People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 699 Li Xuan, Ming Chongyan, Wu Chengsi
The carriage walked slowly along the long street towards Jinchang Fang, with four tall horses guarding both sides.

At the front on the right is Li Xuan.

The golden gown with a black background is exceptionally decent, and the straight body shows a dignified look. The long knife hanging on the waist that can be pulled out at any time makes the eyes of passers-by on the streets on both sides fall on Li Xuan.

On one side of the black carriage, the sound of wind chimes sounded from time to time, which woke people up.

Chang'an people are the most daring, and Chang'an people are also the most witty.

When they meet someone who is easy to bully, they will definitely give you a hard time, and when they meet someone who is not easy to offend, they will subconsciously hide away.

Including Li Xuan, the four of them firmly guarded the carriage in the center, and they couldn't help but clench the handle if anyone approached.

But it was this action that made many people subconsciously stay away.

This group of people is not easy to mess with, very hard to mess with.

The dignitaries in Chang'an can kill people without knowing it.

Li Xuan looked sideways into the carriage. Inside the swaying curtain was his wife Liu Jinyu's gentle eyes.

The curtain of the car fell, and the laughter of Liu Jinyu, Liu Shubi, and the three sisters Liu Qiongyu came from inside the car.

Li Xuan listened, and her tense nerves immediately eased.

……

A huge tower appeared at the end of sight.

Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Great Mercy Temple.

The Daci'en Temple where Master Xuanzang passed away.

Li Xuan led the carriage slowly towards the parking lot in front of the Da Ci'en Temple. Before the carriage stopped, a figure in a black Taoist robe turned out from behind another carriage and appeared in Li Xuan's sight .

Ming Chongyan.

Li Xuan frowned slightly, and winked at the carriage, and all the movement in the carriage stopped immediately.

Li Xuan got off her horse, walked up to the Taoist, then cupped her hands and said, "Li Xuan has seen the real person Shi Yin."

Ming Chongyan stood by the side of the carriage, lightly flicked his fly whisk, looked at Li Xuan and said, "Did you even come to the Buddhist temple to offer incense as a direct descendant of Nanchang Wangdaomen?"

Li Xuan smiled and said: "The real person has a picture, Xiao Wang doesn't have too much discrimination, whether it is Taoism or Buddhism, it is nothing more than relying on the people's beliefs, the foundation is similar to everyone, but morally, the Taoism should be biased. It's half the chip, but if you put your heart into it, it's Buddhism that's half the chip."

Taoism helps the world save people, and Buddhism saves all living beings.

Ming Chongyan looked at Li Xuan with a complicated expression: "If the prince's words are introduced into Taoism, I am afraid it will cause a big commotion."

Li Xuan quickly waved his hands and said: "A real person must not be labeled as such. Taoism is the way, and Buddhism is also the way. But Taoism cultivates more on oneself, and Buddhism cultivates sentient beings more. However, there is not much difference between the two. , nothing more than hard work."

"It's a good sentence that Buddha is also the way, the prince's heart to enter the world is rising very fast." Ming Chongyan looked at Li Xuan with a face full of surprise.

It's not like he hasn't heard others mention similar words that Li Xuan said before, but he always thought that it was just a scene that Li Xuan said.

Now facing each other head-on, it turns out that Li Xuan really thinks so.

Faced with Ming Chongyan's strangeness, Li Xuan smiled lightly and said: "Your real person still remembers that at the Great Court Meeting at the beginning of the year, the Tubo Kingdom envoy said that there was a parietal bone relic left by Nagarjuna Bodhisattva in Tubo territory; after the news spread, many People thought that Buddhism would urge the imperial court to welcome the Bodhisattva relic back to the Tang Dynasty, but in fact, Buddhism has never done so. Instead, they wrote to the Shushu, asking the imperial court to stop the war and avoid fighting in the Western Regions."

"Perhaps it is because the Buddhists hope to save Tubo from the disaster of war, because no one has ever thought of going to Tubo in person to persuade the Tubo kingdom to talk about Qinling's truce and let the Tubo people lay down their swords. " Ming Chongyan couldn't help sneering: "Buddhist disciples, it's all just fighting within the nest."

