"Tonight, you wait for me to sound the arrow." This matter is very important, Liu Lan does not dare to make judgments, for the stability of Guangling, no matter whether the fasting day is true or not, he does not dare to be negligent, but now there is one more important thing, eating night food, among the people eating, Liu Lan ordered Zhou Cang, Guan Hai, and Pei Yuanshao to replace Zhang Fei, Xu Chu, and Zhang Jaw to command tonight, because they still have one important thing to do, that is, to follow Liu Lan to personally explore the Linyang Temple in Longtan Tiger's Den.

Midsummer night, starry, before the curfew, Linyang Street suddenly became a flow of people, bustling, so lively, this scene is just like the beginning of the year to Luoyang, to visit the scene of the gold market, it is like a peaceful scene of Heqing Haiyan, no one, especially Liu Lan as a state pastor does not want to see such a scene, but if this appeared more than ten years ago, Liu Lan has nothing to say, but it is impossible to appear in Guangling, which has just stopped the war.

Strange, strange.

Zhang Fei and Xu Chu muttered in their hearts, the key is that rebellion is a serious crime in Shatou, before the big thing is done, people's normal psychology must be worried, how can they be like these people with bright smiles, as if they are celebrating a festival, could it be that they are really spending the fasting day of Nalaoshzi?

"This old brother, is your family also going to Linyang Temple for fasting?" Zhang Fei and Xu Chu, who were muttering, suddenly looked up and found that the lord had come to the front of a family of three accompanied by Guan Yu and Zhang Jaw.

The middle-aged man who was wearing sackcloth and wrapped in a headscarf heard Liu Lan's question and said with a smile: "Yes." He glanced at Liu Lan and his companions. The talents are all good, but it's a pity that they are all dressed in the same linen clothes as him. As the saying goes, people rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles, and a few people who have changed their outfits are regarded by middle-aged people as Buddhists who have also come to fast. Said: "Yes, Linyang Temple will be demolished in a few days, and it will be difficult to eat meat in the future, so the host simply abolished the regulations of fasting and not eating at noon, and took advantage of the meat to eat in these three days, I changed to bring the old father and young children, by the way, why are you still waiting here and not entering the temple, and then it is late." Not afraid that the meat will run out? ”

"Uh......" Liu Lan hesitated for a moment, could only make up nonsense, and said vaguely: "Let's wait here for an old acquaintance to go in, and the time is almost up." ”

"In these years, there are disasters and famines everywhere, and the people's lives are not good, hey, if it weren't for the Taishou, how could Guangling still have such a scene today, it's a pity. How can such a good person say that he will be defeated, and in the future, the babies will not talk about eating meat, it will be rice soup, alas. That damn Liu ......"

The middle-aged father suddenly ripped off his shirt, and the middle-aged suddenly realized something and smiled awkwardly. The tone changed and he said, "Alas." I don't want to say anything, I can only sincerely thank the Buddha. Brothers, let's go to the temple first. ”

"I'll see you later."

"It seems that Zhang Ping's kid really said it." Liu Lan said with relief, on the other hand, the expression on Guan Yu's face was not very good, Zhenrong Zai Guangling bought people's hearts through Buddhism, but made the lord a villain, but no matter what point of view, Liu Lan is Xuzhou Mu, Guangling is his territory, and it is understandable to take it back, but these small people don't understand the big right and wrong, they only care about the immediate interests, and they look at the words again, they can't even eat enough, who cares about what is right and wrong in you, it seems that Chen Deng can only hope that Chen Deng will govern Guangling well to reverse the people's thinking.

Guan Yu unconsciously looked at the lord, but found that the two eyes met at this moment, the tacit understanding over the years has made the two of them have a good heart, although they didn't say a word, but they both understood what the other party was thinking, judging from the performance just now, both of them felt that Zhen Rong was not a heinous person, maybe it was time to talk to him after he recovered from his injury, rather than let him die on his own.

Not to mention the ashamed two, but said that Zhang Fei and Xu Chu, who were also very tacit, heard that this was really just a monk and a believer, and they planned to persuade the lord to leave, since they already knew the truth, there was no need to enter the temple again, but they didn't want Zhang Fei to open his mouth, but he found that his arm was suddenly clenched by Xu Chu, and then he heard Xu Chu's voice ringing in his ears: "Yide, look at that person." ”

"Why is it so familiar?" Zhang Fei instantly instructed Xu Chu to take a look, but found that there were four more people coming to him, and one of them was extremely familiar, but she couldn't think of where she had met for a while.

