Xing Yunqi didn't expect that the master would go down the mountain with them, and he didn't expect that the master master would go to Xiliang City with them.

Although Shangguan Ziming kept more, Huo Qiji and his party still did not stay in Shikun City for long, and after returning from Shikong Mountain, they stayed for a day and then set off to return to Xiliang City.

On the way, Shangguan Zimo was a little unhappy, and he didn't stay with his second brother for a few days at all.

What's more, when she returned, she herself had to ride in a carriage alone, and at her repeated invitations, the little bald head pouted and got into her carriage.

Gongsun Riyue suddenly felt that he was not even as good as a little bald head.

Huo Qiji and Master Huiyuan shared a carriage.

Huo Qiji is erudite and talented, Master Huiyuan knows Buddhism well, and the two talked very happily along the way, Huo Qiji no longer has to say anything like the sun is really round.

The little bald head has been thinking about one thing along the way, that is, the bamboo sweep he made for the master, why did the master bring it to Liangzhou.

After running around for a few days, the group finally arrived in Xiliang City, and Gongsun Riyue escorted a few people to the palace before leaving.

Shangguan Zimo looked at Gongsun Riyue's smile at her, and her heart was a little blocked, and she suddenly felt that she felt a little sorry for this big brother who had always been good to her.

If Huo Qiji doesn't appear, maybe in a few years, she will choose to try to accept this relationship, but now she doesn't want to.

On this trip, Gongsun Riyue thought about it, as the old saying goes, a twisted melon is not sweet, and he doesn't have the ability to twist this melon.

There is no grass at the end of the world, pour two jars of spirits and then look for it.

This wine, Gongsun Sun and Moon did not drink less.

King Xiliang didn't expect Huo Qiji's trip to be so smooth, and he didn't expect that he would bring back a high monk for himself.

He really didn't want to read this sutra anymore.

After listening to Huo Qiji's introduction, King Xiliang got up from his seat, walked down with a smile, folded his hands, performed a Buddha salute and said, "Master has worked hard all the way!"

Huiming returned the salute and said: "The king works hard for the people of Liangzhou, and he deserves the word hard work, and the old monk is ashamed!"

King Xiliang laughed loudly and said, "What the master said is sincere?"

Huiming clasped his hands together, "Amitabha, your majesty, monks don't speak!"

"Good, good, good monk don't speak!"

At this time, Huo Qiji said on the side: "Your Majesty, I know that you are quite interested in Buddhism and Buddhism, and this Dharma Master has something to do and returned to the Liberation Gate, so I helped the king invite Master Huiming to continue to explain the Buddhist scriptures to the king." ”

Hui Ming bowed and said, "Hui Ming is very honored!"

King Xiliang didn't know what kind of medicine Huo Qiji's gourd was selling, but since he handed over this matter to Huo Qiji, he naturally couldn't question Huo Qiji in front of Huiming.

King Xiliang glanced at Huo Qiji, and then said to Master Huiming: "There is no hurry to preach the scriptures, the master has worked hard all the way, let's go rest first." ”

After speaking, he said to the housekeeper on the side: "Old Song, take the master to rest, don't neglect the master." ”

Hui Ming bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the old monk will retire first." ”

After speaking, he said to Huo Qiji: "There is a worker." ”

Huo Qiji nodded with a smile and said, "Master go slowly!"

Huiming left with the housekeeper, and King Xiliang glanced at Huo Qiji, and sat back with a cold snort.

Huo Qiji saw that King Xiliang's face was gloomy, and he arched his hand and smiled: "The king is so generous. ”

King Xiliang glanced at him, "This king doesn't have the bearing of you, so he has just fought with the people who released the empty gate, so this is a smile, this king is curious about what you said to the empty gate? They can even send such an old monk to give a lecture to this king." ”

After speaking, King Xiliang patted the handrail and stood up, pointed at Huo Qiji, and said, "Virtuous nephew, you are clearly from the king of Qi." ”

After saying that, he flicked his sleeves angrily and turned around with his hands behind his back.

Seeing this, Huo Qiji didn't speak, but sat down, poured himself a cup of tea, and drank it slowly.

King Xiliang listened to the movement, turned his head, and found that Huo Qiji was drinking tea, and said angrily: "If it weren't for your father's face, this king must make you look good, hum!"

