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Seeing this, Sakyamuni continued to say: "Namo Amitabha, although Jin Chanzi is a suitable candidate, but this time the journey to the west is far away, and after his reincarnation, his spiritual wisdom will be blinded, and he will not know his past and present lives. Go to enlighten him, teach him to endure hardships in the world, to travel far and wide, to seek the scriptures from the Daleiyin Temple in the West, to pass them on to the East forever, and to persuade all living beings, this time is a great blessing, I don’t know who is willing to make a fortune,” he said, looking down at the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, but his eyes kept drifting to Guanyin Bodhisattva not far away.

If the second-generation disciples of Honghuang Taoism were present, they would be able to see that the appearance of Guanyin Bodhisattva is exactly like that of the empress Xi and the empress. Yes, Xi and the empress escaped the catastrophe of the Lich that day, but they have been hiding in the Western Paradise He cultivated hard for a while, but his fortune was not enough, and he lost too much grandeur after giving birth to ten princes, and most of the west was full of gold, which was not very conducive to his practice, so he was in the South China Sea not far from the west. Putuolin established a dojo.

After the catastrophe of Conferring God, she accepted the canonization of the Buddha, but ordered her to replace Moonlight Bodhisattva as the head of all Bodhisattvas. The dharma name: Nanhai Great Merciful and Great Compassionate Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. The Buddha wanted to make himself good, and he was overjoyed immediately. He immediately moved the nine-grade lotus platform bestowed by the Buddha to the Buddha. Zi learn from the scriptures, "

Seeing this, many Buddhas and Bodhisattvas present envied him, but they knew that this matter had already been decided. This Guanyin Bodhisattva had been a quasi-sage for a long time, and he was stronger than the newly cultivated Maitreya Bodhisattva. It's so big, so although everyone felt reluctant to give up, they didn't dare to compete with him for this great merit.

Shakyamuni Buddha's eyes shone with brilliance, he nodded slightly and said: "Namo Amitabha, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva has powerful mana, and he is the right candidate." Then he ordered Ananda and Kasyapa to remove the collar of the brocade cassock, and put a nine-ringed tin staff on each other. And Guanyin Bodhisattva, asked him to hand it over to the person who learned the scriptures, and gave her three hoops, namely gold, tight, and forbidden, to subdue those monsters with great powers on the way to learn the scriptures.

Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva took the decree and the ritual vessel with a smile, then bowed and left.

When Sakyamuni saw Guanyin Bodhisattva leaving, he said to the crowd: "Namo Amitabha, although this is a sign of the prosperity of Buddhism, it is also in the midst of a great kalpa, in which there will be many changes, and there may be unexpected events. You must make careful preparations, and there is no room for mistakes in teaching the Dharma this time," he said with an unusually fierce golden light in his eyes.

Everyone hurriedly said, "respectfully accept the decree of the Buddha," and then dispersed.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, there was a person in Haizhou whose surname was Chen Ming'e. This Chen E was the No. 1 in the top three in high school.

Later, she married the daughter of Prime Minister Yin, and after a few days, she was transferred to the Jiangzhou government office. When she traveled to the Hongjiang River, she was killed by boatmen Liu Hong and Li Biao, and threw her body into the Hongjiang River. In the past, Liu Hong occupied Miss Yin and Chen E's official residence, and went to Jiangzhou to take office with his official credentials.

Originally, Chen E was destined to die when he was thrown into the Hongjiang River, but a dragon king in the river discovered that this was actually the benefactor who saved him back then, so he ordered Xunhai Yacha to carry him to the Crystal Palace in the river, and used the Dingyan Pearl to carry him. Preserve its body and soul.

That Miss Yin was taken over by the villain Liu Hong, and after losing her morality, she wanted to commit suicide, but found that she was pregnant with Chen E's child, so she had to endure it for the time being.

Six months later, the Yin family gave birth to a son. He didn't want the child to admit that the thief was his father, so while Liu Hong was out, he put the child in a flower basket and threw it into the river.

But he said that the child had a great fortune, and was soon rescued by the elders of the Jinguang Temple, and named him Xuanzang. Read the poems, books and Buddhist scriptures.

But it is said that in the early years of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there was a fortune-teller on Ximen Street in Chang'an, who was said to be able to tell people about the past, present, and future. Hundreds of people came to make fortune-telling every day. A woodcutter passed by every day and gave the fortune-teller a golden carp. The fortune teller made a fortune teller for the woodcutter, asking him to salvage river and sea fish every day according to the direction he gave.

