Chapter 43 Buddhism
When the drum sounds in the drum tower rumbled twelve times.
The east and west cities are closed.
The gate of Yi112 Fangfangfang in Chang'an is closed.
The whole Tang Dynasty entered the darkness.
Jinchangfang, Dacien Temple.
On the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, a monk was chanting the scriptures in a silent manner towards the palace.
There was a layer of haze between his eyebrows.
His face seemed sad and happy.
"Senior Brother Wujing."
A voice suddenly came from behind.
Wujing turned around and looked at a young man who was climbing up the stairs.
The young man was dressed in white and his face looked like a jade crown.
The eyes were as bright as the bright moon in the sky.
The thin lips were slightly pursed, and there was a kind of nobleness that was difficult to describe.
Seeing that the mage looked at him, the young man put his hands together and nodded slightly, "I've seen my senior brother."
A hint of surprise flashed across Wu Jing's face, and he adjusted his mind and said, "Junior Brother Chongyan, are you here?"
The visitor was Ming Chongyan.
Although Ming Chongyan was young at that time, because of his innate spiritual enlightenment, he introduced himself to Master Xuanzang's seat early to listen to the sutras.
Therefore, he has the title of master and apprentice with the master.
Except for the practitioners who were missing, some of the disciples in Chang'an, such as Wuneng and Wujing, were all commensurate with the brothers Ming Chongyan.
Ming Chongyan looked at Wujing.
Wujing is actually a Hu monk.
Compared to the fat and big body, the traveler who is as thin as a monkey.
Wujing is the strongest among the disciples.
Standing there, it is like an iron tower.
He was wearing a simple patchwork monk's robe, a hundred and eight-digit vermilion Buddhist beads on his neck, and red curly beards were growing under his chin, making him look less like a monk, but more like a hero in the world, Hu Shang who traveled to Chang'an.
If you pay attention to Wujing's expression, you will find that he has a kind of compassion under his rough and generous appearance.
The moonlight shone in from outside the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and shone on Wujing's body, and a layer of silver light was placed on the edge of his body.
Master Wujing put his hands together and his expression was sad: "Why did Junior Brother Chongyan come here so late?"
"I'm here, I want to ask my senior brother for advice."
Ming Chongyan stepped onto the stone pagoda, looked out under Wujing's puzzled gaze, and sighed: "I haven't come for many days. I still remember that Master Xuanzang translated scriptures here, and everything seemed to be yesterday."
Wujing was silent, and it seemed that his words evoked memories of Xuanzang.
"Senior brother, why do you do this?"
"Um?"
Wujing looked stunned and frowned.
"Junior Brother Chongyan, what did you say?"
"I asked Dacien Temple why I wanted to go to this muddy water."
Ming Chongyan walked towards Wujing step by step, and his eyes gradually became sharp, like a knife, slashing towards Wujing.
"Buddhist temple is originally a pure land. Master Xuanzang refused to accept it at all costs. Why do you now have to move closer to the officialdom? Don't you know? Senior Brother Wuneng should have participated, right? Why do people in the Buddhist sect get involved in these common things?"
...
Play the chess halfway.
The two black and white dragons were strangled in the middle.
In front of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, there were a group of people coming and then exiting.
Yan Shoujing couldn't help but admire that Li Jingxuan was able to be the right prime minister, and he was indeed outstanding.
While designing, Su Dawei was blocked and killed in every possible way.
While fighting against himself on this chessboard, he has always taken the initiative, taking the initiative step by step, pressing forward step by step.
It is extremely difficult to be able to use both one mind at the same time.
What's even more difficult is that there were people from the palace in the middle. Li Jingxuan stood up to greet the eunuchs in the palace and handled various affairs of the prime minister. Everything was like flowing clouds and water, without any confusion.
Distractions are used to be more useful, and every line can be handled properly, which is definitely not something that ordinary people can do.
No wonder he was able to defeat Yan Liben and take over the power.
Even saints should rely on right prime ministers.
Because there is no one except him who can stand this balance between saints and clans.
As a prime minister, he not only has his own interests, but also needs to settle the interests between the noble families and the saints.
This position on the top of the peak is not easy to sit.
If one is not good, you will lose your official position at the least.
If you are serious, you will be executed.
The previous prime ministers, such as Shangguan, Changsun and others, had a bad ending.
Yan Shoujing was thinking in his heart.
