Zhang Changzong held the holy decree in his hand, walked straight to the front of the Son of Heaven Luan, looked around, slowly opened the holy decree, and immediately read it aloud: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor said." On the occasion of the dragon Shangyuan, the heaven and earth are inspired, I specially inherit the will of heaven, sincerely worship the Buddha in this place, may the Great Zhou Dynasty be eternal, may the gods be prosperous, and may the people live and work in peace and contentment! At this point, everyone knelt down again and shouted in unison, "Long live Your Majesty!" Hooray! ”

After everyone finished shouting, Zhang Changzong continued to read: "If you want the world to prosper, the martial arts must be stable and the country will be stabilized, the literature must be inspired, and I will follow the will of heaven and make a special decision to worship the Buddha and worship the heavens with me, hoping to prosper the country with civil and military affairs!" In order to thank God for his favor, the imperial treasure is given to the talents of civil and military affairs, in order to show the way of the court's talents! Everyone shouted in unison: "Your Majesty Longen! Your Majesty! ”

Zhang Changzong glanced at Pei Min and read aloud: "On the orders of Your Majesty, the one who wins the championship in the imperial martial arts - Pei Min, the Xuantie Twin Swords of the Western Regions!" Bestow the title of Sword Master! Pei Min was stunned when he heard this, as a person who loves swords, he knows very well how precious this Western Regions Xuantie Double Sword is, Xuaniron is a thing outside the earth, rare in the world, the material is extremely heavy, after countless forgings, the iron is sharpened like mud, and the hair is broken; The double sword is more exquisite, according to legend, the two disciples of the sword casting master Ouyang Ye have cast two famous swords of the cadre Mo Ye, and then the whereabouts of the double sword are unknown, casting the double sword, the difficulty is that the two swords need to complement each other, in order to maximize their power, the dark iron is already a rare thing in time, if you want to find another piece of dark iron performance to match, cast into a double sword, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack, full of difficulty, but now the female emperor is giving this thing, Pei Min can't help but be surprised, stunned, He hurriedly came to Tianzi Luan's drive with his hands raised and knelt on the ground to thank him, people who practice martial arts have great respect for swords, especially such rare famous swords in the world, which makes them even more flocking, at this moment, Pei Min's hands trembled a little. The two eunuchs carried a wooden plate, covered with dragon cloth, and slowly walked towards Pei Min, and when they arrived in front of Pei Min, the eunuch whispered: "Sword Saint, please take the sword!" ”

Pei Min replied loudly: "Thank you, Your Majesty Longen!" After that, Pei Min took the wooden plate with both hands, although he had already made preparations, but Pei Min didn't expect this plate to be so heavy, and he almost didn't catch it. Seeing Pei Min take over the wooden plate, the eunuch carefully opened the dragon cloth, revealing the plate and saw it, everyone looked sideways, Pei Min also saw the sword clearly, but it was much to his surprise, the two swords on the plate actually did not have any decoration, the color was black, some dark red, one was heavy, and the other was as thin as a cicada's wings, at first glance, it was very ordinary, could it be a real rare thing in the world, that is? Pei Min suddenly thought of the seven-star treasure knife hidden by Wang Yun in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and the same was true, so he was relieved.

The female emperor suddenly spoke: "Pei Min, this sword is one male and one female, the male sword is thick, the blade is more than the edge, and it matches you; And the female sword is light and swift, I think it is a match for Li Ke, the captain of the dragon, and I hope to give it away, a famous sword with a hero, in this way, the two of them will ensure that the Great Zhou is safe! ”

Li Kezheng secretly envied Pei Min in his heart, but when he suddenly heard this, he hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down to thank him, his desire for a famous sword was no less than Pei Min's. As soon as the female emperor waved his hand, the two retreated, and Zhang Changzong continued to say loudly: "On the orders of Your Majesty, the one who will win the imperial gift is Shangguan Wan'er, and the imperial pen has written the "Vertical Arch Collection"!" When everyone heard this, they were even more stunned, if it was said that the Western Regions Xuantie Twin Swords were rare

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The treasure of the world, the gift of Shangguan Wan'er can be regarded as the supreme glory, "Vertical Arch Collection" is written by Wu Zetian in imitation of Wang Xi's travel book, not only records the life and deeds of the female emperor, but also includes her experience in governing the country, such a private and important thing, she actually gave it to Shangguan Wan'er, which shows her importance to Shangguan Wan'er. Shangguan Wan'er didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly stepped forward and knelt on the ground to thank her.

Zhang Changzong looked at the female emperor and saw that he had no other signs, so he read aloud: "Your Majesty's reward has been completed, Shangyuan lights the lamp and worships the Buddha, start!" Chin this! Although the reward was completed, but the amazement of everyone did not fade in the slightest, everyone couldn't help but sigh secretly in their hearts, the female emperor is really powerful, the reward of the two items just now will definitely make tonight's things famous, the world will praise the female emperor's generosity, and the importance of knowing people.

As Zhang Changzong announced the beginning of the Buddha ceremony, with the support of the eunuchs, the female emperor slowly stood up from the Tianzi Luan and slowly walked to the Buddha worship platform. The crowd also retreated from both sides, leaving a road in the middle, this road is paved by white marble, no more, no less, from here to the Buddha is exactly eighty-one zhang, symbolizing the eighty-first birthday of the female emperor this year. The empress walked in the front, Pei Min and the other four followed, and the others also followed closely according to their ranks, slowly walking towards the Buddha platform.