After the woodcutter heard about it, he fished according to his instructions. The daily harvest was very rich, and the number of aquatic animals in the river and sea was decreasing day by day. This river and sea was originally under the jurisdiction of the Dragon King of Jinghe River in the West Sea. The hexagram masters fight together.

The Dragon King of Jinghe incarnated as a mortal, and when he met the hexagram master, he knew that this person was Yuan Shoucheng, the Tianjian official of the Tang Dynasty.

The Immortals and Fans have been incompatible for a long time, but the Dragon King of Jinghe said angrily: "You hexagram master, I have no grievances with you in the West Sea Dragon Palace. Why do you want to kill me in the West Sea? You should change your mind, or let you There was no rain in the Tang Dynasty, "

Yuan Shoucheng smiled when he saw the white-clothed gentleman, "I know you are the Dragon King of Jinghe River in Xihai, and I also know the purpose of your visit this time, but this is the number of days that cannot be changed, so you should go read it all, or you will be in a bloody disaster." ,"

Seeing that the fortune-teller was also capable, the Dragon King of Jinghe said angrily: "You fortune-teller, you dare to curse me, that's all, I don't care about it with you, let's have a gamble, if you lose, and Tell the fisherman to stop fishing the fish,"

A golden light shot out of Yuan Shoucheng's eyes, and he said immediately: "Three days later, in the capital of the Tang Dynasty, it rained at the hour of the hour, thundered at the hour of the hour, and rained at the hour of the day, and it rained at the end of the day. The total amount of water was three feet, three inches, and 48 points."

The Dragon King of Jinghe laughed loudly and said: "You are a Taoist, you know that I am the Dragon King of Jinghe who is in charge of spreading the rain, and you dare to boast about going to Haikou and falsely claiming the number of days. Even I don't know that there will be rain in three days, but you know it."

"Let's go, let's go, we will get entangled again," Yuan Shoucheng said, so he rolled up the booth and stopped divination, but Jinghe Dragon King stopped him and said, "What should I do if the divination is inaccurate?"

There was a trace of pity in Yuan Shoucheng's eyes and he said: "You Dragon King, you dare to talk nonsense when you are about to die. If you are allowed, you owe me fifty lessons. fishing,"

The Dragon King of Jinghe laughed and said, "That's very good," and left with a flick of his sleeves.

But he said that as soon as he returned to the Water Mansion, the sky ordered rain to fall in Chang'an three days later, and the amount of water at the time of the rain was exactly the same as what Yuan Shoucheng said. , How can he easily admit defeat, the competitive heart made him completely ignorant, so he was dizzy and decided to change the raining time in private to deduct the amount of rainfall.

On this day, the Dragon King didn't spread the clouds until Si time, and it didn't rain until Shen time. The total rainfall was three feet and forty points.

He only came to his senses after the rain, but it was too late when he regretted it, but he still remembered the safety of the Xihai aquarium, and then smashed Yuan Shoucheng's hexagram booth in one breath, and asked Yuan Shoucheng to get out of Chang'an and never show up again. Yuan Shoucheng just watched pitifully. Watching the dragon king smash it, he finally smiled and said: "My little trigram stall is worthless, I'm afraid someone has committed a capital crime and doesn't know it. It's pitiful." Then he waved his sleeves and left.

The Dragon King of Jinghe stood alone for a few hours, and then he made up his mind and went to the East China Sea Dragon Palace alone to join his seventh brother Ao Guang.

Ao Guang had already considered the matter of the Dragon King of Mingjing River, but he avoided seeing it. When it was time, Tang Wang Li Shimin sneaked into Li Shimin's dream after he fell asleep, and shouted: "Your Majesty, save me!"

The king of Tang was surprised and asked, "Who are you? How can I save you?"

The Dragon King said: "I am the Dragon King of the Jinghe River outside Chang'an City. Because I deducted the rain points privately and violated the rules of heaven, it was a crime to be beheaded. But I know that the person who supervised the beheading was Wei Zheng, a worthy minister of the king of Tang, so I come to beg."

Seeing his begging, the king of Tang felt sympathetic, and immediately agreed to him: "Since Wei Aiqing supervised the beheading, I can save you, so you go."

The king of the Tang Dynasty played chess with Wei Zheng. Seeing that Wei Zheng was drowsy, he thought that if Wei Zheng fell asleep, he would not be able to supervise and kill him, so he let him sleep soundly.