He heard Li Jingxuan sigh and threw himself into the middle of the game, saying, "Let's play this chess here."
Um?
A peace deal?
Yan Shoujing glanced at the chessboard, but saw that the piece that Li Jingxuan threw casually was thrown into the chess eye.
One son joins together to form a general trend.
This caused the big dragon on his side to be uprooted.
ah……
Yan Shoujing's soft face slowly opened his eyes, his face full of incredible.
This is the big dragon being slaughtered by Li Jingxuan in the midfield.
I just missed this step.
He was stunned for a moment, then he reacted, stood up, crossed his hands to Li Jingxuan with a respectful look on his face, "Right Prime Minister is so smart, I'm better."
"Chess is a path, but unfortunately, I'm not in the time to ignite the fire today."
The right prime minister said that it was naturally the arrest of Su Dawei's subordinates.
Whether it was Wei Poyan who was released from prison, or Li Ke who took Su Dawei's order to go to Chang'an prison to mention people.
Or someone else.
As long as you catch Su Dawei's person, this chess will basically be a decisive victory.
But this secret fight was ultimately a failure.
Su Dawei deserves to be a military leader.
Those strange people under his command are very skilled.
It is not easy to capture it alive.
Yan Shoujing hesitated and said, "Right Prime Minister, if there is nothing wrong with me, I will take the blame first."
Li Jingxuan nodded slightly. At this moment, he suddenly saw a man running into the hall quickly, kneeling down to the right president on one knee, crossing his hands and saying, "Alang, the person has caught it."
Um?
Everyone in the hall suddenly looked at him.
Captured?
The chess game has finally strangled to this moment, and is it finally going to massacre Su Dawei's "power"?
...
"Abbo, what are my biggest advantages?"
In the fragrance of tea, Su Dawei's voice was still so calm and calm.
Li Bo admired this very much.
He asked himself that he was not someone who had never experienced big scenes.
Whether it was his youth in the Western Regions, or his followers to the Bayankala Mountains, climbing the holy peak, and being surrounded by Tubo soldiers.
Or maybe he followed Su Dawei in Chang'an and experienced it in the military over the years.
Nothing is simple.
After he had been tempered, he realized that his state of mind was far superior to that of ordinary people.
Although it did not collapse before the Taishan Mountains and their colors remained unchanged, at least it was considered calm and could face it like a flat lake.
But it involves Su Dawei and his own affairs.
Especially in the complex situation in Chang'an, he is still concerned and confused, and he feels a little lost.
"Alang, your advantage is that your experience in the army and your connections?"
Li Bo thought for a while.
As he saw, Su Dawei had already gained a lot of wings in the army, and even the saints and the Empress of Martial Arts would rely on them.
In a few years, Su Dawei's reputation became even greater.
The new emperor ascended the throne and became the pillar of the country.
Who doesn’t know you in the Tang Dynasty and the whole world?
All of this is because Su Dawei is "useful".
Everything about the Tang Dynasty was based on military merits.
Su Dawei was of the strength of a famous general and had great military achievements.
Everyone should respect him three points.
He thought this was very appropriate.
Unexpectedly, Su Dawei shook his head slightly: "No."
Li Bo frowned slightly, and his brown and gray eyes looked at Su Dawei inexplicably.
"I hope to hear the details."
"Before I returned to Chang'an this time, I also wanted to use military merit as amulet." Su Dawei said suddenly: "In fact, since I conquered Liaodong, I have always had this idea. As long as I have made great contributions, no one can touch me."
"Is this wrong?" Li Bo became more and more confused.
“Yes, but not all.”
Su Dawei sipped tea gently: "Just like this time when I returned to Chang'an, I was immediately involved in the storm of the imperial court moving the capital. That night, someone rushed into the palace and committed a serious crime of treason. What's even more terrifying is that many of them were related to me."
Li Bo pondered for a moment: "But Your Majesty and Empress Wu do not believe it, nor will he punish him for this."
Su Dawei shook his head and said, "Is there some things really that important? I don't think so."
The room was extremely quiet, and only Li Bo breathed heavily.
"The person who set up the plan is naturally the Empress of Martial Arts, but isn't he a saint? Judging from the results, it's naturally just a false alarm, but what if they really succeed?"
Su Dawei raised his face and looked at Li Bo.
His eyes seemed to have a power to see through the human heart.
