"Liyuan, you are a monk, do you say that there are really gods and Buddhas in this world?" Zhao Yan frowned at this time and asked Yuan in front of him, since he saw the miracle of the Buddha's tooth floating and shining in the Buddha's Tooth Essence, Zhao Yan has been thinking about this matter, but the more he thought about it, the more he couldn't figure it out, and even he felt that his worldview was about to be subverted.

"Hehe, Your Highness is too obsessed, what is a Buddha? Kindness is Buddha, although I am a monk, but I don't really believe that there are really any gods and Buddhas in the sky, otherwise our hot air balloons in the Great Song Dynasty have been flying all over the sky, but why no one has found the legendary immortals? I saw Yuan at this time, smiled and said something that surprised people.

"You ......" Zhao Yan was also surprised when he heard this, he never expected that Yuan didn't believe in the existence of gods and Buddhas, and what else did he say that being good is a Buddha, what is the truth?

Seeing Zhao Yan's surprised look, Liao Yuan smiled indifferently and said: "Your Highness don't be too surprised, if you asked me this question when we first met, I would definitely answer that there are gods and Buddhas, but over the years, in order to confirm Buddhism, I have almost traveled to the first inch of the Great Song Dynasty, and even the surrounding Tubo, Dali, Goryeo, Wa and other countries I have been to, after decades of travel and understanding, I finally found my understanding of the Buddha, in my opinion, the Buddha is not those clay sculptures in the temple, It's not a lie made up to fool the people, the Buddha is actually in your heart, good is the Buddha, evil is the devil, the Buddha and the demon are actually in the same thought, or the Buddha and the demon are actually human beings! ”

Liao Yuan tried his best to explain his understanding of the Buddha very simply, and with Zhao Yan's wisdom, he could naturally understand it, but although this truth seems simple and not difficult to understand, it is not easy to truly turn it into his own philosophy.

After listening to Yuan's words, Zhao Yan also showed a contemplative expression on his face. But soon he turned to Yuan and asked, "Yuan, I understand what you mean, but how do you explain the disappearance of the Buddha's tooth that day?" ”

"Hehe~, why do you want to explain, there is naturally a reason between heaven and earth, and we can't understand them one by one. Just like the previous solar eclipse, because I didn't understand the truth, everyone thought it was a tengu eclipse, but now we know that it is actually the moon blocking the sun, and there are many similar examples, so although I can't explain the disappearance of the Buddha's tooth that day, it can't be explained that it is the power of the gods and Buddhas! At this time, Yuan spoke again.

If he hadn't heard it with his own ears, I'm afraid Zhao Yan wouldn't have believed that Yuan, the great monk, was actually a materialist. However, his words also made Zhao Yan feel very ashamed, because he had forgotten such a simple truth. If the mythical color of the Buddha's tooth is thrown away, then it is likely to be an unknown substance, and it is normal to have some mysterious properties, but let alone now, I am afraid that even future generations have not been able to solve this mystery, at least he has never heard of the reason why the Buddha's tooth will shine on its own.

Thinking of the above, Zhao Yan's mentality slowly calmed down, in fact, he can't be blamed for this. The Buddha's tooth is originally related to religion, so Zhao Yan is also preconceived. Completely confused by the religious overtones of the Buddha's tooth, now that he jumped out and thought about it, he felt that Yuan's analysis made more sense.

Seeing that Zhao Yan was silent, Li Yuan thought that he couldn't let go of the matter of the Buddha's tooth, so he smiled again and said, "Your Highness, you don't have to take the matter of the Buddha's tooth to heart anymore." Let's talk about going to Europe! ”

Yesterday, Zhao Yan and the others left the Lion Country, and Li Yuan also left with them, because he was going to Europe, and he had only stayed in the Lion Country temporarily, and he originally planned to take a merchant ship by himself. But I didn't expect to meet Zhao Yan in the Lion Country, so I got on Zhao Yan's boat together, so that there was someone to talk to on the road.

Hearing Yuan mention going to Europe, Zhao Yan finally came back to his senses at this time, and temporarily put the matter of the Buddha's tooth behind and said: "I went to Europe this time mainly to take the whole family to play, and by the way, I visited my son, but why did you go to Europe?" I remember that some time ago, Buddhism organized a group of monks to go to Europe to preach, but it seems that there is no you? ”

"Hahaha~, His Royal Highness is worthy of His Royal Highness, I guessed the key at once, the last time the imperial court asked Buddhism to select people to go to Europe to preach, but unfortunately I was debating with the local monks on the Tibetan Plateau, and when I came down from the plateau, the people who went to Europe had already left, but I almost turned around the Great Song Dynasty and the surrounding areas, and I didn't want to go to the hot Nanyang, so I decided to go to Europe to take a turn, and by the way, I can also take a look at the local missionary situation." He replied with a laugh that he was fat, and fat people were the most afraid of heat, so he was more interested in Europe than in the hot South Seas.

"I see, I seem to have heard you say before, you have been walking around all these years, I didn't expect you to even go to Tubo, speaking of which Tubo is a key point that our Great Song Dynasty needs to overcome next, I don't know what you think of Tubo?" When Zhao Yan said at the end, he also showed a very interested expression, Tubo is located on the plateau, even merchants are reluctant to go up, generally only trade on the edge of the plateau, coupled with the poor traffic conditions in Tubo, so that the Great Song Dynasty has a limited understanding of the situation inside Tubo, so Zhao Yan wanted to listen to Yuan introduce the situation in Tubo.

"Hehe, I don't think the imperial court needs to worry too much about Tibet, although I am a disciple of Buddhism, but I also have to admit that the spread of Buddhism in Tibet has destroyed the foundation of the entire Tibetan******** However, because of the particularity of the temple, it is difficult for these forces to form a unified big force, coupled with the paralysis brought by religion to ordinary Tibetans, which makes Tibet lose the momentum to move forward, so I dare to assert that it will be difficult for Tibet to pose any threat to our Great Song Dynasty in the future. Liao Yuan smiled at this time and said, although he is a monk, he is also a Song person, so he analyzes it from the perspective of the Great Song Dynasty.

After listening to Yuan's words, Zhao Yan couldn't help but nod in agreement, the Tubo of later generations is indeed like Yuan's analysis, because of the rule of Buddhism, it has no desire to expand outward, as long as it does not take the initiative to provoke them, there will basically be no threat. (To be continued.) )

PS: I finally recovered a little after sleeping all afternoon, and I continued to sleep after this chapter, and I basically didn't sleep well in the hospital for a week.