In the third year of Yonghui, March 652. At this time, the Tang Dynasty has been peaceful for decades. Tang Gaozong Li Zhi has also succeeded to the throne for three years, and Wu's Mei Niang has also entered the palace again for nearly eight months. In Chang'an City, along the bustling Vermilion Bird Street, people still come and go; Exotic merchants dressed in different costumes often fill the streets of Chang'an City, which is unusually prosperous and lively.

With his eyes, he came to this Daxing Palace. After passing the Chengtian Gate, the Liangyi Gate, and the Ganlu Gate, you will come to the Linhu Hall in this dormitory. I saw that this lakeside hall was also a three-way courtyard. At this time, the Linhu Hall is a busy and anxious scene: a person wearing a bright yellow costume and wearing a five-grabbed dragon coat is in this courtyard, walking hurriedly, closing his eyes and making a wish, and praying for the protection of the Buddha for a while, which seems to have a lot of uneasiness.

And many palace maids and attendants in this lakeside hall are also busy and have an orderly division of labor. After a while, with the cry of "wow", I saw an old woman dressed in brocade and jade satin, with joy, and then went out of the gate of the main hall, knelt down, and congratulated: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, Wucai gave birth to a prince, and the mother and son are safe."

This person in bright yellow costume is none other than Tang Gaozong Li Zhi. Hearing this, he immediately changed his anxious look, and after taking a long breath, he said with a full face of joy: "From today onwards, the Wucai person will be changed to Wu Zhaoyi, and all the palace people in the Linhu Palace will be rewarded with five silk horses." ”

Under the leadership of the old woman, all the palace ladies kowtowed and thanked them. This born prince is Li Zhi's fifth son, and it is also his first child with Wu Meiniang, whose name was changed to Li Hong.

With his eyes, he came to the Great Ci'en Temple outside the Daxing Palace. At this time, Master Xuanzang had moved here from Hongfu Temple and became the Theravada Master of this great kindness.

I have to go back to four years ago, when Li Zhi, who was still the crown prince, in order to thank his mother for his kindness, he specially asked his father to rebuild the old abandoned temple Wuxian Temple to commemorate his mother's eldest grandson. In addition, Li Shimin also misses this wife who shares the ups and downs with him, so he also granted this request and gave him the name of Daci En Temple. On the day of completion, Li Shimin personally wrote the "Three Tibetan Holy Orders of the Tang Dynasty", and the great calligrapher Zhu Suiliang specially transcribed and engraved it. At the same time, I would like to invite Master Xuanzang to be the Theravada Master.

I saw the Great Mercy and Grace Temple at the end of spring, and the endless stream of pilgrims and the Sanskrit sound and Buddhism that lingered in the aftermath of the beam, complemented each other and complemented each other. And in this scripture translation institute, Master Xuanzang, Wang Xuance and others were also quite happy, because at this moment, they had already translated all the Buddhist scriptures that Master Xuanzang brought back from the Five Indias.

Looking at the thick Buddhist texts, look through the precise Buddhist teachings. Wang Xuance was quite pleased to say to Master Xuanzang: "Master is really meritorious, ten years of sharpening a sword, this sword is sharp, invincible, it seems that Buddhism is destined to flourish in our Tang Dynasty." ”

"Master, this is an unprecedented feat, throughout my Chinese history, the master is definitely the first." Chen Maocai also said happily. Zhou Zeng, who has always been very arrogant, also cast a praising look at Master Xuanzang at this moment.

Listen to their words of praise and look at their happy expressions. Master Xuanzang also said quite easily: "Yes, the last wish of the old monk has finally come true." ”

Facing the vast sea of books, Wang Xuance couldn't help but say: "This is a rare treasure of my Tang Dynasty, and it should be transcribed a little more, placed in different places, and preserved in all its glory."

"Yes, we should also prevent this fire" because he has been dealing with gunpowder all these years, there have been failures and successes, and every time he inadvertently can always cause a big fire, so he is very sensitive to fires, and Zhou Zeng's casual words can be regarded as heartfelt words.

"You kid, this crow's mouth, you say such unlucky words" Chen Maocai glanced at him with disdain, and said casually.

Wang Xuance also laughed for it, and felt that it should indeed be so.

Master Xuanzang was stunned for a moment, but after thinking about it, he had said this very well this week. Many of the buildings in my Tang Dynasty are wooden structures, and these scriptures that have been translated with great difficulty must not be buried in the sea of fire because they are not careful. So he smiled and said: "Zhou Jushi's reminder is very timely, and you should be careful." ”

When he said this, Zeng couldn't help but feel a little more accomplished this week, and then said to Chen Maocai: "What a crow's mouth, I am taking precautions." ”

Chen Maocai still raised the corners of his mouth as usual, glaring at him with contempt, causing everyone to smile slightly.

"In that case, I suggest that we rebuild a stone house in this Great Ci'en Temple, so that these scriptures can be stored permanently," Wang Xuance suggested after a little thought.

After Master Xuanzang thought about it seriously, he answered: "Changshi's words are very good, and your concerns are also right. Since returning from the five Indian travels, there are still a lot of relics, all of which are enshrined in the meditation room, I think it is better to ask Your Majesty, please raise more funds from all parties, build a stone pagoda, place these many relics on it, and then store the scriptures in it, so that on the one hand, you can not only get the blessing of the Buddha's Buddha light, but also let these scriptures pass on to future generations. ”

Hearing this, everyone was overjoyed. In this way, this stupa is not only filled with endless Buddhist glory, but also carries a lot of Buddhist merits, and at the same time can promote Buddhism in the world.

Three days later, it was another positive day. Master Xuanzang also participated in this grand court meeting as usual. It is precisely because of this Li Zhi that he is happy with the prince, so he is also refreshed and in a very happy mood these days. I saw that this court meeting, just like the Taizong period, was grand and brilliant.

After the ministers and ministers finished the state affairs, Master Xuanzang came out and said: "Your Majesty, the scriptures that the old monk has translated for decades have also been translated. In order to prevent fire and loss of scriptures, the old monk specially asked His Majesty for permission, so that the old monk could ask all parties to be kind and generous, and build a stone pagoda outside the main gate of this Great Mercy and Grace Temple, so as to properly place the Buddha statues and relics of the scriptures. After the words, he respectfully presented the recital and the shape of the painted Futu Pagoda.

At the suggestion of Li Zhi, a small yellow door hurriedly walked down the imperial steps, took the recital in the hand of Master Xuanzang, and presented it to the Huanghuali Imperial Case. I saw that Li Zhi took the recital and looked at it roughly. Looking at the shape of the attached floating tower, it is about 30 zhang high, and it is made of stone strips. I couldn't help but fall into thought......

The editor said: The third volume will start with the construction of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, which leads to a series of questions~ Read it slowly and backwards

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