Half a paper fragment, falling like smoke. Listen to the crisp strings, see the slender hands, and the neon clothes have passed through the years. The city is full of wind and sorrow, how many joys and sorrows. Yuyang drum is urgent, Jinling is like tired eggs, and the beacon fire is thousands of miles away.

The famous song "Ni Dress and Feather Song", after many years of hard study by Murong Ningyan, a series of additions, deletions and adjustments were made, and this song was finally reproduced and won a lot of praise.

However, Xu Xuan, a member of the Zhongshu House, was surprised after hearing this, his face changed greatly, and he privately discussed with the musician Cao Sheng: "The aftermath of the Faqu should have ended slowly, but now why did it end so quickly? It's not a good sign to change the old score like this, I'm afraid it's not a good omen! ”

"Being able to revert to this state adds some new elements. It's already remarkable, and it's not so stylish, isn't it? There is no need for adults to be too demanding, let alone unwarranted suspicion, what is a bad omen, if the emperor knows, it will be terrible! Hahaha! ”

Xu Xuan listened to Cao Sheng's words, hesitated slightly, wanted to stop talking, and finally swallowed what he was about to say into his stomach, and chose to shut up and say no more.

Although Murong Ningyan went to assassinate Emperor Song, the emperor still did not realize the threat facing the country's survival, and did not take Murong Ningyan's consolation to heart. I like the new "Neon Clothes and Feathers Song" very much, a new song and a glass of wine, still singing every night, most of the time you can always hear the movement of "Ni Clothes and Feather Song" in the palace.

On the eve of Tanabata this year, in order to celebrate his birthday on Tanabata. The emperor ordered people to set up an eight-foot glass screen in Biluo Palace, and used red and white silk to tie it into the shape of the Moon Palace Tianhe. And in the open space, he hewed lotus flowers six feet high out of gold, and decorated them with various treasures. After the arrangement is completed, only to see a moon palace, the Tianhe lies on the top, there is a color of glass lamps hanging on all sides, illuminating the inside and outside, inside the moon palace, there are countless singers, wearing a cloud dress dressed as a fairy, "Ni Dress Feather Song" played, the rhyme is loud, pleasant to the ear, as if it is really to the Moon Palace.

Murong Ningyan praised repeatedly: "After Your Majesty's coincidental dressing, it is no different from the Guanghan Palace, Your Majesty has moved the Moon Palace to the world, if Chang'e knows, I am afraid that she will have to go down to the mortal world to participate in Your Majesty's grand event!" ”

The emperor said with a smile: "In the Tang Dynasty, there was a poem 'Chang'e should repent of stealing the elixir, the blue sea and blue sky and night heart.'" 'Although Chang'e lives in the Moon Palace as an immortal, she can't help but feel lonely and desolate, where can she compare to me and my concubine, in the mortal world, you can be happy in the twilight! ”

The romantic atmosphere made Murong Ningyan very excited, and the husband and wife sang and co-performed the newly arranged "Neon Clothes and Feather Song" dance, who knew that after the all-night carnival, Murong Ningyan, who was weak, fell ill.

The emperor stayed in front of Murong Ningyan's sickbed all day long, unable to untie his clothes, and personally tasted medicine and fed porridge for her, which was considerate. And wrote for Murong Ningyan, "In front of Yushu*, Yaocao makeup mirror." Last year's flowers are not old, and this year's moon is full. Mo Jiao is biased, and the moon and flowers, the heavenly sect is a young man. "Add confidence to Murong Ningyan's victory over the disease, and wish her to be young and youthful.

And also sent people to build a fine house in Zhongshan, with the title of "Baoci Dojo", and sincerely asked the Buddha to bless Murong Ningyan to recover as soon as possible.

The emperor is a Buddha, who calls himself "Lianfeng Layman", and he is a monk, which cannot be counted. Rewards are also given to those who wish to become monks.

