It's dark!
The air is gloomy and moist!
There is a slight chill in this kind of tide, which is obviously rare in this hot summer season!
Tokyo!
It seemed to be shrouded in layers of smoke.
Because it had just been washed away by heavy rain, and it had rained heavily for two days in a row, making the whole world a little damp!
The capital city originally had very little vegetation, but due to the baptism of heavy rain, the whole world became a little fresher. However, this freshness is also mixed with some darkness that cannot be ignored!
It is because of this baptism that the whole city seems quiet! It doesn't rain much in Tokyo, and every heavy rain should make people happy, but the rain in the past two days has been frustrating!
Because this rain seems to have brought misfortune, everyone feels that the attack of this rain has made people who were originally unknown have many more uneasy factors. Because everyone knows that this kind of piety and persistent pursuit of goals seems to have no direction!
Many people did not go out, because everyone knew that since the emperor returned to the court at the beginning of the month, the entire capital has been covered with a layer of sadness!
The emperor's northern expedition returned without success, and the emperor himself was seriously injured!
I don’t know where this news came from, but even many people knew that the emperor had nothing to do with his early dynasty! On the contrary, no one from the court came out to evade the rumors, which seemed to confirm everyone's suspicions!
And this rumor spread quickly, because Tokyo has been in turmoil since the previous dynasty. With this rumor, whether it's the people's own feelings or the people's instinctive worries, it makes the capital feel a bit uneasy!
Since the change of dynasties in the Central Plains, this stability has only lasted for more than ten years. If we count from the time when Zhu Wen usurped the Tang Dynasty, in just forty or fifty years, there have been five dynasties from the Later Liang, the Later Tang, the Later Jin, the Later Han, and now the Zhou Kingdom!
In fact, ordinary people are very simple, that is, they just want to live a stable life, but this kind of thing seems to have become a luxury. Dynasty changes are like a revolving door, and the people have lost confidence in this era! Because no one knows who the emperor will be when he opens his eyes tomorrow morning!
Nearly ten years have finally passed. Compared with the stable days, everyone has some expectations and hopes in their hearts. Who knew that the founding emperor would pass away in just a few years.
Now, it was finally hoped that a promising young emperor would be able to send his troops south to the south of the Yangtze River to regain more than ten states, and even captured the four states from central Sichuan to the west. Seeing the emperor's civil and military governance, it really gave people a sense of unifying the Central Plains.
This time the emperor went north to fight against the Khitan. His original intention was to conquer the puppet state of the Northern Han Dynasty. Seeing that it was only a matter of time to unify the Central Plains. Unexpectedly, after a small northern expedition, everything suddenly became unstable, because it was said that the emperor returned seriously ill!
The palace and the court did not come out to avoid the rumors, so the people felt a little panicked. Even though the emperor already had several heirs, because these heirs were too young, the people felt a little uneasy!
Following the state of the palace with the outside world, everyone naturally felt a bit uneasy!
Daxiangguo Temple!
A majestic place of Buddhist beauty in Tokyo!
I don’t know how many dynasties it has gone through, but it can be said that the imperial courts of all dynasties highly respected this place. Even though the emperor strictly controlled the monks in the first two years and even banned many monks who did not pay ultimatum, the Daxiangguo Temple was not affected!
But something seems different today!
At this time, outside the mountain gate, there were heavy troops surrounded! Moreover, this kind of siege is layered one on top of another, completely surrounding the Daxiangguo Temple! !
The soldiers with guns and arrows were all on guard towards the mountain gate, as if something important was going to happen in the temple and it might happen at any time.
Because no one made any sound, there was a strong sense of depression in the air! Everyone stared closely at the mountain gate and the area around Daxiangguo Temple, as if they didn’t even want to let go of a mosquito!
The mountain gate is closed tightly, and the tall courtyard wall blocks the inside and outside. It is quiet outside, and it seems to be extremely quiet inside!
You must know that this was once the dojo of Master Luhu Chengchu. Who in the world did not give Daxiangguo Temple some respect?
The world has always felt that the whereabouts of Master Chengchu is a mystery. Because some people say that he has gone to the Western Paradise, and some people say that he is practicing in hiding in Daxiangguo Temple. But the common people would rather believe that he went to Western Paradise, because that is the best place for an enlightened monk.
However, as an ancient temple that leads Buddhism in the world, Daxiangguo Temple, like the ancient Buddhist ashram "Berlin Temple" in Zhaozhou, is not popular in the Central Plains. Daxiangguo Temple has Luhu Chengchu, and Berlin Temple has Master Yuan, the leader of Buddhism in the Central Plains. However, as the emperor of the Zhou Kingdom, Guo Rong once fought hard against Buddhism for the sake of the people of the Central Plains. Perhaps due to these reasons, Daxiangguo Temple is also particularly low-key at this time.
Although the sky was a little dark at this time, it was not yet noon.
Perhaps feeling that the quietness of the voice was depressing, the soldiers outside the Daxiangguo Temple, at the signal of a general, suddenly moved closer to the temple gate. And the footsteps of these soldiers seem to be even more worrying! Because the place that was originally a pure place for practice suddenly seemed a little unstable because of the siege by these soldiers!
