrows were straight, under the black bun, his white neck, he looked delicate and elegant.

"There is no hope, I have already fled for my life, where is the principle of Tianda important?" Zhao Ran snorted on Jiuru's body, "Jiuru, I don't think you should recite this Buddhist scripture, you will be stupid if you read it again." ”

Jiuru was not annoyed, only raised his index finger and flicked his forehead: "Sit up straight." ”

Zhaoran sat up straight and touched his forehead, and suddenly remembered that the woman Jiuru liked was another fake skin of his own, so couldn't it be that he liked a woman with a character like himself?

When I think about it, I suddenly have a little direction.

But then he wondered, what kind of person would a woman of his stature be?

Smart, prodigal...... Isn't that coquettish?

The more he thought about it, the bigger his eyes became, and the innocent and shy little Buddha liked coquettish women......

Zhaoran turned seventeen or eighteen turns in his heart, and lifted the curtain of the car and said, "It's here, get off." ”

The Tower of Babel has arrived.

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Zhao Ran glanced out the car window, the tower of Babel was quietly crowded with people, the whole street was only a lane maintained by the people of the Five Cities Terracotta Division, and from time to time there were vehicles of great good people passing through Guò, which caused a small noise from the people around.

Nine got out of the carriage, but the street was silent.

The Buddha's son Ji Xiang Nunnery argued that the Buddha's mother had already spread throughout the capital, so the eyes of everyone to him were quite complicated, there were doubts, there were worship, but Jiuru only looked at the footsteps from the road like the wind, as if the world was suspicious, or slanderous, or jealous for him are just clouds under his eyes.

Zhaoran followed behind Jiuru, smelling the faint scent of sandalwood wafting from him, thinking that Jiuru was very imposing if he was a Buddha or not.

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They walked up along the pagoda, which was divided into nine floors, each of which houses the gods and Buddhas, and now the statue of the Mother Buddha on the highest floor has been moved. The stairs on the right side of the tower are hung with curtains, only the left side can be passed, and there is also a set of futon tables and chairs in the hall that are covered by screens, thinking that these are all specially used to facilitate the entry and exit of Wan Guifei.

When Jiuru came in, there were nine people sitting on the ten futons, and even the national teacher sat in a corner with his eyes closed, and when the old lady Jiang accompanied a young boy in a yellow suit in an official uniform, the nuns of Jixiang'an had not yet arrived.

Old Lady Jiang saw Zhaoran and lowered her voice and said, "What are you doing here?

Zhaoran grinned: "Old lady, I came with the Buddha, and I am absolutely safe, you can rest assured." ”

Jiuru bowed slightly to the old lady Jiang, as an astrological official family, the relationship between the old lady Jiang and the National Teacher Tower is really not very good, but it is inconvenient to face the Buddha rudely, so he had to return the salute and said with a somewhat unpleasant face: "The prince is here, why is the nun of Jixiang'an not there?" ”

"Lord Jiang is not impatient, the wonderful news is here. Mrs. He's voice came from behind her, followed by several nuns, Fa Yin and a few nuns also appeared, holding a few curtains in their hands, unfolded and copied a lot of Buddhist scriptures.

Mrs. He said lightly: "Seal the tower." ”

Several nuns walked over neatly, unfurled the curtains, and sealed all the surrounding windowsills with curtains, and the light of the tower dimmed at once.

"Burn the candles. ”

Two large oil-colored candles were erected, and a few wisps of dark and mysterious atmosphere were added to the tower, and Old Lady Jiang raised his hand and said, "Wait, what are you going to do?"

Mrs. He said expressionlessly: "Old lady Jiang, these things are all necessary rituals for the ascension of immortals, and all the mundane things have been prepared by the National Teacher Tower, you can rest assured." ”

Old lady Jiang turned his head to look at Jiuru, Jiuru nodded shallowly, old lady Jiang had to be silent, and Mrs. He said again: "Fengxiang." ”

A few sticks of incense were erected and inserted in the altar, and Mrs. He said, "Put the things needed for the ten good people to ascend the immortal talisman." ”

The nuns also placed their talismans, seals, cinnabars, and an incense burner on top of the low table.

Mrs. He just turned around and wanted to bow down, but Zhao Ran said loudly: "Wait!"

"What's the matter with this son?"

Zhaoran smiled and pointed downstairs: "Someone is coming below." ”

Everyone listened attentively, and sure enough, there were footsteps rushing up, Zhaoran walked to the front of the building, only to see a brocade running from downstairs panting, Zhaoran took two steps, and the brocade guard whispered a few words in his ear.