"This statement is a bit too much, but there are also Buddhists who are not aggressive by nature and pray for stability, but precisely because of this, Buddhists are more likely to be taken advantage of by others." Li Xuan waved his hand indifferently.

Ming Chongyan gradually became suspicious, looked at Li Xuan and asked, "What is the prince planning?"

Li Xuan smiled helplessly: "Really, in your eyes, is this the kind of person Xuan is?"

"Yes." Ming Chongyan said directly and affirmatively: "The king of Nanchang is shrewd, good at calculating, planning people's hearts, and always getting something. This is recognized by Qian Niuwei."

"This is really a bit too much." Li Xuan shook her head lightly, and said with emotion: "Many times, it's not me who is planning something, but someone is planning something... If a real person has a heart, why not go shopping with me today This is the Great Mercy Temple.

After all, Queen Wende is enshrined here, so it is not too much to go in and pay homage. "

Ming Chongyan looked at Li Xuan earnestly, and finally said with a flick of his whisk, "That poor man will offend Buddhism once."

"Really, please wait a moment." Li Xuan took the lead in person, tied the horse to the wooden post, and then walked to the carriage.

The car curtain was raised, and the plump Liu Jinyu came out slowly with the support of Yun'er and Si Niang Liu Shubi.

Li Xuan quickly reached out to help, Liu Jinyu stepped on the footrest placed below, and then carefully stood on the ground, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The six-month-old body was already very heavy, Li Xuan, Liu Jinyu, and everyone in the mansion were extremely careful.

The fourth mother, Liu Shubi, and the fifth mother, Liu Qiongyu, followed carefully, not daring to mess around at will.

Ming Chongyan stood aside, saw this scene, shook his whisk, and exclaimed: "It is said that Nanchang Wang and his wife are deeply in love, and now seeing them in person, it is true!"

Liu Jinyu smiled slightly at Ming Chongyan, and greeted him with a gentle smile: "I have seen the real person Shiyin."

The fourth mother Liu Shubi and the fifth mother Liu Qiongyu hurriedly saluted together.

"Princess, you are welcome." Ming Chongyan bowed slightly in return.

Li Xuan smiled lightly, helped Liu Jinyu to walk forward carefully, and at the same time asked Ming Chongyan seemingly casually: "The real person came here today, I guess he didn't want to talk about Buddhism and Taoism with this king, did he?"

"Of course, Pindao has been looking for the prince for the past few days, but unfortunately, the prince is busy, so Pindao has not been able to see him." Ming Chongyan looked at Li Xuan, with a flash of seriousness in his eyes.

"I see." Li Xuan nodded, sighed and said: "The real person should know that for the past few days, this king has been accompanying His Highness the King of England to learn the art of bow and horse. There is an order from the Queen of Heaven. If this king cannot , if the King of England's horse bowing skills are taught to be decent, then the Queen of Heaven will remove me from the position of the young minister of Honglu Temple, which is more important, I have to weigh it."

"The lord has said it. Now, naturally, the Queen's decree should be the first. This is why the poor Taoist knows that the lord is in the palace of the King of England, but he has never come to disturb him. Only today, the lord just happened to take a rest. The poor Taoist dared to take a bath." Come to me." Ming Chongyan's expression became very polite.

Li Xuan pondered for a while, and then said: "So, if the real person has something to do, why not talk about it now?"

"It's about the Tubo secret order. I don't know how the prince checked it. Has that secret order been translated?" Ming Chongyan stared at Li Xuan covetously.

He didn't care at all about Liu Jinyu who was standing on the side, and the little ladies of the Liu family.

Li Xuan glanced back, and said to Liu Jinyu in a low voice, "San Niang, go in first, the Da Ci'en Temple has already greeted you."

"Well, sir, be careful." Liu Jinyu nodded to Li Xuan, then looked at Ming Chongyan, nodded and said: "Really!"

"Princess, please!" Ming Chongyan waved his whisk, then watched Liu Jinyu leave.

