those things in heaven

After many years, Qingxi and I entered Chang'an again.

To be honest, although the emperor above has some flaws in his personal morality, for example, he killed his brothers and brothers, forced his father to abdicate, became the emperor himself, and was not particular about women's sex, but in He has his own way of governing the country.

Therefore, the world can be regarded as a prosperous country and a peaceful country, and the national power is booming day by day. Even the restaurants have a lot more dishes, and there are also a lot more types of drinks.

Qingxi and I were having a drink in the restaurant, and saw the downstairs suddenly becoming bustling, extremely noisy, and then I heard someone talking there, talking about some things about fortune, what fate violated the Tai Sui and so on.

I poked my head and saw a middle-aged man with a strange appearance, wearing a Taoist robe, who was selling hexagrams there.

Qing Si looked at the middle-aged Taoist, just smiled, and not long after, a white-clothed gentleman came out from the crowd, saluted the middle-aged Taoist, and was about to ask divination.Qing Si immediately sneered: "This little loach really wants to die!"

Naturally, I could also see that the white-clothed gentleman was transformed by the Dragon King. The Dragon King seemed to be somewhat related to the Dragon King of the West Sea, and the Jinghe River was near the imperial capital, so incense was very strong, so he was very proud of it. There are too many people, and the Heavenly Court can't tolerate such a good place falling into the hands of the Four Seas, but now it is using the excuse of this time to ask the Dragon King to make room.

Sure enough, the Dragon King below actually asked the Taoist about the rain, and I have been in Heaven for quite a long time.In fact, the Heavenly Court has strict control over rainfall and so on, but it is also relatively loose.Under normal circumstances, the higher-ups do not interfere with the rain. After all, everything has to be decided by the higher-ups. The world is so big, especially one day in the sky and one year on the ground. That idea is not enough time!Therefore, most of them are decided by themselves. As water gods such as Dragon King He Bo, they have the ability to call wind and rain. They can decide when it will rain and when it will rain according to different situations, adjust Fengshui, and follow the weather. Protect one side, so you can also get merit.

However, in some cases, the Heavenly Court will intervene in the matter of rain. For example, if a certain place does not respect the gods, and the gods complain, the higher-ups will punish the local place according to the situation, such as how long it will not rain, or how much more rain will fall. Rain or something like that causes drought and flood disasters in the world as punishment.

Therefore, the Dragon King only felt that he had the chance to win. After all, for so many years, apart from encountering special circumstances, such as the disaster of war in the world, and the fact that the emperor did not practice virtue or something, he got the will of the superior about rain. Except, at other times, it is up to him.Now at this time, it is the time when it will rain, but it will not rain, and the Taoist Yuan Shoucheng, who sells divination, actually speaks clearly about the time and amount of rain when it will rain.

However, when is this now? Although this Yuan Shoucheng looks like a Taoist, he is actually from the lineage of Heavenly Master Zhang, one of the four great heavenly masters in the Heavenly Court. He has taken refuge in the Jade Emperor a long time ago. , Looking back, the Heavenly Court will still make an order, ordering the Dragon King to rain according to the rainfall at this time.

The Dragon King is used to it. What's more, as long as things like rain do not cause any natural disasters, even if there is any mistake, the Heavenly Court will not stare at it. But relatives, if you ask for mercy at that time, he will have nothing to do.

Therefore, the old dragon bumped into the muzzle of the gun. Qingsi and I looked at each other, and Qingsi sent a message directly. The Taoist stopped him, and the Taoist laughed: "Dragon Lord, Dragon Lord, seeing the bloody disaster is approaching, but being so proud, I am really puzzled by the poor Taoist!"

The Dragon King was taken aback. Seeing that the Taoist knew his real face, he could see that his Taoism was extraordinary, so he didn't dare to be negligent, and quickly said: "I don't know which immortal, Xiaolong is polite!"

The Taoist said with a smile, "I'm not really an immortal. The one who criticized you before will become an immortal after a while!"

The Dragon King felt even more strange, and asked, "What does the Shang Immortal mean by this, and why did he say that Xiaolong is suffering from blood and light?"

