Li Yuanying had dealt with eminent monks before, and even secretly put a red mole on his forehead to pretend to have a relationship with the Buddha. At that time, he thought he was quite smart, but now that he thinks about it, the masters might be teasing him.
Li Yuanying wandered around in the new and brand-new Ci'en Temple to recall the past, and after a while, he was led to a secluded Buddhist temple. Walking through the aisle with sparse flowers and trees, he could see a tall tower standing there quietly from a distance. Solemn and peaceful.
There was an open space in front of the tower. Li Yuanying found that it was not very quiet when he approached. A monk in his early forties was shirtless and was leading his disciples in the afternoon class. A group of monks were humming and fisting. Beads of sweat were exposed in the sun, but the movements were uniform, and no one dared to slack off because of the hot weather.
Li Yuanying was quite amazed, he stood aside and watched with relish, and would make gestures when he was excited.
The little monk who led the way introduced to Li Yuanying that the leader was Xuanzang. Although Xuanzang is not over half a hundred years old, he is quite prestigious in the monastery, because not only does he personally lead his disciples to do morning and evening classes every day, he even guides the whole process of training his fists and feet every day, and he is more serious than his disciples .
Li Yuanying looked carefully, and saw that Master Xuanzang had a strong physique, clear eyes, and no weakness at all, which completely overturned Li Yuanying's impression of masters, eminent monks, and the like. He waited patiently for Xuanzang to finish his afternoon class before going up to talk to Xuanzang.
Knowing that it was Li Yuanying who came, Xuanzang adjusted the monk robe he had just put on and bowed to Li Yuanying, inviting Li Yuanying to talk inside.
Li Yuanying followed Xuanzang into the pagoda, and saw that it was quiet and elegant, and it was a quiet place at first glance. He sat down and held Xuanzang down and said, "The boxing and kick you practiced just now looks very exciting!"
Xuanzang had never met Li Yuanying, but he had heard a lot about Li Yuanying, and knew that Li Yuanying had good friends with many Buddhist seniors, and he even encouraged many monks to go to Tubo, Turkic and other places to preach.
Xuanzang has been observing Li Yuanying since he noticed Li Yuanying's arrival, and found that Li Yuanying is transparent, he looks like a boy before Buddha, no wonder he can win the favor of many Buddhist seniors.
Xuanzang explained to Li Yuanying: "I set off westward in my twenties, encountered many dangers along the way, and gradually figured out a way to deal with it. Although this boxing kung fu may not be able to kill the enemy, it can be achieved after long-term practice. Strengthen your body and be able to respond better when you encounter danger." Simply put, this set of things is a means of life-saving that he explored in dangerous situations, and it certainly looks exciting.
As soon as Li Yuanying heard that the road was dangerous, he immediately became interested, and asked Xuanzang to tell him about the dangerous method.
Xuanzang made a bowl of tea for Li Yuanying himself, and told Li Yuanying about all the strange things that happened on the westward journey.
Li Yuanying had a sense of empathy with the punching and kicking just now, and felt that his elder nephew might have asked the wrong way, so he didn't dig out these interesting things from Xuanzang's mouth.
When Li Yuanying heard that a bowl of tea was finished, he was still a little bit unsatisfied. He took Xuanzang's hand and said with emotion: "I heard from Xiao Wang that Tianzhu is in chaos now, and even the missions of the Tang Dynasty dare to rob. You met in Tianzhu." Those friends of mine don’t know what’s going on now.”
Xuanzang felt a little melancholy when he heard Li Yuanying's emotion.
Yes, he may only see those friends a few times in his life, and he will never have a chance to see them again after a farewell. When he was going to the Western Regions, he passed by Gaochang, and he had a talk with the Lord Gaochang. When he parted, he made an appointment to talk with candlelight when he came back. Unfortunately, when he set foot on the return journey, Gaochang had already become a part of the Anxi Protectorate, and the Lord Gaochang also The soul has returned to Huangquan.
Xuanzang sighed: "No matter what the situation is, I'm afraid it will be very difficult to see him again."
