Chapter 25: The Traders Behind the Dynasty

The sunset set window shone on a handsome man with a pale face on the bed. The man looked to be no more than twenty years old, his brows furrowed, as if he had met ominous in a dream.

"The traitor is looking for death!" Suddenly there was a loud roar, and the man sat up from the bamboo bed. There were bouts of pain in his legs, and his body was unstable, barely supported by the edge of the bed.

The man looked at his legs. Falling into the river and floating down the river, his legs were bruised everywhere, and even his ankles had been shifted and were caught in bamboo planks.

"Where is this?" The man's voice was hoarse, and he looked around in disbelief, he was plotted by the enemy, and was forced to flee by the river, full of vigilance, looking at the surrounding environment, he was about to forcibly get out of bed.

At this time, the door opened, and a girl in a white dress came in with a decoction.

"Woke up so soon?" The girl placed the medicine next to the man's bed.

The man looked around vigilantly: "Where is this?" โ€

"This is the Doumu Temple, located in the South Mountain of Jinling." Wei Qian was a little amused when she saw that the man was suspicious. However, thinking of the clothes and clothes on the man's body after he salvaged him ashore, it can also be seen that the man is by no means an ordinary person, and it seems that he is the queen of the prince.

"So, this is the suspicion of the big family." Wei Qian thought in her heart, and said, "I hunted in the mountains and picked you up from the water's edge." Master said that you are fine, but you have a lot of bruises on your body when you float in the water. As for your feet, I have already helped you to connect your bones, don't move when you turn around, and just apply some bone-setting medicine in a few days. Wei Qian raised a pot of medicinal wine in his hand: "You can apply it yourself." As for the decoction next to it, this is because you have soaked in the water for too long and contracted the wind and cold, so you have boiled the medicinal juice. โ€

The man didn't speak, cautiously looking at the brown potion in the bowl and the medicinal wine next to him, motionless.

"What, worried I'm going to poison you? I'm going to carry you back in the morning to poison you, and when you don't wake up, there's a lot of time! With that, Wei Qian raised the medicine bowl and took a sip: "How?" โ€

"It's not that I suspect the girl in Xia, it's just that I'm not in danger in Nanshan, but in Luoxi."

"Luo Xi?" Wei Qian's face changed, Nanshan is in the south of Jinling City, and Luoxi is in the north of Jinling City, not to mention hundreds of miles apart, the two are not the same water system. If something happened in Luoxi, how could it be in Nanshan!

This is also the man's biggest question, seeing Wei Qian's puzzled expression, the man continued to ask: "I was in distress in Luoxi on May 13, I don't know what day it is?" โ€

"May 15." Wei Qian was silent. A person who can float in the water for so long, and then just scratch the skin, and not be dying? "This morning, I was hunting in the mountains, and I happened to save you in the waterhole, according to the water system, it should be the Cangshui River water system."

There's a problem, there's a big problem here!

The two thought of each other and fell silent for each other.

The man tried hard to recall the Cangshui River water system, he came to the south to do business, deliberately checked the map, and memorized the distribution of the southern river channels, if it is really the Cangshui River water system, then the handover with Luoxi should be the lower reaches of Jinling City, not Nanshan!

"And, although there are many people who want my life, who would be so blatant when I am ordered to come to do something? Could it be that in this town disaster, there are really people who are corrupt and deducted? โ€

"But thank you for saving my life!" The man was the first to come back to his senses and bowed to Wei Qian.

"It's nothing, our Nanshan is a place of pure cultivation, and we can't see outsiders die here." Wei Qian's attitude was detached, obviously unwilling to get involved in the โ–กโ–ก of the man in distress. He only said: "You take the decoction first, and I'll bring you food when I get back." โ€

As for whether the man eats or not, whether he uses medicine or not, it has nothing to do with Wei Qian.

Wei Qian left in a hurry and went to Tongguang Courtyard to find the Venerable Master Lingyun to report to him.

"You said he had an accident the day before yesterday?" Lingyun is profound, and after Wei Qian came back with the man, he saw the man's identity at a glance. Not to mention the rich and noble face, there is also the aura of the dragon court on his body.

"He has a catastrophe in his life, I understand this, and this catastrophe should be in Nanshan." Lingyun took out a yellow talisman, and the talisman was painted with a spell that Lingyun couldn't understand. "But if it is according to you, where is he in these two days?"

According to the man, the accident occurred on the 13th, and then he fell into the water and walked away. But on the 15th, he appeared in Nanshan, where did he come from?

Looking at the talisman found from the man's body, Ling Yun felt Ling Ran in his heart.

Wei Qian looked at the talisman curiously: "This incantation depends on the number of paths, but it has some relationship with the Taishang Dragon and Tiger. But there is an evil magic force in it, which is by no means authentic Taoism. Lingyun didn't let Wei Qian learn to draw talismans, so he delayed his cultivation with a free heart, but Wei Qian had also read a lot of books on weekdays and knew the origins of the thirty-six talismans now.

