The reunion of father and daughter is a joyful event.
Naturally, Master and Disciple Fahai would not ruin the scene of their loved ones reuniting in front of them.
For His Majesty Tianzhu, the father and daughter had not seen each other for just one night. But for the princess, it had been two years.
After a while, the father and daughter finally calmed down.
After taking her seat, the princess told her father all about her experience. She only concealed the fact that she was the fairy Su'e of the Moon Palace in her previous life. She also did not explain the details of the Jade Rabbit Spirit to her father. She only said that she was taken over by someone. The rabbit spirit was kidnapped and imprisoned in Bujin Temple.
"Oh!" The emperor was also frightened and said quickly: "I, the prince, have suffered such a disaster, and I don't know at all?"
The emperor clenched his fists with both hands and smashed them on the desk. He looked remorseful again, obviously blaming himself. He explained: "Although I noticed that Wang'er's condition was different after that day, how could I have thought of it?" Is that the reason? Besides, she claimed that she was suffering from cold at the time, how could she have expected it!"
The Emperor of Tianzhu sighed, held the hands of the princess beside him, and said, "My lord, you have suffered in the past two years."
After finishing speaking, he sincerely thanked Master Sanzang and others: "The holy monk and the elders saved my beloved daughter. How can I not thank you? Come and get ten thousand gold."
As expected of His Majesty the Emperor, his actions are generous and his words are worth thousands of dollars.
However, their masters and disciples have never cared about money, but now His Majesty wanted to thank him. Fahai was not prepared to refuse, but just said another way: "Your Majesty, if you give me ten thousand gold, it is better to exchange this ten thousand gold for Let the grain and goods be scattered among all the people.”
The Emperor of Tianzhu immediately stood up, performed a Buddha salute to Master Tripitaka, and said: "The holy monk's compassionate fruit is unusual, and he is a true Buddha, so he followed what the holy monk said."
"Amitabha." Fahai recited the Buddha's name.
Also affected by Wukong's previous words, Fahai looked at His Majesty a few more times after entering the palace.
Although this is just the first time I have seen the emperor of Tianzhu, he can be regarded as a rare wise emperor in this region of Xizhou.
Ordinarily, with him in charge of Tianzhu, the country's destiny should be unimpeded. How could he suffer a disaster because of him?
Could it be that the monkey head is not good at learning and made a mistake?
Fahai suppressed his thoughts for the time being. After all, even Guanyin Bodhisattva said that today's destiny is not clear for a long time. Especially when it comes to himself, there will always be some deviations in the originally established things, or even completely. An opposite direction.
Fahai himself also knows the reason for this.
After all, this road to the west was supposed to be taken by Master Tripitaka, but now it was him who took it. It's not that there was a deviation, it was that he didn't make it right at all.
Didn’t you see that Wukong didn’t have a tightening spell on his head yet?
Things that have not happened yet are ultimately unknown. Even if we can glimpse some clues, what can we do?
His Majesty the Emperor did not forget to release the palace people. After all, the princess was back, so it was not their fault. Besides, how could the mortals in the palace watch a goblin?
When the Great Sage entered the palace, he looked around and found no masters in the palace. Even the most powerful commander of the Imperial Guards in the palace was considered to be the pinnacle of military generals among mortals.
Maybe let him fight head-on with some ordinary demons for life and death, and he might still win. But if the demons perform magical transformations, he will naturally be blinded.
But who would have thought that there would be monsters invading the capital of Tianzhu, which was protected by the Lingshan Mountain?
Even the princess was replaced?
Although Emperor Tianzhu still showed a kind smile to Master Tripitaka and his party at this moment, there was a little chill in his heart: Could this be a warning to himself?
Thinking of this, Tianzhu Huangdi suddenly felt bitter in his heart: Yes, Tianzhu is protected by Lingshan Buddhism, but I have never looked down upon those Buddhist temples in the world. I even wanted to restructure these Buddhist temples, but it was always difficult to implement them. This is because many Buddhist temples rely on Lingshan to have a tough attitude. Secondly, there are many people in the government and the public who believe in Buddhism.
How can it be so easy to renovate a Buddhist temple yourself?
He put it aside for a while, but his thoughts never stopped.
Perhaps it was this thought that I could never let go of that caused my beloved daughter to suffer such a disaster: No one knows if you, the Princess of Tianzhu, can be replaced by an obedient emperor, who can see the flaw?
After all, there is a spiritual mountain weighing on his head. Even if he is the emperor, he can only do nothing about it.
It's not that he doesn't like Buddhism, and he doesn't like monks. If all the monks in the country are like Master Tripitaka, how could he have such an idea?
