The small Buddha hall of Xiao Mansion was originally planted with bamboo on all sides, in order to prepare for the Buddha Association, Xiao Yu ordered people to cut down the good bamboo in front of it and pave the bluestone, and a big Buddha statue was also molded at the entrance of the Buddha Hall.

At this time, the night has fallen, and the entire back garden of Xiao Mansion is lit up everywhere, and the front of the Buddhist hall is illuminated by dozens of giant torches as if it were day.

Li Shimin and all the guests were standing in front of the big Buddha statue at this time, staring at the red coal fire burning in front of the Buddha statue without blinking.

Xiao Yu stood next to him and quietly explained to Li Shimin: "According to the Buddhist scriptures, doing such Dafa should be in a pure Buddhist temple that is illuminated by the light of the Buddha all year round. ”

Li Shimin didn't answer him when he heard this, but turned his head to look at Xuanzang who was standing on his right hand, Xuanzang saw that Li Shimin just folded his hands, lowered his head and said, "Amitabha!" ”

Li Shimin didn't know what to mean, and turned his head to look at the firelight in the ding.

Xiao Yu also felt embarrassed when he saw this, but he thought that as long as the gold in Dading was refined later, everything would be fine.

Then he continued: "But fortunately, the old minister also has a sincere heart in worshiping the Buddha on weekdays, so this small Buddha hall of the Chen's family can barely make do with it, and it is also the profound magic of these masters, and they are willing to surrender their mana to perform this Buddhist magic for my Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty with sincere thoughts in their hearts." ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he glanced at the three monks who were circling around the fiery Dading, and saw that the three monks had solemn expressions on their faces and were still reciting words in their mouths, obviously attaching great importance to this matter. Thinking that it was indeed not easy for them to come to Datang and be willing to demonstrate the Dharma for themselves, he nodded unconsciously.

The fire in Dingli became more and more intense, and the temperature around it rose sharply, and some people who were not very interested in this matter unconsciously slowly retreated outside.

Gradually, the people standing in front of the tripod seemed sparse, and the three monks closest to the tripod were already sweating at this time, and they were still chanting around the tripod unhurriedly.

Li Shimin was impatient and had to take two steps back, and when he looked around, there was no place to sit in front of the Buddhist hall, and he was a little unhappy in his heart.

Xiao Yu saw it and said: "Your Majesty, the monks here are practicing Buddhism, and the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas have come to watch the ceremony, so there is no seat for people." ”

Li Shimin snorted angrily when he heard this, but when he saw Xiao Rui standing in front, he suddenly pointed at Dading and said in surprise: "Gold, gold, gold!" ”

When everyone heard this, they all hurriedly stepped forward and took a few steps, and then opened their eyes wide to look into the big ding.

Li Shimin didn't care about reprimanding Xiao Yu, and hurriedly took two steps forward to take a closer look at Dingli, and sure enough, he saw a piece of gold the size of a fingernail in the red fire, shining in the firelight.

Seeing this, he couldn't help but gasp, when the monk returned to the charcoal just now, he had ordered Xue Wanche to check it carefully, there was only charcoal in it, and now he really had to refine gold, and he couldn't help but look at the monk with some horror and said: "It can really turn stones into gold!" ”

Seeing this old face smiling like a chrysanthemum, Xiao Yu said proudly: "What did Your Majesty say, if you can't really turn stones into gold, wouldn't the old minister commit the crime of bullying the king by inviting Your Majesty?"

Li Shimin's two eyes were still staring at the firelight in Dading, wanting to see if there was another piece of gold coming out of the firelight, nodded and said, "Xiao Qing's family is cautious, I know." ”

Xiao Yu saw that Li Shimin was staring at Da Ding, so he no longer bothered him, and also looked up at the Ding.

After a while, a few pieces of gold appeared in Dingli, and everyone couldn't care about the heat, and they all looked at the coal fire in Dingli intently, hoping that more gold would appear in Dingli, and they didn't even notice that the coal fire was getting weaker and weaker.

In the end, the fire in Dingli completely turned into a pile of dead fire, and the three monks who seemed to have been fished out of the water stopped casting spells and retreated to the Buddha hall behind.

