Although Li Shimin came in civilian clothes, it was still a rare honor for Xiao Yu, so the moment Li Shimin left the palace, the entire Xiao Mansion was boiling.

The middle door of the Xiao Mansion was wide open, and the honor guard of Princess Xiangcheng and Song Guogong was placed all the way from the gate to the door of the main hall of the mansion, majestic and magnificent, in the Xiao clan of Chang'an, all the men who had officials were dressed in official uniforms, and arranged outside the gate according to Zhao Mu (family generation, left Zhao and right Mu), waiting for the Hou to welcome.

The other officials who came to participate in the Buddha Restoration Meeting lined up within the gate of Xiao Mansion according to their ranks, and the one standing at the front was Xuanzang, the protagonist of this Returning to Buddha.

From that day out of the East Palace, Xuanzang took his disciples to the Xiao Mansion again.

Although Xuanzang was silent about how much money these Xiao Yu spent and how grand the preparation of the Buddha Returning Society was, when the guests invited by the princess of Xiangcheng arrived one after another this afternoon, Xuanzang also came out of the small Buddha hall to greet the high-ranking officials and nobles in Chang'an City.

With Xuanzang's extraordinary experience and outstanding insight, coupled with his rhetoric, he suddenly became the focus of a group of high-ranking officials and relatives.

Everyone listened to the story of Xuanzang who traveled thousands of miles to Tianzhu Country to learn scriptures, and admired his courage and wisdom.

But no one noticed that Xuanzang kept a distance from the monks of Famen Temple and the monks he brought with him, intentionally or unintentionally.

When Xiao Yu walked into the hall with Xiao Rui, the captain of the horse, he saw that the nobles of Chang'an were very sought after Xuanzang, Xiao Yu was also very happy, and walked into the hall with a smile and apologized to everyone: "It's really slow to treat all distinguished guests!" ”

Everyone in the hall smiled and saluted him when they heard this, and Xiao Yu continued: "The old man invited you to come to introduce these monks to you, but I have been late in front of the door to welcome guests in, and I hope you will forgive your sins." ”

As soon as Xiao Yu finished speaking, Wei Chigong stepped forward and said with a smile: "Song Guogong's words are wrong, these senior monks don't know anyone in Chang'an City, why do you need to introduce them?"

Everyone else also followed: "It was Master Xuanzang who was a high-ranking monk in the Tang Dynasty before he went west, and Master Hongfa was the abbot master of Famen Temple......"

When Xuanzang and the monk heard this, they were busy, folded their hands and bowed to everyone to show their modesty.

Xiao Yu smiled when he heard this: "It's better, I invite you to come today because Master Xuanzang has returned from the Western Regions, and our father Chang'an should take the wind and wash the dust for him, and the other is that several senior monks from the Western Regions have a set of Buddhism's 'turning stones into gold' magic to perform one or two in Chang'an, and the old man will be the master and invite you to come and watch together." ”

Xuanzang glanced at Xiao Yu when he heard this, and then looked at the Dharma propagation monk and several Western Regions monks standing beside him without speaking. He knew that Xiao Yu didn't say that these monks from the Western Regions were found by the monks who promoted the Dharma, and he intended to climb these monks on himself.

Sure enough, when everyone else heard it, they thought that these monks were Tianzhu monks invited by Xuanzang, and they were all a little moved, and they looked at those monks with bright eyes.

Although the Chinese have always admired the chanting of scriptures by foreign monks, they are often skeptical of outsiders who recommend themselves by Mao, and someone must stand up and say how good the people or things of this country are in order to arouse people's interest.

This person is undoubtedly more suitable for Xuanzang to act than Xiao Yu and Hongfa.

As soon as Xiao Yu saw everyone like this, he raised his head and sighed: "The old man sees that the Buddhist monks have been oppressed recently, so please come and see the vast magical powers of Buddhism, lest you believe in people's words and go astray in the future. ”

Xiao Yu sighed at the end, as if it was really because of the boundless mana of the Western Heaven Buddha that would cause great disaster for the Tang Dynasty and these ministers.

But after saying this, none of the people present dared to take over, not to mention that the Daxiong Treasure Hall of the temple in Chang'an City had been thunderbolted, just because this matter reached Li Chengqian, so these people did not dare to express their opinions casually.

Since Li Chengqian stiffened Li Shimin outside the Xuanwu Gate, and within a few days, Li Shimin also died in Zhining and exiled the eldest grandson Wuji, and people in Chang'an City who did not know the inside story firmly believed that Li Chengqian was the reincarnation of Qin Shi Huang.

Gunpowder was even more rumored to be divine under the deliberate concealment of the imperial court, and Xue Dading and the generals in the East Palace were about to be rumored to be heavenly soldiers and generals.

These people are not stupid, how can they talk nonsense with Xiao Yu for a few monks?