There are about 300 monks sitting under the Buddha stage, all of them are for this grand event specially invited from all over the monks, the leading monk is the Huiyun Zen master of the White Horse Temple, hearing that the Buddha ceremony began, so he began to hold the wooden fish, leading the monks to start chanting together.

As soon as the female emperor got off the Tianzi Luan and stepped on the white marble Shinto, Zhang Changzong shouted: "Palm lamp!" I saw two little eunuchs, each holding a candle in their hands, and lighting the first lamp on either side of the road. By the candlelight, you can see that the two lamps are not ordinary paper lamps, exquisite workmanship, crystal clear, should be a sheep's horn glass lamp, because precious, this lamp is generally only placed in the palace for use, but I didn't expect to use it here today.

When the two lamps were lit, an astonishment was born. There seems to be a small groove under the lamp that is connected with other lamps, and the flame in the lamp burns along the small groove, and actually ignites another lamp not far away, and then the flame is transmitted, one after another, about dozens of fingers, on both sides of the road, until the lights at the Big Buddha are all lit up, there are thousands of them, different colors, and the lamps all have "Long live Your Majesty!" "Your Majesty, Hail Blessed!" and so on, and both sides of the road suddenly seemed like daylight. Everyone exclaimed, especially Wujiang, whose jaws were about to fall to the ground in surprise at this moment, such a lamp design, which has not been seen in the world, and the people on the other side of the Luoshui River also exclaimed in amazement when they saw this scene. The female emperor saw it in her eyes and was happy in her heart, and whispered to Zhang Changzong behind her: "I am very satisfied with this errand!" ”

Zhang Changzong replied in a low voice: "Thank you, Your Majesty! If Your Majesty is satisfied, my two brothers will be worthwhile! ”

The female emperor led the crowd to continue to move slowly, the exclamations of the crowd were still heard, and gradually the voices of hundreds of monks chanting began to become clear. When the female emperor ascended the throne, she declared to the world that she was the reincarnation of Maitreya Buddha and saved the world on behalf of heaven, so during her reign, Buddhism and Buddhist temples have received unprecedented attention and exhibition, especially the White Horse Temple in Luoyang is admired by 10,000 people, and the White Horse Temple

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The abbot Huiyun Zen Master has also become a close friend of the female emperor, but where the female emperor has a knot, she will go to the White Horse Temple to worship the Buddha incense, and talk with Huiyun Zen Master to solve the confusion in her heart.

Finally, the female emperor led the crowd to the Buddha, which was still covered by a huge red cloth. Last time, Li Ke and Pei Min were still some distance away from the Big Buddha, but at this moment, the Big Buddha was close at hand, and the Big Buddha appeared even larger and more spectacular, Li Ke took a deep breath, suddenly felt a little strange, and whispered to Pei Min: "Brother Pei, the strange smell last time seems to be gone." ”

Pei Min had already seen this, so he replied in a low voice: "I thought it was strange just now, last time we were far away from the Buddha statue, and we had already smelled it, but why is it not in front of the Buddha statue now." ”

Li Ke nodded thoughtfully, and whispered: "Brother Pei, something is wrong, we must be careful!" ”

After hearing this, Pei Min simply stopped holding the wooden plate in his hand, but handed the female sword to Li Ke, and then held the male sword himself, and then handed the wooden plate to the eunuch not far away, ready to fight at any time; This scene was seen in Zhang Changzong's eyes, and he asked in a low voice, "Sword Saint, what does this mean?" ”

Pei Min hurriedly shook his head, and said with a nonchalant expression: "Master Huizhang, these two swords are too heavy, and I have no strength to carry them, so I have to do this." Zhang Changzong just shook his head and said no more.

Seeing that the female emperor had led everyone here, Zen Master Huiyun hurriedly raised his hand, and all the monks stopped chanting together, Zen Master Huiyun slowly got up, walked to the female emperor, respectfully saluted, and said in a hoarse voice: "Lao Wei has seen Your Majesty!" ”

The female emperor looked at Zen Master Huiyun with a puzzled expression and asked, "Master, what's wrong?" The voice is so muffled? ”

Zen Master Huiyun continued to say hoarsely: "Your Majesty Xie inquired, the old man suffered from some wind and cold, so so, I hope Your Majesty will forgive me!" ”

After hearing this, the female emperor said with some concern: "Master Xie is seriously ill like this, and he is still here to chant the scriptures, I am grateful!" ”

Huiyun bowed again and said no more.

There was already a person standing on the Buddha platform, it was Zhang Yizhi, at this moment he hurriedly stepped forward, knelt down and said: "Please Your Majesty unveil the blessing of the Buddha!" ”

The female emperor nodded slightly, Zhang Yizhi hurriedly got up and supported the female emperor to continue walking towards the Buddha, and when he arrived directly below the Buddha, Zhang Yizhi handed the corner of the red cloth on the Buddha to the female emperor, and the female emperor raised her hand to symbolically unveil it; In fact, after the Buddha statue, Zhang Yizhi had already arranged more than ten people, and when he saw the female emperor raise his hand, he began to pull the red cloth back, and the red cloth slowly peeled off from the bottom of the Buddha, and the Buddha finally revealed its true face!

The whole Buddha is carved by the boulder, the outer layer is coated with gold lacquer, it is a cross-legged sitting statue, the base is a lotus, together with the base is about five zhang high, except for the Buddha statue itself, there is no other decoration, the Buddha statue has slightly open eyes, affectionate and calm, both hands are placed on the knees, the carving skills are extremely exquisite, the facial features of the Buddha are carved according to the appearance of the female emperor, the eyebrows are very similar, everyone can't help but praise again, the female emperor looks in the eyes, is even more happy, and nods frequently to Zhang Yizhi.

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