Volume 10: The Controversy of Buddhism and the Path, Chapter 29

The warm spring breeze blew the earth green, and countless mountains were awakened under this spring breeze, and they put on the clothes of the green road, and under the leadership of the spring girl, they issued a kind invitation to the people: spring is here, and it is time to work for the new year!

In Chang'an City, this day is beautiful, there is no rain, the clear sky is blue, dotted with a lot of white clouds, a round of rising sun hangs in the high sky, sprinkling warm sunshine. At the gate of Chang'an City, Wu Yushu's scarf banner fluttered in front of Mingde Gate, and the flags on it were displayed, the dazzling golden crow, and the bright jade rabbit were all embroidered on this banner by the people in Chang'an City. Swaggering in the spring breeze, expressionless knights rode on tall horses, carrying these flags on their shoulders, all waiting solemnly.

In Chang'an City, the majestic imperial city towers, and on the towering eaves of the imperial palace, the hideous beast heads do roar in the sky, which is the eldest of the nine sons of the dragon - the kiss of the owl. And the glazed tiles on the side of the heads of these owls reflect the sunlight like pieces of scale armor, the whole palace is connected end to end, I don't know whether it is intentional or unintentional, it actually looks like a hovering dragon from a distance, and the palaces in the entire imperial city are up and down one after another, like a dragon's body winding and circling. And the towering Lizheng Hall at the very front became the head of the dragon. And the city gate tower of the Suzaku Gate facing the Lizheng Hall was deliberately built to be a little round, and it was completely a dragon ball. Obviously, Li Er has been transforming this imperial city little by little over the years. Because the newly built palaces and dilapidated attics he has built over the years are completely complementing this winding dragon picture.

At this time, in front of the Suzaku Gate, all the officials in Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty who were qualified to travel with Li Er were gathered. They were all dressed in costumes because it was a big day. In this era of farming, spring ploughing is the most important thing for every emperor. Li Er, the emperor who aspires to be the first emperor of the ages. He will not miss this opportunity for political hype, so on this day, he has to spend national funds to do a show of personal cultivation. Not only himself, but also the empress eldest grandson, as well as a few princes. Such an event, how could the nobles in Chang'an City miss it? They all thought that they could plow the fields and farm with the emperor and feel extremely honored. So no matter who it is on this day, as long as they can rush back to Chang'an City, they will all come to plant together for a day, even if it is Qin Qiong, the prince of Yiguo, who has already recuperated in his mansion. also dragged the sick body here, and with him were the rest of the generals in the army, including Li Jing, the prince of Weiguo, who did not go out of the gate all day. It can be seen that this era attaches great importance to spring ploughing.

Li Kuan was not the first to come, there were countless officials gathered in front of the Suzaku Gate before him, all of them were waiting in the morning breeze, only a few people were sitting in their own carriages, such as Qin Qiong, and Xiao Yu and others, they were not unwilling to come out and wait. It's that Qin Qiong's body is weak, and Xiao Yu has also been infected with wind and cold during this time, although people are here, they still can't bear this cold spring breeze.

Li Kuan rode to chase the clouds. There was also a little gray gray running happily around him, and this journey made countless people in Chang'an City who got up early feel extremely familiar and unfamiliar, because they all knew this big dog. This is the pet dog of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, but it is strange because this dog has not appeared in Chang'an City for a long time. Moreover, after Li Kuan came back this time, it was rare to go out, and there were still many people in Chang'an City who didn't know that His Royal Highness the King of Chu had returned. Speaking of this King of Chu. The people of Chang'an City don't know how to describe their feelings for him, because this prince can be regarded as a person who is the master of the people, at least when he is in Chang'an City, countless people who are doing evil in Chang'an City do not dare to bully the people, because this prince will go directly to the door. But he doesn't really make decisions for the people, because he seems to just take pleasure in the ups and downs of these gentlemen.

Now Li Kuan is the first time since returning to Beijing this time to appear directly on the streets of Chang'an City, and the big dog around him is running all the way excitedly, startling countless big girls and little daughters-in-law. Let them scream one after another, but the big dog is the one who scares them into running around, and doesn't really hurt people. Not only that, but all the people on horseback who met on the road suffered from it, because the big dog would pounce on it directly, and then with a roar, the other horse's horse would be paralyzed to the ground, so that the person on horseback would fall off the horse. These people can only swallow in their hearts because they all know this big dog, and naturally know that this dog is here, so His Royal Highness the King of Chu must be not far away. How dare they speak out? And most of these people are generals in the army, although they fell off the horse and were caught off guard, but all of them were extraordinary people, and none of them were injured. So it's not easy to have a seizure, so I can only wait until Li Kuan is far away, and after the big dog leaves, he is slowly rushing towards the Suzaku Gate.

