Chapter 482: Demon Monk

After asking Lin Ran to help find the woman who was suspected to be his aunt, Zhang Yunwen prepared to leave the investigation institute.

Seeing that he was at the door, Zhang Yunwen suddenly turned around and said to Lin Ran: "Uh, Lao Lin, have there been any major events in the past few days when I have been gone?" ”

Lin Ran did not hesitate at all, and directly said the major events that had happened in recent times.

During the time that Zhang Yunwen left Luoyang, the biggest thing that happened was the attack on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. After Na Qinling failed to rescue his father last year and Lu Dongzan committed suicide at the border, the whole person's behavior became more low-key. However, this kid suddenly became ruthless, and one night he suddenly sent troops to kill hundreds of people in the Tunmi family. And the army controlled by the Natunmi family watched from the wall after the attack in Qinling, without the slightest movement. And after Qinling destroyed the Tunmi family, these armies all surrendered to Chengqinling. For a time, Qinling's strength soared, replacing the Tunmi family as the representative of the new aristocracy, and dozens of small families Wenfeng were attached. It is faintly able to compete with the old aristocratic forces of Tibet.

After the power rose sharply, this Qinling did not stop. His family territory is located in the east, and there are several small families from Tuyuhun, and these small families have been attached to the Lu family. Therefore, every once in a while, Qinling would send a small force of cavalry to go deep into Tuyuhun and plunder Tuyuhun's cattle and sheep. The cavalry came and went, and after taking their belongings, they immediately returned. There is no way to defend the small tribes against these heavily armed cavalry. And the larger tribes, those Tibetan cavalry never bothered.

In this way, in just three months, Tuyuhun lost nearly 10,000 good horses, cattle and sheep. Tuyuhun Khan also organized an army of thousands of people to encircle and suppress these Tubo cavalry, but they were always inexhaustible. In desperation, Tuyuhun Khan had no choice but to report the matter to Li Shimin and ask Li Shimin to call the shots.

Now, the Tuyuhun envoy is still staying in the post house!

In addition to the Qinling Tomb plundering Tuyuhun, other major events are probably the Western Regions.

Guo Xiaoke is a very belligerent fellow, and he has been leading the soldiers of the Anxi Protectorate to expand abroad. After the initial fight against Yanqi, the Tang army and the Western Turkic army confronted Yanqi, but instead of fighting, they started to negotiate peace. In the end, Yanqi changed to a monarch and paid tribute to the Great Tang Dynasty. However, less than a year later, the monarch fell ill and died. The new monarch doesn't seem to be very interested in Guo Xiaoke. And Guo Xiaoke is also dissatisfied with the new monarch.

Finally, Guo Xiaoke used the excuse that Yanqi did not pay tribute on time and sent troops to attack Yanqi.

And Yanqi City is surrounded by water on all sides, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The reward for Guo Xiaoke's surprise attack was all based on the swiftness of the battle and the speed of the thunder, and now, this Yanqi monarch has been fully prepared, so Guo Xiaoke has been under Yanqi City for more than 20 days now. In the entire territory of Yanqi, only this Yanqi City has not been taken.

In the past, when the Tang Dynasty attacked the countries of the Western Regions, the Western Turks would always send some troops to join in the fun. However, this time Guo Xiaoke sent troops to Yanqi, but there was no movement in the Western Turks. The reason is that the Western Turks are in civil strife again.

Throughout the entire Western Turks, except for the unification of the country and the strength of the country during the period of the Yehu and the Tongyehu, the rest of the periods, whether it was the Sui Dynasty before them or the Tang Dynasty after them, the Western Turks had to have a civil strife every three or five times, and sometimes, a civil strife often lasted for several years. This civil strife seriously weakened the power of the Western Turks, and by the time of Gaozong, Su Dingfang and Ashina Sheer sent troops to completely destroy the Western Turks.