Huo Qiji put down the tea bowl and asked with a smile: "Your Majesty, before leaving, I asked you, whether you want to go to the Shikong Gate to vent a bad breath, or to talk to the Shikong Gate, it seems that I will misunderstand the king's meaning, I will go and talk to Master Huiming, or send him back to the Shikong Gate." ”

King Xiliang snorted lightly and said: "You kid don't go around these bends with this king, tell me quickly, how did you arrange it, do you really want this king to recite scriptures with this old monk?"

Huo Qiji got up and poured a bowl of tea for King Xiliang.

King Xiliang took the tea bowl, his heart was a lot happier, if it wasn't for Momo's child running to find her mother, he would definitely pull her to Huo Qiji and ask the child's mind.

With his character as the King of Xiliang, if you like it, Lao Tzu can arrange for the two of you to enter the cave room tonight.

Huo Qiji saw the corner of King Xiliang's mouth smiling, thinking that King Xiliang was doing it on purpose, so he said: "Your Majesty, it is also very good to read this Buddhist scripture, Master Huiming knows Buddhism very well, and the king will definitely be able to talk with the master very happily." ”

"Fuck it, Lao Tzu has a big head when he sees that Buddhist scripture, you won't really ask him to give a lecture to this king, right?"

King Xiliang took a big sip of tea and was smooth.

Huo Qiji couldn't help but sigh, sat back and said: "Your Majesty, this Liberation Gate can't be moved, you have to keep it, you know the truth better than me, since we keep this Liberation Gate, we have to treat it well, so that the Liberation Gate can be used by the king." ”

"For my use, nephew, what do you mean by that? I can't let a group of bald heads be officials!"

Huo Qiji smiled and said: "Your Majesty, someone from the Liberation Gate went to Tubo to found Zen Buddhism, presumably the king already knows, but this Zen Buddhism is not the Liberation Gate, before the Liberation Gate, although the king was wronged, but on the other hand, it is not necessarily a bad thing for the king." ”

King Xiliang was silent.

Huo Qiji continued: "Now that Zen Buddhism in Tubo is far more powerful than Shikong Gate in our Liangzhou, and the king of Tubo is very supportive of Zen Buddhism, I am afraid that it will not be long before Zen Buddhism will be crowned as the state religion of Tubo by Zaluduojin." Your Majesty, the people of Tubo are much worse than the people of our Central Plains, and you have helped the unification of Tubo over the years, in addition to making the King of Tubo grateful to you, it is more important to let the people of Tubo see the good of our Liangzhou, and yearn for the life, customs, products, and even classics of our Central Plains people, so that we can have the opportunity to win over the hearts of the people of Tubo. ”

King Xiliang looked at Huo Qiji, "What does the virtuous nephew mean that we are going to eat Tubo?"

Huo Qi smiled and said: "Your Majesty, Tubo has a vast area and is sparsely populated, so it is much easier to eat him than to go east." ”

King Xiliang lowered his head and pondered for a moment and said: "Thirteen years ago, when you came to this king's mansion, I originally thought that the meaning of the national teacher was just to test my mind and prevent me from colluding with Tubo, and then raising troops in the Central Plains. ”

Speaking of this, King Xiliang looked up at Huo Qiji and asked, "Virtuous nephew, do you remember that this king asked you a word at that time." ”

Huo Qiji nodded and said, "Your Majesty, even if you ask me today, the answer is still the same. ”

King Xiliang's eyes moved slightly, he didn't expect Huo Qiji to be this answer.

Back then, he once asked Huo Qiji, if he really took advantage of this to start an expedition, what should he do?

At that time, Huo Qiji said that if the king has the ability to dominate the world, he just has to do it well.

King Xiliang stroked his beard and said: "Thirteen years ago, this king didn't do this, and now he won't, even the old man's uncle won't let this king come, when this king played the banner of the Qing monarch's side, he sent someone to send a secret letter to scold Lao Tzu, and later this king helped Tubo unify, and he also made a lot of efforts." ”

Huo Qi said: "It has caused the king to suffer a lot of grievances. ”

King Xiliang waved his hand and said, "But this king is puzzled, what does this have to do with eating Tubo and his release of the empty gate?"

Huo Qiji took a sip of tea and said, "Your Majesty, have you ever promised to build a temple for Shikong Gate in this Xiliang City?"