Li Bo was stunned at first, then sweated profusely.
What if the saint really had a short and long position that night?
The Tang Dynasty had no leader.
The Empress of Martial Arts is not enough to control the court, and may even be removed by others.
At that time, Crown Prince Li Hong will be assisted by the ministers to ascend the throne according to the procedures.
But, after all, Li Hong was young, could he really control the court?
It is not enough that the veterans, clans, and high-ranking families in the court can join forces to suppress the sages and the martial arts queen.
How can the young prince stabilize the situation?
If that is true, if a bad thing happens, the situation of the Southern and Northern Dynasties will be reproduced.
It is not impossible to fall apart or to usurp the throne by the powerful ministers.
By then, the only one who could help Empress Wu and the Prince stabilize the situation was Su Dawei.
Li Ji was old and stepped into the coffin with half his foot.
Because Xiao Siye was born into the Jiangnan clan, he was not convinced by His Majesty and Empress Wu.
And he is also the one who is about to bury his neck.
The famous general Wu Chen of Taizong was dead, the old one, looking around Chang'an, and there may be no one who can save the situation.
However, because the people who broke into the palace were Su Dawei's former veterans of Longyou under his command.
Su Dawei was unable to clear his suspicion. He was likely to be impeached and punished at the beginning of the chaos, and even punished the nine tribes for being punished. Even if he was not good, he would be sentenced to exile for thousands of miles.
Thinking of all this, Li Bo's hair stood upside down.
I just felt like I had walked around in front of the gates of hell.
I didn't feel anything at that time, and it was not until this time that I saw the insidiousness and terror of this matter through Su Dawei's perspective.
No wonder Empress Wu and the Saint rewarded Alang very much afterwards.
It was also confirmed to the civil and military officials of the court that only Su Dawei could be the Minister of War.
I guess I saw the danger.
Political struggles are always a life-and-death battle.
It was like the change of the "Xuanwu Gate" in the past.
"The person who lays out the layout has such a poisonous means and a deep scheming." Li Bo murmured.
Su Dawei turned the teacup gently, not wanting to talk about it more: "I suspect that the right prime minister is just a piece of chess piece behind the scenes, but it doesn't make any sense to say this now. If I hadn't been to the credit for eliminating the epidemic in Shuzhong this time and offering a way to eliminate the epidemic, it would have been difficult to get out of it.
And that night, although I received the news late, I still made the most correct choice, which was a great blessing.”
Li Bo glanced at him and knew that the most correct choice he said was to enter the palace with a secret path immediately regardless of suspicion.
In fact, this is an extremely difficult choice.
To put it more bluntly, is it necessary to be procedural justice or to be the ultimate justice?
In the past, the King of Qin was assassinated by Jing Ke in the King's Palace. Because the sword leader could not be pulled out for a while, he could only escape around the pillar.
However, the Qin martial soldiers in the palace could only watch Jing Ke waving Mrs. Xu's dagger without daring to go up to save the King of Qin.
Why?
Do you really think they were all lit?
Not so.
According to Qin rules, if the king is not summoned, anyone will be killed fifty steps away from the king.
The ministers and Wu Zu, who were standing in the Tang Dynasty at that time, did not want to save them or did not have the ability to save them, but knew that they would not be able to save their heads when they went up.
Rush forward to save the King of Qin, can you save the King of Qin?
There is no doubt.
With Jing Ke's three-legged kung fu, any martial arts soldier in Qin can at least reach one-on-one.
If a few more were raised, Jing Ke would be dismantled into parts on the spot.
But what afterwards?
How would the King of Qin reward these illegal Qin soldiers?
Do you think you can reward the reward?
Not.
It is naturally based on Qin's laws and borrow your head.
By the way, we will judge the family to build the Great Wall and win-win results.
The genius is willing to go up and save the King of Qin.
If you don’t go to save it, you will be scolded by Ying Zheng at most, at least you will be saved by your head.
What Su Dawei faced that night was a similar situation.
Yes, the saint secretly told Su Dawei one of the secret passages of the underground palace.
But at the same time, it was also said that if there was no call from the palace, you would not enter without permission.
Su Dawei went that night and still took great risks.
I went there, no one was saved, and I moved my head.
I went there, saved people, and moved my head.
Go, save people, save your head.
There are only these three results.
Fortunately, Li Zhi did not have the crime of Zhi Su Dawei.
