Wu Qing and Yuwen Su'e looked at each other stunned, it turned out to be a Buddha statue painted with cow blood after killing a cow. I really don't know what Xue Huaiyi thinks.

The ancients were wise to write in blood, and it is estimated that Xue Huaiyi wanted to use blood to paint the Buddha to show his loyalty, but obviously did not satisfy the empress. Holding the hands of the second daughter, Wu Qing followed the flow of people and headed towards Dayun Temple.

After the royal chariot arrived at the Dayun Temple, the presiding monk of the Dayun Temple greeted the empress, and Xue Huaiyi also changed into a golden and purple robe given by the emperor.

"Holy Lord, please enter the temple!" Xue Huaiyi respectfully knelt on one knee, and the empress also gave face to the palace, first in the Daxiong Treasure Hall to make incense, and then when she came out, she saw that the courtyard was full of dense monks, all of them bald and shiny, the empress felt a little funny, but held back.

Among the palace maids, Shangguan Wan'er and Wei Tuan'er were around, their faces were solemn, but they were still dazzled by so many bald heads, and Taiping accompanied them on the side, and they didn't think it was interesting, not to mention that she didn't believe in Buddhism.

Xue Huaiyi then said loudly: "Buddha Yao Da Zhou, recite the Great Cloud Sutra!" ”

After a while, Xue Huaiyi personally sat cross-legged in front of the oversized wooden fish at the front, knocked on the wooden fish, and with the rhythm, the monks recited the scriptures, as for whether it was the Great Cloud Sutra, no one knew, and it was not clear anyway.

After listening for a while, the empress felt that drowsiness had come up, and was about to get up and drive back to the palace, when suddenly the wind blew fiercely, and the sky was full of dark clouds.

Let's go!

A drop of rain fell on the empress's face, and the empress was stunned, it should be snowing at this season, why is it raining? The weather is unusual!

After a while, it began to rain heavily. The 10,000-person chanting assembly was terminated. Xue Huaiyi stared blankly at the sky, and then watched the empress take the imperial chariot out of the Dayun Temple and run towards the palace, he burst into tears.

Wu Qing took the hands of the two concubines and hid in the teahouse. Drinking hot tea and watching the pouring rain outside the window, it really doesn't rain much at this time, but in fact it is raining.

A cup of hot tea warmed their hearts, and the three of them silently looked out the window and the pedestrians who were running, it seemed that this Shangyuan Festival was going to be spent in the house. It rained until midnight. The banquet in the palace did not succeed, and when Princess Taiping returned home, the four of them held an "uncovered conference". Enjoy the joy of men and women, so not fragrant and obscene.

On this day, Xue Huaiyi was very sad. As night fell, he went to Wanchun Tower for the first time. A wine and meat monk went to Wanchun Tower. It is very rare, he didn't want a sister, as long as he had more than a hundred jars of wine, he didn't know how much wine he drank, and he didn't know how many times he got drunk, in short, he drank when he woke up, drunk when he drank, and fell asleep when he was drunk. He paid enough for the drink. It's even several times more. So no one dared to ask, no one dared to say anything. Around him there were only wine jars. There was also vomiting.

It was late at night, and the curfew was lifted on Shangyuan Night. The street was a little deserted because of the rain, Xue Huaiyi staggered out of Wanchun Building, and when he arrived on the street, the ghost made a god and walked to Tianjin Bridge, and the huge Buddha statue in the south of Tianjin Bridge had fallen to the ground, trampled by pedestrians.

Suddenly, a sense of grievance hit his heart, making him angry, why is this happening, thinking about what kind of scenery he was at the beginning, King Wu and King Liang led their horses and dragged stirrups, and whoever saw him had to call him "Xue Shi", that is, the prime minister of the court, he also wanted to fight, and he wanted to scold, what a beautiful and majestic he was. The empress's accession to the throne was also his greatest contribution, and he led the army to recruit the Turks for the empress many times, but in the end he alienated himself because of an old and useless imperial doctor.

He, Xue Huaiyi, is so majestic but has fallen out of favor.

