Zen Master Huiyun respectfully took a bronze bowl containing water, and said, "Please use the holy water to bathe the Buddha with blessings!" ”

The female emperor slowly put her hand into the bronze bowl and sprinkled it with some holy water on the Buddha statue, and at the same time, hundreds of monks began to chant sutras. Across the Luoshui River, everyone seemed to be able to see this scene from a distance, so they all quickly knelt on the ground and began to pray for blessings.

The monk brought a pair of large incense sticks, each one a man high, and the female emperor took the flame and slowly lit the incense candles, and the monks carefully placed the incense candles in front of the Buddha statue; Then, Huiyun Zen Master personally to the female emperor against the three incense that had been lit, the female emperor folded her hands, slowly closed her eyes, began to sincerely worship the Buddha, the mouth chanted words, after a while, the female emperor opened her eyes again, reverently inserted the three incense into the incense burner in front of the Buddha statue. The female emperor returned to her original position, slowly closed her eyes, and began to recite the scriptures with the monks. Only Li Ke and Pei Min looked nervous at this time, and they didn't dare to slack off for a moment, and the two looked around carefully from time to time, for some reason, Li Ke was extremely panicked at the moment, and there always seemed to be an ominous premonition, the crisis was not far away, but he didn't know what it was?

Finally, the monks stopped, and the female emperor slowly opened her eyes, only to see Zhang Yizhi holding a torch made of bamboo, one end had been lit, kneeling in front of the female emperor, and said loudly: "Please Your Majesty light the lamp for the Buddha platform!" ”

The female emperor took the torch, followed Zhang Yizhi slowly walked to the Buddha statue, there is a fire here, the female emperor looked left and right, the Luoshui River has built a bamboo platform that can not be seen at a glance, the left and right stretches out at least more than 100 zhang each, the bamboo platform is very good, even higher than the Buddha statue, the bamboo platform is densely hung with countless lamps, but it has not been lit at the moment, and its subtlety can not be seen.

Zhang Yizhi pointed to the place where the fire was drawn, and said softly to the female emperor: "Your Majesty, please burn here!" ”

The female emperor smiled slightly, and whispered: "It is still the two brothers who understand my mind best!" So saying, he kindled the fire. Li Ke and Pei Min didn't know why, they were very nervous at the moment, their hearts were about to rise to their throats, and they unconsciously clenched their swords, ready to jump up at any time to deal with unexpected situations. However, their worries at the moment are unnecessary.

The ignition design on the lampstand is consistent with the previous road lighting device, the female emperor just lit the fire, the fire quickly spread to all directions of the lampstand, and the lamp passed ten, ten, hundred, hundred, thousand... The lampstand that stretched for nearly 200 zhang and five zhang high next to the Luoshui River was all lit up in an instant, and the Luoshui River was like daylight.

Zhang Yizhi continued: "Your Majesty, this lampstand is five zhang high and one hundred and ninety-nine zhang long, symbolizing Your Majesty's status as the Ninety-Five Emperor!" There are a total of 9,999 lamps hanging on the lampstand, symbolizing His Majesty's longevity! ”

The female emperor looked at the lantern that was lit, and her heart was even happy, and when she heard Zhang Yizhi say this, she was even more happy, and said in a loud voice: "Okay! Good! Good! ”

At this time, suddenly

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From across the river came a neat exclamation: "Dragon! Dragon! ”

Hearing this shout, Li Ke and Pei Min couldn't help but be shocked, today the two of them can only survive from the mouth of the "dragon", could it be that there is this thing at this time? But just as the two hesitated, someone in the crowd here also exclaimed: "Dragon! Dragon! ”

Li Ke looked in the direction of his finger, he pointed to the lamp on the lampstand, Li Ke looked carefully, it turned out that the lampstand of two hundred zhang long shared two colors of lamps, one is red, two yellow, and the yellow lamps are arranged in an orderly manner, and after being lit at this moment, it looks like a golden dragon in the distance!

Seeing this, the female emperor couldn't help but be a little overjoyed for a while, such a magical arrangement can be described as ancient and modern, the female emperor was surprised and didn't know what to say for a while, so she could only turn around and say to Zhang Yizhi repeatedly: "Okay!" Good! Good! I am very heartbroken! ”

Zhang Yizhi smiled lightly and said no more!

At this time, the people on the other side of the Luoshui River were already boiling, and they had never seen such a grand occasion, such a careful design must have been practiced repeatedly for a long time, but Zhang Yizhi completed this matter in just a few days, which is really amazing. Not to mention ordinary people, even the prince, King Liang, Princess Taiping and the ministers present today are also eye-opening, and they are fortunate to see this scene in this life, and they have no regrets!

After the lampstand was lit, the female emperor found that the stone statue that was dug up in the ground today was arranged to be placed behind the Buddha statue, close to the Luoshui River, the female emperor was secretly satisfied, today's grand occasion has already exceeded her expectations, this time will make the people of Shendu surrender to her again, and open this place to the people of Shendu tomorrow, so that everyone can see the stone statue that has been changed, and the mandate of heaven will definitely make her throne permanent.

