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Chapter Thirty-Nine Sixteen Arhats

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At this time, the suave young man said, "Fifth brother, how can you talk to your elder brother like this? Besides, didn't your father ask you to go to the fief after you get healed?"

Li You cursed in secretly and meddled with nostalgia, but said with a smile on his face:

"Third brother, fourth brother, aren't you all here? Of course I'll join in the fun too."

A young man next to him with a thick waist and a smiling face suddenly became unhappy. He was watching the show on the side, so why did he pull him in?

It turned out that these young people were Li Shimin's sons, namely Crown Prince Li Chengqian, Third King of Wu Li Ke, Fourth King of Wei Li Tai, and King of Qi Li You who had just been released after being jailed for a month.

It can be said that for now, the few of them are most likely to take over the throne of Li Shimin.

Because those who support Li Chengqian and Li Tai are the Guanlong family and the Jiangnan family, and behind Li Ke and Li You are many nobles of the previous dynasty.

In terms of the forces behind them, except for Li You who are relatively weak, the other three are very competitive.

So, just now, Li Tai saw that Li Chengqian and others were not dealing with each other, so of course he was so happy to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight.

Now that Li You is dragged into the water, he can only add fuel to the fire with a smile on his face:

"Li Tai meets a eldest brother, third brother."

"Fifth brother, as the elder brother is like a father, why do you say that to elder brother? Although the elder brother is inconvenient in legs and feet, aren't there still servants?"

At this time, Li Chengqian's face was gloomy.

None of these younger brothers is a good-for-nothing person, and they are always eyeing the position of prince under their butt.

Among them, the most threatening one is Li Tai. Don’t look like he usually looks smiling, but he is the one who likes to cause trouble the most.

Since Li Chengqian's legs became limp, Li Tai relied on Li Shimin's favor and encouraged Li Shimin to change the prince, because Li Chengqian's lame legs damaged the image of the royal family.

If it weren't for the Guanlong family standing behind Li Chengqian, his conspiracy might have succeeded.

Moreover, on weekdays, Li Tai, with his talent, even recites poems and essays to secretly mock Li Chengqian. Therefore, although the two were born to the same mother, they were the most unfavorable of so many brothers.

Li Chengqian is not afraid of straightforward people like Li You. The most terrifying thing is a smiling tiger like Li Tai.

Scandal to Li Tai, Li Chengqian shouted in a deep voice:

"Although my legs and feet are a little inconvenient, I can still walk by myself. But I, the fourth brother, need servants to carry them to the court meeting. I really should lose weight, otherwise the people would think that our princes are all corpses and fish people."

Unexpectedly, Li Chengqian, who has always been gentle, dared to mock him, and the fat on Li Tai's face trembled involuntarily.

Seeing the atmosphere a little nervous, the handsome Li Ke smiled slightly and said with a look of spring breeze:

"It's all my family members, and my family affairs. We brothers shouldn't be embarrassed in front of outsiders. Let's go in as soon as possible. I think the time is almost done."

A cold light flashed in Li Tai's eyes and he cursed inwardly. What he was most jealous of was Li Ke's handsome face. Sometimes he even fantasized that if he was so handsome, the throne would definitely be within his control. After a cold snort, several people walked into the auction hall one after another.

With Li Chengqian and his friends coming, the representatives of noble families from various families in the venue stood up to greet each other. Naturally, the few people sat in the front row of the aristocratic families that supported them.

Seeing such a big noise in the auction hall, even his sons came in person, Li Shimin glared at Yang Fan with some displeasure.

Yang Fan touched his nose without fear. Anyway, here, Old Li in front of him was just a royal family, not Li Shimin.

Besides, if these princes were not invited, how could they be able to put on the wool on these aristocratic families? These aristocratic families have bet on these princes separately.

After everyone sat down, someone shouted in dissatisfaction: "What's going on? Are we sitting here?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a young man trotted to the front desk. This person was Wang Xuance who had just left Yang Fan and the others' room.

He shouted loudly to everyone to be quiet, and then announced that the treasure appraisal meeting will begin now.

At this time, someone below was dissatisfied and yelled: "We were invited to come. Why did Wannian County and County Uncle not personally preside over the treasure appraisal meeting? It's too much. We should give us an explanation."

Suddenly, the quiet auction venue suddenly became noisy again, and everyone accused Yang Fan of being rude.

Li Ke looked at this scene with his lips slightly raised, but he was quite disdainful of these people. If Yang Fan was really here, would you really dare to speak like this?

Although he had never met Yang Fan, he admired Yang Fan very much. He angrily broke into the Duke's Mansion and slapped the Duke's Mansion, and even fought against Prince Li You. These things seemed reckless, but they were not a kind of pleasure of revenge.

Although in the eyes of the Chang'an nobles, Yang Fan is a bastard and an infamous person who is greedy and lustful, who is not afraid of three points?

As a prince and a prince, he seems noble, but in fact he is intrigued and flattered every day. He thinks about it and makes him feel depressed, so it would be better to be a stick!

Just as he was pondering, he only heard.