The Western Turks, who were mired in civil strife, naturally did not send troops to intervene in Guo Xiaoke's actions in the Western Regions. Therefore, it was only a matter of time before this Yanqi City was born.

Regarding the civil strife in the Western Turks, although Li Shimin issued an edict to stop the fighting and not to fight in the Western Turks, a nominal subject state, and not to have civil strife. But I'm afraid that in Li Shimin's heart, he still wishes that the Western Turks would fight as chaotically as possible. When the Western Turks were exhausted, the Tang Dynasty sent troops to completely solve the civil strife for the Western Turks, once and for all.

In addition, the two kingdoms of Silla and Baekje in the east of the Tang Dynasty, under the secret promotion of Su Dingfang, have fought several battles, among them, there are many big battles of more than 10,000 people. Whenever these two countries finished fighting, they would go to Pyongyang to complain to Su Dingfang about each other. Su Dingfang appeased this, and then went to appease that, acting as a mediator. However, this mediator was very incompetent, and he did nothing less to secretly fan the flames, and when the two countries came to ask Su Dingfang to judge, Su Dingfang just said one word, delay. It dragged on until a big war broke out between the two sides, and then came forward to reconcile the contradictions between the two sides.

There is no shortage of clever people in the two countries, and Su Dingfang's plan is easy to see through. However, at this time, the two countries of Silla and Baekje had already been killed like enemies, and there was no possibility of reconciliation at all. Since there was no solution in Antonduhu, the two countries directly sent envoys to ask Li Shimin to come to arbitrate. And Li Shimin handed over the power of arbitration to Su Dingfang.

The two countries were speechless.

In addition to the slightly louder disturbance in these places, other things like the rebellion of the natives of Jiannan Province and the barbarians of Jiangnan Province have happened from time to time. However, the scale of these rebellions was very small, affecting less than one prefecture and county, and they were often able to be quelled by dispatching local government troops. Moreover, the reason why these people raised troops was mostly because of a little contradiction, like what Han people insulted their gods, like what Han caravans lowered prices, and so on.

These are all major events that happened in the borders of the four realms, but there are not many major events in the court, nothing more than the death of a certain meritorious hero, and the demotion of a certain Beijing official, saying that it is a local official from other places who has been transferred to Chang'an.

After listening to Lin Ran for a long time, Zhang Yunwen said: "Oh, it seems that our Datang is still Heqing Haiyan, and the war in the four realms will definitely settle down soon!" ”

Lin Ran nodded: "Yes, now the Tang Dynasty is really thriving!" ”

After chatting, Zhang Yunwen was about to get up and say goodbye. At this time, Lin Ran grabbed Zhang Yunwen's sleeve and said, "My lord, there is one more thing, I don't know if I should talk about it or not?" ”

"Hmm, what's the matter?" Zhang Yunwen said with some doubts, "To put it directly, there is nothing to say between us!" ”

That Lin Ran glanced around and said in a low voice: "My lord, there is a Tianzhu monk in the palace, what is it called Na Luo Suopo." The old monk boasted that he was two hundred years old and knew how to refine the elixir of immortality. Now, he has won the trust of His Majesty, and has begun to refine the elixir in the palace! ”

When Zhang Yunwen heard the news, he was shocked. On top of the official history, Wang Xuance fought in Tianzhu, captured a Tianzhu monk named Na Luo Suopo, and brought it back to Chang'an and dedicated it to Li Shimin. After Li Shimin took the elixir refined by this monk, he passed away in just one year. And Wang Xuance was also implicated because of this, and he did not take another step into the career for the rest of his life.

Therefore, when I was the only one who heard that the monk Tianzhu was trusted by Li Shimin, Zhang Yunwen's heart beat violently.

Without thinking about it, Zhang Yunwen prepared to walk to the palace.

