In the blink of an eye, five years have passed, and within these five years, although the Zhou Wangfu has been completed, Li Xian has not been allowed to open the palace because of the favor of his parents and his young age, and those subordinates have not been allowed to open the palace because Li Xian has not opened the mansion, but only nominally served, so for five years, Li Xian has not seen his palace Sima, as for the future old man Shangguan Tingzhi, he has never heard of it again.

Of course, in the past five years, Li Xian has also known a lot of powerful people in the court, including Li Yifu, the Chinese scholar who spoke and provoked at his full moon banquet, and now Li Yifu has more power, and he has been promoted to the secretary of the ministry, and he is the third product under the Zhongshu door, this is the prime minister in charge of the rule of officials, and the power in the court is hot, like the sky, not to mention that all the officials are afraid, and even the prince must be polite when he sees it.

Fortunately, Li Yifu remembered that his son was a subordinate of the Zhou Wangfu, and he was also quite close to Li Xian, although Li Xian knew that this person did not have a few years of good luck, but he was also unwilling to make more strong enemies, although he was secretly vigilant, but the apparent closeness and respect were essential.

In addition, Li Xian has also heard of it many times, and even occasionally saw the little bad things between Gaozong and Mrs. Han, and even Helan Minyue, the daughter of Mrs. Han, is also doing her best to charm in front of Gaozong, although Li Xian knows that this mother and daughter will not end well in the future, but because they always slander themselves in front of Gaozong in order to compete for favor with Empress Wu, they don't have a good impression of them, plus they are only six years old, even if they predict that kind of ending, no one will believe it, but will bring unwarranted disasters for themselves, I don't have to say anything about it.

And during this period, what worried Li Xian the most was that his master Xuanzang had never seen him alone again in the past five years, which made his previous heart of wanting to rise with the help of Xuanzang inevitably dimmed, but who is Li Xian? How can you give up so easily because of this setback?

So, after some thought, he finally came up with a countermeasure: "Didn't you come to see me?" Okay, I'll go see you and see what else you have to say. It's a big deal, and I'll find a way to help you solve one of your biggest problems right now. ”

Li Xian's words were not said casually, because when he made up his mind to meet Xuanzang, he had already figured out a way.

This year was the sixth year of the Tang Dynasty, because in February, it was rumored that Mianzhou, Yizhou and other places saw the dragon, so the Yuan Longshuo was changed to the first year of Longshuo, in June of this year, that is, the first two days, the Empress Wu suddenly dreamed of the eldest daughter who had died in a night dream, and the heart was greatly saddened, and Gaozong's persuasion for a long time did not work, Li Xian heard the news, and decided to persuade the Empress Wu to burn incense and chant in the Yuhua Palace where the master Xuanzang was, and asked Master Xuanzang to chant for it.

Due to the fact that the crown prince Li Hong has often lived in the East Palace in recent years, Li Xian was also sent to the Luwang Mansion early, and only Li Xian was accompanied by Li Xian for a long time under the knee of the Empress Wu, Li Xian was smart and well-behaved, and he had a long face in front of the Korean lady mother and daughter several times, which was already liked by the Empress Wu, plus he welcomed the Empress Wu, so when he pretended to consider the Empress Wu and offered this plan, the Empress Wu agreed without any hesitation, and Li Xian, as the initiator, naturally went to Yuhua Palace with him.

The queen travels, this formation is naturally huge, the flags are flying along the way, the honor guard of the armor is lined up for several miles, Li Xian was just a tomb robber in his last life, although he is quite knowledgeable, but where can he see such a pomp? Naturally, his face was full of envy, and only then did he know why so many people in history were vying for this supreme position, and they couldn't even take care of their family affection.

It was a hundred and fifty miles from Chang'an to Yuhua Palace, but Li Xian didn't feel how boring it was, but pestered Empress Wu to ride a horse.

At this time, Empress Wu was still a loving mother, especially in front of Li Xian, who did not have any threat to her power and grew up under her knees since she was a child, so although she was a little uneasy about Li Xian, she still couldn't withstand Li Xian's entanglement and reluctantly agreed.

Li Xian's tomb robberies in his previous life were generally in the mountains and forests, and it was sometimes inconvenient to drive, but riding a horse became a more convenient means, so he practiced a good equestrian skill, so although he is young now, he has a good appearance after riding a horse.

At that time, the martial arts of the Tang Dynasty was still in fashion, and many generals practiced riding and archery at a young age, but it was extremely rare for Li Xian to be so good at getting on a horse for the first time, so the surrounding maids, eunuchs and guards couldn't help but cheer loudly when they saw this scene.

Li Xian followed the brigade and ran for nearly twenty miles on horseback, and was forcibly pulled back to the chariot by the Empress Wu, the reason was naturally that he was worried that he was young and physically unbearable.

The team walked for three days and finally arrived at Yuhua Palace.

The news of the queen's arrival has naturally come a long time ago, so the officials in the palace and the master and apprentice of Xuanzang who live here have already greeted each other a few miles outside the palace.

After a salute, Xuanzang welcomed the Empress Wu to the Buddha Hall in the palace, first burned incense and made a wish, and then chanted for the deceased daughter.