The other side of the Luoshui River shouted in unison: "Long live Your Majesty!" Banzai! Hooray! The ministers here also responded and cheered, and the female emperor was completely immersed in her joy. At this time, Zen Master Huiyun stepped forward and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Lao Qu led all the monks to set up a 10,000-year-old cup in front of the Buddha statue, please Your Majesty will light the 10,000-year-old cup in front of everyone, this 10,000-year-old lamp symbolizes the eternity of the Great Zhou Dynasty!" ”

After hearing this, the female emperor was satisfied with this arrangement, so she replied: "Okay! Then he came to the Buddha statue again with Zen Master Huiyun.

Zen Master Huiyun took the bamboo torch handed by his disciple and said loudly to the Buddha's stage: "Everyone, please listen to the old man's words! "Huiyun Zen Master's prestige in Buddhism is very high, even the female emperor is respectful to him, at this moment, seeing that he wants to speak, everyone immediately quieted down, and looked at the Buddha platform together.

Zen Master Huiyun then said loudly: "Today is the Shangyuan Festival, the old man and all the monks chant sutras and worship the Buddha, and get the Buddha's revelation, and set up a special 10,000-year-old lamp here!" After that, he pointed to a lotus-like lamp in front of the Buddha statue and said: "Once this lamp is lit, as long as it is not extinguished, it symbolizes the eternal stability of the country and the well-being of the people for generations!" The previous ignition and lighting had already aroused everyone's interest, and the blood was boiling at the moment, so when they heard this, everyone couldn't help but exclaim in unison! Zen Master Huiyun waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and continued to say loudly: "Therefore, the person who lights this lamp must be the true son of heaven, and must inherit the mandate of heaven and obey the will of the people, if not, he will be punished by heaven!" ”

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Speaking of this, everyone echoed again, and at the same time looked at the female emperor in unison, there was Huiyun Zen Master said so, the only person who lit this lamp was the female emperor, and the female emperor did not feel anything wrong in her heart after hearing it, and this lamp was lit, which increased her sacred status in the hearts of everyone.

Zen Master Huiyun slowly walked towards the female emperor with a torch in hand, and when he arrived in front of the female emperor, Zen Master Huiyun handed the torch in his hand to the female emperor, and turned to everyone and said loudly: "Everyone, please be quiet, we will witness Your Majesty lighting this lamp together!" ”

The female emperor took the torch and slowly went deep into the Wannian Cup in anticipation, at this moment, she was full of joy, today's arrangements for everything really satisfied her, plus the Wannian Cup at this moment, today is considered to be a complete matter!

But at this time, something unexpected happened to the female emperor, no matter how she burned the wick, but the Wannian lamp just didn't burn, and the female emperor began to be a little surprised in her heart, if it was a few times, it couldn't burn! The people who were waiting for the Buddha at the stage couldn't help but be a little embarrassed at this moment. Li Ke looked at the female emperor on the Buddha platform, and clearly felt in his heart that the uneasy cloud was approaching step by step, could it be that this was Kedo's conspiracy? Let the female emperor lose her divinity in front of the people of the world?

The female emperor tried a few more times, she had changed from surprise to some anger, in order not to lose face, she whispered to Zhang Yizhi: "Come and see, is there something wrong with this lamp?" ”

Zhang Yiyi bowed down and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, this matter is not my doing, I don't know." ”

The female emperor never expected Zhang Yizhi to be like this, but at this moment she was inconvenient to be angry, so she turned to Zen Master Huiyun and whispered: "Master, come and see, why is this lamp not burning?" Is there a problem? ”

As if he hadn't heard, Zen Master Huiyun slowly closed his eyes and stopped answering.

The female emperor was very embarrassed for a while, and couldn't help but be angry, she tried for a while, but it still didn't burn, at this time someone began to whisper under the Buddha stage, and finally, not only did not light the Wannian Zhang, but even the torch in the female emperor's hand was extinguished with a "whoosh". Seeing this, the female emperor was immediately furious, threw the torch to the ground, and shouted at Zen Master Huiyun: "There is a problem with this 10,000-year-old lamp, and the fire cannot be burned!" As soon as the female emperor said this, there was an uproar under the Buddha stage, and everyone looked at each other, and when they came back to their senses, they began to whisper again.

Seeing this situation, the female emperor was not only angry for a while, but also embarrassed, she never expected that things would develop to this point, in an instant, she has fallen from the peak to the bottom, almost everyone is here today, whether it is the princes and nobles, the envoys of various countries, the Manchu Dynasty and tens of thousands of people, everyone is in full view, if this matter is not handled properly, how can she be able to serve the public in the future, and what prestige can she have. The seriousness of this matter goes far beyond the matter of the stone statue, which can still be reversed, but the matter is definitely difficult to deal with.

The female emperor was about to attack Zen Master Huiyun, but Zen Master Huiyun took the first step and said loudly: "The old man has already said that the person who ignites this 10,000-year-old lamp must be the true son of heaven, and he inherits the mandate of heaven, since His Majesty can't light it, and can't complain about this lamp, it can only be said that His Majesty's destiny has been exhausted, and this matter must not go against the sky!" ”

When the female emperor heard this, she was suddenly so angry that she didn't know what to say, and pointed her finger at Zen Master Huiyun, trembling all over!

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