The emperor personally went out of the city to see him off.

Now His Majesty has personally welcomed Master Sanzang back outside Chang'an City.

The five masters and apprentices drove to the outside of Chang'an City.

The five masters and apprentices returned to the court, coupled with such a big movement in the city, and after a while, the news of the return of Master Sanzang spread all over the city, and everyone in the city knew that someone had learned the scriptures.

There is also the Hongfu Temple where Master Sanzang once lived, and the monks in the temple saw a few pine trees with their heads to the east, and when they were still in doubt, there were old disciples who followed Master Sanzang to learn the scriptures, and they got up: "Hurry up, hurry up, I think Master Xuanzang has come back from taking the scriptures." ”

In the past 14 years, the people may have forgotten that there is such a high monk as Master Sanzang, but how can the monks in their monastery not remember?

At this time, after listening to the monk's words, while cleaning up his appearance, he also asked: "How does the senior brother know?" ”

"When Master went there, he said, 'After I go, it may be three or five years, or six or seven years, but if the branches of the pine trees are facing east, I will return.'" My master said the words of the Buddha, so I know it. As he spoke, he beckoned to the monks: "Hurry up, don't delay—"

The monks in the temple followed the fish out, but when they went to the street, they heard the cavalry summons: "The holy monk and the royal brother have returned from learning the scriptures, His Majesty will greet him personally, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is leading a hundred officials to greet him outside the city!" ”

Good guys, after these few voices, a group of people dragged their families and called friends to come and watch. That is, the monks in their temple came out earlier, otherwise they would not be able to grab the front row, and they were all happy.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince stepped forward to salute first, and then the hundred officials and the people shouted long live together, and Li Shimin naturally accepted it calmly.

Then His Royal Highness the Crown Prince saluted Master Sanzang and said, "I've seen Uncle Huang—"

Fahai avoided it, made a Buddha salute with one hand, and said: "Amitabha, Your Highness, don't bow too much." ”

"You are a widowed royal brother, if it weren't for the foreign monks, he would definitely be crowned a king with a different surname, although he is a prince, but in front of the royal brother, he is a junior after all. It is he who will be the emperor in the future, and this 'imperial uncle', the royal brother can also bear it. ”

Everyone also heard that Master Sanzang received such a favor, not to mention the people of the city, even the civil and military forces of the past were all emotional. And the sons of some old ministers have comforted their deceased fathers at this moment, such as Wei Zheng's sons.

The matter of learning the scriptures from Sanzang was still fourteen years ago.

Some of the old people who were able to send Master Sanzang out of the city back then have died; And now, some of the teenagers who are waiting for Master Sanzang here have not been born back then, and even if they are young, they don't have too deep memories of what happened back then.

At this moment, the elders around them were whispering about the past.

And those who have been able to span 14 years and witness this grand scene with their own eyes are mostly middle-aged people now. In other words, they are also the mainstay of Datang today.

Just like Wang Xuance and Xue Rengui who drove with Wangjing Tower, Datang was able to maintain this prestigious reputation, and the two of them naturally contributed a lot.

"My little nephew has always liked Buddhism." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince listened to his father's words, and he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly said: "Now that the imperial uncle has returned to the Tang Dynasty, I will ask the imperial uncle for more advice in the future." ”

"Good!"

Naturally, Fahai will not refuse this.

In fact, if the prince of a country believes in Buddhism too much, it is not necessarily beneficial to the country.

Fahai didn't say much at the moment, firstly, because the subjects were gathered at this moment, and these words were not suitable to be said here; Second, the key to this is not something that can be explained in one or two sentences; Three comes. Fahai thinks that it is a very correct decision for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to come and ask him for advice, because it is always better for him to control the content of the teaching than to ponder it in private and go astray.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince saw Master Sanzang respond, and his heart was naturally very happy, and he naturally showed a smile on his face.

Li Shimin, who was on the side, also sighed when he saw it, the reason why he finally chose the pheasant slave as the crown prince instead of the king of Wei. It is precisely because of Li Zhi's "compassionate" heart.

Li Shimin knows very well that if he succeeds to the throne after a hundred years, Li Tai, the king of Wei, then the former prince, Li Zhi and his other sons may not end well.

Besides, if you talk about talent and ability, in fact, you are not under the King of Wei, and now you are teaching by hand, and you can't wait to teach all your skills. I think that in the future, even if he can't become the hero of the territory and expand the territory, he is definitely qualified to be an enlightened king.

The territory of Datang is no longer small.

It's so big that in all remote places, in fact, the Datang Center can't really control the place.

Even if you expand your territory outward, you don't have enough strength to digest these territories, unless the court and the ministers can travel thousands of miles a day, or the information between the central government and the states and counties can go back and forth in a short time.

