Chapter Eighty-Five: The Death of My Daughter
Demon Ancestor Rahu's escape, the five demons of the Demon Court made a big fuss in Chonghua Palace, which gave the two masters of Heaven and Buddhism a headache, but the two seemed to have reached a tacit understanding, and after their respective goals were achieved, they hibernated.
Time has passed overnight, and twenty years have passed in the human world, but the demon clan and the demon court are still dormant. Twenty years is too long for mortals, but for the two realms of gods and Buddhas, it is nothing more than a flick of a finger.
Eastern Tang Dynasty, on this day, above the early Tang Dynasty, facing the ministers in the palace, Taizong suddenly felt as if the limit was approaching. In a trance, twenty years have passed since Xuanzang completed his scripture.
Taizong sat on the dragon chair, wearing a golden dragon robe, and his face was already showing a state of twilight.
The once high-spirited Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is now as thin as the sun is dying, and he is no longer as handsome and chic as he was back then, with gray hair.
When the ministers in the palace saw Taizong like this, no one was able to speak out easily. Silently waited for Taizong to inquire about the country's affairs.
Taizong suddenly came back to his senses, looked at the ministers in the main hall, and said with a smile, "I am really old, I was stunned on the day of the early dynasty, and I hope you will not be surprised." ”
Fang Xuanling took a step forward, bowed down and said, "The Holy Lord is blessed with Qitian, how dare I and Lao Chen blame it, the minister's view of the Holy Saint is too empty today, isn't he thinking about my pilgrimage monk Xuanzang?"
Hearing the words Xuanzang, Taizong said, "In the past, the Buddha of the West Heaven summoned the royal brother away, but now it has been twenty years, and the royal brother has not come back, I am really a little reluctant!"
"Back to the Holy Lord, the ministers are all in accordance with the Holy Lord's decree, every half a month to visit the temple, but unfortunately the holy monk is not there, the temple is indeed not as good as the holy monk's reign!"
Taizong waved his hand, "The royal brother went west to learn the scriptures, and it is already a great merit to pass on the scriptures to my Tang Dynasty." Now that he has achieved the right result of cultivation, he has been summoned away by the Buddha of the Western Heavens, and we must not be easily slackened, pass on my will, and enshrine the Chuanjing Temple as a royal temple, there must be no mistake!"
"The ministers obey the order!" the ministers all knelt on the ground and shouted Taizong Shengming.
Taizong got up and looked outside the hall, with mixed feelings in his heart, not knowing if the royal brother would come from the west to give him a ride on the day he died.
"Retreat!" the eunuch said loudly when he saw Taizong get up.
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live. The ministers fell on their knees and shouted "Long live."
Xiliang Women's Country, since Xuanzang came once that day, Queen Xiliang was absent and depressed every day. Now that twenty years have passed, Xuanzang has never come to Xiliang Women's Country again, which makes the queen even more worried.
Now twenty years have passed, and the once peerless Queen of Xiliang is gradually getting old, and she is no longer as gorgeous as she was back then.
Queen Xiliang sat in the palace, there was a bronze mirror in front of her, looking at her old appearance, Queen Xiliang's hands trembled slightly. Twenty years have passed, and the royal brother has never returned since he left the Xiliang Women's Country that day.
The national teacher walked in at this time, saw the queen sitting in front of the dresser, waved her hand, and the palace maids serving in the palace retreated one after another.
After everyone left, the national teacher knelt down gently, "Weichen knocks to see Her Majesty the Queen!"
Hearing the voice of the national teacher, the queen put away the bronze mirror, "The national teacher also invites it." ”
"The minister doesn't dare to get up, Her Majesty doesn't drink the water of the Zimu River for a day, and the minister will be ashamed of the ancestors for a day!" said the national teacher on his knees.
Since Xuanzang left the daughter country, the national teacher has advised the queen more than once to drink the water of the Zimu River and leave heirs for the Xiliang women's country, but the queen of Xiliang just doesn't follow, and this matter has dragged on for 20 years.
"National teacher, you should understand the king's thoughts, the king really doesn't want to drink the water of the Zimu River. Queen Xiliang said with some melancholy.
The national teacher stood up, walked up to the queen, and said, "Your Majesty's thoughts, how can the minister not know it?" But since the royal brother left that year, he has never returned to the daughter country, why should Your Majesty continue to insist, I hope that Your Majesty can take the great cause of my Xiliang Women's Kingdom as the priority!"
"Why don't I know what you said? But you once said that this king and his brother are not in love. How can this king give up so easily?" said Queen Xiliang softly.
"Alas," the national teacher sighed helplessly, "Your Majesty, the minister never said this sentence back then, why does Her Majesty still insist on it? Your Majesty has been waiting for the royal brother for twenty years, and if you wait any longer, I am afraid there will be no results!"
