The Golden Hairpin

On the day the Buddha's bones entered Beijing, Xu Fenghan led a hundred court ladies and a hundred eunuchs out of the city to worship ten miles away. When the sky was getting brighter by the time of Mao, I saw cigarettes in the distance, and the sound of Buddha music and chanting to the Buddha bones came from afar. It was the Buddha bone team that had been repaired in the nearest buddha last night and had gotten up.

In order to welcome the Buddha bones, the emperor organized a brigade of honors. The ribbon-cut silk was used as flags and umbrellas. The Buddha's utensils were decorated with gold, jade, beads, and agate. The guard of honor traveled three hundred miles from Chang'an, Kyoto to Famen Temple, and the horses and horses continued day and night. Everyone in the nearby villages had already learned the news. At this time, they followed the ceremonial guard and greeted them with fragrant flowers and candles in their hands. When they heard the sound of the Buddha's horn, they all bowed to the ground, and some of them were so excited that they cried and thumped their chests.

Guided by the imperial army, the palace folks danced with music, and the folk music troupe was vigorous and lined up for dozens of miles. Amidst the earth-shaking sound, the Buddha's bones greeted the city, and everyone in Beijing gathered on the street. Even the court stopped yamen affairs, and the ministers rushed out, full of people. On Zhuque Street, which is more than fifty feet wide in Chang'an City, heads were crowded, and the crowd fell down on the side of the road to worship.

People who are invisible behind cannot climb up, can only climb the corners of the pillars to see. The joss sticks in Chang'an have been scrambled a few days ago. Everyone lit the joss sticks. Cigarettes in the city of Chang'an were filled with lights and candles everywhere. Everyone worshipped the joss sticks.

In this noisy chaos, there are sometimes excited people who pierce the ground and burn their fingers. Some people even broke their arms to make offerings, winning the admiration of the believers around them, and they were carried to the rear to follow behind the Buddha's bones, and they were more illuminated by the Buddha's light. In the midst of the city's madness, the Buddha bone finally arrived at the Anfu Gate of the Daming Palace.

The person outside the Buddha's bones at Anfumen was unexpected to everyone. It was Kui Wang Li Shubai.

"This... isn't this evil spirit possessed by the king, Kui who is most afraid of the Buddha's light?"

"Does he dare to receive Buddha bones too? He also deserves to receive Buddha bones?"

"Why is your Majesty blinded and let such a person come to welcome him?"

However, this kind of question soon came up, and was soon overwhelmed by another new statement circulating on the streets: "Did you not hear about it a few days ago? King Kui's murder of King E has another inside story!"

"What's the inside story? It's true that King E's death under King Kui is true, and there can be fakes?"

"I heard that King E was haunted by evil spirits, intending to murder the saint! King Kui was to protect her, and he couldn't argue with him. King E would have to bite before he died!"

"According to you, is it possible that King E committed suicide and slandered King Kui?"

"Don't say anything else, for many years, King Kui has helped the society and the country, how many times he has settled the chaos, how many births and deaths? I heard that this time Shatuo attacked, the northwest is in danger, and King Kui is about to be ordered to go to northern Xinjiang!"

"This...this is not right! King Kui is possessed by evil spirits, what if he has wrong intentions?"

"Have you been possessed by a demon? See if he can safely take over the Buddha bone, don't you know?"

The drum music still shook the sky, and the carpets laid on the yellow sand all over the place had come to an end. The red satin in the palace was spread to the entrance of the palace, and Xu Fenghan, who received the Buddha bone, and Li Jian, the master envoy, led the Buddha bone to the red satin. There, Kui Wang Li Shubai was standing in the middle of the palace gate.

He was dressed in purple, with a slightly thin face shining brightly under the long sky in the early spring. Standing below the jade steps and above the red satin, he was tall and tall, as if a jade tree stood facing the wind. Such a demeanor, anyone who sees it can only abruptly dispel the idea of ​​evil spirit possession.