"You forget, when the lord got married, it was the old man who was with this person who went to see the bearded girl."

"Yes, yes, it's him, the lord told you and me to keep an eye on them at the time, but it's a pity that these two people are secretive, and he finally got away."

"Are you two right?" Liu Lan was shocked when he heard this, who is the old man? Many years ago, although he had sent someone to intercept Yu Wenyan and ask, but this question was taken aback, he never thought that in that old way, he was actually the immortal character Nanhua in the romance, and the person who could follow Nanhua would be an easy person?

Liu Lan followed the gaze of the two to look at the four people not far away, and was even more surprised: "Let's avoid it." Fortunately, the four of them were dressed in disguise, and the flow of people in front of the temple was shuttled, and they were not discovered, and after inquiry, they learned that among the four people, in addition to the young man Xu Chu recognized, there were two other Liu Lan actually knew each other, one was the jade craftsman he had met at the beginning, and the other was the warrior who assassinated him with Zhou Yu. How did they get together?

Liu Lan can't figure it out, but he can guess, plus these things that happened before and after, even if he can't guess the truth, he must not be far from the truth, among the four, the jade craftsman and the stranger don't say, their identities still need to be investigated, let's just say that the young people around Nanhua and the assassins around Zhou Yu, since the former follows Nanhua, it is naturally a Taoist, and the latter is Zhou Yu's person, the former naturally does not allow the Buddhists to become bigger, and the latter will not make themselves better since the assassination failed, so the two who have their own needs collude together, What can be done to deal with Buddhism and ourselves? The best thing to do is to let them kill each other, no matter who wins in the end, they have nothing to lose, but if both sides fight and lose, then it is the best.

It was for this reason that the two began to walk in Guangling and spread rumors on their heads, not only to attract Liu Lanfang's attention, but also to cause panic among Buddhists. Once the two sides are really killed, then their chance has come. If the Buddhists can kill a few of Liu Lan's henchmen or even get rid of Liu Lan in the chaos of the war, then the fate of the Buddhists will only be inescapable. At that time, Zhou Yu's enemy Liu Lan was killed, and Guangling Buddhism was slaughtered.

But since the four of them want to reap the benefits of the fisherman, why did they show up openly again? Did you guess wrong? After pondering for a long time, Liu Lan's eyes suddenly lit up, could it be that they are here to fan the flames? Don't feel at ease if you don't see a large-scale fight? But in this way, it is only necessary to send a minion, so why do you need to go out in person, then there is only one possibility, if it is not for them to collude with the Buddhists. Either they came to see the show, to get first-hand information on the situation as bystanders.

Haha, it's really a good calculation.

Liu Lan turned around and lowered his voice and said to Guan Yu: "Inform Zhou Cang that it doesn't matter if they are elsewhere tonight, drop all the troops here, and be ready to fight at any time." ”

"No!"

After hearing that Zhou Yu appeared, and it was likely to be Yuan Shu's person, Guan Yu already knew that something big would inevitably happen tonight, and the killing machine came out vigorously, and Zhang Fei and Xu Chu beside him felt a chill attacking, and at this moment, the pair of dark eyes of Liu Lan and Guan Yu they saw were shining with a chilling light. Immediately, I saw Guan Yu leaving first, but Liu Lan's straight face suddenly showed a smile: "Let's go, let's go in and have a look." These people are not good, so let's just go and see what they are going to do. Maybe we'll be able to watch a good show.

Like all temples of this era, the group entered the temple gate. Soon after passing the Hall of the Four Heavenly Kings, we arrived at the Great Hall of Shakyamuni, and in the middle of the main hall sat a middle-aged master. With his eyes closed, he moved his prayer beads and waited for the monks and believers to enter the hall one after another.

Xu is just after the meal, the hall sat nearly a thousand people, but in terms of the number of futons, it was only one-third, looking in the hall, but unfortunately there was no trace of the four people, Liu Lan had to take the three people to sit next to the corner of the giant pillar, and the three of them were also very cautious to sit down behind Liu Lan, which was conducive to protecting Liu Lan.

