Xing Yunqi didn't expect that the master would go down the mountain with them, and he didn't expect that the master would go to Xiliang City with them.

Although Shangguan Ziming tried to stay, Huo Qiji and his group did not stay in Shikun City for a long time. After returning from Shikong Mountain, they left for a day and returned to Xiliang City.

On the way, Shangguan Zimo was a little unhappy and hadn't stayed with his second brother for a few days.

What's more, when she returned home, she had to ride a carriage alone. After her repeated invitations, the little bald man pouted and got on her carriage.

Gongsun Riyue suddenly felt that she was not even as good as a little bald man.

Huo Qiji and Master Huiyuan shared a carriage.

Huo Qiji was knowledgeable and talented, and Master Huiyuan was well aware of Buddhist principles. The two of them talked happily along the way. Huo Qiji no longer had to say anything like the sun was truly round.

The little bald man was thinking about one thing along the way, which was the bamboo sweep he made for the master. Why did the master take it to Liangzhou?

After a few days of running around, the group finally arrived in Xiliang City. Gongsun Riyue escorted several people to the palace and said goodbye.

Shangguan Zimo looked at Gongsun Riyue's smile at her and felt a little confused. She suddenly felt a little sorry for this big brother who had always treated her well.

If Huo Qiji did not show up, maybe in a few years, she would choose to try to accept this relationship, but now she doesn't want to.

Gongsun Riyue was so open about this trip. The old saying goes, it is not sweet to force melons, and he has no ability to force melons.

There is no fragrant grass everywhere in the world. I poured two jars of strong wine before looking for it.

Gongsun Riyue drank a lot of this wine.

The King of Xiliang did not expect Huo Qiji's trip to go so smoothly, and he did not expect that he brought back a monk to himself.

He really doesn't want to read this Buddhist scripture anymore.

After hearing Huo Qiji's introduction, King Xiliang got up from his seat, walked down with a smile, folded his hands together, performed a Buddhist ritual and said, "Master, thank you all the hard work!"

Huiming returned a tribute and said, "The king worked hard for the people of Liangzhou, and he deserved to work hard. The old monk was ashamed of not being able to take it!"

The King of Xiliang laughed loudly and said, "Is this true to Master?"

Huiming clasped his hands together, "Amitabha, king, monks will not lie!"

"Okay, okay, good, a monk will not lie!"

At this time, Huo Qiji said, "Your Majesty, I know that you are quite interested in Buddhism and Buddhist principles. This Master Shu replied to Shikong Sect for something, so I helped the King invite Master Huiming to continue to explain Buddhist scriptures to the King."

Huiming bowed and said, "Huiming is very honored!"

The King of Xiliang didn't know what Huo Qiji was selling in this gourd, but since he had left the matter to Huo Qiji to handle, he naturally could not question Huo Qiji in front of Huiming.

King Xiliang glanced at Huo Qiji, then said to Master Huiming: "Don't be anxious about preaching. Master has worked hard all the way. Let's go and rest first."

After saying that, he said to the butler beside him: "Old Song, take the master to rest, don't neglect the master."

Huiming bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the old monk will leave first."

After saying that, he said to Huo Qiji: "I'm sorry, I'm a layperson."

Huo Qiji nodded with a smile and said, "Master, go slowly!"

Huiming left with the butler. King Xiliang glanced at Huo Qiji, snorted and sat back.

Seeing that the King of Xiliang's face was gloomy, Huo Qiji bowed his hand and smiled, "Your Majesty is a good deed."

The King of Xiliang gave him a blank look, "I don't have the temperament of yours, so I have fought with the people from the Shikong Sect. I am smiling. I am curious about what you said to the Shikong Sect? They can actually send such an old monk to preach to me."

After saying that, King Xiliang slapped the handrail and stood up and pointed at Huo Qiji and said, "Nephew, you are clearly here to piss me off."

After saying that, he shook his sleeves in anger and turned around with his hands behind his back.

Seeing this, Huo Qiji did not speak, but sat down, poured himself a cup of tea, and slowly started drinking.

