Early summer is the best time of the year, when it is emerald green everywhere, the weather is neither cold nor hot, and even people with little clothing can feel relaxed.

After watching Xiao Jinyang wake up and drink a few sips of millet porridge, Li Chengqian rode back to the East Palace very easily.

But the house of Song Guogong Xiao Yu was full of sorrow.

Several generations of Xiao Liang in the Southern Dynasty believed in Buddhism, and there was still no shortage of Buddha in Xiao Yu's generation, and there was a small Buddha hall in the back garden of Xiao Mansion for the convenience of worshipping Buddha.

The small Buddha hall is surrounded by a piece of green bamboo, very quiet, since Xiao Yu was driven out of the court by Li Chengqian, Xiao Yu because he has involved the monks of Chang'an City, he knows that he is guilty, and he has been living in the small Buddha hall to recite scriptures to atone for his sins.

A few days ago, Xuanzang and his party came back from Tianzhu to defect, Xiao Yu was very happy, thinking that the Buddha had given him a chance to make up for his hard work.

Through a communication with Xuanzang, he admired Xuanzang's character and knowledge very much, so he designed Xuanzang to see Li Shimin, hoping that Xuanzang could take the opportunity to intercede for the monks of Chang'an to save them from the sea of suffering.

It's just that he didn't expect that in exchange, Xue Rengui led the troops to surround the entire Xiao Mansion, and rushed into the small Buddha hall to snatch Xuanzang's Buddhist scriptures, relics and Buddha statues from the Rotten Ketuo Temple in Tianzhu Kingdom and took them all to the East Palace.

This made Xiao Yu feel as painful as if he had been plucked from his heart and liver, on the one hand, he was very afraid that he would be punished by the Buddha to eighteen layers of hell if he died, and on the other hand, he was very distressed by those sacred treasures.

Seventy or eighty-year-old people cried in front of a group of monks in the small Buddha hall like a dead mother, their eyebrows and beards glued together.

Here, Xiao Yu cried bitterly while stamping his feet and scolding Li Chengqian for slandering the scriptures and slandering the Buddha, and sooner or later he would go to the eighteenth layer of hell.

And Xuanzang, who was sitting cross-legged next to him, recalled the details of his meeting with Li Chengqian in the palace very calmly. By repeatedly recalling the bits and pieces of his meeting with Li Chengqian, he can be sure that Li Chengqian wants to take advantage of him. It's just that he couldn't figure out what Li Chengqian was going to do with him, so he sat there in silence all the time.

Xiao Yu cried for a long time and saw that Xuanzang didn't come to comfort him a few words, so he couldn't help but sneak a look at Xuanzang, but Xuanzang sat there with a sluggish expression like dead ash artemisia wood, only that Xuanzang had suffered too much blow and was mentally disordered.

Xiao Yu was shocked when he saw this, in his opinion, Xuanzang was a figure who had already become a Buddha and a saint, if Xuanzang had an accident in his house, wouldn't he want to be guilty of a crime.

So Xiao Yu wiped his tears and walked to Xuanzang and said in a low voice: "It's all the old man's mistake, even if the master loses the scriptures and Buddha treasures, it's really damned, and now that the matter has come to this, even if the old man gives up his life, he will have to fight with the East Palace, and bring back the scriptures and Buddha treasures." Please also ask the master not to worry too much, if the master becomes ill because of this, then the old man is the eighteenth layer of hell and it will be difficult to atone for his sins. ”

Xuanzang came back to his senses when he heard the words and glanced at Xiao Yu, his face slowly recovered, and he took a deep breath and said: "This is a difficult problem for my Buddhism, how can it involve the old man?"

Xiao Yu was ashamed when he heard this, he only said that he had designed to let Xuanzang go to see Li Shimin to intercede for the thousands of monks in Chang'an City who were still suffering in Longshouyuan.

But he didn't dare to tell Xuanzang clearly that it was the monk in Chang'an City he killed who suffered because of Li Chengqian's revenge.

"What did the master say, although the old man is in the world, he has already returned to the Three Treasures in his heart, and it is the old man's lifelong wish to serve Buddhism, but the old man was dismissed this time and treated at home...... Xiao Yu said very well before, but in the end it fell to the powerlessness of the heart.