The Taoist nodded and said: "The poor Taoist sees that Mr. Long has been working hard all these years, and he has done nothing wrong with spreading the clouds and rain. He is quite meritorious. Therefore, today he saw someone cheating on Mr. Long, so he appeared to talk to Mr. Long!"

The Dragon King bowed to the Taoist, and said: "I also ask the immortal to give me advice, Xiaolong is very grateful!"

The Taoist paused for a moment and asked, "Do you know who the person who criticized you was?"

The Dragon King said: "I heard from the people before that this is Yuan Shoucheng, the uncle of Yuan Tiangang who was in charge of the Qintian Supervisor at the time. Could it be that this pair of uncles and nephews has something to do with it?"

The Taoist nodded and said: "What Lord Long said is true. Their uncle and nephew came from the sect of Tianshi Zhang Tianshi. Zhang Tianshi now holds a high position in the heavenly court, but he promised this pair of uncles and nephews a bright future. You Jinghe Dragon King The position, but their merits and qualifications!"

The Dragon King suddenly felt that this Taoist was fooling himself, and said: "Xiaolong is from the orthodox dragon family. He practiced hard for many years, and later he was granted the title of heaven. He started from the Dragon King of Xiaojiang Xiaohe, and accumulated meritorious deeds to get the current position of Dragon King of Jinghe. Although the position is high and powerful, is it possible that he can ignore Xiaolong's many years of merit?"

The Taoist sneered and said: "The merits and virtues obtained by the Dragon King are nothing more than loyalty to duty. Isn't this the duty of the Dragon Lord? What's more, the Jinghe River is such an important place, it is at the foot of the emperor, and the Dragon King is also a member of the Dragon Clan of the West Sea. He was born in the same family, and he did not pass through the Dragon Gate that day, but now he is today. Lord Long might as well do the math. Now there are some remote places besides the four seas. How many dragon kings in various places are from the four seas? They are the old neighbors of the dragon king. The Dragon King of the Weihe River was nothing more than a brocade carp back then. No wonder the Dragon King is so knowledgeable that people take advantage of him!"

The Dragon King of Jinghe was terrified when he heard it, and after thinking about it, it was indeed the case, and said quickly: "Please also ask the gods to save Xiaolong, Xiaolong is very grateful!"

The Taoist said: "No matter what time and rain Yuan Shoucheng said today, when you return to the Dragon Palace today, you will receive a rain decree from the upper realm. Among them, the time and rainfall will be exactly what Yuan Shoucheng said. Just wait to go to the Dragon Slaying Terrace! That’s all I have said, I hope the Dragon Lord will think about it!” Then he floated away, leaving behind the Jinghe Dragon King who was in a panic, and returned to the Jinghe Dragon Palace almost in a state of ecstasy.

In the Dragon Palace, a group of Shui people were still waiting for the news of the Jinghe Dragon King. Seeing that the Jinghe Dragon King was like this, everyone was silent and dared not speak. They all speculated privately that the Dragon King probably suffered from that Taoist.

After a long time, a member of the Shui tribe dared to ask: "How is Your Majesty's trip? Have you ever found the divination man?"

The Dragon King of Jinghe let out a long sigh: "I found it after looking for it. I bet with him about the rain..."

Before the words were finished, the Shui people cheered and jumped up: "The king is the rain dragon god. The rain is not what the king said, but the trickster is doomed!"

The Dragon King of Jinghe suddenly smiled wryly: "It would be great if this is the case, now let's wait and see if there is a decree from above!"

He still had a sense of luck in his heart, if the Taoist before was just threatening with empty words, then it was just a false alarm, who would have known that a warrior in golden armor would come down to earth not long after and read out the Jade Emperor's decree, which was exactly the same, and immediately I was almost scared out of my wits.

Seeing this, the military master wondered, "Why is your majesty doing this? Xingyu mistimed the time and almost missed the count. What's the big deal? I'm afraid I won't be able to win against the divination man?"

The Dragon King of Jinghe shook his head and sighed: "You only know one thing, not the other. If I hadn't met a Shangxian, I would have done so, but I would have fallen into someone else's trap, and the position of the Dragon King would not be guaranteed. If you don’t say anything, it’s hard to save your life!”

