Chang'an Avenue is narrowly oblique,

Green Ox White Horse Seven Spice Car.

The jade chariot crosses the Lord,

The golden whip flocked to the Hou family.

"It's not much, since I went to the rivers and lakes, every time I return to this majestic Chang'an city gate, I always want to chant a poem......! Change the song next time. ”

Li Bing and Wei Ze drove the carriage and were already at the Vermilion Bird Gate. However, there was a crowd of people in front, and a long line of more than 100 zhang was accumulated.

"Knock! knock!" Three drums sounded on the tower of Mingde Gate, and it was already the middle of the day.

"It's long past the time to open the door and let you go, what's going on today?" Wei Ze looked up at the front, still ignoring the long line, shook the reins, and continued to move forward. The flat-headed people on both sides were also interested, and when they looked at the three tall horses and the magnificent carriage, they knew that their masters were not idle people, and they retreated one after another.

Slowly moving forward all the way, after a while, it was almost to the stall, only twenty zhang away from the city gate, only to see that the city gate had been opened, but the city gate officials set up a fence to prevent the people from passing.

Li Bing continued to drive, on top of the car, there was a newly opened Lamei, and next to it was the pennant of the Xiangwang Mansion. It's strange today, seeing that the carriage is about to rush to the door, there are really city gate officials walking towards Li Bing.

The man had sharp eyes, just took two steps, and seemed to see that the people sitting on both sides of the carriage were the famous "Four Youths of Chang'an", he was stunned at first, and quickly turned around and found his own captain and deputy captain, and the three of them dared to step forward.

The captain of the city guard was neither humble nor arrogant, he was calm, he first crossed his hand salute, then came closer, and said in a low voice: "His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, the Tubo envoy and the class teacher returned to the court, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent each other at the city gate, all in front." It's going to be over soon, so please wait, Your Highness. ”

Li Bing looked at it, and sure enough, he saw that the concierge team of the "Honglu Temple" outside the Vermilion Bird Gate was all there, this etiquette is heavy, when was the Tang Dynasty so kind to Tubo?

Suddenly, a trumpet sounded, and a group of more than forty envoys, in two teams, drove out of the city gate. Even if the atmosphere is blowing in the wind on all sides, compared with the thousands of people waiting at the door, the momentum is lost by half.

The envoys walked past Li Bing, and in the center of the procession, a man in a lama's robe was riding a brown horse and was looking down to think about things.

The man thought for a moment, then turned over and dismounted, handed the reins into the hands of a man beside him, slipped to the only carriage at the end of the convoy, lifted the curtain, and slipped into the carriage. He is the prince of Tubo - Gesang Yuzha.

There was originally a Tibetan monk in a long robe lying in the carriage, he was reading with great interest, and he looked at Gesang coming in, smiling: "I guess you will come, but I didn't expect it to be so soon." ”

After that, he closed the book, put it aside, and said, "Let's talk about it, Prince Tang pulled you aside and whispered a few words, what are you talking about?" ”

Gesang leaned on Nilangtsdan's side and sat down: "This is also what I want to ask you, I can't remember all the words he said, it seems to be 'May the two countries be reconciled, and there will be no more estrangement, but this matter is not a day's work, and my generation has a long way to go." That's probably what it means.

You say it's strange that I am neither a principal envoy nor a guest of honor, but just an entourage. How did he know he was going to talk to me?"

Nilangtzan smiled and patted Gesang's head: "You also underestimate Li Tang, from the moment we left Tibet, the identity, personality, family members, and even food likes and dislikes of each envoy have long been clearly investigated. You are the prince of Tubo, do you still think you can hide it?"

Gesang roughly understood this truth in his heart, and asked again: "Then what do you mean by this Tang prince?"

"I don't know what his heart is. However, since the two countries did not reach an agreement on this mission, but they did not speak ill of us, then there are two possibilities for him to say this: First, he is sincerely repairing and happy to see reconciliation between the two countries, but he also understands that now whether it is the people's livelihood or the national conditions, the two countries are difficult to ride a tiger, and reconciliation will take time, show their attitude, and wait for the opportunity. ”

"Oh? Then you mean, although Datang didn't agree to the alliance this time, he still wanted to continue talking? That's right, otherwise how could the prince come forward to see him off, this is a big gift. ”

Nirantzdan bowed slightly: "Judging from his reaction just now, it seems that he really wants to meet the alliance." However, there is another possibility, it is impossible to say that he is scheming, and wants to use this incident to stabilize Tubo in order to have an after-effect. Now that Li Tang Guoli is replying, he may not really have any thoughts about Tubo.

Anyway, what he says, you just have to go in your left ear and out of your right ear. What to do, what to do. It's good that I didn't hear it. ”

"Oh!" Gesang Yuzha responded, he always couldn't figure out these things in the court, and he couldn't guess the opponent's thoughts, rather than thinking about it, it was better not to think about it, and he was still comfortable.