Fortunately, the laws of the Tang Dynasty were not the laws of the Qin Dynasty.
In short, all this is thrilling on the edge of the cliff with the tip of the knife.
"I've been lucky enough to succeed this time, but what if it's next?"
Su Dawei seemed to be talking to himself, and also asked Li Bo: "Does it depend on luck again and again? Even if the saint and Empress Wu want to protect me, if the next game really throws all the dirty water on me, what can I use to wash myself out? Even if a saint is not openly violating the Tang Dynasty's law."
"Alang, then do you want to?"
"Passively being beaten is not my choice. I only have a thousand days to be a thief, so how can I defend against a thief for a thousand days?"
Su Dawei said lightly: "My military achievements can protect my life. Can I still protect everyone around me? If the other party really wants to deal with me, there are some means."
After saying this, Li Bo's forehead was filled with cold sweat.
He thought of himself, Li Ke, Zhou Liang, An Wensheng, and many people who followed Su Dawei.
"So this time, I'm going to give myself one more card."
"One more card?"
"Military qualifications are merit, and successful treatment of the epidemic is the momentum, but I still have a pair of eyes."
"Eyes...you mean?"
"Ducha Temple was taken away by someone back then, and now it's time to take it back."
Su Dawei's eyes seemed to penetrate Li Bo's body and looked into a very distant place.
"I want those people to know that what I have lost will be taken back with my own hands."
...
"Are you Li Ke?"
A domineering man was wearing a luxurious robe, but only had the servant's head on his head.
He asked with a grinning smile at Li Ke, who was tied up with his hands and standing under the steps.
Li Ke's hair was scattered and his forehead was covered with sweat.
Unlucky.
It is a true portrayal of his present moment.
He had already completed the master's secret order and removed Wei Poyan from prison, and his mission was completed.
I never thought that when I was in the West Market, I was targeted by the people from the Wolf Spider Gang.
Later, I met another female alien.
Fortunately, Uncle Jiu and the others arrived in time and drank the name of the female alien before driving the other party away.
This was already over.
But Li Ke's young mind was always following Li Bo or Su Dawei in the past.
This time was the first time that Su Dawei ordered him to do the big thing of retrieving people from the death row prison alone.
It is inevitable that it is a little swelling.
He rushed back to the Su house without following his instructions in advance.
Instead, I spent a while in the West Market, listened to the storytelling, drank tea for a while, and went to the dessert shop to eat sweet fruits.
This delay will lead to more accidents.
The female Yiren Jiuniang who had retreated before, brought a little Taoist priest with an upside down and cursing her lips, and saw Li Ke coming out of the teahouse at first sight.
Li Ke wanted to find an opportunity to escape at that time.
As a result, as soon as they met, the little Taoist priest untied his belt.
At that time, Li Ke was very fresh and thought that he would take off his pants if he did it?
Does this little Taoist priest have any unspeakable habits?
Before he could eat the melon, the little Taoist boy flew over and turned into a rope, tied him up to a strong point.
The servant in luxurious clothes was the manager of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion. His surname was Wu. Because he ranked sixth, he was called Wu Liulang.
Seeing Li Ke stubbornly turning his face, he ignored him and couldn't help but sneer: "The little beast is quite strong."
As he said that, he turned to Yan Shoujing, the Ducha Temple, who was beside him, and he said, "Master Yan, I have brought you the people. The rest depends on you."
Yan Shoujing bowed to him and said, "Please go back to the right prime minister for me. I am ready. A good man who is skilled in the name of punishment will take him. He must speak even if he keeps his mouth."
Wu Liulang returned the gift to Yan Shoujing and bowed slightly, "No hurry, the right prime minister has an order, and I want me to take this person's confession and go back together, I'll wait here."
Yan Shoujing was slightly stunned, glanced at the servants in the more than ten prime ministers' mansions behind him, smiled slightly, and nodded, "Since that's the case, please wait a moment. Once there is a result, I will tell Manager Wu immediately."
Wu Liulang narrowed his eyes and said with a smile on his face: "Good."
...
"Right Prime Minister."
The night was dark, and Li Jingxuan stood in front of the study window with his hands behind his back, looking at the dark blue night outside the window.
A bright moon shines through the window.
The voice came from behind: "Why did the right prime minister make things difficult for Su Dawei? I have met this person once and know that this person is difficult to deal with."