Therefore, after Master Tripitaka defeated and conquered those Buddhist temples one by one within the country, he would applaud him from the bottom of his heart.
It's a pity that Master Tripitaka is not from his own country, but an eminent monk from the Eastern Tang Dynasty.
I heard that in the Tang Dynasty, he was still the greatest monk in the world. Such a person can really be regarded as the best monk in the world.
People said that the authentic Buddhism was in Tianzhu, but the emperor never paid attention to it. Now that he met Master Tripitaka, he even scorned the so-called authentic Buddhism.
But what can he do?
Now that my beloved daughter has returned, she can only lie dormant for the time being until she has the ability to change the situation.
Not long after, all the dishes were served. Knowing that Elder Pig had a large appetite, his portion was doubled. The emperor suppressed the frustration in his heart for the time being. At this time, he had to concentrate on entertaining Master Tripitaka. yes.
In a short time, during some daily exchanges, everyone was full.
The Emperor of Tianzhu also asked Master Tripitaka to stay overnight in the palace, saying that it was a good thing to talk to Master Tripitaka about Buddhism all night long. Fahai naturally would not refuse.
Although Buddhism in Tianzhu is prosperous, in Fahai's opinion, even some eminent monks are not profound in their understanding of Buddhism, and are even a little shallow.
Having said this, Fa Hai couldn't help but think of what the Bodhisattva said in Chang'an.
After he prepared to go to Lingshan Mountain, he showed the photos he had recorded while debating the Buddha's sutras in front of the Buddha, the Buddhas, the Bodhisattvas, and the Arhats in the Main Hall.
Let them take a good look. This is the Buddhist realm of Xizhou that the Bodhisattva boasted about in front of the civil and military officials of the dynasty and the common people when he was in the Tang Dynasty.
Perhaps a large part of the reason why Bodhisattva asked me to come here is to use the pressure I bring to reverse the trend of Xizhou Buddhist Temple.
It is not that there are no real eminent monks in Xizhou. For example, the old master of Nabujin Zen Temple, in Master Tripitaka’s view, has already attained the samadhi of Buddhist scriptures. It's just that nowadays people are impetuous, and there are even fewer people who can really calm down and study Buddhism. Even among the young monks in Bujin Zen Temple, only the Zen monk under the master of the old temple is as hardworking and diligent as the others. , the intentions are obviously not pure.
Otherwise, the old master would not lie and claim that the princess was a ghost.
It was said that they talked all night long, but His Majesty the Emperor actually talked with Master Tripitaka for a whole night. If it had not been for the time to go to court, he might not have been able to stop.
Your Majesty goes to court.
Fahai left the palace first and returned to the Huitong Pavilion.
The Emperor of Tianzhu gave himself a gold medal of order. With this order, he could walk freely in the country, and even in the whole country of Tianzhu, and no one dared to stop him.
"Master is back!"
Yesterday during the day, after fasting, several disciples were released from the palace first.
It was rare for the great sages to have some free time, so they spent half a day playing happily in the capital of Tianzhu.
Bajie was still looking for local delicacies, while Wujing kept writing and drawing. As for the Great Sage and Little White Dragon, the Great Sage went to the City God's Temple to play, while Little White Dragon went out of the city to wander in the surrounding mountains.
After nightfall, they rushed back to the hotel and started doing evening classes.
Even Bajie is very conscious. Now they have already developed the habit of assigning tasks to themselves without the supervision of their master.
When they saw the master coming back, they all gathered around him. As the representative, the Great Sage asked the master: "Master, how many words does the emperor have? Is it true that he really understands Buddhism and can talk to the master all night?"
"In terms of Buddhism, your Majesty actually only has a partial understanding of it." Fahai shook his head, "This night, we said we were talking about Buddhism, but in fact, we didn't say much."
"What were they talking about?" Bajie became curious.
"The Emperor of Tianzhu cares about the people." Fahai said softly: "He asked his teacher about the people's livelihood in the Tang Dynasty and what he had seen in other countries along the way. In addition, he also asked some people in Tianzhu and the towns outside the city. the real situation.”
After hearing this, the Great Sage and several other disciples also said: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, it is rare to think that the people of Tianzhu will be more relaxed under his rule, right?"
"I hope so."
"Now that master is back, do you want to set off?"
"We can't leave now." Fahai sat on a chair. Seeing the doubts on the disciples' faces, he didn't give in and explained directly: "The customs clearance document is still in the hands of His Majesty. He placed it in the Tongzheng Hall yesterday. , but His Majesty has now gone to court again. Let’s wait until he goes down to court, get the ultimatum, and then go on his way.”
