Chapter 417 Fishing
Da'an Palace is close to Beiyuan. Beiyuan is originally used to breed various rare beasts. It is equivalent to a mixture of the Royal Zoo and the Royal Botanical Garden. The scenery is also very beautiful. Da'an Palace is close to Beiyuan, so the scenery is naturally not bad. In fact, there is a crossing Beiyuan here, and Da'an Palace is located in the upper reaches of this river.
Li Xiu and Pei Ji came to Da'an Palace, and then passed through the heavy guards before finally getting inside. After leaving the guards, Pei Ji smiled helplessly: "With such a strict guard, I'm afraid even a bird can't fly in!"
"Haha, in fact, the tighter the guards, the more it means the less confident the prince is. I am afraid that even if he wears the crown in the future, he will still feel guilty!" Li Xiu smiled at this time. He knew Li Shimin's thoughts more than anyone else. Although Li Shimin is arrogant now, he dares to bet that Li Shimin will feel uneasy when he sleeps at night.
While speaking, a little eunuch came to lead them into the palace. Only then did Li Xiu have the opportunity to look at the scenery of Da'an Palace. Although the scale of Da'an Palace is not as large as that of Tai Chi Palace, it is very exquisitely built. There is a natural river passing through it, making it very convenient to divert water in the palace. So many artificial lakes were built, and winding corridors were built on the lakes, which looked a bit like the scene of later southern gardens.
Li Xiu originally thought that Li Yuan should be resting in bed now. After all, when he saw him some time ago, he still looked overly drunk and colored, but he didn't expect that he was led to the last garden by the eunuch. It was not accurate to say that it was a garden. It should be said that it was a lake, because there was very little land in the whole garden, and there were lake water everywhere, with only long corridors and waterside pavilions on the lake surface, and there was a small island made of rockery in the center of the lake, which looked very unique.
Finally, Li Xiu and the others walked along the corridor to a pavilion. Li Yuan was fishing with his back to them. When he heard the footsteps behind him, he turned his head and smiled at Li Xiu and Pei Ji and said, "You two are here, come and fish with me quickly!"
Li Yuan's face was still a bit sick, and he looked a little haggard, but he was in good spirits. He was very happy when he saw Li Xiu and Pei Ji, which surprised Li Xiu and Pei Ji. He walked over and sat down next to Li Yuan. At this time, an eunuch brought them fishing gear.
"How is Your Majesty's health? Is it better?" Pei Ji looked at Li Yuan in surprise and said, after all, when he saw Li Yuan last time, he looked half-dead. He thought he should be lying on the bed to recuperate, but he just sat here fishing, which was really surprising.
"Pei Jian, don't worry. I know my health better than anyone else, and I don't have to lie on the bed when I recuperate. Look at me so leisurely now, wouldn't it be more comfortable than lying on the bed?" Li Yuan said with a smile.
"That's true. Master Sun once said that it's better to move than quietness. As long as your Majesty doesn't work too hard, moderate activities can speed up your physical recovery!" Li Xiu also said with a smile. During this period, he often chatted with Sun Simiao. Although it was mainly him who told Sun Simiao, he would sometimes ask Sun Simiao for some questions about traditional Chinese medicine, which also made his understanding of traditional Chinese medicine gradually deepen.
"Look! I, the son-in-law of a genius doctor, say the same thing, so Pei Jian, please put your heart in your stomach. Come and fish with me. Let's compare who caught the most and the largest fish!" Li Yuan couldn't help but laugh and said to Pei Ji when he heard Li Xiu's words. It can be seen that since he moved out of the palace, Li Yuan's mood has changed a lot.
"Since Your Majesty has such a good mood, I should accompany you!" Pei Ji believed Li Xiu's words without doubt. He immediately put down his worries, picked up the fishing gear next to him with a smile, and then accompanied Li Xiu to fish with Li Yuan.
Speaking of fishing, Li Xiu is also an old expert. After all, as long as he has free time in recent years, he will go to the yellow canal to fish. He had this hobby in his previous life, but unfortunately he didn't have time and only understood some theories. In this life, he finally applied all theories to reality, so he was confident that the fishing technique was quite good.
However, Li Xiu soon discovered that Li Yuan and Pei Ji's fishing skills were much better than him. After the three of them chose their own positions, Li Yuan was the first to catch fish, and then Pei Ji, but Li Xiu still found nothing. It was not until Li Yuan caught the second fish that Li Xiu caught a small fish.
"Haha~, it seems that your luck is not very good. I'm afraid you will lose to me and Pei Jian today!" Li Xiu was very close to Li Yuan. Seeing that he had caught a small fish for so long, he couldn't help but smile.