Queen Xiliang turned her head when she heard this, tried her best to hold back her tears, suppressed the bitterness in her heart and said, "The national teacher doesn't need to persuade me, this king's mind is dead, I can't wait for my brother and brother, this king will not drink the water of the Zimu River until he dies!"
"By no means, Your Majesty!" the national teacher hurriedly knelt down and prayed, "Your Majesty must not be without an heir, if so, wouldn't my Xiliang Women's Kingdom have to change the dynasty and collapse orthodoxy?"
"Is it really that important to have royal power and wealth, and to have clear precepts?" said Queen Xiliang faintly.
Then he got up gently, "National teacher, this king wants to go to the imperial garden to go around, and the matter of the heir, this king wants to think about it." ”
The national teacher was overjoyed when he heard this, as long as Her Majesty the Queen was willing to leave an heir, then the orthodoxy of her Xiliang Women's Kingdom would not change.
"Minister, let's go prepare!" the national teacher stood up and immediately set about arranging the matter.
After the national teacher left, Queen Xiliang picked up a bouquet of withered flowers on the table, put it on her chest, gently closed her eyes, and two lines of tears slid down Queen Xiliang's cheeks, wetting the table.
After a long time, Queen Xiliang got up and walked towards the apse of the dormitory.
Squeak - The queen pushes open the door of the apse, and the main hall is filled with fragrance, and a golden seated statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva is enshrined in the first place.
Queen Xiliang knelt lightly on the futon, folded her hands and bowed.
"Great mercy and compassion Guanyin Bodhisattva, you say, can this king and the royal brother meet again? I don't seem to have much time, I don't know if I can see the royal brother again before I die?" Queen Xiliang said softly, and then knelt down.
On the golden statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva, first-class light flowed, and then a voice sounded.
"I don't know where it started, and I don't know what the love is. Origin and extinction, love rise and fall. If there is a fate, it is impossible to see the yin and yang, and if there is no fate, it is close at hand, like the next moat. Good, good!"
Hearing this, Queen Xiliang's face showed joy, and she bowed respectfully. "Thank you Guanyin Bodhisattva for your advice!"
Nanhai, Guanyin Bodhisattva sighed softly, Queen Xiliang's Qingqing Pass, Yu Xuanzang and Queen Yu are not so simple to pass.
"In this life, you have no chance, the poor monk will give you a piece of creation, which can be regarded as being able to solve a matter of Xuanzang's heart!" Guanyin Bodhisattva sat on the lotus Buddha platform and spoke softly.
Then he looked at the rosary in his hand, and said silently in his heart, Ancient Buddha, forgive the disciple for his incompetence and failure to complete the important task entrusted to him.
The rosary in Guanyin Bodhisattva's hand suddenly glowed, and then an old voice sounded in the void.
"Guanyin Lux doesn't need to blame himself, everything has a fixed number, just do your best. Don't get caught up in obsessions!"
Hearing this, Guanyin Bodhisattva got up lightly on the Buddha platform and saluted to the void, "Disciple, thank you for the guidance of the ancient Buddha." ”
After Queen Xiliang withdrew from the main hall, she met the national teacher.
"The minister went to the dormitory to ask His Majesty, and found that His Majesty was not in the dormitory, and I thought that His Majesty must have come to this apse. Your Majesty, everything in the Imperial Garden is ready, and I would like to ask your Majesty to move. The national teacher saluted.
The queen nodded slightly, "Allow this king to change his clothes." ”
Queen Xiliang changed her clothes, wearing a red brocade dress and a colorful phoenix crown. It's as graceful as it was back then.
"Your Majesty's demeanor, after so many years, is still the same. The national teacher praised it.
Queen Xiliang smiled softly, and then walked to the back garden of the palace.
In the pavilion of the imperial garden, after the queen sat down, she gently instructed, "National teacher, you and them should step down, this king wants to be alone and quiet." ”
The national teacher nodded slightly, it is rare for the queen to look so good today, and it is good for her to stay here alone for a while. The national teacher waved his hand and led everyone out of the imperial garden.
The queen gently picked up the flask and filled the two glasses in front of her, when a butterfly flew over and landed on one of them.
The queen smiled lightly, and then said to the empty seat in front of her, "Brother Yu, let me dance for you today!"
The queen walked out of the pavilion and danced softly among the flowers of the royal garden, and the melodious song sounded again.
"Mandarin ducks and amphibious butterflies fly together, and the spring color in the garden is intoxicating. Quietly asked the holy monk whether his daughter was beautiful or not, and whether his daughter was beautiful. ”
The queen stumbled at her feet, and her body was a little unstable, but the queen did not stop dancing and continued to dance.
"What do you say about royal power and wealth? What precepts and rules are you afraid of! I just hope that the world will last forever, and I will follow the person I like..."
When the song fell, the queen gently turned her body among the flowers, with a poignant smile on her face, Queen Xiliang's lips became more and more pale, and two lines of tears slid down the queen's cheeks.
