The Temple of Mercy and Grace is still the same as a few years ago, but today the door is particularly lively, the Temple of Mercy and Grace, which has already changed the abbot, at this time the monks at the door are lined up in several rows, standing there respectfully, looking at the guard of honor of the Son of Heaven who passed quickly in front of him.

The emperor's dragon chariot and the queen's phoenix chariot stopped at the door, and the prince's car had long since disappeared, and the main owner was not in the car anyway, and under Li Hong's instructions, he did not drive into this street.

The black and thin Sixth Ancestor Huineng stood in the middle, on the left was the new abbot of Ci'en Temple, Jiashang, and on the right was a monk who was as tall as an iron tower and had a beard.

Emperor Li Zhi had already slowly stepped out of the carriage under the respect of Yangwu and others, and as for the queen's phoenix, it was about to follow the fire at this moment.

Wu Mei was dangling in the carriage with comfortable slippers, and one of the high heels didn't know where to kick her, and the mother and son were looking for it in the car at the moment.

The two palace maids were even more frightened, and lay on the floor of the carriage, anxiously and carefully searching.

Wu Mei stood in the carriage, wearing high heels on one foot, slippers on the other, and Li Hong next to her with one hand, beware of being unsteady on her feet, and said angrily: "It's all your fault as a leather monkey, what kind of slippers to wear, now it's okay, your queen mother can't get off." ”

"Oh, don't rush it, aren't you looking for it?" Li Hong also supported Wu Mei while looking around for shoes.

"Your father got out of the car, little bastard, see how I clean up your ...... when I return to the palace."

Li Hong was not as respectful and cautious as a palace maid, he held Wu Mei's arm, and then lifted the hem of Wu Mei's phoenix dress with one hand, and after waving it twice, he saw that the heel of the shoe was hanging inside the phoenix robe, no wonder he couldn't find it.

"Found it, found it, hung on your clothes, you stood ...... by the window." Li Hong moved Wu Mei's arm on his shoulder to the car window, then squatted down and got into the wide skirt of Wu Meifeng's coat, and took out his shoes.

"The queen mother raised her feet, and the father got out of the car, hurry up." Li Hong's whole person was still in the skirt, only one head was exposed, carrying Wu Mei's slipper-wearing feet, and quickly put the shoes on for Wu Mei, and then his head shrank and crawled out from behind.

Just got out of the car with Wu Mei, Wu Mei looked at the crown on Li Hong's head that was scratched by the hem of her phoenix skirt, and said urgently: "Li Hong, wait a minute, your crown." ”

The carriage had already opened the door, Lian Tie looked at the mother and son with palpitations, and finally picked up everything, Li Hong took the lead in getting out of the carriage, and then stood aside respectfully, holding Wu Mei's hand, and the queen finally appeared in front of the person gracefully and luxuriously.

But Li Zhi, who has been married for many years, looked at the demeanor of Li Hong and Wu Mei, and naturally knew that something must have happened to these two people just now, otherwise how could they delay for so long before getting off.

Wu Mei looked at Li Zhi's inquiring gaze, forced a smile to herself, and then walked hand in hand with Li Hong, the emperor and the empress, and accepted the monk's salute.

The prince followed behind the two, and then Dai Zhide, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and others, after a conversation at the door, they were in Jiashang, Huineng, the tower-like monk, turned out to be a Shenxiu monk! This is something Li Hong did not expect.

The three of them accompanied the emperor and the empress into the temple slowly, Li Hong followed behind and looked up, the entire pattern of the Temple of Mercy and Grace has not changed, but in the past few days, it is obviously because of the arrival of the emperor that a lot of repairs and cleaning have been carried out, and the entire Temple of Mercy and Grace has taken on a new look.

I couldn't hear what they were whispering about, Li Hongzheng wanted to take two steps behind, but he didn't want to be held by Wu Mei's discordant etiquette, so someone had to follow him aside, he knew that this was the queen mother who was afraid that he would cause trouble again.

The spacious and bright Buddha hall is spotless, and the rising sun makes most of the Buddha halls with glass windows even brighter and spacious.

Li Zhi and Wu Mei slowly stepped on the temporarily built high platform at the invitation of Huineng and others, and sat down on the left and right sides of a dragon and a phoenix, and the prince naturally sat on the futon under the emperor.

Huineng, Jiashang, and Shenxiu sat down on the bottom futon, and after respectfully saluting, they began to discuss Buddhism with the emperor and empress.

At this time, when Taoism and Buddhism could still fight against each other, the presence of the emperor and the empress made Buddhism feel supreme glory. And this time, Buddhism is still stained with the light of the local Zen Buddhism, that is, Huineng and Shenxiu, the main promoters of Zen.

Although Huineng did not come to the north for a long time, after arriving in Chang'an under the invitation of the monk Shenxiu and the sincerity of Jiashang, he did not choose the Daxingshan Temple, Da'anguo Temple and Dazhuangyan Temple, which were more prosperous than the incense of Ci'en Temple, but chose this, which is not the most prosperous Ci'en Temple in Chang'an City.

Huineng and Shenxiu are Zen Buddhism in the correct sense, and there are still differences with Faru's Buddhism. Buddhism was introduced to the Tang Dynasty from the Western Regions, and the famous Master Xuanzang was once a royal monk and a representative figure of Buddhism.

Huineng and Shenxiu are the local Zen Buddhism of the Tang Dynasty, in the real sense, they belong to the representative figures of the local Buddhism of the Tang Dynasty, and there has always been a saying that "the south can show the north".