Lin Ran stopped him: "My lord, but you want to go to the palace?" ”

Zhang Yunwen took a deep breath and nodded: "Yes, I can't watch Your Majesty being deceived by traitors!" ”

Lin Ran shook his head: "My lord, this matter still needs to be considered in the long run, take your time, and don't be impatient!" A few days ago, Lord Xiao Yu was blunt with His Majesty, but he was not accepted by His Majesty. In a fit of anger, he proposed to return with the bones, and His Majesty actually agreed! ”

Zhang Yunwen was also stunned when Lin Ran mentioned this, and then understood what Lin Ran was worried about. Now that Monk Nazhu is being trusted by Li Shimin, if he runs up and says bad things about the monk, he will definitely cause Li Shimin to be displeased. Even if you want to be a loyal minister and a direct minister, you must be good at figuring out people's hearts. Besides, with Xiao Yu's experience, Zhang Yunwen didn't want to anger Li Shimin recklessly.

After a moment of silence, Zhang Yunwen said to Lin Ran: "Old Lin, tell me what is going on with this Tianzhu monk, how did he come to Datang?" ”

Lin Ran said: "My lord doesn't know Master Xuanzang? ”

When Zhang Yunwen heard this name, he smiled secretly in his heart, isn't it Tang Seng, more than a thousand years later, this is a big man known to everyone! nodded immediately: "You know, didn't he go to Tianzhu to ask for Buddhist scriptures?" ”

Lin Ran said: "Yes, Master Xuanzang has just returned to Chang'an. And that Luo Er Suo Po went back to Chang'an with Master Xuanzang! ”

When Zhang Yunwen heard this, he couldn't help but say in surprise: "Master Xuanzang is a monk who is proficient in Buddhist scriptures, how can he be on the same path with this demon monk who claims to be immortal?" ”

"It is said that when Master Xuanzang returned from Tianzhu, he lost his way and met this Luo Ersa Po. And this monk heard that Master Xuanzang was from the Tang Dynasty, so he followed Master Xuanzang back to Chang'an! ”

Only then did Zhang Yunwen understand why Monk Nazhu appeared here.

At this time, Lin Ran sighed: "If Master Fu Yi is still alive, he will definitely be able to drive this demon monk away from His Majesty, it's a pity!" ”

When Zhang Yunwen heard this, he also nodded thoughtfully, that Fu Yi was a famous scholar in the Tang Dynasty, proficient in the astronomical calendar, familiar with Confucianism and Taoism, and had always been keen on the anti-Buddhist struggle. It had a profound impact on the anti-Buddhism of Han Yu and others later.

"In this way, this official will go to find Yuan Tiangang and Yuan Daochang, and see if he can take over the power of the Taoist family and suppress this demon monk!" Zhang Yunwen pondered for a moment and said.

"If so, it couldn't be better! Xia Guan has been following His Majesty for decades, and it is the first time he has seen His Majesty so keen on immortality! Lin Ran sighed lightly and said.

Zhang Yunwen left the investigation institute and went to the Baiyun Temple. And that Lin Ran also began to arrange for people to investigate the woman who was suspected to be Zhang Yunwen's relative.

When he arrived at Baiyun Temple, Zhang Yunwen suddenly felt some emotion, he hadn't been here for a long time. At the beginning, in order to get married, I ran again and again to this Baiyun Temple, and now there is nothing to run.

Zhang Yunwen and Yuan Tiangang's friendship is still quite good, Zhang Yunwen suggested Taoism for Yuan Tiangang, so that the Taoist priests on the mountains near Chang'an were born one after another, or to cure the sick and save people, or to surpass the dead, and then from time to time to engage in some free clinics, so that the power of Taoism in the vicinity of Chang'an expanded rapidly.

However, when Zhang Yunwen came to Baiyun Temple, he saw that there were few pilgrims here, and some little Taoist priests were wiping brooms to sweep the dust on the ground.

After Zhang Yunwen reported his home and made his intentions clear, he was quickly introduced into a courtyard by a little Taoist priest and sat in a clean room, saying that he was waiting here for a while, and Yuan Tiangang immediately said.

