Shendu Garden, Hebi Palace.

Empress Wu came to Anguo Temple in person, the huge statue of the four heavenly kings was moved out of the side hall, covered with gray brocade, some monks in robes in the temple walked around the statue, the mouth chanted words, the head of the great monk also dipped the water in the green jade bottle with a bamboo branch, swayed to the huge statue, sent a message to the Western Elysium, asked the four heavenly kings to leave as soon as possible, so as to avoid accidental injury.

Hundreds of craftsmen are scattered around, kneeling and praying, asking the gods for forgiveness, holding axes, chisels, knives and saws, all kinds of things are ready, just waiting for an order, this idol that has been worshiped by incense for eight years can be restored to the original color of precious wood.

After the prayer was over, the gray brocade slowly withdrew, and now they were no longer idols.

The great monks bowed to the head of the martial arts, and did not bow down, which was the privilege of the martial queen to these Buddhist believers, and the queen of the martial arts folded her hands, bowed her head and bowed, and asked them to return to the monk's house to cultivate.

"Your Majesty, everything is ready" Li Li, the eunuch of the palace, entered the venue with a long line of people, all of them holding lacquer plates in their hands, covered with intricate palace satin, and there were two finger-wide ribbons of one purple and one yellow on the side, and the divided white sandalwood square was placed on the top, and it was to be rewarded to the ministers of civil and military affairs on the first day.

"Hmm" Empress Wu nodded, but did not give an order immediately, she walked to the statue of the god who was about two zhang high and more than two zhang long, holding the sun and moon in her left hand and throwing it off with her right hand, dragging a long skirt, wandering around the statue, looking at the four Dharma Phases with different postures, the king of the country in the east, white, holding the pipa, the king of growth in the south, the body of cyan, holding the sword, the king of the western wide-eyed, white, with a red rope wrapped in his hand, the king of the north and the king, the body of blue, holding the umbrella, each with horizontal eyebrows, fierce and evil, looking at it, couldn't help but giggle, out of control, her waist bent down, and Shangguan Wan'er and Xie Yaohuan, who were following behind, stepped forward together and supported her.

"Giggles, I laughed so much, Wan'er, the Buddhist scriptures are as vast as a sea of smoke, have you ever heard of the four heavenly kings having infighting?" Empress Wu opened her mouth to ask, but it was out of bounds.

Shangguan Wan'er frowned, thought for a long time, and shook her head, "Wan'er is only a shallow learner, and she has never heard of it."

"Then you say, do these four Dharma Protectors have a heart that wants to become a Buddha?" Empress Wu asked another strange question.

Shangguan Wan'er didn't know the essentials, her mind was racing, and she said with a smile, "Wan'er has the heart of a mortal to spend the belly of the gods, and I hope that the gods and Buddhas will not blame me for committing a tongue...... The Buddha is the supreme avenue, the mana is boundless, immortal, embarking on the path of cultivation, thinking of the heart of cultivating Buddhahood"

Empress Wu tilted her head, as if smiling, but she didn't ask any more questions, which made Shangguan Wan'er feel relieved.

After being silent for a long time, Empress Wu turned around and walked outside, and sighed with emotion, "The Four Heavenly Kings, southeast and northwest, two green and two white, entangled in one, and several of my sons and nephews, how similar they are"

The afterglow is long, shocking Shangguan Wan'er and Xie Yaohuan all change color, two green and two white, two Li Erwu, Luling Wang Li Xian, imperial heir Li Dan, Wei Wang Wu Chenghei, Liang Wang Wu Sansi, Fengjue case, Jiangnan Dao case, white sandalwood case, one after another big cases, these four people are fighting openly and secretly behind their backs, combining vertical and horizontal, the four heavenly kings to the Buddha, the four of them, to the emperor's throne under His Majesty, but it is appropriate.

It's just that I don't know, behind the Four Heavenly Kings, is there also a black hand, like Lang Jun?

Shangguan Wan'er was fascinated, and the obsessive pride on her face flashed.

"Your Majesty, the champion Hou is asking to see you outside the temple" Yang Siqiao, the palace supervisor of Shendu Yuan, ran quickly, and when he got closer, he changed to not hurrying, and a white mist steamed out of his head.

Empress Wu paused, "Quan Ce? He didn't go to receive Hebul and Da Zuoli, what did he do here? Declare him in"

"Minister Quan Ce to meet Your Majesty" Quan Ce's posture when he entered the door was also in a hurry, and his eyes were still looking around very irregularly, and he was relieved to see that the statues of the four heavenly kings had not been cut into pieces by a thousand knives.

"Get up, why have you come to see me? But what happened to Murowei and the Spirit? "Empress Wu didn't care about his little rudeness, but more about the Biansai Wai Domain.