A group of Shui tribes looked at each other, and another Shui tribe cried: "Although there is a rule of heaven, the king said before that he is the sister-in-law of the Dragon King of the West Sea. Is it possible or impossible for such a small matter of rain? Calling people over to fish all day long, won’t those aquatic animals in my Jing River be caught sooner or later?”

Immediately, the entire Dragon Palace was full of crying, and the Dragon King of Jinghe was upset by the crying, and suddenly he felt distracted, and he couldn't help but said: "You are right, if you are slightly wrong, there should be nothing wrong! As the Dragon Lord of Jinghe, although he has the duty of carrying clouds and rain, the Jinghe Shui people are the people under this throne, so naturally this king can't keep you in fear all day long!"

In this way, the lower Shui tribe laughed through their tears again, and complimented the Dragon King of Jinghe endlessly. Although the Dragon King of Jinghe felt something wrong in his heart for a while, he was quickly deceived again.

"Hey, this old dragon king is really looking for death!" The next day, when I saw the rain, I knew that the dragon king had not listened to persuasion after all.

Qing Si sneered: "Buddhism is best at bewitching people's hearts. The Dragon King is not a firm-minded person. It doesn't take much effort to bewitch him. I'm afraid I'll just wait for the rain to fall on him. I will regret it myself!"

Jinghe Dragon King bit the bullet and ran to find Yuan Shoucheng, who was intimidated by Yuan Shoucheng, and then came to his senses. Thinking of the words of that Taoist yesterday, and hearing Yuan Shoucheng say that he would not escape the knife on the dragon platform, he was so frightened that he was out of his wits , while begging Yuan Shoucheng bitterly, he had already made up his mind to entrust his wife and children to his brother-in-law, the Dragon King of the West Sea, so as not to implicate his wife and children.

Here, as soon as Yuan Shoucheng heard that the people who supervised his beheading knew about it, the Dragon King of Jinghe knew that he had really been plotted against and hated him deeply, but for the sake of his wife and children, he still had to follow the script.

"This old dragon king is quite clever!" Qing Si said in surprise when she saw the behavior of the dragon king.

"Wait, once the old Dragon King dies, the higher-ups will appease his children no matter what happens. Otherwise, the Four Seas Dragon Clan will definitely have some ideas. Even though the Jade Emperor has always wanted to weaken the Four Seas Dragon Clan, who knows what the Four Seas Dragon Clan will be like?" Is there any backup, if they are really in a hurry, who knows if there are any old monsters in the Dragon Clan that haven't come out!" I thought about it and said.

Next, things will be very interesting. It stands to reason that as a human emperor, the dragon energy protects the body and prevents all evil from invading. Even the emperor of heaven should be equal to the human emperor in terms of legal principles. As a result, the Buddhist side is well prepared , I don’t know where to find a few treasures, first temporarily suppress the dragon’s energy, and then ask the old dragon to ask for help, of course, it’s useless, the old dragon still went to the Dragon Slaying Platform, and came to a clean break.What's even more strange is that the dragon's head fell from the sky and fell outside the Meridian Gate.

Then, the human emperor, who was originally invulnerable to all evil, was actually haunted by a ghost. After several days of tossing, he asked people to guard the gate and asked someone to exorcise ghosts. Going through the back door is simply ridiculous.

A good show in Buddhism, one after another, coaxing the emperor into a daze, and pretending to add 20 years of life to the emperor, coaxing the emperor to set up a water and land dojo, to save those wronged souls back then, In short, after the Human Emperor returned to Yang, he almost didn't get scared, and immediately expressed that he would go out to recruit monks, build a water and land conference, and save the lonely souls of the underworld.

People in the court who tended to Taoism objected, saying that Buddhism has no father and no king, but they cannot be reused, and some people came out, expressing that they would let Buddhism share the worries of the king.The Human Sovereign agreed in the Yin Division that day, and saw the judge change his life span with his own eyes. When the time comes, the Yin Division sees that he repents. If he cuts his life span, what should he do.What's more, he was haunted by ghosts before, so he couldn't sleep at night. Now that he has a once-and-for-all method, he doesn't care about Buddhism and Taoism. Therefore, he still made his will.

