Chapter 0079 Hanoi Old Ni
The three people in the room were stunned. What's going on?
At this time, the door opened and three people walked in. The leader was an old monk with white eyebrows and white beards. The monk in the room quickly stood up, clasped his hands and saluted, "Sir!"
The old monk with white eyebrows and white beards was Master Zhiguang, the abbot of Linzhi Temple. He nodded, walked to Li Zhen to sit down, and asked with concern: "Do you still feel dizzy?"
Li Zhen smiled gratefully at the old monk and said, "I guess I won't have it after drinking the porridge."
Master Zhiguang's eyes showed a look of relief, he gently stroked his long beard, and said apologetically: "I'm afraid I'm going to trouble you to change your place to cultivate. Alas! In fact, not only the young master, but all the monks in Linzhi Temple are going to move away."
"Master, what happened?"
"A monk from Hanoi took a fancy to Linzhi Temple, and the emperor rewarded her with the temple. All the monks in our temple were to move to Baoguo Temple outside the city. It was originally given three days, but yesterday someone ran away and said that they would move all of them this morning. I guess you heard it just now. Now even the monk's guest room you live in is to move away. Shaolang, sorry!"
"We are fine, but this Hanoi Old Ni is too arrogant! Who is her origin?"
"What's the origin?"
A young monk behind him said angrily: "It's just a dog of Xue Huaiyi. He promotes evil sayings and defiles Buddhism. He is even valued by the emperor. It's simply...."
"Qingyuan, stop talking!" Zhiguang's eyes interrupted him with a stern look.
The young monk did not dare to continue and put his hands together and stepped down. Zhiguang presided over and said to Li Zhen again: "Although Shaolang's poisonousness has gone, the arrow injury has not healed. At least three or four days of cultivation, otherwise it will affect the meridians of the legs. Please ask Shaolang to go to Baoguo Temple with us."
"Yes, I can leave at any time!" Li Zhen didn't care about the transfer of the place. For him, it was the same everywhere.
At this time, the young monk whispered again: "Master, do I want to notify the master of the forbidden room in the backyard?"
"No need, no one dares to enter that forbidden room, and Hanoi Old Ni dares not."
Li Zhen asked curiously: "Master, what is the forbidden room?"
The host Zhiguang smiled and said, "It is a Guanyin Hall bought by a powerful man in Linzhi Temple. It is privately worshipped and is a forbidden house in this temple. No one is allowed to enter, and Hanoi's old nun dares to enter."
"Which powerful house is it?"
The host Zhiguang smiled slightly, "Li Shaolang, there is not much time left, let's go!"
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The reason why Hanoi Lao Ni is interested in Linzhi Temple is because Linzhi Temple is located north of Luoshui, close to Lidefang, the imperial city, and has a very advantageous geographical location.
In addition, the yards north of the Luoshui are mainly living in poor families and low-ranking craftsmen, which are easy to attract believers. Therefore, after visiting more than a dozen temples in the city, the old man in Hanoi finally chose Linzhi Temple.
The monks of Linzhi Temple have been relocated yesterday. Since Hanoi Lao Ni entered the city early, Linzhi Temple must be completely cleared in the morning to live for Hanoi Lao Ni and her disciples.
Li Zhen was carried into a carriage, and Jiuzhi also sat in the carriage, and the carriage began to slowly drive out of the East City.
"Old Li, I have also heard some rumors about this Hanoi nun. She called herself Jingguang Tathagata and could predict the future. It is said that this old nun only ate 81 rice and 18 beans a day, and still grows fat, white and round. There are tens of thousands of believers in Hanoi. This time she went to Beijing, she heard that more than 10,000 believers followed her."
"Where did you hear these rumors?"
"Hey! Luoyang City has spread, and people are talking everywhere in the restaurants and brothels. Anyway, you close your eyes and don't know the people. I'm wandering around. How can you not know these things?"
Li Zhen pondered for a moment and said, "Old Fatty, you should go back to Dunhuang! After marrying Cui'er, live a peaceful life. The storm of the relics case is too big, and Wu Chengsi will not give up. You should get out soon!"
Jiuzhi was silent, and after a while, he slowly said: "Old Li, don't you think it's God's will? We encountered a sandstorm in Puchanghai and ran away in a mess, but we met the old monk Tochar and got the relic letter."
Jiu Zhi smiled again and said, "I think this is actually God arranged for us to be involved in this matter. I have already thought about it. If the relics case is not completely over, I will not leave!"
Li Zhen wanted to persuade him again, but at this time, the sound of the horn of the deer horn came from a distance, and then he heard someone outside the carriage shouting: "Jingguang Tathagata has entered the city!"
Li Zhen quickly opened the curtain, but saw thousands of people running on the street. Everyone was extremely excited. The carriage could no longer walk, so he had to lean on the side of the road for the time being.
Soon, the streets were already crowded with people, men, women, young and old, and there was no end at a glance. Even the roofs and trees were full of people, and thousands of soldiers were maintaining order.
Li Zhen sat in the carriage and could see clearly. From a distance, he saw a banner appearing, with melodious drums and melodious horns, and spectacular momentum.
First, hundreds of believers in colored uniforms lined up with flags and banners, followed by dozens of ox carts, each being dragged by four oxen. On the ox cart was a one-meter-high wooden platform, and on each wooden platform were five young nuns.
The five female nuns were all young and beautiful, sitting or lying in various shapes, but were not wearing monk's clothes, but wearing gorgeous colorful long skirts. The dress was as thin as a cicada's wings, and the crystal skin inside was clearly visible, which was quite similar to the flying sky in Mogao Grottoes.
There were a total of thirty ox carts and one hundred and fifty young nuns. These beautiful nuns appeared, causing a great sensation on both sides of the street.
