Entering the ancient temple in the early morning, the mountain scenery is so empty that your heart is filled with emotion.
Tiangong Temple, standing on the Buddhist Temple Square, through the magnificent hall, you can see the majestic Royal Palace on the north bank of the Luo River from a distance.
Li Xuan was dressed in plain clothes and stood at the door of a side hall with her hands behind her back.
Inside is the residence of Master Yixing, with two government officials from Dali Temple standing at the door.
Yesterday, Dai Xing, the young minister of Dali Temple, led a detailed search here, but found nothing.
Li Xuan came here alone today just to see if he could find a new breakthrough from here.
He had a feeling that nothing could be found from the body.
Since the murderer dared to take action, he would naturally have a way to prevent others from tracing him.
If you want to find clues to the case, you can start with a group of mages, because the victims are the ones the murderer has the least control over.
Li Xuan stepped into the side room and was about to start searching. At this moment, a burst of footsteps sounded outside the door.
Li Xuan turned around and saw Dai Xing, the young minister of Dali Temple who was supposed to be inspecting the body at Dali Temple, appearing outside the door with a large number of black-clad detectives.
"Dai Shaoqing, is there anything gained from the autopsy?" Li Xuan was a little surprised.
"Not yet!" Dai Xing shook his head solemnly and looked at Li Xuan: "Does the prince have any clues?"
"Is there any clue? I just wanted to come here and take another look. I always feel that we missed something." Li Xuan also briefly checked yesterday, but the people in Dali Temple didn't gain much, let alone He did.
Dai Xing forced a smile on his face and reached out sideways: "Please, Your Majesty, let's search again together."
Li Xuan frowned slightly. What did Dai Xing mean? Was he meant to stare at him?
"You don't need to be so polite, Dai Shaoqing. This case is mainly about Dali Temple. I just came to take a look. Dai Shaoqing invites you first." Li Xuan reached out at the same time, squinted his eyes slightly, and looked at Dai Xing with a half-smile.
"Easy to say, easy to say." Dai Xing forced a smile on his face, then nodded, turned around and walked towards the depths of the side hall.
The officials of Dali Temple are all experts at searching. They can search out some hidden and invisible things.
However, after a day of searching yesterday, the things found basically had nothing to do with a group of mages. They were all left by the monks who lived here before.
A line of mage left only a few volumes of scriptures, a few letters, and some changes of clothes, and carried very few things with him.
"The four elements of Buddhism are all empty. I won't deceive you sincerely." Dai Xing stood in the house and couldn't help but sigh.
"The golden Buddha statue in the main hall thinks so too," Li Xuan said calmly, and the expression on Dai Xing's face suddenly froze.
Today, Taoism in the Tang Dynasty is the state religion, and the Zongxuan Administration stipulates that Buddhism is subordinate to Taoism.
When Master Xuanzang was still here, he repeatedly made suggestions to the court in the hope that Taoism and Buddhism could be treated as equals.
That person was a living Buddha on earth, a true great sage who had returned from studying scriptures in the West. However, even if it was his request, the emperor still turned a blind eye.
Even Master Xuanzang's last suicide note was still ignored by Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi.
Many people in the royal family of the Tang Dynasty maintained a close relationship with Taoism, such as Li Xuan, who was originally a disciple of Qingyang Palace, but he was not a monk.
However, in the entire court, there are also many people who have a good impression of Buddhism and even often receive advice from eminent Buddhist monks.
If you usually say these words in private, it would not be a big deal, but now, you are obviously investigating a murder case, but you also talk about it, and even deliberately lead in the direction of the contradiction between Taoism and Buddhism. Li Xuan is not used to it. This is a bad thing.
Dai Xing smiled sarcastically, then turned around, immediately suppressed his smile, and shouted to his officers: "Intensify the search, hurry up."
Li Xuan was standing nearby. In fact, he could see very clearly. Not to mention that he had searched it yesterday, but he just didn't search it. There was really nothing to search in this room.
