In the palace city, the empress personally held the lamp for the Yuankong monk, who was terrified and only thanked God.

The empress sat down with a smile and said, "The master is a living Buddha in the world, why should he be so polite? I respect you, but I actually admire the master as a person. ”

Yuan Kong was very modest, sighed, pointed to himself and said: "Your Majesty, the living Buddha is just a false praise, and he is just a monk chanting scriptures in front of the Buddha." ”

"The master is modest, and no one in the world knows the name of the master." The Empress laughed.

How could the monk not know the empress's thoughts, at the moment, without waiting for the empress to open her mouth to solicit, she put aside the topic first, and said with a smile: "It's all a waste of fame, a waste of fame, the poor monk is just a monk who has broken through the red dust and escaped into the empty door, what he wants is nothing more than how much incense money he gets every day, if there is more, the poor monk can be happy all day, if it is a little less, I am afraid that it will be awkward for half a month, and it is even more greedy for wine, if the poor monk is really a living Buddha, I am afraid that the Buddha will be angry to death." ”

The empress is not an idiot, on the contrary, she is also unusually smart, this paragraph, I heard the prevarication between Yuankong's words, just smiled slightly: "No matter what, the master is still a living Buddha in my heart, Narcissus, go and bring the gift I prepared for the master." ”

Narcissus who was accompanying him heard the words, and after a while, he came over with a wooden box, came to him, opened the wooden box, and saw that there was a pair of Buddhist eight treasures lying inside.

The eight treasures of Buddhism made of Dushan jade are the eight classics of Zheng'er.

The above round gong umbrella cover, vase fish intestines, eight kinds of symbols representing the highest virtue of Buddhism are grouped together, plus the craftsman who makes this piece of eight treasures is also exquisitely crafted, just such a piece, throw away the meaning it represents, not to mention, just the texture and material, put it on the market, that is at least 100,000 taels of silver.

And you have to have land to buy it.

"Oh, Your Majesty, what does this mean?"

When he saw that the baby was, the monk was taken aback and hurriedly asked.

The empress smiled: "This treasure is a tribute from the state of Nafan, piled up in the treasury for several years, today, simply take it out, give it to the master, a show of my sincerity." ”

Yuan Kong waved his hand: "This kind of treasure, the poor monk really doesn't dare to accept it." ”

When the empress heard this, she looked at Wang Xiaolai.

Wang Xiaolai, who was eating and drinking, was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and muttered, saying in his heart that he would let me come.

Helpless, he only raised his head and said to the Yuankong monk: "I said master, you can take it, anyway, don't do it in vain, and don't let you pay for it or anything, don't you say something, don't take advantage of it." ”

Yuankong: "···"

Everyone at the dinner table coughed.

Listening to Wang Xiaolai's words, Yuankong looked at the treasure and asked tentatively, "The poor monk accepted it?" ”

Wang Xiaolai nodded: "This kind of taking advantage of things still needs to be asked... Ah!!! ”

Wang Xiaolai, who was talking, suddenly sighed, causing everyone to look at him and ask what was wrong.

Wang Xiaolai stepped back, looked down at the table, and the empress's feet were pressing on the instep of his feet, twisting and twisting hard.

That means that Wang Xiaolai should pay attention to it and stop talking nonsense.

"No, it's okay, eat, eat."

Wang Xiaolai said.

Then they raised their glasses again, and began to eat and drink.

Not to mention how lively the banquet was for the time being, after eating and drinking, the banquet dispersed, and everyone said goodbye and left, the empress simply called out to the monk Yuankong and said, "Master, please stay, I have a question, I want to ask the master." ”

When Yuan Kong heard this, he stood up very obediently.

Over there, Wang Xiaolai and Liu Maolin said goodbye to the empress and went back.

took Yuankong to the imperial study, and the empress instructed Narcissus to close the door, and then turned around, looked at Yuankong, and suddenly gave a deep salute.

Yuan Kong didn't say anything, as if the empress was like this, he had known it for a long time.

"Master, I'm confused."

The empress looked up at the old monk.