Countless people were stunned and their eyes were not blinking. Li Zhen sighed in his heart that this old man from Hanoi was obviously seducing his beauty and seducing believers to follow him.
Teams of ox carts and believers walked by, and the team stretched for two miles. At this time, a shout came from the front, "Jingguang Tathagata!" The shouting was like a mountain collapse and the ground was broken. Tens of thousands of people on both sides of the street knelt down, and Hanoi Lao Ni finally entered the city.
This is a huge ox cart pulled by sixteen strong cows. It has three-layer wooden platform on it and various wood carvings of rare birds and beasts on the bottom. It is surrounded by auspicious clouds, just like the coming of heaven.
Sixteen young nuns stood in the middle floor, and they were even more beautiful, with long skirts and silk belts dancing, as if a fairy was flying around.
At the top is a lotus platform, surrounded by veils. In the translucent veil, an old Ni wearing a golden robe sat upright.
As Jiuzhi described, this old nun was fat, white and round, with a peaceful face. She was surrounded by various gold jewelry, which looked even more golden, making people feel urge to worship him.
The people around were almost crazy, kowtowing desperately, crying and wailing, and the streets turned into a world of fanatical believers.
Jiuzhi whispered: "Yesterday, someone promoted it everywhere, kowtowed to Jingguang Tathagata, which prolonged his life for one year, so so many people kowtowed."
Li Zhen could no longer bear to watch it, so he pulled the curtain on the car, which was ridiculous. Hanoi Lao Ni and Jingguang Tathagata were clearly cults that bewitched people's hearts.
Although he had never seen Xue Huaiyi, the old man in Hanoi was just his lackey. This shows how powerful Xue Huaiyi has reached.
Seeing that another road to the city was empty and there was no one, Li Zhen ordered the coachman to say, "Go out of the city from the other side!"
The carriage slowly turned around and drove towards another street that was leaving the city. Behind him, believers began to distribute copper coins to the people on both sides of the street, causing even more crazier crowds.
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Li Zhen went to Baoguo Temple outside Luoyang City to continue recuperating his injuries. At the same time, in the Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty, the relics case took a new turning point.
After the bloody case occurred in the Tianzhuan of Dali Temple, Wu Zetian ordered Di Renjie to be put home under house arrest, ordered the guards to protect him strictly, and issued an order to continue investigating the case of the poisonous scriptures, and Di Renjie had no worries about his life for the time being.
The case of real and fake relics also fell into the ground. The emperor's heir Li Dan gave his contribution to the relic and received praise. The king of Wei Wu Chengsi was angrily scolded by Wu Zetian for offering fake relics and drove him out of the court.
In the eyes of many people, the two things have nothing to do with each other and have been completed, but in fact, the relics case has not ended.
Wu Zetian was determined to find out the truth about the relics case. Three days after the poisonous scripture case was handed over to Zhou Suoyuan, the special envoy Lai Junchen arrived in Chang'an.
But Lai Junchen was still a step late. When he led dozens of subordinates to rush into Wubenfang, he saw thick smoke rolling over Wubenfang and a big fire lit up. The people in the house cried and shouted to their parents, and hundreds of people carried buckets and basins to extinguish the fire.
Lai Junchen was surprised and grabbed someone and asked, "Where did the fire break?"
"The fire broke out in Wuzhu's Mansion!"
Wu Zhuguo was Wu Shun, and Lai Junchen was shocked and urged his horse to rush towards the fired mansion.
At this time, Wushun Mansion was completely engulfed by the fire, with the flames soaring into the sky and thick smoke covering the sun. Hundreds of soldiers were working together with the people in the yard to put out the fire, but the drop in the bucket was useless.
Fortunately, Wushun was dead and everyone in the mansion was dismissed. Wushun Mansion was an empty mansion, but for Lai Junchen, the fire undoubtedly burned a lot of evidence.
Lai Junchen's face turned pale. Someone must have set a fire before him. Who did this?
At this moment, the horse hooves were heard behind him, and more than a dozen knights rushed over and heard someone shouting: "Personnel Yu, it's a fire in Wushun Mansion!"
Lai Junchen was stunned. He quickly urged his horse to hide in the dark. Soon, more than a dozen knights rushed to Wushun Mansion. The leader was a man, about thirty years old, wearing a black hat and a brocade robe. He was as white as jade, extremely handsome, and wearing a seven-star sword on his waist.
He also shouted anxiously: "Let the soldiers save the fire in the northwest corner first, and must keep the study!"
Lai Junchen recognized this person. It turned out to be the Qianniu Captain Yu Pinlong. Why did he come to Chang'an too?
Although Yu Pinlong is just a palace guard, many people know that he is actually the head of Wu Zetian's personal maid Wei Tuaner.
Although he was just a small sixth-rank captain, Yupinlong was good at using Wei Tuaner's power. Even General Wu Youxu, the Qianniu Guard, respected him. Although his sword technique was full of flowers, it was not practical and was nicknamed one of the three "flower swords" in the palace.
Lai Junchen's mind changed rapidly. Could it be that the relics case also had something to do with Wei Tuaner?
However, soon after, Junchen thought that it might not be Wei Tuaner, but Wu Chengsi should be Wu Chengsi. Yu Pinlong is also one of Wu Chengsi's eight fake sons. Wu Chengsi recommended him to Wei Tuaner.
When the fish-pin dragon was taken as the leader by Wei Tuaner, he became the bridge of contact between Wu Chengsi and Wei Tuaner.
When the fish-picked dragon came to Chang'an, it must have been sent by Wu Chengsi. However, Lai Junchen was confused again. He thought it was the fire sent by Wu Chengsi. Now it seems that the fire in Wu Shun Mansion should have nothing to do with Wu Chengsi, so who would set the fire?
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Chapter completed!