Master Yixing didn't have many personal clothes or sundries. The most he kept were some copied Buddhist scriptures.
Li Xuan walked to the desk, where the scribes of Dali Temple were reviewing the contents of the Buddhist scriptures again.
Yesterday, they took away some of the rare correspondence and did not touch these seemingly ordinary Buddhist scriptures.
"Hey!" Li Xuan suddenly let out a sigh from the bottom of his heart.
Standing in front of the desk, looking at the Buddhist scriptures being sorted out, Li Xuan frowned slightly, this was not quite right.
There are obviously far fewer Buddhist scriptures on the desk than there should be, and there is not much personal experience recorded on them.
Li Xuan uses himself to save others. For example, when he is out, he always carries a copy of "Tai Shang Laojun Speaks of Chang Qingjing Sutra" with him.
This is a Taoist classic that needs to be read frequently. It also contains many personal insights written by Li Xuan himself.
In contrast, for Master Thich Nhat Hanh, as a Buddhist, he should also have a Buddhist classic that he reads frequently and records his personal experiences.
There should even be more than one.
This should be common among other mages, but why is it not here? It should be there.
Li Xuan sensitively realized that something was wrong here.
"Did Dali Temple take any Buddhist scriptures from here yesterday?" Li Xuan raised her head and asked.
"No, just some meaningless letters." Dai Xing walked over from behind and asked in surprise: "Did you find anything?"
"I can't tell yet." Li Xuan shook his head and said thoughtfully, "When I examined the mage's body yesterday, I didn't seem to see any burned personal notes from the side, and the classics I carried with me didn't seem to be used here. The broken brush and graphite are just like..."
"It's like this is not the real residence of a group of mages, it's just a temporary residence." Dai Xing raised his eyebrows and spoke directly for Li Xuan.
Li Xuan nodded silently, turned around and looked at the bed beside him. With just one glance, Li Xuan was sure that the group of mages would only have a short rest here.
"A group of mages came from Chang'an. The prince had already arrived in Luoyang on the third day after his death. If I remember correctly, he should have been living here." Li Xuan shook his head solemnly: "The murderer seems to be more than just killing him. It’s because he wants to stir up disputes in the court, and there are other purposes as well.”
"You have to ask the people at the Zongxuan Department. They placed the people here, and they are also responsible for the daily entertainment."
"Zongxuan's office can't do anything else. He should still be able to count heads. It seems that we have to find the person who is in the office." Li Xuan remembered that they had discussed the official document to submit before. They had discussed at the beginning, either using The excuse for the Taoists to poison the eminent Buddhist monks was either the reason why the eminent Buddhist monks made elixirs themselves and were poisoned by erysipelas.
Now it seems that maybe that was not just a wild guess on their part, but a very possible fact.
"I am quite familiar with Taoism. The Zongxuan Office is in charge of the names of temples and temples in Kyoto, the accounts of Taoist priests, monks, nuns, etc., and the matters of fasting and feasting. The accounting is fine, but there is a lot to be done about the fasting and feasting. , What are they doing?" Li Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly, maybe that was the real reason why Master Xinyi was killed.
Li Xuan had a vague feeling that if all these things were investigated, perhaps the truth behind the mage's death could be clarified.
"Bang bang bang!" A burst of footsteps came from outside. A black-clothed policeman from Dali Temple appeared at the door in a blink of an eye, shouting breathlessly: "Dai Lang, it's not good, it's not good. Another person died."
Li Xuan and Dai Xing turned their heads at the same time. They were surprised, and a hint of surprise flashed across their faces. There were new clues in the case.
"Let's put aside the affairs of Zongxuan's office for now, Your Majesty. Don't rush to look for him, otherwise he may be killed and silenced. Let's investigate the death case here first!"
Dai Xing turned his head and looked at Li Xuan, fearing that Li Xuan would not understand. He also explained a few words. Li Xuan nodded directly. How could he not know the sensitivity in this.