Suddenly someone yelled outside the door: "Dragon, dragon head," Tang Wang was shocked, but got up to watch. The dragon head rolled and came to Tang Wang's feet, staring at Tang Wang as if he had never closed his eyes.

Since then, King Tang has been frightened. He often dreams at midnight that a bloody, headless dragon rolls over and shouts at King Tang: "Lord Tang, give me back my dragon head."

For several days in a row, the king of Tang was in a state of insanity during the day, but the wise ministers Qin Qiong and Jingde heard this, and they personally ordered to go to watch the night for the king of Tang. Since then, the king of Tang can sleep peacefully, but the king of Tang pity the two After a lot of hard work, they came up with a way to hang portraits of the two of them outside their bedroom, which turned out to be effective.

The next night, the king of Tang sleepwalked through the [-]th floor of the underworld. After being frightened, he almost passed away. Then strange things continued in the harem. Later, Master Xuanzang, the abbot of Jinguang Temple, chanted scriptures and prayed for the king of Tang, and the strange events in the palace gradually subsided. down.

Seeing this, the king of Tang had an inexplicable affection for Buddhism, and held water and land dojos for several days.

That day Master Xuanzang was preaching the Dharma, and Tang Wang was also there at this time, but he saw a bald man yelling: "The goods sell cassocks and tin sticks, and those who are destined will not get a penny."

The king of Tang was surprised, so he got up and announced the lazi to the front of the hall. Seeing that the lazi was followed by a group of people dressed up, he asked, "How much is your cassock and tin staff worth?"

Lazi glanced at Xuanzang in front of the seat, and then said: "Those who are destined will get it, and they will not get a penny. Those who are not destined will get 5000 taels of cassock and 3000 taels of tin staff."

The king of Tang was even more curious immediately, and asked, "What is the use of your cassock and tin staff, that you have to sell it for such a price?"

Lazi smiled slightly, his face was very ugly, and said: "Wearing my cassock, you will not fall into perdition, hell, poison, and tigers and wolves. This is a good thing; if you are a stupid monk who is greedy for lust and happy for misfortune, don't fast or fast." monks, ordinary people who slander the scriptures and slander the Buddha, it is difficult to see the face of my cassock, it is not good, "

Hearing this, the king of Tang felt a little disbelieving, but seeing Master Xuanzang staring at the cassock without saying a word, he immediately called him inside and said, "I would like to buy this cassock and tin staff to give to the elders."

Upon hearing this, Master Xuanzang immediately bowed and thanked the king of Tang.

Hearing the words, Lazi nodded with a smile, and bestowed the two things on Master Xuanzang,

After Xuanzang accepted the two items, Lazi flew on the beam and turned into Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva and Hui'an Walker.

Ordinary people have never seen such a situation before, and then bowed their bodies, and the king of Tang made a Buddha ceremony with his palms together. Guanyin Bodhisattva then said: "The monk, I just heard you preach the Hinayana scriptures. Do you know the Mahayana scriptures?"

Xuanzang bowed and said: "Since the ancient Tang Dynasty, only the Hinayana Buddhist scriptures have been heard, but not what the Mahayana Buddhist scriptures are." The Bodhisattva then talked about the Tripitaka of the Mahayana Buddhist scriptures, which made Xuanzang smile. Tang Wang who was present was also quite happy.

Then he asked: "Everyone here, who is willing to seek the scriptures for me and the people of the Tang Dynasty?"

Xuanzang immediately went out and said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, I would like to obtain the scriptures for Your Majesty, but I don't know where the scriptures are."

But I heard Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva say: "The Mahayana scriptures are in the Daleiyin Temple in the Paradise of Paradise in the Western Paradise, where my Buddha Tathagata came to be. It is one hundred and eight thousand miles away from here. There are many demons and ghosts on the road. You dare to go and get it."

Xuanzang said sternly: "Although the poor Taoist is not talented, he is willing to work like a dog and a horse for your majesty, to seek the truth for the people of the Tang Dynasty, and to protect our country forever."

The king of Tang said happily: "I am moved by the heart of the mage. I am willing to become brothers with the mage, and share the glory and wealth after obtaining the scriptures."

Seeing this, Guanyin Bodhisattva smiled and flew away into the clouds. Seeing this, all the people present hurriedly chased them out and knelt down to see them off.

A few days later, on the day Xuanzang traveled westward, the king of Tang led a group of ministers to see him off.

Xuanzang bid farewell to the Tang king and went to Maxi. From then on, the journey to the west began.