Seeing Wei Qian's curiosity, Lingyun secretly thought: Well, if the owner of this talisman is really that family, I'm afraid Xuanning will still encounter it in the future.

So, Lingyun said: "This talisman is from the Tongyuan Sect. โ€

"Tongyuan Sect?" Wei Qian recalled that Xuan Yun explained the various families of Xuanmen: "Ten Cave Heavens, Twenty-four Dao Systems, it seems that there is no such one." โ€

"Like us, they are all declining Dao systems, and they have a big enmity with our Lishan side." Ling Wan opened his mouth and slowly told the origin of the Tongyuan Sect.

Tongyuan Sect is a sect that worships the Yellow Emperor during the Three Kingdoms period, some people call it Taiping Dao, and some people call it the Yellow Turban Thief. At the beginning, some people saw that Zhang Jiao and others were defeated, and stole the "Taiping Technique" to open another vein, and later appeared many times in a vain attempt to become a Taoist with the help of the dragon vein.

At the beginning of the two Jin Dynasty, the Tongyuan Sect appeared, and later in the troubled times, it was the cholera side, and it was not until another part of the cultivators supported the Great Sui that it was suppressed again.

"When Yang Jian was dying, Tongyuan Sect supported Emperor Yang of Sui to ascend to the throne, killed Yang Yong, and disrupted the dragon qi of Shenzhou."

After listening to it all the way, Wei Qian's face was full of shock.

"These people are the best at reversing the dragon's qi and sending the beautiful cholera king. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was like this, Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty was like this, and even during the period of Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty, there was also Tongyuan Sect stirring up. โ€

"In the last years of the Sui Dynasty, Tongyuan Sect first sent beautiful women to bewitch the king, and then supported Wang Shichong to ascend the throne when the dragon qi was scattered. However, it was suppressed by Li Tang, who was supported by Buddhism, and finally the Tang Dynasty established a prosperous empire. However, the Tongyuan Sect refused to give in, and bewitched the Li Tang brothers into infighting, which led to the change of Xuanwumen. Hmph, speaking of which, his Tongyuan Sect and our Liangzi on this side of Lishan were formed at that time. โ€

Ling Wan said to Wei Qian, "Do you know Fan Lihua?" โ€

"You know, the legend is that the old mother of Lishan is a disciple?" Wei Qian reacted: "She's our person? โ€

"Not bad. At the beginning, Li Shimin took the throne with the help of Buddhism, and later when his sons fought for the dragon, our predecessor Fan Lihua of the Lishan faction came forward to target the Tongyuan Sect. Later, during the period of Li Xian of Tang Zhongzong, Wei Xuanzhen, the leader of the Tongyuan Sect, married his daughter to Li Xian and took the opportunity to seize the country. โ€

Wei Qian was shocked to hear it, dare to feel that every time there is a change of dynasty, there are cultivators who intervene again?

"What gives you the illusion that a cultivator ignores the world?" Lingyun asked rhetorically: "Back then, our Lishan faction supported Emperor Zetian, and because of this, there were three generations of old mothers whose merits were fulfilled and they were ascended. โ€

There were some words that Lingyun didn't finish. At that time, the Lishan faction and the Buddhist Maitreya alliance supported Wu Cong's ascendancy, offending the Taoist lineage, and later the Taoist immortals and the old mother of Lishan discussed the Tao for nine days and nine nights, and the dragon ball was also broken in this battle, and the old mother of Lishan was forced to fly to the heavenly realm.

Buddhism declined because of this, so that Taoism supported the Tang Ming Emperor to respect the Dragon Court.

Tongyuanjiao also got a chance to breathe, and it was tossed again during the Tang Ming Emperor's period. Because the battle between Lao Mu and Taoism swept through most of the Xuanmen Taoist system, and all parties suffered heavy losses, they couldn't care about Tongyuanjiao at all. Let Tongyuanjiao lead to the An Lushan Rebellion, and almost ruined the Tang Dynasty.

"Later, after several dynasty changes, these Yellow Turban traitors have come out to stir up, could it be that this time it started again?" Lingyun fell into deep thought, Wei Qian straightened up, and Lingshen felt a crisis. Liangzi, who was married to her mother in the previous generation, she didn't think that the people of Tongyuan Sect would be kind enough to let her go.