Then someone recommended Xuanzang, there is no reason why the emperor didn't know what happened that day, Liu Hong is really the son of Liu Hongji in the court, now that he is dead, he was originally at odds with the Yin family, and now he has turned against each other , Now in the court, tit for tat, you say one, I must say two, you agree, I must oppose.

Yin Kaishan thought that Xuanzang was tired of thinking that although he was his own grandson, he was the evil son of the Liu family, and the Emperor wanted to see that his subordinates were at odds with each other, so he just didn't know.

Now I heard my subordinates recommending Xuanzang, saying only that Xuanzang is brilliant in Buddhism, he is a natural disciple of the Buddha, and all the eminent monks are no better than him, so I don't care about Xuanzang's life experience and so on, so I'm off now According to the decree, Xuanzang was ordered to preside over the water and land conference.

Qingsi and I watched from a distance, Qingsi sneered endlessly: "Buddhist sect is really a big show, hey, the underworld side should also be rectified!"

While watching the excitement here, Guanyin appeared over there, Qing Si touched the diamond carving on her wrist, and sneered again, as if she wanted to hit Guanyin directly on the face.I just thought that Avalokitesvara seemed to have seen this vajra cut in Laojun's place, so I had to give up my idea regretfully, but I was thinking in my heart, when I have a chance, I must go and beat this Avalokitesvara's sap!

That Avalokitesvara is very understanding of the subtlety of wanting to promote before suppressing. First, he turned into a monk with a scarlet head and had a conversation with Xuanzang. Others could not see the real body of Avalokitesvara, but Xuanzang was a natural born Buddha. He immediately recognized Avalokitesvara. He is very extraordinary, so he lowered his figure very much and was extremely polite. Guanyin preached, refuted the Hinayana Buddhism, and preached the Mahayana Buddhism. After seeing the first one, everyone was shocked, and he showed the true meaning of Guanyin again. body.

In any case, Avalokitesvara is still a first-class god and Buddha. Even if ordinary people don't believe it, they dare not really offend them. Therefore, they all knelt down and worshiped, but they all seemed to worship Buddha very much, and Qingsi gritted his teeth.

Avalokitesvara made a gesture, saying that Hinayana Buddhism can't save any wronged souls, and must go to the West to learn scriptures and come back after obtaining Mahayana Dharma.Then, he directly appointed Xuanzang, and gave Xuanzang all the cassocks and Zen sticks he brought, saying that only he can take on the important task of learning scriptures from the west, and then he drifted away.

After hearing this, Renhuang stopped doing it immediately. It turned out that what he had done before was useless, but if it was like this, he would have to be troubled by those lonely ghosts, but since Guanyin said that, he had to I recognized it, and I immediately recognized Xuanzang, saying that you must bring the scriptures back to me.

People who are emperors have always known the principle of what is given in advance, so they treated Xuanzang with great courtesy.Such kindness, if Xuanzang dared to disappoint the emperor, he would really be unable to live. Therefore, even though he was unwilling in his heart, he finally agreed.

The emperor here decided to see Xuanzang off in person the next day, and then returned to the palace, but he was also upset. He thought that this matter would be over, but he would have to go to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures. There are naturally many difficulties and obstacles along the way. Who knows when Xuanzang will be able to return. Although I have added 20 years of life to my life and death book, what should I do if I can't wait for Xuanzang?

Human Sovereign was worrying about himself, while the servant looked at the expression of Human Sovereign's face, he immediately guessed what Human Sovereign wanted, he turned his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, the slaves and servants have been doing business outside these years, and they often go to the Western Regions. However, I have heard about the Buddhist scriptures for a long time, but I never thought that the Buddhist scriptures were Master Xuanzang!"

When Renhuang heard this, he was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "A pilgrim? I never thought of asking someone to go to the west to learn the scriptures before! Where did the pilgrims come from!"

The waiter hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the story of the person who learned the scriptures has been circulated for a long time. It is said that he was a disciple of the Buddha at that time, and his Dharma name was Jin Chanzi. Destined to learn the scriptures! Master Xuanzang had many strange things before, I am afraid that those rumors turned out to be true!"

The Emperor hurriedly asked: "What rumors?"