He shook his head and looked at Nilangsdan, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Uncle Niruntsdan, I don't want to go back to the Tibetan Palace yet." Now the two families of Cai Bang (Princess Trisong Zanpu) and Na Nang (Trisong Zanpu's biological mother) are fighting hotly, I didn't rely on both sides, they both wanted to win me over, but they guarded against me, and I was really uncomfortable going back. Why don't I go with you to your 'Zhaozong' and learn the Dharma from you!"

Nilangsdan laughed when he heard this, and scratched the bridge of Gesang's nose: "You little clever ghost, do you want me to continue to teach you the "Heavenly Seal", when did your mind really fall on Buddhism?"

Gesang shrugged his shoulders and smiled: "Hey, hey, hey, I can't help it." Ever since my master was killed in Ebian, no one has cared about me. If you don't need to let go of the masters around you, do you want to go back to the messy tantra? Hehehe, I'm going to follow you anyway. ”

The two chatted happily, when suddenly the carriage shook violently.

Lifting the curtain, Gesang looked at it, and even the pedestrians on the road were at a loss.

He returned to the carriage and pointed in the direction of Chang'an City: "The movement in Ximing Temple is getting bigger and bigger, it's so far out of the city, you can still feel it." Yesterday the last time I copied the scriptures, you wanted to do the abbot 'Jingshan' a favor, and he didn't appreciate it. If something really happens, I think I deserve it. ”

"Eh, don't say that. Nilangsdan stretched out his hand to stop him: "Actually, I'm not very sure, but I just copied so many scriptures from them, and I just want to do my best." I think the abbot was full of confidence yesterday, and he should have already taken measures, after all, this is not a trivial matter. ”

Gesang shook his head again and again: "Oh, it's a pity that I have to go back to Tibet, otherwise I really want to see that the thing under Ximing Temple is different from what you said." As he spoke, he looked out the window at the scenery, and suddenly he realized something again, and looked behind the envoys:

"Eh, those two tails don't seem to be following. He said this without a beginning or an end.

"Tail?" Nilanz reacted, "Oh, you said those two." Now that they have arrived in Chang'an, their mission is over, and naturally they will not return to Tibet with us. At this moment, Gesang and the others still thought that those two were Li Tang's spies.

Let's say that one green and one red, one fat and one thin, two girls in long skirts stood by the Mingde Gate, and after seeing the Tibetan envoys leave, they were still waiting at the city gate. However, they finally didn't change into some strange clothes today.

Watching Li Bing and Wei Ze's carriage pass by, the two were still unmoved. After seeing Li Bing's carriage, a white-faced and handsome little brother on horseback entered the city gate wearing a black military uniform, and the two suddenly became excited and hurriedly greeted them.

"Miss!" The thin girl in the green dress greeted first, and felt speechless at the moment, so she hurriedly said, "Oh, no." Childe, the place to live has been arranged. Come with me. ”

The plump girl in the red dress was also quick-eyed, grabbed the reins, and helped the white-faced brother to dismount.

The three of them walked the streets and alleys, and finally invested in the inn in Jiahuifang.

As soon as they entered the guest room door, the two girls suddenly became extremely excited, and hugged the thin boy: "Miss! Miss! We miss you to death! You said in the letter that we said that you are coming, let us wait for you in Chang'an, and we will count the days and wait, and we can be regarded as seeing you." ”

The fat girl in the red dress pulled the thin boy's clothes, and looked around: "Miss, you are so well dressed, beautiful, and magnanimous." Miss's make-up technique is becoming more and more proficient. ”

The thin boy removed the hairpin on his head, shook his head, and revealed his waist-length flowing hair: "Red beans, green beans." How are you guys during this time. Did you eat well and sleep well?"

Qingdou saw the old master, and his eyes were full of tears with excitement: "It's all good, it's all good." It's just that it's so big, and it's the first time I'm not by Miss's side. Miss has no one to take care of, is everything okay?"

"I'm fine!" the thin girl clasped hands with red beans and green beans, and asked again: "Have you been discovered by the Sect Master of Zhao Sect in the past few days?"

"Definitely not, my make-up technique has been passed on by the young lady herself, and every day is a new face, sometimes male and sometimes female, sometimes tall and sometimes short, sometimes young and sometimes old, he can't notice it. However, when he was in Chang'an, he went to Ximing Temple every day to copy scriptures. I have never seen him take out the silk book of "Seventy-two Heavenly Seals", and we don't know if the book is on him or not. Miss, I'm sorry. Didn't get things done. ”

"It's not your fault. Originally, it was just a guess, and the martial arts of the sect master of Zhaozong are high, and you have not been discovered, which is already very powerful. Put his affairs aside, I came to Chang'an this time to have more important things to do. ”

As she spoke, the thin girl began to take off her military uniform, and the two girls also waited and began to change their clothes.