King Xiliang listened to the movement, turned his head and found Huo Qiji drinking tea. He said angrily: "If it weren't for your father's sake, I must have you looked good, hum!"

Huo Qiji put down the tea bowl and asked with a smile: "Your Majesty, I have asked you before leaving. Should I go to Shikong Sect to let out a vent of anger or talk to Shikong Sect? It seems that I was wrong about the king's intention. I will talk to Master Huiming now, and I'd better send him back to Shikong Sect."

The King of Xiliang snorted and said, "Don't go around these twists and turns with me, tell me quickly, how did you arrange it? Could it be that I really want to recite scriptures with this old monk?"

Huo Qiji stood up and poured a bowl of tea for King Xiliang.

King Xiliang took the tea bowl and felt much more happy. If the child Momo had not been to find her mother's wife, he would have pulled her to Huo Qiji to ask about the child's feelings.

With his character as King Xiliang, if you like it, I will arrange for you to enter the bridal chamber tonight.

Huo Qiji saw the corner of King Xiliang’s mouth smiling, thinking that King Xiliang had done it on purpose just now, so he said, “Your Majesty, it’s good to read this Buddhist scripture. Master Huiming is well aware of Buddhist principles, so the king will definitely be able to talk to the master very happily.”

"Don't you go shit, I'm so angry when I see the Buddhist scriptures. You won't really ask him to preach to this king, right?"

King Xiliang took a big sip of tea and calmed down.

Huo Qiji couldn't help but smile, sat back and said, "King, this Shikong Sect cannot be moved, and you have to keep it. You know more about the truth in it than me. Since we keep this Shikong Sect, we must treat it well. In this way, the Shikong Sect can be used by the king."

"For my use? Nephew, what do you mean? I can't let a group of bald men be officials!"

Huo Qiji smiled and said, "King, someone from Shikong Sect went to Tubo to establish Zen Buddhism. I believe the king knew that this Zen Buddhism was not Shikong Sect. Although the king suffered grievances from Shikong Sect before, on the other hand, it may not be a bad thing for the king."

The King of Xiliang remained silent.

Huo Qiji continued: "Now the Zen Buddhism is much more powerful in Tubo than the Shikong Sect in our Liangzhou. The Tubo King also supports Zen Buddhism very much. I am afraid that it will be granted the Tubo national religion by Zarudojin. King, the Tubo people are much worse than the people in the Central Plains. You have helped Tubo unify over the years. In addition to making the Tubo king feel grateful to you, it is more important to let the Tubo people see the goodness of our Liangzhou and yearn for the lives, customs, products, and even classics of our people in the Central Plains. Only in this way can we have the opportunity to win over the hearts of the Tubo people."

The King of Xiliang looked at Huo Qiji, "What is the virtue of my wife mean, are we going to eat Tubo?"

Huo Qiji smiled and said, "The king, Tubo is vast and has a vast land and sparse population. It is much easier to eat him than to go east."

The King of Xiliang lowered his head and pondered for a moment and said, "You came to my palace thirteen years ago. I originally thought that the national teacher was just to test my thoughts and prevent me from colluding with Tubo, and then launching troops to the Central Plains. To be honest, I am still a little dissatisfied with this."

Speaking of this, King Xiliang looked up at Huo Qiji and asked, "Did you remember that I asked you a question at that time."

Huo Qiji nodded and said, "Your Majesty, even if you ask me today, the answer is still the same."

King Xiliang's eyes moved slightly, but he didn't expect Huo Qiji to be the answer.

He asked Huo Qiji back then, what if he really took advantage of this to raise an army to fight in the east?

At that time, Huo Qiji said, if the king has the ability to dominate the world, just do it well.

King Xiliang stroked his beard and said, "I didn't do this thirteen years ago, and now I don't know what I do now. Even my elder brother-in-law wouldn't let me do it. When I was under the banner of clearing the monarch, he sent someone to send secret letters to scold me. Later, I helped Tubo unify, and he also made a lot of efforts."

Huo Qiji said: "It has caused the king to suffer a lot of grievances."

The King of Xiliang waved his hand and said, "But I am confused. What does this have to do with eating Tubo and his Shikong Sect?"

