Datang beauty walk

After Bi'er returned to Chang'an with her master and her party, her Taoist life resumed.

Recently, she often stayed in the writing room to copy scriptures.The scriptures printed in the Taoist temple are limited, and most of the scriptures read by the Taoist priests are hand-copied. Bi'er has to copy those scriptures carefully several times, and then distribute the copied scriptures to the young Taoist priests in Qingdu temple or some Believers who come to seek scriptures, so that they can recite and study Taoism.

One day, her Taoist boy came in and reported:

"Master, the abbot asked you to go to the main hall."

Bi'er put away the scriptures she was copying, got up and went to the main hall.In the main hall where Sanqing was enshrined, there were brothers and sisters from the same sect standing there.

Seeing Master Wang Yuan knew that Chang had entered the main hall, everyone saluted Master together.Wang Yuanzhi looked at them and said:

"I asked you to come here because I just received a document from Zongzheng Temple, saying that in half a month, that is, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Princess Wencheng will marry Tubo. There will be a prayer meeting in the Taiqing Palace, at that time famous temples and high Taoist associations from all over the world will go to participate, and my temple will also have a place, the four of you will take a bath and fast from today, chant scriptures and enlightenment, and then go with me."

"Yes."

Bi'er and her brothers and sisters answered together.After the master finished speaking, he left the main hall. The fifth junior sister happily said as soon as the master left:

"Senior sister, when I go back to the palace, I might meet the current emperor!"

"Really?" Billy said softly.

Their third senior brother Guangneng came over and said:

"Fifth Junior Sister, didn't you come out of the palace? You must have seen the emperor, tell me what the emperor looks like?"

Fifth Junior Sister Daohui frowned:

"Of course I have met the emperor. The emperor is mighty. When I served the abdicated emperor in the Taiji Palace, the emperor often came to pay his respects to the emperor. Later, many of our maids were released, and we were free. I left The palace entered the Taoist temple..."

The fifth junior sister was still telling the second and third senior brothers about her experience, Bi'er quietly exited the hall.

Just after the ugly time of the fifteenth day, that is, not long after the night of the fourteenth and the fifteenth night, Wang Daochang led his four apprentices out of the temple and entered the city early.

Although it was dark, red lanterns hung high on Chang'an Avenue, illuminating Chang'an Street as brightly as day; colorful flags were planted all over the street, crowds were walking around, and a festive atmosphere pervaded Chang'an City.

Passing through several city gates and passing through several city walls, they came to the Taiqing Palace in the imperial palace, and saw that it was already a busy scene.

Entering a large room where they were arranged to rest, the masters and apprentices of Qingdu Temple sat aside, closed their eyes and rested for a while, and it was almost dawn.

All the Taoists who came to the palace began to make their own preparations.

Bi'er, her brothers and sisters followed the abbot Wang Daochang, met the officials and eunuchs in charge of the Taiqing Palace, then went to the main halls of the Taiqing Palace, worshiped the statues and gods in the halls one by one, and then came to the square in front of the main hall.

I saw that on the square in front of the main hall, there was an open space nearly two hundred paces wide, and the altar was erected high.

The Fatai is surrounded by red and yellow colored curtains on all sides.On the big red incense table on the highest platform, there are all kinds of silk, silk, silk forgings, etc., as well as various gold and silver utensils, as well as Taoist magic tools.At the four corners of the countertops on the first and second floors below, there are beasts and birds made of brass that guard the four directions.

In the center a few steps south of the Fatai, purple cigarette smoke rose from a large copper tripod incense burner, filling the air and merging with the smoke overflowing from the main halls of the Taiqing Palace.

Hundreds of famous teachers and masters from various temples and mountains, all dressed in brightly colored Taoist robes, holding magic weapons in their hands, under the arrangement of the supervising Taoist priests and eunuchs, one by one went to the designated position to sit cross-legged Sit still, not daring to move any more.

Wang Yuanzhi was placed in the front position on the east side of the altar, and Bier and her brothers sat behind the master.

Before the emperor and all the civil and military officials arrived, male and female Taoist priests wearing Taoist crowns and colorful costumes were already sitting solemnly, singing the Taiping Bible in unison, followed by the Praise of the Dharma and the Daoist Sutra. After singing one, And on to the next one...

The drums and music in the Taiqing Palace sounded together, accompanied by the voices of five hundred Taoist priests singing praises, and together with the light smoke and purple air, they floated out of the Taiqing Palace, out of the palace, and outside the palace, lingering and echoing over Chang'an City for a long time.

It was a grand event in the palace.On the streets outside the palace city, people were crowded at this time, people from all directions, as well as business people and students from home and abroad, distant countries, neighbors, foreign countries, etc. Thousands of people filled the streets of Chang'an City. Main Lane.

Perhaps these people of the Tang Dynasty, they all have the same mood and desire as the emperor and civil and military officials in the Taiqing Palace——

Because the Tang Dynasty, which was just founded, although the country is stable, its overall strength is not strong enough.There will be many losses in direct combat with Tubo, who is powerful and constantly invading them.And the marriage of their young Princess Wencheng to Tubo will bring them peace for a while; and those relatives who guard the frontier will save their lives from the war because of this marriage.

They believed that the national destiny of Datang would be more stable and prosperous in the future.