Li Yuanying said: "I heard that there was only one Gupta dynasty in Tianzhu at the beginning, which was stable and powerful, so many famous monks appeared, and many of the scriptures you brought back were compiled at that time. Today Zhu is divided into five, The turmoil is truly regrettable." At this point, he couldn't help but ask Xuanzang, "Xuanzang presided over, the emperor intended to let you return to the secular world to explore the Western Regions, why didn't you agree? After ten years, I have a good understanding of the situation there. With you here, how can the Tang Dynasty not be able to win the Western Regions? By then, everyone will not have to fight. If you want to write Buddhist scriptures, write Buddhist scriptures, and make sugar, you will be free! "
Xuanzang said: "The poor monk is not suitable for such a thing." He had never seen such a brazen Li Yuanying, who was clearly going to lead soldiers to swallow him up, and said that he was going to save the suffering Tianzhu people. However, Li Yuanying's eyes were clear, and he spoke very confidently, which made Xuanzang wonder if his cognition was wrong. In fact, what Li Yuanying said was really a good thing!
Li Yuanying was a little disappointed when he saw that Xuanzang would not be moved. Seeing that Xuanzang wanted to tell him a few passages of Buddhist scriptures, he hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, no." After saying that, he said goodbye to Xuanzang and ran away.
Xuanzang doesn't like to listen to his theories of "being close to one another" and "saving all people from fire and water", and he doesn't like to listen to Buddhist principles either!
Xuanzang laughed as he watched Li Yuanying's back coming and going like the wind.
This Highness King Teng is not what he imagined, but after getting along with him, he feels that His Highness King Teng should be such a person. Only such a lively and bright little prince can make so many capable people willingly gather by his side.
Li Yuanying failed to persuade Xuanzang, and he was not discouraged. Then he followed up the work of Honglu Temple from time to time, and sometimes went to Ci'en Temple and Xuanzang to learn the boxing kung fu that was said to save his life at critical moments.
He not only learned it by himself, but also selected a few young monks as physical education teachers, and asked them to go to the Hongwen Museum to show the simplified version suitable for children to learn, so that the grandnephews can improve their physical fitness.
Others are fine, and they usually keep exercising, so it doesn't take much effort to learn. Only Li Xiaoyuanqiu was a bit difficult, mainly because he was shaped like his father. Although he was not ugly, he was still a little far away.
From time to time, Li Yuanying went to the Hongwen Museum to be a guest coach. Seeing Li Xiaoyuanqiu working so hard, he immediately felt distressed, and sighed, "Why don't we stop practicing?" Can't come down. Li Yuanying praised Li Xiaoyuan eccentrically, "I think you look better if you are round, and you look blessed, so cute."
Li Xiaoyuanqiu refused to agree, but he also insisted on what others could insist on, and he was determined not to fall behind. When he got home, he asked the little general Li Youyu to supervise him carefully, he must become like everyone else!
Li Youyu was still young, so she didn't quite understand her elder brother's persistence, so she sat on the side and asked strangely: "Why do you want to be like everyone else?"
Li Xiaoyuanqiu was stopped by the question, and replied with a stiff neck: "It's not good to be different from others."
Li Youyu said: "Yaoyao said, everyone is different." She snorted, with a little pride on her face, "I want to be different from others, I want to be the most different one."
Li Xiaoyuan felt that her younger sister was too young to make any sense, so she simply didn't talk to her, and let her be proud.
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At the same time, Tengzhou received a letter from across the ocean. The queen of Silla has been ill for the past two years and passed away a month ago. Kim Seung-man will officially succeed as the new queen in August this year.
Jin Shengman wrote to Princess Chengyang and Wu Mei about this. Wu Mei immediately wrote a letter to discuss with Li Yuanying: She wanted to go to Silla with the mission to observe the ceremony with Chengyang.
Silla is a state attached to the Tang Dynasty, and the replacement of the king requires the Tang Dynasty to issue an imperial edict to acknowledge the new monarch. At that time, there will definitely be a mission to send the letter of credence. Wu Mei received news related to the seaport every day, and she also yearned for going to sea, not to mention that Jin Shengman used to study with them as classmates.
After discussing with Du He, Cheng Yang also wanted to go together. With the sea masters around, the possibility of them encountering danger is very small. Although she knew it might be difficult to win, she still wanted to give it a try, just like she tried to step into the imperial examination room back then. If she hadn't taken that step back then, her life might have been very different from what it is now.
She wants to go and have a look.
It took Li Yuanying a few days to realize that Wu Mei and Cheng Yang had found him a big problem. Thinking of the bad faces of His Majesty Li Er and Wei Zheng, he wanted to quietly add two names to the list after the list of missions was drawn up!