Otherwise, those vassal states that were subject to the Tang Dynasty would have long since become counties under the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty.

Even in Datang, there are still most ordinary people, but if you can practice as a real person, I am afraid that the country will be chaotic.

Confucianism is used to disrupt the law, and chivalry is forbidden by martial arts. It's not just talking.

As the king of a country, expanding the territory and attacking Diyi from afar can show the prestige of the country, but compared with "martial arts", perhaps more important is the "cultural governance" that can allow the people to live and work in peace and contentment, happiness and health.

And at this point, Li Shimin is very optimistic about the prince.

The older generation of them has finished fighting all the battles that should be fought, and their children and grandchildren should work hard to consolidate and carry forward this prosperous Tang Dynasty.

After entering the city, they saw that although the people of Chang'an were also "surging", in fact, there were rules, although there were forbidden troops on both sides of the road, but in fact, they did not need to bother to maintain order, such a scene is difficult to see in other countries.

Fahai saw the monks of Hongfu Temple on the side, or deliberately stepped forward to meet each other, and said: "Everyone, wait, and wait for the poor monks to return to the court, and then go back to the temple to talk to each other." ”

The monks naturally agreed with their mouths, and they didn't even say that they were in a hurry.

His Majesty and the crown prince did not rush to disturb, but only after Master Sanzang finished explaining, they led to the direction of the door.

Chang'an City is not small, even if the road is smooth, it has been a long time to go, mainly because the people of Chang'an City are too enthusiastic, and Fahai has always been a polite monk, so he responded step by step.

Some old acquaintances back then, seeing Master Sanzang's current appearance, and then looking at their old face, can't help but sigh: This time doesn't seem to have left any traces on Master Sanzang.

When Li Shimin saw it, he whispered to the prince on the side: "Pheasant slave, you can see it. This is the human heart. ”

Seeing that after 14 years, the people in Chang'an City are still so kind to Master Sanzang, but Li Shimin is only happy in his heart, today is the home of Sanzang, even if he is the emperor, he has to hide his halo.

Outside the main hall.

The master and apprentice waited for a while, and according to the process, the hundred officials entered the palace first, and then the emperor and the crown prince drove the court, and when everything was ready, they were announced to go to the palace.

Originally, Li Shimin didn't plan to be so cumbersome, so he led a group of officials and five masters and apprentices directly into the palace to finish the work.

As for the rules. In Datang, he is the rule.

But Venerable Sanzang said that it was not formal enough, nor was it solemn. Li Shimin suddenly became good, and immediately changed his mind, and everything was in accordance with Master Sanzang's wishes.

Today is the arrival of the Heavenly King Lao Tzu, and he is also his eldest brother.

In this regard, Fahai can only say: Even this Emperor Taizong occasionally has such a willful face.

Not much.

"Royal brother goes to the palace."

This was shouted by the emperor himself, and the power of the human race's qi and blood was activated, and the sound spread throughout the palace, and it still echoed in the main hall.

The eunuch on the side was about to open his mouth to speak, but he closed his mouth helplessly.

Fahai went to the palace alone and officially greeted His Majesty the Emperor.

"Brother Xuanzang is fortunate not to disgrace his life, which lasted 14 years, since the Tang Dynasty Chang'an migrated to the West Niuhezhou Tianzhu Lingshan Daleiyin Temple, and returned from learning the scriptures to return to the emperor's brother." After Fahai finished speaking, he moved away a little and said again, "The scriptures are here, please read them for Your Majesty." ”

"Goku—"

Fahai turned around and called out to the Great Sage, and the Great Sage beckoned a few junior disciples, together with Wang Xuance and Xue Rengui, to push the four carts to the top of the main hall.

After stopping the cart carrying the scriptures, the Great Sage led the three junior disciples to salute the Son of Heaven on earth.

Master Sanzang's etiquette is thorough, naturally there is no doubt, and when Baiguan saw that several of the Great Sage Master brothers were also the same as his master, they immediately looked at each other.

"Is this the 'Mahayana Sutra' that the Bodhisattva said back then?"

"It's just a small part here." Fahai first replied to His Majesty, and then explained: "The younger brother went to Lingshan and obtained more than 15,000 volumes of the Written True Scriptures——"

"Fifteen thousand volumes?" When Li Shimin heard this, he recalled it carefully for a while, and suddenly said: "Back then, the Bodhisattva said that Lingshan had a total of three Mahayana scriptures, and one collection was five thousand and forty-eight. Didn't the royal brother take all the three Tibetan scriptures? ”

"Yes, yes." When Fahai entered the main hall, he collected the nine-ring tin staff, and at this time he put his hands together and said: "When he left Chang'an, the emperor's brother took the name 'Sanzang' for his ministers, and if he couldn't get all the Sanzang scriptures back to Chang'an, he didn't dare to finish the emperor's order." ”

When the monarchs and ministers in the main hall heard this, they praised Master Sanzang for a while.

