Yang Guang, as a party, knew nothing about Zhang Heng, Yu Wenshu, Duan Da and others secretly forming an assistant trio to conspire to help him ascend to the throne and seize the sect.

Even such an unusual thing as Yuwen Shufeng's transfer back to Beijing failed to attract enough attention from Yang Guang. This is because, as Wei Huang and Li Jing accompanied Master Zhiqi and escorted the white-clothed bandit leader back to Guangling, Yang Guang's entire mind was focused on winning Master Zhiqi's support and interrogating the case, and he had no time to take care of everything else.

Wei Huang and Li Jing accompanied Master Zhiqi and his entourage to hurry up, but they were still one step late, and they failed to catch up with the funeral ceremony of Jingxu and Xinyi held in Jiankang. Under the strong persuasion of Wei Huang and Li Jing, Zhi Qi had no choice but to agree to go to Guangling with them to meet Yang Guang, the king of Jin, and then cross the river to Jiankang to hang the monks and friends.

Yang Guang was very surprised and pleased that Wei Huang and Li Jing had invited Master Zhiqi to Guangling so smoothly, and personally led his subordinates out of the city for ten miles and welcomed Master Zhiqi into Guangling City.

Master Zhiqi had no intention of intervening in the world's disputes, although he saw that Yang Guang treated him so warmly and thoughtfully, and Yang Guang personally told him that the princess Xiao E had a teacher-student relationship with him, and he still did not forget him, but still in order to avoid suspicion, he refused to step into the gate of the Yangzhou Governor's Mansion, and insisted on asking Yang Guang to allow him to go to the Buddhist temple in Guangling City to place an order.

Yang Guang saw Zhiqi's resolute attitude, so he had to obey his wishes and ordered people to clean up a quiet courtyard in the largest Buddhist temple in the city, Guoqing Temple, for Master Zhiqi to settle down during his stay in Guangling.

"The master was able to pull out the redundancy to come down the mountain to Guangling to preach the scriptures, which is really a blessing for Xiao Wang. Xiao Wang intends to convene Buddhist temples in the south of the Yangtze River in Guangling, hold a thousand monks' meeting, and ask the master to preach the Buddha at the thousand monks' meeting, but I don't know what the master wants? After everything was settled, Yang Guang accompanied Zhiqi to sit down in a clean room in the Guoqing Temple, and asked Zhiqi's opinion with a smile.

"Amitabha. The poor monk's Buddhist cultivation is still shallow, how can he be so gracious by the prince? This can't be done, can't be done. Zhiqi faintly heard from Yang Guang's words that he had the meaning of respecting himself as the head of the monks in Jiangnan, and hurriedly shook his head and excused himself.

"The master is too modest. Xiao Wang often heard the princess say, the master is compassionate, purifying all sentient beings, and opening a sect of law, knowing that the Buddha in the Samadhi, do not hide from the master, in addition to this thousand monks, Xiao Wang has a wish in his heart to be unfulfilled, hindered by the first meeting with the master today, it is not convenient to mention, but also ask the master to bless, live in Guangling for a few more days, so that Xiao Wang can ask the master for advice at any time. ”

"The prince has also heard of the Fahua Sect?" Hearing Yang Guang mention his opening of the Fahua Sect, Zhi Qi was obviously a little surprised, bowed his head and thought for a moment, clasped his palms together and said, "It's not a secret, the poor monk also has a matter, and he wants to ask the prince to fulfill it." ”

"Master, it doesn't matter, as long as Xiao Wang can do it, he will obey his fate." Yang Guang owed, held the tea bowl with both hands, offered a bowl of tea to Zhiqi, and said.

