Chapter 220: The Attack on the White Horse Temple (2)
There is a Tang generation to yellow as the respect, purple as the precious, Khotan by the influence of the Tang Dynasty, but also follow this example - yellow is the color of the heavens, the folk are not allowed to use without permission, as for the purple, although the formal occasion, only the three grades or more can be worn by the people, but the folk wear purple is very few, not afraid of taboos, but because the purple clothing is extremely expensive, but must have an excellent temperament to match, otherwise, there is a suspicion of the monkey and the crown, not to mention the folk, Even the magnates in Chang'an City do not want to wear purple easily every day, in order to show their dignity only if this purple has to be distinguished by temperament, ordinary people wear it, but it is just a laughing at the Fang family, but this law does not work at all when it comes to Princess Mingyue, as for the effect, just look at the stunned appearance of Li Xian and others.
"His Royal Highness Lao has been waiting for a long time, and the concubine is also guilty."
Just when Li Xian was stunned, Princess Mingyue had already walked to the front in all directions, blessed with all the blessings, and meticulously performed a palace etiquette.
"It's okay, it's okay, Lone has just arrived, and the princess is ready to stop, so let's go."
Looking at the dignified Princess Mingyue in front of him, Rao is Li Xian is calm nature, and he can't help but feel a little surprised, just because he really didn't expect that once the little girl who has always had a hot personality got serious, she had a faint mother's temperament in the world, and the contrast between the front and the back made Li Xian secretly sigh about the fickleness of women, but this is also in line with Li Xian's aesthetic point of view - go to the hall, enter the kitchen, well, of course, the most important thing is to be able to enter the cave room, of course, At this time, he could only think about it in his heart, and he couldn't say it categorically, so Li Xian could only laugh, turned to one side, and motioned Princess Mingyue to get into the carriage first.
"Your Highness Youlao."
Princess Mingyue obviously planned to be dignified to the end, and once again blessed, stretched out her little hand, and let Li Xian serve and get into the carriage, but before the curtain of the carriage was lowered, the little girl's face immediately showed a sly smile, spit out her little fragrant tongue, and blew like a randy in Li Xian's ear and teased: "Your Highness, didn't you secretly scold the concubine in your heart?" ”
“……”
Li Xian was speechless for a while when he heard this, but before he could think about how to answer this strange question, Princess Mingyue had already reached out and lowered the curtain of the car, not giving Li Xian the slightest opportunity to take revenge.
I'll it, this girl is really a witch of change! Inadvertently put on a stand by Princess Mingyue, Li Xian really didn't know what to say except for a wry smile, and then looked at the embarrassing appearance of the personal palace maids waiting next to the car who wanted to laugh but didn't dare, Li Xian had no choice but to pretend to be okay shrugged his shoulders, turned over on the horse's back, waved his hand, and ordered loudly: "Let's go!" As soon as this order was given, the team of people and horses made a sensation, and the carriage guarding Princess Mingyue went straight to the White Horse Temple outside the South City Gate......
In Khotan, the people believe in Buddhism, devout worship of the Buddha, on the occasion of the approaching of the new year, to the White Horse Temple to burn incense and make wishes of the people are a lot, especially the Tang Dynasty King Zhou and Princess Mingyue will go to the White Horse Temple together to the rumors of a line, the followers are countless, this early in the morning, the White Horse Temple outside is already a sea of people, so that the order of the monks are all tired to stick out their tongues, but no one dares to be lazy, you must know that it is not an ordinary person, but the famous King of Zhou in the Tang Dynasty, In case something goes wrong in the reception, the whole temple is afraid that they will have to eat and hang, and I don't see that even the abbot, the temple supervisor and other giants in the temple are now lined up outside the temple gate in a regular manner, and the monks can only support themselves even if they are tired and tired.
"It's coming, it's coming!"
"Look, it's coming, it's finally here!"
"Oh, that's His Royal Highness King Zhou, such a mighty individual, sharp!"
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Countless onlookers gathered outside the temple waited from sunrise to the middle of the day, and finally waited for the arrival of Li Xian and his party, and the curious people all discussed randomly, and almost all of them looked at Li Xian who was guarding the carriage.
"Amitabha, the poor monk White Horse Temple, the host Zhixin led the monks of the whole temple to welcome His Royal Highness the King of Zhou of the Tang Dynasty and His Royal Highness Princess Mingyue."
Seeing the convoy coming from afar, Master Zhixin's body couldn't help but tremble slightly, and his hands trembled slightly, but he quickly stabilized his emotions.
"Xiao Wang took the liberty to visit and caused trouble to the master."
Although Li Xian does not believe in Buddhism, but in previous years, he did not go to the temple with Gao Zongwu to incense, and he was no stranger to this way.
"Don't dare, don't dare, His Royal Highness and the princess came together, it is really the glory of the temple, the poor monks have heard His Royal Highness's name for a long time, and I can see it today, and I am fortunate to have three lives."
Master Zhixin took a small step back slightly, to show that he did not dare to accept Li Xian's courtesy, his long eyebrows were lowered, his face was full of flattering smiles, and his mouth was very polite.
