Chapter 19: Ghost City
Li Bing said: "But he created the rule of Zhenguan, and he is also the first emperor of the ages."
Uncle said: "I told you before, the change of Xuanwu Gate is not only for the throne, in order to get this pill, he did not hesitate to destroy Li Jianchengmanmen, and also sent someone to dig up the cemetery located in Xianling, but after all, nothing was found.
Later, he searched for immortals everywhere to trace the whereabouts of the elixir, and someone told him that there was an elixir of immortality in the Nalanda Temple of Tianzhu Kingdom. But how to get it is a big problem, the temple is said to be the world of Western Buddhas, it is difficult for ordinary people to enter, how can they get the elixir? So he and Prime Minister Yin Kaishan agreed on a plan that lasted for thirteen years.
He first secretly summoned Chen Xuanzang, the son of the champion Chen Guangrui, into the palace, asked him to shave his hair and become a monk, and then traveled west in his personal name to seek the true scriptures. At that time, no one was allowed to leave the country without permission, because it was a secret plan, Chen Xuanzang forged the illusion of smuggling out of the country, even if the plan failed in the future, it can be said that it was his personal behavior and broke off the relationship with the Tang Kingdom. Moreover, in the name of learning scriptures, the Buddha world is of course willing, and when he gains a firm foothold in the western sky, he will take the opportunity to steal the elixir and bring it back to China.
Taizong promised Chen Xuanzang that his children and grandchildren would be prosperous and prosperous forever, and worshiped him as brothers of the opposite sex. Under such a situation, Xuanzang couldn't shirk it, so he had to agree to go.
Thirteen years later, when Xuanzang re-entered Hanguguan with more than 1,000 volumes of Mahayana Buddhist scriptures, the weather was very different from when he left. All the way to welcome and welcome, Taizong personally went out of the city to greet him, and had already built a temple for him in the south of the city, named the Great Mercy and Grace Temple. It means to remember the emperor's kindness and thank Xuanzang's kindness. Xuanzang's kindness to the emperor is naturally the elixir he retrieved. ”
Li Bing said: "Since Taizong has obtained the pill, he must have eaten it, what are you looking for in Zhaoling?"
Uncle said: "The question is here, do you remember how Taizong died?" The death of the Hu monk in the Western Regions to pay tribute to the elixir shows that he is eating a fake pill. Why doesn't he eat the real one and eat the fake? Was it dropped or was it really not given to him at all? Or is there something else going on? There is no answer to this question. For this reason, I went through almost all the relevant works of the Tang Dynasty, but there was no answer. ”
Li Bing said: "Tang history is not credible."
The uncle said, "You're right, maybe there are records that have been deleted by some people. The trend of deleting and modifying national history still originated from Tang Taizong himself. At first, he didn't know that his story needed to be written in the history of the country, and after asking Chu Suiliang, he learned that all his historians had to record, and the "Living Note" was not allowed to be viewed by the emperors of previous dynasties, but Li Shimin wanted to see it, and the historians changed his "Living Note" in order not to kill their heads and to protect themselves. But even if he rewrote it, he was not satisfied, and asked the historian to rewrite the changes in Xuanwumen, so that everyone knew that he was the legitimate heir to the throne, not a usurper and kill his brother. ”
Li Bing said: "This Taizong is really shameless."
Uncle said: "This is human nature, and anyone who has done bad things is afraid that others will know about it." Not to mention being written down. ”
Li Bing said: "That's the same. ”
Uncle said, "Are you very close to that Sun Xiaoxiang?" ”
Uncle asked so suddenly, Li Bing was suddenly speechless, and he said, "It's just acquaintance."
Uncle said: "Although she has a skill, but her origin is unknown, you have to pay attention to proportion."
Li Bing thought to himself: Uncle deliberately saved face for me, and only mentioned things from unknown sources. Pay attention to whether the proportions refer to the ambiguity with Sun Xiaoxiang. Yu Xiaolong's big mouth is going to kill me!