Under the gaze of thousands of people, Li Shubai took three steps forward, took the incense sticks handed by people around him, and worshiped the huge stupa full of Buddha bones. Then he received clean water and sprinkled the ground with willow branches dipped in water to welcome the Buddha bones into the palace.

Just when he finished sprinkling water, the lingering smoke covering Chang'an City was suddenly swept by the wind, thin clouds in the sky opened, and sunlight was shining from the sky, impartially shining on him, the golden light was shining brightly. Hui. There seemed to be only this ray of Buddha's light in the entire world, traversing the heavens and the earth, opening the human world, just to cover him for a moment.

The whole city stood under the sky, even the band and dance team forgot to play music, singing and dancing. Watching his nine willow branches pass by, the clouds in the sky closed, as if the sun covering just a moment was just an illusion, no Re-exist.

"Yes... it's the Buddha's light, a miracle!"

Among the crowd, I don’t know who shouted this tremblingly first, and then it was like a tide, everyone was infected, each muttering "Buddha light miracle", toward the Buddha bone and King Kui in front of the Buddha bone. Worshiping, even those who were just arguing about whether King Kui possessed evil spirits seem to have completely forgotten, only knowing that tears and tears were flowing, and they devoted themselves to adding fuel to this miracle.

"I just said, Wang Kui has been able to come to this day, his luck is really good."

Standing inside the palace gate, Wang Zongshi, looking at the excitement outside from a distance, his lips moved slightly, and in a voice that only Wang Yun could hear behind him, he whispered: "This is a good show that is laboring and hurting money. King Kui."

Wang Yun nodded and said, "These days, the public opinion we spread outside is far less useful than the sunshine at this moment."

"This is where the world is so funny, isn't it." Wang Zongshi's lips cast a cold arc, and he raised his eyes calmly, looking at the emperor standing in front of the palace.

His face was blue and his expression was very ugly. He didn't know if it was because of a physical illness or because of the ray of sunlight.

But it was only a moment before he left this behind his head because the Buddha bone was already below the stage. He went down to greet him, twisted his ankle in a hurry, and almost fell off the steps. Fortunately, the Queen, who was behind him, helped him in time and was spared.

Queen Wang whispered to him: "Your Majesty, be careful."

He didn't care about her anymore, he just walked towards the Buddha bone shrine step by step, his whole body trembling slightly with excitement. Queen Wang motioned to the **** who was with him to help him, and reminded the emperor that it is time to worship the Buddha.

The empress burned incense and prayed, welcoming the bones of the Buddha all the way into the newly renovated Buddha hall in the palace. The prayer flags were adorned with pearls, the flowers in front of the Buddha were carved with various colors of jade, the gold book scriptures, the sinking sandalwood fish, and even the futon were gold. The thread is embroidered into a 36-petal lotus pattern.

The Buddha bone relics will be offered by the emperor in the palace for three days, and each yamen will rest for three days. So after the courtiers worshipped, they left the Daming Palace and headed for the mansion.

Li Shubai left the Daming Palace all the way, and saw many officials along the way. Everyone saluted him, but he didn't dare to get too close. He didn't care too much. When he walked to the gate of the palace to get on the carriage, someone from behind called him: "Lord."

He looked back and saw that it was Wang Yun. He is now in charge of security in the palace.

Li Shubai also nodded to him, and asked, "Don't come?"

"Take care of the prince, everything is fine." Wang Yun threw the horse's rein to the guards around him, approached him and arched his hand, "Congratulations to the prince to get out of the fetters and return to the palace."

Li Shubai smiled faintly and said, "Congratulations to Yunzhi, I heard that something good is coming?"

Wang Yun was not surprised by his well-informed news, and only said, "Yes, it's time for me to get married if I have to deal with the Buddha's bones."

"Your Majesty is going to leave the Buddha bones in the palace for three days. So, in three days you are going to go to Shudi?" He asked calmly.

