Chapter 163: Pick up Xuanzang

Speaking of the exposure of Princess Gaoyang and Bian Ji’s affair, it all started with a thief being caught by the Dali Temple.

The Dali Temple caught the thief and found that among his stolen goods was the jade pillow of the royal princess. The Dali Temple naturally did not dare to neglect it and set the case as the highest standard.

During the interrogation, the thief said that the jade pillow was stolen from a meditation room in Daxingshan Temple.

Now the Dali Temple was in a dilemma!

You have to know that Daxingshan Temple was a royal temple during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and its status was higher than that of ordinary temples. They could not send people to summon the monks in the temple to the Dali Temple for interrogation based on a few words from the thief.

After some consideration, the Dali Temple sent someone with the thief to search the temple under the pretext of identifying the stolen goods and ensuring that no other items were stolen.

This finally led to Princess Gaoyang, and her affair with Bian Ji became public.

This was also Bian Ji's bad fate. It would have been fine if he had had an affair, but he had to accept the token from Princess Gaoyang.

You said you would accept it, so just accept it! Why accept the princess's jade pillow when there are so many other things to accept? Isn't this courting death?

If the Dali Temple hadn't caught the thief this time, perhaps the fate of Bian Ji and Princess Gaoyang would have been different.

What a pity! There are no assumptions in life. What should be exposed will still be exposed no matter how it is concealed.

Princess Gaoyang is one of Li Er's beloved daughters. She has been spoiled since she was a child, and she is spoiled and arrogant. That's why she despises a cuckold and has an affair with a monk.

Regardless of how Bian Ji looks, her talent should be good! Otherwise, she would not be favored by Xuanzang and Princess Gaoyang.

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After going through untold hardships and trekking through mountains and rivers, Xuanzang and his party finally returned to Chang'an.

"Amitabha!" Looking at the majestic and magnificent capital in front of him, Xuanzang put his hands together and chanted a Buddhist name.

"Amitabha!" The disciples behind Xuanzang also put their hands together and chanted a Buddhist name.

"Chang'an, I'm finally back! After so many years! I, Xuanzang, am finally back again!" Xuanzang was very excited when he looked at the distant Chang'an City.

"Master! Let's not delay any longer! Let's hurry into the city! Don't you have to meet His Majesty?" Xuanzang's disciple Jiashang urged.

He had long been fascinated by Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and had long wanted to see Chang'an up close.

Xuanzang walked towards Chang'an step by step, and his disciples followed behind him, leading camels and horses.

The camels and horses carried the scriptures that Xuanzang had obtained from various countries in India.

Fang Xuanling and others had been waiting not far from Chang'an since early in the morning, looking up, waiting for the team that had returned from the journey to the west.

But after waiting for a long time, there was no sign of a monk, and some people could not help but get impatient.

"Why hasn't Master Xuanzang shown up yet? Did we get the date wrong?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Based on the official documents sent by the government along the way and their speed of travel, they should arrive in Chang'an today. It can't be wrong!"

"How do you know it can't be wrong? What if it's wrong? Are we just going to wait here like this?"

"Alright!" Fang Xuanling saw that the people below were getting more and more unreasonable, and he scolded them: "What are you talking nonsense about here? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at if someone sees you?"

After being scolded by Fang Xuanling, the people below no longer dared to complain.

Looking at the sun rising higher and higher in the sky, Fang Xuanling began to wonder in his heart, could it be that Master Xuanzang really couldn't come back today.

"Prime Minister Fang, look over there is a group of monks, could they be Master Xuanzang and his companions?" A man with sharp eyes saw a group of monks gradually appearing in the distance, and pointed at them and said to Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling looked in the direction the man pointed, and saw a group of monks leading camels and horses towards them.

There were a lot of things on the camels and horses.

Without asking, Fang Xuanling also guessed that this group of people was the group of Master Xuanzang and his companions he was waiting for.

After all, only Master Xuanzang and his companions who returned from the west to seek Dharma would use camels to carry things, and the monks in the Central Plains would not do this.

"Quick! Follow me to welcome the master!" Fang Xuanling said, and was the first to greet Xuanzang, and the others immediately followed Fang Xuanling.

"Master, look, someone is coming towards us!" Pu Guang pointed at Fang Xuanling and others who were coming towards them and said to Xuanzang.

Xuanzang said nothing and continued to move forward, while his disciples stopped to watch and see who the people were.

"Master Xuanzang, you are finally back! Fang Xuanling has been waiting here for a long time!" Fang Xuanling came to Xuanzang and said with a smile.

"Amitabha!" Xuanzang chanted the Buddha's name and said, "Thank you for waiting for the poor monk here. You are all officials. I wonder why you are waiting for the poor monk and his disciples here?"

Xuanzang would never have thought that Fang Xuanling and others were here to welcome them.

Li Tang did not support Buddhism very much. Who asked them to claim to be the descendants of Daozu?

"By order of the Crown Prince of Jianguo! I am here to welcome Master Xuanzang back to Chang'an." Fang Xuanling said.

"Thank you, benefactor! Is your majesty not in the capital?" Xuanzang said. He also knew that the emperor was not in the capital when the crown prince was in charge of the country.

He had originally planned to meet Li Er, hoping to get Li Er's support and permission so that he could promote Buddhism.

Now he finally returned to Chang'an, but was told that the head of the empire was not in Chang'an.

How could he ask Li Er for support?

"Your majesty is now in Liaodong to fight against the criminal Goguryeo. Now the crown prince is in charge of the Tang Dynasty and handles state affairs." Fang Xuanling explained. "

Oh! So that's it!" Xuanzang said. Although Li Er was not there, which made him somewhat disappointed, but fortunately there was still a crown prince in charge of the country.

The emperor was not there, so he still had to pay a visit to the crown prince. No matter what, the crown prince was at least the crown prince, and even more the future emperor.

People have sent people to pick him up, and according to etiquette, he should go and pay his respects, otherwise it would be bad if the prince took revenge on him when he ascended the throne.

"Master, I heard that you brought back a lot of treasures this time."

"I wonder if I can take a look first!" Fang Xuanling said with a smile.

The group of people behind Fang Xuanling stretched their necks, staring at the camel and the items on the horse's back, wishing they could see through it.

As if they could see the treasures inside clearly.

"There are no worldly treasures, only 150 Buddha's body relics, 7 Buddha statues, 520 Sanskrit scriptures, and 657 Mahayana scriptures." Xuanzang said.

After hearing Xuanzang's words, the group behind Fang Xuanling was a little disappointed. They thought that this monk had gone to the Western Regions and brought back some rare treasures from the Western Regions.

It turned out to be just a false joy.

"Oh!" Fang Xuanling smiled and said, "This is not the place to talk. Please come back to Chang'an with me and we will talk later."

"Thank you!" Xuanzang said.

Fang Xuanling and Xuanzang walked side by side and returned to Chang'an.