Time passed quickly, and before I knew it, it had ushered in the July 15th of Tang Taizong's decree to hold a water and land puja. 1,200 famous monks from all over the country gathered in a Buddhist monastery of Huasheng Temple outside Chang'an City. This was a major event in the Tang Empire at that time. Countless eyes stared at the conference, including some wealthy squires, ordinary people, dignitaries, and some Taoist disciples and cultivators who were also outsiders.

During the day, the Huasheng Temple was crowded with people, hoping to come here to witness such a prosperous era, but at night, in addition to the Imperial Forest Army guarding Li Shimin, there were only 1,000 or two high-ranking monks left. This is the legendary Halloween Festival, the most cloudy day of the year, and even during the day, you can feel a chill that penetrates your heart in the hot summer.

A gust of wind blew, and there was a sound like a whistling north wind all around, and the resentment of the Dragon King of Jinghe after his death flew in front of Li Shimin, and thousands of soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army had no way to take him, and thousands of monks could not keep their composure at this time.

Only a few monks still maintain their image of high monks, and they are generally unaffected by the worldly masters, constantly reciting Buddhist scriptures. The Dragon King of Jinghe looked at the ** mortal fetus in front of him with disdain, but he paid enough attention to Li Shiming, and the Dragon King of Jinghe said: "Dull Jun, how did you promise me at the beginning, you actually broke your word and got fat, today Ben Longjun wants you, the Dull Jun, to be buried with you." ”

The Jinghe Dragon King pounced towards Li Shiming as he spoke, and the people around Li Shimin all rushed towards the Jinghe Dragon King, intending to block the path of the Jinghe Dragon King, but the people and ghosts had different paths, these soldiers could only pass through the phantom of the Jinghe Dragon King, and the Jinghe Dragon King continued to rush towards Li Shimin.

Just when Li Shimin thought that he was more than lucky, Master Sanzang suddenly stood in front of Li Shimin and kept reciting the mantra of Great Compassion and Great Compassion. As soon as the resentment of the Dragon King of Jinghe touched the Sanzang Master, he was transformed into the Sanzang Master. With the passage of time, the Heart Sutra that Venerable Sanzang had already recited at this time was no longer just the Great Compassion Guanyin Mantra, but added his own comprehension to it. I read it out unconsciously.

At this time, Master Sanzang gave people the feeling that he was a living Buddha who was mixed with the world, preaching his understanding of the Buddha, which made people feel worshipped. An hour later, the resentment on the Dragon King of Jinghe had disappeared, and after bowing to Master Sanzang, he headed towards the six realms of reincarnation.

With the departure of the Dragon King of Jinghe, everyone present couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, even Li Shimin, not to mention those soldiers and those fake monks who were defeated by the golden wool, many people couldn't help but feel ashamed of what they had just done. But Li Shimin deserves to be regarded as a qualified monarch, as if he did not send these things, he had to say to his side: "Du Aiqing passed the decree, Master Sanzang of Jinshan Temple has meritorious service in saving the driver, and now Jinshan Temple is the first temple of the Tang Dynasty, and Master Sanzang is the supervisor of Jinshan Temple, and he inspects and supervises the temples in the world for me." ”

Later, after Master Sanzang received the order of thanksgiving, Li Shimin returned to the palace under the escort of the guards. Since then, Master Sanzang has been famous all over the world for his meritorious service in rescuing the driver. From time to time, Buddhism is preached in the temple, and there is an endless stream of people who come to visit.

On the third day of the ninth lunar month, Venerable Sanzang preached the Dharma as usual, and an old monk came to sell robes and Zen staffs. And I told Master Sanzang that you were only teaching Hinayana Buddhism, and seeing that I had successfully attracted everyone's attention, I explained the difference between Mahayana Buddhism and Hinayana Buddhism, as well as the benefits of Mahayana Buddhism.

Since then, Master Sanzang has established the heart of going to the Western Lingshan to seek Mahayana Buddhism, educate the world, and guide people to goodness. At this time, Sanzang recommended himself to seek the true scriptures for the Tang Dynasty, and was greatly moved, so he decreed to become opposite-sex brothers with Sanzang, and because Sanzang was for the Tang Dynasty to seek the true scriptures, he gave Sanzang the surname "Tang".

After Master Sanzang was given the surname of the country, he changed his name to Master Tang Sanzang, and then Tang Sanzang became brothers with Li Shimin, and walked out of Chang'an and headed for the west under the escort of several guards. It's just that as soon as he left the realm of the Tang Dynasty, the guards around him were killed and died one after another, but it did not reduce Tang Sanzang's determination.

Tang Sanzang went through all kinds of twists and turns, and finally came to the Five Elements Mountain Realm where Sun Wukong was suppressed, and he heard the shouts of the master from afar, which scared Tang Sanzang a lot, in this deep mountain and old forest, the cry was really weird. Soon I saw a monkey pressed by the mountain, lying on the ground, waving to him vigorously, and then it was the link of the master and apprentice recognizing each other.

It's just that at this time, it was not the Buddha's six-character mantra of "Om, Ma, Well, Horn, Mi, and Ng", but the "Town" character post that was refined by Wuji and performed by Yang Jian was not to pray to the Buddha. Although it is said that it is not difficult for the current Taoist practice of the Buddha to break this "town" script, after all, this is only the refining law script of the Wuji Luo Jinxian period.

But if the Buddha didn't dare, for fear of offending Wuji, the killing god, he could only go to the Heavenly Court's Judicial Heavenly God Mansion, at this time, Yang Jian heard of the arrival of the Buddha, and did not dare to slack off and immediately went to the door to greet him. When the Buddha explained his intention, Yang Jian did not deliberately stop him, and he already knew the importance of Journey to the West from everyone's mouths.

Yang Jian accepted the gold post after Tang Sanzang bowed to it three times. Jin Ti suddenly flew up to the mountain, and slowly flew into the sky and disappeared. Then Sun Wukong broke through the Five Elements Mountain and escorted Tang Sanzang to the west, and Tang Sanzang's four-person group continued to converge on the way.

Four people and one dragon passed the level, and from time to time asked people to help subdue demons and eliminate demons. Soon came to the Wuzhuang Temple, the dojo of Yuanzi, the ancestor of the earth immortals. As soon as Tang Sanzang entered the realm of Wanshou Mountain, Zhen Yuanzi understood that Tang Sanzang was the reincarnation of the good corpse of the Zhun Ti saint. Although Zhen Yuanzi didn't have much of a good impression of the Zhun Ti Sage, Tang Sanzang was still a good corpse of the Zhun Ti Sage after all, and he would inevitably have some intersections when he became a saint in the future, but he couldn't be too rude.

At this time, Yuan Shi Tianzun preached, Zhen Yuanzi took all his disciples to listen to the lecture on the Mixed Yuan Avenue, leaving only Qingfeng and Mingyue two Taoist children. and told them to entertain Tang Sanzang's master and apprentice well, and asked them to present two ginseng fruits to Tang Sanzang.

Tang Sanzang's master and apprentice saw a mansion that was neither a temple nor a Taoist temple. Approaching the front there is a breeze, bright moon two children to greet, after everyone entered, saw a pair of couplets on both sides are "immortal immortal mansion", "with the sky with longevity Taoist people"

Sun Wukong, who thought he was well-informed, couldn't help but laugh and said: "This Taoist priest is bluffing people by saying big things. When my grandson made trouble in the Heavenly Palace thousands of years ago, he never saw such a thing at the head of the Taishang Laojun's door, and he was not afraid of the wind flashing his tongue. ”

(To be continued)