Xuanzang is back, when Li Xiu learned the news, he couldn't help but be surprised, Xuanzang has been gone for more than ten years, and since he entered the Western Regions and left Gaochang, there has been no news, which makes Li Xiu also very worried, although the historical Xuanzang successfully returned from the experience, but this road is extremely dangerous, and a little bit of luck may fall on the way.

In fact, Xuanzang was not the first monk to go to Tianzhu to learn scriptures, many monks in history also wanted to go west to learn scriptures, but most of them failed, and Xuanzang's success was due to his own perseverance, luck also accounted for a large part of the reason.

But in any case, Xuanzang finally came back, and he was about to return to Chang'an with a large number of scriptures, which made Li Xiu immediately run to Sun Simiao, and after telling him the good news, the two also began to prepare for Xuanzang.

Just three days after Li Xiu received the news, Xuanzang finally returned to Chang'an, Li Xiu and Sun Simiao, the two old friends, also came to the west gate of Chang'an, and traveled ten miles to greet it, the west gate of Chang'an is close to the West City, which is also the starting point of the Silk Road, as long as it is from the Western Regions, almost all people must pass through here.

It is also the starting point of the Silk Road, so the road is also very busy, from time to time you can see one caravan after another passing by, each caravan of horses, camels are full of goods, and even people are carrying heavy burdens, as long as possible, they will try to carry more goods, because every trip is full of danger for them, bring a little more goods will be more benefits.

When it was almost noon, the sharp-eyed Li Xiu finally saw more than a dozen camels walking slowly on the road in the distance, and there was a monk wearing a hat in front of him to guide the way, although he hadn't seen him for more than ten years, Li Xiu still felt that the other party's figure was very familiar, and when the other party approached, he and Sun Simiao finally recognized each other as Xuanzang.

Compared with more than ten years ago, Xuanzang has lost weight and is naturally much older, he is just over forty years old and now looks like he is over fifty, but this is not surprising, after all, the weather in Tianzhu is hot, and the living conditions are not very good, coupled with the hard work along the way, it is normal for Xuanzang to be older than his actual age.

"There are friends from afar, Xuanzang, you are finally back!" Li Xiu saw Xuanzang coming, and immediately strode forward to greet him, with a bright smile on his face, Xuanzang is one of his few friends of the same age, and he has not seen him for more than ten years, Li Xiu naturally misses it very much.

However, what Li Xiu didn't expect was that when Xuanzang saw him, he suddenly sighed and said: "The horse is really calculating, I thought that the poor monk had been gone for so many years, and the two churches of Buddhism and Taoism were more prosperous, but I didn't expect that now they are withering day by day." ”

Hearing Xuanzang mention this matter as soon as he saw it, Li Xiu couldn't help but feel embarrassed, in fact, when he was restricting the development of Buddhism and Taoism, he was worried about seeing Xuanzang again, but he was so happy to hear the news of the other party's return before, and he actually forgot about it for a while.

"Xuanzang, you don't know the situation of Buddhism and Taoism back then, many scum in Buddhism and Taoism used their identities to collect money, which damaged the reputation of Buddhism and Taoism, and now the imperial court has set up a monk and Taoist record department, although it has restricted the development of Buddhism and Taoism, but it has made Buddhism and Taoism more pure, I think it is much stronger than before." At this moment, I saw Sun Simiao step forward to relieve Li Xiu.

"Xuanzang, I respect your idea of using Buddhism to educate the people of the world, but for me, although Buddhism has the effect of edification, but if a country wants to be strong, the national law must be above everyone. Li Xiu also took a deep breath at this time.

As a friend, Li Xiu respects Xuanzang's ideas, but as an important minister of the Tang Dynasty, he also has to think about the Jiangshan Society of the Tang Dynasty, and any person or thing that threatens the rule of the Tang Dynasty will be hit by him.

Seeing Li Xiu's serious appearance, he saw Xuanzang's dark and thin face suddenly smiled and said: "I don't have to explain, in fact, I don't blame you, the reason why I traveled west to seek scriptures at the beginning, in addition to wanting to educate the world, is also to see that although Buddhism is prosperous, there are a lot of moths inside, and even endanger the reputation of Buddhism, so I want to retrieve the true scriptures to resolve it with Buddhism, but I didn't expect that the horse swept away these people with thunder, although the means are different, but the purpose is the same." ”

Li Xiu was also stunned when he heard Xuanzang's words, and then his face showed a relaxed expression, he was really afraid that he would lose Xuanzang's friend because of this incident, but it is not strange to think about it, with Xuanzang's compassionate and compassionate character, he must not be pleasing to the eyes of those pickled things inside the Buddhism.

"Xuanzang, it's good that you can think like this, to be honest, I'm really worried that you'll blame me for this." Li Xiu spoke again with a solemn expression at this time.

Seeing Li Xiu's expression, Xuanzang also sighed at this time and said solemnly: "When I was in the Western Regions, I once met some monks who were exiled there, and each of them complained to me about your evil deeds, and I was indeed a little dissatisfied with the horse at that time, but then I thought about it carefully, with the situation of Buddhism at that time, if they were allowed to develop, I am afraid that sooner or later one day it will lead to the tragedy of destroying the Buddha again, although it has been hit now, but after all, it is under the control of the imperial court, as long as you act in accordance with the laws and regulations of the imperial court, It's much safer than before. ”

"That's exactly what happened!" Sun Simiao, who was next to him, heard Xuanzang's words, and immediately high-fived and laughed, he and Xuanzang had the same idea, so he never blamed Li Xiu.

Hearing Xuanzang's words, Li Xiu finally completely relieved, and asked Xuanzang to get into the carriage very enthusiastically, as for the camels brought by Xuanzang, he hired Hu people to take care of them, and at this time, naturally Li Xiu brought his subordinates to take over, but Xuanzang still repeatedly told that there were scriptures on the back of the camel, and they must not be damaged, and Li Xiu also directly ordered his subordinates to send these Buddhist scriptures to his home.

After getting into the carriage, Li Xiu and Sun Simiao also asked about Xuanzang's situation in the past ten years, as well as what he saw and heard along the way, Xuanzang did not hide anything, and he left the Western Regions, and then arrived in Tianzhu, and talked about the experience of learning Buddhism there.

However, at the end, Xuanzang seemed to have thought of something, and his expression became a little hesitant.