"Maybe General Li also heard when he came to our temple on the order of the prince that the poor monk has a senior brother Dujing, who may do something against the imperial court, and I hope that the prince will forgive the mistakes he has committed for the sake of the same senior brother Dujing and the poor monk as a disciple of Buddhism. The poor monk was willing to act as a guarantor for Senior Brother Dujing, guaranteeing that he was instigated by his disciples and would never deliberately be an enemy of the imperial court. ”

At that time, Yang Guang had never heard Li Jingyu report the details of his trip to eastern Zhejiang, let alone heard of the name of Dujing, and suddenly heard Zhiqi pleading with him for Dujing, he couldn't help but be stunned, and blurted out: "I don't know what the master said about the things that Master Dujing did to obstruct the imperial court, what exactly does it mean?" Who are his disciples? ”

"The poor monk and Senior Brother Dujing have been practicing Buddhism in Tiantai Mountain for more than ten years, and they have never seen him involved in world disputes, but recently they suspect that Xiao Rushui, a martial arts disciple he accepted more than ten years ago, is secretly in contact with him, wanting to induce Senior Brother Dujing to go down the mountain and become enemies of the imperial court, so he took the opportunity of meeting with the prince today to implore the prince to open up to him."

When Yang Guang heard the name Xiao Rushui, he was secretly taken aback, and hurriedly asked Zhi Qian: "Xiao Rushui is a disciple of Senior Brother?" ”

"Not bad. However, as far as the poor monk knows, Xiao Rushui has never set foot on Tiantai Mountain since he graduated from the mountain more than ten years ago, and he and Senior Brother Dujing have never met again. Zhi Qian replied calmly.

"Does the master know that Xiao Rushui is really the great protector of Nanchen's 'Wild Goose's Nest', and the number one criminal wanted by the imperial court? Not long ago, Shangshu's right servant shot Wang Shao was assassinated in Jiankang, and this king suspected that the mastermind behind it was likely to be Xiao Rushui, and the master dared to guarantee that Master Dujing didn't know anything about Xiao Rushui's actions? Yang Guang's face became gloomy, and he asked Zhi Zhi rhetorically.

"Good, good. If the prince is suspicious of Senior Brother Dujing because of Xiao Rushui, it is better to arrest the poor monk and detain him as soon as possible. As the abbot of Tiantai Temple, the poor monk is willing to assure the prince for the monks in the temple that all the monks of Tiantai Temple have no intention of being enemies of the imperial court. Zhiqi said, taking the initiative to stand up.

Zhiqi's attitude of being extremely determined to exonerate his senior brother Dujing, and the unexpected news that Dujing was Xiao Rushui's mentor, made Yang Guang feel in a dilemma, and he didn't know how to reply to Zhiqi for a while.

After frowning and groaning for a long time, Yang Guangcai got up with a smile and persuaded Zhi Zhi: "The master is not far away, and he only came to Guangling today, please rest in the Guoqing Temple for a few days, and then give the master an answer after Xiao Wang asks Li Jing and others for details." Xiao Wang said goodbye. ”

Bidding farewell to Zhiqi, Yang Guang returned to the governor's mansion with a calm face, and immediately ordered someone to send Li Jing to question him alone.

"Li Jing, you were ordered to go to Tiantai Mountain this time, have you ever heard of Dujing's people?" As soon as Li Jing walked into the council hall and saluted him, Yang Guang asked him straight to the point.

Li Jing originally thought that Yang Guang had come to ask him about the arrest of the white-clothed bandit leader and escorting Chen back to Dongjiao City, but when he heard Yang Guang's question, he couldn't help but be stunned, and he was hesitating in his heart whether to truthfully report the matter of Dujing's abduction of Chen and the others to Yang Guang, so he heard Yang Guang then ask: "Do you know why Master Zhiqi proposed to this king as soon as he met with this king today, asking this king to forgive Dujing, what is the reason for this?" ”

Li Jing heard that Yang Guang's tone of questioning was not good, and he didn't dare to hide it at all, so he kidnapped Dujing and went to Tiantai Mountain with him.

"Let me ask you, Dujing hijacked the dust, does Master Zhiqi know?" Yang Guang listened to Li Jing's report, narrowed his eyes and asked him.