Chapter Ninety-Six: Dragon Gate
The four of Pei Valve waited patiently for most of the hour, but still couldn't see half of the figure, Pei Yukou was a little uncontrollable and said: "Father, will the people of Taiping Dao miss the appointment?" ”
"Rest easy. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info" Pei Jiao shook his head and motioned for the three of them to be patient. He knew very well that from the moment Pei Valve contacted Taiping Dao, the contest and temptation had already begun. Even if the people of Taiping Dao do not appear today, it is a temptation.
And he believed that Taiping Dao must be peeking at his group in the dark......
I don't know how long later, in the dark night, a dark blue lantern suddenly lit up, slowly fluttering a few feet in front of them.
"I didn't see anyone." One of the guards spotted the lantern that looked like a ghostly fire.
"Indeed......" Pei Yukou stared at the lantern, but he didn't find the person who lit the lantern.
Rao is Pei Jiao's three people, all of whom have opened up the second line of Ren Du and become a world-famous generation of grandmasters, are still terrified by this strange scene.
"Don't be afraid, if you don't pretend to be a ghost, it's not a peaceful way." Pei Jiao had a lot of dealings with Taiping Dao back then, and sneered disapprovingly. "It's called a ghost lamp to lead the way, follow along."
After saying that, he strode towards the lantern, and Pei Yukou and the three of them hurriedly followed, protecting the deputy sect master in the center.
When the three of them approached a distance of three or five zhang, they saw that the lantern was moving forward in a fluttering manner, and the three of them quickened their pace, and the speed of the lantern moved faster, and the three of them slowed down, and the speed of the lantern also slowed down, always keeping a distance of five or six zhang from them, and guiding the direction in front.
"If you get closer, you can see their tricks." Pei Jiao chuckled disdainfully, but today I came to do business with Taiping Dao, so there was no need to annoy them.
The four of them followed the lantern unhurriedly, and walked for most of the night in the night, when the road under their feet gradually rose, and it was evident that they had gone up the mountain.
This place is not far from the capital, even if they can't see the surroundings clearly, Pei Jiao and the others are very clear that they have gone up to Longmen Mountain. Longmen Mountain, called Yique in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the east and west mountains face each other, Yishui flows through it, forming a magnificent Gate Que, so it is named Yique. This place is in feng shui, it is the south gate of Luojing City, so it is also called the Dragon Gate.
On Longmen Mountain, there are many grottoes carved by the mountain on the side of the water, and in the grottoes are the Buddha statues made by the royal family of the Northern Dynasty for hundreds of years.
A few decades ago, there were dozens of Buddhist temples and thousands of monks on Longmen Mountain, which was the center of Buddhism in the world. After the establishment of the country, the temple was destroyed and the Buddha was destroyed, and the monks of the world were ordered to return to the world, and this place was suddenly barren. Only large and small Buddha shrines and stone statues are left, along both sides of the Yishui River, dotted on the cliffs of the east and west mountains of Longmen, telling the glory of Buddhism in the past.
The four of them followed the lantern, along the mountain road dug in front of the previous dynasty, past deserted Buddhist temples, and came to an open stone niche. The lantern stopped in front of the three-foot-high stone cave and floated up and down three times in mid-air, as if to salute the tall statue in the cave.
After the salute, the lantern was suddenly extinguished, and the heavens and the earth returned to darkness. After a while, a melodious cloud board sounded in the field, followed by the chime and fish drums, playing a heavenly Taoist rhyme.
In the sound of the warp rhyme, the torches were lit one after another. As clusters of firelight lit up, the four of them finally saw that they were standing at the foot of a tall and magnificent statue of Daode Tianzun.
Pei Jiao was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that after the destruction of the Buddha, Taiping Dao had changed some of the statues of the Buddha shrine into Taoist statues. It's just that the Taiping Dao was banned immediately, so these Taoist statues are almost unattended.
But they clearly saw that an offering table was set up at the foot of Tianzun, and the incense burner and tribute were all available on the table, which was obviously done by Taiping Dao.
Pei Jiao heard the song and knew the elegant meaning, so he walked to the offering table respectfully, lit a stick of incense, stepped back and led the three disciples, and kowtowed to Tianzun three times. Although Taiping Dao is characterized as a cult, the Daode Tianzun enshrined is also one of the ancestors of the Three Qing Dao. Pei Valu believes in the Tao of the Heavenly Master, worships the Yuan Shi Tianzun, and worships the Daode Tianzun, which is also a matter of course.
