Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 4 The Emperor's Ordination
In the courtyard outside the Buddhist hall, Xiao Cheng disregarded the dust and mud all over the place, lying on the ground, propping his head with his hands, looking at the busy ants on the ground, frowning, with a slightly hesitant look on his face. I don't know what to think.

It has been more than half a month since Mr. Tie came to visit Xiao Cheng.

Since then, the strictness of guarding Xiao Cheng has dropped a lot.

Although there were still guards guarding the courtyard to prevent Xiao Cheng from going out, but compared to the beginning, he couldn't even step out of the Buddhist hall, at least on the surface he relaxed his vigilance.

At this time, outside the courtyard, the guards shouted and searched, making Xiao Cheng raise his head slightly.

After a while, the gate of the courtyard opened, and a young monk who looked no more than eleven or twelve years old walked in with a food box in his hand.

Seeing Xiao Cheng who was lying on the ground looking up at him with a silly expression on his face, the little monk's complexion flashed across his face.

The little monk sighed softly, put the food box in his hand on the ground, clasped his hands together, and said to Xiao Chengwen:
"Amitabha, why is Your Highness lying on the ground!"

Xiao Cheng grinned at the corner of his mouth, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, then got up on hands and feet, waved to the little monk, and said happily:
"You know how to eat little monks, why did you come so late? My Highness is so hungry, if you don't come again, My Highness will go grab the ants to eat!"

Hearing this, the little monk lifted the food box beside him, bowed his head and said:

"Forgive me, Your Highness, it's the little monk who came late."

"Well, little monk, you are in charge of delivering food to His Highness, so this dharma name has to be changed! If you know how to eat it, then eat the food that His Highness has. How?" Xiao Cheng said with a face full of complacency, as if he was complacent about the dharma name he came up with.

The little monk sighed helplessly and said:
"Your Highness, this little monk is called Hui Chi, and he doesn't know how to eat..."

"Little monk, can I eat meat tomorrow! My Highness has never eaten meat since I came here!"

When Hui Chi was speaking, Xiao Cheng had already stepped forward to open the food box, seeing that the food was not a little bit meaty, he directly interrupted Hui Chi's words.

The little monk closed his eyes, held the Buddhist salute with one hand, proclaimed Amitabha, and said:
"Your Highness, in the land of Buddhism, the meaty things are..."

Still not finished speaking, Xiao Cheng grabbed the food box in his hand, turned around and walked into the Buddhist hall.

Hui Chi looked at Xiao Cheng who didn't listen to his words at all, sighed again, followed Xiao Cheng into the Buddhist hall.

Although the food is vegetarian, Ganye Temple, as a royal temple, has no shortage of gold and silver, and needs to host high-ranking officials and dignitaries of the Yun Kingdom with vegetarian banquets, so it is natural to play with vegetarian food.

What was placed in front of Xiao Cheng, although it was only four dishes and one soup, was not carefully prepared by the chef in the temple, or it was cooked with rare mountain soup, which tasted very good.

He was dissatisfied with his mouth, but when he ate, he was unambiguous at all, like a child, eating all over his face.

Monk Hui Chi was in charge of Xiao Cheng's diet, and he had been serving dishes silently, never saying much.

But today, he was uncharacteristically, opening his mouth several times to speak.

Xiao Cheng didn't care, just gobbled it up.

Finally, Monk Huichi hesitated again and again, and finally couldn't help it anymore, with a solemn expression on his face, he directly took off a string of Buddhist beads hanging around his neck, and threw it into the air.

The originally simple and unpretentious Buddha beads suddenly spread brilliance on it, which is extremely miraculous.

Hui Chi raised his arms, and golden zhenqi gushed out from his palms like a substance, and rushed towards the Buddha beads in the air.The beads shook, and one hundred and eight beads split apart and ran towards the surroundings of the Buddhist hall.

