Chapter 425 It’s Good to Learn From the Experience

As a soldier, he experienced countless life and death situations, and he killed his brother at the age of twenty-eight.

If someone had said this to him before, Li Shimin would have chopped off the head of such a monster! But since the return of the underworld, Li Shimin's mentality has changed.

If I think too much about ghosts and gods, I will also think about what I will do after twenty years, when my life is over.

Can it extend lifespan? Or can you still retain power after death?

Ghost Tang!

This seemingly absurd but ridiculous idea was like a sharp arrow piercing into Li Shimin's heart.

What if there is no ambition and no desire for imperial power? Does he need to kill his brothers and put his father under house arrest?

He somewhat understood the First Emperor's thoughts. He wanted to be an emperor in life, and he had to be an emperor in death!

Is it really possible that after his death, he was tried by Cui Yu and pronounced guilty?

When the time comes, someone kills his brother and goes to the eighteenth level of hell. Then isn’t he just a pig and a sheep to be slaughtered?

Thinking of this and hearing Yuchi Jingde's words, Li Shimin patted Yuchi Jingde's hand and said with a smile:

"Jingde, you and I have been monarchs and ministers for many years! A few days ago, thanks to you and Qin Shubao guarding my door, I was able to sleep well! How can I be excited by an outsider's nonsense!"

"This monk has weird thoughts and it's hard to predict. I'm afraid there will be trouble in the future!" Yuchi Jingde said.

"Jingde! You helped me to pacify Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande, Liu Heitai, Xu Yuanlang, etc. During the Xuanwumen period, Jingde, you shot Li Yuanji to death and assisted me in killing the crown prince Li Jiancheng. The founding of the Tang Dynasty was yours. Credit!" Li Shimin said with a change of tone.

"I don't dare to take credit, it's all saints and wise people!" Yuchi Jingde said quickly.

"It's just that you, Yi Zhen, and I are all mortals and cannot escape death! I wonder if you will still be my ministers after your death?" Li Shimin asked Yuchi Jingde and Cheng Yaojin softly.

"Saint! Jingde is a saint when he is born, and he is the ghost of a saint when he dies! Wherever the saint's troops arrive, Jingde will be the vanguard!" Yuchi Jingde quickly expressed his loyalty.

"I am also willing to be a guard to protect the saint from the rain of arrows! I will overcome thorns and thorns for the saint!" Cheng Yaojin also expressed his loyalty.

Right now, I can only express my loyalty!

"Okay, okay! You are indeed my brother!" Li Shimin burst into tears when he saw that his general would follow him even if he died.

But it’s not easy to be your brother! The two of them complained secretly in their hearts, but did not dare to say it.

The monarch and his ministers talked for a while, and then Li Shimin said that he was tired and asked the two generals to go back and rest early.

After leaving Li Shimin's palace, Yuchi Jingde and Cheng Yaojin recalled what happened tonight, and they only felt that there was no one to be afraid of!

"That bald donkey..." Cheng Yaojin said.

"Be careful!" Yuchi Jingde interrupted him and said, "I can't say, I will be a national master from now on!"

"He is not a good guy!" Cheng Yaojin said.

"I'm not blind! The Tang Dynasty has been troubled since then!"

After the two left, Li Shimin fell asleep in the palace. He thought about how many of his ministers were willing to follow him, and how cool he would be as the Ghost Emperor, before he fell asleep unconsciously.

For two consecutive days, no resentful ghost disturbed his sleep. On the third day, he suddenly saw and dreamed of someone knocking on the door.

"On the order of the Bodhisattva, I invite Emperor Tang to visit the Pure Land! Please open the door."

"What?" After hearing the Bodhisattva's invitation, Li Shimin quickly got out of bed and opened the door. He saw a boy wearing a blue lotus dress waiting for him outside the door.

It was the boy beside Guanyin Bodhisattva that day, Muzha.

"伱..." Li Shimin didn't know whether the boy was real or fake.

"Don't be afraid, Emperor Tang, come with me!" Mu Zha pointed with his hand, and a white cloud rose from Li Shimin's feet, dragging Li Shimin into the sky.