Tsk, isn't this old monk's kung fu good, it's a pity not to mix with officialdom. Li Xian has also seen some high-ranking monks in previous years, most of them are people who cherish words like gold, even if they have words, most of them are concise and to the point, and rarely flatter people indiscriminately because of the dignity of the visitor, for the pleasing behavior of Master Zhixin, Li Xian is a little disdainful, but it is not good to say much at this time, Li Xian can only smile slightly, and no longer say more.
"Master Lao Zhixin has been waiting for a long time, and Mingyue is really sorry."
Just when Li Xian and Master Zhixin were saluting, Princess Mingyue had been waiting for the palace maids to get out of the carriage, and when she saw Li Xian smiling and silent, Princess Mingyue stepped forward and blessed Master Zhixin, interrupted a sentence, and avoided the cold scene without a trace.
"Don't dare, don't dare, Her Royal Highness the princess is serious, the poor monks and others have prepared the rituals, and respectfully invite Your Highness and the princess to enter the meditation room." Seeing that Princess Mingyue also appeared, the smile on Master Zhixin's face suddenly became a little brighter, and he bowed down and took a step back, and then waved his hand, signaling Li Xian and Princess Mingyue to enter the temple.
"There's Master Lao." Princess Mingyue was blessed, and after returning the salute, she said to Li Xian slightly: "Your Highness, please first." ”
"Well, Master, please!"
Li Xian has always had an indifferent attitude towards worshipping the Buddha or not respecting the Buddha, but since it is Princess Mingyue's letter, Li Xianzi is also happy, but deep down in his heart he still hopes that this matter will be sooner rather than later, and he doesn't want to bother with red tape, so he smiled and nodded, and walked to the temple gate first.
"The generals are slow, the sword soldiers are taboo in Buddhism, and please be considerate of the generals, don't bring a knife into the temple."
As soon as Li Xian moved, Luo Tong, Liu Ziming and other accompanying guards naturally followed closely, but before everyone could take a few steps, they saw an old monk who had been silently following Master Zhixin suddenly stood up and blocked the way of the guards.
"Presumptuous!"
Liu Ziming believes in Buddhism, but Luo Tong is a master who only believes in fists, this time when he saw that the old monk dared to stand in the way, he was in a burst of fire, and unceremoniously opened his mouth and scolded, his hand was already on the handle of the knife, and he wanted to draw the knife against each other if he disagreed.
"Huh?"
Li Xian saluted the Buddha many times, and he had never seen a monk dare to stop the guards, this time he saw that the old monk stopped the road with an uncompromising face, although his face was as calm as before, his eyes were sharp, and he didn't speak, just snorted coldly.
"Your Royal Highness Haihan, Buddhism is a pure place, it is indeed not suitable for swords and soldiers to enter, in previous years, the lord of the country came here to incense, and it was also done in this way, and please be considerate of Your Highness." Seeing that Li Xian seemed to be very dissatisfied, Master Zhixin immediately showed a hint of panic on his face, and hurriedly explained.
"Well, since that's the case, then the king will go to the countryside and follow the customs, Luo Tong, Ziming, and go in with the orphan, and the rest of the people will stay."
Li Xian didn't rush to answer, but glanced at Princess Mingyue first, and saw that Princess Mingyue nodded uncertainly, and seemed to be overwhelmed by this matter.
"The last general will obey!"
Since Li Xian had spoken, Luo and Liu didn't dare to disobey, so they each answered loudly, and then untied the saber at their waists, handed it to the other guards, and followed closely behind Li Xian and Princess Mingyue left and right.
"Thank you Your Highness for your magnanimity, poor monks and others are grateful, please!"
Seeing that a possible dispute was revealed, Master Zhixin was obviously relieved, hurriedly thanked him, waved his hand, and let Li Xian and Princess Mingyue go to the mountain gate.
What does the old bald donkey want to do? Hey, we'll see! Seeing Master Zhixin's behavior like this, Li Xian's doubts in his heart were a little more intense, but he didn't care too much, just quietly put his hands behind his back and made a secret signal to Luo Tong, and then Shi Shiran walked side by side with Princess Mingyue through the queue of monks who welcomed him, walked into the mountain gate without delay, walked wordlessly all the way through the small square in front of the temple gate, entered the temple gate, passed through the Tianwang Palace, and came to the small square in front of the Daxiong Treasure Palace.
"Your Highness, Princess, please wait, and allow the poor monks and others to open the good hall to welcome you."
Master Zhixin, who had always been smiling and following along, grabbed Li Xian's body, folded his hands, saluted respectfully, and said politely.
"I'm tired."
Li Xian smiled indifferently, waved his hand, and motioned for Master Zhixin to take care of himself.
"Amitabha, good, good."
After Master Zhixin pronounced the Buddha's name, he led the monks to walk quickly to the Daxiong Treasure Hall, in addition to Li Xian's group of four people in the small square, there were only more than ten young monks accompanying him not far away, everything seemed to be normal, until Master Zhixin walked up the steps in front of the Daxiong Treasure Hall, the change suddenly happened......