The meditation room was built one after another, and the eyes of the Dharma were recruited to enter the palace all day long to preach the scriptures. The emperor was especially fond of a new monk with the Dharma name "Little Elder", who often instilled in him the theory of reincarnation and karma. The emperor was convinced of this, and in front of all the ministers, he gave the monk the title of "One Buddha Born".

After receiving the emperor's appreciation and trust, this "little elder" became even more ambitious, and asked the emperor to draw a huge amount of money to build more than 1,000 meditation rooms on Niutou Mountain, and shave thousands of monks and disciples to show his sincerity to the Buddha. The emperor praised the "little elder" for this move, and also issued an edict to build temples and expand the number of monks and nuns. So that the monks from other countries came to visit, and they did not refuse to come, and all of them were placed in Jinling Monastery.

Tens of thousands of monks have been supported for a long time, temples have been repaired, temples have been built, and fertile land has been widely occupied, so that the national tax has been sharply reduced, the national treasury has been empty, and the national strength has been declining.

Seeing this, many ministers persuaded the emperor, saying that this monk had ulterior motives and obviously wanted to weaken the national strength, and it was very dangerous to go on like this, but the emperor did not listen to it at all, and still regarded the words of the "little elder" as a holy decree.

Could it be that the emperor can't see the problem that the minister can see? What is the true identity of this "little elder"?

On this day, the emperor heard that the envoys of the Song Kingdom were visiting, and was about to go to meet him, but he was stopped by the "little elder", and said with a surprised look: "Your Majesty, are you going to go out to meet the envoys of the Song State like this?" ”

The emperor looked down at his clothes, there was nothing abnormal! So he asked strangely, "What does Aiqing think is wrong?" ”

The "Little Elder" deliberately lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "You should change your clothes. ”

"Change of clothes? What to change into clothes? Isn't this how it has always been to receive foreign envoys? The emperor seemed to hear the new term, and he was stunned.

"But this is not the same as it used to be! Now that the Great Song Kingdom has unified the countries, it is also gearing up for our Tang Dynasty, eyeing us. According to the poor monk's opinion, Your Majesty should be cautious at this time, in case the envoys of the Song State are unhappy, go back to slander in front of the Song Emperor, and come to attack my Tang Dynasty, it will be worth the loss. The "Little Elder" bent over and looked very humble, as if he was thinking about the Tang Dynasty very much.

The emperor has always advocated peace, and when he heard this, he also felt that it was reasonable, so he asked: "Then Aiqing thinks what clothes should I wear?" ”

"The poor monk thinks that in order not to anger Emperor Song, His Majesty should take off his holy robe and put on a purple robe to meet him, and he hopes that after the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty go back, he will talk about this matter to Emperor Song, and Emperor Song will no longer fight my Tang Dynasty idea as soon as he is happy!"

"So that's what it means, Ai Qing is right!"

So, the emperor listened to the slander of the "little elder" and asked Grandpa Zeng to take a set of purple robes worn by the ministers and put them on.

And the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty who met him seemed to be very cooperative with the "little elder", and even praised the emperor's humility in person.

In the face of the bewitchment of the "little elder", the emperor, who had lost his mind, was unaware.

However, as we all know, the purple robe is the clothes worn by the courtiers, and when receiving a foreign envoy, the emperor wears the clothes of the courtiers, which is clear.

"If there is something good on the top, it will be very good on the bottom", the monarchs and ministers of the dynasty also chanted sutras with the emperor to worship the Buddha, either Arhat or Bodhisattva, as if it was a paradise on earth, the Buddha country of the West Heaven - and this is the scene that Zhao Kuangyin could not ask for.

Everyone recites Buddhism, and the government and side affairs are naturally sluggish.

The general Lin Renzhao had been secretly observing this "little elder" for many days, and found that he was a spy of the enemy country, so he reported to His Majesty, and the emperor not only did not believe it, but said that he was disrespectful to the Buddha, and demoted General Lin to the Jiangdu to stay behind.