Sun Wuji, the eldest prince of Zhao Guo, opened his mouth and said: "That Lingshan Da Lei Yin Temple is really generous. He was willing to give away all of this scripture. ”

Seeing that it was not the Tang Dynasty Emperor who spoke, the great sage on the side picked up the conversation and said: "The old man is wrong to say this, and the Lingshan Da Lei Yin Temple is not generous at all. These three Tibetan scriptures were bought by my master with money, but they did not give them them. ”

As soon as these words came out.

There was a sudden silence on the main hall, and the atmosphere was solemn for a while.

The emperor Li Shimin, who went up to the throne, and the guards on duty at the entrance of the palace, all looked bad.

"The great sage and the details are clear." Li Shimin didn't ask Sanzang, only asked the Great Sage, and said, "But that Lingshan deliberately made things difficult?" Can your master be wronged in Lingshan? ”

The Great Sage didn't expect that a sentence would provoke the monarchs and ministers of this dynasty to become hostile to Lingshan, and the reason was that he was worried that the master would be oppressed in Lingshan

"Your Majesty has misunderstood." In order to prevent misunderstanding, the Great Sage hurriedly explained: "My grandson said that they are not generous, there is a reason."

Then, the great sage first asked for personnel when "Ah Ao and Jia Ye passed on the scriptures, but they were afraid of how powerful their masters and apprentices were, so they didn't accept it, but just passed on the "wordless scripture" and told it again.

"The wordless scripture?!"

The faces of the monarchs and ministers in the hall sank a little more, and some of them were short-tempered, and they had already rolled up their sleeves, if the axe was by their side, they would be eager to kill Lingshan.

"Not really!" The Great Sage didn't care that he was explaining at this time, and simply cooperated with the expressions of the monarchs and ministers, and said indignantly: "At that time, when my grandson saw it, he wanted to pick up the golden hoop stick and go to the Buddha to have a good theory. Back then, I was able to press my grandson in the Five Elements Mountain for more than 500 years, and it was my grandson who fell for him. Now it is not what it used to be, so that he can let the Buddhas of Lingshan know that my master has traveled thousands of miles to learn the scriptures, but he is not here to be entertained by them. ”

"It's extreme, it's extreme!" A group of elderly generals nodded one after another: "My Tang Imperial Brother, how can I be humiliated in Lingshan?" And then? ”

"Later." The Great Sage spread his hands and said, "You also know that my master's temperament is a rare virtuous monk in the Three Realms, born with a compassionate heart, and a gentle gentleman. At that time, the master stopped my grandson and said, 'The scriptures should not be passed on lightly, nor can they be taken empty', they came empty-handed and took the wordless scriptures, which is also cause and effect."

The monarchs and ministers looked at Master Sanzang one after another, as if to say: Royal brother, why did you fall into the prestige of our Tang Dynasty outside?

Of course, the words of the great sage can't shake Li Shimin, let alone deceive the intellectual responsibility represented by the eldest grandson Wuji and Li Tao, how can they not see through the trick?

I have long been keenly aware of the difference.

At the moment, he is just guided by the words of this great disciple of the Sanzang sect.

After all, if Sanzang really suffered a loss in Lingshan, how could he get back these more than 15,000 volumes of true scriptures?

They were about to wait for the Great Sage to turn around, but they heard the Great Sage say again: "At that time, the Master also said that this wordless scripture is also a true scripture, but although the master can understand this wordless scripture himself, ordinary people don't know it. Therefore, I asked my grandson to send the gold and silver seized by the strong demons and the bandits along the way to the Daxiong Treasure Hall, and then ask the Buddha if these personnel are enough to learn from the scriptures."

Li Shimin immediately smiled when he heard this: "What did the Buddha say?" ”

"The Buddha naturally didn't have anything to say, but only told me a story and explained the origin of the reason why they were recruited in Lingshan." The great sage told the story of "the bhikshu holy monk will go down the mountain and recite three buckets and three liters of rice and gold from the house of the elder Zhao of Sheweiguo, and he still thinks that it is cheap, so that his descendants have no money to use".

After the monarchs and ministers digested it for a while, they continued: "Then the Buddha did not leave the gold and silver, but dispersed the Three Realms and helped the poor. ”

"Hmph." Lu Guogong on the side snorted lightly and said, "I see that he has no face in public." ”

If others may have some respect for the Buddha, he is a demon king who has killed countless people on the battlefield, what Buddha is he afraid of?

All:.

They felt for a moment that Lu Guogong was right

(End of chapter)