King Xiliang's face sank again when he heard this, what is the matter with this kid, why don't you open which pot to mention?

Huo Qiji got up and added some tea to King Xiliang.

King Xiliang picked up the tea bowl and said, "This old Song is old, why did he go for so long and didn't come back, and he always asked his nephew to add tea to this king." ”

Huo Qiji added his own tea and said: "It is natural for the younger generation to pour tea for the elders, so why bother Uncle Song." ”

King Xiliang nodded, good tea!

Huo Qiji continued: "Your Majesty, there is Zen Buddhism in this Tibet, so I will also build a magnificent temple in Xiliang to preach Buddhism to the people of Liangzhou. ”

King Xiliang asked: "I'm afraid that this move is inappropriate, this Buddhist disciple is from a foreign country, is it really appropriate to spread Buddhism in my Central Plains?"

Huo Qiji shook his head lightly and said, "Your Majesty, let me ask, is the ancient sage book good or not?"

King Xiliang smiled: "The virtuous nephew's question is a bit redundant. ”

Huo Qiji asked again: "Isn't it the sage that the ancient sages' classics are given to Tibet, the Xiongnu, or other foreign countries?"

King Xiliang said: "I didn't expect that the virtuous nephew would have such a high evaluation of the Buddhist scriptures. ”

Huo Qiji nodded and said: "No matter where the good truth is, it is the truth, and there are many truths in this Buddhist scripture that have something in common with the writings of my Central Plains sages, and it is indeed worth reading." ”

King Xiliang laughed and said, "The virtuous nephew loves to read so much, but this king is a little worse." ”

Patting his thigh, he asked again: "This king is still puzzled, since what the virtuous nephew said, the Buddhist scriptures are the same as the books written by my Central Plains sages, so why do you need to read his Buddhist scriptures?"

Huo Qiji smiled: "Mutual confirmation, there is no conflict." Your Majesty, no matter how good this sage's classic is, there are still too few readers in our Great Jin, and how many literate people can there be?"

King Xiliang glanced at Huo Qiji, his eyes shrunk, and he said in a low voice, "Virtuous nephew, please be cautious." ”

Huo Qiji nodded and continued: "Your Majesty, has the King of the White Horse Temple in Luoyue City ever been there?"

King Xiliang nodded and said, "I've been to play a few times, but there is no incense, and this king doesn't believe in that thing." ”

Huo Qi smiled and said, "The king doesn't believe it, but what about the incense in the White Horse Temple?"

King Xiliang nodded: "This king also doesn't understand, how can there be so many people who go to burn incense and worship Buddha, in the eyes of this king, this White Horse Temple has not brought them any benefits." ”

Huo Qiji said: "This is why I asked the king to build a temple in our Xiliang City. Your Majesty, Buddhism is the most important thing about cause and effect, and there are many grievances in the hearts of people in this world, but there is nothing they can do, so what should we do? Reciting Buddhist scriptures, listening to monks talk about the Dharma, and reciting Amitabha Buddha more is indeed much more pleasant than lingering on it. This Buddhism crosses people, and it makes people let go of their obsessions, and it is much more difficult to put down this than to pick it up. ”

King Xiliang pondered for a moment and said: "This Buddhism Gate is not like this, he is a big sect in the rivers and lakes. ”

Huo Qiji nodded and said: "The king is very worried, so I established the Liberation Gate in Liangzhou in the Great Jin Dynasty, and the monks of the White Horse Temple are not allowed to have people who practice martial arts. ”

King Xiliang said: "What does the virtuous nephew mean is to build a temple similar to the White Horse Temple in my Xiliang City?"

Huo Qi smiled and said: "That's exactly the case, so I invited Master Huiming to come, and when the temple is completed, this Master Huiming can serve as the abbot, as for the other monks, I don't think we need to bother, there will be people from the White Horse Temple." ”

King Xiliang asked again: "What about the Liberation Gate?"

