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Chapter 167 Xuanzang’s Journey to the West
  After the seventh episode of Journey to the West ends, the sky screen automatically plays the eighth episode.

Except for those who were busy with other things, ancient people from various dynasties moved to a stool and sat down to enjoy the next plot of Journey to the West.

The plot of Journey to the West is very exciting, and ancient people from all dynasties were fascinated by it.

Everyone likes Journey to the West, but there is one exception, and that is the eminent monk Xuanzang of the Tang Dynasty.

Xuanzang looked at the eighth episode that was being played on the screen, and felt worried in his heart. He looked worried.

Ever since Journey to the West was played yesterday and some people from later generations said that eating the meat of Tang Monk could lead to immortality, he knew it was bad.

When facing His Majesty and the ministers in the palace yesterday, as soon as he said these words, he could clearly feel a lot of eyes focused on him, which made his hair stand on end and made him sweat.

At that moment, he was really afraid that everyone would believe the rumors and eat him up.

You can imagine how tempting it is for a mortal to live forever.

Although both His Majesty and the ministers know that Journey to the West is a fictional story, there is no guarantee that they will not want to try it.

And even if His Majesty and the ministers knew it was false, what about the others?

After all, after what people said yesterday, the rumor that eating Tang Monk's meat can lead to immortality has spread throughout Chang'an City.

Millions of people in Chang'an City knew that Xuanzang was the prototype of Tang Monk, and he was worried that one day thousands of people would break into the temple and capture him for food.

So after returning from the palace, after a night of consideration, he decided to go to the palace now and ask His Majesty to let him go west as soon as possible. The sooner the better, preferably within these two days.

The rumors only started yesterday. Before everyone could react, he had to go west as soon as possible and could no longer stay in Datang.

The story of Journey to the West has just begun, and there is probably a lot more content to follow. It is possible to play it for ten days and a half.

He can already predict the general plot of Journey to the West. Tang Monk will encounter a monster in every episode, and every monster will eat Tang Monk's flesh to live forever.

As Journey to the West plays, the idea that eating Tang Monk's meat will lead to immortality will inevitably be deeply rooted in people's hearts, making everyone in Chang'an City ready to take action.

If he stayed in Chang'an City for a long time and the monster from Journey to the West told everyone to live forever after eating Tang Monk's meat every day, he was really worried that His Majesty would have the idea to give it a try.

Thinking of this, he knew that there was no need to delay. After simply cleaning up, he went directly to the palace to meet His Majesty.

Xuanzang came to the palace to explain his intention. After being summoned by Li Shimin, the young eunuch took Xuanzang to Taiji Palace.

Unexpectedly, the two of them were stopped halfway down the road.

"You must be Tang Monk. I heard that you can live forever if you eat it. Is this true?"

Li Tai was watching Journey to the West just now. He heard that Master Xuanzang had entered the palace, so he rushed over immediately.

Xuanzang looked at the fourth prince in front of him, his heart sank slightly, and he shook his head expressionlessly.

"Your Highness, Journey to the West is all fiction and cannot be taken to be true. The poor monk is just a mortal and has no effect of immortality."

Seeing that the situation was not good, the young eunuch quickly said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is going to summon Master Xuanzang..."

Before the little eunuch could finish speaking, Li Tai glared at the little eunuch so hard that he was so frightened that he didn't dare to say anything more.

Li Tai looked around Xuanzang carefully several times, but didn't see anything special about Xuanzang.

However, with the idea of ​​​​rather trusting its existence than its non-existence, Li Tai still wanted to give it a try.

"Can you cut me a piece of meat from you?"

Li Tai stared at Xuanzang eagerly, with greed in his eyes, wanting to pounce on him and take a bite.

Xuanzang's mouth twitched slightly, his attitude was very polite, but his words were so vicious.

In ancient times, there was a saying that Buddha cut off his meat to feed the eagles. He was not willing to cut off his meat and feed it to others.

"Your Highness, don't listen to nonsense. The poor monk came to the palace to see His Majesty. Please get out of the way. Your Majesty is still waiting to summon the poor monk!"

Li Tai shook his head and didn't listen at all.

Since the mage is unwilling to do it himself, he will do it himself.

Li Tai turned his head to look at the guard behind him and blinked, the meaning was already obvious.

The guard understood this and immediately stepped forward to grab Xuanzang, intending to take action by force.

Xuanzang refused and immediately resisted, so the two of them pushed and struggled with each other.

"stop."

A loud shout came, frightening the guards to stop immediately and not daring to move any more.

Li Shimin hurried over with a group of ministers and stopped the farce in time.

When he heard that Lao Si and Master Xuanzang were fighting, he quickly brought his ministers to stop them.

"what happened?"

Li Shimin frowned slightly and looked at the fourth child, Li Tai, displeased.

Master Xuanzang is an eminent monk. He doesn't believe that Master Xuanzang started this matter. It must have been the fourth child who caused the trouble.

"Father, if you eat Tang Monk's meat, you will live forever. I asked the monk to offer a piece of meat to my father to taste. This monk didn't know what is good or bad, so I decided to cut a piece of meat myself and give it to my father."

Li Tai looked at his father as if he was taking credit, waiting for his father's praise. But he knew that his father also longed for immortality. Who knew that after hearing this, Li Shimin's face darkened and he immediately scolded Li Tai angrily.

"It's nonsense that you can live forever after eating Tang Monk's meat. Journey to the West is adapted from Wu Cheng'en's story-telling novel, and it's all false."