Nanzong: Huineng. Beizong: Shenxiu. They all studied under the Five Ancestors Hongren.

The sleepiness magic skill that has been practiced from sitting on the bench since he was a child has not come in handy for several years, and Li Hong can still listen to some of the polite words at the beginning. But when he entered the stage of the Buddha's question and the emperor's question and answer, Li Hong's sleepy magic came into play.

Like an old monk, with his eyes closed, a sincere "treasure appearance", and occasionally shaking his head and nodding his head, as if he was comprehending and enjoying the truth of Buddhism.

But Li Hong's appearance like this made the faces of Li Zhi and Wu Mei twitch for a while, and each of them regretted it in their hearts, it was not a mistake to bring the prince here.

As time passed, the morning of Buddhism gradually came to an end, and Li Zhi spoke: "I don't know why the senior monk did not choose other monasteries, but chose this temple of mercy and grace? ”

"The little monk chose the Temple of Mercy and Grace because he heard that there is a god and Buddha in this Temple of Mercy and Grace, which is said to have grown out of the soil, and the little monk was curious for a while, so he lived here." Huineng said with his hands folded.

"Oh, and such a miraculous thing?" Li Zhiqi said.

"Back to Your Majesty, this matter is very magical, one day the monk who cleaned the courtyard, when sweeping the floor, accidentally found a vacant lot in the courtyard, revealing a little round stone, I didn't care at first, but I didn't want to not have a few days later, I actually grew taller every day, revealing a Buddha head, everyone was surprised, is it the Buddha appeared? So I observed it every day, but it still grew a little bit every day. Jia Shang also said with his hands folded.

Li Zhi listened strangely, and asked Huineng, who was smiling and silent next to him: "Does the senior monk know what is going on?" Is it really a manifestation of the Dharma? ”

"The little monk doesn't know, the little monk will also go there to observe these days, and he didn't find any differences, but this statue is indeed growing every day."

"Back to Your Majesty, there have been many rumors in the major temples of Chang'an in the past few days, I am afraid that it is because you and the queen came to the small temple, because of their Buddha heart, so this vision was caused." Jia Shang said with a smile, and the subtle sycophant made Li Zhi's face suddenly burst with surprise.

Li Hong, who was dozing off and about to drool, still didn't know what everyone was talking about. After Lian Tie beside him received Wu Mei's signaling gaze, he dared to quietly turn back Li Hong, stabbed Li Hong's waist, and whispered: "Your Highness, wake up, the Dharma is finished, remember, you have to wake up slowly, don't get up all of a sudden, Your Majesty is still talking with the queen and the three monks." ”

Li Hong was really obedient, his body was certain, and then with Lian Tie's words, he slowly opened his eyes, licked his lips carefully with his tongue, first to see if there was any drooling, and then slowly sobered up from his confusion.

Still sitting there, looking at the father and emperor with a happy face above, and then at the queen mother who was warning with his eyes, Li Hong made an imperceptible sly smile at Wu Mei.

"In that case, I wonder if you can take me to check out this Buddhist vision?" Li Zhi's heart itched when he listened, if it was really because of his arrival that caused a vision, this is something that needs to be recorded in the annals of history, and it is also a grand event that is enough to write a special book to the people of the world!

Huineng and Shenxiu glanced at each other, and then the two looked at Jiashang silently, the two felt that there must be something strange here, but they didn't know what was wrong.

Although they don't believe in any visions, they don't believe in any Buddha apparitions, but this matter is a Buddhist matter, and they came here only because they were curious, and they did not think that such a vision would make the reputation of Buddhism overpower that of Zen Buddhism.

Jia Shang looked at the eyes of the two of them, and said with a smile: "Since Your Majesty wants to check, why don't you wait until you finish lunch and then go there?" ”

"Okay, after lunch, I will personally see the vision of this Buddha's manifestation, whether this stone Buddha has manifested because of my arrival." Li Zhi laughed heartily, and Wu Mei and everyone next to him also echoed.

Only Li Hong was confused, and he didn't know what these people were talking about, so he saw that everyone had already stood up, and he also stood up, pulled Lian Tie's sleeve and asked, "What's the matter?" Why is my father so happy? ”

"Your Royal Highness, a great happy event, this Temple of Mercy and Grace because of the arrival of His Majesty, actually triggered the manifestation of the Buddha, and the Buddha statue grew from the ground, just now Master Jiashang said, this is because His Majesty is dedicated to the Buddha ......."

"Xiang Fart Buddha, you regard my father as Emperor Wu of Liang in the previous dynasty, right?" Li Hong interrupted Lian Tie's words and said coldly.

"The slave and the maid don't dare, the slave and the maid have no such intention, just ......." Lian Tie was so frightened that he hurriedly made amends.

"Just what?" Li Hong watched his father and mother slowly leave the Buddhist hall, and asked behind him.

"It's just that what Master Jiashang said is His Majesty'......." Lian Tie said aggrievedly.

"Stop, stop, don't talk about it, what kind of Buddha statues grow underground, if you want that, just don't farm the land, just plant gold, if you can't say sincerely, gold can still grow underground." Li Hong said impatiently.

"Yes, if this Buddha statue really grows, Your Highness's kind of gold can really be tried, in case it is really like Your Highness's ......."

"Lian Tie, you have a sick brain, get out, hurry up next to my mother, I'm annoyed." Li Hong didn't know that Lian Tie's head was really funny, or Cheng Xin was angry with his own words.