Chapter 72: Royal Brother

The locust plague broke out everywhere, and countless people fled their homes, and the victims searched everywhere to find a way to survive.

It's just that half of the entire Tang Dynasty has become the center of locust plagues, where can we find a way to survive?

In just half a month or so, the entire Tang Dynasty has shown a scene of decay, thousands of people desperately starved to death, hundreds of thousands of victims fled in all directions, no matter what kind of disaster relief and relief policies issued by the imperial court, it is also a drop in the bucket.

This plague of locusts is raging in all directions, and the damage it has caused is spreading in all directions, and it can be suppressed here and there.

In just half a month, from Tang Emperor Li Shimin to hundreds of civil and military officials, they were all busy, but they gained little.

On this day, the Tang Emperor held a ceremony to pray for heaven with Yuan Tiangang, so that hundreds of civil and military officials participated, prayed to heaven, prayed for the common people, and completely solved the difficulty of the locust plague.

When the news came out, the people seemed to see a glimmer of hope in despair.

In just one day, all the work required for the prayer ceremony was prepared, and under the scrambling onlookers of all the people, the ceremony officially began, the forbidden army opened the way, and hundreds of civil and military officials arrived.

"Master Xuanzang, Your Majesty asked you to participate in the Prayer for Heaven Ceremony, you, you just went to participate?", in the palace, Jiang Liu was also ready, but the palace maid was stunned when she saw Jiang Liu's appearance.

Jiang Liu's face was white, but he was wearing a white robe, he did not wear a Ming crown on his head, he did not wear Buddhist beads around his neck, and he did not wear monk's clothes on his body.

"Gao Yang, I'll come back when I go out to have a look", Jiang Liu bent down slightly and said softly to Gao Yang who was lying on the bed.

Gao Yang, who was as angry as a gossamer, hadn't woken up for two days, so naturally there was no way to answer him.

The voice fell, and he instructed the palace maid in the palace to take good care of Gao Yang, and Jiang Chuan walked out.

"Master Xuanzang, please come with me", outside the hall, several guards were already waiting, looking at Jiang Liu's appearance of wearing a robe and walking barefoot, he was also stunned, but he didn't ask much, just lowered his head and said respectfully.

It has been almost a month since Jiang Liu opened his mouth to talk about marrying the princess that day, and this matter has naturally spread all over Datang like a hurricane.

Although in the eyes of many people, Jiang Liu, as a Buddhist disciple of the Twelve Rings, actually said these words, which is indeed very undeserved, but I have to say that his words have made countless people admire.

Among them, the women, in particular, were even more moved.

Although Princess Gaoyang has died for a short time, in the eyes of many women, she is happy to meet a man who really loves her like this in her life, even if it is just a monk.

Under the leadership of several guards, Jiang Liu soon came to the scene of the prayer ceremony.

Because this ceremony was to pray for the blessings of the people of the entire Tang Dynasty, they did not hide in the deep palace, but arranged the venue of the main hall outside the palace, and naturally, almost all the people of Chang'an City crowded over.

As the river came and walked all the way, countless people looked at the river in a complicated way, with disgust, respect, and admiration......

Jiang Liu ignored these gazes, and just walked forward quietly, and his own guards opened the way for him.

"Master Xuanzang, you will wait here", when Jiang Liu came, the prayer ceremony had officially begun, and the guards let Jiang Liu wait beside him.

I saw Li Shimin wearing an imperial robe, reciting prayers aloud, and his voice was loud.

"I am ordered by the heavens, on behalf of the heavens to shepherd the people of the world, conscientious, and dare not slack off ......."

Jiang Liu stood under the stage, like the people around him, listening quietly.

The first part of Li Shimin's prayer mainly tells about his hard work as an emperor and herdsmen all the people, as well as the peace and contentment of the people in the Tang Dynasty over the years.

Although these words are splendid articles, Li Shimin's achievements over the years are not exaggerated.

Then, after the prayer is spoken, it naturally turns into an indictment of the plague of locusts and its terrible dangers.

