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Chapter 635 23 Years of Cold Zen

The distance between the Buddhist Kingdom and Kucha is very long, but it is only a short distance on the map, crossing a few mountains, crossing a few pieces of Gobi, and wading through a section of desert.

In fact, the sky is full of wind and sand here, and a lot of the land is saline-alkali land. The white flowers of saline-alkali blown into the eyes make people cry.

Yunchu rode a bay red horse and walked in the front of the team. In order to reduce the excessive resistance brought by the wind on the bay red horse, Yunchu bent down to reduce the windward area.

Naha folded her shoulders and sat on the camel, putting her head on Dolma's lap and sleeping soundly.

Every step forward comes with a price.

The wind from the Western Regions may blow to Chang'an, but no matter how violent the wind reaches Chang'an, it will become softer.

The last leaf on the willow tree was blown, and the bamboo flute was also blown. The sound of the bamboo flute here refers to the sound of the wind passing by the bamboo.

Woohoo...

Whenever such wind sounds, Chang'an's winter will come as promised.

People in Jinchangfang have never understood why the county lord wants those cleaners to keep sweeping the floor when the wind blows and the leaves fall.

Later, the county magistrate didn’t explain it to everyone. Now, people are used to those sweepers wrapping their headscarves around their faces, holding a big broom, standing in the cold wind and sweeping the endless leaves.

After the sweeper cleaned the street completely, the street was immediately covered with dead leaves. However, the sweeper didn't care, because that was tomorrow's work.

The sweeper was the first person to wake up in Chang'an City, followed by the little novice who was in charge of opening the mountain gate.

The back door of Daci'en Temple faces the north, so when the mountain gate is open, it is very convenient for the guests of Beifeng to come in. Of course, when they come in, they usually also carry some dead leaves, and finally send the dead leaves to the Bell and Drum Tower , Daxiong Hall, Buddhist scripture building, Dharma hall, squatter room, etc., and report the winter news to the monks there.

The northernmost building of Da Ci'en Temple is the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, but the dead leaves don't want to pay attention to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, they walk around on it, and then leave.

Master Xuanzang was covered with a dark red quilt, sitting on a cold bamboo bed with a mysterious smile on his face.

The reason why Master Xuanzang returned to Daci'en Temple from Qiyun Temple was entirely because he broke a wooden fish in Qiyun Temple.

The wooden fish is Master Xuanzang's obsession. Now that the wooden fish is broken, Master Xuanzang has come out of the predicament.

The moment Master Xuanzang smashed the wooden fish, he said "injustice", put on his cassock without shoes, and walked barefoot to Chang'an City with a nine-ringed tin staff, just like he did when he was going west.

At the beginning, there were only a group of monks following him. When he walked through the Qujiang River, there were thousands of people following Xuanzang.

When Master Xuanzang came to the gate of Chang'an City, there were already crowds of people behind him, and many foolish men and women held incense candles in their hands, walking and worshiping all the way.

Emperor Li Zhi met Xuanzang in a car in Chang'an city in casual clothes, stopped and asked, "Has the mage realized something?"

Xuanzang said: "The inner demons are disturbed, the Sanskrit sounds are broken, the inner demons and the Sanskrit sounds go together, and the old monk only has a skin."

Li Zhi pondered for a moment and asked again: "Dharma master saw something?"

Xuanzang said: "I saw a little bit of a star, but this old man regards a little bit of a star as the whole world, ridiculous, ridiculous."

Li Zhi asked, "What did the mage see?"

Xuanzang frowned and said, "Iron birds are flying in the sky, and iron dragons are running on the ground. People are attached to them. I don't know if they are trapped by the iron birds or iron dragons, or they are driving the iron birds or iron dragons..."

Li Zhi frowned and said, "Didn't the mage take a closer look?"

Xuanzang said: "If I take one step forward, the scene will take a step back. If I don't advance five steps, the scene will disappear without a trace."

Li Zhi's eyes were shining brightly, he looked at Xuanzang and said, "Master, do you know where that is?"

Xuanzang sighed and said, "Below Qilian Mountain, beside Ruoshui River."

Li Zhi was silent, and invited Master Xuanzang to get on the car and go with him.

It took a while to ask Xuanzang again: "How does an iron bird fly? How does an iron dragon fly?"

Xuanzang shook his head and said, "I don't know!"

Li Zhi asked again: "The past, or the future?"

Master Xuanzang said with a smile, "I think it's the future."

Li Zhi finally asked: "Is this the cold Zen that has trapped the mage for 23 years?"

Master Xuanzang nodded and said: "Han Chan, Han Cicada, I thought that the life of a cicada is only ten months, but there is a cicada that has lived for 23 years."

Li Zhi smiled and said, "There are cicadas that can live for 23 years."

Xuanzang laughed loudly and said, "It's just the old monk's temporary illusion. Now that the illusion has been broken, and he has returned to his original self, he should return to my seat of Buddha."

Li Zhi sent Master Xuanzang back to the Da Ci'en Temple and then went back to the palace. On the way back, there was always a look of ridicule on his face.

Wu Mei asked: "Hearing that Master Xuanzang has broken through the barrier, will His Majesty get anything from welcoming him?"

Li Zhi laughed and said: "It's just that the old monk heard that the Buddha Kingdom was established, and he was impatient. He came to Da Ci'en Temple to wait for Naha's return, so that he could witness the birth of his Buddha Kingdom with his own eyes."

Wu Mei said: "Mage is more than that, right?"