But Li Xian was obviously absent-minded, and it was easy to stay up until the end of the tour, and the sunset had fallen. When Empress Wu saw him like this after dinner, she thought she was tired, so she waved Li Xian to go back to the palace to rest.

Seeing this, Li Xian hurriedly said goodbye to Empress Wu, and hurriedly came to the Xishou Hall where he lived, which he specially selected, and was very close to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion where Xuanzang translated the scriptures, so that he could find Xuanzang to talk to him secretly.

When Li Xian came to the door of Xuanzang's room, it was almost a watch, but the room was brightly lit, and Xuanzang and his disciples were nervously translating the scriptures. Seeing this scene, Li Xian couldn't help but sigh quietly, knowing that this senior monk had devoted all his energy to the great cause of translating the scriptures, his heart suddenly felt solemn, and at the same time, he also had a trace of unbearable feelings for forcibly co-opting the other party.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a Buddha horn in the room, and then I heard Xuanzang say calmly: "Since the distinguished guest is here, why are you cowering?" ”

Li Xian saw that since the other party said so, he couldn't return like this, coughed lightly, and ordered the accompanying guards to stop, so he gently pushed the door and entered.

As soon as he entered the door, Li Xian couldn't help but be surprised when he saw that there was only Xuanzang in the huge Hidden Scripture Pavilion, and immediately thought that Xuanzang must have expected that he would come to the door, so he opened all the disciples to facilitate the conversation between them.

Sure enough, after Li Xian came to the inner room to salute Xuanzang and sat down, he heard Xuanzang say slowly: "Amitabha, the night is deeper, Tan Yue doesn't go to rest, what do you mean by coming here?" ”

Li Xian saw that Xuanzang really didn't call him a disciple, and he didn't call him a knight, he only called him with Tan Yue, and the intention of rejecting people was very obvious, and his heart sank, but he still didn't want to give up, and said respectfully: "The disciple is a disciple of the master, and he has not heard the master preach and teach for many years. ”

But I saw Xuanzang smiled faintly, and then said: "I'm afraid that Lao Qu is here, and the picture is not Lao Qu's practice, but my Buddhist reputation, right?" Hehe, don't say secret words in front of the Ming people, Tan Yue did all kinds of sins in his previous life must not be ignored, this time it is not easy to get this opportunity, it is a great creation, Tan Yue as long as he obeys the mandate of heaven, he will sit and enjoy the glory, why bother to create and kill sins, poison sentient beings? ”

When Li Xian heard this, he immediately felt shocked, this old monk could see through his identity and intention at a glance, and judging from the last sentence, it seemed that he could predict his future, and he was indeed worthy of being a Buddhist monk, so he immediately decided not to go around in circles, and asked: "What does the master mean by this?" The disciple didn't understand why the disciple just wanted to pursue what he should have, that is, to poison sentient beings. ”

But he heard Xuanzang sigh softly: "Why do you have to say much about this? Presumably, Tan Yue must have a number in his heart, how can Lao Wei be an outsider, how can he help Tan Yue kill in vain? Therefore, please Tan Yue don't talk about this matter again, for Tan Yue's identity, Lao Wei will definitely not announce it to others, alas, the vast universe, everything has its own destiny, forcibly obtaining, the result is likely to be that you don't even deserve it, from then on Tan Yue sinks into the sea of suffering, when will you have to exceed the ......"

"No, the mage is wrong", before Xuanzang's words were finished, Li Xian couldn't help but interrupt: "The reason why the disciple rebels against fate is not only for himself, but also for the sake of freeing the sad beings from the fate of misery. The Master said that once a disciple struggles, it will cause unprovoked killing, but the Master should know that if there is no resistance from the disciples, how many killings will there be in the next few decades or even a hundred years in the future? It is precisely because of the weakness of the Supreme that countless careerists have shed blood for the throne, and how many innocent loyal ministers have hated Jiuquan, even if later generations talk about it, they can't help but sigh. The disciple knows, maybe what the master said is indeed true, the disciple may sink into the sea of suffering due to killing and abuse, I don't know when he can be reborn, but the disciple has no regrets, the disciple is willing to sacrifice himself, in exchange for my Tang Dynasty is eternal, Li Shu is stable, the former Buddha has the great compassion of the Bodhisattva King of the Earth, with the great feelings of 'I don't go to hell, who goes to hell' to transform sentient beings, although the disciple is stupid, this kind of demeanor can not learn a lesson? ”

Unexpectedly, Xuanzang looked at Li Xian for a long time, and then sighed softly: "No wonder you can get this opportunity, come to this realm with fate, just this good thought, as long as you enter my Buddhism and devote yourself to penance, you will definitely be able to transcend the cycle of life and death, and enter my Western Elysium (it should have been said that "Western Elysium" is said to be "Western Elysium" because of the avoidance of Taizong's secrets, so it is said to be "Western Elysium"), in the past, Shakyamuni Buddha abandoned the respect of the prince and disregarded, resolutely became a monk and penance, and finally became my own teacher Buddha, if the layman follows suit, it is also a good story, I wonder if the layman has this intention? ”