Chapter 1 Buddha Says ()

"A rich girl prayed to the Buddha in order to see the man she liked again. The Buddha let her turn into a stone for five hundred years before she got the opportunity to pass the bridge quickly; she turned into a big tree for five hundred years before she let the man rest under the tree for a while... What are you praying for?"

A young man whose skin was darkened by the sun knelt on the futon in front of the golden Buddha statue, folded his hands together, but greeted the woman kneeling beside him.

Before the young man entered the Buddhist temple, the woman knelt here. She wore a hat on her face, a tight lapel robe with narrow sleeves, trousers, high-rise boots, and dressed in a man's outfit. But she was not trying to dress herself up as a man, because her face had obviously been coated with powder, and her black eyebrows were painted like willow leaves, and her thick lips were painted with vermilion rouge, which made her look very charming. This kind of men's outfit was tight, and wearing it on her body could better reflect the beautiful curves of all parts of the woman's body.

This is probably the reason why women in the Tang Dynasty dressed up as men.

The Buddhist temple is spacious. Although the monks in the temple recite scriptures in the same room, they still sound like they are coming from a distance. "Ku tuk tuk..." The sound of knocking on the wooden fish is the accompaniment of the chanting scriptures. The whole "music" seems hazy and ethereal and quiet.

In the fourth year of Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty, Li Xian, Prince Zhanghuai, left his house as a temple, and this Qianfu Temple was only available; by now, it has been thirty-eight years in the second year of Jingyun. Prince Zhanghuai, who built the temple, had long passed away, and Wu Zetian, who executed Prince Zhanghuai, also passed away. In recent years, the situation has been turbulent and coups, and the people in the temple have changed one after another, but the quaint buildings of Qianfu Temple are still the same.

Things change.

The green tiles and white walls are decorated with trenched roofs stretching and far away, and the cigarette smoke is scattered. The intrigues outside are isolated. The temple gradually retires and has gradually developed into a pure temple.

The woman kneeling on the cushion and praying with her eyes closed and heard someone talking, so she opened her almond eyes and turned to look. The two were obviously familiar. The woman put her index finger in front of her vermilion lips, whispered softly, "The Buddha is here, be quiet, let's talk later."

The woman's voice is soothing, with a slow rhythm, and is very pleasant.

The young man stopped talking, clasped his hands and bowed a few times, then stood up quickly, turned around and walked out.

Perhaps because the man came and went faster, it was a bit unexpected to the woman, which made her feel a little strange. She hurriedly bowed a few times, got up and chased her out.

Walking out of the Buddhist temple, there is a yard with a corridor with mullet windows. It was originally the prince's mansion, and the layout still retains the old style. The woman looked around and the yard was quiet. Except for the newly sprouted willow branches swaying gently in the breeze, it seemed that there was no movement and there was no one figure.

For some reason, a trace of loss flashed through her heart. What was it? The man was not the most important person to her just now. I really don’t know what he lost. Sometimes people’s hearts are really inexplicable.

Unexpectedly, just here, a voice suddenly came from behind him: "The Buddha said, you have been practicing for a thousand years and still cannot get a marriage with him. Do you still need to practice?"

The woman turned around, frowned, raised her mouth and said dissatisfiedly: "It's mysterious, and this kind of trick doesn't seem boring... Does Xue Qing have to pay today? Why did you come to Qianfu Temple? It's such a coincidence."

The young man known as Xue Qing was the eldest son of Xue Chongxun, the Duke of Wei of the Tang Dynasty, and Princess Taiping of Zhenguo.

The woman in front of her was named Yu Wen Ji, who was the fiancée of Feng Yuanjun, the young minister of Taichang Temple of Xue Chongxun. Feng Yuanjun was the cousin of the eunuch Gao Lishi. The folk customs of the Tang Dynasty were open, and women were willing to go out for activities. There was another relationship, so Xue Chongxun knew her.

There is another relationship between them who occasionally meet. Yuwen Ji is called a goddess doctor in Chang'an. His medical skills are quite good. He often uses strange techniques to cure some difficult and complicated diseases. However, Xue Chongxun's Taichang Temple, where he is located, has a department like the Imperial Medical Office, and the Imperial Medical Office should also manage it. Yuwen Ji is not an Imperial Medical Office, but he has contacts with the Imperial Medical Office. Once, the emperor Li Dan (the father of Crown Prince Li Longji) had a migraine and the Imperial Medical Officer was helpless. Yuwen Ji entered the palace and was cured with an injection.

Yuwen Ji asked, and Xue Chongxun said, "You know that Feng Erlang is taking care of the usual affairs, so I don't care much. Besides, today is the day when our brothers greet my mother, so I rushed over from Anyifang. But it was still early, and Qianfu Temple was here, so I came here casually."

Speaking of his mother, Princess Taiping, a trace of undetectable worry flashed in Xue Chongxun's eyes.

After the coup last year, Empress Wei, Princess Anle, Shangguan Wan'er and others were all executed, and Prime Minister Li Dan was restored to the throne, creating today's situation: Prince Li Longji and Princess Taiping each had a party ready to go, and it was already incompatible with water and fire... The ending was very dangerous for Xue Chongxun, who is the eldest son of Princess Taiping, and perhaps it would happen a year or two later.

Perhaps Xue Chongxun was not pious enough to Buddha, and the incense and the sound of wooden fish in the temple still could not bring peace to his heart even for a moment, and the struggle would linger in his heart at any time. He sighed secretly, then clasped his fists and said, "It's almost time, say goodbye."

"Wait." Yuwen Ji called him and asked, "You haven't finished talking about the Buddha you just said. Is there such a thing in the Buddhist scriptures?"

"It's true." Xue Chongxun said seriously.

Yuwen Ji said: "The Buddha asked the girl if she still needs to practice for a thousand years? What did she say?"

Xue Chongxun smiled and said, "She said there is no need."

"It's boring." Yu Wenji was a little disappointed. It seems that women have "obsession".

Unexpectedly, Xue Chongxun said, "At this time, the Buddha breathed a sigh of relief and said that another man had been practicing for two thousand years to look at you... Do you understand?"

Yu Wenji's face turned slightly red. She thought about it for a while, and when she contacted her that she was Feng Yuanjun's fiancée and the scene of praying in front of the Buddha's Lord just now, she thought to herself: Is he teasing something?

Yuwen Ji said again: "I feel that you are different from before, it's really strange."

"Where is different?" Xue Chongxun felt a little nervous.

Yuwen Ji said: "In the past, you... I'm so frank, at that time, I thought the court should have appointed you as a military officer, not Tai Changqing... Now? You are quite thoughtful."
Chapter completed!