Therefore, people in Gyeonggi, as well as businessmen, officials and people from other places, men and women, old and young, all left their homes and came to the street, wanting to see Princess Wencheng who brought peace and happiness to their lives, and wanting to witness this Princess of Tang Dynasty with their own eyes. elegant demeanor.

From the emperor to the common people, they believe that today is an extremely festive day, or at least an important day.

This kind of jubilation has spread from the imperial palace to Chang'an streets and alleys.However, under this kind of joy, there are also quite a few people who sigh silently for Princess Wencheng.

It was a festive and lively time, and the streets were crowded with people, and the hawking in front of the shops could not be heard, curious people crowded around it, some were watching and some were buying and selling.

At the entrance of a restaurant, people saw a beautiful woman in a long apricot red dress, and another woman in a light pink and purple dress and a veiled cap, entering the store hand in hand; Follow them inside.

There are laughter and laughter in the restaurant, and the sound of plucking the pipa is sometimes high-pitched and sometimes intense.

On the two-foot-high rectangular platform paved with wooden boards, there is a woman with a tall nose and big eyes, wearing a red dance dress, dancing gracefully on the platform with light dance steps.Her curly, waist-length hair was tied loosely behind her, and with the rhythm of the dance, her wavy hair showed the rhythm of the dance.She twisted her slender waist, danced with the arms of a Bodhisattva, raised her legs and bent her hips. Her light and agile dancing posture showed a variety of charms. The drinkers sitting under the stage watched her dancing posture and yelled endlessly.

This girl who was dancing, she saw two people coming into the store and sitting aside from the stage, so she stopped dancing and got off the stage, walked around the tables of several guests with a smile, and walked to a square table near the wall, Turning to one side, he sat opposite the two women who had just entered the door, and said:

"You two, you haven't even seen a shadow for such a long time, where did you go?"

The woman in purple lifted up the edge of the veil with the back of her fingers, and said with a half-hidden face, "Selugie, are you here?" Then she put down her hand, and the raised corner of the veil fell down again.

Celluji was still amazed by the beauty she saw just now, only to hear the woman next to her say:

"Hello, Celluji!"

Celugie looked back and forth between the two of them, and then said:

"Hanyue, we haven't seen each other for eight to nine years. One of you is so beautiful and the other is so young. It seems that you haven't changed a bit. Is there any secret recipe for beauty?"

Yizhen smiled and said:

"Selugie, you haven't changed either!"

"Why hasn't it changed! Didn't this old man come out? Hey, I can't compare to you! After you left last time, there is no letter. Do you still remember me as an old friend?"

"Why don't you remember? Didn't we see you coming?" Hanyue said.

Celluji blinked her long eyelashes and said:

"Isn't it a special trip to see me? What kind of wine do you want?"

"A pot of drunk Tangchun." Hanyue said.

"Yizhen, do you want to drink Tangchun too?" Sai Luji asked.

Yizhen nodded and said:

"Same as Hanyue."

"Have your tastes remained the same? - Wu Li, a pot of drunk Tangchun!"

Sailuji turned her head and called out to Jiulu.The man named Wuli heard that some fine wine and snacks were brought, put it down and went back to work.

"You haven't answered me yet, where have you been hiding for the past nine years?"

Hanyue took a sip of the wine and said:

"We're going to look for the real medicine king Sun."

"The hundred-year-old medicine king? I heard that the emperor sent people to look for him many times, and wanted to invite him to the Chang'an Palace, but they didn't invite him. Have you found it?"

"I found it. Sun Zhenzhen is editing a medical book "A Thousand Golden Prescriptions". Yizhen has already worshiped this old man as his teacher, and is assisting him in editing and sorting out the book."

"Then what are you doing back in Chang'an?"

"Yizhen misses her father, so the two of us came to Chang'an to visit him, and we stopped by to see you." Hanyue replied again.

"How is your father?" Sai Luji went to ask Yizhen.

"it is good."

"Did he accept you?"

Seeing that Yizhen lowered her head a little and didn't answer, Hanyue said for her:

"He was very excited and happy to see Yizhen suddenly appearing in front of him safely, and he didn't say anything to blame me."

"It's really rare. When you first came to me, I felt that your relationship was unusual. After thinking about it, I realized it. Before that, you must have encountered a lot of resistance, right?"

Hanyue turned her head and glanced at Yizhen, and said:

"It's all over!"

Yizhen picked up the luminous glass and took a sip of the wine, saying:

"We came here just as the princess was about to get married, and this is the first time I've seen such a lively scene."

Celluji also drank from her glass:

"Yeah, you two are lucky to come here!"

"However, it's too crowded."

Yizhen glanced at Hanyue and said:

"No wow, it's just that you like to be quiet!"

"That's right, isn't it good? How interesting, Yizhen!" Sailuji also said.

Hanyue rolled her eyes under the black veil, looked at Sai Luji who looked at and smiled with Yizhen, and asked:

"Have you returned to Kucha? Are you married?"

"I went back, and my parents found them too. They have been married for six or seven years, so—" Sai Luji gestured to Uli who was beside the wine, "it's him."

"He looks very simple and honest." Yizhen said.

"He, there are so many evil ideas!"

"Really? Can't tell..."

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