Chapter 348: Embarking on the Road to the West
The Tang State unified the world, as it is today, prosperous and prosperous.
It is said that there is a strange person in the Tang Kingdom, named Yuan Shoucheng, who taught Fuxi's gossip calculus, so he set up a stall in the city to tell fortunes, all of which are inaccurate.
Among Yuan Shoucheng's customers was an old man, who was an angler, and he often gave Yuan Shoucheng a carp and asked Yuan Shoucheng to tell him where to fish.
And undoubtedly, every time Yuan Shoucheng gave him the designated direction, the old man could catch a big and fat fish, and since then, the old man has tried and failed, and every day has a lot of harvest.
Originally, this was not a big deal, but it attracted the attention of the old dragon king of Jinghe Water Mansion, and then the old dragon king found Yuan Shoucheng and asked him to tell the hexagram, if it was not allowed, he would smash Yuan Shoucheng's shop.
Yuan Shoucheng learned that the person in front of him was the dragon king through the fortune telling, so he planned to calculate a hexagram for him, so that he would retreat from the difficulty, who knew that the old dragon king had a fever heart, and after Yuan Shoucheng calculated correctly, he actually did something that violated the rules of heaven.
When the old dragon king woke up, it was too late, and he had no choice but to ask Yuan Shoucheng to save him, and Yuan Shoucheng did not fall into the well, after all, this matter was caused by him, so he pointed out a clear way to the old dragon king, and asked him to ask the king of Tang - Li Shimin.
The old dragon king said goodbye and left, dreaming of Li Shimin, hoping to save his life, Li Shimin promised in the dream, found Wei Zheng, and restrained him in the palace, so as not to let him behead the old dragon king, but people are not as good as heaven, Wei Zheng actually beheaded the old dragon king in a dream.
The death of the old dragon king was naturally very angry, the dignified emperor should have promised a thousand gold, but he was still killed, he did not do it, and sued the king of Tang to the underworld. Let the king of Yama be the master of it.
King Yama immediately sent Black and White to the human realm to capture the soul of King Tang, and at the same time, he also began to review the affairs of the old Dragon King.
King Yama's review only learned that the old dragon king was killed because he violated the rules of heaven, and he was furious and directly threw him into reincarnation, which allowed the old dragon king to resist.
After King Tang was arrested, King Yama let him go again, making a fuss, but King Tang did not come in vain. King Yama gave him thirty years of life, and then Li Shimin encountered many souls on the way back to the mortal world.
If a great country wants to unify the world, it will inevitably cause many massacres. This is inevitable, and Tang Guo is naturally no exception. And these souls that entangled Li Shimin were the souls that died under the sword of the Tang Kingdom.
The Tang King was horrified. He had to find a way to get out of the underworld and return to the mortal world, he tried all means, and promised to hold a Buddhist meeting for these people after returning to the mortal world, and overspend it for those resentful souls. just detached.
Back in the mortal world, Li Shimin didn't dare to break his promise because of the old dragon king, and he promised in the underworld. Do it one by one.
Li Shimin paid special attention to the matter of holding the Buddhist meeting, because recently, he has been sleeping unsteadily, and he has repeatedly remembered the resentful spirits that have entangled him in the underworld.
This is a big Buddha meeting - water and land conference, no one dares to slack off, Tang Wang issued a notice, looking for Buddhism in the world is the most advanced generation, so he found Jiang Liuer, this Jiang Liuer is also not far from Chang'an.
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It is said that in the process of unifying the world of the Tang Kingdom, it was assisted by countless capable people and soldiers in the market, so the Tang Kingdom knew that there were geniuses in the market, because of this, after the establishment of the Tang Kingdom, examinations were held every year, including literary examinations and martial arts examinations.
This year, the champion of the literary examination was named Chen Guangrui, and Chen Guangrui won the champion, and on the way back, he met the beautiful daughter of Prime Minister Yin Kaishan - Wen Jiao, and the two fell in love at first sight and became husband and wife.
Unexpectedly, when the two of them were swimming in the lake, a gangster Liu Hong fell in love with Wen Jiao's beauty, knocked Chen Guangrui unconscious, threw him into the river, forcibly occupied Wen Jiao, and impersonated Chen Guangrui, and went to Chang'an to find an official position.
Originally, Wen Jiao planned to resist with death, but she was pregnant with Chen Guangrui's child, for the sake of the child, she had to endure the humiliation and steal life, and followed Liu Hong, and Wen Jiao gave birth to the child after the last time, worried that the child would be killed by Liu Hong, so she reluctantly released it into the river.
The child was raised by a Buddhist monk after the most love, named Jiang Liuer, since he was a child, he invaded the Dharma, and obtained the essence of Buddhism.
Jiang Liu'er was ignorant when he was a child, and he didn't know what his parents were, but as he grew older, he was naturally curious about who his parents were, so he asked the master, and the monk handed over a blood handkerchief to Jiang Liu'er and asked him to find his mother.
Later, Jiang Liuer and Wen Jiao recognized each other, and then together with Yin Kaishan, Liu Hong was sued to the imperial court, and the imperial court sent troops to arrest Liu Hong.
Later, Wen Jiao took Jiang Liu'er to the lake where Chen Guangrui died, but met Chen Guangrui here, and the two were shocked when they saw this, thinking that they had seen a ghost.
It turned out that Chen Guangrui had saved a fish in the lake when he was a child, and that fish was the dragon king in this lake, as for why the dignified dragon king turned into a fish, the Chen Guangrui family didn't know, but Yun Zhongzi of the Five Elements Island understood.