Huo Qiji took a sip of tea and said, "Your Majesty, have you ever promised to build a temple for Shikongmen in this Xiliang City?"

When the King of Xiliang heard this, his face darkened again. What happened to this child? Why didn’t he carry any pot?

Huo Qiji stood up and added some tea to King Xiliang.

The King of Xiliang picked up the tea bowl and said, "This old Song is old, why has he been there for so long and never come back? He always asks his nephew to add tea to me."

After Huo Qiji added his tea, he said, "It is natural for me to pour tea for my elders, so why bother Song Bo."

King Xiliang nodded, good tea!

Huo Qiji continued, "King, there is Zen Buddhism in Tubo, so I, Xiliang, also want to build a magnificent temple to preach Buddhism to the people of Liangzhou."

The King of Xiliang asked, "I'm afraid this is inappropriate. This Buddhist disciple comes from a foreign country. It is really appropriate to spread Buddhism in our Central Plains?"

Huo Qiji shook his head gently and said, "Your Majesty, can I ask, is the ancient sages good or not?"

The King of Xiliang smiled and said, "Your nephew's words are a bit unnecessary."

Huo Qiji asked again: "Wasn't the sages of ancient sages said to Tubo, Xiongnu, or other Gentiles?"

The King of Xiliang said: "I didn't expect that my nephew had such a high evaluation of Buddhist scriptures."

Huo Qiji nodded and said, "The good truth is true no matter where it lies. There are many truths in this Buddhist scripture that are in common with the writings of my sages in the Central Plains, and it is indeed worth reading."

The King of Xiliang laughed and said, "I am a little worse than reading with such a good nephew."

He patted his thigh and asked again, "I still don't understand. Since my nephew said, the Buddhist scriptures are in line with the books written by my sages in the Central Plains, why should I read his Buddhist scriptures?"

Huo Qiji smiled and said, "It is not conflicting with each other. King, no matter how good the principles of this saint's classics are, there are still too few scholars in our Great Jin Dynasty. How many people can there be literate people?"

King Xiliang glanced at Huo Qiji, his eyes shrank slightly, and he whispered, "Please be careful if you nephew."

Huo Qiji nodded and continued, "King, have you ever been to the White Horse Temple in Luoyue City?"

The King of Xiliang nodded and said, "I have gone to visit a few times, but I didn't burn incense. I don't believe that thing."

Huo Qiji smiled and said, "The king doesn't believe it, but how is the incense in White Horse Temple?"

The King of Xiliang said little by little, "I don't understand, why are there so many people who burn incense and worship Buddha? In my opinion, this White Horse Temple has not brought them any benefits."

Huo Qiji said, "This is why I asked the king to build a temple in our Xiliang City. The king, Buddhism talks about cause and effect the most. People in this world have many unfair things but are powerless. So what should I do? I recite the Buddhist scriptures and listen to monks talk about Buddhism. It is indeed much more satisfying to recite Amitabha Buddha more than to be resentful. This Buddhist savior often asks people to let go of their obsessions. The king, letting go is much more difficult than picking up."

King Xiliang pondered for a moment and said, "This Buddhist sect is not the case. His Shikong Sect is a great sect in the world."

Huo Qiji nodded and said, "The king is very worried, so I founded Shikong Sect in Liangzhou back then, and the monks in Baima Temple are not allowed to have martial arts practitioners."

The King of Xiliang said: "What is the meaning of a good nephew, to build a temple similar to White Horse Temple in my Xiliang City?"

Huo Qiji smiled and said, "That's why I invited Master Huiming to come and wait until the temple is built, Master Huiming can serve as the abbot. As for other monks, we must not have to worry about it, and someone will come from White Horse Temple."

The King of Xiliang asked again: "Then Shikong Sect?"

Huo Qiji said: "Shikong Sect is still the Shikong Sect. This Master Huiming is the previous abbot of Shikong Sect. Now the abbot of the abbot of the abbot, Master Shihuai, and the one who established Zen in Tubo is the nephew of Master Huiming."
To be continued...