The servant wanted to show off, and quickly replied: "There have always been rumors in the Western Regions that the Buddhist scripture learner is the reincarnation of the golden cicada. A good man who has practiced in ten generations can live forever if he eats a piece of his meat. Yang, then you will be able to ascend immediately, so many people are looking forward to meeting the Buddhist scriptures!"

As soon as he heard of immortality, the Human Sovereign suddenly became restless. It’s fine with Xiaju’s ascension. There are three Qings and six emperors in the sky. I don’t know how many great gods are standing on their heads. How can the Human Sovereign be willing to go to the heavens to give his promises in the human world? If other people were courtiers, if they could live forever and stay in Longting forever, what a sight it would be.

A random swipe from the underworld can add 20 years to the human emperor's lifespan. The human emperor is already satisfied with this, but now he has the hope of immortality. There is no reason why the human emperor should not long for it.

The Human Sovereign was still a little hesitant at first, after all, Avalokitesvara only appeared in the daytime, if Avalokitesvara came forward to protect Xuanzang, it would be difficult to handle, this side was thinking, and the other side took the servant and said: "I heard It is said in Buddhist scriptures that the Buddha can cut meat to feed tigers, let alone a piece of meat. To Master Xuanzang, what is it? Longevity and long-term vision, will you be the Son of Heaven forever?"

Human Sovereign still has some sense of shame, and for a while, he always felt that human flesh is not so good after all, but after a while, someone rushed over and reported: "Your Majesty, it's not good, the Empress has passed out!"

Today, the Emperor and the Empress are young couples, the Empress is wise, and the Emperor has always loved the Empress very much. Although there are many concubines in the palace, the most important thing in the Emperor's heart is the Empress. Could not sit still anymore, hurriedly went to the Queen's Palace, heard the doctor said that the Queen has been working hard for many years, a while ago, the Queen was worried about Her Majesty, and she couldn't sleep day and night, now it seems that the oil is exhausted and the lamp is dying, suddenly I couldn't take it anymore, hugged the queen, burst into tears, and then the servant on the side hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it doesn't matter whether the rumors are true or not, the empress's health is the most important thing, it's better to try it!"

When the Emperor heard this, he immediately made up his mind, regardless of the curfew at this moment, he quickly ordered people out of the palace and summoned Xuanzang to enter the palace.

Xuanzang is worrying right now, he really doesn't want to go to the west to learn Buddhist scriptures, the more Buddhist scriptures he reads, the more doubts he has about Buddhism, especially the appearance of Guanyin today made him understand immediately in his heart, all his previous experiences , I'm afraid Guanyin can't get rid of it.Yin Wenjiao also said that day that before she gave birth, there was a man of God pretending to be the Nanji Xingjun, saying that he was entrusted by Guanyin to send him to the world, and there was something about Faming. It is strange that Xuanzang didn't doubt it!Thinking about it now, Xuanzang understood that everything was probably for the so-called learning of Buddhist scriptures. The more he thought about it, the more he resisted in his heart. Therefore, even though he had agreed before, Xuanzang still felt a little bit aggrieved. , Just when he couldn't rest his pillow, someone in the palace came out to spread the word, saying that His Majesty had a decree to invite his younger brother, Master Xuanzang, into the palace to speak.

Xuanzang suddenly had some bad premonitions in his heart, but he was still acting like that during the day, and thinking that the Emperor was still counting on him to go to the Western Paradise to learn scriptures, so that he would not be troubled by those lonely ghosts again in the future. Therefore, even though he felt something was wrong in his heart, he still bit the bullet and followed the visitor into the palace.

Following the servant all the way, Xuanzang actually went all the way into the queen's bedroom, Xuanzang felt something was wrong, but the matter had come to this point, but he couldn't back down, after all, he was still a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, and now he was also a mortal body. What's more, could it be possible that without him, the Human Emperor really couldn't solve the problem of those lonely souls and wild ghosts? Therefore, Xuanzang didn't stop on his feet, and followed his servant into the bedroom. At first sight, he didn't see him for a long time, and he looked a little haggard. the emperor.

When the Emperor saw Xuanzang, a trace of eagerness flashed in his eyes, and as soon as he opened his mouth, Xuanzang was startled: "Yudi, the queen is seriously ill, please help Yudi to save me!" Zang bowed and saluted.