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Chapter 255 Li Yuan Visits Xianyou Temple

After Faya witnessed the "miracle" with her own eyes, she was shocked and surprised on the one hand, and...surprised on the other hand!
Yes, surprise!
When he prayed, he was asking for Li Yuan's attitude towards Buddhism.

You know, this is the key to whether his Buddhism can survive and grow in the Li and Tang dynasties.

After receiving the wordless book, four words were displayed: "No need to worry".

The Buddha had clearly stated this, and after thinking about it carefully, he naturally wanted to seize the opportunity, and after some preparations, he hurried into the palace to meet Li Yuan.

After seeing Li Yuan, his first words were: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, Congratulations to Your Majesty, in Chang'an City, the Buddha manifested his spirit, and will surely protect me, Li Tang, for generations to come, and unify the country, just around the corner!"

Li Yuan was dumbfounded by his praise, but he also knew what he was talking about.

As an emperor, he couldn't hide what happened at Xianyou Temple in Chang'an City.

"What the Zen Master said was the Buddha statue in Xianyou Temple showing spirit?" Li Yuan frowned.

Although he promotes Buddhism, it is for political needs. After all...

He doesn't really believe in the karmic retribution that Buddhism talks about, the good and evil in the previous life.

Not to mention nonsense like this kind of Buddha statue apparition.

Fa Ya took a deep breath, folded his palms together, and began to describe everything he encountered when he went to Xianyou Temple in person.

It aroused Li Yuan's curiosity: "Oh?"

Now that Fu Yi, Wei Zheng and others openly rebelled against Buddha, the Buddha appeared, and the number of believers increased sharply...

If these miracles are true, then he has to wait and see his attitude towards Buddhism.

"Master Fa Ya, get ready. Tomorrow, after I go down to court, I will go out of the palace in modest clothes and go to this Xianyou Temple." Li Yuan pondered for a while, and finally made a decision.

Falla looked happy, and Voldemort said: "Your Majesty is wise."

……

The next day.

Eight thousand guards surrounded Xianyou Temple.

And blocked all the pilgrims who came to pray for blessings.

Li Yuan's so-called micro-service is just talking.

This time, he brought Fa Ya and his second son Li Shimin with him.

After Xu Mu learned of this, he wanted to... launch a sneak attack.

If Li Yuan and his son could be kept here, I am afraid that Li Tang will be in complete chaos.

pity……

Eight thousand imperial guards surrounded the temple, and immediately inspected the inside and outside of the main hall carefully.

Any weapons such as knives are prohibited from being brought into it.

And only one person, Fa Nan, who was incarnated with thousands of faces, was left in the hall.

The rest of the people were all expelled.

"Shimin, you are too cautious." Li Yuan couldn't help but said as he looked at the empty hall without any pilgrims.

Li Shimin followed behind him, and hurriedly said: "Father Huang Anwei belongs to the Tang Dynasty and weighs more than Mount Tai, so we must not ignore it!"

Li Yuan's expression eased.

After all, it was his son.

My mind was still on him.

Then, Fa Ya quickly introduced: "Your Majesty, this is Zen Master Fa Nan. He has been entrusted by the Buddha many times in his sleep, and he was also given a wordless book."

In order for him to say such a thing, Fan Zhu gave him several hundred catties of white jade paper.

Of course, the excuse was naturally to make it difficult for him to promote the law, and to show his presence in front of Li Yuan.

In the face of money, Falla hardly thought about it, so she took the initiative to publicize Fa Nan.

Only then did Li Yuan notice... In the center of the hall, there was a benevolent old monk.

His expression is compassionate, bathed in sandalwood, and his every move seems to be full of Buddha nature.

"I have seen Zen Master Fa Nan." Li Yuan nodded slightly.

Fa Nan hurriedly saluted, clasped his hands together.

His appearance is naturally made up.

According to Xu Mu's request, it is simply to be as compassionate as possible.

Ordinary people would think that he is an eminent monk at first glance.

This is how Li Yuan felt at this moment.

After exchanging pleasantries, Li Yuan did not forget the purpose of this trip.

He wants to test it himself, whether this so-called miracle without a word in the heavenly scriptures is a rumor spread by the world, or is it true!

If it is really the Buddha's manifestation...

Then whatever you say, you have to win the blessing of the Buddha and respect Buddhism!
"Your Majesty, if you have any long-cherished wishes, you can take a step forward and make a wish in front of the futon. Your Majesty is the Ninth Five-Year Lord, and the Buddha will definitely give an answer." Fa Nan clasped his palms together, guiding Li Yuan forward.

Only then did Li Yuan notice that there was an incense table in front of the futon, and on the incense table was an open book without words.

The whole body is made of white jade paper, without a word.

After pondering for a while, Li Yuan still prayed to the Buddha.

What he prayed for was, of course, when Li Tang would be able to rule the world.

This is his biggest wish right now.

"Appeared!"

Beside him, Li Shimin has been staring at the wordless book, gradually showing a look of shock.

In his sight, the book was still that book.

But on the white paper, there was a line of words.

"This... this... is this really a manifestation of the Buddha?" Li Shimin was surprised and delighted.

Suddenly, he didn't realize that all of this was designed by Xu Mu to target him.

Li Yuan stood up, leaned in front of the incense table, looked at a line of words on the wordless book, and couldn't help but read out: "Sun Ying is dead, the world is one!"

Li Shimin was also greatly encouraged when he saw these six characters.

