Chapter 214: Concurrent Events
The two days passed quickly, and Emperor Qinglong announced in public that he would go to Bailan Temple in person, so even if something unexpected happened like Ling Yi, he still did not change his itinerary, and still went to Bailan Temple at the planned time.
On the same day, the temple was emptied, all the foreign pilgrims were invited away, and then the disciples in the temple greeted the holy car at the door.
Emperor Qinglong arrived at the end of the Chen, visited the temple successively, all the statues of the gods were incense and knelt in front of them, and when they finished walking, it was almost noon.
Yuan Death arranged for someone to prepare a meal and led Emperor Qinglong to the guest hall for dinner.
On the way there, Emperor Qinglong asked Yuan Li, "I heard that the eldest lady of the Ling Mansion was imprisoned in this Bailan Temple, why didn't I see it just now?" ”
Before Yuan Cheng could answer, he was interjected by Yuan Cheng next to him: "If you go back to the emperor, the demon is now locked up in the Guanyin Temple by the poor monks, in order to prevent the emperor from touching the evil spirit, the abbot senior brother deliberately took the emperor to bypass the Guanyin Temple." ”
Emperor Qinglong looked at him puzzled: "Who are you?" ”
Yuan Cheng hurriedly smiled and said respectfully: "The poor monk is the junior brother of the abbot, and the demon of the Guanyin Temple is the poor monk who is imprisoned." ”
The emperor saluted the Buddha, naturally it was impossible for one person to come, and he was accompanied by officials above the third rank in the court, and Ling Shandao was naturally one of them.
He stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that since he has made a special trip to worship the Buddha, if he does not go to this Guanyin Temple, I am afraid that it will be inappropriate, the Guanyin Bodhisattva of great mercy and compassion is the god of Pudu sentient beings to solve disasters for the people. ”
Emperor Qinglong thought about it for a while and felt that what he said made sense. Since I came here, there was no reason not to go, so I let Yuan Death lead the way.
Yuancheng was in a hurry. Stopped: "Your Majesty, please forgive the poor monk for his capital crime, Guanyin Niangniang is very merciful and compassionate, how can she be angry with the true dragon son because of such a trivial matter."
The poor monk is just afraid that the demon is too powerful, in case the evil qi enters the body and damages the emperor's dragon qi, then the country will not be able to receive complete protection. I'm afraid of disaster. ”
"Nonsense." Ling Shandao couldn't help but say angrily: "Since you are a mage, not to mention that it is your duty to drive away demons and avoid evil, the emperor is the true dragon son of heaven." Do you think that a little demon dares to come in front of the true dragon emperor? How can I listen to the master's meaning, do I think that the true dragon emperor is still afraid of a little demon? ”
Emperor Qinglong's face was really angry. Don't wait for the circle to be explained. Unquestionably, he commanded: "Go to Guanyin Temple, I want to see what is so powerful about this demon." ”
Ling Shandao hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, Master Yuancheng has the ability to catch that demon, and he must also have the ability to stop it, with him, that demon can't stir up the storm." ”
Emperor Qinglong looked at him suspiciously, "I seem to remember." The person in the Guanyin Temple is Aiqing's eldest daughter, right? ”
"The emperor is clear." Ling Shandao said in fear: "The minister's eldest daughter Fusheng was born from her mother's pregnancy in October. It's definitely not a demon, since Master Yuancheng said that it was a demon, it was a demon, not a minister's daughter. ”
Emperor Qinglong glanced at him inexplicably, and he couldn't figure out what he was going to do, did he really want to kill his relatives in righteousness?
Yuan Lin took Emperor Qinglong to the front of the Guanyin Temple, and the gate was closed, because there were few people coming and going, and the surroundings seemed a little depressed.
Yuan Cheng stepped forward again and said in fear: "Your Majesty, this demon has boundless power, although the poor monk knows that the emperor is not afraid, but the poor monk can't let any danger appear in front of the emperor and threaten your safety."
You are the Son of Heaven of Northern Qin, and your body is tied to the entire country of Northern Qin, and the poor monk thinks that it is Guanyin Niangniang, and he can understand that he will not let the emperor personally take risks. ”
That said, he wouldn't open the door anyway.
Emperor Qinglong actually just wanted to take a look, if it weren't for Chengguan saying in front of all the ministers that the dragon vein was not damaged, he would definitely use this as an excuse to kill Ling Yi and implicate the entire Ling Mansion.
I thought that Ling Shandao would persuade Yuancheng to open the door, after all, his daughter was locked inside, and what he said just now was just to let him come here and let Yuancheng open the door and release people.
But after waiting, he didn't see Ling Shandao speak, and Emperor Qinglong couldn't help but wonder: "What does Ling Aiqing think?" This Guanyin Temple, do I enter, or not? ”
Ling Shandao bowed his hand and said respectfully: "The minister thinks that what Master Yuancheng said is not unreasonable, after all, there are demons locked up inside, for the safety of the emperor, it is better not to enter." ”
Emperor Qinglong was a little stunned, and after a while, he glanced at Ling Shandao angrily, he really didn't know what the latter was going to do now.
The corners of Yuancheng's mouth showed a smug smile, thinking that Ling Shandao was retreating in the face of difficulties, but who knew that before he could accept his pride, he heard someone shouting.
"Look, there's a fire in there."
Yuan Cheng turned his head suddenly, and sure enough, he saw a fire rising from inside the door, his face turned slightly pale, and his hands couldn't help but clench.