So far, Jiang Liuer's family is reunited, but Wen Jiao hanged herself soon after, it turned out that Wen Jiao has been worried about her children all these years, so she has been living secretly, and now although the family is reunited, she secretly hates herself for being dirty, even if her family does not dislike her, she can't pass her own psychological level, so she hangs herself,
Jiang Liu'er spent nine days for his mother, resigned from his father, returned to the temple, and still served as his monk.
Although Jiang Liuer was not very old, he was not afraid, and entered Chang'an to preside over the Big Buddha Association.
The big Buddha meeting is indeed big enough, the monks and Buddhas of the world came to Chang'an without knowing the geometry, and they participated in it one after another, preaching Buddha every day and chanting scriptures every day.
Jiang Liuer's Buddhism is unfathomable, which makes many Buddhist monks fascinated, and even Guanyin Bodhisattva, who has become an old monk, nods secretly when he listens to it.
Guanyin Bodhisattva incarnated as an old monk, took Hui'an to Chang'an, and then entered the venue of the Big Buddha Society, and couldn't help but exchange Buddhism with Jiang Liuer.
This surprised many Buddhist monks, even Tang King Li Shimin was also surprised, such a little-known old monk actually let the famous Jiang Liuer suffer, it is hard to believe.
Everyone thought that Jiang Liuer's reputation would be defeated, which would make him lose face, feel shameless, and unable to get off the stage, but surprisingly, Jiang Liuer did not feel ashamed of this, but humbly asked the old monk for advice.
Guanyin Bodhisattva was extremely satisfied with Jiang Liuer's performance, and knew that he was the reincarnation of the golden cicada and a person who learned scriptures, so Guanyin Bodhisattva took this opportunity to instill in him the mysteries of Mahayana Buddhism, which made Jiang Liuer extremely obsessed.
Finally, Guanyin Bodhisattva saw that Mahayana Buddhism had attracted Jiang Liu'er, so he revealed his true body and proposed to let Jiang Liu'er go to the West Heaven to seek the true scriptures.
Guanyin Bodhisattva showed his true body, frightened countless monks and Buddhas, and at the same time could understand why Jiang Liuer was defeated.
In this regard, Jiang Liuer naturally accepted it gladly, and bowed to Guanyin, even the same is true of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, only the human emperor Li Shimin did not bow down, but also bowed.
Jiang Liu'er accepted this, and most of the tasks of Guanyin Bodhisattva's trip were completed, and then she passed the robe and tin staff to Jiang Liu'er, and informed Jiang Liu'er of the journey of this trip, informed him of the difficulties and dangers of this trip, and told him to be careful all the way.
Jiang Liu'er wrote them down one by one, not daring to be sloppy.
In the end, Guanyin Bodhisattva left satisfied, and Li Shimin, the king of Tang, prepared for Jiang Liu'er to go to the west to learn scriptures.
During this period, Li Shimin and Jiang Liuer became brothers, and gave Jiang Liuer the surname Tang, named Tang Sanzang.
Hearing that Tang Sanzang was going to the West Heaven to learn scriptures, there would be many tribulations along the way, Chen Guangrui's family was full of worries and persuaded him to stay, but at Tang Sanzang's insistence, they could only give up.
After the last time, Tang Sanzang resigned from his father, grandfather, etc., resigned from the master who raised him, took two disciples, and said goodbye to the king of Tang.
"Take care, I am waiting for you to return safely in Chang'an!" Tang King Li Shimin poured wine to bid farewell to Tang Sanzang.
"Poor monks are as short as a few years, and as long as they are more than ten years old!"
Tang Sanzang drank a glass of water and straddled his horse, "Drive!"
"Take care, be careful all the way!"
King Tang looked at Tang Sanzang's distant back, beckoned vigorously, and instructed with his heart, but there was no response in the distance, and the group of three quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.
At this point, Tang Sanzang embarked on the road of learning scriptures from the west.
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Tang Sanzang's reputation spreads far and wide, and naturally there are countless people who are willing to worship under his door, but there are naturally not many people who can enter the eyes of Tang Sanzang's Buddha, so he has only accepted two disciples over the years, originally he went to the West Heaven to learn scriptures and was unwilling to bring any disciples, but these two people insisted on going to the West Heaven with him, and he could only agree.
The three of them rode on horseback, and when they were hungry, they went to fast, and when it was dark, they found a family to rest for the night, and before dawn they got up again, and continued to march westward.
After more than ten days like this, the three of them were exhausted and extremely emaciated, especially the three horses, who were even more skinny and could barely carry the three of them.
"Well, when will it be to the west?"
"Hey, master, let's take a break, you see this horse can't walk!"
"Master, no, the disciple really has no strength, let's go and eat some fast!"
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In just ten days, these two disciples, who have not suffered too much since childhood, couldn't stand it, complaining and sighing from time to time.
Although Tang Sanzang was very angry, he himself felt very tired, when he promised Guanyin Bodhisattva to go to the West Heaven to learn the scriptures, he felt that this matter would not be too difficult, but now he knows that the Tao is too difficult to learn the scriptures, and without great perseverance, he will definitely not be able to persevere.
In fact, the three of them were not too tired, at most they were hungry and thirsty, after all, there were horses to carry them, but the three horses suffered a great sin, and they kept galloping for more than ten days, and they were already so tired that they had no strength in their bodies, and they almost foamed at the mouth.
In this way, they had to rest for two days every once in a while, so that the horses could rest enough and have the strength to carry them to the western heavens, otherwise, if they were to walk on their own, I am afraid that they would not last a day.
In the past half a month, two horses have been completely unable to walk, and they are the mounts of the two disciples, because these two horses not only carry the two people, but also carry their salutes.
Just when the three of them were about to rest, they suddenly encountered a demon...... (To be continued......)