When Yuan Ziyan returned to the palace again, he regretted that he shouldn't have gone out, because Li Shimin didn't see anyone, locked himself up, and heard that he lost his temper and broke a lot of things.

"Why don't you let me in, get out of the way!" Yuan Ziyan wanted to break in as he spoke, but the eunuch stopped him desperately, and knelt down with a pop, and the old tears were rampant: "Master Guoshi, Your Majesty said that as long as you let one person in, the little one won't survive tomorrow!" ”

"I'll take care of it!"

"Master Guoshi, if you have to go in, the small one can only die on the pillar." The eunuch cried bitterly, but he was in a dilemma.

It seems that Li Shimin has made up his mind that no one will see him, especially these people who intercede for the debate machine. One is his daughter Gao Yang, who is pampered and used to raising a painful daughter, and she can't see her pear blossoms with rain the most, so she can only speak ill of each other, which hurts even more.

The other is Yuan Ziyan, the woman with the heaviest weight in his heart, Li Shimin knows that he can't defend her, so it is better to close the door.

The third person is the royal brother Xuanzang. Xuanzang's contribution to the Tang Dynasty is difficult to describe, and the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty during this period also has a great relationship with him, brothers of the opposite sex, who are not in love with the powerful and willing to pay, if he speaks, what will Li Shimin refuse?

In fact, Yuan Ziyan was angry and asked to face the saint outside the palace, Gao Yang was kneeling at the gate of the palace and crying to enter the palace, and the Xuanzang Xuanyin brothers, who had always been unfazed, were restless, and they couldn't bear to bury their lives in such a daze.

The morning sun rises the next day, and it will not be a minute late because of the joys and sorrows of the world. The despair in the hearts of these people who wanted to be safe was even more important.

Li Shimin stayed awake all night, and in the middle of the night, he was angry and anxious and launched a high fever, saying that he was ill and wasted. Yuan Ziyan couldn't mention this matter again from the early dynasty.

Perhaps there is one last way at the moment, that is, to find testimony in favor of the defense machine, as long as the defense machine flatly denies that he has an adultery with Gao Yang, then in the absence of evidence, he will not be easily sentenced to death.

Yuan Ziyan first asked the officials of Dali Temple to inquire about the situation, and the answer he got was a little helpless, although he did not interrogate the defense machine. But the person His Majesty wants to kill can bypass those cumbersome procedures.

That is to say, the emperor Chrysostom said that he has the power of life and death in the world, and who he wants to die. It will be difficult to turn over again, as for reporting at all levels, avoiding unjust, false and wrongful cases, etc., maybe the historical records will also be biased in favor of the emperor.

Yuan Ziyan hurried to the prison. The debater with no waves on his face is meditating cross-legged.

Ay. Yuan Ziyan sighed slightly and stepped forward. Hearing the movement, the debater smiled slightly, and got up unhurriedly, "The poor monk debater has seen the national teacher. ”

"Debater, you must know the purpose of my visit, right?" Yuan Ziyan asked straight to the point.

"The national teacher is running around for the debate, and the debate is grateful."

"Alright, don't be cool here with me. Two more hours. You're about to be cut in half, don't you want to defend yourself? Yuan Ziyan asked.

A touch of sadness appeared on the debater's face. He smiled bitterly and said: "My six roots are not pure, I have a heart for the princess, and I am not worthy of chanting and chanting Buddha, I really deserve to die." ”

"But as far as I know, there is no deviance between you and Gao Yang. Debate, both of your masters have high hopes for you, and your master, Master Fu Xuanzang, is also old, this incident will hit him hard, and it will also discredit Buddhism. Debater, do you really don't care about all of this? Yuan Ziyan asked.

The debate machine was silent, and Yuan Ziyan said again: "In fact, there are many people in this world who live in another way to save their lives. They include princes and nobles, famous heroes, but I can't say it exactly. Debater, you are so young and have a deep knowledge of Buddhism, it is a pity that you die so recklessly. ”

"National teacher, I am not a dull person, how can I not know the truth. The debate machine is just a speck of dust on the vast earth, and who will remember me in the future? The debater shook his head slightly and sighed: "The reason why I chose to die is because of two reasons. ”

"I want to hear about it!"

"First, my father was a general of the former dynasty, and he fought countless battles in his life, and his achievements were great. However, the evening scene was very bleak, the country was ruined, the family was in the middle, these were nothing, and my father was disturbed by nightmares every day, dreaming that the souls of those who had died unjustly came to him, and could not get rid of it. "My father was getting thinner and thinner, and in a trance he told many secrets, such as the indiscriminate killing of prisoners of war, the invasion of the people, and so on, but it was too late to repent in his heart. ”

"I know about this, but the life and death of the individual is personal, this is a sin created by your father, and it should not be borne by you." Yuan Ziyan said seriously.

"Having said that, since I was born as his son, of course I have this responsibility. I resolutely chose to become a monk and atone for my father's sins. The debate machine said: "My father died a few years ago, still full of horror, died of despair, I have been thinking, that is the sin of the family has not been washed away, how to redeem it?" So I chose to be ascetic and diligent, but every time I dreamed of my father, he was suffering in hell. But yesterday ......"

"What happened yesterday?"

