"What did you say?"

The King of Qi, Li Yuanji, was sitting in his lobby, with his legs crossed and a glass of wine in his hand. He squinted at the Taoist priest in front of him.

, tone of surprise.

"You want to invite me to your mansion for a banquet?"

"good!"

The Taoist priest across from him smoothed his beautiful beard with his hand, smiled calmly, and looked like a master from this world.

"Thanks to the kindness of His Highness King Qi, he not only forgave Pindao for his sin of eating and drinking in the house, but also warmly entertained Pindao. He is truly a courteous gentleman. So Pindao came here today to invite His Highness King Qi to a table. I don't know that His Highness King Qi was here.

Are you willing to take the time to go?"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Li Yuanji held a wine glass in his hand and laughed.

"It's interesting for you, a Taoist priest, to know that after eating Gu Gu's meal for nothing, you still know that you want to invite Gu Gu back. But even if you have this intention, Gu Gu doesn't have the intention yet."

"oh?"

Although he was rejected by Li Yuanji, the Taoist priest still behaved neither annoyed nor angry, nor humble nor arrogant.

"Then Pindao, can I ask King Qi, why are you unwilling to accept Pindao's return invitation?"

"Do you even need to ask?"

Li Yuanji leaned against the pillow and answered lazily.

"Since I was a child, I have never tasted any delicacies from the mountains and seas. You, a Taoist priest who needs to eat and drink, can still come up with something that I haven't eaten even if you have some magic skills?"

"Hahaha……"

After hearing Li Yuanji's words, the Taoist priest raised his head and laughed loudly. His voice was as high and bright as cracked silk, like a young phoenix's cry.

Things like that started to vibrate.

Li Yuanji tilted his head and looked at the scene in front of him with a curious expression on his face.

Then, I saw the Taoist priest pause in his laughter, then flick his sleeves and speak loudly.

"Although His Highness the King of Qi holds a high and powerful position, there are still one or two mysteries in our Taoist sect that cannot be seen by ordinary people. If the poor Taoist had not had a past life with His Highness, even if His Highness the King of Qi holds a high and powerful position, he would not be able to see it.

There is no sign of Pindao."

"oh?"

Li Yuanji put down the wine glass in his hand and tilted his head to look at the Taoist priest.

"Listening to what you said, it piqued my interest. Well, I accepted your invitation...

Before Li Yuanji finished speaking, he saw the royal family minister standing aside and immediately stepped forward and said in a concerned voice.

"Your Highness, can't you take risks so lightly?"

"rest assured!"

Li Yuanji waved his hand casually.

"I believe that an expert like this Taoist Priest would not do something that would degrade his status..."

"But?"

Jia Ling wanted to continue speaking, but was immediately interrupted by Li Yuanji raising his hand, and then a strange expression appeared on his face.

"It doesn't matter. If this Taoist priest is really an enemy, wouldn't it be better to deal with Erlang or Dalang? Even if I, the King of Qi, are dead, can I do any harm to the Tang Dynasty?"

"King Qi is really free and easy!"

The Taoist priest bowed slightly to Li Yuanji with a mysterious smile on his face.

"Then when the moon rises tonight, Pindao will come to invite you and say goodbye..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Taoist priest's body drifted away like a puff of smoke.

When the Taoist priest's body completely disappeared, the family leader of Prince Qi stepped forward again and spoke cautiously.

"Your Highness, the so-called son of a rich man cannot sit down in the hall. This Taoist priest has a strange background. It is hard to say what he wants to do. It is very dangerous for you to attend a banquet with him so recklessly."

"rest assured!"

A strange smile appeared on the corner of Li Yuanji's mouth, and then he waved casually.

"I have my own plan, you don't have to say anything, just go down!"

"yes!"

After the unconvinced Jia Ling agreed, he exited the lobby of Prince Qi's Mansion with a complicated look on his face. Then, after wandering in the corridor for a while, he stamped his feet vigorously.

"No, I still have to prepare...someone is coming!"

Following his call, a chamberlain ran over and saluted him.

"Family order, what are your orders?"

"Go to Zending Temple, find the great monk Daoyue, and ask him to come to Prince Qi's mansion to give lectures in the afternoon."

"yes!"

After the chamberlain agreed, he was about to leave. Just when he had just taken two steps, he heard the voice of the family order again.

"I have forgotten that something happened to the great monk Daoyue now. Let's go to Hongfa Temple and find the great monk Huiyuan. I also asked him to come to Qi Prince's Mansion to give lectures in the afternoon."

"yes!"

The chamberlain agreed again and left Prince Qi's Mansion, riding a carriage and running all the way to the gate of Hongfa Temple. But when he asked Zhike Monk about Monk Huiyuan, he actually got an answer that surprised him.

"What are you talking about, Master Huiyuan is not in the temple?"

"yes!"

A certain rich-looking Zhike monk in front of the door clasped his hands and answered sincerely.

"The abbot of our temple left the temple in the morning, saying he was going to Zhongnan Mountain for a leisurely trip..."

"That……"

The chamberlain asked with hope.

"Can you tell me when Master Huiyuan will come back?"

"Feel sorry!"

Zhike Monk clasped his hands together with an embarrassed look on his face.

"The abbot didn't say, but based on his past situation, it may be two or three days, maybe four or five days, maybe ten days and a half month, I can't say for sure."

The waiter blinked blankly.

What is the difference between saying this and not saying it?

"But our royal family leader wants to listen to Master Huiyuan's sermon in the afternoon."

"this one?"

The monk Zhike smiled toothily at the servant, his white teeth shining brightly.

"You see, the poor monk is also well-read in scriptures..."

At this time, in the Yishan Temple in Zhongnan Mountain, a certain monk Huiyuan, Zhengbaoxiang, who came for a leisurely visit, was sitting solemnly in the meditation hall. Next to him were sitting monks Du Shun of the Huayan Sect and Dharma Master of the Chengshi Sect.

Sutra by the great monk.

Next to the great monk Dushun sat a man dressed as a scholar and with a short beard.

"Old monk, come and introduce to you..."

Monk Du Shun nodded towards Huiyuan and the Dharma Sutra, and then pointed at the scholar next to him.

"This is a descendant of Lao Na's secular family and a rising star of the Jingzhao Du family. Du Ruhui, courtesy name Keming. Now the Qin Palace is doing some copying and writing..."

Huiyuan and Fa Jing looked at each other, and then Monk Huiyuan clasped his hands together and smiled gently.

"Monk Du Shun is too humble. The old monk has heard of the eighteen bachelors of Tiance Mansion."

"good!"

The Dharma Sutra monk on the side also nodded, clasped his hands together, and nodded slightly towards Du Ruhui.

"Yes, the leader of the eighteen scholars, Fang Moudujue, has a reputation that even I have heard of."

"Several masters have received awards..."

Du Ruhui bowed his hands very humbly to the two great monks in front of him.

"Ke Ming's qualifications are dull, but all the masters are highly respected..."

After a period of business exchanges, things finally got down to business.

"My nephew came to see me this time because he has something I want you to come up with."

Monk Dushun pondered for a moment and said to Huiyuan and Dharma Scripture.
To be continued...