Entering the palace from the side door, although there is an edict from Emperor Taizong, he also routinely guards and checks, looking at the imperial city wall that is several people high, and he can't see the side of the imperial city wall at a glance, Zen Ji has no idea, and the guards and the city wall are empty in his eyes.

Master Xuanyin was very satisfied with the indifferent reaction of the Zen machine, and the ancient well had no waves, and it was the most important thing in the Buddhist state of mind to not be surprised.

The monks are simple, and Master Xuanyin is strict with himself and does not like to sit in a sedan chair. It took a long distance to get to the Imperial Study.

Taizong was in the imperial study at this time, staring at a painting on the wall, and Master Xuanyin and Zen Ji were standing outside the door waiting. For a long time, Taizong asked.

Guixi: "What time is it?" ”

Guixi replied: "Back to everyone, it's already Shen Shi." ”

"Everybody....."

"Speak"

"Everyone, Master Xuanyin of the Great Bell Temple has arrived."

"Huh? How long? Where are the people? ”

"Everyone, Master Xuanyin and one of his disciples are waiting outside the imperial study an hour ago."

Taizong was very happy to hear this, quickly walked out of the imperial study, pushed open the door, and saw Master Xuanyin and Zen Ji, still standing in the distance and not moving.

Taizong said: "I don't know that the master has already arrived here, how can the saint stand in front of the door, this is my rudeness, master please come in." ”

The bystander is clear, Taizong maintains the supremacy of imperial power, although Master Xuanyin is called a "saint", he can't surpass it, doesn't it mean that you can really accept it comfortably if you don't kneel and perform the monk's salute, and you have to meet you immediately when you come to the emperor, doesn't it seem to lose your prestige? But I can't find fault with the surface, because he is a Mingjun!

Besides, in the era of the supremacy of imperial power, except for the one who dared to call himself a saint on the dragon chair, who would dare to call himself a saint in the mortal world? That's a head-scratching thing.

Taizong and Xuanyin discussed Buddhism for a long time, and before they knew it, two hours had passed, and the sky was already dark at this moment. It was inconvenient for the master and apprentice to stay any longer, so they asked to leave.

When going out, Empress Sun and Princess Mingyang were waiting outside the door.

"The concubine heard that His Majesty and the monk talked about Buddhism and didn't dare to bother with money, but Mingyang had to make a fuss and wanted to see the monk's appearance, although the seventeenth heart to Buddhism is a good root, but the princess of a country is so willful and always unruly, so the concubine took her to wait outside the door, please Your Majesty to condemn."

Taizong has always felt a little guilty about the loss of his biological mother when Mingyang was young, but fortunately, Empress Changsun treats her as her own. Taizong originally respected and trusted the eldest grandson queen very much, and seeing that Mingyang was not wronged in her palace, but was more doting than the eldest grandson's own children, he couldn't help but appreciate the eldest grandson even more.

In addition, Princess Huigen of Mingyang was born early, and she learned poetry and books at the age of seven. In addition, Mingyang's personality is also very eclectic, bold, careful, and decisive, without dragging his feet. In particular, Taizong couldn't help but sigh: "This smart and decisive is like my daughter!" ”

Taizong loves this Mingyang, Mingyang is also very pleasing to the emperor, Taizong likes Buddhism, Mingyang wants to listen to Buddhism, Taizong talks about the Tao, she works hard to learn the "Tao Te Ching", Taizong occasionally writes ink treasures, Mingyang is noisy to study ink for his father......

Therefore, Taizong also knows Mingyang's temperament, and the eldest grandson will not lie, it must be this Mingyang himself who is coming.

Mingyang saw Taizong come out and saluted first: "Mingyang has seen my father." ”

looked at the Xuanyin mage next to him and gave a salute: "Mingyang has seen the Xuanyin mage." ”

Master Xuanyin returned the monk salute and said to Taizong: "The princess really has deep roots", and Taizong added a little good feeling in his heart.