In fact, General Lin Renzhao's judgment was not biased, and the "little elder" was exactly the ploy that Zhao Pu offered to Zhao Kuangyin that day.

The original words that Zhao Pu leaned into Zhao Kuangyin's ear that day were like this: "Isn't the Tang Emperor a Buddha!" Let's make good use of him. He likes to be a monk, so let's let him use the treasury to feed thousands of monks, and he likes to build temples, so let's let him build a large meditation room, consuming his financial and material resources. When the strength of other countries is weakened, won't it be effortless for us to go to war again? ”

And when Zhao Kuangyin asked how to implement it, he said like this: "This is simple, Weichen knows a person named Jiang Zheng, he was originally a Tang person, but he couldn't be reused because he got fame, and his sister was killed by a traitor, and there was nowhere to redress his grievances. This person is shrewd and fickle, and can speak well, if he is allowed to pretend to be a monk and take the opportunity to approach Li Yu and the cardinals, wouldn't it be easy to control his every move and every move of the monarch and minister? The dog emperor was naturally cleaned up and obedient. ”

This Jiang Zheng is the celebrity next to the emperor right now, "Little Elder." ”

On this day, Murong Zifeng heard that his sister Ning Yan was sick, so he went to visit Yaoguang Palace, and happened to meet the emperor taking care of Ning Yan.

The emperor asked Murong Zifeng: "I heard that Aiqing and his wife raised their eyebrows and envied everyone, how is the child?" ”

"Thank you Your Majesty for your concern, everything is fine with my wife and children at home!"

"Do you know why everything is okay? It is the Bodhisattva who blesses all living beings, and you should be grateful to the Buddha! ”

"What Your Majesty said is very true, Weichen must go to the Buddha Hall to burn incense and chant sutras when he goes back."

"So be it! You went to help me manage Buddhist affairs, and now you are the head of the Buddhist Temple, and you will take office with immediate effect. ”

His Majesty's tone was firm and could not be resisted, and Murong Zifeng had to agree: "Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen!" It's just that Weichen has something unclear. ”

Seeing that Murong Zifeng obediently agreed, His Majesty was very happy, so he asked with a pleasant face, "What is wrong with Aiqing?" But to say defenseless. ”

"Shu Weichen is shallow in learning, what is the Governor of Buddhism? Wechen had never heard of this position, and he didn't know what he was doing. ”

"The prosperity of the country and the health of the people of Li, thanks to the blessing of the Buddha, I have ordered the construction of Buddhist monasteries in many places across the country, and I am responsible for inspecting, repairing and protecting the monasteries."

"Yes!" Murong Zifeng took out the festival from his arms and returned it to the emperor, although he was reluctant, he didn't dare to show half of it.

Murong Ningyan was about to speak, but he heard the emperor continue: "By the way, Aiqing can freely adjust the route and time of the inspection, try to coordinate the relationship with her family, and give you ten days of vacation every month, you can arrange it yourself." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Your Majesty, Hail Blessed! Hearing the words of the Holy Lord, Murong Zifeng's mood suddenly became much more relaxed.

I heard that there were ten days of vacation in a month, so Murong Ningyan didn't say anything more.

The next day, Murong Zifeng went back to the house first, walked to the yard, and heard Lin Xi'er playing with the child, so he leaned on the door and did not make a sound, quietly watching the mother and son playing.

"Hey, brother-in-law is coming home? Why don't you go into the house? Murong Zifeng looked back and saw his sister-in-law Lin Wan'er holding a big bowl of fragrant chicken.

Lin Xi'er in the house heard the movement and came out with the child in her arms, she was very surprised, and asked with a surprised expression on her face: "Brother Zifeng, you shouldn't rest today, why did you go home?" While dragging Murong Zifeng into the house.

In fact, this is also the question that Murong Zifeng has thought about all the way, yes! The commander of his forbidden army has done a good job, and he has also made meritorious contributions to the escape of prisoners, why did the emperor transfer himself out and take care of the affairs of the Buddhist hall?