When the four of them got up, they saw several men in black robes, guarding a young woman in a black dress and a black veil, silently appearing in front of them.
"Zunjia is the holy daughter of Taiping Road, right?" Pei Jiao bowed his hand to the young woman, and said loudly: "Pei Jiao, the deputy sect leader of Pei Valve, came to the meeting as promised. ”
"Deputy Sect Master Pei is polite, this seat is the Holy Maiden of Taiping Dao." The young woman's black veil fluttered slightly, and her voice was beautiful and elegant. "In this wilderness, in the middle of the night, there must be no Yaxing who eats tea and talks at night, let's make a long story short, everything is simple."
"Just what I want." Pei Jiao nodded, stretched out his hand to the saint and said, "I don't know if the saint can show that thing to the old man first?" Although this is a bit abrupt, I don't see things, and my heart is always unsteady. ”
"You're really anxious." The saint smiled faintly and said, "If you are in a different place, will you take that thing with you?" He said sarcastically: "I'm afraid that as soon as that thing sees the light, the great grandmaster of your lord will immediately take action, right?" ”
"This ......" Pei Jiao also knew that if he were to change to himself, he would definitely not carry the jade seal with him, and he would not even dare to bring it to the capital, otherwise he would be raided by the great grandmaster at any time, even if Sun Yuanlang and the two Heavenly Rank Dharma Protectors came together, there was no guarantee that the things would not be snatched away.
"Since I am open and honest, I don't need to hide it from my honorable driver, that thing is still in my Taiping Dao General Altar and is kept by the family teacher." The holy maiden opened her eyes and said nonsense: "But please rest assured, as long as the two sides negotiate, the family teacher will personally deliver the things to your lord." The credibility of the family teacher and my Taiping Dao, you should still be trustworthy, right? ”
"Although Sect Leader Sun's actions are controversial, I haven't heard of it, and he will not believe in his words." Pei Jiao changed his words and said: "But the matter is big, and I haven't determined that the things are really in the hands of your sect, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me Pei Valve to come up with real bargaining chips." ”
"It doesn't matter." The holy woman didn't think about it and said, "You can not promise anything for the time being, and this sect does not force it." However, if others are willing to close the transaction first and then inspect the goods, this religion should give priority to it as appropriate. ”
"Hehe, this is the way to go......" Pei Jiao smiled noncommittally, this saint really has a set, even an old man like him has to be led by the nose. I don't know how much money you want? ”
"Am I short of money?" The saint sneered.
"Indeed, there are tens of millions of Taiping Dao believers, and they are rich enough to rival the country, and they will not be concerned about how much money they have." Pei Jiao nodded in agreement and asked, "Then what does your lord want?" ”
"Jiangshan." The Holy Maiden Youyou said: "Our conditions are very simple, form an alliance with your lord, and conspire with these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains. He will ascend to the world with his own religion and jade seal, and he can return the land of Youyan to this religion. Saying that, she smiled slightly: "This is not too much to ask, right?" ”
"Haha, that's not too much?" Pei Jiao laughed and said: "Let's not talk about it first, whether this valve has the ability to win the Sheji." Just say that the old man, as a general of the imperial court, still knows my Chinese territory very well. Although the land of Youyan is not big, it is a dangerous place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, if it is really given to Guijiao, not only will Youyan Liaodong disappear from the territory of the imperial court, but even the land of the Central Plains will always be under the threat of Guijiao, and from then on, even the emperor will look up to the Sun Sect Leader to snort! ”
"Deputy Sect Master Pei's words are wrong," the holy woman still said lightly: "The land of Youyan is the foundation of this sect, once there is something in the world, who can get involved?" The religion is just trying to draw a clear line in advance, so that the two sides can cooperate sincerely without suspicion. ”
"Hmm......" Pei Jiao was speechless for a while, the land of Youyan has indeed always been the sphere of influence of Taiping Dao, and in the past twenty years, the imperial court and various valves have tried their best to clean and control, trying to erase the power of Taiping Dao from Youyan, but it has had little effect, and it has not shaken the foundation of Taiping Dao at all.
So according to the Holy Maiden, people just want to justifiably own what belongs to them, but it's really not too much.
After a moment of silence, Pei Jiao looked at the saint and said, "In that case, why didn't Sect Master Sun just use that thing to set up his own door, why bother to give it to others?" ”
"The family teacher is self-aware," the saint said lightly: "What's more, the family teacher is an outsider, and he does not have the vulgar idea of being the king and hegemon, all he wants is to find a place for the disciples to live and live." ”