Chapter 625: Xuanyin's layout decades ago (asking for monthly tickets at the beginning of the month)
What is this thing... Zhao Duan pushed the door open and walked out, and saw the scene in the courtyard:
Under the night sky, Gongshu Tianyuan descended from the sky carrying an exaggerated bookcase on his back. He stood with his hands behind his back, looking like a master.
And under his feet was a "corpse" lying on the ground.
The three people who took the secret photos were stunned in the pavilion, with a half-opened scroll in their jade sleeves, looking annoyed and frustrated.
The empress's cold eyes glanced sharply at the jade sleeves, which made the female Taoist nun feel a chill on her back. She had the illusion that her clothes were stripped off and she could see through them.
"ton."
Yuxiu swallowed her saliva, silently put away the scroll, and resumed her image as a very "principled" female Taoist nun.
"Brother Gongshu? What are you doing..."
Zhao Duan stepped forward and was delighted at first because Gongshu Tianyuan's arrival date was earlier than expected.
"Ah, Second Senior Sister, Junior Sister, you are here too."
Gongshu Tianyuan first casually greeted the three women in the pavilion.
He then bent his knees, leaped to the ground, and unloaded the large bookcase on his back. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked like he was working so hard, and slapped the bookcase twice with his fat hands, saying with a smile:
"Brother Zhao, the Tianyuan Cannon has been fully charged and delivered safely. Haha, I haven't slacked off at all along the way, fearing that I might delay your important matter."
Zhao Duan's eyes fell on the bookcase, and he was surprised that the huge cannon could actually be shrunk and stuffed into such a bookcase.
I can only praise the magic of this world's magic.
However, he did not even glance at him again. Instead, he stepped forward, grasped Gongshu Tianyuan's hands with both hands, and said with emotion:
"It's just a cannon, but you've made Brother Gongshu so exhausted because of this useless thing. Alas, it's better not to have this cannon!"
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Gongshu Tianyuan was deeply moved, and with a surge of passion and courage, he said:
"Brother Zhao, compared to the cannon, this guy is a pleasant surprise."
Then, the fat sorcerer kicked the knocked unconscious little monk over.
"Monk Tianhai!?" The Yuxiu trio gathered around and were shocked when they saw the bald man's face.
Zhao Duan and the Empress were also confused: "What's going on?"
Gongshu Tianyuan was very proud and recounted how he discovered this man and how he captured him:
"Hehe, before I left Beijing, Master gave me a Thousand Illusions Powder for self-defense. It can interfere with the Secular Realm. But I didn't expect that this little bald donkey would be so easily affected. He seems to be much weaker than before."
Well, he was seriously injured and fled, so it's not surprising that his cultivation was damaged... What Zhao Duan was more concerned about was:
How did this three-eyed guy appear on Daluo Island?
He and the empress looked at each other and both understood what the other was thinking.
"Well, how can he be awakened? Well, there are many people outside, I plan to interrogate this person." Zhao Duan said.
…
A moment later.
In the room of the mansion, Zhao Duan and Xu Zhenguan looked at the little monk who was made to kneel. The former closed the door with his backhand and pressed a certain acupuncture point of the other.
"kindness……"
The young monk Tianhai slowly woke up, and his vision gradually became clearer.
He was confused at first, then he remembered that he was attacked in an alley. He subconsciously reached for a weapon, but was horrified to find that he was tied up.
"Do you remember me?"
Hearing the familiar voice, Tianhai looked up and then his body was shocked!
His face was filled with shock and anger at first, and then hatred emerged:
"Zhao Duan! You bastard!"
He understood!
He realized that his whereabouts were exposed and he was ambushed and kidnapped by Zhao Duan.
Tianhai's heart sank quickly. He originally wanted to meet up with Prince Jing first, but he didn't want to fail in the end.
Zhao Duan frowned, stepped back slightly, and said with a smile:
"Very good, very energetic. I accidentally let you escape, and I was looking for you everywhere, but you came to me. What's the matter? Did that old bald donkey Xuanyin send you here?"
Tianhai said nothing, and the vertical eye on his forehead slowly oozed blood and tears. His muscles bulged suddenly, and the ropes that bound the practitioners on his body creaked, as if they were about to break!
"boom!"
The empress standing by snapped her fingers, and a pea-sized energy particle from her fingertips hit the little monk's qi sea.
Tianhai screamed, spit out blood, and looked at her in horror with a weak breath.
"Tianhai, I advise you to be honest. I have a good temper, but the person next to me particularly hates you monks.
So, if you answer my questions honestly, I might consider sparing your life, but if you persist in your wrongdoing..."
Zhao Duan relies on his master's power and acts in a pretentious manner.
"Pooh!"
Tianhai spat out a mouthful of blood and laughed bitterly. He knew there was no way out and his eyes were filled with resentment.
"You bastard! Don't even think about getting a single word out of me. I only regret that Baihua Village wasn't able to kill you!"
The grudge between the two is too deep.