Li Jingxuan remained silent.
The voice said again: "What is the secret of the right prime minister?"
Li Jingxuan finally turned around and looked at the person behind him.
That was a Taoist with white hair and beard.
His head of silver hair was tied up on his head.
Not tall and thin.
But his temperament is full of ancient charm and has an indescribable atmosphere of immortality.
Especially the Taoist's eyes were deep and dark, like a deep pool of ancient wells. It made people want to take a look at it at one glance.
It seems that there are countless secrets hidden in these eyes.
Zhang Guo.
If Su Dawei was here, he would be very surprised.
Zhang Guo in Shu has always disliked contact with others, and even more disliked the court.
But at this moment, he appeared in Chang'an.
It seems to foreshadow something.
"If a real person is a god born, he naturally disdains these common things, but..."
Li Jingxuan sighed: "Now Wu Mei is the only one who is in power, and this woman is good at Buddha. If she lets her gain power, I am afraid that in another ten years, the Tang Dynasty will become a monk. My Taoist lineage will be gone from now on."
Zhang Guo gently picked up the silver beard: "So you plan to start with Su Dawei?"
He stopped and pondered: "This boy's cultivation is unfathomable. He is already the top of the alien. He is an ordinary alien, even if there are many people, he is not his opponent."
Su Dawei's realm is already a rare existence among the strange people in the world.
Although it is low-key on weekdays, it is not obvious.
But on that day in Shu, I saw Su Dawei confronting Yingmao Xingjun with his own eyes.
The danger of that scene cannot be known to anyone in the game.
And it happened that Zhang Guo was present that day.
I have seen the true aura displayed by Su Dawei with my own eyes.
He also found Su Dawei's cultivation level very close.
One is heaven, two is earth, and three is man.
Man follows the earth, the earth follows the sky, the sky follows the Tao, and the Tao follows nature.
Su Dawei's realm has reached the realm of the earth.
This has touched the threshold of the earth immortal among the Qi-refining scholars of the Qin and Han Dynasties.
In Zhuangzi's mouth, he is considered an immortal like eating wind and drinking dew.
Such powerful existences can no longer be defeated by massaging them with quantity.
Therefore, Zhang Guo did not argue with Li Jingxuan.
"If the real person doesn't know anything, Su Dawei is really the key. If he talks about chess, he will be a robbery eye."
"Eye of the Tribulation?"
"In his early years, he followed Master Xuanzang to listen to the sutras and had a close relationship with monks, such as the Hu scholars. His relationship with the Empress of Martial Arts is even more elusive. With this person's extraordinary cultivation and military means, if he was there, he would be of great help to the Empress of Martial Arts and the monks.
If this person is removed, even if Empress Wu has the means of reaching the sky, she will lose a big grasp in the court.
He even lost control and influence on the military."
Li Jingxuan bathed in the moonlight on his back and said in a decisive tone: "Su Dawei must get rid of it. Eliminating this person is equivalent to cutting off the arms of the Queen of Wu. The influence of monk Hoover on the Tang Dynasty will also lose a grasp."
Zhang Guo narrowed his eyes slightly, and saw a faint blue light illuminated in his pupils.
It seems to agree with Li Jingxuan's words.
"Shizophrenia... These foreign Hu scholars have entered my Central Plains and disrupted my China. Haha, they are really thiefs."
Zhang Guo's whole body was filled with a deep and unfathomable aura.
"Wang Xuance returned from Tianzhu and brought back a demon monk. He plotted against Li Shimin in the name of offering immortal pills. That time, it almost caused a disaster. Fortunately, Li Zhi had some means to stabilize the situation.
But in recent years, the Hu Cult has penetrated deeper into the Central Plains through Wu Meiniang.
That Xuanzang was willing to be a lackey of the Hu Cult in India, translated the Hu Cult and messed up our Taoist sect...
Wu Meiniang continued to support Hu scholars, helping them set up Buddhist temples and build temples."
"For our Taoist sect a thousand years plan, we must cut off the Hu Cult's hand that stretched towards the Central Plains."
"These Hoover heretics cannot even protect their own country, and even their ancestral homes have been occupied and destroyed. Look at them, after believing in Hoover, they are bullied, and do not work hard in this life, and are devoted to enjoying happiness in the next life. These fallacies and evils have entered our Central Plains, confusing people's hearts and remnants of their descendants."
Chapter completed!