It was his plan to assassinate Sun Ying.

This is equivalent to the Buddha also admitted the correctness of his strategy.

"Father, from this point of view, the Buddha's appearance is true!" Li Shimin took a deep breath, thinking of the remarks made by Fu Yi, Wei Zheng and others when they opposed Buddhism a few days ago, he couldn't help but sneer: "Wei Zhengfu Didn't Yi say that Buddhism has no practice, that false pretense has no fulfillment?"

"Now the Buddha's appearance in Xianyou Temple is the best evidence!"

At this moment, Li Shimin even wanted to drag Wei Zheng and Fu Yi to Xianyou Temple to let them have a good look at this miracle!
This is the most powerful attack on their anti-Buddha!

Didn't they say that Buddhism is all fake?How do they explain the Buddha's appearance?

Li Yuan was also very excited when he saw these six characters.

Sun Ying is now dead.

According to what the Buddha said, wouldn't he be able to rule the world in a short time?
"Come here, give Xianyou Temple three hundred incense sticks."

Li Yuan suddenly said.

Among other things, just these six words of Buddha's prophecy...

It's worth the money!

This matter can be widely publicized among the military and civilians of the Tang Dynasty, after all, it is something approved by the Buddha.

Once Sun Ying dies, the unification of the world is just around the corner.

It can greatly inspire the morale of the army and the people.

At this moment, no matter whether it is Li Yuan or Li Shimin, because of the appearance of the Buddha, plus these six words that cater to their thoughts...

They all began to recognize Xianyou Temple in their hearts.

Even if it is fake, they have to make Xianyou Temple real in order to rule!

"Chan Master Fa Nan, where did you learn from?" Afterwards, Li Yuan took the initiative to talk to Fa Nan.

Fa Nan smiled and said: "The poor monk traveled around the world in the first half of his life. Since the Southern Dynasties, I have visited all the temples one by one."

Then he said without humility at all: "Although the world is big, every Buddha statue has been worshiped by poor monks."

If this is pretentious...

Fortunately, Li Yuan followed suit, respectfully, and said: "From this point of view, Chan Master Fa Nan is really an eminent monk, no wonder he was previously unknown, and only those who are so dedicated to the Buddha can receive the Buddha's entrusted dreams several times." , and promised to write a book without words."

As he spoke, he glanced at the Wordless Heavenly Book from time to time.

To be honest, he has a lot of ideas about this thing...

If this book can really communicate with the Buddha, then in the future, if he has any doubts, he can always ask...

Isn't it wonderful?

It's a pity that Fa Nan seemed to see what he was thinking, and said quickly: "Your Majesty, the Wordless Heavenly Book is the most precious treasure of Buddhism. It is bestowed by the Buddha, and it is only valid if it exists in Xianyou Temple. If you leave Xianyou Temple, you will immediately become a A pile of waste paper."

Only then did Li Yuan dispel the idea of ​​wanting to seize the Wordless Heavenly Book.

Then, Fa Nan said: "It's getting late, if your Majesty is interested, you might as well stay and listen to the poor monk's evening class, it just so happens that the Buddha's light is about to shine."

He was talking about the vision of Xianyou Temple.

After hearing this, Li Yuan's eyes lit up, he glanced at Li Shimin, nodded and said, "If that's the case, Zen Master Lao will be here."

Li Yuan's attitude was very respectful after he learned that the Dharma is difficult and he is an eminent monk.

Same as with Falla.

Evening class is a compulsory course for Buddhism.

There are morning classes in the morning and evening classes in the evening.

The scriptures were explained by the eminent monks in the temple, and soon, a group of monks were called into the main hall.

Everyone sits on futons.

Li Yuan and Li Shimin naturally sat cross-legged in the first place.

The rest of the monks of Xianyou Temple...

The imperial guards were firmly isolated behind the two of Li Yuan to protect their safety.

"Yesterday, we just finished talking about ethics. Today, the poor monk talked about the relationship between father and son in Buddhist scriptures."

Fa Nan spoke slowly while recalling the brainwashing content of the lecture Xu Mu had formulated for him.

Sure enough, as soon as he spoke, he attracted the attention of Li Yuan and Li Shimin.

They looked at each other and became interested.

For a long time, Li Yuan was actually very satisfied with Li Shimin, otherwise he would not have given him soldiers and horses, and let him continue to gild his military exploits.

But he obviously didn't do enough to balance the two sons.

Li Jiancheng is already a prince, and he still wants to give Li Shimin hope.

……

"One day, at the foot of Lingshan, the Buddha walked barefoot..."

Among the sandalwood, Fa Nan's voice was full of Buddha nature. At the same time, the Buddha statue behind him also began to glow because of the nightfall.

One hundred and eight Buddha statues, big and small, all radiated light at this moment.

Like the rising sun.

A scene of an eminent monk who is about to become a Buddha is formed.

Li Yuan and Li Shimin saw this scene, and the last trace of doubt in their hearts was dispelled.

Zen Master Fa Nan looks...

He is a good monk.

Not only does he look kindly, his behavior is supernatural, and he also has the blessing of the Buddha...

All in all, under Xu Mu's various packaging, Fa Nan was finally recognized by Li Yuan and Li Shimin.

Then, in the main hall, the voice of Fa Nan was heard all the time.

"The Buddha walked through a field and met a crying farmer. The Buddha asked why. The farmer said he had four sons..."

Hearing this, Li Yuan frowned slightly.

(End of this chapter)