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"Alright."

Tang Seng nodded.

A group of people were preparing to go to Jinguang Temple when a group of guards came over suddenly.

The leader bowed to Tang Seng? Then he asked, "May I ask if the holy monk is the Sanzang Dharma Master from the Tang Dynasty?"

"Amitabha is the poor monk."

"Great? The king has an order, let me wait to welcome the holy monk and his party into the palace? He said that he wanted to pay his respects to the holy monk's demeanor."

In this way? Tang Seng also wished for it.

After all? Even if the king didn't invite him, he would still go to the palace to replace Guan Wen.

So, led by the guards, a group of people came to the palace in the middle of the city.

Compared with the Tang Dynasty, the royal palaces of the Hezhou countries in Xiniu look magnificent, but in terms of scale and momentum, they cannot be compared with the Datang Palace.

Not to mention the palace, even the palace is larger than the palaces of these small countries.

After all, Xiniu Hezhou is vast and sparsely populated. Most of these small countries are one city and one country, and the population of the kingdom accounts for almost half of the country's population.

After entering the palace, the king and queen had led a group of ministers to wait outside the hall.

"Welcome the holy monk!"

"Welcome the holy monk and his party to Jisai Country!"

As soon as Tang Seng and his party appeared, the king led his people to salute to welcome them.

"Hey, I can let go of eating and drinking again."

Seeing this battle, Zhu Bajie started drooling again.

This guy has too many problems, he is slanderous, lazy and perverted...

When he entered the palace, his eyes turned around, looking at the maids in the palace, and now he wanted to eat it again.

Tang Monk heard too much, and was too lazy to care about this guy. He walked quickly to the king, and saluted him: "Amitabha, poor monk Xuanzang, I have seen His Majesty the King, and I have seen the Queen."

Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Drifting also stepped forward to salute.

"Your Majesty, Gu Ming, has met His Majesty and Your Majesty."

Gu Ming did not lose his manners and gave a salute.

"Oh? You are Gu Ming, the master of the Great Tang Dynasty? I have heard of your name for a long time. Come on, please come into the hall."

The king raised his hand in surprise to beckon Gu Ming and his party to enter the hall.

"Hearing that the holy monk and his party arrived at the king's city, the king ordered people to prepare a banquet in advance...Everyone, take your seats quickly."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

A group of people sat cross-legged at the table.

Zhu Bajie couldn't wait for a long time, holding the fruit in one hand and the pastry in the other, he ate happily.

He doesn't care if others laugh or not.

For Zhu Bajie, face is never as important as stomach.

The king had just said a few polite words, and all the food on Zhu Bajie's table had been wiped out...

"Junior Brother Sha, don't you want to eat? Then give it all to the old pig..."

The king couldn't help but exchanged glances with the queen, and then he said cheerfully, "I'm sorry, I didn't prepare well, I didn't prepare well, come here, and prepare some more food and fruits for that elder."

"Yes!"

The maid answered.

Soon, several court ladies brought a lot of fruits and pastries over like a file.

Tang Seng sighed, and smiled wryly at the king: "Your Majesty laughed, the poor monk, the second disciple, has always been able to eat, and one person can eat as much as ten people, so..."

"Hahaha, don't get in the way, don't get in the way!" The king cheerfully waved his hands, and said, "Speaking of which, this time I would like to thank you for helping to extinguish the flames of the Huoyan Mountain.

In this way, it is greatly convenient for the people of our country of offering sacrifices.

In the future, a group of people can cross the Flame Mountain and go to some countries in the east to trade goods..."

The king first expressed his thanks, and then changed the conversation, and proposed to let the Tang monk stay in Jihan country for a period of time to explain Buddhist scriptures to the people in the city.

In addition, I also hope that Gu Ming can impart some Eastern culture.

This request, Gu Ming naturally wished for it.After all, he traveled westward with Tang Seng for the purpose of spreading Confucian culture along the way.

Tang Seng hesitated for a while, after all, he wasted a lot of time along the way.

The queen seemed to have guessed what Tang Seng was thinking, and she couldn't help but smiled and said: "Holy Monk, the people in the city have long been looking forward to hearing that the Holy Monk is going to the country of Jisai, hoping to hear the teachings of the Holy Monk.

If the holy monk left just like that... the people would definitely be disappointed.

The holy monk is merciful, so can he bear to ignore the ardent hopes of the people? "

Sure enough, Tang Seng couldn't refuse when the Queen Mother said so, so he agreed.

Now, Zhu Bajie is happy.

Because of this stay, he can eat and drink, eat when he wakes up, eat and sleep after eating... and he can also take time to go back and stay with his wife for a while.

Hearing Tang Seng's acceptance, the king smiled and said, "That's great. Later, I will make a courtyard in the palace for the holy monk and his party to live in."

"That's not necessary..." Gu Ming said: "After all, we mainly have to deal with the common people, and it is inconvenient to live in the palace.

I heard that there is a Jinguang Temple in Wangcheng, why don't I go to Jinguang Temple to live temporarily with Elder Tang. "

"Go to Jinguang Temple?"

Hearing this, the king couldn't help but frown.

"Is there any embarrassment for Your Majesty?"

Tang Seng couldn't help asking.

From his heart, he naturally hopes to live in a temple. After all, monks still need to do their homework in the morning and evening. How can it be convenient to live in a temple in a palace?

