"Lantian King, your story is very exciting, but unfortunately it can only be a story, do you have evidence?" The abbot of Kobo calmed his mind and calmed down.

"Of course I have proof, and unequivocal evidence!"

The abbot of the Dharma said a Buddha horn and said, "This is impossible! ”

Li Tao smiled and said, "I'll give you the evidence!" Actually, I have never understood why you have to go to great lengths to be this abbot, and when I saw this secret passage today, I suddenly realized that you were for this secret passage and secret room. ”

"Not bad." The voice of the abbot of Kobo regained its coldness, "Three years ago, it was the Lord who ordered me to take charge of Tianci Temple. ”

"Three years ago?" Li Bai lost his voice and said, "Who are you talking about?" ”

Abbot Hongbo stared at Li Bai like a fool, shook his head and stopped talking, but turned to Li Tao: "You can tell me now, how did you know about my removal of the first three abbots!" ”

"Because you didn't kill Yuan Jue, he happened to be saved by me again, Yuan Jue escaped from death, and repented, so he will naturally confess everything truthfully."

The abbot of Hongfa suddenly realized this, and sighed and said, "This is the will of heaven!" ”

Li Tao nodded slowly: "A few days ago, I entered the palace to inspect the previous confidential files, and learned that Li Jiancheng, the former prince of Yin, knew that Emperor Taizong had the intention of killing his brother and plotting rebellion, so he hid a large number of treasures near Chang'an as a way back. If I'm not mistaken, what was hidden in this secret room before was the treasure left by the Hidden Prince? ”

Song Ming jumped, shining on the wrinkled old face of the abbot of Kobo, the original holy aura was gone, leaving only a distorted fanaticism: "According to the order of the lord." All these years I hid in Tianci Temple, and I was always looking for this treasure until three years ago. I finally found this batch of treasures. I've been here for three years. Yuan Jue, this beast, does not abide by the rules and seduces women to go to the tower for a tryst, don't I know? But he had a ghost in his heart, and deliberately declared this tower a forbidden place, and no one was allowed to disturb the tower, but he fell into my arms. ”

"Both Jingxiu and Yuan Jue died in your hands?" Li Bai couldn't help but speak.

listened to Li Bai's question. The hand that the abbot of Hongfa held his throat tightened, and Li Bai was out of breath as if he was being held by an iron hoop.

"Young people. I'm not afraid to tell you that Jing Xiuben was sent by the lord to help me, and he coveted glory and wanted to betray me to Princess Taiping. This kind of betrayal of the Lord for glory. I shouldn't have lived in the world! ”

Li Tao's eyes showed a hint of understanding, his lips moved, he swallowed again, and finally said, "Where is the treasure now?" ”

"It's where it's supposed to be. Abbot Kobo's shining eyes had turned blood-red: "If it weren't for your hard work, this would have been its best hiding place, but you will soon have retribution!" ”

"Do it!" Li Tao snorted, and then stretched out his hand like lightning. With a pull on the wall, there was a sudden rumbling sound behind the abbot and Li Bai.

The abbot turned his head unconsciously. But it was just now that he fell and the stone gate slowly stood up.

This distraction was fleeting, and the opportunity was rare, and Pei Yue stabbed the abbot with all his might. In a hurry, he naturally spared no effort, but he didn't expect that this abbot of the Dharma propagation would be able to free his right hand to clamp Pei Yue's sword blade with his middle finger, and his divine power was amazing, and he refused to relax at all, and clamped Li Bai even tighter.

Because Li Bai's arms were encircled inside, he couldn't use his strength, and he couldn't break free. The pressure on his neck increased sharply, and all he saw in his eyes was the distorted face of the abbot, which looked like a ghost.

Li Bai's mind was in chaos, and suddenly the abbot of the Dharma propagation paused, then slowly let go of his hand, and his bald head drooped heavily. Li Bai hurriedly pushed it away and got up in embarrassment, but saw Li Tao standing in place leisurely with his hands in his hands.

"The gentleman speaks, and the villain moves. I thought that with Uncle Yue here, I could rest assured that I could be a gentleman," clapping his hands, Li Tao shook his head and said, "It seems that it still can't be done." ”

Pei Yue smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect that this old monk's martial arts are not below me. ”

Li Bai was shocked, and looked at the ground first, the abbot of Hongfa had passed out. He reached out and sniffed out to make sure the man was still alive.

"What now?" Li Bai stretched out his hand to caress his neck, and looked at the old monk with palpitations.

"Whatever, get out of here." Li Tao lifted the gate of Songming Dynasty and walked, and on the wall where the light shone, there was a secret passage, and it must have been from which the abbot of the Dharma propagation came. After zigzag along the dark passage, there was a staircase that sloped upward, climbed all the way up, removed the trap on the top, and the light immediately shone in, and there was a meditation room on it.

"No wonder he appeared so suddenly." With a long breath, Li Bai felt like he had seen the light of day again, "It turns out that this secret passage leads directly to the abbot's room. ”

"Still, there are some things that don't know clearly." Li Bai said while pondering, "Abbot Hongfa killed Jingxiu because he wanted to report his lord to the official family, but why was Yuan Jue killed?" ”

"Yuan Jue was killed, although he helped the master get rid of the previous abbots, he didn't know about the hidden treasures in the secret room. On the day of his murder, the abbot of Kobo brought his body up from the underground palace and disguised the scene of the fall from the tower, but carelessly left the blood stains on the stone tablet. happened to be seen by Yuan Jue, so he was curious to snoop, and he also attracted the disaster of killing. Li Tao thought thoughtfully.

"But there's no blood on the stele."

"Absolutely. Do you remember that when you first saw the stele, there was a lot of dust on the stele, but when you look at it again, it is as clean as new, and someone must have wiped it on purpose. In the past few days, people have died in the temple, and it is a time of chaos, if there is no special reason, such as covering up the bloodstains, who will wipe a stone tablet that no one usually pays attention to? ”

"But in that case, why didn't he tell us what he had discovered?"

"Because he has a ghost in his heart, he is afraid of exposing his evil deeds. Now it is known that the corpse on the mountain is Tao Rui, and it is also Yuan Jue's lover. He abducted the layman woman, and eventually strangled her lover for fear of being exposed. This matter had nothing to do with the conspiracy of the abbot of Hongbo, and the death of Yuan Jue was more like heavenly retribution in the dark. ”

With that, Li Tao walked out.

"King Jun, where are we going now?" Li Bai hurriedly asked.

"I've been busy for a few days, you're not tired, I'm still tired, so naturally I'm going back to sleep!" Li Tao's voice came from afar.

Seeing that Pei Yue also followed, Li Bai hurriedly shouted, "Master! ”

"What's the matter?" Pei Yue stopped and looked back at Li Bai.

"The county king, he ......" Li Bai hesitated for a moment, and finally asked: "County king, does he really not know martial arts?" ”

Pei Yue looked at Li Bai and said with a smile: "Actually, in this world, for the little master, there is no difference whether he will do martial arts or not, think about it slowly!" ”

……

There was a fire in Tianci Temple in Chang'an City, and the abbot of Hongfa did not know where to go after the fire, and it is said that he had been seated in the tower. There is also a rumor that the abbot of the Dharma is profound and has complete merits, so Nirvana is in the fire. Emperor Zhongzong issued a decree to posthumously crown the abbot of Hongfa as the great sage Zen master who protected the country, appointed a monk named Purun as the new abbot, and allocated funds to repair the tower of Tianci Temple.

…… (To be continued......)