"If it is really that I have lost my virtue and walked against the heavens, so that such a calamity has come down, please ask God to bring the calamity to me alone, as the lord of all peoples and the emperor of the human race, I am willing to bear it with all my might, and hope that the locusts will gnaw my internal organs, and do not harm the ......people of the world again."

At the end, Li Shimin shouted mournfully, and in the midst of the screams, a few live locusts were brought up by the guards.

Li Shimin grabbed it and swallowed it raw.

"Your Majesty is merciful!", I have to say that Li Shimin's words and what he did are still very infectious, this prayer to heaven, generous and sad words, and the determination to bear this disaster for the common people in the world.

Watching him swallow locusts alive, all the people around him were sincerely moved, knelt down in unison, and shouted in unison.

"It is worthy of Li Shimin, although this is only a mythical world, not the original history, but he can indeed be called a generation of saints."

Standing at the bottom of the prayer platform, Jiang Liu quietly watched what Li Shimin had done, and nodded secretly in his heart.

Devouring locusts alive, in this era, not everyone can do it.

After praying for heaven, it stands to reason that this ceremony is officially completed.

As the emperor of the people, Li Shimin officially prayed to heaven, and as for whether the locust plague will subside in the future, it depends on the will of heaven.

It's just that Li Shimin didn't mean to end there, but nodded to a eunuch next to him.

After receiving Li Shimin's signal, the eunuch stepped forward, looked at the people around him, and screamed: "Pray for the end of the ceremony, hope that the heavens will bless my Tang Dynasty, and the eternity will continue, but today, His Majesty the Emperor has a new will, announce it to the world!"

The eunuch's words fell, causing the surrounding people to look at each other, and even the civil and military officials were stunned.

After the prayer ceremony, His Majesty still has something new to announce, whether it is a civil and military official or a common people, no one knows.

The eunuch's words fell, and from his sleeve robe, he took out a golden holy decree, slowly spread it out, and said: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor said, there is a holy monk Xuanzang nearby, the Buddha is profound, dotted with twelve precept scars, there are no ancients, and the temperament is resolute, love and righteousness, I am willing to worship Master Xuanzang as a brother ......with a different surname."

Rumble!

When this holy decree was issued, the audience was shaken, and all the officials of the cultural relics were in an uproar.

No one expected that His Majesty the Emperor would suddenly issue such a holy decree.

Since Jiang Liu swore to the sky that day, who in the world did not know that Master Xuanzang asked to marry Princess Gaoyang?

But he didn't expect that at this time, he actually issued a holy decree and became brothers with a different surname with Master Xuanzang?

Like this, isn't the generation difference between Master Xuanzang and Princess Gaoyang!?

"Is this so?", Jiang Liu was also surprised when he heard this holy decree at first glance, but he knew the identity of Tang Seng's royal brother from the original book, but Jiang Liu did not find it difficult to accept, but, thinking about it, Jiang Liu could understand Li Shimin's choice.

The plague of locusts arose everywhere because of Providence's will to abandon the punishment of the great cause of taking the Western Classics by marrying his wife.

To eradicate the locust plague, it is not Li Shimin's prayer to the heavens, but the main source is still in himself.

Today, he issued a holy decree and announced to the world that he would marry a brother with a different surname, which completely cut off the possibility of marriage between himself and Gao Yang......

Thundered!

The thunder sounded on the avenue, and the heavens and the earth shook, and it was obvious that Li Shimin's will was recognized by God.

"From now on, the royal brother and I are like one, and seeing the royal brother is like seeing me", Li Shimin spoke, and his clear voice spread all over the world.

"I've seen the royal brother, Master Xuanzang!", as the will fell, hundreds of civil and military officials, and all the people in the world knelt down to the river and saluted, and the mountains shouted.

It's just that he quietly looked at everything in front of him, his dual identity as a holy monk of Xuanzang and the royal brother of the Tang Emperor was extremely noble, and he was bowed down by all the people and civil and military officials, but Jiang Liu's heart did not have the slightest joy.