Wang Yun nodded and smiled at him: "The day when I go to Shudi to welcome her, it will be when we get married in the capital."

As if being pierced by the sharpest needles, Li Shubai's eyelashes trembled slightly, and his breath suddenly stagnated.

He took a deep breath and was about to speak when he heard a scream. Suddenly a lone bird flew across the sky, far away from the eaves of the palace, and flew alone towards the distance. The figure did not know where it landed.

He raised his eyes to look at the lonely bird, and watched it go to the sky, his eyes full of loneliness. After a long time, he withdrew his gaze and slowly said, "After all, she used to be a person next to me. Now that good things are near, I don't know."

Seeing his expression like this, Wang Yun suppressed the fluctuating emotions in his heart, and said with a smile: "The prince, forgive me! Zi Xia and I were busy preparing for the marriage, so I neglected the prince."

Li Shubai looked at the sky with his back hand, and said nothing.

Wang Yun's voice was gentle, and Xuxu said: "She just tried on her wedding dress the day before yesterday, and some things need to be modified. Today, I may have discussed with the tailor embroidery woman. Because she didn't ask, I didn't have time to tell her the good news about the prince. ."

Li Shubai didn’t want to hear about his preparations for the wedding with Huang Zixia, so he raised his hand to stop him and said, “If that’s the case, I’ll go tell her personally. After all, she had rescued me in Shu before, and we can be regarded as friendship... It's super shallow."

Wang Yun's eyes were dark, and he folded his hands and said to him: "Thank you for your kindness. But when he was in Shudi, the prince once said to the next official that he hoped to give Zi Xian freedom. Now she has made a choice, and we are busy. In the middle, why should the prince make her worry more?"

Li Shubai’s gaze fell on Wang Yun. After a pause, he turned around, saying: “This king is just a little bit of the friendship of old friends. Even if you think it’s inappropriate for you, I met her. Some I have to explain clearly to her."

His voice was stubborn and almost cold, and Wang Yun didn't know how to refuse it for a while.

"The promise I made to her has not yet been fulfilled. I always have to give her an answer, don't I?"

He didn't look at Wang Yun anymore, turned his back on the carriage, and signaled to go.

This stubborn attitude caused Wang Yun to stand still for a while before finally regaining consciousness. Seeing that Li Shubai's carriage had left the palace gate, it was heading east. He strode to the guard behind him, turned on his horse, and ran away with his whip without saying anything.

The Yulin army who had been left behind by him looked at each other. The little guard next to him hurriedly urged the horse to catch up with him, and said anxiously: "Commander, Your Majesty has a purpose, order you to properly arrange the defense in the palace for the past three days, and you can stay within the Daming Palace!"

Wang Yun didn't look back, but said, "I will go back."

"This...this is an imperial edict. If your majesty finds something to do with you temporarily, then..." The little guard was anxious and reached out to grab his horse's rein.

"Go away!" Wang Yun didn't say a word, swinging his whip on his sleeve. The little guard felt a fierce pain, and could only shrink his hands to look at Wang Yun in amazement, wondering why this usually gentle and generous boss suddenly had an attack.

But seeing the panic and irritability on his face, the little guard hurriedly stopped, did not dare to ask any more, just watched him galloping straight through the outer palace gate, heading west, and disappearing in a blink of an eye. In the rising smoke and dust.

In the quiet and quiet Yongchangfang, it was noon, every family smoked and smoked, and the winter day was slightly blue-gray. Wang Yun beat his horse through the streets and alleys, only to feel that the surroundings were quiet, with only a slight distant sound coming from between the doors and windows, but it was indistinct all over him.

He dismounted at the entrance of the Wang’s house, took three steps and took two steps to the small courtyard where Huang Zixia lived. He saw that the door was closed tightly. The sky and the earth are particularly bright.

He took a deep breath, but felt his chest beating more violently. He walked slowly to the door, raised his hand and knocked on the door: "Zixia, are you there?"

"Yes, wait a moment." Her low voice came from inside.