"This little monk is a master apprentice? What do you call your Dharma name? Mingyang looked at Zen Ji and asked.

Zen Ji replied without humility or arrogance: "Back to the princess to ask, little monk Zen Ji." is just one of the abbot's many disciples, and he does not dare to call himself a high-ranking disciple. ”

"Father, the Emperor, and his sons have been studying the Dharma recently, and I have heard that the Dharma can keep people away from ignorance and increase their compassion. Can my father allow his sons to observe the hearing next time? ”

Taizong only felt in his ears that this Mingyang was so sensible, it was a pity to be a woman. Since then, it has been more pampered. Whenever Master Xuanyin came to discuss Buddhism with Taizong, Mingyang listened carefully behind the screen.

In a blink of an eye, Mingyang was fourteen years old and reached the age of marriage. Even if Taizong favors Mingyang, he will not be able to escape the fate of the emperor's family - the princess is just a tool for the emperor to win over his courtiers. Fortunately, Taizong still cherishes Mingyang after all, and married Mingyang Xu to a civil official son of a veteran of the two dynasties, and that son is also personable and has a very good family education.

When Mingyang heard the news of Taizong's marriage, the scene of the delicate little monk appearing in a trance, with his palms folded and getting farther and farther away from her. After all, she is not as obedient as an ordinary woman, and at the beginning she also resisted, soft and hard against marriage, and finally she went to the Horse Mansion because she disobeyed her order.

Ming Yangsheng is already beautiful, but that son is a nerd, and he has long fallen in love with her at first sight. In addition, if the tutor is really very good, after the son became a colt, no matter how dissatisfied Mingyang was, unreasonable, or even very strong, this colt accepted it all. This inevitably seems cowardly to outsiders.

It's a pity that no matter how much this colt endures, Mingyang still doesn't like him. She saw that the men in this world were all made of filthy mud, and they were not worth her to see at all. She didn't know that she had already planted the lotus flower in her heart, even though she thought she had forgotten where the lotus was.

After three years of marriage, Mingyang has never let the concubine get close to him once, and he also suffered the concubine, but the emperor's daughter is a golden body, even if there are some "shrews", he dare not speak.

Mingyang loves Buddhism, often goes to the temple to worship the Buddha, this day in the Great Bell Temple to worship the Buddha, passing through a meditation room suddenly tired and planning to go in to rest for a while. Mingyang was not an unreasonable person, but the meditation room was quiet, she thought that there was no one, and when she went in, she knew that a monk was meditating and practicing meditation.

She knew that she was a little rude, but she couldn't let go of the princess's pride, so she only whispered, "Please forgive me for taking the liberty of disturbing the master's retreat." ”

The monk who was meditating slowly opened his eyes and saw that the woman in front of him only felt familiar, after all, it was inconvenient for the monk to look at the woman, so it seemed frivolous and rude. Just tap your jaw and continue to meditate.

The maids around Mingyang refused to be rude when they saw that Zen Ji had a lot of words, and drank angrily: "Bold! When you see the princess, you don't get up and salute! ”

Zen Ji did not get up, and recited the Buddha's name: "Female donor, all living beings are equal, and there is no dignity and humility in this Shamen." ”

The little maid was annoyed and embarrassed when she saw her master being ignored: "You monk is so rude. My princess only feels tired when she travels here, and she needs to rest in this meditation room, so she doesn't hurry out! ”

"It's not that the poor monks are rude, it's just that this is a meditation room that is not very convenient for people outside the temple to enter, and the female donor is invited to move elsewhere." Zen Ji replied neither humbly nor arrogantly, and did not intend to give in.

The little maid was still about to make a sound, but Mingyang stopped the maid: "So Mingyang really shouldn't disturb the master's meditation." Then she changed her words: "The master is still a person from my Tang Dynasty, so he wants to talk about the courtesy of the monarch and the courtesy, and this princess ordered you to give a lecture." ”

Zen Ji opened his eyes when he heard the word "Mingyang", and remembered the seven-year-old girl many years ago, and Master Xuanyin had personally praised her for her early birth and had never seen her again. Zen machine has never seen Mingyang again, but Mingyang has seen Zen machine and is still very familiar.