Quan Ce hurriedly said, "Returning to Your Majesty, there is no change, the minister and Hebule have discussed properly, and two thousand and forty-six strong people have entered the Beiya, from the recruitment example, how to select and dispatch, and the general Li Duozuo of Zuo Yu Linwei has settled down, his own mansion has been selected, in the North Gate Xiuyi Fang, but the title has not been decided, and the regulations have not been arranged for the time being.

Empress Wu nodded slowly, took his hand, and walked outside, "Well, the measures are appropriate, but there is no difference in official business, you are in a hurry to see me, what is the matter?" ”

Quan Ce's cheeks were slightly red, and he snorted twice, taking root under his feet, and not moving.

Empress Wu became a little interested, looked around, suddenly understood, and asked with interest, "Aren't you here to ask for white sandalwood?" ”

Quan Ce nodded again and again, and gestured twice with both hands, "Your Majesty, the minister wants to ask for such a tall and large piece of white sandalwood."

Empress Wu couldn't hold back her curiosity and asked, "It's not that you can't, but you have to tell me that you want this white sandalwood, what are you doing?" ”

Quan Ce blurted out, "The minister wants to carve a statue of Vedic Bodhisattva and dedicate it to my aunt, and the idol that my aunt is now worshipping is purple and black, which is not very good-looking."

When Empress Wu heard this, she smiled faintly, "Hehe, it's okay, but I have a conscience, and I love you in vain, I'm right."

Turning around, he stroked Quan Ce's back with one hand, pointed at the statue of the Four Heavenly Kings with the other, and a complicated smile broke off at the corner of his mouth, "These Four Heavenly Kings will be tossed by you."

"Your Majesty Longen" Quan Ce bowed down to thank him, but he was a little more careful in his heart, he didn't understand why Empress Wu had such a strange look.

"Vedic Bodhisattva, Dharma Protector? Hehe" The martial queen is inexplicable, and she leaves with her hands.

Li Li, the eunuch of the palace, came up, patted his chest righteously, and nodded at the team of men and horses holding knives and axes, "Da Lang, what shape do you want?" ”

Quan Ce pondered for a while, thought about the space of Princess Taiping's small Buddha hall, and pointed to the Eastern Heavenly King and said, "Just hollow out the body part of this Heavenly King of the Holding Country......

Numerous artisans flocked to it.

The craftsmen are all carefully selected masters of the arts, and they do not use rope and ink, but only with the naked eye, and after more than half an hour's effort, the wood required by the right policy is dug out neatly.

"Champion Hou, the old slave arranged a carriage and horses to facilitate transportation" Yang Siqiao was very warm, and while the inner attendant was carrying, he said softly, "Champion Hou, Luling King and his wife are far away in Fangzhou, several nobles are young, lonely in Shendu, seeing that it is going to the Chinese New Year's Eve, may they go to Princess Yiyang's Mansion to gather?" ”

Quan Ce glanced at him and smiled faintly, "The palace supervisor is bothered, today Chinese New Year's Eve reunion, in Aunt Taiping's mansion, Aunt Gao'an's family and Aunt Qianjin will go, Duke Qi Guogong will also go, and Duke Chu and several county lords are also invited."

"Thank you, Champion Hou," Yang Siqiao's voice was a little choked.

Quan Ce patted him on the shoulder, he didn't know why Yang Siqiao took care of King Luling in every way, and he didn't change his course when the wind and rain were urgent, but it was rare for a eunuch to have this loyalty.

The two walked out of the Shendu Garden together, but saw a group of men, women, and children dressed in white and wearing cloaks walking into the Chongguang Gate.

Quan Ce looked suspicious, Yang Siqiao sent someone to inquire early, and came back to explain, "It's Feng Junheng's family, and he didn't enter the palace as a slave."

Quan Ce nodded, there was no ripple in his heart, in the past, Feng An, the Duke of Yueguo, fought in the south and the north, destroyed countless countries, and was also a masterpiece of a generation, so far, it can be regarded as a dead end.

In the Lintoe Palace, Li Longji, the king of Linzi, looked at Feng Junheng's youngest son, nine-year-old Feng Yuanyi, who had just been tortured by the palace, his body was weak, his face was pale, the blood in his crotch was still there, his face was full of panic and fear, and he cowered and didn't know where to go, like a lamb to be slaughtered.

"Lao Gao, let him follow you" Li Longji sighed and walked away.

Gao Yanfu bowed and touched the back of Feng Yuanyi's head, "You kid, your life is not good, follow me, learn to be a good slave, in the palace, your family's name can't be kept, it's too eye-catching, it's easy to make taboos, just follow my surname, we are doing hard work, but we can't shorten the scholar's integrity and knowledge......"

"Your name, Colliers"

The dawn of the Tang Dynasty

The dawn of the Tang Dynasty