Emperor Qinglong took a step back in shock, was supported by Fuquan, stabilized, coughed lightly to hide the panic in his heart, and ordered: "Yuancheng, now the demon is setting fire to the Guanyin Temple, you quickly go and stop it." ”
Yuancheng was stunned for a moment before he reacted, "Please also ask the emperor and the ministers to leave first, and let the poor monk go to fight the demon." ”
Ling Shandao said: "Since the master swears, there must be no danger, I haven't seen a real demon fighting method so far, and I also believe that the master's mana is profound, so if you want to watch from the sidelines, it shouldn't be in the way of the master." ”
Yuan Cheng was about to say no, but he heard the latter say: "Your Majesty, your true dragon qi will make the demon afraid, Weichen is brave, please watch the emperor here, and you can also extinguish the demon's momentum." ”
Seeing that Emperor Qinglong had a tendency to agree, Yuan Cheng wanted to object, but Yuan Cheng spoke: "Lao Qu and all the disciples and the emperor will suppress this demon together. He asked more than a dozen little monks to form a circle, surrounded Emperor Qinglong and others in the center, and then took the lead in whispering Momo chanting Buddhist scriptures.
In this way, Yuan Cheng could no longer say anything against it, he took the opportunity to glared at Yuan Yuan Die viciously, and then took off the Buddha bead around his neck and stepped forward.
Yuan Sui hid on the roof of the Guanyin Temple, smiling and waiting for Yuancheng to walk to the door, and he didn't know where he pressed, only to hear a rumbling sound, plus a lot of ground movement.
The people in the distance thought that it was a monster, and they were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and they moved closer to each other, if it weren't for the emperor who didn't move in place, I was afraid that the others would have fled in all directions.
In fact, Emperor Qinglong was not worried, on the contrary, he was extremely scared in his heart, and he could only stand firm by Fuquan's support, and his feet were as if they had taken root, and he couldn't move in horror.
But Yuan Cheng, who was standing at the door, had a little different on his face, because he found that the big lock on the door was not locked, but was just leaning together, and people thought it was locked at first glance.
But the key to the door was on him, and he had never opened the door, so why was the lock opened?
He looked at the faint light of the fire reflected on the door, perhaps because it was daylight, and he didn't see it very clearly, but it was indeed on fire, and the house was on fire.
Yuan Sui covered his mouth and smiled with a stomachache, and muttered in a low voice: "I don't even know that the key was lost by the old man, this person is really stupid - if you don't open the door, then I'll help you." ”
He pressed another mechanism, and the door that had been closed suddenly popped open, creaked, and opened completely for some reason.
Yuancheng was startled, because he was standing on the edge of the steps, he stepped on the air and rolled down the steps.
This change surprised everyone, and not only that, but the surprise on people's faces was even heavier when their eyes fell on the open door.
Because a door is opened, there is still a door inside.
Emperor Qinglong fixed his eyes, frowned and asked, "What's going on?" ”
At this time, everyone had clearly seen that the fire was burning behind the door, but behind the door, there was a wall and a door.
Fuquan said in a timely manner: "Your Majesty, this Guanyin Temple seems to have a hidden mechanism, there are two floors, this fire is burning in the gap between the two layers, it seems that this Bailan Temple, built is indeed interesting." ”
Yuan Yu didn't know about this at all, and hurriedly said: "If you go back to the emperor, this Guanyin Temple was built by the junior brother himself, and the old man didn't know that there was such a big secret hidden in it." ”
Yuancheng got up from the ground, stumbled to Emperor Qinglong, and tried to explain: "Your Majesty, please listen to the poor monk's explanation, the poor monk built this Guanyin Temple at the beginning, just to prevent someone from stealing, and I heard the abbot brother say that the Bailan Temple was stolen several times, and the poor monk thought that Guanyin is a golden Buddha statue, and there must be some people with evil intentions to steal, so this is why such an institution was built." ”
"The master will prevent thieves, you can use this method to wronged me, it's really incomprehensible, could it be that I have some deep hatred with the master, you want to slander me as a demon?" Ling Yi pushed open the door inside and walked out.
Yuancheng's eyes widened, he was locked inside and out, and if he didn't have his own key, the door wouldn't be open at all.
However, before he could figure out the key, something that made him even more frightened happened.
I saw that the inner layer suddenly began to descend with a bang, and everyone saw a wall sinking into the ground, but for a moment, when I looked again, the Guanyin Temple was already like an ordinary house, and I couldn't see the slightest abnormality.
Weaving Fan and Weaving Feather came out of it and followed Ling Yi to Emperor Qinglong.
Ling Yi saluted Emperor Qinglong first, and then said: "Presumably the emperor has seen it clearly, the previous rumors that I set fire to the temple are simply framed.
The fire was set by the person who built this Guanyin temple, how can I set it on fire when I am locked in the house? Only he knows how to set fire in the middle, how to make people think that it is a demonic force. ”
Fuquan suddenly said: "Your Majesty, the old slave understands, it must be this monk who used such a trick to deceive everyone, and then set fire to the Ling Mansion, making people misunderstand that this fire was done by demonic power." ”
Emperor Qinglong glared at him and said, "I have eyes and know that I can see." ”
Fuquan laughed: "The emperor Mingjian, the old slave was just surprised by the construction of this temple, not to mention anything else, this effort, but a lot of work." ”
Yuancheng didn't expect things to be debunked so easily, this was not a big trick, no one knew that the mechanism in the house was fine, but once it was discovered, everything didn't even have a chance to cover up, just like the inner layer, so Chiluoluo appeared, and then Chiluoluo sank into the ground. (To be continued.) )