"You said your name is Wukong?" Tang Ping looked at the dark and thin little monk in front of him and asked a little strangely.
"Replying to...the donor...hui Pingguo Gong, the master said that the true nature of ignorance is the Buddha nature, and the illusory and empty body is the Dharmakaya, so he named me Wukong."
The young monk answered somewhat cautiously, then secretly lowered his head and looked around curiously.
Having come all the way from Tianzhu, I have seen a lot, but the home of Duke Ping is indeed, as the master said, very different from all places in the world. ..
Tang Ping was speechless for a while after hearing the young monk's explanation. If he hadn't been Tang Sanzang's disciple, he would have almost survived.
It can only be said that Tang Sanzang was also an interesting person. He went to Tianzhu to learn Buddhist scriptures, and in the end he actually accepted a disciple named Wukong.
"You said you asked me to save your master. Where is your master now? What happened?"
When Tang Ping asked about the master, the young monk's face straightened, and then he became much more serious: "Master is studying Buddhism in Tianzhu. After completing his studies, he was planning to return to Chang'an, but he was detained when he left Tianzhu."
"He was detained?" Tang Ping asked strangely: "Who detained him? Why did it happen?"
If you want to say Tang Sanzang is handsome, he is indeed a bit handsome, but he is thousands of miles away from Tianzhu. I am afraid that under the wind and sun, the handsome monk with thin skin and tender flesh in the past is long gone. When it comes to money, he has no money. , who will detain him?
"He is a prince from Tianzhu. He said that the master secretly studied Buddhism, their national religion, so he detained the master. If we want to release him, we will have to pay a fine of one million taels of silver."
The young monk said a little indignantly: "Master, where did he learn secretly? He just wants to extort money!"
"Didn't you show him your customs clearance documents?"
"I gave it. Just because I gave it, the prince said he couldn't let us go back to the Tang Dynasty easily."
Tang Ping frowned, why is this thing so weird?
If Tang Sanzang was not allowed to learn their Buddhism, it would have been fine to refuse him at first. But to detain him when he was about to return to his country and to ask for such a large sum of money was really unjustifiable.
"Did your master tell you anything?"
The young monk's eyes flickered, and he hesitated before saying honestly: "Monks don't lie. In fact, I happened to go out that day when the master was arrested, and then I found out with great difficulty that Prince Zhu asked the master for money that day."
"I came to ask you to save the master, but I didn't tell the master."
Tang Ping was stunned: "So you came back to Chang'an from Tianzhu alone?"
"Yeah!" The little monk nodded honestly.
Tang Ping looked at the young monk with some admiration. Although he was not a big man, he actually returned to Chang'an from Tianzhu, which was thousands of miles away, in order to save his master. The difficulties and obstacles along the way were beyond description.
"Master Sanzang is my friend. I will definitely not ignore him. You can go down and rest first."
After listening to Tang Ping's words, the young monk was not afraid that he was lying to him or perfunctory. He simply believed that Tang Ping would take action, so he felt relieved.
Obediently, he followed Li Bai to the guest room to rest.
Tang Sanzang lived in the small temple behind Tang Ping's store at that time. The two of them had a really good relationship. Now that he was detained, Tang Ping would not turn a blind eye.
It's just that he has just returned to Chang'an, and there is still a lot of things waiting for him, such as the welcome dinner in the palace tonight.
Anyway, the young monk spent so much time traveling from Tianzhu, thousands of miles away, to Chang'an. If nothing happened, it would be fine. If something happened, it would be too late for him to rush there now.
So I don’t have to worry about this day or two.
She changed into her official uniform. The banquet in the palace tonight was mainly to welcome him, so she naturally had to dress more formally.
I drove into Chang'an and didn't come back for a while. Chang'an became more prosperous again. Even at dinner time in the evening, the streets were crowded with people.
After entering the palace, naturally a chamberlain came over and led him to see Li Shimin first.
Li Shi
When Min saw Tang Ping coming, he stood up excitedly, came to him in two or three steps, and then patted him hard on the shoulder.
"Okay, okay, okay!"
Three good words in a row!
You must know that the purpose of sending Tang Ping to the Northeast at that time was actually to set off a smoke screen to make the Tubo people relax their vigilance. Unexpectedly, Tang Ping's visit not only solved the problem of Hou Junji's self-respect of troops, but also brought the whole Northeast to the north. Incorporated into the territory of Datang.
Li Shimin was very ambitious, especially after seeing Tang Ping's globe. Not to mention places outside the Tang Dynasty, he wanted to at least expand the territory of the Tang Dynasty to the size of China on the globe, right?
I originally thought it would take another year or two, waiting for me to deal with Tibet in the southwest, and then turn around to deal with Hou Junji in the northeast.
But who would have thought that Tang Ping, the deputy general, would be gone and everything would be solved.
Now in the Xiande Hall, the map of the Tang Dynasty behind his seat has been updated. According to Tang Ping, the entire territory of the Tang Dynasty should now exceed 10 million square kilometers.
"Second uncle, be gentle!" Tang Ping grinned and rubbed his shoulders. What these elders loved most was patting on the shoulders.
"You have fought with an army of hundreds of thousands, but you are still so weak." Li Shimin said with some disgust: "You have made extraordinary achievements this time, what reward do you want?"
Based on Li Shimin's understanding of Tang Ping, it is estimated that he will not ask for anything. After all, his inner treasury assets are estimated to be less than one-tenth of Tang's Trading Company, not to mention his two daughters-in-law, one is the King of East Vietnam and the other is It's a Turkic Khan.
There is probably nothing in this world that he can't get.
But to Li Shimin's expectation, Tang Ping actually said, "I really have something to ask of my second uncle."
"Okay!" Tang Ping rarely spoke, and Li Shimin agreed without asking what the matter was.
"Helan Chushi's contribution to this trip to the Northeast is not small. I want to ask for a title for him, and for his wife, I also want to ask my second uncle to grant him a royal title..."
Li Shimin didn't expect that this was what Tang Ping wanted.
You must know that Hou Junji finally used the banner of rebellion and stirred up troubles in various countries in the Northeast as a traitor general of the Tang Dynasty.
Externally, the Tang Dynasty also claimed that Hou Junji was a traitorous general of the Tang Dynasty. However, if Helan Chushi was to be knighted, it would be difficult to go through the first step in name.
Therefore, Helan Chushi followed Tang Ping to clean up the cities that Hou Junji had conquered. Although he had made great contributions, no relevant documents had been sent.
Both the court and the Ministry of War seemed to regard him as a transparent person. They neither made trouble for him because of Hou Junji's relationship, but also did not praise him for his merits.
"You are really going to cause problems for your uncle."
Li Shimin shook his head and said with a bitter smile.