If we talk about the earliest time, in the Buddhist-Taoist competition, Zhao Duan defeated Tian Hai with the Tai'a sword, and the hatred between the two sides was limited.
The siege of Baihua Village, coupled with the subsequent destruction of Shenlong Temple, completely pushed the two men to opposite sides.
Zhao Duan looked strange and said:
"You seem to have misjudged something. I've never considered you an adversary, so please don't look at me like a rival. I don't like that. Besides, if you don't tell me, I can still do something."
After saying that, he shouted out the door:
"Brother Gongshu, can you lend me the fox fairy?"
The door opened.
Gongshu Tianyuan came in carrying a large bamboo tube, and with a bang he placed the tube on the ground, and reminded with a smile:
"Although this isn't the first time I've used it, I still have to remind you that if you use the fox spirit to interrogate this person, his life will be lost."
Xu Zhenguan said coldly: "Trial."
Gongshu Tianyuan was stunned for a moment, looked at the woman wearing the fox mask with a strange look, then looked at Zhao Duan and said earnestly:
"Brother Zhao, your guard is so ignorant of etiquette. We are brothers talking, and she actually interrupts..."
The little fat boy still doesn't know the secret of the empress leaving the palace.
Zhao Duan broke out in a cold sweat and glanced at the Empress, only to see her eyes fixed. She waved her sleeves, shielding the room with her divine consciousness, and then simply took off her mask and said with a smile:
"Gongshu Tianyuan, you say I don't know etiquette?"
!!!
The little fat man, who was speaking in a pretentious tone, had a dull expression, his eyes were wide open, and he felt dizzy.
“Your Majesty… Your Majesty?! How could you…”
Xu Zhenguan sneered, "Didn't Master Zhang tell you that I came here with Zhao Qing?"
Gongshu Tianyuan's knees softened, and he knelt down spinelessly. He stammered, trembled, and looked at Zhao Duan for help, winking wildly:
Brother Zhao, save me!
Xu Zhenguan was too lazy to pay attention to the two people who were winking at each other. He just released a sword energy, which broke the little monk's qi sea and destroyed his cultivation.
Tianhai was so shocked that he was speechless the moment the empress unveiled her face.
"Interrogate him. Ask him why he came here and everything that happened." The empress gave the order in a domineering manner.
Gongshu Tianyuan did not dare to delay. He jumped up like a spring and summoned the wild god "Fox Fairy". After a long time, he once again used his unique interrogation technique in front of the king and his ministers.
Before Tianhai could recover from his shock, he was locked into the fox fairy's dark blue eyes and was in a state of answering every question.
"Tell me! Why did you come to Daluo Island? Who ordered you to do so?" Gongshu Tianyuan asked.
Tianhai's face twisted, as if he was resisting, but failed, and he muttered:
"I... I came to find Prince Jing. Back then, his subordinates saved me and kept me in the temple. I came to help him eliminate Zhao Duan..."
"No one ordered me to do this... I accidentally learned that Princess Jing, Lu Yan'er, is a descendant of Pei Niannu, the foremost female sorcerer in the martial arts world six hundred years ago..."
"Back in Baihua Village, I witnessed Zhao Duan summoning Pei Niannu..."
Zhao Duan's expression kept changing. He turned his head and looked at the empress, and both of them showed a hint of fear!
Lu Yan'er's hidden chess piece was almost buried by this little bald donkey...
It's conceivable that if Tianhai met Prince Jing first, Prince Jing would be on guard and make some arrangements in advance, such as thinking of ways to "rebel" Lu Yan'er...
Then when the fight starts, this accident could very well tip the scales of victory...
That was close!
Gongshu Tianyuan was equally shocked. He realized that Zhao Duan had quietly conquered Princess Lu. His eyes were filled with admiration, and his confidence in helping in this battle was greatly increased...
Well, my confidence mainly comes from the Empress...
Then, Zhao Duan asked about Xuanyin and Shenlong Temple.
Unfortunately, although Tianhai enjoyed great fame in the temple, he was obviously not a high-ranking official and his knowledge was very limited. However, there was one thing that caught the attention of the emperor and his ministers.
"...Bodhisattva Nagarjuna once told me that our Shenlong Temple and the Western Regions Headquarters are not actually enemies..."
"After Master Da Jing assassinated Zhao Du'an, he defected to the Western Regions. It wasn't a true defection, but rather the abbot's arrangement..."
"And over the years, the abbot has secretly traveled to the Western Regions more than once..."
After hearing this secret, Zhao Duan and Xu Zhenguan's expressions changed again!
Was it Xuanyin who orchestrated the defection of Master Dajing?
Xuan Yin has already established contact with the Western Regions?
Not enemies? How could it be? Haven't the Eastern and Western Buddhist sects always been enemies, eager to destroy each other, and have the Eastern and Western rivers become the true leaders of Buddhism?
“Could it be…”
Zhao Duan's mind buzzed, and he suddenly felt enlightened. He murmured:
"Could it be that the Eastern and Western Buddhist sects have been putting on a show all along? Are their mutual hostility just a deliberate illusion? Is their purpose to make the Imperial Court and the Heavenly Master's Mansion relax their vigilance?"