The queen could no longer stand, and her graceful figure fell, like a butterfly with folded wings, exhausted its last strength and lay down among the flowers.
Brother Yu, I can't wait for you in this life, if there is an afterlife, I hope you don't use the precepts and rules to reject me again. With a poignant smile on her face, the queen slowly closed her eyes.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" the national teacher hurriedly ran in and saw His Majesty lying among the flowers, "Quickly pass on the Imperial Doctor!
In the queen's bedroom of the daughter country, the national teacher was anxious like an ant on a hot pot pacing back and forth outside the door. The door creaked open, and several imperial doctors walked out, with tears on their faces.
"How's it going, what's going on, is your majesty awake?" asked the national teacher eagerly.
Plop plop - several imperial doctors knelt down one after another, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty has become ill from hard work, and his thoughts are too earnest, already, he has gone immortal!"
When the national teacher heard this, he staggered back a few steps, and fell to the ground with a weak foot. "Your Majesty!"
After thinking about the prison, Xuanzang, who was really chanting, suddenly felt a pain in his chest, as if something big had happened, he suddenly opened his eyes and looked into the void. In a trance, a beautiful woman waved her hand to herself again, muttering something softly in her mouth.
"Brother Yu, if there is an afterlife, I hope you don't reject me with precepts and rules!"
Xuanzang's chest suddenly tore like pain, two lines of tears flowed down involuntarily, and he muttered softly, "Okay, I will live up to you in the next life!"
Dapeng on the side looked at Xuanzang, who was now abnormal, and didn't bother him with words, knowing that the monk in front of him had excellent concentration, but now he was acting like this, something big must have happened.
In the South China Sea, Guanyin Bodhisattva opened his eyes and looked into the void, "Alas, Xuanzang, you can cross all the people who suffer in the world, but you can't cross yourself!"
After thinking about the prison, Xuanzang sat on the ground as if he had drawn a lot of strength, and Dapeng saw Xuanzang behaving like this, and said, "Monk, is there something wrong? You weren't like this in the past!"
Xuanzang smiled bitterly, "I have crossed the world to suffer people, the world to commit great evil, and the world to suffer from greed and hatred, but I can't cross myself!"
"Why do you say this? Aren't you a Buddhist monk? Why are you so abnormal today?" Dapeng asked puzzled. On the way to learn the scriptures, even if this monk encounters demons and monsters, he will not be like today.
Xuanzang shook his head lightly, without words, and then sat cross-legged on the ground, closed his eyes, chanted softly in his mouth, and two lines of tears slipped down involuntarily.
Guanyin Bodhisattva got up, drove the clouds to Lingshan, and then came to the forest of steles. Raise the rosary in your hand.
"I hope that the ancient Buddha can help his disciples!"
The rosary trembled slightly, and then emitted a dazzling golden light, tearing the void that came out of the stele forest, and a small world appeared, Guanyin put away the rosary, raised his feet and walked in.
In the Da Lei Yin Temple, Rulai opened his eyes, "Guanyin Lux, what do you want to do when you go to prison and think about it? The ancient Buddha's rosary is actually in your hand!"
If he came but didn't make any moves, and then closed his eyes, in this spiritual mountain, even if Guanyin Bodhisattva had the prayer beads of the ancient Buddha in his hand, it was not so easy to take Xuanzang away.
"Guanyin Bodhisattva, what are you doing here to think about prison?" Dapeng asked when he saw the person coming.
Guanyin didn't say anything, and quietly looked at Xuanzang on the side, Xuanzang opened his eyes lightly, and said lonely, "Why did the Bodhisattva come here?"
"I'm here to tell you that the king of Xiliang's daughter country died of depression today. Guanyin Bodhisattva spoke softly.
Xuanzang lowered his head, "After all, I still lost him! I crossed the world, but I couldn't cross her!"
"Alas, you're still too persistent. It's the same temper as you had in your previous life. Guanyin Bodhisattva sighed softly.
"The poor monk can help you, but you still need to solve this calamity by yourself. Guanyin Bodhisattva said.
"Disciple thank Guanyin Bodhisattva!" Xuanzang heard this, and bowed to Guanyin Bodhisattva.
Guanyin sighed helplessly, and then turned to leave.
Guanyin Bodhisattva came directly to the underworld, and now because of Rahu's escape from the underworld, the eighteenth layer of hell needs to be rebuilt, and King Qin Guang can be said to be very busy.
Seeing the arrival of Guanyin Bodhisattva, King Qin Guang greeted him and saluted, "Xiao Wang meets Guanyin Bodhisattva!"
Guanyin Bodhisattva nodded lightly and saluted back, "King Qin Guang doesn't need to be polite, the poor monk is here to ask for something!"
"I don't know what Guanyin Bodhisattva has to ask this king?" asked King Qin Guang suspiciously.
"Amitabha, the poor monk wants to interfere with the reincarnation of the king of the daughter country!"