Li Zhidao: "Under the yin mountain, by the Ruoshui River, there are iron birds flying in the sky, and iron dragons winding on the ground. Both the iron birds and the iron dragons are attached to them. I don't know if people are trapped by the iron birds, iron dragons, or Iron birds and iron dragons are controlled by people.

Here is the cold meditation that has trapped Master Xuanzang for 23 years, chilling! "

Wu Mei suddenly laughed and said: "Yunchu is 23 years old, hahaha, poor monk Xuanzang, but he was tied to a man for 23 years, and now he has returned to his original self, I think he must have done something.

At this moment, the concubine suddenly remembered the advice that the Yu family of Yunmen gave to the concubine, which was called--poor the hearts of parents in the world.

It turns out that this sentence comes from here, hahahaha...Your Majesty, there are such wonderful things in the world, how can Ann not drink a cup? "

Li Zhi nodded with a smile, but before the couple drank, Li Zhi gave Zuo Chun an order to thoroughly search the vast area under the Yin Mountain and beside the Ruoshui River.

In the evening, under the arrangement of Shouyu Xiurong, when Li Si took the food box to deliver meals to Master Xuanzang, he saw that the main hall of Da Ci'en Temple was full of monks, because there were only some dim lights in the main hall, so it was dark.

Only the bald heads of the monks could reflect a little light, so Li Si carried the food box and leaned against the pillar and walked towards Master Xuanzang.

After walking a little way, he was caught by a fat monk, hissed at her, and left the hall holding her hand.

Li Si was terrified, but fortunately, she recognized right away that the person who arrested her was Master Kuiji.

Master Kuiji took the food box and said, "Don't bring food over these days, Master Xuanzang is teaching the Dharma."

Li Si looked at the tall and fat Master Kui Ji and said, "Doesn't the old monk eat?"

Master Kui Ji laughed and said, "The old monk eats food from Da Ci'en Temple."

Li Si said again: "The food in Da Ci'en Temple is not good, but my family's food is so delicious. Today's gift is the bean rice that the old monk likes most."

Master Kui Ji patted the top of Li Si's head and sent her away from Da Ci'en Temple.

After Li Si went home and told Yu Xiurong about the matter, Yu Xiurong asked Cui Yao with a disappointed face: "What happened to Master Xuanzang in Qiyun Temple?"

Cui Yao said: "I don't know, people in the family said that just a moment ago, Master Xuanzang was knocking on the wooden fish to recite scriptures, but after he smashed the wooden fish with a hammer, Master Xuanzang put on cassock, held a ring staff and didn't wear shoes. Leaving Qiyun Temple.

So, it wasn't that something happened to Qiyun Temple, it was something happened to Master Xuanzang, something happened in his head. "

Yu Xiurong said, "Is this a good thing or a bad thing for our family?"

Cui Yao chuckled and said, "If Junhou is really the son of Grandmaster, any enlightenment that happens on Grandmaster's side will be a good thing for Yun."

Yu Xiurong said with some distress: "My husband has always said no, denied it in front of His Majesty, and denied it on many occasions. It has caused us to not enjoy the blessing of Master Xuanzang in an upright manner."

Cui Yao smiled and said, "Madam, do you hope that the Junhou is the son of Master Xuanzang, or not?"

Yu Xiurong said angrily: "I'm just a snobbish little girl, but I don't have the noble ideas of those people. If my husband is really the son of Master Xuanzang, I can be honored by Buddhism and make Yun's a Great Tang Chinese."

Crown Prince Li Honglaiyun's family has always entered the hall directly. After hearing Yu Xiurong and Cui Yao's words at the door, he said loudly before entering the door: "My father and mother are very sure that the master is the son of Master Xuanzang."

Yu Xiurong was taken aback, stood up quickly, rubbed the handkerchief in his hand, and anxiously asked Li Hong who entered the door: "What do you say?"

Li Hong laughed and said: "When I went to see my father in the afternoon, I found him drinking with my mother and queen, and said that Master Xuanzang sat in cold meditation for 23 years, the purpose is to cut off worldly thoughts.

Master Xuanzang also transformed the 23-year cold Zen into a 23-year cold cicada, which means that the long-cherished thought of the master has been lurking in Master Xuanzang's heart for 23 years like a chilling cicada. Now, this chilling cicada has broken through Xuanzang Master Zang's heart is about to break ground and become a cicada.

As a result, Master Xuanzang was greatly liberated. "

After hearing Li Hong's words, Cui Yao frowned and said: "Han Chan's life is only ten months, doesn't it mean that from now on, Master Xuanzang will no longer be in charge of princes?
He was liberated, but Junhou was left alone in the world? "

Yu Xiurong raised his leg and kicked Cui Yao's calf, saying: "What do you mean by being alone, if you still have me, and how many children are there, then you will be lonely there."

Cui Yao said angrily: "I practice Confucianism, and I don't like the unfeeling and unrighteous appearance of monks the most. How can the relationship between father and son be said to be parted?
They are a bunch of heartless people. "

Li Hong finally had a chance to interject, so he moved closer to Yu Xiurong and said, "I think Master Xuanzang's method and explanation are more clever.

This time, although Master Xuanzang didn't say it clearly, in my father's and mother's hearts, as long as Master is mentioned, Master Xuanzang will be remembered.

Master Xuanzang is an expert in the world, he can give up, but my father, queen mother and queen don't think so.

In short, this matter will only strengthen the position of the master in the hearts of my father and queen mother, especially my mother, who believes in Buddhism. "

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