"I received your message and knew that there was something strange under the scripture tower of Ximing Temple, so I rushed here. I guess this may have something to do with the Three Phases Sutra. ”

Hongdou was helping the girl untie her belt, and suddenly looked up: "Ah, you mean that there is also a "Three Phases Sutra" hidden in Ximing Temple?"

"That's not really, that's a long story. Let me tell you a story. The girl motioned for the red bean and green bean to stop, and then she wore a plain white placket, and pulled the two girls to sit on the edge of the bed:

"You also know that before the old man retired, he was one of the eight disciples of the previous generation of Rongjiao, many years ago, he once went to the demon world to find the whereabouts of the "Three Phases Sutra", although he didn't find a single one, but he found some legends.

Hundreds of years ago, the 'Heavenly Demon Emperor' of the demon clan also came to the human world to find the "Three Phases Sutra", and also collected several copies to bring back to the demon world. Rongjiao has always wanted to, but he didn't dare to rob it openly. Later, a hundred years ago, a major event happened to the demon clan.

The 'Heavenly Demon Emperor', who had unified all the tribes of the Demon Realm, hid in the Demon Clan's palace and did not show up for nine months. Several tribal leaders with different intentions inquired in many ways, and found that this Heavenly Demon Emperor was actually a daughter, and he also had a bad child, hiding in the palace to give birth.

The birth of the demon clan was originally extremely ordinary, but the Heavenly Demon Emperor was so careful, and things were not quite right. The clan leader had never heard of any cultivators or lovers in the Heavenly Demon Emperor, and he was suspicious at the moment. Some people suspect that the Heavenly Demon Emperor is pregnant with a human child, and during the pregnancy, the demon power is lost, so he is so cautious.

The clan leader bribed the cronies of the Heavenly Demon Emperor, and on the day of delivery, he raided the Demon Palace. Sure enough, it was discovered that the Heavenly Demon Emperor gave birth to a baby boy, who was a human being!

Taking advantage of the fact that the Demon Emperor's demonic power had not recovered, several leaders worked together to strangle the Heavenly Demon Emperor.

The Heavenly Demon Emperor also knew that he was in a catastrophe, and before he died, he confessed to his cronies that he wanted to take the baby boy to the human world to find his biological father, and those three-phase scriptures were also brought back to the human world as tokens.

It is said that the five cronies who came out of the demon world at that time, because of the huge demon power and the suddenness of the incident, were not well hidden, and they were discovered as soon as they entered the human world.

The first to discover the whereabouts of the five demons was a Buddhist monk, who knew that he couldn't defeat five with one, so he found a few and several Buddhist helpers, vowing to force the five demons back to the demon world.

According to the ontological ability, the demon clan is divided into heavenly demons, earth demons and mysterious demons. But beyond that, there are also legendary gods and demons. These five cronies are all heavenly demons of the demon clan, and their bodies are extremely powerful. They are:

Golden-winged Dapeng,

Peach,

蚩尾应虺 (hui),

Jun salamander,

Carved horned jade.

The masters of Buddhism who came to recover them were also not bad, either the abbot of the big temple or the head of the Prajna Hall or the Dharma Hall, which even alarmed the black and white monks.

The so-called black monk is the head of the nine doors of the single transmission, the successor of the jade scepter 'crossing the next life', wearing a black robe, making a black jade scepter, using a black jade bowl, and wearing black jade Buddha beads.

The white monk is the abbot of Bailu Temple (now Yiyang) in Tanzhou. Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty gave the White Deer Temple a silk robe for the abbot to wear. Because the silk is snow-white, the abbot of Bailu Temple is called the white monk after that.

Let's say that these monks chased the five demons for more than three months, but then they stopped, several abbots were gone, and the five demons were gone. Rumors are different, some say they are all dead, and some say that they have returned to the demon world.

It didn't matter in the first place. However, I have heard that the pagoda of Ximing Temple was originally a lock demon pagoda. It was only later that it was gradually abandoned, and it was changed to a scripture tower, which was burned down a few years ago, and a higher one was built again.

I always feel that the movement of Ximing Temple has something to do with the five demons, and maybe I can still find clues to those "Three Phase Sutras". ”

Hongdou Qingdou listened attentively, and she was happy when she said it, so she suddenly stood up and clenched her fists.

"This time, I will definitely show my strength and let my father's spirit in the sky know that I have not insulted the title of 'Luan Venerable' of the North Fourth Hall of the Rongjiao. ”

As he spoke, the land of Chang'an shook again.

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Puzzle time after the chapter: Who is this white robe, does anyone remember? In addition, which of the five heavenly demons is in Ximing Temple and Yulong Cave Heaven?