Not long after, Yuan Tiangang really came.

The old Taoist priest looked no different from a few years ago, as if the blade of the years was difficult to carve wrinkles on his face. But the gray hair was completely white.

"Hehe, Daochang Yuan, long time no see!" Zhang Yunwen got up and smiled.

That Yuan Tiangang put one hand on his chest and said: "Rare guest, General Zhang actually came to Xiaoguan, it really makes Xiaoguan shine!" ”

Zhang Yunwen laughed: "Daoist Yuan is polite, come, please take a seat!" ”

"Please!"

After the two took their seats, they began to chat.

"Well, Yuan Daochang, I look at your white cloud view, the incense is not as prosperous as before!" Zhang Yunwen looked at the empty and silent courtyard outside the door, and said casually.

When Yuan Tiangang heard Zhang Yunwen say this, he couldn't help but sigh: "Oh, this is not what Master Xuanzang who returned from Tianzhu did!" Brother, you are not in Chang'an, naturally I don't know the grand occasion of that day, but Lao Dao saw it! The entire street of Chang'an City was crowded with people, all of whom were watching Master Xuanzang who came back from Tianzhu. I don't know how many pairs of shoes were squeezed out before these people could see the monk's face. And the Temple of Mercy and Grace is even more crowded, and the scene is really ...... Oh, Lao Dao is actually jealous, the Sanqing Patriarch is above, it really shouldn't be! ”

Hearing Yuan Tiangang's words, Zhang Yunwen couldn't help but smile. This matter of contention between the two Buddhas will be long in the future.

Zhang Yunwen said with a smile: "Daoist Yuan doesn't have to blame himself, Daoist is also concerned about Taoism, and he always thinks about carrying forward Taoism, which is the case." The Sanqing Patriarch saw that the Taoist chief had a sincere heart, and he would probably not blame it! ”

That Yuan Tiangang closed his eyes and silently recited a few words of "Tao Te Ching", and then calmed down.

"Does the Taoist know about that Nara Sarava?" After Zhang Yunwen talked to Yuan Tiangang, he began to cut to the chase.

Yuan Tiangang nodded: "The monk from Tianzhu, of course the poor Dao knows!" ”

"In the name of refining the elixir of immortality, this person gradually became trusted by His Majesty. I don't believe in this, so I have no choice but to state it to Your Majesty in person, I am afraid that it will cause Your Majesty to be dissatisfied! And Lord Xiao Yu Xiao has been implicated because of this. Therefore, I want to take over the name of the Taoist chief and drive the demon monk out of the palace! Zhang Yunwen stared at Yuan Tiangang and said word by word.

When Yuan Tiangang heard this, he fell silent for a moment. With a wave of dust in his hand, he spun around in front of him and returned to the crook of his arm.

Seeing Yuan Tiangang's expressionless face, Zhang Yunwen continued to cheer and said: "Daoist Yuan, then Na Luo Suo Po and Master Xuanzang are from Chang'an at the same time. Although the two are not all the way, in the eyes of those people, this Tianzhu monk and Master Xuanzang are the leaders of Buddhism at the same time. If the Taoist can win over the Na Na Luo Su Po on the cultivation of the Dao Method, presumably the incense of this Baiyun Temple will not be so sparse! ”

Yuan Tiangang opened his eyes and looked at Zhang Yunwen. Although he didn't nod, Zhang Yunwen had already seen a hint of intention in Yuan Tiangang's eyes. He believed that as long as he added a fire, he would definitely make Yuan Tiangang determined. He continued: "If the Dao Master can expel that demon monk and refine the elixir that can strengthen the body, wouldn't he be deeply trusted by His Majesty. With His Majesty's backing, isn't the development of Taoism just around the corner? ”

A glimmer of light flashed in Yuan Tiangang's eyes, and the dust in his hand flicked back and forth several times, and finally stopped in the crook of his arm: "Okay!" Poor Dao will help General Zhang this time! ”