Huo Qiji said: "Shikong Gate is still Shikong Gate, this Master Huiming is the previous abbot of Shikong Gate, and now the abbot is the master of Master Shihuai, and the one who established Zen Buddhism in Tibet is the nephew of Master Huiming." ”

King Xiliang frowned and said: "This Zen Buddhism doesn't seem to be like ours, I heard that the monk Shihong is not persuaded by Buddhism, but by his kung fu." ”

Huo Qiji took a sip of tea and said: "Your Majesty, this is the advantage of my Liangzhou, he Zalu Duojin has no knowledge, and he feels novel when he first sees the masters of the rivers and lakes, in addition to the nine major factions in my Great Jin, there are also many small sects, and he Tubo people are just relying on their natural physique to be vigorous, and how have they seen the means of the masters of the rivers and lakes, I am afraid that if this continues, the right to speak of the king of Tubo will fall into the hands of others." ”

King Xiliang frowned, "Does his little Zen sect have such ability?"

Huo Qiji nodded slightly and said: "Your Majesty, this Master Huiming also has a senior brother named Huiyuan, who has been spreading Buddhism in Tubo for many years, and is quite prestigious among the people of Tubo, and is respected by the locals as a living Buddha, and Shi Hong has the support of the King of Tubo, and more and more Tubo people will join him in Zen Buddhism, your majesty, think about it, this Zen Buddhism will rely on some Jianghu means, at that time, will this Tubo King still have a choice?"

King Xiliang nodded, and then asked, "Then what should we do in Liangzhou? Do we want to raise troops to march west?"

Huo Qi thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, don't move over there in Gaoyang City for the time being, you can repair a letter to the King of Shu and ask him to cooperate with you in a play." ”

"Bazhou, looking for Fan Jingtian?"

Huo Qiji nodded and said, "Your Majesty, it must not be difficult to secretly send a letter to the King of Shu." ”

King Xiliang nodded and said, "It's not difficult, it's just that what kind of play is I looking for him?"

Huo Qiji said: "Your Majesty, you only need to make it clear in the letter that you intend to send heavy troops to Tubo to overwhelm Bazhou, just to confuse the Tubo people, and now the people and horses of Tubo all the way are just in Gaoyang City, please cooperate with the King of Shu, and we will bring him the people and horses of Tubo." ”

King Xiliang looked at Huo Qiji.

Huo Qiji continued: "Your Majesty, you can still test the attitude of the King of Shu like this. ”

King Xiliang asked, "What if he Fan Jingtian doesn't cooperate?"

Huo Qiji said in a deep voice: "Then really hit him near Liangcheng and force him to send troops." ”

King Xiliang stroked his palms and smiled, and said loudly: "Okay, just according to what you say." ”

Huo Qiji said again: "Your Majesty, this temple still needs to be built as soon as possible, and as for the Tubo side, just continue to maintain the status quo." ”

King Xiliang said: "If the soldiers and horses of Tubo are pitted by us, then Zalu Duojin is afraid that he will not give up." ”

Huo Qi smiled and said: "I'm afraid that he won't dare to come, the king, the difficulty in using troops against Tubo is that they rely on the vast land and hide in Tibet. Your Majesty, all we need now is to wait for them to come to the door. ”

King Xiliang said: "This is very good, if they don't come, we have time, so that their lives can't do without the support of my Xiliang, at that time, who is willing to die for him Zalu Duojin." ”

Huo Qiji said: "It is this reason, the construction of the temple is also the same reason, we must rely on the incense of the temple to attract the attention of the Tubo people, so that more and more Tubo people flock to our Liangzhou." ”

King Xiliang said, "So, I still have to ask that Master Huiming for more advice on Buddhism?"

Huo Qi smiled and said: "The king supports the flowering of Buddhism so much, presumably Master Huiming is happy to give a lecture to the king." ”

King Xiliang sighed and said, "This king is really, hey~"

Huo Qiji said: "Your Majesty, in addition to the subtlety of Buddhism, Master Huiming is also a master! This time he came to Liangzhou, Master Huiming not only preached Buddhism, but also had the important responsibility of protecting the safety of the king. ”

"Protect me?" King Xiliang stood up in shock, walked to Huo Qiji's side and asked, "Virtuous nephew, do you think I need to use him to protect me?" Not to mention that he is the person who released the empty gate, with the body of Master Huiming, this king is afraid that he can send the master to see the Buddha with only one slap. ”

The corners of Huo Qiji's mouth lifted and he picked up the tea bowl.

"What are you laughing at? Nephew, besides, with you here, why do I need to be protected?"

Holding back the smile in his heart, Huo Qiji put down the tea bowl and said: "Your Majesty, don't underestimate Master Huiming, when I am about to release the empty gate again, I have studied with the master, if the master is not old, I may not be defeated." ”

"Is it really that powerful?"