Xue Huaiyi couldn't understand, he was like an abandoned little daughter-in-law, crying, crying sadly, there were originally more than a dozen apprentices accompanying him, but he drove back to the White Horse Temple, because he knew that the empress didn't like it, so he drove away. But the empress still did not change her mind, and still did not summon herself to the palace.

But he can't admit defeat, he can't admit defeat to an imperial doctor, since he is not summoned, then he will enter the palace by himself. So he entered the Duanmen Gate and headed towards the Gate of Heaven, passing by the Ming Hall and bypassing the heavens. Looking at the heavens, his tears rained down, and the Buddha statue inside was made according to the appearance of the empress, who praised him more than once, but now, he can only be sad in this cold night wind.

Because Xue Huaiyi often went in and out of the forbidden palace, the soldiers guarding the palace did not dare to stop it, but when he arrived at the queen's bedroom, it was guarded by the plum blossom guard, and the plum blossom guard knew that Xue Huaiyi was out of favor, so when Xue Huaiyi approached, he stopped him.

"The forbidden palace is heavy, don't break in, retreat quickly!"

Hearing this, Xue Huaiyi was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly, pointed to the nose of the plum blossom guard, and said, "Get out of the way, you minions, you still want to block my way." Know who I am? You emperors are all the people next to my pillow, if you stop me, aren't you afraid that I will cut off your heads? ”

The plum blossom guards were not afraid at all, they had already received Shangguan Wan'er's order, and they could no longer let Xue Huaiyi enter the palace, so they pulled out their long swords, instantly pointed at Xue Huaiyi's throat, and said sharply: "Xue Huaiyi, there is an order in the saint, there is no summoning, you are not allowed to enter the palace, retreat quickly." ”

Xue Huaiyi was stunned for a moment, turned around slowly, and left. When he came to heaven again, suddenly, a wave of resentment rushed to his mind, and he muttered: "In order to please you, I supervised the shaping of the Buddha day and night, but I didn't expect that today, it will be treated like this." ”

Then he pushed open the door of heaven and walked in. Heaven is a place to worship the Buddha, so the candles are complete, the green lantern is always bright, Xue Huaiyi walked to the Buddha, took the giant candle on the fasting case, and then lit it. I looked up at the Buddha statue, but the big Buddha was too high to see clearly. Xue Huaiyi sneered and said loudly: "Okay, good, good, this is what you forced me, this is what I built for you, since you don't want me anymore, then I will ruin this place!" ”

There are many silk and satin decorations in the heavens, which burn when they meet the fire, and the heavens are all wooden structures, but after a while, the flames go straight up, and the inside of the heavens burns.

Xue Huaiyi was in the sea of fire, and he was scorched and sweating like rain, but in a moment, he completely came to his senses, and saw that the entire heaven was on fire, he saw the giant candle in his hand, his hand trembled, and threw it away, and then ran out of heaven and escaped from the imperial city.

Heaven is on fire. was discovered by the soldiers guarding Mingtang and immediately told the empress, who immediately removed Shen Nanli, who was still on the dragon bed. When she came out of the Lijing Palace, she saw flames coming out of heaven, and immediately ordered someone to rescue her quickly. and informed the minister to put out the fire, because the fire spread, maybe the entire palace will be burned down.

Wu Qing was disturbed by the slave after scoring two goals on the third daughter. Hearing the words of the palace people, he kissed the sweaty body of the third daughter and said, "This time to pass the order." There must be something serious, so you should rest first. ”

The three daughters showed endless spring under the reflection of the glass lamp, a little reluctant, but they also knew that the affairs of the court were important.

"Ah Lang, let's go." Princess Taiping said.

Wu Qing didn't call anyone to wait. I wore regular clothes casually. He left the house and asked, "What happened?" ”

The eunuch said, "Someone has set fire to heaven, and the saint has asked the hundred officials to discuss and extinguish the fire." ”

Wu Qing was also shocked, this paradise is an all-wood structure, once it burns up, I am afraid it will be almost destroyed, but if the Ming Hall is burned again, the consequences will be unimaginable. So he left the eunuch and rode towards the palace.