When Li Shimin said this, Journey to the West on the sky screen happened to play the plot of the Yellow Wind Monster capturing Tang Monk.

The yellow wind monster grabbed Tang Monk and brought him back to the cave, and immediately ordered the little monsters and monsters under him.

"You can live forever if you eat Tang Monk's meat. Come on, kids, go get some water and boil some water. We will eat Tang Monk's meat tonight."

The sound coming from the sky curtain fell on the ears of everyone present. Li Shimin and his group subconsciously raised their heads to look at the sky curtain, just in time to see several barrages from people in the future.

"The biggest weakness of all monsters is that they cannot eat raw food, only cooked food"

"The monsters in Journey to the West are really particular. They have to find a good and auspicious day to cook them and eat them. It would be much easier to just swallow them in one bite."

The scene was silent for a moment, and Li Shimin broke the awkward atmosphere after a while.

"Master, it's not convenient to talk here. Let's go to Tai Chi Palace to discuss matters!"

Li Shimin led a group of people towards Tai Chi Palace, with Xuanzang following closely behind.

When they arrived at the palace, Li Shimin asked Xuanzang the reason for his visit.

"Master, you came to the palace to see me. Do you have something important?"

Xuanzang nodded and stated his request carefully.

"Your Majesty, this poor monk wants to go west to Tianzhu as soon as possible to obtain the true scriptures."

Li Shimin looked at Xuanzang's firm face thoughtfully, and he could probably guess why Master Xuanzang was in such a hurry to go west.

Indeed, the influence of Journey to the West is deeply rooted in people's hearts. If Xuanzang stays there any longer, there is no guarantee that he will not be caught and eaten by the gangsters.

Although Journey to the West is a false story, and it is impossible to live forever after eating Tang Monk's meat, there are so many ignorant people in the world, and many people will definitely take risks.

Moreover, he had this intention and wanted Xuanzang to go west as soon as possible and bring him the situation of the countries in the Western Regions as soon as possible.

"To tell you the truth, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Zhang Qian as an envoy in ancient times. Now I plan to follow suit and send a mage as an envoy to the west."

When Xuanzang heard this, he was as calm as water on the surface, but he was complaining in his heart.

Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions consisted of hundreds of people, and now His Majesty wants him to lead hundreds of people to the west.

What the hell is this? He just wanted to go west to Tianzhu alone to obtain the true scriptures, that's all.

Why is it that His Majesty now directly organizes a large-scale mission and asks him to take the mission to the west? This has suddenly become a national political matter.

He devoted himself to Buddha and only wanted to chant sutras and worship Buddha. He did not want to get involved in the world, let alone political affairs.

"Your Majesty, the poor monk only wants to go west to Tianzhu to obtain the true scriptures. I am afraid that the poor monk cannot afford such a national mission as an envoy to the Western Regions. Your Majesty, please choose someone else!"

Seeing Xuanzang's strict refusal, Li Shimin looked unhappy and said in a cold tone:
  "Master must not belittle oneself. Masters have been able to successfully obtain scriptures in history. I believe that Master can do it this time too. I have prepared a mission for Master and we can set off immediately."

The moment he learned that Xuanzang had successfully returned from his journey to the west, he had the idea of ​​​​going to the Western Regions as an envoy, and he was already preparing to send an envoy.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Zhang Qian as an envoy to the Western Regions, which brought back a large amount of valuable wealth to the Han Dynasty and greatly enhanced the Han Dynasty's reputation.

Now, with such a perfect candidate as Xuanzang, he naturally wanted to send Xuanzang to the west to bring back valuable intelligence information from the Western Regions to the Tang Dynasty, so as to prepare for the Tang Dynasty to send troops to the Western Regions in the future.

Seeing His Majesty's tough attitude, Xuanzang's heart sank slightly, knowing that he had no other choice but to agree.

Now that things have come to this, I have no choice but to accept this heavy burden.

Moreover, His Majesty's words that he could set off immediately made him very excited. He was eager to set off now and didn't want to stay for a quarter of an hour.

"In this case, the poor monk is willing to take on this errand, but please allow your majesty to allow the poor monk to set off to the west now."

Seeing that Xuanzang was so aware of current affairs, Li Shimin's face gradually softened and he smiled.

"Master, don't worry. I will make arrangements now. In addition to sending the mission, I will ask General Cheng to escort the master all the way to the border of Datang."

Seeing Xuanzang looking at Cheng Yaojin aside in surprise, Li Shimin explained with a smile.

"I got some walkie-talkies yesterday. I plan to establish a communication network from Chang'an City to the border of Datang. If there is any enemy movement at the border in the future, I will know it immediately. General Cheng is mainly responsible for this matter, and he also happened to escort the Master and his party to the border. Tang border.”

Xuanzang nodded, understanding in his heart.

It would be much safer if General Cheng could escort him all the way to the border of Datang. At least he would not have to worry about his safety in Datang. No foreigner would know about Tang Monk's meat outside the border of Datang.

After the two parties communicated well, things went smoothly.

Li Shimin immediately arranged for the delegation to arrive and sent Xuanzang to the gate of Chang'an City.

When they learned that His Majesty the Emperor was personally seeing off Master Xuanzang on his journey to Tianzhu, the people of Chang'an City surrounded the city gate and all came to watch the excitement.

"Mage, take care, I'm waiting for you to come back."

Li Shimin solemnly said goodbye to Xuanzang and watched Xuanzang and his party leave westward.

At this time, the sky screen also ushered in the ending song as the four masters and disciples of Tang Seng set off to the next location.

(End of this chapter)