"Yes, I was wondering why Xuan Yin reacted so calmly to the destruction of Shenlong Temple. Such a huge legacy was lost just like that..."
"Moreover, they are clearly enemies of the Western Regions. The Dharma King also has celestial power in the Western Regions. Xuan Yin went to the Western Regions this time, but no conflict broke out. He was able to cause the Western Regions Ancestral Court to send troops to attack the Yu Kingdom..."
Zhao Duan suddenly understood and then felt horrified.
After Xuan Yin entered the Western Regions, the Western Regions sent troops.
This matter had always puzzled the monarch and his minister, because neither of them believed that Xuan Yin was someone who would willingly submit to others and join the Dharma King just because he had lost the Shenlong Temple...
Therefore, what exactly happened in the Western Regions during the civil war in Yu has always been a mystery.
But what if the Dharma King and Xuan Yin were not enemies at all? What if they were actually in the same group?
Does it all make sense?
“I remember that when Xuanyin was not yet the abbot, he brought Bianji with him, and the two of them went alone to the main temple in the Western Regions.
It was said that he fought a fierce battle and snatched back two boxes of scriptures. It was also because of this merit that he was able to obtain the position of host and be promoted to the celestial being...
Could it be that when Xuanyin first entered the Western Regions, it had already reached some kind of agreement with them?"
Xu Zhenguan murmured, and the empress was no longer calm, shocked by this discovery.
Gongshu Tianyuan was also shocked by this unexpected surprise:
"This... Could it be that the Buddhist sect has been planning for today's chaos for decades?
The Shenlong Temple secretly supports the Eighth Prince, causing chaos in the Yu Kingdom, thus giving the Western Regions an opportunity to take advantage... Moreover, a chaotic era is also a suitable soil for the spread of Buddhist teachings..."
The fat boy became more and more horrified the more he thought about it. He even suspected that Xu Jianwen's coup d'état might have had some influence from Buddhism...
Speaking of which...
At the time, the Second Prince Jianwen seemed to be very close to Bian Ji...
Very close...
Unfortunately, no matter how deeply the three of them dug, Tianhai only knew this little information.
As the interrogation ended, the wild fox fairy licked his lips contentedly and went back into the bamboo tube to sleep.
The Three-Eyed Tianhai, the genius monk of the Shenlong Temple, had also died with blood gushing from all his orifices.
There was silence in the room.
"This matter must not be publicized. The most urgent task is not to find out how much Xuan Yin has planned, but to kill Prince Jing as soon as possible and resolve the chaos in Yu State. Only then can we free up our hands to deal with Xuan Yin."
Xu Zhenguan said in a deep voice.
Zhao Duan and Gongshu Tianyuan both nodded.
Yes, the most urgent matter is Prince Jing.
However... the information Tianhai revealed cast a shadow over the hearts of both the emperor and his ministers:
If the Buddhist arrangements are so far-reaching, then their purpose must be very grand.
Perhaps, the struggle with the Western Regions is not limited to the fight for territory in Xiping.
…
Outside the room.
Yuxiu, Jiyue and Jinjian sat in the pavilion, looking like kittens scratching their hearts.
After waiting for a long time, the closed door finally opened.
Three people walked out of the house.
"What happened?" Yuxiu walked over and asked curiously.
Zhao Duan said calmly, "The person is dead. Ask Guo Zhun to come and dispose of the body. Don't make any noise."
After a pause, he said, "Also, everyone, please prepare well in the next two days and stay in good condition at all times."
The three people who secretly filmed the scene were startled and looked at each other: "Is a war about to start?"
At this time, a shadow crawled into the yard, and Song Jinxi bowed and said:
"Sir, the latest news is that Prince Jing's fleet is at most two days away from Daluo Island."
Zhao Duan smiled:
"Okay, everything is ready, except for Prince Jing. Speaking of which, I remember hearing Guo Zhun say that the day after tomorrow is the local Spring God Festival in Binhai, right?
Spread the word that on the day of the Spring God Festival, I will hold a banquet at Dongxuan Lake to entertain King Chen and his wife, as well as all the important figures in Daluo Island.
Hehe... I know that many people have come to Daluo Island recently."
After a pause, he added, "By the way, if anyone dares not come, don't blame me for being rude."
He looked at the huge bookcase in the yard and said:
"Also, send this thing to the fleet and have the people from the Divine Machine Camp prepare it. We're just waiting for that scoundrel Prince Jing to land on the island. I'm going to blow him to pieces!"
…
The next day.
The news that Zhao Duan was going to host a banquet for King Chen and others on the Spring God Festival spread like a whirlwind on Daluo Island.
For a moment, countless important figures were shocked, knowing that this would be a meeting that would determine the future of Binhaidao.
…
The third day, the day of the Spring Goddess Festival, early morning.
Zhao Duan woke up from his sleep.
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P.S. Happy Children's Day! Time to get started...
(End of this chapter)
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