"You said your name was Goku?" Tang Ping looked at the dark and thin little monk in front of him and asked a little strangely.

"Back to ...... Donor...... Back to Ping Guogong's words, the master said that the reality of ignorance is the Buddha nature, and the illusion of the empty body is the Dharma body, so he named me Wukong."

The little monk replied with some restraint, and then secretly lowered his head and looked around curiously.

I came from Tianzhu all the way, and I can be regarded as well-informed, but this Pingguo Gong's home, as the master said, is indeed very different from all places in heaven and earth.

Tang Ping was speechless for a while after listening to the little monk's explanation, if it weren't for Tang Sanzang's apprentice, he would almost be able to do it.

It can only be said that Tang Sanzang is also an interesting person, he went to Tianzhu to learn scriptures, and he really accepted a disciple named Wukong.

"You said you asked me to save your master, where is your master now? What's wrong?"

Hearing Tang Ping ask about the master, the little monk's face turned pale, and then the person became much more serious: "The master studied Buddhism in Tianzhu, and he was originally going to return to Chang'an after Dacheng, but he was detained when he left Tianzhu."

"Taken down?" Tang Ping asked strangely, "Who detained him?" Why is this so?"

Tang Sanzang wants to say that he is handsome, he is indeed so handsome, but here is thousands of miles away from Tianzhu, I am afraid that under the wind and sun, the handsome monk with fine skin and tender flesh in the past is long gone, and he has no money, who will deduct him?

"It's a prince in Tianzhu, he said that the master secretly learned the Buddhism of their country, so he detained the master, and if we want to release him, he will pay a fine of one million taels of silver."

Saying that, the little monk was a little indignant: "Where did the master steal learning? He's just trying to get money!"

"You didn't show him your clearance papers?"

"Given, just because it was given, the prince said that he couldn't easily let us go back to Datang."

Tang Ping frowned, how could this matter be a little weird?

If you want to say that Tang Sanzang is not allowed to learn their Buddhism, it would be good to refuse at first, but when the other party planned to return to China, he detained the person, and asked for such a large sum of money, which is really a bit unreasonable.

"Did your master tell you something?"

The little monk's eyes flickered, and he hesitated for a moment before he said honestly, "The monks don't speak, in fact, the master was arrested that day, and I just happened to go out, and then it was easy to find out that the prince of Tianzhu asked the master for money."

"I came to ask you to save the master, but I didn't show the master."

Tang Ping was stunned: "So you came back to Chang'an from Tianzhu alone?"

"Hmm!" The little monk nodded honestly.

Tang Ping looked at this little monk with some admiration, although he was not big, but in order to save his master, he actually returned to Chang'an from Tianzhu, thousands of miles away, and the difficulties and dangers along the way were indescribable.

"Master Sanzang is my friend, I will definitely not leave him alone, you go down and rest first."

The little monk listened to Tang Ping's words, and he was not afraid that he was lying to him or perfunctory to him, but simply believed that Tang Ping would make a move, so he put his mind at ease.

obediently followed Li Bai to the guest room to rest.

Tang Sanzang lived in the small temple behind Tang Ping's shop at the time, and the relationship between the two was really good, and now that he was detained, Tang Ping naturally would not ignore it.

It's just that he has just returned to Chang'an, and there are still a lot of things waiting for him, such as the welcome dinner in the palace tonight.

Anyway, this little monk has spent so much time from Tianzhu thousands of miles away to Chang'an, if there is nothing to do, it will be fine, if there is something, it will be too late for him to rush there now.

So don't panic on this day or two.

changed into his official uniform, and the banquet in the palace tonight was mainly to catch him up, so he naturally had to dress more formally.

Drove into Chang'an, did not come back for a period of time, Chang'an is more prosperous, that is, close to the evening dinner time, the street is also full of people.

When he entered the palace, naturally an attendant came over and led him to see Li Shimin first.

Li Shi

When Min saw Tang Ping coming, he stood up with some excitement, came to him in two or three steps, and then patted him on the shoulder vigorously.

"Good, good, good!"

Three good words in a row!

You must know that at that time, Tang Ping was sent to the Northeast, in fact, it was to put a smokescreen bomb and let the Tubo people relax their vigilance, but I didn't expect Tang Ping to go not only to solve the matter of Hou Jun's self-respect in supporting the army, but also to include the Northeast in the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin is ambitious, especially after seeing Tang Ping's globe, not to mention places outside the Tang Dynasty, at least to expand the territory of the Tang Dynasty to the size of the globe on the globe, right?

I thought it would take another year or two, waiting for me to clean up Tubo in the southwest, and then turn around to deal with Hou Junji in the northeast.

But who knew that Tang Ping, the deputy general, would be solved after such a journey.

Now in his Hall of Virtue, the map of the Tang Dynasty behind his seat has been updated, and according to Tang Ping, the entire Tang Dynasty territory should now exceed 10 million square kilometers.

"Second uncle, tap!" Tang Ping grinned and rubbed his shoulder, these elders liked to pat their shoulders one by one.

"Those who have fought with hundreds of thousands of troops are still so weak." Li Shimin said with some disgust: "This time you have made immortal achievements, but what reward do you want?"

Based on Li Shimin's understanding of Tang Ping, it is estimated that he will not want anything, after all, the assets of his inner treasury are estimated to be less than one-tenth of the Tang family's commercial bank, not to mention his two daughters-in-law, one is the king of Dongyue, and the other is a Turkic khan.

There is probably nothing in the world that he can't get.

But to Li Shimin's surprise, Tang Ping actually opened his mouth and said, "There is really something I want to ask the second uncle."

"Okay!" It was rare for Tang Ping to speak, and Li Shimin agreed without asking what it was.

"This trip to the Northeast, Helan Chushi has made a lot of contributions, I want to ask for a knighthood for him, and his wife, and also ask the second uncle to give a decree......

Li Shimin didn't expect that what Tang Ping was asking for was actually this thing.

You must know that Hou Junji finally stirred up the situation in the Northeast as a rebel general of the Tang Dynasty under the banner of rebellion.

To the outside world, the Tang Dynasty also claimed that Hou Junji was a traitor of the Tang Dynasty, but if Helan Chushi was to be knighted, then the first of these would not be easy to pass in name.

Therefore, Helan Chushi followed Tang Ping to clean up the cities that Hou Junji attacked, although the credit was not small, but there were no relevant documents sent.

Whether it is the court or the military department, they seem to regard him as a transparent person, and they did not trouble him because of Hou Junji's relationship, but they did not praise him for his merits.

"You're going to give your uncle a problem."

Li Shimin shook his head and said with a wry smile.