Xuanzang's heart moved when he heard this, could it be that Xiao Yu wanted to leave it alone, and said busily: "What does the old prince mean by this?"

Xiao Yu didn't hear the difference in Xuanzang's voice, and said in a low voice: "The old man is going to invite some ministers from the court in the name of Xiao'er, and when the time comes, the master will use a few profound Dharmas to convince everyone of the Dharma, and these people will inevitably write to His Majesty to suppress the prince." ”

When Xuanzang heard this, he knew that he had misunderstood Xiao Yu, so he hurriedly got up and folded his hands and bowed his head: "Thank you for your trouble." ”

"The master is very polite!" Xiao Yu also folded his hands and returned the salute.

Xuanzang said with some embarrassment: "It's just that the poor monk can only read and translate the scriptures, and he doesn't know any magical means." ”

Xiao Yu hurriedly said: "The master doesn't have to be too humble, as long as the master tells everyone about the vastness of Buddhism, and the rest will be left to the old man." Xiao Yu's meaning is obvious, a monk like Xuanzang who exports to domestic sales only needs to show his hand a little.

Xiao Yu has always been very dedicated to the affairs of Buddhism, where can he sit still when he makes a plan at this time?

Immediately, he folded his hands and bowed to the monks in the small Buddha hall, performed a monk's etiquette, and turned to go out.

Watching Xiao Yu go out Xuanzang started to worry, Buddhism was actually very disgraceful when it was first introduced to China, and the main means of some monks at that time was to promote karma, feudal superstitions such as eighteen layers of hell, and at the same time play some tricks and tricks, such as getting something that China does not have to bluff people, and getting a diamond to say what kind of treasure is his......

Sometimes some medicines are sold, and the Chinese have the impression of Western monks at that time that they sell aphrodisiacs, or what secret recipes there are, such as "Jin Ping Mei" and "Liao Zhai Zhiwei" have such stories, in which Ximen Qing died in Pan Jinlian's room because of the aphrodisiac given by the monk.

"Liao Zhai Medicine Monk" tells the story of a person who secretly ate a monk's aphrodisiac, which caused his lower body to grow violently, and finally grew into three legs.

But Xuanzang can't do these things!

Xuanzang thought hard for a while and was still at a loss, then closed his eyes and held the rosary to chant the scriptures silently, and the other monks in the small Buddha hall knew that he was thinking and didn't dare to make a sound, so they all looked at him with bated breath.

After a long while, Xuanzang chanted a scroll of the Heart Sutra several times before he opened his eyes, looked at the monks and said, "Pack up and go to the old country to say goodbye to the old country." ”

"Master, can we still ask for the scriptures when we leave the Guogong Mansion?" Monk Jiashang hurriedly walked to Xuanzang's side and asked while helping him to get up.

Xuanzang slowly got up and looked at the green bamboo swaying in the wind outside the Buddha hall and said: "I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince in the palace, although he is disabled, he is also a dragon and a phoenix, and he doesn't look like a cruel and murderous person, and the catastrophe of Chang'an Buddhism may not be as Song Guogong ......said."

Although Xiao Yu has not confessed to Xuanzang so far, with Xuanzang's wisdom, he can see that Xiao Yu and Li Chengqian are not in harmony, so he thinks that he was targeted by Li Chengqian this time and is likely to suffer from Xiao Yu's pond fish.

"Master, where are we going to live?" Monk Puguang turned out to be a wild monk in Lintao, and since he entered the Xiao Mansion, he felt that he had gone to heaven, and he was somewhat reluctant to move out at this time.

"Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrested the monks of Chang'an City, the temple is still my Buddhism, and we should still be able to find a temple to live in if we have not committed a crime." Xuanzang said and walked out of the small Buddha hall slowly, and said to the disciples behind him without looking back: "Go and see Song Guogong for the teacher." ”

When the monks heard this, they knew that Xuanzang had made a decision, so they didn't say anything more at the moment, simply packed up their salutes, and sat down cross-legged and waited.

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