The scene was quite embarrassing for a while, and Xiao Rui, the captain of the attached horse, hurriedly stepped forward to ease the atmosphere and said: "Father, I have only heard that the art of turning stones into gold has never been heard, but no one has seen it with their own eyes, and I don't know whether it is true or not, but my son has even invited His Majesty, and it will be a big sin if I can't get the gold at that time." ”

Xiao Yu was angry and didn't pay attention to Xiao Rui's intention to mention Li Shimin, thinking that Xiao Rui said in front of so many people that he had not seen the technique of turning stone into gold, and he was demolishing his platform.

Then he said angrily: "What has the little minion seen? How can this Buddhist magic be fake, Your Majesty will naturally have a few monks to demonstrate in public, and then you, a slave who has never seen the world, will know that the sky is high and the earth is thick. ”

Although Xiao Yu scolded Xiao Rui and the ears of the audience were somewhat uncomfortable, but when he heard him say that when Li Shimin came, the monks would still demonstrate in person, so they all waited here with a cold attitude.

At this moment, the horse came to report that Li Shimin had left the palace and was about to come, and the guests of the Xiao Mansion and the pre-meeting were immediately in place, only the monk Hongfa took a few monks to the front of the Buddha Hall in the back garden of the Xiao Mansion, where there was a full set of tools prepared by Xiao Yu to perform the magic of turning stones into gold.

Li Shimin rode a horse under the protection of a cadre of guards and walked slowly in front, followed by a four-wheeled green oil car, the car was so chic of course Li Chengqian gave to Princess Jinyang.

This car is equipped with shock absorbers, and it is also padded with thick fur and silk, so people are comfortable to sit in.

But Li Shimin was still worried about Princess Jinyang, so he refused to go fast.

A bearded general who rode on a horse to the left of Li Shimin, his eyes were like brass bells, and his big head swayed from side to side like a wave drum along the way.

"Wan Che, you don't have to look at it, Chang'an City can't be inserted into the needle of Chengqian's governance now. The road was very safe, I was just worried that Jin Yang would be shocked while sitting in the car. ”

Xue Wanche is a legend of the Tang Dynasty, his father is Xue Shixiong, the general of the Sui Dynasty's left imperial guard, and four of Xue Wanche's five brothers are generals of the Tang Dynasty.

Xue Wanche's life is very legendary, he was famous for his bravery when he was young, and he was a general under Luo Yi.

After surrendering to the Tang Dynasty, he was a general under Li Jiancheng, and his third brother Xue Wanjun was a general under Li Shimin.

After the death of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, Xue Wanche led the East Palace guards to attack the Qin Palace, and later Li Shimin sent people to pick out Li Jiancheng's head, and the East Palace was scattered, Xue Wanche still did not surrender and fled into Zhongnan Mountain with dozens of soldiers and did not come out.

Li Shimin greatly appreciated his loyalty, so he sent people to the mountains many times to announce their departure, and after they came out, they were entrusted with important tasks.

Last time, Li Chengqian showed the muscles of the East Palace outside the Xuanwu Gate, although it didn't take a few days for Li Shimin to see through the collusion between the eldest grandson Wuji, Yu Zhining and Li Zhi, proving that Li Chengqian really had no intention of rebelling, but Li Shimin still issued an order to transfer Xue Wanche and Cheng Yanjin back to Chang'an City.

Xue Wanche was closer to Chang'anli, and he acted as Li Shimin's close guard when he returned to Chang'an City first.

After listening to Li Shimin's words, Xue Wanche turned his head and said loudly: "If you want to say that I really admire the ability of His Royal Highness the Prince, as soon as I returned to Chang'an, I heard that the people were praising the wisdom of the Prince's Palace, and it was really enjoyable to listen to those scenes in the East Palace in the past two days, haha......"

Li Shimin couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard him talk like thunder, but Xue Wanche mentioned that the play in the East Palace Pai sounded enjoyable, and he also warned him seriously: "You have rarely seen Cheng Qian recently, don't forget that you almost killed the person who played the Fahai the day before yesterday, and those people are all worshiped by the Eight Winds Hall of the East Palace......"

Li Shimin's meaning is very clear, Li Chengqian wants to vent his anger on these people.

Xue Wanche heard this, but he didn't think about it: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can still embarrass a courtesan and a minister?"

Li Shimin just smiled bitterly when he heard this, knowing that he couldn't tell this thing clearly for a while.

"Besides, who made that Fahai act so hateful?" Xue Wanche remembered that Fahai was still indignant.

Li Shimin couldn't help but say when he heard this: "What do you know? Then Fahai is more hateful if he doesn't act, and the people in Chang'an City hate monks so much?"

Although Xue Wanche is reckless, he is one of the few famous generals in the early Tang Dynasty, and Li Chengqian's tricks will be understood immediately after Li Shimin comes out. I couldn't help laughing and said, "Wonderful! Wonderful! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is indeed wise and powerful. ”

However, he was halfway through laughing, but he turned his head to look at Li Shimin's side face and said: "Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to embarrass Buddhism, why does Your Majesty still give Song Guogong face, what will he go to the Buddha Association?"

Li Shimin just smiled when he heard this, and went to the door of Xiao Mansion as he spoke......

(End of chapter)