The scattered Buddha beads echoed faintly with the help of monk Hui Chi's internal power, and the breath was united.In a moment, an invisible barrier solidified, covering the entire Buddhist hall.

Hui Chi stood up, looked at Xiao Cheng who was stunned, seemed to have no reaction, lifted the monk's robe, and knelt down directly on the ground.

"The royal family of Yunguo, General Xiao Yan of Jue Yipin Township, pays homage to His Royal Highness! Three years ago, the little monk was selected as the body of His Highness's Buddhist sect, and he became a monk on your behalf..."

Shocked, Xiao Cheng directly interrupted Hui Chi, pointing to the Buddhist beads floating in the Buddhist hall, he said excitedly:

"This, this, how is this done?"

Hui Chi heard the words, glanced at what Xiao Cheng was pointing at, and quickly explained:
"Your Highness, this is the ultimate Buddhist skill, the Zen Bead Stabilizing Demon God Art. The young monk is still young and does not have the essence of the unique skill, but he can seal off the Buddhist hall here so that outsiders cannot pry into it. Please rest assured, Your Highness!"

Xiao Cheng's eyes lit up, and he said happily:

"Okay, okay, this trick is good, do it again!"

Hui Chi showed a hint of joy just now, when he heard Xiao Cheng's words, he was stunned for a long time before he smiled wryly:

"Your Highness, please don't tease the little monk anymore. The little monk understands that His Highness is really pretending to be stupid and dormant now, and wants to wait for the opportunity. But before that, Grand Master Wang Xiao had already received the news of the late emperor's death, so he left the army and brought only his cronies Returning to Beijing, such a good opportunity, His Highness has to make preparations early!"

Xiao Cheng didn't even bother to eat, he got up and came under the Buddhist beads, tiptoeing to eat.

Seeing that Xiao Cheng didn't reply, Hui Chi's expression became slightly agitated, walked to Xiao Cheng's side, and said:

"Your Highness, why do you need to hide this from the little monk! Now that Grand Master Wang Xiao has left the army, it is a god-sent opportunity! As long as His Highness calls, all eight hundred warrior monks from the Ganye Temple can serve His Highness. When the time comes, contact the loyal ministers and come back. Set up an ambush on the road that must pass through Beijing, and remove the grand master Wang Xiao with a thunderous blow. At that time, the danger of subversion of the society will be lifted!"

Xiao Cheng seemed to have never heard of it. Seeing that he couldn't reach the Buddha beads, he leaned on the wall and leaped vigorously, and poked the Buddha beads in the air with his fingertips. The Buddha beads were like balloons suspended in the air, and then floated up a few inches again, and then fell to the original place again.

Seeing Xiao Cheng who only cared about playing with the Buddhist beads, Hui Chi said anxiously:

"Your Highness, don't miss this opportunity!"

Xiao Cheng was startled by Hui Chi's sudden voice, stopped reaching for the beads, turned his head to look at him, and said with a blank expression:

"What did you say?"

Hui stared at Xiao Cheng in a daze, seeing that his words and actions were still childish, not pretending to be stupid at all, she couldn't help being in a daze.

Xiao Cheng looked at Hui Chi with a wrinkled face, with a puzzled expression on his face, as if wondering why this person made such a move.

Hui Chi's expression instantly became extremely lonely, and all the expressions seemed to have been lost in his eyes.As his mind shook, the one hundred and eight Buddhist beads floating around suddenly lost their support and fell to the ground.

The sound of tick-tock beads falling to the ground resounded in the Buddhist hall.

"Is my Xiao Clan's community really going to die in our hands?"

Hui Chi gave a wry smile, and didn't even care about the Buddhist beads rolling all over the ground.Walked out of the Buddhist hall in a daze, leaving only a bleak back.

Looking at Hui Chi who was leaving, Xiao Cheng looked bewildered and puzzled.

But in the next moment, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his eyes became extremely deep.

(End of this chapter)