The monk of Famen Temple came out of the Buddhist hall and saluted Li Shimin: "Your Majesty's Dharma has ended, please order someone to take out all the gold in this coal ash!" ”

Only then did Li Shimin raise his head, take a deep breath, and said to the Dharma propagandist monk: "I have worked hard for a few Tianzhu monks. ”

Hearing this, Hongfa hurriedly saluted Li Shimin again: "How dare you dare to call it hard work for Your Majesty!" ”

Li Shimin motioned to Xue Wanche to take the gold in the big ding, and Xue Wanche took a white porcelain plate and personally led people to the edge of the ding, and pulled it up with a long tongs.

Li Shimin and the others didn't go away, they kept watching Xue Wanche clip the gold out one by one, the gold in the ding became less and less, and Xue Wanche had to use tongs to stir it in the ding for a long time every time he took out a piece, but every time he took out another piece of gold, everyone breathed a sigh of relief as if they had put down a thousand catties of burden.

In the end, Xue Wanche stirred all the coal ash in the Ding for a long time, and did not find any more gold, before he raised his head and held up the plate in his hand and said, "Your Majesty has picked it up, that's all!" ”

Li Shimin looked at the plate full of shining gold, and said with a smile: "That's it, it's a lot, at least twenty or thirty taels." ”

Xue Wanche patted his ass while presenting the plate of gold to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty is really good-looking, there are indeed twenty or thirty taels. ”

Seeing that Li Shimin was happy, everyone hurriedly bowed down and congratulated Li Shimin: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, after the Tang Dynasty obtains this magic technique, there will be inexhaustible gold!" ”

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When everyone congratulated him, Xiao Rui had already ordered someone to set up a banquet on the other side of the bamboo forest to summon Li Shimin and everyone.

Li Shimin took advantage of the lights in the Xiao Mansion to walk to the side of the banquet, and the monk who propagated the Dharma followed behind him and said: "It's really ashamed to say that Your Majesty only got twenty or thirty taels of gold once when he came to the three monks to cast the Dharma, and if he can be cast by three monks in the Pure Land of Buddhism where there are monks chanting scriptures and worshipping the Buddha for a long time, he will definitely get a hundred taels of gold at a time." ”

A few people walking next to him gasped when they heard this, in the early Tang Dynasty, there were very few precious metals, and currency was silk except for string money.

The gold is even more pitiful, and Li Chengqian has melted down all the bronze utensils in the temples in Chang'an City because he wants to prepare for the autumn harvest of grain, which is why Li Shimin has not dared to take the decree to pardon the monks of Longshouyuan.

Everyone was very surprised to hear that they could get a hundred taels of gold for a single spell.

Li Shimin was very embarrassed in his heart, he didn't know how to answer, Xiao Yu was assisting next to him, he didn't care that Li Shimin was walking forward, stopped Li Shimin is fist and bowed down: "Please ask Your Majesty to pardon the monks who are still suffering in Longshouyuan, let them go back to the temple to chant the scriptures and worship the Buddha, and protect the pure place of Buddhism, so that the Tianzhu monks can cast spells and turn more gold into the country." ”

Li Shimin's face was cloudy, although he liked gold very much, but he was also deeply influenced by Confucianism, and knew that the strange chaos could not last long, and it was very likely that the gain would outweigh the loss if he hurt the prince's face.

But looking at the fiery eyes of everyone, I also knew that if tonight's incident got out, someone would definitely write a letter asking for pardon for the monk of Long Shouyuan. But what about the Confucian scholars in the court, such as Zhu Suiliang, how could they agree to pardon the monks of Long Shouyuan on this ground?

Li Shimin thought that he hadn't drunk yet, so he had a headache first, and when Li Shimin had a headache, the housekeeper of the Xiao Mansion ran in in a hurry and said, "Back to my lord, His Royal Highness the Prince's guard of honor has arrived at the door." ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, Xiao Yu didn't know what to do for a while, no matter what, Li Chengqian came with a guard of honor, and he had to go to the gate of the mansion to greet him as a courtier, but ......

"Cheng Qian is here, let Xiao Rui go to the door and welcome him in!" Li Shimin was also relieved when he heard that Li Chengqian was coming, and simply handed over a difficult problem to him to solve.

Hearing this, Xiao Rui hurriedly bowed and retreated to greet Li Chengqian.

(End of chapter)