These soldiers were fully armed, and looking at the style of their armor, they should be the Imperial Guards in the palace!
Forbidden army!
No matter what era, these should be the emperor's personal troops!
The emperor's personal troops, even if the emperor no longer dislikes Buddhism, he should not send his own personal guards! But the soldiers who are besieging the Daxiangguo Temple here are really the forbidden army of the Zhou Kingdom!
The emperor's personal troops were actually sent to besiege a famous place of cultivation in the capital. It was really a bit baffling!
A monk could be vaguely seen, setting up a ladder inside, leaning on the wall to peer out. Because no one said anything, everything seemed a little weird!
At this time in the past, the Daxiangguo Temple should be crowded with pilgrims, but due to something happening today, not only was the temple gate closed early, but even some common people who wanted to come were blocked by the soldiers at a distance. Of course, these common people would not be so stupid. They would come over to look for trouble when they saw the Forbidden Army working here, so they couldn't see even half of the common people approaching.
A tall red war horse, a young man with a square face, and a bright silver gun in front of him. He was closing his eyes slightly, as if he was feeling something, but he didn't make a sound! But the order just now was given by him with his eyes closed. The way he looked at him now seemed to be thinking about something, but it gave people the feeling of controlling everything.
There are two war horses beside him, one on the left and one on the right. The hawk-eyed man on the left holds a big sword in his right hand, looking eager to try. He tilts his head from time to time to look at the square-faced young man in the middle. Because he saw that the young man did not open his eyes, there seemed to be some impatience in his eyes, but he refrained from riding forward!
But the jujube-faced man on the right next to him has two big, round hammers tied to his horse's neck. It seems that each weighs more than a hundred pounds! He must be a person with natural divine power! His eyes were bright and clear, and he kept looking at the closed Daxiangguo Temple from a distance. Even when he saw the monks poking their heads, he didn't make any movement!
The depressive atmosphere here seems to confirm the depression in Tokyo as a whole!
"Monks in Xiangguo Temple, listen!" The young man suddenly spoke, and his voice seemed to penetrate the distance. It actually sounded like a loud bell to the inside of Xiangguo Temple!
The tranquility here was instantly broken!
Because the voice of the young people spread throughout the Daxiangguo Temple!
"After it has been found that the monks of Xiangguo Temple are deceiving the public with their evil words, slandering the court and confusing the people, the emperor now orders the abbot of Xiangguo Temple, the great monk Qingxin, and the monks Chengshun, Qingfeng, Qingquan and Qingmin to go to the Ministry of Punishment immediately for investigation! If If you continue to resist and refuse to open the mountain gate, all the soldiers will rush open the mountain gate and regard all the monks of Xiangguo Temple as having ulterior motives!" The square-faced young general finally opened his eyes and looked at the big characters "Xiangguo Temple" with a calm look in his eyes. People feel amazed.
Hearing this voice and these words, a burst of discussion came from nowhere, but it buzzed into everyone's ears. When I heard that the imperial court issued this order to the monks of Daxiangguo Temple, I naturally exploded.
If it were in another place, everyone might feel that the court made up the crime and imposed it on the monks of Daxiangguo Temple. However, since the emperor took the throne, he always considered the people and established a thirty-year development plan, so the people strongly supported him.
As for the faith of the monks, although it is an excellent thing, usually these people are not diligent, and they even escape from the world of mortals and get rid of taxes. If you do not need to work in your life, but enjoy the support, you will naturally be looked down upon by some non-believers.
At this time, when they heard the young general's message, the people who were standing far away watching the excitement naturally exploded.
When the young man saw no response from the temple, he did not immediately give the order. Instead, he slowly glanced at the two assistants beside him. Then he continued to half-close his eyes and looked coldly at Xiangguo Temple!
"General Chai, these bald donkeys seem to be unable to get in! How about we lead the people and rush in directly?" The eagle-eyed man on the left seemed to have a bad temper. Maybe he had been holding it in for a long time. When he saw the movement in Xiangguo Temple, he couldn't bear it. He kept asking for orders from the square-faced young man in the middle.
"General Jietiao, please be patient!" The square-faced young man said calmly: "The eighteen Qing generation disciples under Luhu can be said to be masters in the world. Some people call them the Eighteen Arhats of the New Zhang Sect. Now the temple Although there may not be all of them here, how many lay disciples does Luhu still have? His Majesty ordered someone to come over, and this matter is somewhat calculated. Let’s take action now and in the future!”
"What General Chai said is absolutely true. This Xinzhang Sect adheres to Buddhist practice. Especially since the discipline of tigers, the sect's Vajra Zhenqi is even more famous in the world. Although we have a large number of people, we don't have many veterans when it comes to actually fighting with them. What a machine!" Unexpectedly, the man with a date face and two hammers on the right side had a very delicate mind.
"There's no need to blame anyone if you want to!" A voice slowly came from the temple!
