When the empress heard the nonsense of Bodhidharma, she sat up straight suddenly, and reprimanded angrily: "Demon monk, how many iron-clad warriors have the demons harmed me, causing my Tang Dynasty to weaken, you dare to intercede for them here, what crime should you be guilty of!?" ”

"What sin is there for me to seek peace for all things? If we treat the demon race with hostile prejudice, then the King Continent will inevitably set off a bloody storm and the lives of the people will be ruined, is this what the king wants to see? Bodhidharma slowed.

"If it weren't for them to plague the King Continent, there would be no smoke of gunpowder in the distance. They are born demons and do not understand human nature, so how can we humans get along with them as equals. If you insist on exculpating them again, you will be deceived by the evil words here, and the lonely general will be severely punished, the foolish monks from the Western Regions, can you hear clearly? Wu Zetian continued to shout.

I saw that Bodhidharma's hands were still folded on his chest, his face was open-minded, and a pale yellow halo appeared on the top of his head.

"If the empress insists on going her own way and does not listen to good words, the poor monk is willing to sacrifice his life to the Dharma in order to be bright and save all things in the sea of suffering." Bodhidharma said leisurely, and after finishing his words, he sat cross-legged on the spot, closed his eyes and recited the scriptures, waiting for the moment of Nirvana.

"Heh..."Wu Zetian sneered, and a chill appeared in his eyes. Since you sincerely seek death, loneliness will be fulfilled by you, and it is also a good deed, where is Long Wujun? Burn it! ”

Shangguan Wan'er walked over from the side, made a gesture, and said in a gentle voice: "Your Majesty, why be angry for a crazy monk, be careful of hurting the dragon's body, burning him will fulfill his good name, I am afraid that the world will talk about Your Majesty, you have no virtue to tolerate people." It's better to punish him to Ganye Temple, sweep the floor, and not be discharged from the hospital for half a step. ”

The reason why Shangguan Wan'er did this was actually to save Bodhidharma's life. Because she lived on the street when she was young, when she was hungry and dizzy one day, a monk gave her a steamed bun, so she always treated the monk with a grateful heart.

Wu Zetian heard Shangguan Wan'er's advice, hesitated for a moment, and sighed: "Hey, I'm old and old, and I can't see any blood." Wan'er, just do as you say, and punish him for sweeping the temple for the rest of his life. ”

Shangguan Wan'er saw that the empress had followed her advice, her face was full of peach blossoms, she was deeply touched again, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, your massive appearance is a blessing for the people of the world, who is not willing to be grateful to Dade and pray for the Tang Dynasty to last forever." ”

"This girl, your mouth is sweet." Wu Zetian said with a smile.

In this way, Bodhidharma was escorted by the Longwu Army to the Ganye Temple in a corner of Chang'an. When Sun Wukong heard about his master's encounter, he hurriedly ran to Ganye Temple.

When Sun Wukong arrived at Ganye Temple, he saw Bodhidharma wearing a flail around his neck and a broken broom in his hand, sweeping the fallen leaves under the tree, and a few autumn leaves fell on the flail. When Sun Wukong saw this scene, his heart was full of mixed tastes. Three steps and two steps jumped in front of Damour, snatched the broomstick, and broke it in the knee.

"Master, we have worked hard to come to Datang from the Western Regions to preach the scriptures and sermon and save the common people from fire and water, how can we suffer this great humiliation and sweep the floor here. Master, as long as you give a word, the apprentice will catch that confused female majesty here for you, and let you go. Sun Wukong scratched his chest with both hands, and jumped around Dharma.

"Apprentice, don't make such a mistake, their empress is too obsessed, what can you do if you arrest her? The teacher believes that one day their king will wake up. Bodhidharma bent down to pick up the broken broom on the ground and continued to sweep the fallen leaves.

"Master, we can't help but breathe this breath, Master..."Sun Wukong wanted to stand in front of Bodhidharma, and Bodhidharma changed the direction of cleaning. Deliberately dodging him.

"Needless to say, there is also a broom in the corner of the wall over there, and you can use it to help the teacher clean this courtyard together." Bodhidharma said as he swept it, and he didn't look at Wukong.

