Faru didn't understand why His Highness the Crown Prince would ask these questions that had nothing to do with the growth of the Buddha statue. He thought for a moment and replied: "Your Highness, there have been no pilgrims staying in the hotel recently."
Li Hong didn't know whether he heard it or not. He nodded thoughtfully, then let go of Wu Mei's hand and slowly circled around the Buddha statue, looking at the conch bun on the head of the Buddha statue that was still covered with mud.
The half-unearthed Buddha statue looked solemn and solemn, but the body of the Buddha statue that had just grown out of the soil was still wet.
However, Li Hong did not find any traces of watering around the Buddha statue, and he thought to himself: "Isn't this Buddha statue made of "soybeans" (soybeans)? Only when soybeans germinate when exposed to water can they grow quickly. Time has such an effect, but why can’t we see large areas of watering marks on this ground?”
Li Hong thoughtfully circled the Buddha statue and expanded the circle. He believed that there must be something strange in it. Apparently someone used a more covert method to water the soybeans under the Buddha statue.
Everyone looked at His Highness the Prince, like a donkey working hard, circling around the Buddha statue diligently and uncomplainingly. I wonder if he saw any doubts, or did he lose his mind and go crazy because of the Buddha statue
Li Hong looked up to the sky and sighed, rubbing his hands unconsciously, and sighed: "Master, master."
"Your Highness, this Buddha statue has indeed started to grow a few days ago. Buddhism has never lied. What's more, Your Majesty and the Queen are here. How dare this poor monk try to do anything about this matter." Faru said at the beginning.
Li Hong walked around and shook his head. He didn't know whether he was responding to Fa Ru's words or saying to himself: "Not necessarily, not necessarily. Everything depends on cause and effect. If there is a cause, there must be an effect. If there is no cause, there will be no effect. The cause and effect cycle Freedom. Although everything is reasonable when it exists, only its existence can be called a vision. Its existence without basis must be... "
Li Hong suddenly stopped under a small tree not far from the Buddha statue. Looking at everyone including Li Zhi and Wu Mei, Li Hong said word by word: "The existence that has no basis must be False words deceive the public!"
"Master Faru, please tell me which monk was the first to discover this Buddha statue?" Li Hong asked Faru and waved Xia Zhi over.
Xia Zhi looked at the emperor and the queen and saw that there was no resistance, so he hurriedly walked to Li Hong and said, "Your Highness, here you go, this is what you asked me to find."
Li Hong silently took the thing from Xia Zhi's hand, and it turned out to be a soybean sprout from today's lunch. Li Hong held the soybean sprouts in his hand and chased them around.
The emperor and empress came to inspect the Buddha statue in person. The monk who was the first to discover the growth of the Buddha statue was naturally called over by Faru early. At this time, a monk who came out from behind Faru saw the soybean sprouts in Li Hong's hand, and his face suddenly turned pale.
Fa Ru said to Li Hong with a smile: "The first person to discover the Buddha statue was a new disciple that Monk Ping took in a few days ago."
Li Hong waved to the monk standing next to Fa Ru, looked at the monk with a half-smile, held the soybean sprouts in his hand, and asked, "May I ask the eminent monk his common name?"
"Back to Your Highness, the young monk has no longer used his lay name. His surname is Lu and his last name is Bingshu. Now the master has given him a name: Lunzhai." The monk said to Li Hong respectfully.
"Master Lunzhai?" Li Hong's tone became colder and colder, and even said with a hint of murderous intent: "Then do you know this thing?"
"Go back to Your Highness, I know the young monk. This is Shu. There are many in Ci'en Temple every day..."
"Then go dig out what's under the Buddha statue. Don't tell me you don't know." Li Hong interrupted him and suddenly threw the soybean sprouts in his hand onto Lun Zhai's bald head and walked towards Wu Mei. .
Everyone didn't understand why the originally gentle prince suddenly became angry at a monk. Fa Ru also looked shocked. Huineng and Shenxiu are unpredictable and profound, and cannot see any fluctuations in their hearts.
Li Zhi looked at Li Hong, who was walking over, and was about to reprimand him for the monk's stubborn and disrespectful attitude towards the Buddha statue, but was held down by Wu Mei who was standing by him.
"Your Majesty, Hong'er will not mess around. Let's see what happened." Wu Mei whispered.
Li Hong walked up to Wu Mei, saluted Li Zhi and Wu Mei, and said with a smile: "Father and Queen, this Buddha statue coming out of the soil is just a little trick, not a manifestation of the Buddha. To put it bluntly, In fact, it’s the beetroot I just threw that is causing the problem, and you’ll find out why soon.”
Li Zhi gave him a dissatisfied look and was too lazy to talk nonsense to him. Wu Mei held her husband's hand to prevent him from getting angry.
Asked Li Hongdao: "You mean this Shu can push a heavy Buddha statue out of the soil?" Wu Mei also looked disbelieving.
Li Hong said with a smile: "Mother, you and your father should not be suspicious. You should think about whether the kapok cassock given to you by Master Huineng is suitable for you to keep in the palace or which temple it should be placed in."
"Haha... Your Highness, the truth of this matter has not yet been revealed, so please don't talk too much." Shenxiu said suddenly.
This guy looks like an iron tower, tall and thick, with a typical black and tough image, but his speaking voice is very thin, not as rough as he looks.
