Li Shimin arranged so many people in the East Palace in key positions, and originally thought that Li Chengqian would seize power and interfere in the government.

Unexpectedly, Li Chengqian did nothing but propose to send the imperial historian to inspect Guanzhong and audit the reduction of tenant rents and the reclamation of wasteland.

Of course, this is not because Li Chengqian forgot his ambition because he got a beauty, but Li Chengqian now has more important things to do - he is ready to lead troops to the north.

Li Chengqian strictly trained the guards of the East Palace. On the one hand, spies are being sent to infiltrate and are still preparing to attack the ideology.

Among them, what can be known to the people of Chang'an is that Donggong Pai's "The Legend of the White Snake" began to be staged in the east and west cities of Chang'an at this time, but because there are now farm work to be done in the field, there are fewer idlers in the city, and Li Chengqian's propaganda purpose cannot be achieved.

At the same time, he sent people to set up stages at various gates of Chang'an City, so that passing merchants and people who were doing farm work and resting listened to the "Legend of the White Snake" sung on the stage for a while.

This play Li Chengqian is adapted from the Peking Opera "The Legend of the White Snake" written by Tian Han, which changed Fahai into an evil monk who persecuted the White Lady purely out of jealousy, and also added the content that Fahai wanted to rape the White Lady. Therefore, the people hated the monk to the core, and every time there was a performance, someone in the audience would shout "kill the bald donkey"

This made the monks of Famen Temple who came to Chang'an to intercede for the monks of Chang'an not even dare to enter the capital, but only dared to wait at the south gate of Chang'an City, wanting to wait for Li Chengqian's anger to disappear before entering the city to intercede for the monks who were still working as coolies in Longshouyuan.

On this day, when a stage outside Yanping Gate was singing about the folding of the Jinshan Temple, the people listening to the play looked at the pregnant white lady who was forced to fight with Fahai by Fahai's calculations, and they all waved their fists angrily and shouted, "Kill the bald donkey, kill the bald donkey......

And just behind them, a black and thin old monk happened to lead a group of monks leading camels and horses all the way to the stage under the stage, their clothes were shabby, their faces were weathered, and they were like beggars, but the camels and horses were hung with heavy rattan boxes, and the items contained in them were obviously extraordinary.

These monks were stunned when they heard dozens or hundreds of people shouting "kill the bald donkey", and then a monk was furious and said, "I waited for the master to work hard to transport these scriptures back to the Tang Dynasty, and without the Tang Dynasty, the people would not respect the Buddha."

Xuanzang, who spoke, received a disciple in Lintao, whose name is Puguang, Puguang monk is only in his twenties, and he is also beautiful in life, but his skin is darker, his temperament is extremely rough, but his mind is simple, and Xuanzang is very respectful, so Xuanzang kept him by his side.

The black, thin, black, and thin monk Xuanzang frowned when he heard this, waved his hand at Monk Puguang and did not speak, and Monk Puguang twisted his head to the side with a snort when he saw this.

But the monk Xuanzang stared at the courtesans on the stage calmly and continued to sing, because he had already found out that the reason why these people scolded the bald donkey was related to the play they watched, so he wanted to see clearly what this play was about.

Their group is Xuanzang, who went to India to learn scriptures in the second year of Zhenguan, Xuanzang took the disciples he collected everywhere and just returned to Chang'an today before entering the city to see this scene, and his heart couldn't help but get worried.

It is not the first time that the Central Plains Dynasty has destroyed Buddhism.

Thinking of this, Xuanzang looked back at the boxes on the camel, these were all brought back from India by him through mountains and rivers, these treasures could not be destroyed by those in power!

Xuanzang listened carefully to the legend of the white snake on the stage and prayed in his heart.

Xuanzang followed the caravan to India alone, and some of these people came to the Tang Dynasty with him to preach the Fa, and some monks in the Tang Dynasty followed him to Chang'an.

Along the way, he learned to speak fluent Tang official dialect, and the drama on the stage at this time was also performed in Tang official dialect, and all the monks felt indignant when they listened to it.

Because the master of the white snake Bai Suzhen in the play is Li Shan's mother, and it is the Nine Heavens Xuannu who guides her to the top of the world, and this play is obviously the Daomen slandering the Buddhism.

Several monks who followed Xuanzang from the territory of the Tang Dynasty discussed the theory that they were going to step forward and sing opera after a few words.

You must know that monks in the Tang Dynasty are not easy to bully, although Li Shimin prefers Taoism, but he is not thin on monks, so there are monks who dare to participate in such a major event as entering politics and competing for succession.

But Xuanzang still watched this play seriously, and his expression became more and more solemn, because the story of this seemingly lively play was rigorously structured, the rhetoric was exquisite, and the performance form was very easy to understand, which was much better than the stories in the scriptures told by some monks.

Xuanzang watched the courtesans on the stage singing, chanting, meditating and playing every action so meticulously, and knew that it was not easy to train such a group of courtesans, but this group of courtesans set up a stage at the gate of the city and began to sing.

With Xuanzang's insight, he naturally knows that Buddhism is not afraid of Confucian scriptures and ancient texts written by Confucianism, nor is it afraid of the runes drawn by Taoist priests and the elixir of refining, and even the holy decrees and armies of the imperial court, because monks have a set of karma stories that directly preach to ordinary people and are effective.

For example, if a newborn dies, the mother will naturally be sad, but the monk or nun will tell the family that the child is not from your family, he is the creditor who has come to ask for debts. Now don't be sad, you have already spent money for him to pay off the debt, and you will not owe him in the future, and you will naturally give birth to a white fat boy in a year.

These seem to be nonsense, but they can comfort the sad people the most, and from then on, the explanation of Buddhism, the suffering of the world, and the comfort of the sad people are the most fundamental means for Buddhism to take root among the people.

But now there are obviously people who use more clever methods to influence people's hearts, which is the biggest threat to Buddhism, although Xuanzang has figured out this, but his expression is more dignified, because with his knowledge, he naturally knows that the person who can do this must not be what he can fight against.

But several of his companions and apprentices did not have such a vision, listening to Xiaoqing on the stage scolding "Fahai old bald donkey", the people in the audience also scolded the bald donkey, and even a few people rested here, and when they walked out of the crowd, they still talked about "These monks don't have a good thing, and they make some gods and ghosts to cheat people out of money all day long......

These words are still in the ears of others, but Monk Puguang is very useless to this, seeing that Xuanzang has always looked at the stage without any reaction, and although the other brothers are also angry with this play, they are silent one by one.

Monk Puguang couldn't bear it, so he shouted, "My Buddhist disciple, Pudu sentient beings, pray for the blessing of disasters in the world, chant scriptures day and night, you ignorant and foolish people not only do not respect the monks and Buddhas, but also make up such filthy dramas to slander my Buddhist monks, it is really hateful." ”

As he spoke, he squeezed to the other side of the stage, and the green tendons on his shiny bald head were twisted, obviously going to smash the scene.

When Xuanzang saw it, he hurriedly went to stop him, but was stopped by several other monks, and he turned around and said eagerly, "Stop him......"

Disciple Monk Jia hurriedly whispered: "Master, don't be in a hurry, let Puguang make a fuss, so you can know what the other party is." ”

When Xuanzang heard this, he said in a hurry: "Confused! What if the other party has a deep background and the scriptures I have worked so hard to retrieve are destroyed?"

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