The small Buddhist temple in Xiao Mansion originally had bamboos planted on all sides. In order to prepare for the Buddha's meeting, Xiao Yu ordered people to cut off the good bamboo in front and lay bluestone. A large Buddha statue was also shaped at the entrance of the Buddhist temple.

At this time, the night had already fallen, and the entire Xiao Mansion Back Garden was decorated with lights everywhere, and dozens of giant torches were illuminated in front of the Buddhist temple as if it were daytime.

Li Shimin and a group of guests were standing in front of the big Buddha statue at this time, staring at the red coal fire burning in the cauldron in front of the Buddha statue without blinking.

Xiao Yu stood beside him and explained to Li Shimin quietly, "According to the Buddhist scriptures, doing this should be in a pure Buddhist temple that is shining with Buddha's light all year round."

When Li Shimin heard this, he did not accept him. Instead, he turned his head to look at Xuanzang who was standing on his right hand. When Xuanzang saw Li Shimin seeing him, he just folded his hands together, lowered his head and said, "Amitabha!"

Li Shimin didn't know what he meant, so he turned to look at the fire in the tripod.

Xiao Yu felt embarrassed when he saw this, but he thought that as long as gold was refined from the cauldron later, everything would be fine.

Then he continued, "Fortunately, the old minister has a sincere heart to worship Buddha on weekdays, so my family's small Buddhist temple can barely make do with it. It is because these masters have profound magical powers and are willing to reduce their magical powers to perform this Buddhist magic for our Emperor of the Tang Dynasty."

When Li Shimin heard this, he glanced at the three monks who were constantly circling around the hot cauldron. Seeing the three monks looking solemnly on their faces while walking, they were still muttering, and obviously attached great importance to this matter. He thought that it was indeed not easy for them to come to the Tang Dynasty and be willing to demonstrate Buddhism to themselves, so he nodded unconsciously.

The fire in the cauldron is getting stronger and stronger, and the temperature around the surroundings rises sharply. Some people who are not very interested in this matter will unconsciously retreat out slowly.

Gradually, the people standing in front of the cauldron seemed to be sparse. The three monks closest to the cauldron were sweating profusely at this time, and were still chanting scriptures around the cauldron.

Li Shimin was impatient and had to take two steps back, looking around and there was no place to sit in front of the Buddhist temple, so he felt a little unhappy.

When Xiao Yu saw this, he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty here, the monks perform Buddhism, and Buddhas and Bodhisattvas come to watch the ceremony one after another, so he did not set up a seat for the person."

Li Shimin snorted angrily when he heard this, and was about to speak, but when Xiao Rui, who was standing in front, suddenly pointed at the big tripod and said in surprise, "Gold, gold, gold!"

When everyone heard this, they hurriedly walked forward a few steps and then opened their eyes wide and looked into the cauldron.

Li Shimin didn't care about scolding Xiao Yu anymore, and hurriedly walked forward two steps to look into the cauldron. Sure enough, he saw a piece of gold the size of a nail in the red fire, shining with the fire.

Seeing this, he couldn't help but take a breath of air. When the monk returned to the charcoal, he ordered Xue Wanche to check it carefully. There was only charcoal in it. Now he had to refine gold. He couldn't help but look at the monk with some fear, "He can really turn stones into gold!"

Seeing this old face, Xiao Yu smiled like a chrysanthemum, and said proudly, "What is Your Majesty saying? If you didn't really turn stones into gold, wouldn't the old minister be guilty of deceiving the emperor?"

Li Shimin still stared at the firelight in the cauldron with both eyes and wanted to see if there was another piece of gold out of the firelight. He nodded and said, "I know that Xiao Qing's family is cautious in doing things."

Seeing that Li Shimin was focused on the big tripod, Xiao Yu stopped disturbing him, and looked up into the tripod.

After a while, a few pieces of gold appeared in the cauldron. Everyone didn't care about the heat anymore and looked at the coal fire in the cauldron with concentration, hoping that more gold would appear in the cauldron, and they didn't even notice that the coal fire became weaker and weaker.

In the end, the fire in the cauldron completely turned into a pile of dead fire. Three monks who were fished out of water stopped and cast spells and retreated to the Buddhist temple behind.