"I actually dreamed that my father was smiling, as if he was a teenager younger, and his face was red, bowing to me, saying that he was going to be reincarnated. National teacher, perhaps only torture can clear my family's misfortune. The debate machine turned his head and looked at Yuan Ziyan seriously.

Yuan Ziyan was speechless for a while, no one knows how to measure and make up for people's mistakes, but this statement of the debate machine is too heavy, and there is no need for him to punish himself like this for the mistakes of others.

"What about the second reason?"

"Only in this way can Gao Yang and I let go of each other, and Gao Yang can start a new life."

"Debate, you and I both know Gao Yang, what kind of character is she? Stubborn and stubborn, when she meets someone who is against her, she must fight to the end, and when she meets someone who can conquer her, she can be willing to give everything. In Gao Yang's eyes, you are the person in the world who can pour out your heart, and dying like this will not do much good except deepening the hatred between their father and daughter. Yuan Ziyan reminded.

"I've made up my mind."

"Debate, you yourself are trapped in it, and you refuse to redeem yourself, right?" Yuan Ziyan said: "In fact, the love between men and women is noble and beautiful, and there is nothing wrong between you and Gao Yang. However, you are bent on escaping and feel that there is nowhere to run but to choose this most stupid path. ”

"National teacher, who won't die?"

The debate machine looked at Yuan Ziyan with a sad face, but Yuan Ziyan didn't know how to answer, the two stood like this for more than ten minutes, Yuan Ziyan knew that this was also a persistent person, and sighed: "Think about it yourself, and tell me when you understand it." ”

Yuan Ziyan raised his feet and wanted to leave the prison, when he suddenly heard the debate machine shouting: "National teacher, please stay!" ”

Yuan Ziyan was overjoyed, thinking that he had figured it out, so he quickly turned around, but he squatted down and put his palm on the ground, and an ant at Yuan Ziyan's feet crawled onto his hand, and then he released him to a safe place.

Yuan Ziyan's nose was sour, and he quickly walked out of the prison, the weather outside was gloomy, as if it was going to rain.

Time is approaching minute by minute, the emperor's order is difficult to disobey, even Yuan Ziyan does not have the right to keep people under the knife, and finally, the shackled and handcuffed debate machine was stuffed into the prisoner car and rushed to the entrance of the vegetable market to behead the public.

I heard that there was a flower monk and the princess who were caught for adultery, and the monk was going to be beheaded, such an explosive news spread quickly, and the entrance of the vegetable market was surrounded by water, and everyone in the world came to see the excitement.

Yuan Ziyan went to find Li Shimin again, but he was still turned away, and he was so angry that he shouted outside, if he didn't come out again, he would go to rob the law field!

Li Shimin still didn't hear any reply, Yuan Ziyan ran to the entrance of the vegetable market angrily, such an excellent young man died unjustly in front of her, no matter what, she couldn't figure it out.

There were many people around in front of the execution platform, Yuan Ziyan saw that the elderly Xuanzang also led Xuanyin and other monks to sit on the ground and recite the Sutra of Chaodu, Gao Yang was dressed in plain clothes, her eyes were red from crying, and she asked for extrajudicial mercy, it was all her fault, and she was willing to bear all the faults.

Thousands of guards appeared, driving the onlookers outside, and the debate machine was escorted to the high platform.

"Stop!" A shout came, Yuan Ziyan arrived quickly, Gao Yang couldn't help but pounce, crying: "Auntie, you save the defense machine, he can't die, I can't do without him!" ”

"Gao Yang, he's already like this, don't talk nonsense and hurt him!"

Yuan Ziyan pushed Gao Yang away, his toes touched the ground, and a sharp spin landed on the high platform, and the executioner immediately came over to salute: "I don't know why the National Teacher came here?" ”

"Of course it's for the debate, let him go!"

"Master Guoshi, can you have a decree from Your Majesty?"

Yuan Ziyan wanted to say yes, but thinking that he had suffered the loss of the false holy decree, he couldn't joke about it, so he said with a cold face: "No." ”

"My lord, my subordinates know that you value love and righteousness, but the responsibility for the crime committed by the defense machine is intolerable, and it is difficult for the people to be angry if you don't kill him. Besides, His Majesty personally ordered it, but I am afraid that it is hopeless to return to heaven. ”

"Do you dare to listen to me?"

"Adults, don't let the little ones be embarrassed. Unless it is an amnesty from His Majesty, the debate machine will die today! ”

Yuan Ziyan snorted, rolled his eyes, didn't bother to defend anymore, and didn't blame him, whoever dared to disobey the holy decree would not die if he argued against him, and those who were executed would have to die. Yuan Ziyan came to the debate machine and whispered: "Debate machine, as long as you are willing to cooperate, truthfully say that you and Gao Yang do not have a deep friendship, a jade pillow does not mean anything." I can take you out of this place at once, and when His Majesty's anger subsides, you and I will make it clear to him, how about it? ”

"Why is the national teacher so good at the debate?"

"Because I think you're a good person and a beloved disciple of the people I care about, I don't want a lot of people to be upset because of you." After Yuan Ziyan finished speaking, he urged again: "Hurry up and make up your mind, don't wait for me to rescue you, you still insist on it, it is equivalent to wasting your efforts!" (To be continued......)