He agreed, "Got it." He changed the topic and said: "Why did Xuanzang get the elixir from the Western Heavens?" Pills and other things are not all Taoist things, how can they run to the temple? ”
Uncle said: "Good question, Buddha and Tao are not simple two schools, the origin of which is very deep, as for why the elixir is in the temple, we still need to explore slowly."
It was already past eleven o'clock in the night after I finished talking to my uncle. Thinking that he would have to get up early the next day, he yawned and went back to his room.
He turned off the light and lay on the bed, and suddenly felt a blue dim light on the table, and he had placed the elixir in that position. He opened the bag, and sure enough, it was the light of the elixir, which could penetrate the bag and emit light.
He held the elixir in the palm of his hand, can this magical elixir really bring the dead back to life? Why didn't anyone give the hidden prince food to resurrect him? Instead, it should be placed in a coffin, and it should be guarded by Qi Qiao? Let Prince Yin's corpse turn into a pile of white bones, and the life-saving thing is under the pillow.
Doubts bothered him again, his thoughts were like a ship sailing on the dark sea, he had seen the huge iceberg in front of him, but he didn't know that the even larger mountain hidden under the water made him in danger of hitting the reef at any time, uncle, Lao Wu, can Xiao Yu protect this ship?
He stared at the elixir intently, curiosity drove him to stick out his tongue and lick it, the blue light suddenly became bright, his tongue was numb, only to feel a cool breath rushing to the top of his head, suddenly sleepy, a hundred times more energetic.
It's a miracle medicine. He put the elixir away again, and when he was bored, he took out his mobile phone and sent a message to his wife: "I have arrived in the western Xinjiang, everything is fine."
Early the next morning, just after dawn, he heard the sound of the car starting in the yard, and Lao Wu had already set off to find Lao Liu.
Lao Wu went directly to the ghost market in the east gate, and before the fog dissipated, he saw many figures at the base of the city wall, like ghosts wandering in the city.
Lao Wu parked the car in an open space, got down and slowly walked into the thick fog, the atmosphere of the whole ghost market was dead and silent, and the buyers silently picked up the things they liked, illuminated them with flashlights, or knocked on them. The seller whispered how strange the treasure was, what a twist and turn its origin, and even they were haggling with each other in the oldest way, putting their hands into each other's sleeves.
Lao Wu turned around, and finally saw a person pushing a wheelchair at the end of the road, walking forward slowly.
He hurriedly ran forward and said, "Lao Liu!" Lao Liu turned around and said, "Why did you come here?"
Lao Wu said: "Of course, there is a big deal."
Lao Liu said: "Still talk to me about trading? Guarding me against thieves? "I pushed the wheelchair and I was leaving.
Lao Wu hurriedly stopped and said: "Last time, the situation was indeed urgent, and there was no delay, this time you asked Xiaoxiang to go with us, and you can just take any treasures you want."
Lao Liu said: "Do I lack a baby?"
Lao Wu said: "There is no shortage of treasures, you go to the ghost market every day?" The goods here are all dug out of small graves and pits, what good goods can be? Even if there are ancestral heirlooms, what can be left by a large family? After a year of wandering around, it is better to go to Zhaoling. ”
Lao Liu said: "Zhaoling? It's all dug up a long time ago, everything is in the museum, where are you going to steal it? Looking for death. ”
Lao Wu said: "The information is here, and the place we are going to must not have been dug up." Let's just say whether to go or not, there is no Xiaoxiang, we will still do this work. ”
Lao Liu pondered for a moment and said: "The wind has been so tight recently, you don't slow down, be careful to step on the thunder."
Lao Wu whispered: "If you don't do it, the things will be gone."
Lao Liu asked, "What is it?"
Lao Wu looked around and said, "This is not the place to talk, you go back and pick up Xiaoxiang, come to us, and talk about it in detail."