Sun Wukong scratched the brown and yellow curls on his temples with both hands, and said indignantly in his heart: "Then Master, can I help you take off the flail?" ”

Bodhidharma was silent for a long time, and slowly said: "Apprentice, go and get a broom, concentrate on cleaning, and the person who takes the flail has no choice but to come, why do you need your hands!" ”

Sun Wukong's hand hanging in the air was pulled back by his own disgust. When I turned my face and saw that there was really a broom in the corner, I walked over and took it. Come to Damor's side, snatch the broken broom from Damo's hand, and stuff his own broom into his hand. This process, without explanation, without going into words. Bodhidharma raised his head, glanced at Wukong, and then continued to sweep the courtyard with his head down.

After a flick of his fingers, Sun Wukong suddenly asked: "Master, if one day, the demon clan really burns, kills, loots, and does all kinds of evil in this land of the King Continent, what should we do at that time?" Is it to help the ignorant humans, or to help the evil demons? Or, we don't help any of them, and we just sit back and watch them become kings and lose. Hahaha..."

"Nonsense. We who believe in Buddhism are to persuade people to be good, put down the butcher's knife, and become a Buddha on the ground, how can we help anyone to fight and kill?! Bodhidharma said angrily, and the movements in his hands did not stop because of this.

"Anyway, I have already drawn a line with the demons, the well water does not interfere with the river water, if they come to find my stubble, I will help them put down the butcher knife in their hands." Sun Wukong said angrily, the intensity of sweeping the floor unconsciously increased a lot, and the fallen leaves were suddenly sprinkled with flying dust.

Bodhidharma did not continue to answer his words, sighed lightly, and shook his head secretly.

Li Duozuo came out of Di Renjie's mansion, and went to Princess Chang'an's county mansion to report the relevant information.

"Promised, promised, princess, Di Renjie promised to help us in secret. At present, he is collecting evidence about the crime of the national teacher. I believe that it will not be long before there will be eyebrows. Li Duozuo said excitedly, unable to hide his joy.

"The national teacher sells the official mantle and eradicates dissidents, does this still need to search for evidence, no one in the entire court knows except the empress." Princess Changping said.

"Princess, listen to me tell you in detail. The evidence that Di Renjie is looking for is not ordinary evidence. Do you know how General Li Jing, who had followed the first emperor for many years and was listed as the founding hero, recently returned from the Western Regions in triumph? Li Duozuo said.

When Princess Changping heard this, her eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she was puzzled: "Didn't you shoot someone secretly, most of it was done by the remaining demons." ”

"No, no, it was killed by the assassins of the Ming Shiyin faction of the national teacher who secretly put cold arrows, Di Renjie told me personally. It's just that Di Renjie suffers from no evidence, so he keeps saying that he is sick and can't bear it, but the subordinates he sent to the Western Regions already have eyebrows over there. Think about it, if Di Renjie really found it, it could prove that the national teacher was the murderer, how could the empress tolerate him again. If Li Jing hadn't led the troops to take the lead in supporting the empress to take power, there would be no empress today. Li Duozuo said slowly.

I saw Princess Changping's frowning eyes, and after listening to Li Duozuo's explanation, she suddenly soothed Qingbo.

"If Di Renjie can really find evidence of the national teacher's crime, then he will indeed help us Li Tangtian." Princess Changping said leisurely.

"yes, yes... After listening to Di Renjie's words, I rushed over in a hurry. Li Duozuo agreed.

"Fifth brother, we can't have our hands idle here, we should also secretly collect evidence that the national teacher is evil and has bad intentions, and when the time comes, we will report it to Her Majesty the Empress together with Di Renjie." Princess Changping said.

"That's right, the last general also has this intention, I will join forces with those who oppose the national teacher above the court to plan to eliminate the thief." Li Duozuo said.

"Remember, this must not be leaked, or all of us... I won't explain it, Fifth Brother, you must also know the ending. Princess Changping paused and said.

"Princess, please rest assured, I will be very careful in this matter, and I will not leak the slightest rumor." Li Duozuo said steadily.

Princess Changping bowed slightly in relief.