King Xiliang remembered the appearance of Master Huiming, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't look like a martial arts master.

"Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness the Second Prince had the same expression when he first saw me. ”

"Haha, hahahaha, what about later? Ming'er fought with you?"

Huo Qiji shook his head and said, "The amount of alcohol that His Royal Highness of the Second Prince has is still worse than that of the prince. ”

King Xiliang slapped his big hand on Huo Qiji's shoulder and said: "Virtuous nephew, this king is a straight-hearted person, Mo'er is not here, I'll tell her for her as a father, do you have any thoughts about my family Momo?"

Huo Qiji didn't expect King Xiliang to suddenly mention this topic, and he was speechless for a while and didn't answer.

Seeing this, King Xiliang laughed loudly.

"Virtuous nephew, you are also a hero of the world, why are you so twisted in the matter of your children? If you don't speak, this king will treat you as a stranger to my family. ”

"My ......, Your Majesty"

"What am I? This king is from here, what are you blushing for? Manly man, it's not a shame to like a girl, what are you afraid of?"

Huo Qiji felt that his throat was very dry, and after grabbing the tea bowl and pouring a large mouthful of water, he said: "Your Majesty, I am about to leave Xiliang City in the near future, how can I take care of the personal feelings of my children?"

King Xiliang glanced at the door, made a look, and the girl hiding outside the door quietly moved her steps, and then covered her face and ran away.

With Huo Qiji's skills, he naturally knew that Shangguan Zimo was quietly hiding behind the door, in fact, he really liked this little girl who threatened to marry him when he was a child, but the age difference between the two was so big, and he had no fixed place.

At the end of the day, he himself did not dare to face a relationship, a relationship that he himself thought could not see the future.

King Xiliang sat on the chair next to Huo Qiji, patted the tea table and said: "You scholars are good at everything, you just think that things are so unpleasant, look ahead and look backwards, and say that it sounds good is thoughtful, according to this king, it is the mother-in-law and mother-in-law, when you think about it, the daylily is cold, if you don't take this dish first, it will be too late to regret it." ”

Huo Qiji was silent, back then, he really didn't even have time to say "I like you".

There are flowers that can be folded straight and must be folded, and there are no flowers and empty branches.

As soon as he raised his head, he looked at King Xiliang, who was looking at him, and stammered a little: "Your Majesty, I, I'll think about it first!"

King Xiliang slapped the table again, "I want to think about a fart, if this king is going to the cave room tonight, do you still want to? This like is like, if you don't like it, you don't like it, in fact, you can come up with it if you squat there? ”

Huo Qiji thought of the quirky girl, remembered the gentle eyes she looked at herself, remembered how uncomfortable she was in front of her, and remembered the people she had thought of from time to time.

He nodded.

"Yes, haha, hahaha, yes, yes, virtuous nephew, this king is looking forward to calling you a virtuous son-in-law, haha, hahaha!"

"My ......, Your Majesty"

King Xiliang stood up and said: "Don't think that this king has taken a fancy to you, this king's family style, whoever the son likes to marry, the daughter can marry whoever she wants, count your kid picking up a cheap, haha, hahahaha!"

King Xiliang walked away with his hands behind his back, there is such a son-in-law, how can he be unhappy with Shangguan Qingyun?

Shangguan Zimo felt that her face was very hot, she stood by the pond, covered her face lightly, and looked at the fish swimming in the water.

Stamped her feet slightly, she was a little annoyed, Daddy is really, why did he suddenly ask such a thing, making her so shy.

What if, what if?

How can she still call him a big brother, and how can she quietly watch him in a daze?

Behind the door, she didn't hear what Brother Huo said, only heard her own heartbeat, but as soon as she looked up and saw her father coming over, she ran away embarrassedly.

"Who bullied my little Momo?"

Shangguan Zimo turned around, saw King Xiliang coming over, glared at his father, turned back again, and no longer paid attention to King Xiliang.

King Xiliang smiled and said, "Don't you want to hear what my good son-in-law said?"

Shangguan Zimo turned around and hammered King Xiliang a few times with his fist, "Father, you are necrotic, I will ignore you!"

With that, he ran away.

When she ran away, she realized the title in the words of King Xiliang.

Could it be?