"Lun... what's going on, Lunzhai, hurry up and start digging. Should you start digging from the small hole in the tree, or dig directly under the Buddha statue? Think about it and hurry up. Otherwise, don't blame me for handing you over to Zongzheng Temple." Li Hong turned to look at the frightened monk Lunzhai and said sternly.
"His Royal Highness, I'm afraid it's inappropriate for you to threaten like this. If this Buddha statue is really the Buddha's spirit, wouldn't it be desecrated if we touch it..." Dai Zhide took a step forward and said.
"Dai Shangshu, everything must be based on evidence. If you don't believe it, you can go digging with Lun Zhai. Just don't go back and apologize to me after seeing the results." Li Hong interrupted Dai Zhide, tit for tat.
"We, the Tang Dynasty, educate all people with virtue and etiquette, and have always been gentle and courteous. In front of His Majesty, the Queen, and several eminent monks, you are so disrespectful to the Buddha statue..."
"Stop, stop, stop, don't talk to me about respecting or disrespecting the Buddha statues. There is a saying in the Buddha's saying: 'Form is emptiness, and emptiness is form.' After wine and meat passed through the intestines, it was left in the heart of the Buddha. It is enough to respect and show respect to the Buddha in the heart, not to mention this Statues of Buddha are erected in a crooked way and to deceive people's minds, so they can be disrespected," Li Hong said.
Huh, you're just kidding. How have you ever defeated me during this time? Today you come to argue with me again. If you don't watch the show behind you, you will know etiquette, morality, and education.
"Your Highness..."
"That's enough." Li Zhi suddenly shouted in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty, Father, I am happy and angry, and I, my son, know my guilt." When Li Hong and Dai Zhide heard Li Zhi's shouting, they immediately bowed down to apologize like a mouse seeing a cat.
"Sooner or later, I will be mad at you two! I am here today to listen to the eminent monks reciting sutras and teaching Buddhism, not to listen to you two bickering here. Yangwu, each person will be recorded fifty big boards, and his salary will be confiscated for half a year." Li Zhi shook it off. Wu Mei hurriedly grabbed his hand and said angrily behind her hands.
Li Zhi suddenly regretted appointing Li Hong as the Minister of Household Affairs. If so, would he still have peace in the court in the future? Dai Zhide, a farm slave, sooner or later... and Li Hong, let's see how I deal with you!
It is almost becoming a routine now. As long as Li Hong and Dai Zhide quarrel, and as long as Li Zhi is present, the situation will definitely be the same as before.
The two quarreled, and Li Zhi stopped them. The two apologized, and Li Zhi punished them. The chariot wheel usually starts over and over again. Each time, each person is recorded fifty big boards and fined half a year's salary. But when he turned around, it seemed that the matter was gone. Li Zhi didn't pursue it, and the censor didn't pursue it either.
But today is different from the past. Li Hong usually didn't have a salary to be punished. Every time he heard that his father had punished Dai Zhide with a salary, Li Hong beamed with joy. But now he also has a salary to receive. He can't not receive a salary. Let’s pay the imperial court’s salary for half a year first.
Just as he was about to ask Li Zhi for an argument, Wu Mei stared back fiercely as his words came to his lips. Dai Zhide was completely unafraid, with a generous and righteous look on his face. How could Li Hong look like Wei Zheng! I just don’t know, during this period, his salary...
Thinking of this, Li Hong suddenly laughed. He was now the Minister of Household Affairs, and his father even said that he would forfeit his salary for half a year.
Thinking of this, Li Hong glanced at the monks who were digging around the Buddha statue. When Li Zhi wasn't paying attention, he quietly took two steps back and said next to Dai Zhide: "Dai Shangshu, I am now the Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance. My father just said that you will be fined for half a year's salary. I have remembered it. By the way, I heard that your second young master is getting married. If you are short of money, let me know and I can lend you some first. Son, oh, of course it’s in my own name. You know, the Ministry of Accounts has a certain amount of money and you can’t just borrow it casually.”
"Huh, whoever borrowed it from you seems like Dai Yi is marrying a wife. Even if I sell iron, houses and land, I won't ask you to borrow a penny." Dai Zhide's old face darkened and his expression was calm. He didn't care about those six months at all. Like a salary.
Wu Mei's palms felt itchy after hearing this. She really wanted to grab Li Hong's ears and beat him severely!
Li Zhi was so out of breath, huffing and puffing that his eyes looked like they could breathe, staring closely at the bottom of the Buddha statue, diverting his attention. He was really too lazy to pay attention to this... evil beast... No, This scoundrel... isn't right either. Forget it, we'll deal with him when we go back.
When Li Hong stood next to Dai Zhide and smiled evilly like two Cao Cao, the crowd suddenly burst into exclamation. Several monks were seen, each holding a pile of soybean sprouts, looking at Lun Zhai in disbelief.
Lun Zhai was so frightened that he fell to the ground and kowtowed in tears, begging for mercy.
Li Zhi's face turned red, and he was obviously a little angry at the scene in front of him: "Zongzheng Temple will investigate this matter, Li Hong will assist me, and give an explanation to me and the queen as soon as possible. Faru will take Zongzheng Temple into custody and wait for your decision. Ci'en Temple From now on, no pilgrims are allowed to return to the palace without my permission!”
(End of chapter)