After seeing Liu Jinyu entering the Daci Temple under the guidance of the Zhike monk, Li Xuan turned to look at Ming Chongyan.

"Renren, because of the matter of King Ying, Xuan has entrusted the staff of the Ministry of War to take charge of the secret order. Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Rituals are just assisting. If you want to know the outcome of the matter, you may as well go directly to the Ministry of War to inquire." Li Xuan looked at Ming Chongyan with a hint of doubt, this is not difficult!
"It's useless, Pei Xingjian's elm head has already hidden everything tightly, and outsiders can't even get a glimpse of it." Ming Chongyan looked helpless.

Although he is a confidant of Empress Wu, not everyone is willing to sell his face, such as Pei Xingjian, Minister of the Ministry of War.

Ming Chongyan was kicked out by Pei Xingjian just as he came to the door, and he couldn't help it.

In the final analysis, Ming Chongyan is just a Taoist official, so he was given a loose official by the Queen of Heaven to take charge of the secret guards for her, so in fact, Ming Chongyan will not be looked down upon by the real court bosses at all, especially He is the Shangshu of the Ministry of War who has always killed and exterminated.

It is strange that Pei Xingjian is willing to sell his face.

Li Xuan frowned involuntarily, and then said: "This is true of real people, so Xiao Wang will have no chance to learn the truth about that secret order."

Pei Xingjian is stubborn, and it's not like Li Xuan has never dealt with him before.

In fact, people don't take him seriously at all.

"There is no need to make this matter difficult for the prince." Ming Chongyan looked indifferently, looked at Li Xuan, and said in a deep voice: "After all, the prince caught him. If you let the prince guess today, and the prince guesses on those secret orders, what will the Tubo people do?" Write what?"

"What can there be is nothing more than the deployment and mobilization of troops and military forces on the front lines of the Western Regions. Lun Qinling is now staring wide-eyed in search of flaws. Once he finds an opportunity, he will immediately pounce hard and bite Datang. "

Li Xuan said calmly: "So now, the Tubo people come to Chang'an again, and the purpose is naturally nothing more than this."

"My lord is smart, but it's a pity that I was not lucky at that time. If I can catch one or two survivors, the follow-up will be easy." Ming Chongyan sighed softly.

Li Xuan waved his hand directly, and said resolutely: "The real person thinks too much, there is no chance."

Seeing Li Xuan's decisive words, Ming Chongyan subconsciously asked, "Why?"

Walking in front of the Dahong Temple gate of Dachong'en Temple, Li Xuan said with emotion: "If the king's expectations are correct, the content of the secret order is not important at all. What is really important is that someone let us know... No, someone I wanted to let some people know that Tubo needs information now, that's why there was that day's event. It would be better if the person who sent the letter died, and if the matter becomes serious, the news will just reach the ears of those who should know, and that's how it is."

"The prince means that the person who should know the news already knows it?" Ming Chongyan's expression suddenly turned serious.

Although it seems that there are quite a few people involved in this matter, but if you want to know the details, they are all people in the court, and they are in important positions.

"Everything is just my king's guess." Li Xuan waved his hand gently, and then said: "As for the secret order, the real person can directly send Qian Niuwei to copy a copy. If this king's prediction is not bad, the Ministry of War should I will not refuse Qianniuwei to transcribe. After all, Qianniuwei is ordered to assist the king in investigating the case. I hope the real person will send a copy of the analysis results to Honglu Temple and the Ministry of War. If there is success, report to His Majesty, everyone Also meritorious."

Li Xuan smiled, stood at the gate of the Buddhist temple, bowed slightly to the solemn Buddha statue at the end of his gaze, and then walked into the Daci'en Temple.

Ming Chongyan stopped and looked at the registration book on one side, on which the name of Princess Nanchang was written at the end.

Ming Chongyan thought for a while, stepped forward, turned a page straight forward, and a striking name suddenly appeared: Zhou Guogong, Wu Chengsi.

Ming Chongyan frowned suddenly, what is he doing here?
(End of this chapter)