He didn't even dare to think about Guangming going to Silla to play such a thing, but Cheng Yang and Wu Mei dared to mention it. Cheng Yang is the princess of the Tang Dynasty, if something happens at sea, who will be responsible
Li Yuanying and Wei Shu complained for a long time, the core meaning was "If I had known that Manman would succeed at this time, I would not come back, and I also want to go to sea to play again."
Wei Shu was also curious about the scenery at sea, but she followed Li Yuanying to watch Du He and the others catch sharks, and she knew the dangers of the sea very well. She said, "Isn't it difficult to do this?" Even if Li Yuanying is in charge of Honglu Temple now and has the right to nominate candidates for his entourage, it is impossible to secretly add himself or Chengyang and the others.
Even if he dared to join, His Majesty Li Er and the others would not approve it!
Li Yuanying said: "With Du He and the others around, there will be no danger. I'll go and grind Brother Huang to see if it can be done."
Wei Shu straightened his clothes for him, telling him to be careful not to offend His Majesty Li Er. Even though His Majesty Li Er was very lenient towards Li Yuanying, it was still impossible for Wei Shu to treat His Majesty Li Er as the elder brother of an ordinary family. He was really worried that Li Yuanying, who dared to say anything, would turn His Majesty Li Er's face off one day by teasing him!
Li Yuanying reassured Wei Shu that he was measured.
The well-measured Li Yuanying entered the palace, and immediately went to find His Majesty Li Er after the morning court was over, and told him who would be the envoy to Silla. He felt that it was too detour to go by land, so it was better to go from the harbor side, it would take only a few days to get there, fast and stable.
His Majesty Li Er nodded and said yes, Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Rites will discuss it.
Only then did Li Yuanying ask the key point: "We have a classmate friendship with Manman, I can't go, can I send some people from Tengzhou to watch the ceremony?"
His Majesty Li Er felt that this was not a big deal, so he agreed.
As a result, the list was handed over to the Ministry of Rites, who was shocked. Li Yuanying said that he had already asked His Majesty Li Er what he meant, and that His Majesty actually agreed to let Princess Chengyang and Consort Duhe go to Silla as envoys? Throughout the ages, there is no reason for a princess to be an envoy, it's just nonsense!
The Minister of Rites rolled up his sleeves and went to His Majesty Li Er to start a spray, which made His Majesty Li Er confused. After careful questioning, he found out that Li Yuanying actually took a chicken feather as an arrow and directly stuffed Cheng Yang and Wu Mei into the list of missions!
His Majesty Li Er was angry and ordered Li Yuanying to be brought over.
Li Yuanying didn't expect the incident to happen so quickly. Seeing His Majesty Li Er's dark face and the aggressive Minister of Rites beside him, Li Yuanying pretended not to know anything, and asked strangely, "Brother Emperor, what did you ask me to do? I'm busy now!"
His Majesty Li Er threw the list in front of him and asked him where he had the courage to send the list to the Ministry of Rites.
Li Yuanying said: "I asked the emperor, and you clearly said yes!" He expressed his opinion, "What's wrong with Chengyang going to Silla? Wencheng also went to Tubo to get married. Tubo is so far away. I don't see any objection either. What's more, Chengyang is only going to watch the ceremony this time, and it's not like he won't go back!"
The Minister of Rites said: "Since ancient times, there has been no reason to send women as envoys."
Li Yuanying said: "It hasn't existed since ancient times, can we not have it now? Nowadays, many things didn't exist in ancient times, and they gradually became available later. Everyone thinks it's good. In the beginning, people still ate raw meat. Don't let people cook, tear off the meat and eat it directly!" Li Yuanying straightened her waist and tried her best to persuade His Majesty Li Er, "Silla is such a small country, and it is still possible to send the queen and daughter to our Datang to study and learn from the Great Tang. Get closer. Now that the princes and daughters of other people have succeeded to the throne, but our princess from the Tang Dynasty can't even serve as an envoy. I don't think it's good. Brother emperor, you are the most wise and mighty Tian Khan in all ages. What hasn't happened since ancient times? Things we should have in Tang Dynasty!"
The author has something to say:
Little Prince: Wait for me to flatter you first!
Minister of Rites: Shameless! ! !