Chapter 0286 Forcibly search the temple
Pure Land Temple is the second largest temple in the temple of Luoyang, the capital of Shendu, after White Horse Temple. It is famous because Master Xuanzang once became a monk here. At night, hundreds of gangsters and warriors came outside the east gate of Pure Land Temple, led by Lai Junchen himself.
After more than ten days of secret investigation, Lai Junchen's subordinates finally discovered an underground secret room in the Pure Land Temple. This was the news that Lai Junchen had arrested seven or eight monks in the Pure Land Temple in succession and questioned, but no one knew who this secret room belonged to.
Lai Junchen was almost losing patience. These days he investigated Li Zhen, and except for Wu Sansi giving him a gold medal in Xingtang Club, he almost won nothing else.
Yesterday morning, the important criminal Zhuang Wenzhong was robbed again. Although Lai Junchen knew that it was Li Zhen's actions, he had no evidence. The situation was very unfavorable to Lai Junchen. After repeated consideration, Lai Junchen decided to take the initiative to attack and forcibly search the Pure Land Temple.
Dongdong, the black samurai knocked on the side door of the Jingtu Temple. After a while, the side door creaked and a crack opened. A monk leaned his head and looked around. He found that there were crowds of black people outside. He was so scared that he hurriedly wanted to close the door, but the warriors held it back and pushed open the side door.
The gangsters and warriors rushed in. More than a dozen monks in the temple were so scared that they stumbled towards the backyard. Lai Junchen stepped into the gate of the temple. He looked at the temple and walked quickly towards the inner courtyard surrounded by a large group of samurai. The gangsters and warriors lit torches one after another, illuminating the place where they passed like day.
They came to the square in front of the temple's Dharma Hall. At this time, the temple's host, Master Guanghong, had received the news and led a large group of monks to welcome them.
There were more than 2,000 monks in Pure Land Temple. The black monks stood in the square with great momentum and completely suppressed the black officials with only more than 100 people. However, Lai Junchen took action himself, which still made Master Guanghong very worried.
He stepped forward and bowed and bowed and said, "Amitabha, I wonder what is the value of coming to Zhongcheng here late at night?"
Lai Junchen took out his censor's gold medal and raised it high, and said coldly: "I have received news that there are rebels hidden in the Pure Land Temple, so I'll search it."
Lai Junchen's gold medal for the censor was given by Wu Zetian. He saw the plaque as if he was facing him and would not easily take it out. But today, in order to find Li Zhen's secret treasure, Lai Junchen also took the initiative.
Master Guanghong and dozens of monks were so scared that they knelt down one after another when they saw the gold medal of the Censor. Master Guanghong said in a deep voice: "I have come to Zhongcheng, the Pure Land Temple is a place for Buddhas. It will not involve court disputes, nor will it hide rebels. I am afraid that Zhongcheng came to Zhongcheng and listened to the rumors by mistake."
Lai Junchen sneered, "The monks in White Horse Temple also said that they were dedicated to the Buddha, but what was the result? They actually wanted to attack the palace. The old nun in Hanoi claimed to be the reincarnation of Tathagata, but how much money she cheated? These days, monks and nuns cannot believe it at all."
Master Guanghong hates that some people bring him together with Xue Huaiyi and Hanoi Old Ni, which is a great insult to his reputation. He said hatefully: "Xue Huaiyi is not a monk, and Hanoi Old Ni is even more evil. He is hated by real Buddhist children. How can come to Zhongcheng to bring the Pure Land Temple and these two people together?"
"Stop talking nonsense"
Lai Junchen was already a little impatient, and he said viciously to the monks: "Go and open the secret room under the pagoda, otherwise I will burn your temple with fire.
Master Guanghong then realized that the monk who disappeared in his temple these days was captured by Lai Junchen. Otherwise, how could he know the secret room under the pagoda? It was the secret of the Pure Land Temple, and only a few monks knew about it.
Master Guanghong was not willing to let Lai Junchen destroy the secret room of the pagoda. He gritted his teeth and said, "I don't know why Lai Zhongcheng wanted to investigate the secret room. It was the place where the abbot of Pure Land Temple has been buried for all generations. It is the holy place of Pure Land Temple. It has not been opened for more than 20 years. Please forgive me for not being able to obey my orders."
Lai Junchen would not believe him. When he saw Master Guanghong pushing and hindering, he was furious in his heart. He grabbed Master Guanghong's cassock and swung it backwards. Several black officials and warriors grabbed him and forced him out of the door.
When the monks saw that the abbot was arrested, they were excited and shouted loudly, "Let the abbot let the person go." They rushed up from all directions. In the future, Junchen and his subordinates surrounded him. Dozens of monks guarding the abbot's disappearance with sticks and rescued Master Guanghong in just a moment.
Seeing that the other party was full of people, Lai Junchen was angry and anxious, and shouted loudly to Master Guanghong: "Old monk, I came to the Pure Land Temple to investigate the case according to the emperor's will. You actually resisted the order and besieged the court ministers. Do you want to rebel?"
Master Guanghong also knew that he could not force Lai Junchen to do anything. If this cruel official angered him, he would probably destroy the Pure Land Temple. He pondered for a moment and then compromised to Lai Junchen: "Lai Zhongcheng, I can open the secret room of the pagoda, but you are not allowed to rush into the destruction. I can only lead you a few of you in and check it out."
