Li Hong left Daming Palace and did not return to the East Palace, but came directly to the prison in Chang'an County. (Top) The novel 23wx.com prison detains the presiding nine precepts of the Great Solemn Temple and the first nine tribulations of the Discipline Academy, as well as a high-level monk, a total of eight people.

Li Hong came to Chang'an County, and Luo Binwang, Wei Yuanzhong, and Fan Lubing greeted him at the door. Li Hong waved his hand to the three of them and signaled that he didn't need to be polite, and then moved his gaze to Wei Yuanzhong, this is the secret that this thing told last night, right? Wei Yuanzhong was short and thin, but his eyes were bright. When he saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince paying attention to himself, he suddenly thought of last night's whistleblower, and his heart was a little weak, so he lowered his head slightly.

"Luo County Order, bring them out, I want to ask." Li Hong said to King Luo Bin. King Luo Bin received the order and instructed the officials to bring the Jiujie and the Nine Tribulations monks to the living room of the county government early. Li Hong said, "Except for Luo County's order, both of you should go and do your own business." ”

Fan Lubing understood, so he bowed down and said goodbye, Wei Yuanzhong wanted to stay and listen to what Li Hong said to Jiujie and Jiuyan, but the prince spoke, Fan Lubing had already left with interest, and if he didn't leave, he would definitely annoy the prince, so he bowed down and said goodbye.

At this time, only Li Hong and Luo Bin Wang, Jiujie and Jiu Jie were left in the living room.

"Amitabha-" The Nine Precepts and the Nine Difficulties faced Li Hong, and their attitudes were also respectful, and they folded their hands and said a Buddha word.

"Two masters, sit down." Li Hong said.

"Your Highness!" Jiujie and Jiujie said, and sat down on the chair behind them.

"What happened in the Great Solemn Temple last night must be explained to Lonely, right?" Li Hong opened the door and asked.

"What does Your Highness need to explain?" Nine difficulties asked unhappily.

"Who Liu Ju is, presumably you know better than Lone, and only you know what your intentions are for shielding Liu Ju." When Li Hong said this, his tone was a little cold, "The queen mother said, your status in the Great Solemn Temple is noble, let Gu not make a big move, but you should know that last time Gu was assassinated, it was this group of people who did it, right?" On this basis, it is not an exaggeration to destroy your Great Solemn Temple, and now you just want an explanation, don't you still refuse to give it? ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has misunderstood, the junior brother can't speak, and I ask Your Highness not to be angry." The Jiujie monk said that as the host, he was not as irritable as the Nine Difficulties, and he was also clearer than the Nine Ugly ones, and he knew what kind of fate the Great Solemn Temple would have if Li Hong wanted to deal with the Great Solemn Temple.

Seeing that Li Hong was silent and did not speak, the Jiujie monk said, "This traitor incident is indeed not done well in this temple, but we really don't know that they are Liu Ju's subordinates, and they are the people who have assassinated His Highness, please forgive Your Highness." Of course, there are also our faults here, please give us a little time, and we will give you an explanation. ”

"How do you want to explain to Lone, Lone doesn't care, but Lone has two conditions, if you meet them, from today onwards, the charges of the Great Solemn Temple will be written off." Li Hong said, and before he finished his words, Jiu Yan asked, "If you are not satisfied?" ”

"If you are not satisfied, you don't mind that there is one less Buddhist temple in Chang'an City." Li Hong said in a stern tone.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, you are too deceitful and too much." Nine Hardships roared.

"Bold—"

"Presumptuous—"

Luo Bin Wang and Jiujie shouted at the same time.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, please speak." The Jiujie monk hurriedly said, he was afraid that if he continued to talk, his junior brother would have to go toe-to-toe with the prince, and then the problem would be even greater.

"First, whoever left this group of traitors in the Great Solemn Temple will be punished by the laws of the Tang Dynasty on charges of collaborating with the enemy and treason. Second, Gu had an agreement with Fusang to send 300 monks to Fusang to promote Buddhism, and this time it was decided to let you contribute a few people to the Great Solemn Temple. Li Hong said his conditions, the first one he wanted to kill the chicken to show the monkey, and the second one he added temporarily, who called the Great Solemn Temple to hit his hands.

"How many people to contribute?" The nine-ring monk asked.

"Three hundred." Li Hong said without hesitation.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, this, this-" The Jiujie monk was frightened, there are many monks in the Great Solemn Temple, but there are not many monks who can promote Buddhism, and there are three hundred people at one time, what will happen to the Great Solemn Temple in the future? This is going to break the roots of the Great Solemn Temple!

"Nope." The monk of the Nine Tribulations directly refused.

"You don't know what you said." Li Hong said coldly, "Host Jiujie, what do you think?" ”

Jiujie glared at Jiujie fiercely, and then replied, "His Royal Highness the Prince, can you contribute a few fewer people?" ”

"It depends on your attitude." Li Hong said, "Host Jiujie, what do you think?" Promise, you can leave now, if you don't agree, you can continue to go to the prison to squat, Lone Ke is going to order the closure of the temple. ”

"You-" Jiujie was about to go crazy and was stopped by Jiujie, but the Jiujie monk groaned for a while, and then said, "The old man agreed. ”

After saying this, he seemed to be much older, and his body trembled and left the living room.