"Your Majesty said very much. My luck with Pei Xiang is indeed not very good today. For example, when I came, I was blocked on the Zhuque Street and met two monks in a row. The ancients said, "Monks and nuns, you will lose every gambling." It turns out that the ancients really did not deceive me!" Li Xiu also joked deliberately that although fishing is a technical job, luck is also very important.
"Hahahahaha~, which ancient man could say such a bastard?" Sure enough, Li Yuan couldn't help laughing at the sky when he heard Li Xiu's words, but when he was halfway through laughter, he suddenly said with some confusion, "No, Zhuque Street is so wide, how could you be blocked on the road?"
When Pei Ji, who was next to him, turned his head and smiled: "It's quite interesting to talk about this, and we also met Fu Yi. He wanted to visit His Majesty, but unfortunately he knew that he couldn't get in, so he could only ask me to say hello to His Majesty on his behalf."
"Fu Yi, he is also a loyal person!" When he was in trouble, he heard that there were friends like Fu Yi thinking about him. Li Yuan said with emotion at this time, but then he smiled again, "You said you met a monk and then Fu Yi, no need to ask, Fu Yi must have had a conflict with the other party!"
"Haha, Your Majesty is indeed as expected. When we were on the way here just now, we met a monk pretending to be a god, which attracted a lot of foolish people to watch, and even blocked the Suzaku Street..."
Pei Ji smiled and told the story. Li Yuan also listened with relish. Especially for the methods of the monk, he asked Li Xiu specifically. Finally, when he heard that Fu Yi almost suffered a loss and made a fool of himself, he couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly. Fu Yi is actually a very knowledgeable person, and his ordinary methods can't hide his eyes. He is just a little impulsive, but this time he almost suffered a great loss. I hope he can gain a better memory in the future.
"There seems to be more monks in Chang'an City in the past two years, and I don't know what's going on?" Li Yuan pondered for a moment after hearing this, and finally suddenly said that he had only started to pay attention to this matter in the past two years. He wanted to send someone to check the reason, but unfortunately he now ended up like this.
"This minister knows a little!" Li Xiu suddenly spoke at this time. In fact, he suddenly thought of a possibility when he saw Xuanzang.
"Oh? What news do you know about the son-in-law?" Li Yuan also looked at Li Xiu in surprise when he heard this. The more he contacted Li Xiu, the more he realized that he could not see through this son-in-law. He could do some amazing things in many things.
"Actually, this matter is related to India. Your Majesty must also know that India is the birthplace of Buddhism. But it is strange that although Buddhism in India has been prosperous for a while, it soon declined. Moreover, another religion has always been popular in India. Buddhism is not very popular under the suppression of that religion. However, a king appeared in the north of India. He is more tolerant of domestic religions, especially Buddhism, which has also made Buddhism flourish in India. Those monks may have come out of India to preach!" Li Xiu explained with a smile.
When he saw Xuanzang, Li Xiu suddenly realized that the one who ruled northern India now should be the famous King of Jie Ri in Indian history. Although this King of Jie Ri was a Brahmin, he supported Buddhism very much, which also led to the prosperity of Buddhism in northern India and naturally began to preach to the outside world.
"It's not right. Many monks seem to be from the Western Regions?" Pei Ji asked in confusion again at this time. Not to mention anything else, the Master Zlo they met before seemed to be claimed to be from the Western Regions?
"Pei Xiang didn't know that there were two roads from India to the Tang Dynasty. One was the sea route in the south, and the other was to cross the mountains to reach the Western Regions first, and then from the Western Regions to reach the Tang Dynasty. In comparison, the sea route was not only far away, but also had great risks. Therefore, many monks from India would go to the Western Regions first. If outsiders don't know their origin, they naturally thought they came from the Western Regions."
Li Xiu smiled again and explained that when he saw Master Zlo just now, he felt that he was more like an Indian in later generations. Thinking about the monks he met before, it seemed that many of them were Indians, which made him more sure of his guess.
"So that's it!" Li Yuan and Pei Ji nodded suddenly when they heard this, but at this moment Li Yuan suddenly thought of something and said in confusion again, "Mr. Concubine, didn't you just say that you met two monks? Why are you talking about only one and the other now?
"The other one should be kneeling outside the Liangyi Hall. It's interesting to say that this incident was also caused by a monk and a fake Buddha tooth was presented. However, it was later recognized by the prince-consort as a gem called diamond, which is known as the hardest thing in the world..."
Pei Ji talked about what he had just happened in Liangyi Hall again. As a result, Li Yuan was still listening with relish at first, but his face gradually became gloomy, because he was originally dealing with such things, but now he didn't know about it at all. Instead, Pei Ji had to convey it to the outside world before he could know the news from the outside world. This made him think of his situation again and his mood suddenly became worse.
Chapter completed!