Time flies, the hall began to play Sanskrit sound, the hall was soon full of people, even the hall outside the crowd was surging, and then I saw the middle-aged monk who had been closing his eyes opened his eyes, took a Buddhist scripture from the side of the apprentice and began to read, the scriptures were written on the burning text, and the monk recited was also burned, Liu Lan didn't understand at all, let alone know the meaning of the scriptures, followed the blind reading, and the three people around him opened their eyes at the beginning and shook their heads there, people who didn't know thought that the three of them were reciting the Confucian scriptures.

After chanting for a long time, the great monk suddenly stopped and explained, while the monks and believers became more pious, prostrate on the ground, and did not even dare to raise their heads, only to hear the monk say: "The so-called six degrees of people are one generosity, two precepts, three forbearance, four diligence, five meditation, and six wisdom." The Eight Commandments. Do not kill, do not steal, do not commit adultery, do not lie, do not drink, do not sit on high beds, do not wear beautiful clothes, do not practice singing, dancing and opera. ”

"Ridiculous, ridiculous!" At the moment when the old monk's explanation fell, an abrupt voice sounded in the hall, and then several sneers were heard in the hall: "Don't kill? In this case, I look at this group of Hu monks, wash their necks and wait for Liu Lan to kill! ”

This voice is full of anger, not to mention that the people in the whole hall have heard it clearly, that is, the believers outside the hall have heard it clearly, each of them knows the existence of children's songs in their hearts, but they are obedient, and the blessings of cultivating the afterlife are originally what they all promote, so they don't put these dangers in their eyes, but Zhenrong vigorously promotes Buddhism in Guangling, and uses meat to attract people as monks, but there are a few people who are really willing to lose their hair, originally they were just to eat together, and they didn't even believe that Liu Lan would kill them, Because they don't admit that they are Buddhists from the bottom of their hearts, but this is all self-deception, you don't admit it yourself, but some people will classify you as Buddhists, because when they hear someone suddenly say that they are about to come to a catastrophe, the worry that has been hidden in their hearts completely explodes, and the hall instantly becomes silent, gloomy like a dead city, the original vitality disappears without a trace at this moment, and even many believers begin to commotion.

As I expected. Liu Lan guessed early in the morning that they were likely to come to fan the flames, and sure enough, looking for the person to speak in the hall, he soon found the person next to Zhou Yu, at this moment there were only three people around him, but there was no one next to Nanhua but another person, Liu Lan glanced at Zhang Fei and asked them to get ready, the three of them immediately tensed their nerves after receiving the order, and Zhang Fei even touched the pig-killing knife on his waist, because of the reason why he wanted to blend into the temple in disguise, only Zhang Fei felt that he was carrying a blade today.

The middle-aged monk clasped his hands together, proclaimed a Buddha name, and then said to Zhou Shang, who was speaking, and said: "This donor, Buddhism is a pure place, please respect yourself, otherwise the old man can only ask the donor to leave the temple!" ”

"A pure place, self-respect?" Zhou Shang snorted disdainfully, stood up, pointed at the monk, and said: "Bald, if you want to ask me to leave, I'll come to see how capable you are, you Husang demons, not only openly disobey the imperial court's curfew decree, but also gather people here to openly promote heresies in the Western Regions, what is this not a blatant rebellion, huh?!" ”

"Who the hell are you?" The monk was scared, but if this person was really from the Assassin's Mansion, how could he be so quiet on the outside, wasn't it? Otherwise, now I am afraid that a large number of officers and soldiers will pour in to arrest them, and his face immediately became unhappy, and he said to Zhou Shang: "If the donor is a believer in my Buddhism, it is okay to listen to the teachings of the Buddha here, but if the donor comes to make trouble, although the temple is small, you are not welcome, the monks of the courtyard, coax them out of the temple!" ”

"Yes."

Outside the door, several monks with sticks in their hands walked into the hall with a fierce face when they heard the abbot's order, and came towards Zhou Shang, but at the moment when they were about to approach Zhou Shang and prepare to take him away, Zhou Shang's companion, who was always kneeling, suddenly became difficult, and hit several warrior monks by surprise, and they were knocked out in an instant, blood overflowed from the corners of their mouths, and they were seriously injured!

"Villains, dare to hurt people in this temple!" The abbot's voice fell, and the warrior monks outside the hall almost rushed in, but only three punches and two feet, and soon the warrior monks were all knocked to the ground one by one. And when they were fighting, the people began to withdraw from the hall in a panic for fear of harming the innocent, and at this time, the abbot once again proclaimed the Buddha's name: "Amitabha, who is the donor, why did he come to this temple to make trouble and hurt people?" (To be continued.) )