"Luo County Order, let go of the people of the Great Solemn Temple." Li Hong felt uncomfortable when he saw the back of Jiujie leaving, this matter must have nothing to do with Jiujie, it is estimated that the people in the Great Solemn Temple did it without him, but it is obvious that for the sake of the Great Solemn Temple, the monk of Jiujie took this matter down.

"No!" King Luo Bing received the order and left the living room.

On the way back to the Great Solemn Temple, the monk of the Nine Difficulties turned red and looked angry. The monk of Jiujie looked at his junior brother, and stopped talking several times.

"Senior brother, do you have anything to say to me?" Nine Difficulties asked.

"Senior brother, you have gone too far this time." The Jiujie monk said bitterly, "Only this time, you can't do this again in the future." ”

The monk of the Nine Tribulations surprisingly did not quarrel with the monk of the Nine Commandments, but said in a low voice, "Senior brother, it has been rumored throughout the ages that Li Hongnai is the reincarnation of Daojun, and we helped Liu Ju in accordance with the will of heaven, but we were lucky enough to be discovered by them..."

"That's enough, you don't have to say any more." Jiujie scolded, "This matter will not be mentioned again in the future, and you will not do such things again in the future." ”

After speaking, the monk of Jiujie strode away. Jiu Yan is his junior brother, he protects him like this, but he can only protect him once, if it is someone else, he will not grovel to Li Hong like this.

Jiu Yan looked at the back of his senior brother who left angrily, there was no remorse in his eyes, only unyielding resentment...

King Luo Bing came back after leaving the half-pillar incense, but this time he was accompanied by a monk who was over sixty years old. After the introduction of King Luo Bin, Li Hong learned that he was the leader of Buddhism, the host of the Great Ci'en Temple, and the master of Xuanzang.

"I don't know why the master came to the Chang'an County Yasu today?" After the two sides got to know each other, Li Hong sat down and asked.

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, Lao Wei is here for the monk of the Nine Rings of the Great Solemn Temple." All can say, "The old man has heard about the matter of the Great Solemn Temple, and this matter is not right for them, and please ask His Royal Highness to raise his noble hand and let them go, and the old man will be grateful in the future." ”

"How does Master Quan Neng want to thank Gu?" Li Hong asked, he was very curious about where the monk got his confidence, thinking that he would definitely give him face.

The confidence of the monk comes from the fact that he is the leader of Tang Buddhism, once Gaozong stopped translating Tianzhu Buddhism, and it was he who contacted the senior monks of the country to petition Gaozong and justify to Gaozong, so that Gaozong took back his fate. Therefore, he felt that he could make His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty compromise, and a little prince couldn't deal with it?

"Your Highness will know this later." Monk Neng said.

Li Hong sneered, this is a typical empty glove white wolf! Do you think you're stupid? Will you be deceived by this?

"Of course, the advantage now is that the old man will notify the temples of the Tang Dynasty and ask them to pray for His Highness." Monk Neng said. The implicit meaning of his words is that he is the leader of Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty, and he represents thousands of Buddhists in the Tang Dynasty, which is putting pressure on Li Hong.

"The master's kindness has been accepted by Lone, but Lone does not need the master's thanks, Jiujie has already agreed to Lone's conditions, and the Chang'an County Ya has already let them go." Li Hong said, seeing all the surprises, Li Hong continued, "Also, Gu has been printing a few Buddhist scriptures recently, preparing for the Egret Bookstore to sell them outside, I wonder if your Great Ci'en Temple is interested in buying them?" ”

Because of Xuanzang's reasons, the Great Ci'en Temple has now become the national temple of the Tang Dynasty, and the Empress Wu gives them a lot of rewards every year, and the dignitaries of the Tang Dynasty will go to the Great Ci'en Temple to worship the Buddha, and give a lot of charity to the Da Ci'en Temple, and the Da Ci'en Temple is rich.

"This is a good deed, doesn't Your Highness want to donate the scriptures to our Great Mercy and Grace Temple?" Monk Neng said as a matter of course.

"Donate? Master, how much manpower do you think it takes to print tens of thousands of scriptures, and how much money does it cost? Lone wants to donate to you free of charge, what do these craftsmen eat? If they have no money to eat, won't their families starve to death? Li Hong sneered.

"Let's think about it when this old man goes back." They can all say that they have too many scriptures in their temple, and there is no need to buy them from Li Hong.

Li Hong was already happy when he heard all of them say this, he wanted to give the scriptures to the Fusang people, provided that the scriptures could not be sold in the Egret Bookstore, and now he and all of them asked whether the Great Ci'en Temple would buy them, and they could refuse his kindness, and in the future, he would be able to give the scriptures to Fusang so that he could argue for himself in front of the Empress Wu. Because the cost of scriptures is very high, and it is backlogged in the Egret Bookstore, Li Hong needs money to turnover, and when the time comes, he can't do anything to him after selling it, who says that those who can afford it don't buy it.

When the monk saw that Li Hong had released the monk of the Nine Precepts, he said goodbye to Li Hong and left, and he was unwilling to meet Li Hong, a person who did not have a good impression of Buddhism.

As soon as Monk Juneng left, King Luo Bin said, "Monk Juneng was too rude just now, daring to threaten His Highness, the current monks of the temple are indeed too arrogant. ”

"He's arrogant because he has capital!" Li Hong said lightly, just because he can be the leader of Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty, all the Buddhists in the Tang Dynasty have to listen to him, and he has arrogant capital. However, today's arrogant behavior stimulated Li Hong, and gave birth to the idea of establishing Taoism, the state religion of the Tang Dynasty.