"According to Master, the Tongyuan Sect's reversal of the dragon qi is nothing more than using the beauty of the cholera king, or destroying the foundation of the imperial court with the help of the battle between the dragons to cause internal conflict." Wei Qian pondered: "Now that the emperor is about to die, I am afraid that the next battle for the dragon is about to begin." Thinking about it this way, could it be that Tongyuan Sect did it, to choose a prince to take the throne, and there will be another An Lushan Rebellion like Emperor Tang Ming? โ€

"Maybe." Lingyun didn't dare to take it by himself, so he instructed Wei Qian: "I remember that your senior sister steamed Qibao rice today?" โ€

"Yes." Wei Qian's mountain dumplings at noon were very satisfied: "Senior sister made twenty Seven Treasure Pagodas, and I will bring them to Master for dinner." โ€

"You ask your senior sister to make another cage and go to the Guanyin Monastery to send two copies to the holy monk."

"When you go to the Guanyin Zen Temple, doesn't it mean that the relationship between our two families is not good?"

Think about it, both of them are in Nanshan, worshiped by the people in Jinling City, and compete with each other for incense, can the relationship be good?

"Dou Grandma Niangniang is known as Mori Zhitian in the Buddha Gate, and she is the great sage of the Buddha world. Three generations of old mothers have joined forces with Buddhism to support Wu Cong. Lingyun said: "You just go and deliver the food, and by the way, give this talisman to the holy monk." โ€

Wei Qian promised, greeted Xuanyu with a talisman, and took the food box to the Guanyin Zen Temple.

But this way, it's not the past.

Seeing that there was no one around, Wei Qian took off into the air, floating like a fairy, riding the wind and controlling the air, and with the help of the wind and clouds, he set up a cloud bridge and fell into the Guanyin Temple on another mountain.

Cloud Bridge Flying Immortal, this is one of the three spells that Wei Qian has learned so far.

Landing lightly, this foot fell, and landed right at the gate of the Guanyin Zen Temple.

"Perfect!" Wei Qian smiled proudly and looked at the Guanyin Zen Temple.

The green lantern ancient temple, the sound of Buddha is lingering, standing at the door and looking at the Guanyin Zen Temple. The Zen temple is simple and deserted, although the attics of the Buddha halls are neatly arranged, but compared to the Doumu Temple, there is always a little less anger.

"It seems that the incense of the Zen Temple has really not worked well in recent years, at least it is not as good as our Doumu Temple." Looking at the Zen courtyard, Wei Qian shook her head: "It's really time to renovate it." โ€

As soon as he finished speaking, a group of golden temples and palaces appeared in front of him. Glazed tiles, seven pagodas, silver brick paving, gold brick walls, brilliant eye-catching.

There are three Buddha phantoms in the sky above the temple, and there are also phantoms of Arhats and Bodhisattvas in the sky. Bursts of Sanskrit sounds came, making people let go of their worries and find great freedom.

Wei Qian's eyes rolled, and the wisps of purple gas above her head formed clouds, and bells and ribbons appeared in the purple clouds and danced in the wind.

This Zixia Body Protection Technique was the second spell she had learned.

"A vain thought, there is no self in the Three Realms, and Xuanning has been taught under the Lingyun seat." There is a statue of Dou Mu behind him, but this statue of Dou Mu has three heads and eight arms, faintly echoing a statue of a goddess around the three Buddhas. Instead of being suppressed by the Buddha's light, he was nourished by the Buddha's light and integrated into this Buddha realm.

"What a three-headed, eight-armed Mother of Light!" The Buddha in the center opened his eyes, praised it, and stretched out his hand to put it together: "The poor monk Wuhai has seen the benefactor." โ€

The central Buddha spoke first, followed by the two Buddhas next to him.

The lion's roar, the sound of the heavenly dragon, shook Wei Qian's ears and buzzed, and his heart was shocked, seeing the three Buddhas merged into one.

"The Buddha has three bodies, the Dharma body, the retribution body, and the corresponding body, I heard that Buddhism has a practice method, which is to cultivate the three bodies by yourself, and then condense the golden body of the supreme Buddha." Wei Qian had the information in his mind: "It depends on the situation, this monk is at least a Dharma Body Master, and his cultivation is even higher than mine. โ€

The golden light dissipated, revealing the true Guanyin Temple. There was a sweeping monk standing at the door. Holding a broomstick, the surrounding leaves spontaneously flew up and fell under the broom to be swept away by him.

"Sweeping monk, it is really the most unoffending profession!" Wei Qian sighed in her heart, took a few steps forward, and said as if she had no intention: "The great monk taught me that the worlds are vain, but I am moved by my words, isn't it into hatred?" It seems that the cultivation of the great monk is nothing more than that. โ€

Just now, Wei Qian belittled the Zen Temple, and someone immediately came out to fight back, turning into a golden Buddha temple with an illusion, alluding to the fact that Buddhism does not pay attention to foreign appearances.

But Wei Qian immediately shot back, saying that this person had endless hatred in his heart and endless disputes, so he was as knowledgeable as her.

The young monk with pink face and red lips at the door froze for a moment. He was already swept away by the abbot because of the dispute, but now he was poked by Wei Qian, and the surrounding leaves immediately fell, spreading out again and covering the doorway.