Zhaoran returned upstairs and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I asked my friend to do something just now, and he has a reply to me now." ”

Mrs. He no longer paid attention to him, stepped forward and knelt on the ground and said, "The women of the people lead the ten good people to welcome the will of the Buddha's mother. ”

The high candle in front of the Buddha seemed to shake slightly, and a solemn voice sounded in the tower: "In my way, I will open the fairy gate for you." ”

Several other great benevolent people were shocked, hurriedly got up from the futon, and followed Mrs. He to lie in front of the Buddha statue, and even Wan Guifei behind the screen seemed to be a little unable to sit still.

Old lady Jiang took the prince's hand and took a few steps back, and for a while, only Jiuru and Zhaoran were still standing in the middle of the hall.

"Who are you, why don't you kneel? ”

Zhaoran turned around and looked at the Buddha and said, "The Buddha said that all beings are equal, why should I kneel to you?"

"Bow down to the Buddha, not to kneel to the Buddha, but to show piety, you are not sincere, then quickly leave, the door to ascend to the immortals opens, the Buddha will naturally ascend to the gate of heaven, but the Buddha will fall into the hell of the nose, and suffer from the suffering of the eternal life. The voice of the Buddha's mother was faint, as if it was really judging life and death from outside the nine clouds, "God has the virtue of a good life, let you go back, if you insist on going your own way, you will inevitably take the blame." ”

Zhao Ran smiled and said: "I'm not leaving, I want to see how the Ascension Immortal Gate made me fall into the Ah Nose Hell." ”

Mrs. He got up and said, "Fellow Daoists, please sit down, the immortal ascension ceremony is about to begin." ”

Several good people hurriedly climbed back to their seats, and the old lady Jiang seemed to have come back to his senses at this moment, and the little boy unfolded the yellow will in his hand and said: "I, since the beginning of the Heavenly Fortune, my dynasty has often ruled the world with benevolence and righteousness, Xuanliu has been weathered, and the Buddha is worshipped and respected......"

He stammered and finished reading, and then Mrs. He raised her eyes and said, "Seal the building." ”

Zhao Ran said: "Why do you even have to seal the building?"

Mrs. He said lightly: "The secular road has been sealed, and the ladder will be opened." ”

Several good people were both happy and confused, and Mrs. He sat down in the chair and demonstrated: "Please grind half of the cinnabar in your hands, pour half into the incense burner, and after the immortal ascension talisman is drawn, burn it with a candle flame and put it into the incense burner, so as to inform the immortals in the heavens." ”

Zhao Ran smiled and said: "The Buddha's mother is also a person who knows etiquette, but why should this cinnabar be put half into the incense burner." ”

Mrs. He said: "Cinnabar can ward off all evils, and can bless the souls of all good people to ascend the road to heaven without being tempted by the evil spirits on the road."

Zhao Ran smiled: "I see. ”

Mrs. He said: "Please prepare the things according to what the poor nun said, and we are about to start drawing the ascension talisman, this ascension talisman is a sacred object specially prepared by the Buddha Mother for us, which can protect us and so on, so please draw more, the more you draw, the more comprehensive the road to ascension." ”

She turned to the nuns and said, "You guys are responsible for sealing the building." ”

The nuns walked away with two large curtains, and only Fayin was left behind Mrs. He.

The solemn voice sounded again: "The hour has come, and you can begin." ”

Zhao Ran shouted, "Wait!"

Mrs. He's face couldn't help but show anger: "This son, if you don't leave, it's okay, but you can't miss the opportunity for a few great benevolent people to ascend to the sky." ”

Zhao Ran said seriously: "I just think that what you just said about the evil of cinnabar is very reasonable, but where can such a little cinnabar, the more the merrier." ”

He shouted loudly: "Come on, bring up the remaining cinnabar prepared by the National Teacher Tower." ”

Listening to the sound of footsteps downstairs, two monks walked up carrying a large open burning carbon stove, which was covered with a layer of red cinnabar, and a choking smell of sulfur came to the face.

Then another little yellow door came up with a plate, but it was full of garlic.

When they retreated, Zhao Ran smiled and said, "When you go out, don't forget to seal the stairs for the Buddha Mother." ”

"You, what are you doing?" said Mrs. He, who couldn't help but cover her nose.

Zhao Ran stepped forward and paced a few steps and smiled: "Tell you a story." ”