As soon as the hour arrived, the gate of the Vermilion Bird Gate opened, Li Er's dragon chariot drove out of the Vermilion Bird Gate, and a team of knights wearing Xuan armor walked in the front, and the smell of iron and blood on their bodies came to their faces, making the mounts of countless officials who gathered outside the Suzaku Gate to wait for a while, and all the horses and ox carts trembled, as if facing this fierce beast. Only the small gray mane beside Li Kuan suddenly exploded and let out a low roar like a lion. And the chasing cloud under Li Kuan's crotch also hissed, as if he was resisting. Of course, in addition to Li Kuan, there were also Cheng Biting Jin Wei Chi Gong and the mounts of several of them also hissed in resistance. At this moment, it was clear that the mounts of this Datang official were good or bad.

Li Er's dragon chariot was pulled out of the Vermilion Bird Gate by eight white horses with the same fur color, and the huge wheel rolled on the bluestone slab of the ground mountain, making a rumbling sound, Li Ersao stood on the chariot, with his head held high proudly, looking up at the sky at a forty-five degree angle, with a melancholy scumbag style, so that Li Kuan almost couldn't hold back his laughter. But the officials around him were all impressed by Li Er's Wang Ba Qi, and they all lay down at this time, shouting three long live. This thing has been going on since the Han Dynasty, but it didn't shout at once like what braided drama Li Kuan had seen, and only shouted in the grand sacrificial ceremony and grand sacrificial activities. So now Li Er's mood is unprecedentedly high, and even those few strands of mustache are curled one by one.

"Everyone, Aiqing is flat...... Today is the day of spring ploughing and sacrificing to the sky, and you all love Qing and go to the altar outside Chang'an City with me! Li Erlang said loudly, and motioned for the guards driving the carriage to start moving. Suddenly the carriage began to slowly drive towards the Mingde Gate, the sound of horses' hooves, knocking on the stone slabs, like a song, and the creaking of the ox carts behind, the neighing of the horses, this large army began to move.

Drove out of the Mingde Gate, the speed suddenly became a lot faster, and in Li Er's chariot, the eldest grandson queen sat upright, wearing a gorgeous phoenix crown woven with gold thread on her body, supporting her graceful and luxurious. A face that captivates the country and the city, the eyebrows on it are like distant mountains, and the skin is like proud snow and cream. and the fiery red forehead ornament attached to the center of her eyebrows, which made her a little coquettish. In short, this woman is so beautiful on this day that it is simply bubbling, on the top of her head, a flying phoenix hairpin is soaring with the wind, on her waist, a ribbon is gently tied, and the path is like a waist that can not be grasped, I can't believe that this woman has given birth to seven children. At this time, the eldest grandson queen was so amazing to everyone, and at the same time, she was comparing Li Er who was sitting next to her, and suddenly felt that only such a woman was compatible with Li Er. Only her graceful and luxurious temperament can make Li Er's sharp momentum appear softened and less aggressive.

Li Kuan doesn't care about this, this time if Li Er didn't personally come to his mansion to discuss with him for a long time, he wouldn't have come, because this kind of sacrifice to the sky is the most troublesome, and the etiquette is cumbersome and makes people collapse, I really don't know who invented it, if that guy is still alive, Li Kuan will definitely beat him to death, because he has suffered this kind of crime a few years ago, this time it is mainly Li Erhui who took this opportunity to launch what Li Kuan spent endless costs in the past two days, and he had to come in person.

Endless people looked at this huge team on both sides of the street, and they all showed envious expressions, because this is farming with His Majesty the Emperor, and the emperor uses gold hoes.

"Why is this road so long?" Just when Li Kuan was drowsy by the slow speed of the team, a voice sounded not far from him, which made Li Kuan's heart slightly shocked: This voice is actually ...... So he looked around decisively, and sure enough, not far from him, he saw a young man with a sad face. This fellow was riding a war horse and wearing a brocade robe, but at this time he was gray-faced, because in front of him were several fierce bear-like men riding tall horses. And beside him were several strong men with three or five thicknesses, wearing armor, and even the face armor was put down, so I couldn't tell who it was. It's just that Li Kuan is very familiar with the people in front of him, and they all came over, Cheng Yanjin, Yu Chigong, Duan Zhixuan, Qu Tutong, Liu Hongji. There is also a thin middle-aged man who looks like a Confucian in this group of people, this is his uncle-Chai Shao, the Duke of Qiaoguo. And this one who is complaining is his form Chai Lingwu.

Of course, what Li Kuan is looking for is not Chai Lingwu, but a witch who makes him a little afraid, that is, his aunt - Pingyang Princess Li Xiuning. Over the years, this witch aunt has gone to the border pass, because she went to visit Chai Shao, who is stationed at the border pass, and took Chai Lingwu to feel the life of the border army, Li Kuan has not seen her for several years, but it is still not good, because this aunt is not a skilled person who can escape. (To be continued......)