Li Shimin was a little frightened at first, but then gradually got used to it. When he saw the 108th square of Chang'an City, he saw the palace and Chang'an at his feet, which made him feel proud. Then he saw the holy light behind his head, and the peaceful Guanyin Bodhisattva looked at him with a smile.

"There was some misunderstanding the day before yesterday. Today is a good day. I will take Emperor Tang to visit the Pure Land of our Buddha!"

"Meet the Bodhisattva!" Li Shimin knelt down and said quickly. He didn't know that this was a real Bodhisattva!

"Tang Emperor, come with me!" As he said this, Guanyin Bodhisattva raised his jade hand slightly and flew to the Pure Land with the auspicious clouds. In just a moment, Li Shimin saw a place in the distance, where the auspicious mist filled Tianzhu and the rainbow light embraced the World Honored One.

It is the Pure Land of Whirlpool!

"The sentient beings in the wandering world are content with the ten evils. They can endure all kinds of suffering and refuse to escape. They are a place where the three evils and the five pleasures meet together." Guanshiyin said:

"Then I, the Buddha, pressed my toes on the ground, and suddenly the three thousand great thousand worlds were incomparably solemn, extremely pure, and displayed immeasurable merit."

"This place is the Pure Land of Whirlpool, a place of eternal purity!"

Li Shimin understood. The Bodhisattva said that the Saha world he was in was a big cesspit, and only the place where I, the Buddha, was was a pure place.

He and the Bodhisattva walked on the pure land, and saw the heavens and humans being carefree, misty mist coming and going, and the cold and heat not intruding and remembering the year.

I saw the bhikkhu listening to the Buddha's sermons, with flowers falling from the sky, and golden lotuses sprouting from the ground. He practiced tranquility and returned to his true nature, and his meditation was fruitful.

When he is hungry, there will be a mysterious ape offering fruit and a moose carrying flowers. When he is thirsty, green luan dance and colorful phoenix sing, taking him to the spiritual spring.

The clouds gather at the top of Lingjiu Peak, and the auspicious clouds gather in the Paradise. The golden dragon lies securely, and the jade tiger is safe. The black rabbit comes and goes as you please, and the tortoise and snake hover around you. The red phoenix and the green luan are in a happy mood, and the black ape and the white deer are happy. What a scene of absolute bliss!

Li Shimin looked so happy in his heart! This is the right place to come!

"The time has come, it's time for the Human Emperor to go back!" Guanyin said to Li Shimin when he saw his eyes filled with joy.

"Bodhisattva! Bodhisattva!" Li Shimin was looking at it with joy. When he heard that he was going back, he quickly knelt down and said, "I am willing to take refuge in my Buddha and come to the Pure Land of my mother-in-law!"

"The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty does not have to be like this!" Guanyin Bodhisattva helped Li Shimin and said with a smile: "My Buddha has the Tripitaka of Mahayana Buddhism! The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty can send people to the Great Leiyin Temple in the country of Daxitian to meet my Buddha Tathagata with sincerity. Seek the truth!"

"Let the sentient beings of the Tang Dynasty resolve hundreds of grievances, eliminate unnecessary disasters, and be freed from suffering, and live long and healthy lives!"

"At that time, this whirling pure land had its own land of Emperor Tang!"

"Okay, okay! Everything is as the Bodhisattva said," Li Shimin agreed happily, and then followed Mu Zha back to the Tang Palace.

After returning to the Chang'an Palace, Li Shimin heard the rooster crow, and then when he opened his eyes, he found that he was still lying in the palace's bedroom.

There is also a scrapbook next to him, with a few lines of recitation on it: "With courtesy to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, there is a wonderful article in the West. The journey is a hundred and eight thousand miles, and the Mahayana is diligent. When you return to the upper country with this sutra, you can surpass ghosts and come out of the crowd." If there is anyone who is willing to go, seek Zhengtuan and achieve a golden body."

Looking at this scrapbook, I think back to all the scenes I saw in the pure land, and then I think about all the scenes in the underworld.

To be a heavenly being in the Buddhist world, or to be a ghost emperor?

Is this still a choice?

He wants to send someone to learn from it!

He wants to be a heavenly being!

"Come here, Master Xuanzang!"