After talking about the troubles encountered in Xitian, we have to mention the new problems that have arisen in Datang.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the tenth year of Zhenguan, a celebration was held in the court. Taizong Li Shimin publicly announced that monk Xuanzang was made the imperial younger brother of the Tang Dynasty king, and ordered Xuanzang to be sent to the Leiyin Temple in the West to obtain the Mahayana scripture.

At the same time, Wanghai Bodhisattva personally came to celebrate and presented the magic treasures of the Buddha, the brocade cassock and the nine-ring tin staff, as a gift of accepting disciples. From then on, Xuanzang's status rose and he was known as the Great Master.

The first holy monk in the Tang Dynasty.

In fact, according to Taizong's wishes, he originally planned to adopt Xuanzang as his adopted son. After all, the age difference between the two was nearly twenty years, and they looked like father and son far better than brothers.

However, this intention was dissuaded by Wanghai Bodhisattva. The reason is also very simple. Xuanzang is now regarded as a disciple of Buddha. If he became Li Shimin's godson, it would be disrespectful for Buddha and Li Shimin to be on an equal footing. Therefore, Xuanzang should be accepted as his imperial disciple.

It is appropriate.

If we push forward a few years, this request will undoubtedly be rejected by Emperor Taizong on the spot. After all, given the emperor's habits, at most he would only accept the Jade Emperor as his brother. To make him think that he is a generation younger than the Buddha is simply

Force him to kill someone.

However, he has experienced too many ghosts and gods over the years, which has made this newborn emperor a lot more humble. Especially after his experience in the underworld, the Mahayana Sutra has long become something he must obtain.

, for this reason, it is not unacceptable to claim to be a junior.

It is said that those who understand current affairs are heroes. As the emperor of the largest empire in the world, he is undoubtedly the best among heroes.

With the imperial edict, the scripture collection has been put on the agenda. According to the plan, the escorts are recruited, the luggage and expenses are prepared, and it can be completed in two or three months at most. By the turn of spring and summer in April at the latest, the scripture collection group can leave Chang'an City.

Set off and headed west.

However, when Xuanzang returned to the Zen room that night, he suddenly found a letter on the bedside, which disrupted everyone's original plan.

This letter is a blood letter, but what is recorded in it is clearly his life experience. According to the book, his real name is Chen Yi, his father is Chen Guangrui, the number one scholar at that time, and his mother is Yin Jiao, the daughter of Duke Yun.

Back then, shortly after my parents got married, my father took his pregnant mother to Jiangzhou to take up his post. However, he was killed by the villain Liu Hong on the way. Liu Hong was so bold that he became the prefect of Jiangzhou in the name of Chen Guangrui and occupied the

He died of his mother, Miss Yin.

After Miss Yin gave birth to her baby, she was afraid that he would be harmed by thieves, so she threw him into the river and cut off the little finger on his foot as a record. She specially left this blood book as evidence. But I don’t know why this blood book has not appeared for many years, but it is here.

At the critical moment, he appeared on Xuanzang's bedside.

When Xuanzang saw that the blood letter did not appear to be a forgery, he was immediately shocked and reported the matter to Emperor Taizong early the next morning.

Taizong was shocked when he saw this bloody letter. He hurriedly sent the Prime Minister Wei Zheng to inquire, and sure enough, he found out the name of Chen Guangrui, the governor of Jiangzhou. This man had not achieved much in politics for many years, but there were people in the court who supported him in many ways. For more than ten years, he was still the current leader.

There was no movement at all from the Jiangzhou magistrate. After further questioning, it turned out that the person supporting the court was none other than Yun Guo Gongfu.

At that time, Yin Kaishan, the Duke of Yun State, was the founding father of the country, but he died in the battle against Liu Heita in the fifth year of Wude. Now his eldest son Yin Song has inherited his throne, and he can be regarded as a rare member.

of fierce generals.

Taizong also sent word to Yin Song for questioning. As expected, he learned that Miss Yin had sent home letters many times, asking for help in keeping the couple in Jiangzhou. However, there was nothing unusual between the lines, and there was no mention of the traitor Liu Hong. Therefore, Yin Song

He also knew nothing about this matter, which made Taizong secretly suspicious.

However, since the incident happened to the newly recognized imperial brother, of course it should not be taken lightly. Xuanzang was also very anxious about this matter and wanted to go to Jiangzhou to find out the truth. Taizong immediately issued an order, ordering Yin Song to lead a thousand forbidden troops and lead

Xuanzang went to Jiangzhou to investigate. As for the matter of obtaining Buddhist scriptures, he could only postpone it temporarily.

When the news reached Yun Xiang's ears, he immediately became alert.

You know, when Yin Jiao abandoned the baby by the river, he was right next to him and saw the whole thing with his own eyes. However, he did not see any blood letter left by Miss Yin, which made him think that the record in Journey to the West was just wrong.

But at this time, a blood letter suddenly appeared, and it was written in such detail. Apart from the deliberate arrangement by a caring person, there is really no reasonable explanation. As for why such an arrangement was made, I am afraid it must be to prevent Xuanzang from learning the scriptures.

There is no doubt about it.

Back then, he had heard from the Wisdom Buddha that in order to find the reincarnation of Jin Chanzi, both Dongtian and Xitian sent people to the prefecture of Jiangzhou to search for him.

With the eyes of gods and Buddhas like them, they naturally discovered that there was something wrong with the magistrate and his wife early on. However, since the golden cicada had fallen into the river, no one cared about those nosy matters, and everyone was just rushing to find it in the river.

Just people.

Therefore, those who know Xuanzang's identity include at least Dongtian and Xitian. It is conceivable that the trouble at this juncture must be caused by Dongtian or Wanghai. On the road to Jiangzhou, it is estimated that

Some kind of ambush had been set up a long time ago. Xuanzang was afraid that he would never come back.

Although the whole plan is a bit crude, it does seem to be Wang Hai's handiwork. Of course, Yun Xiang cannot let her get what she wants.

Although he knew the truth, he was unable to reveal it on the spot, so he summoned the imperial edict and led Cao Si's 300 heavenly soldiers to join the imperial army and personally escort Xuanzang and his party.

Xuanzang was now the Jade Emperor's designated Buddhist scripture seeker. If Dongzhen dared to kidnap people openly on the road, he would not mind taking the matter to heaven.

Moreover, even if Dongtian sent some peerless master who was no match for him, he could still kidnap Xuanzang himself and use his life to force Xuanzang into submission. What Dongtian wanted was a living Xuanzang, not a dead one.

Whatever the value, no matter what, he was 100% sure that the other party would return without success.

Starting from Chang'an, they went all the way south to Jiangzhou, a distance of more than two thousand miles. The army walked for more than a month before entering Jiangzhou City.

Along the way, Yunxiang was always on guard, but what he never expected was that he did not encounter any accident at all, as if there was no conspiracy at all. However, he did not relax at all, because he knew that,

All accidents will happen when people are most lazy.

When the rebel Liu Hong saw the imperial army at the Jiangzhou government office, he was immediately shocked. When he was interrogated by Yin Song, Duke of Yun, he knew that his identity had been exposed and he actually wanted to lead more than a hundred of his cronies to break out of the siege.

It's a pity that the thousand forbidden troops are the elite troops of the Tang Dynasty. How can they tolerate hundreds of mountain bandits and grass bandits? After several attacks, these people were killed. Yin Song hated this bandit for occupying Miss Yin for many years.

, he personally beheaded him with a sword and sent this evil thief to the underworld. What awaits him will undoubtedly be endless punishment in the eighteenth level of hell.
Chapter completed!