The monk Hongfa from Famen Temple walked out of the Buddhist temple and bowed to Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty's ritual has been over. Please order someone to carry out all the gold from the coal ash!"

Only then did Li Shimin raise his head and take a deep breath, and said to the monk Hongfa, "Thank you, several Indian monks."

Upon hearing this, Chongfa hurriedly bowed to Li Shimin again and said, "How can you be said to be hard to perform the Dharma for Your Majesty!"

Li Shimin signaled Xue Wanche to take the gold from the big tripod. Xue Wanche took a white porcelain plate and took people to the edge of the tripod and pulled it up with a long tong.

Li Shimin and the others kept watching Xue Wanche clamping gold pieces outwards without leaving. The gold in the cauldron became less and less. Every time Xue Wanche clamped out one piece, he had to stir it in the cauldron for a long time with a fire tong. However, whenever he clamped out another piece of gold, everyone breathed a sigh of relief as if he had put down a heavy burden of a thousand pounds.

Finally, Xue Wanche stirred the coal ash in the cauldron for a long time and turned all the coal ash into powder, but did not find any gold. Then he raised his head and raised the plate in his hand and said, "Your Majesty has been stripped out, that's all!"

Li Shimin looked at the plate of brilliant gold and smiled, "That's all, at least twenty or thirty taels."

While presenting the plate containing gold to Li Shimin, Xue Wanche flattered and said, "Your Majesty, indeed, his eyes are as good as a ruler, and there are indeed twenty or thirty taels."

When everyone saw Li Shimin happy, they hurriedly bowed to Li Shimin and said, "Congratulations to Your Majesty, after the Tang Dynasty obtained this magical technique, there will be endless gold!"

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When everyone claimed to congratulate, Xiao Rui had already ordered his servants to set up a banquet on the other side of the bamboo forest to summon Li Shimin and everyone.

Li Shimin took advantage of the lights in Xiao Mansion to walk to the banquet. The monk Hongfa followed him and said, "It's really shameful to say that His Majesty came to the three monks to cast the spells and only received twenty or thirty taels of gold once. If he could cast the spells by three monks in the Pure Land of Buddhism where monks chanted scriptures and worshipped the Buddha for a long time, he would definitely get hundreds of twelve taels of gold at one time."

The few people walking beside him took a breath when they heard this. In the early Tang Dynasty, there were very few precious metals and coins except strings of money or silk.

The gold was even less than pity. Li Chengqian had already melted all the bronze ware in the temples where Chang'an City was sealed. This was also the reason why Li Shimin had never dared to accept the order to pardon the monks of Longshouyuan.

Everyone was surprised to hear that one spell cast could get 100 taels of gold.

Li Shimin was very embarrassed and didn't know how to answer. Xiao Yu assisted next to him. He ignored Li Shimin's walking forward and stopped Li Shimin and bowed, "I ask Your Majesty to forgive the monks who are still suffering in Longshouyuan, and let them go back to the temple to chant the scriptures and worship Buddha, so that the Buddhist monks can cast magic and enlighten more gold for the country."

Li Shimin's face was unstable. Although he liked gold very much, he was deeply influenced by Confucianism. He knew that the strange gods could not last long, and it was very likely that the prince's face would be unworthy.

But looking at the fiery eyes of everyone, I knew that if the incident tonight was spread, someone would definitely write a letter to request the pardon of the monk Longshouyuan. But there were Confucian scholars such as Zhu Suiliang in the court. How could they agree to pardon the monk Longshouyuan using this as a reason?

Li Shimin thought that he hadn't drunk yet, and he actually had a headache. Just when Li Shimin had a headache, the butler of Xiao's house ran in quickly and said, "Go back to Master, the prince's ceremonial guard has arrived at the door."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and Xiao Yu didn't know what to do for a moment. No matter what, Li Chengqian came to the ceremonial battle. As a minister, he had to go to the gate of the mansion to greet him, but...

"When Chengqian is here, let Xiao Rui go to the door to welcome him in!" Li Shimin was relieved when he heard that Li Chengqian was here, so he simply gave him a problem to solve.

Xiao Rui hurriedly bowed and left to welcome Li Chengqian.
Chapter completed!