"It's not difficult, the main thing is..."

Having said this, the king could not help but sigh.

At this time, the Queen took the initiative to explain: "That's right, this Jinguang Temple is the pride of our Sacrifice Kingdom.

Thousands of years ago, there was an eminent monk sitting in the temple, leaving behind a shining golden relic.

In order to remember the eminent monk who achieved Taoism, the king and a group of monks in the temple decided to build a pagoda to enshrine the relics, and renamed the temple Jinguang Temple.

The relics of eminent monks have protected us for thousands of years, and the entire royal city, including the outside of the city, can also see the golden light.

Under the shroud of golden light, our Jisai country can be said to be peaceful and peaceful. After a thousand years of ups and downs, although there were some minor disasters during the period, fortunately, we survived.

But what never expected was that the golden light suddenly disappeared half a year ago.

The monks in the temple hurriedly sent people to the pagoda to check, only to find that the enshrined relics were missing..."

"Ah?" Tang Seng was shocked: "There is such a thing? Could it be stolen?"

"It's the fault here..." The queen sighed, and continued to explain the reason: "This relic is the national treasure of our Jisai country, it has been passed down for thousands of years, and there has never been a mistake.

In order to protect the safety of the relics, the monks of Jinguang Temple are guarded by turns around the clock.

Moreover, the palace has also sent people to guard it for many years.

Some people have tried the idea of ​​relics before, but they didn't succeed.

After thousands of years, I never expected... I never expected that something happened during His Majesty's reign..."

Speaking of this, the queen couldn't help but her eyes turned red, and she began to sob softly.

After all, the king didn't feel well when something like this happened.It's been fine for nearly a thousand years, but when it's his turn to be in power, something happens, and the common people, including the ministers in the court, will inevitably have some gossip.

"queen……"

The king also sighed, stretched out his hand and patted the queen's shoulder lightly to comfort her.

"Your Majesty, Queen, what is the result of your investigation after that? How did it get stolen?"

Tang Seng couldn't help asking.

The king shook his head: "After the incident, the king personally led people to investigate, but did not find any clues.

After thinking about it, who could steal the relics under such strict surveillance?

I'm afraid someone is guarding and stealing.

Therefore, the king detained a group of guards, including a group of monks from Jinguang Temple... also detained in the temple, not allowed to go out for a single step.

However, after nearly half a year of interrogation, there is still no result..."

Hearing these words, Tang Seng finally understood why it was difficult for the king to go to Jinguang Temple.

It turned out that all the monks in the temple were under house arrest.

"This... Wukong, do you think it was done by a monster?"

Tang Seng couldn't help but glanced at Monkey King and asked.

Sun Wukong shook his head: "It's hard to say..."

"How about this..." Tang Seng glanced at the king again and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you let us go to Jinguang Temple, my disciples are quite capable.

Also, this Gu Shangxian is even more capable, maybe we can help His Majesty find the relic. "

Hearing this, Gu Ming couldn't help frowning.

It wasn't that he didn't want to help, but he couldn't say that.

Wouldn't it be a shame if this wasn't found?

The point is that the plot has changed subtly now, and he is not sure whether the nine-headed worm stole the relic.

"Great, thank you Holy Monk, thank you National Teacher!"

The king got up immediately and thanked Tang Seng and Gu Ming.

Well, this job is over again...

Afterwards, the king sent someone to escort Tang Seng and his party to Jinguang Temple.

As soon as I entered, there were about a hundred monks standing in unison inside. Seeing Tang Seng and others entering the temple, they saluted one by one.

Then an old monk with white eyebrows, white beard and white hair came forward, bowed to the group of people and said: "Amitabha, I am the abbot of Jinguang Temple.

Here, on behalf of the monks in the temple, I would like to thank you all for your kind words in front of His Majesty. "

Tang Seng raised his hand to support the abbot's hand: "Abbot, you don't need to be too polite. We are all Buddhist disciples, so we should help each other."

"Amitabha, the meditation room has been prepared for everyone, please come with me..."

Gu Ming looked around, and found that the monks in the temple all had haggard faces and dull eyes, and they must have suffered a lot.

After I settled down, I subconsciously inquired about it, only to find out that in order to prevent the monks in the temple from escaping, all the monks except the abbot were wearing shackles.

Just before the group arrived, guards rushed into the temple to unshackle them.

Come to think of it, the king didn't want to embarrass Tang Seng.

After all, Tang Seng is also a disciple of Buddhism. Seeing the monks in Jinguang Temple go through such a situation, he will naturally feel dissatisfied.

"Amitabha, everyone has suffered."

Tang Seng let out a long sigh.

"It's nothing, the guards didn't beat or scold us, they just restricted our actions."

"Abbot, who stole the relic? Do you have any doubts?"

Tang Seng couldn't help asking.

The abbot shook his head and said with a wry smile: "This old monk really doesn't know. But I dare to guarantee with my life that it was definitely not stolen by the monks in the temple.

They are all devout disciples of Buddhism, how could they steal the treasure of this temple? "

At this time, Gu Ming couldn't help asking: "May I ask the abbot, after discovering that the relics were stolen, are there any monks in the temple who are not here?"

"They are all here, none of them have left, this old monk can guarantee that."