After the court meeting.
The Emperor of Tianzhu took the customs clearance document and called his companion to deliver it to Master Sanzang.
Although this long night of conversation was far from enough for him, it had broadened his thinking. Compared with the ministers in the court, Emperor Tianzhu even felt that Master Tripitaka was more suitable to stand there than them.
As soon as the court went to court, there was a lot of noise and commotion. Trying to solve the problem at the court meeting was not only out of whim, but also asking for trouble.
Therefore, many times he makes a decision directly and announces it directly at the court meeting. If everyone has no objection, then just do it this way. If anyone has a different idea, please submit it separately and discuss it later.
Naturally, the process was the same today, and several veterans and confidants were left behind.
"I haven't congratulated your majesty yet. The princess has returned safe and sound."
The remaining courtiers also echoed and said some auspicious words.
"Okay." The emperor waved his hand and said: "In the future, we will recruit some practitioners and companions in the palace."
"I'm here, old slave." The eldest companion, who had just kicked out the customs clearance document, hurriedly paused.
"You go and do this."
"Yes." Daban nodded, "Although he doesn't go out of the palace often, he can't handle the fact that he has so many disciples. There are also many guard eunuchs from various places looking for some practitioners, so it is naturally not difficult."
But now he boldly said: "Your Majesty, because Yuhua Prefecture has made an alliance with the seven lion kings, I think I might start from there."
The emperor nodded slightly when he heard the words and said with a smile: "Yes, I wrote a handwritten letter. I will go to find Master Sanzang later and explain the matter. Please ask Master Sanzang to also write a letter, saying that I will invite a lion king to come to Dauchi to express my grievances." Make an offering.”
After saying this, the emperor thought for a while and gave another pointer: "I heard Master Sanzang mention that there is a great scholar in the Central Plains Confucian sect who is preaching and teaching in Xizhou. You should also go there in person and pay a visit if you can invite him. It would be best to come to Tianzhu to open a school. If my husband doesn't agree, you can't force him."
The emperor's words to you and me made the expressions of several veteran ministers below change. When they were about to say something, a younger minister, with more agile steps, stood up first and asked His Majesty. : "Your Majesty. I see that Your Majesty is frowning today and cannot relax. Could it be that there is something else difficult? It is said that the Lord is worried about the humiliation of the minister. I sincerely ask to share your worries for Your Majesty."
"There is indeed something." The emperor only told it as a joke, "But it is not a troublesome matter. It is just a little reluctant to let Master Tripitaka leave."
Trouble or not, actually only depends on the emperor's thoughts. If the emperor does not insist on this, it will not be a problem; if Master Tripitaka must be kept, then it is not simply "trouble". It can be described.
The emperor just said it casually, but he saw another minister coming out and said: "Your Majesty, I have an unorthodox method."
The emperor glared at him: "Since it's unreasonable, there's no need to say anything."
Then an old minister waited for the opportunity to persuade: "Your Majesty, you might as well listen first."
"Humph, let's see what you have to say."
"Your Majesty, it is unreasonable to say that this matter is true. In fact, the key lies with the princess."
"Okay!" The emperor waved his hand without waiting for him to finish. "You don't have to say anything anymore. This is the end of the matter. I will go to the Huitong Hall and deliver the customs clearance document."
"yes."
The great companion went straight out of the palace and went all the way to the Huitong Pavilion, where he delivered the customs clearance document. He also told the story of His Majesty's intention to invite a lion king to worship in the palace, and asked Master Tripitaka to send a letter as well.
Naturally, Fahai would not refuse. He even said, "In this case, the poor monk will stay for a few more days until the lion king comes, so that he can bear witness in person, so that both parties can feel more at ease."
At that time, Daban's expression changed slightly, but he did not dare to say anything more. He just thanked Master Tripitaka and waited until Master Tripitaka finished writing the thank you in his handwriting, especially the first week of thanks, before he hurried back to the palace.
Just now, the ministers in the Tongzheng Palace had dispersed, but they saw the princess actually in the palace, her eyes filled with tears as she told His Majesty. But she didn't know why it was like this.
After listening to a few sentences, the big companion understood.
It turns out that the princess wants to marry Master Tripitaka. She came to ask your Majesty to find a way.
But His Majesty said that Master Tripitaka has obtained the customs clearance document and is afraid that he has left by now.
Isn't it a coincidence that this happened?
Wait. Marry?
Not recruiting as a consort?
The companion looked at the princess in shock and hesitantly.
(End of chapter)