"My son was recruited into the palace by His Majesty today. Therefore, today's appreciation meeting will be hosted by the next generation. If anyone here has any dissatisfaction, the son will definitely come to apologize after he comes back from the palace."

Although Wang Xuance is still young, he is an excellent diplomat. He is not comparable to ordinary people in terms of character, ability or eloquence. He is not panicked by the annoyance of these people at the scene. Instead, he looks calm and neither humble nor arrogant.

His words are very artistic. Don’t you want to cause trouble for the young master? OK, the young master has been summoned by His Majesty today. If you have the ability, go and call him back!

When everyone heard this, they didn't dare to cause any trouble and changed the topic:

"Aren't we asked us to participate in some treasure appraisal? Where is the treasure? Why don't you take it out and let me wait and see it?"

Seeing that the effect had been achieved, Wang Xuance waved his hand and said, "Since you are so anxious, it is not convenient to keep it in the trap again. There are two groups of immortal objects. Please appreciate the first group first, come and invite the immortal objects..."

For some reason, the light in the auction hall gradually dimmed, and the light on the stage of Wang Xuance Station was like daytime.

When everyone was wondering, they saw more than a dozen servants holding the box and placing it lightly beside Wang Xuance.

Everyone is curious, everyone stretches their necks and looks forward to it, and they all want to see what kind of treasure this fairy creature that has been spread more and more gods is.

Even Prince Li Chengqian held his breath, fearing that he would blow the immortal objects away after taking a breath.

Wang Xuance casually placed a treasure on the desk in front of him and gently uncovered the lid.

The whole scene was silent, as if only everyone's heartbeat could be heard.

Everyone stared at the box without blinking, holding their breath.

What kind of treasure is so mysterious?

When Wang Xuance saw this scene, his face remained unchanged, but he was happy and his admiration for his son deepened.

After all, these techniques were taught by Yang Fan, and when he opened the lid, the slower the movement, the better, because this can more arouse everyone's curiosity.

He suppressed the smile in his heart, took out a glass box more than two feet high. It contained something but was covered with a red silk cloth.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then a booed sound broke out.

"What the hell is Yang Fan's stick?"

"Are you here to play with us?"

"This is too unregulated, too much!"

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Everyone expressed their dissatisfaction, but the desire in their eyes was not reduced at all, and it was even better. Babies that could be packed in glass boxes were not simple.

Wang Xuance ignored everyone's urging, reached into the glass box with both hands, held something lightly and took it out.

After gently putting it on the desk, lift the red silk scarf covered with it, and a crystal clear luster passed through everyone's eyes.

Everyone who was still cursing just now closed their mouths and looked up.

A statue nearly two feet tall, crystal clear and faintly visible light appeared in front of everyone.

Everyone present was a knowledgeable person. Seeing such a large glass statue, he couldn't help but take a breath.

Rumors are the immortal objects that fell into the Weishui River are made of glass products. It turns out to be true, but what is the sculpture? Many people don’t know.

After hearing the words of Amitabha, Master Rende, the abbot of Caotang Temple, stood up excitedly and spoke the Buddha's name. Then, the abbots of Famen Temple, Huayan Temple and other temples stood up excitedly, with their eyes shining brightly.

In the room, Li Shimin and Cheng Yaojin were also stunned and looked at Yang Fan with confusion:

"Is this also an immortal thing caught in the Weishui River?"

Then Li Shimin then asked with an angry look on his face, "Why didn't I let me take a look first yesterday?"

Yang Fan was a little depressed and thought, if you showed it to you, wouldn’t it be all taken away by you?

But he replied: "I have transported these things for a long time and are not in the mansion."

As for whether Li Shimin believes it or not, it doesn't matter to him.

Li Shimin's eyes were full of disbelief. If such a precious immortal thing was not placed in the mansion, would he deceive the ghost?

But there is nothing to do. After all, I just cheated three of his big glass beasts yesterday, so I didn't feel too distressed, so I asked angrily:

"It's a bit far away and I can't see clearly. What is that?"

Yang Fan had no choice but to explain:

"This is the sixteen Arhats' Glazed Golden Body Statue of Buddhism..."

Only then did Li Shimin and the others realize that no wonder the abbots of the temples just now were moved. It turned out to be the Buddhist statue of arhat's glass golden body.

Arhat, also known as Arhat, means that it can eliminate all troubles, reach the state of Nirvana, and no longer suffer from the suffering of life and death.

According to legend, in order to allow the Buddha's Dharma to be passed down in the future after the Buddha's death and to give sentient beings the opportunity to listen to the Dharma, Sakyamuni Buddha instructed the sixteen Arhats to live in the world forever, promote the Dharma in various places, benefit sentient beings, practice perfectly and have the virtue of guiding sentient beings to be good, so he became a saint who is able to receive offerings from humans and heavenly beings.

After Buddhism was introduced to Huaxia, in the late Tang Dynasty, the Sixteen Arhats became the subject of artists' creation, and later evolved into the Eighteen Arhats.

Therefore, in the Tang Dynasty, Buddhism only spread the legend of the Sixteen Arhats.
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