No matter how young and promising a monk is, Zen Ji is still a mortal. As Mingyang said, as long as it is a person, in this Tang Kingdom, rules are indispensable. Zen Ji had to obey the princess's orders and preach the scriptures seriously.

Since then, Princess Mingyang has often come to the Great Bell Temple to listen to the Zen machine lectures.

After a few years, Zen Ji followed Master Xuanyin to translate dozens of classics for the Great Bell Temple, although his reputation was not as good as that of Master Xuanyin, but he was also a monk in the Tang Dynasty Buddhism. It's a pity that this doesn't prevent Zen Ji from ending up with a young death.

It's not as peaceful as it seems.

After the death of Princess Mingyang's father-in-law, the elder of the two dynasties, the two sons fought for the right to inherit. Because the second son is a concubine and has the support of the princess (although the princess does not treat this concubine very much, it is also a concubine's. The eldest son had a plan, as long as the emperor alienated the princess, the second son's position would naturally weaken.

So the eldest brother of the concubine secretly collected all the news that was unfavorable to Princess Mingyang. With all kinds of efforts, I finally found that Princess Mingyang often went to the Great Bell Temple to listen to the monks preach Buddha. The horse's brother was overjoyed: "God helps me part-time." ”

As for not catching the handle of the princess scandal at all, it doesn't matter anymore, the three of them become tigers, and fabricating evidence is not easy to catch? So somehow a jade pillow appeared in the meditation room of the Zen machine, and there was a confession that it was given by the princess.

The scandal of the Horse Mansion soon spread to the palace, and for such a thing that was like the royal reputation, Taizong was furious and did not interrogate him strictly, and cut off the Zen machine in half. (Ironically, Zen has already translated all the recent Buddhist scriptures, and that's the case with the so-called companion of the king and the tiger.) It is nothing more than taking the opportunity to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger: all your honors and wealth are given by the Son of Heaven, and they can also be taken back at any time. ）

Princess Mingyang's temperament has changed dramatically since then, and it is said that after Gaozong came to power, she also participated in the rebellion and so on, and was finally killed by Gaozong.

It is said that this Princess Mingyang went to Nai He Bridge, and was told by Meng Po that she understood the grievances between herself and Zen Ji.

The last Zen machine was a monk of the Great Bell Temple, and the law name was "empty dust". Kong Chen chanted for her own blessings, and she had the opportunity to be reborn as a human being and enjoy wealth and prosperity in the royal family.

In order to cross himself again, the empty dust re-entered the turbid world. It's a pity that the reincarnation of the turbidity world has long been blinded by the five senses and seven tricks of the monks, and the three car monks were like this back then, not to mention that the Zen machine is not an Arhat?

And Mingyang, who is in this life, has been close to Zen since he was seven years old when he saw Zen Ji. Ten years later, this emotion has changed, and although it has not crossed the thunder pool, it has also made Zen move the mortal mind. So after all, she still broke the cultivation of the third monk, causing him to die young and young before he achieved positive results. This kind of karma is supposed to go to hell, and the last wish in Zen Ji's heart when he is dying is to never enter reincarnation again, and he is willing to find that soul in the underworld.

Mingyang dragged the heavy shackles and stood at the head of the bridge and refused to leave, waiting for the Zen machine.

Meng Po was holding a cane, and a red lantern hung from the top of the crutches. She brought a bowl of soup and said, "This soup is made from the tears of your life, drink it and look at each other, your three lives are over, forget about each other." ”

After all, Mingyang has a strong temperament: "I don't drink this soup!" I'll wait for him to come back! ”

The ghost servants on the left and right grabbed Mingyang and poured the decoction down. At this time, Mingyang heard a person's voice and shouted: "Meng Po! You've fed this soup to the wrong person! ”