He raised his glass and looked at the blue sky with white eyes, as bright as a jade tree before the wind. He is a handsome senior brother, riding a horse and leaning on the bridge, with red sleeves all over the building. He is the charming second senior brother. Nowadays, there is no reason to study history, and wisdom is only for the effort of the spirit. He is the third junior brother who is calm and wise.
1. Xuanzhuang chapter
At that time, he was not an eminent monk respected by everyone, let alone a holy monk worshiped by all the people in the world. He was just an unfavored prince. Although he had the appearance of a true dragon, he had no ambitions and only wanted to be a free and easy man. Therefore, his scheming second brother sold him to an ancient Western country as a hostage and gave him the title of imperial disciple.
How ridiculous to think that the sixth son of the Tang Dynasty, who was originally the son of Empress Dou Mu and a well-deserved heir apparent, became an unwarranted 'imperial younger brother' and was forced to go to a foreign country to obtain the Bible. After this trip, it was not known whether he would ever return.
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