In a blink of an eye, this time came to the eighteenth day of the lunar month after these two days, and during the lunar month, many people who bought New Year's goods had already increased the flow of people on Suzaku Street several times. In order to avoid the resentment of the people brought about by the road closure. Therefore, this Wu Meiniang and Gaozong Li Zhi, with dozens of guards, carrying a lot of gold, silver, jade silk and other rewards, out of this Chengtianmen, from the auxiliary road, came to the Jinchangfang Dacien Temple.

At this time, in the Great Ci'en Temple, Master Xuanzang, who had already received the fact that His Majesty and Empress Wu would come to worship the Buddha in person, had been waiting with Wang Xuance, Zhou Chen, and a group of sand men in the biting cold wind.

When Luan's car stopped, Gaozong Li Zhi was still the same as before, and after he got out of the car, he stretched out his hand and personally helped Empress Wu down. Seeing that they had already gotten off Luan, Master Xuanzang and Wang Xuance hurriedly led everyone and bowed.

A gust of cold wind hit, and after getting out of the car, Li Zhi and Empress Wu, although they were wearing a fox fur, but they couldn't help but shrink their necks to: "The sky of this wax moon is indeed cold and tight, master and Aiqing, don't be polite, hurry up." ”

Although it was cold and windy, this sentence immediately warmed everyone's hearts. So, after some greetings, Master Xuanzang introduced Gaozong Li Zhi and Empress Wu into this Great Mercy and Grace Temple. After a detailed observation, Master Xuanzang introduced them into this hall of the Great Majesty.

As usual, it was still Li Zhi who took the lead in picking up the three sticks of fragrance and saluted sincerely; Then Empress Wu also poured three incense sticks, and at the same time saluted, she respectfully bowed to her.

Whenever Wu Meiniang looked at the Buddha with kind eyebrows, sat on the lotus platform, and looked down on all living beings, her mood suddenly calmed down a lot. On the one hand, it is because of those years, after hearing and seeing in the Ganye Temple, on the other hand, it is also because of the many things experienced over the years, as long as you make a wish in front of the Buddha, the Buddha will also help it to complete, so you have good thoughts and a grateful heart.

After his salute was finished, Li Zhi immediately reached out and helped Wu Meiniang, who was about to get up. With a smile on his face, he said to Master Xuanzang: "This time, Mei Niang was able to give birth to the imperial heir safely, all thanks to the master's sincere heart; This sincere heart not only blesses the safety of their mother and son, but also maintains the prosperity of our Tang royal family; In other words, for the inheritance of the country's community, the Master has made great contributions. ”

But seeing this Master Xuanzang, after giving a deep salute, he hurriedly returned: "Your Majesty has won the award, and the old monk, as a sand gate, can share the worries of His Majesty and Niangniang, which is also within his bounds." This time, His Majesty and Niangniang were able to come to this great mercy, which not only made the old monk feel honored, but also made the people of Chang'an City happy. Only when the inner court is safe, the court will be safe, and the family and country will be safe; If the country is safe, the people will live happily and the country will prosper. Your Majesty and Niangniang can think so much about the people, how dare Lao Zeng not share his worries for His Majesty! ”

Seeing that Master Xuanzang was so modest, the two also looked at each other and smiled. Under Li Zhi's signal, I saw Wu Meiniang say this: "Meiniang and His Majesty came to worship the Buddha this time, just to thank the master for his great kindness. Therefore, these 100 horses of silk should be regarded as the sesame oil money we offered, and we asked the Master to accept the two of us on behalf of the Buddha. ”

Seeing what Empress Wu said, Master Xuanzang immediately returned: "Niangniang is blessed with heaven, and she has God's blessing, so the old monk is grateful to His Majesty and Niangniang for their kindness." After saying that, he bowed and bowed.

After some greetings and observations, Master Xuanzang introduced the two of them into the meditation hall and held a tea party.

But in Master Xuanzang's small meditation hall, the layout is still the same as before, along the wall are shelves containing scriptures, and in the middle of the north gable is a Buddha shrine, which is his daily worship of the Buddha. In the middle of this meditation hall is a square table. On the table, a set of palace tea sets specially given by Li Shimin decorated this meditation hall in a simple and simple way.

After entering this meditation room, I heard this Li Zhi say: "Master, this meditation hall, although it is not big, but it is quiet and tight. ”

"Yes, everywhere is filled with a simple and elegant atmosphere," Empress Wu said with Li Zhi's words.

"Your Majesty and Niangniang have won the award, the old monk is already half of the person who has entered the earth, with the completion of the pursuit of the old monk's life, the mentality is also relieved a lot, the rest of the Dharma preaching, the Dharma will continue to carry forward the matter, can only be pinned on the future generations, so yes, can only seek this touch of tranquility, do not ask about the world, spend your old age in peace." Master Xuanzang replied like this.

In fact, the change in Master Xuanzang's mentality is precisely because of the fact that his disciples debated the monk. At the time of the debate monk incident, Wang Xuance was galloping across the five Indias, and then with the deepening of the friendship between them, this Master Xuanzang also told Wang Xuance about the matter. Wang Xuance also understood the cause and effect of the incident.

In order to preach the Dharma back then, it was precisely because of this debate that the monk was intelligent and talented, and he was deeply valued by Master Xuanzang. In addition, since Li Shimin's courtesy to Buddhism, this Buddhism has naturally spread among the ministers and ministers of the empire, and this Princess Gaoyang, as Li Shimin's beloved daughter, has not been very happy since she married Fang Xuanling's son Fang Xuanling's love.

In addition, at that time, there was always some kind of festival between Fang Xuanling's second son, Fang Yi's love and Fang Zhizhi. For the sake of the succession of the title of Duke of Liangguo, Princess Gaoyang instigated Fang Yu's bereaved love to fight with her brother; Later, when Taizong learned about this, he was furious. Gradually, Princess Gaoyang lost the faith of Taizong.

Later, Princess Gaoyang saw that Taizong advocated Buddhism, so in order to please her father, she also began to study Buddhism. And Princess Gaoyang inadvertently found this debate monk, so she has been exploring Buddhism with him.

Later, because of the death of this Fang Xuanling, the power struggle of the Fang family naturally entered a white-hot state, and the royal family was involved, so Li Shimin also found an excuse from it, ending with the killing of dozens of monks and princesses of Gaoyang. And this debate monk is Li Shimin's sacrifice in order to protect his former confidant, appease the remaining imperial ministers, and let them spend their old age in peace!

Since then, Master Xuanzang has experienced the consequences of this power struggle at a deeper level, and since Gaozong succeeded to the throne, he has resigned from the practice of participating in all the large and small courts. And he rarely enters the palace, only when he is concerned about matters, he will go to the palace to tell all this. After all, since the completion of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, this Master Xuanzang has not entered the Daxing Palace for four years......

Therefore, he had such a speech to Li Zhi and Wu Meiniang, in order to pray that they would say less about this matter related to the imperial court and more about the prosperity of Buddhism.

Next, what will Li Zhi and Wu Meiniang say? Please see the next ......

The editor said: The debater monk, a victim of the power struggle~ Regarding the matter of the debate monk, there are many doubts and contradictions in history~ However, with his study of Buddhism, I don't think he should make such a low-level mistake~

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