The old monk pursed his lips and asked softly, "May I ask Your Majesty what confusion is in his heart." ”

The empress motioned for Yuankong to sit down, and then said: "The current situation in Sui Yang makes me feel uneasy, every day I get up, I will feel a sense of confusion and powerlessness, and I ask the master to guide me." ”

The old monk asked tentatively: "Is it because there are strong enemies in the east, west, and north directions?" ”

The Empress hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Yuan Kong smiled: "Your Majesty, what's so difficult about this matter, you have countless Wenchen military generals under your command to assist, just the current situation in Suiyang, don't worry at all." ”

The empress shook her head with a wry smile: "No, master, if this is the case, then it would be fine, you don't understand, now, I feel that there is a big mountain above my head, which makes me breathless, and the ordnance and materials transported out of Daxing City every day are countless, the more this is the case, the more panicked I become, because I feel that Zhao Sui and Huyan Zhuozhuo are holding knives and cutting off my flesh and skin piece by piece." ”

"Your Majesty, doesn't Lu Gongyou Lu invincible? With him, no enemy can pose a threat to you. ”

When the empress heard this, she sighed and said: "But right now, Duke Lu is being dragged in Yongliang, and he can't take a break to deal with Huyan Zhuozhuo and Zhao Sui at all, and besides, I don't have to worry about Uncle Huang's side, after all, Uncle Huang and Huyan Zhuozhuo are also old opponents, and now the only thing I can't rest assured about is that on the battlefield on the Eastern Front, I can't support Duke Lu's victory." ”

Yuan Kong said: "Your Majesty, everything just needs to go with the flow, you have a destiny, and your luck is far beyond what people can match, there is no need to worry about this." ”

The Empress sighed and said, "Master, having said that, you are not in this position of mine, and you do not understand my thoughts. ”

"Your Majesty's thoughts, can you let the old monk listen to it?"

When the empress heard this, she rubbed her temples and said earnestly: "Speaking of which, I don't know how to say it, in short, I always have the feeling of stepping on a cliff at any time, and at any time, I may step on the air and fall into the abyss, and then I will never recover." ”

Yuan Kong smiled: "Since this is the case, then the poor monk will calculate Sui Yang's future luck for His Majesty?" ”

The empress was stunned: "Master, are you serious?" ”

The old monk smiled slightly: "The monks don't speak, the poor monk took His Majesty's delicious food, and ate a lot of palace wine, if you don't show one or two hands, wouldn't it be a waste of food and drink?" Your Majesty, you see. ”

As he spoke, he pinched his fingers and inquired.

The empress looked at Yuan Kong's thumb and nodded on the other four fingers, looking curiously.

First, a drop of sweat rolled down from Yuankong's head, and then, countless beads of sweat rolled down, as if he had taken a bath, wetting Yuankong's whole body.

In the end, Yuan Kong suddenly drank, a mouthful of blood sprayed on his beard, and the whole person was shrouded in a layer of golden light, and a weak look appeared on his face.

"Master!"

Seeing this, the empress hurriedly got up and went over.

It was only when she stood up that she was stopped by Yuankong.

"The poor monk has nothing to do, Your Majesty doesn't need to panic."

When the empress heard this, she had no choice but to stand in place, looking at Yuankong with a worried face.

The latter wiped the spots on his beard with his hand and grinned: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty." ”

Empress: "??? What does the master mean? ”

Yuan Kong smiled and said, "Sui Yang today, there will be good news. ”

"What's the good news?" The empress was a little unconvinced.

Yuan Kong just wanted to say, but he shook his head and waved his hand and said: "This poor monk can't say, you know, the heavenly machine cannot be leaked, and the leakage of the heavenly machine is not a joke." ”

Seeing Yuankong like this, the empress lowered her head and pondered for a while, then laughed, and then got up and bowed: "The master is really a living Buddha in the world, I know." ”

Listening to the empress's words of praise in his ears, Yuan Kong sighed and shook his head: "Eh, Your Majesty, I have said it, where is the poor monk what is the living Buddha, outsiders shout it, Your Majesty, can you also shout, it is really the life of the poor monk." ”

"Hehe, master, you are too modest."

"No, Your Majesty, the poor monk is not modest, but really."

The empress smiled and asked: "Let me ask Sui Yang, besides the master, who else can bear the name of the Living Buddha?" ”

Facing the empress with a slightly relaxed smile, Monk Yuankong looked serious: "Yes, and this person is in this Daxing City." ”

The empress stopped laughing now, after all, looking at Yuankong's expression didn't look like she was joking.

"Well, who is that person..."

Yuan Kong said: "In the waiting, Wang Xiaolai." ”