Lai Junchen smiled sinisterly, "You can agree to your conditions."
"Then let's make up our minds and invite Zhongcheng to bring a few followers to me."
Master Guanghong was extremely smart and was willing to take a few people there. He knew that if all the gangsters and warriors were asked to go to the pagoda, Lai Junchen would definitely not keep his promise. As a result, all these warriors rushed in and would destroy the Dharma body of the abbots of all generations. At that time, he was the sinner of the Pure Land Temple.
Seeing that he was very smart, Lai Junchen admired him, so he followed him to the pagoda behind the temple with his five subordinates.
The pagoda of Pure Land Temple is made of white marble. It is about eight feet high and is divided into nine floors. It is mainly used to worship the magical instruments of monks of Pure Land Temple throughout the ages.
Like all the pagodas in the temples of the Tang Dynasty, the pagodas in the Pure Land Temple also have underground palaces. After the passing of the abbots of all generations, the Dharma body will be sent into the niches of the underground palace. Over the past hundred years, eight generations of abbots have been buried in the pagoda underground palace.
Master Guanghong burned incense and prayed, and recited the scriptures of atonement. Then he ordered several trusted disciples to open the underground palace. He heard a loud rumbling sound. The big stone slowly moved away, revealing a dark cave. There was a stairs in front of the cave, leading to the underground palace.
Master Guanghong waved his hand and said, "Come to Zhongcheng and ask."
Lai Junchen was not willing to enter the underground palace by himself. He gave Liu Guangye a wink. Liu Guangye had no choice but to bring a few followers and followed Master Guanghong into the underground palace with his teeth.
At this time, Lai Junchen had a feeling of inconsistency. Judging from the opening of the underground palace gate, I'm afraid the underground palace has not been opened for decades. Of course, Li Zhen could not hide the original works of Yu Shinan in it, but his subordinates saw Li Zhen entering the temple with his own eyes, but came out empty-handed. Is there any other treasures in the temple?
Think about it, this is the reason. How can these monks know about Li Zhen’s private treasure hiding place?
About a stick of incense, Liu Guangye ran out of the underground palace with his nose covered his nose and whispered to Lai Junchen: "There is nothing else except a few corpses.
"Is there any dark room inside?"
Liu Guangye shook his head, "I have checked carefully, there is no dark room."
At this time, Master Guanghong finally came out, and he was angry and hatred in his heart, and said to Lai Junchen angrily: "Lai Zhongcheng should have nothing to say now."
Lai Junchen said coldly: "The emperor passed the oral instructions that the Jingtu Temple had privately hidden traitors. He ordered the Censor Lai Junchen to search the temple in a comprehensive manner. No one should disobey, otherwise he would be punished for a serious crime of traitor."
Lai Junchen fabricated Wu Zetian's oral order, which was the best thing to do, which shocked Master Guanghong to be stunned. Lai Junchen immediately ordered: "Tell me the order, search the entire temple, and no corners are allowed to be let go."
The thorough search of the Pure Land Temple was not until noon the next day. What disappointed Lai Junchen was that their search was found nothing, and even searched on the beams of the main hall, and no trace of the treasure was found at all.
At this time, Lai Junchen's belief was a little shaken. He paced back and forth in the Zen room with his hands behind his back. Could it be that he had been deceived by Li Zhen and had no treasure at all. It was fake news that Li Pan lied to Suo Wen? Lai Junchen knew that Li Zhen was extremely cunning, and it was entirely possible for him to be deceived by Li Pan as a fool.
But Lai Junchen's investigation during this period was based on Li Zhen's private hiding the list of swearings. If this condition is not true, then all his investigations these days will be wasted, wasting so much energy and time.
Why was Lai Junchen unwilling to give up? He tried his best to convince himself that Li Zhen had indeed hidden the list of oaths, and he did not burn it up like the rumors, and he would not have found the list of oaths as he said to the Lord.
Lai Junchen firmly believed that Li Zhen had won the list, and Zhuang Wenzhong's gold medal was the best proof, proving that Li Yuanjia did not hide the list and the gold medal elsewhere. Since the gold medal was on Li Xunzhi, the oath list must be in Li Yuanjia's secret room. Li Zhen was the first to find this secret room, how could the list not be in Li Zhen's hands?
At this time, Liu Guangye walked in with a frustrated look on his face. Lai Junchen immediately asked, "Have you found anything?"
Liu Guangye shook his head and said that he had found nothing. He sighed and said, "Zhongcheng, you have searched three times and found nothing. There should be no secret hidden in the Pure Land Temple."
"That's strange. Where did you hide?" Lai Junchen said to himself.
At this moment, a warrior outside rushed to the door to report: "Report to Zhongcheng, King Liang sent someone to deliver a letter to Zhongcheng."
Lai Junchen was stunned and immediately ordered: "Take him in."
Soon, a Wu Sansi's confidant walked in quickly and bowed and said, "Come to Zhongcheng, Your Highness, King Liang has important matters to discuss with Zhongcheng, please Zhongcheng go to Liang's mansion as soon as possible."
"What's up?"
"I don't know that I am the only one who says this, please go to the Liang Palace as soon as possible."
Lai Junchen was a little surprised. What urgent things did Wu Sansi have to find him?
Chapter completed!