Princess Sheena is a Catholic and is not interested in Buddhism. However, she was very interested in Tang Seng, and before Xina set off, Li Su once told her the story of "Journey to the West".

So, Xina met Tang Seng.

Tang monk name Xuanzang, one of the representatives of Chinese Buddhism, in 628, he left Chang'an to go to India Nalanda Temple to learn scriptures, and later went around to study and lecture, a journey of 13,800 kilometers, the author of "Tang Dynasty Western Regions", descendants after interpretation, there is a story of Tang monk learning scriptures in the West.

At this time, Tang Seng was lecturing in Qunu City. He has been away for many years, and when someone comes to his hometown, he naturally wants to come and see him.

Tang Seng, under the guidance of Tang Fei, came to see Princess Sheina.

"The poor monk sees the imperial concubine Niangniang", Tang Seng said respectfully.

Hina sat in the carriage and said, "Excuse me." After speaking, she looked at Tang Seng carefully.

Hina said, "Please raise your head, Master." ”

Tang Seng looked up politely at Princess Sheina's chin.

Xina saw that Tang Seng was really white-skinned and talented. She asked, "Master, I heard that you are the reincarnation of fairy grass, and ordinary people can live forever after eating your flesh, is it true?" ”

"Huh?" Tang Seng was asked all of a sudden.

Tang Seng said: "The poor monk is a mortal fetus in the flesh, I'm afraid there is no such effect, I don't know where the imperial concubine heard it?" ”

Hina said: "Since you are a mortal in the flesh, how can you go to the Leiyin Temple to learn the scriptures? ”

At this moment, Tang Seng asked stupid again. He asked suspiciously: "May I ask the imperial concubine, which holy temple is this Leiyin Temple?" ”

This time, it was Sheena who stopped asking. She looked behind Tang Seng and asked, "What about your three apprentices?" ”

Tang Seng said: "The poor monk has only one apprentice. ”

Sheena said, "You call me and I'll take a look." ”

Tang Seng called his apprentice.

Hina looked at Tang Seng's apprentice, this person was dark and thin, and seemed to be a bit of a monkey, she asked curiously, "Are you called Sun Wukong?" I heard you jumped out of a crack in the rock? Will 72 change, is it true? You turn me into a big tree. ”

Hina asked Tang Seng's apprentice a series of questions, and he didn't know how to answer, so he turned his head to look at Tang Seng.

Tang Seng said: "The apprentice of the poor monk is not called Sun Wukong, he is also a mortal in the flesh, and he was also born to his father, as for the 72 changes, he has not changed at all." ”

Sheena was very disappointed, and she said to herself: "It turns out that Your Majesty is a liar.

Hina lost interest in Tang Seng and said, "Okay, I'm tired." ”

Tang Seng hurriedly retired. He looked at the closed curtains, his mind full of confusion.

Tang Fei knew a little about Tang Seng's situation, so he talked to him.

Tang Seng told Tang Fei that there would be a large-scale Buddhist lecture in Qunu City tomorrow and invited the delegation to visit.

Tang Fei was not interested in Buddhism, so he told Tang Seng that this matter should be arranged by Princess Xina, and politely refused him.

The Tang Dynasty basically had a negative attitude towards Buddhism. Emperor Wu of Liang, Xiao Yan, and his father and son embraced Buddhism, which eventually led to the collapse of the country. Tang Taizong opposed Buddhism because of this, but in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Buddhism still had a certain influence, and it was not convenient for Li Shimin to oppose it openly.

For Tang Seng, Li Shimin has persuaded him to return to the world many times, but Tang Seng has been influenced by his father since he was a child, believes in Buddhism, and firmly persists.

The next day, the King of the Ring Sun met with the Tang Imperial Concubine and her party.

Although Princess Sheena is only 16 years old, her origin is too big, she is not only the imperial concubine of His Majesty the Tang Emperor, but also the daughter of the caliph, the ruler of the Arab Empire.

The Ring Sun Dynasty is a super powerful country on the Indian continent! With a land area of more than 2.3 million square kilometers and a population of more than 7 million people, it is enough to stand out from the crowd and look down on the world.

However, for the Tang Empire and the Arab Empire, the Jieri Dynasty only had to look up.

The king of the ring was very enthusiastic about the Tang Dynasty princess and others, and invited them to stay in Qunu City for a few days to make the best of the landlords.

The weather in India is hot, and Sheena and others have come here on a long march, and they have been very hard along the way, and they want to rest here. So, Hina expressed her gratitude to the King of the Sun for his warm invitation.

The King of the Sun is 61 years old this year, he is tall, broad-faced, fierce and powerful, and was a famous Indian warrior in his youth.

He is now old and passionate about Buddhism, which is why Qunu City is full of Buddhist temples.

At this time, a grand Buddhist event was being held in the city of Qunu. The king of the ring of the sun held a Buddhist uncovered conference in Qunu City, and invited Tang monks to preach Mahayana teachings.

The conference was attended by 20 princes, more than 3,000 monks of Theravada Buddhism, and more than 2,000 scholars of various schools of Brahman.

Hina had no interest in Tang Seng anymore, but she was a girl, and when she heard that this Buddhist activity was so large-scale, she agreed to go over and have a look.

Tang Fei basically didn't know anything about Buddhism, and he believed that Tang Seng was able to preside over such a large-scale Buddhist event, which represented the face of the Tang Dynasty. He was worried that if Tang Seng smashed the performance, it would bring shame to the Tang Empire.

So he personally came to the temple where Tang Seng was hanging (borrowing) and mobilized him.

Tang Fei said: "Master, you have to prepare well for this preaching event tomorrow, you are a monk of our Tang Dynasty, and you represent the face of the Tang Dynasty, but you must behave well!" ”

Tang Seng is a Taoist monk, and he is very indifferent to the fame of this kind of external thing, he said: "Poor Dao is a disciple of Buddhism, preaching Buddhism is the duty of Poor Dao, and other things are no longer within the scope of consideration of Poor Dao." ”

Tang Fei didn't know the essentials, and he didn't know what to say to him. So he left, returned to his residence and sweated for Tang Seng.

The next day, the weather was fine, in front of the Sanssouci King Tower.

In addition to the thousands of monks and princes and nobles who attended the conference, there were tens of thousands of Buddhist believers watching around.

Princess Sheena and others also attended the hearing as honored guests.

The king of the precepts personally presided over the Buddhist conference and invited Tang monks to the altar to give lectures.

Under the watchful eyes of all the people, Tang Seng sat on the lotus platform and preached the scriptures to tens of thousands of Buddhist believers.

India is a holy place for Buddhism, and the local Buddhist sect is naturally unconvinced that the king of the precepts invited a monk from the Tang Dynasty in the east to give a lecture. So they came forward to challenge him.

The first to appear was a Hinayana Buddhist monk, who said a lot. Xina, Tang Fei, Xue Rengui and others didn't know anything about Buddhism itself, plus they spoke Urdu, so everyone didn't understand a word.

It doesn't matter if they don't understand it, just watch pantomime. When they saw that the Hinayana Buddhist monk questioned Tang Seng arrogantly as soon as he came up, they were all a little worried about him.