Soon. Wu Qing saw the burning heaven at the bridgehead of Tianjin, and he galloped away on horseback, hoping to save Mingtang. When they arrived at the Ming Hall, they found that the Heaven was burning, and it had not yet spread to the Ming Hall, and hundreds of palace people and soldiers were in a hurry, because the Heaven Fire was too big to get close to it at all.

Wu Qing didn't say a word, and shouted loudly: "Give up heaven and protect Mingtang, where is Ji Qi!" ”

Everyone was taken by Wu Qing's momentum, and Ji Qi hurriedly replied loudly: "Xia Guan is here!" ”

"Take someone to the right to carry the wood here!" Wu Qing roared.

"The subordinate officer receives the order!" Yoshimi led the people to take the order and left.

Wu Qing yelled: "Others, tear up the sandbag for me and throw it into the fire, understand?" The sandbags in the clearing, see no! ”

Wu Qing roared, then walked to the sandbag pile, tore open the sandbag, poured out the fine sand, and then snatched a dustpan from a palace man to scoop water to fight the fire, and then smashed the fine sand, and splashed towards heaven.

Seeing Wu Qing doing this, the palace people also did the same, but there were too few dustpans, and someone brought a wooden shovel for fertilization.

The empress watched from a distance, and couldn't help but smile when she saw Wu Qing commanding Ruoding, bringing a group of frightened palace people and hundreds of officials to the firefighting track.

At this time, Ji Qi led the servants and soldiers to carry a purlin about seven or eight zhang long, Wu Qing was overjoyed, ordered someone to pour water, he picked up the purlin with both hands, and poked towards heaven, and then from the side of the Ming Hall against the heavens, hoping that when the heavens collapsed, do not hit the Ming Hall. After more than a dozen purlins were pressed against the heavens, the surface of the heavens was completely burned.

Wu Qing shouted loudly: "Give up the other side, go here to splash water, and raise sand!" ”

The palace people and the soldiers followed the order, although there was panic, but finally let everyone see hope.

At this time, Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi and other kings hurriedly ran over, and first ran to the empress in the distance to greet and plead guilty.

The empress didn't say anything, but kept looking at Wu Qing's busy figure.

Finally, there was a bang, and the heavens collapsed, but it fell in the direction of Kyushu Pool, Wu Qing finally calmed down, and then shouted loudly: "Take the water in Kyushu Pool and extinguish the fire!" ”

The back of heaven is the Kyushu Pool, so it is very convenient to get water, and the collapsed Ming Hall, the fire suddenly decreased, and at this time, it can already be said that it is under control.

When the last bit of open fire was extinguished, everyone was tired and lay down, Wu Qing had consumed too much body in bed, and after this incident, he finally sat on the ground, looking at the mess, and then looked at Mingtang, Mingtang just kept it. It was dark in front of me, and I fainted.

The empress was startled, and hurriedly ordered someone to carry Wu Qing into the side hall for the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat.

By this time, it was already dark.

Early the next morning, when the people of Luoyang went out, they saw a world like an ice sculpture, a thick fog shrouded the entire god capital, a thin layer of ice formed on the ground, and the trees were like ice sculptures, all wrapped in a layer of crystal ice crystals, and the whole god became a world of ice.

It was a freezing rain, and I don't know how many plants that had already sprouted were destroyed. Thanks to this freezing rain, otherwise Heaven would have burned faster.

In any case, the empress's mood was heavy, the heavens burned down, but fortunately, Mingtang was still there. The empress couldn't help but think, is this because she is a Buddha, is this a punishment from heaven?

Looking at the ruins, the heavens were in ashes, and the big statue was also broken into dozens of sections, a mess. The empress summoned the guards and palace people on duty at night, "Heaven was on fire last night. Is there anything unusual? ”

The inner guard paused, and then said, "Master Xue came last night and forcibly entered the hall. Stopped by us, some palace people saw him enter heaven, and then heaven was on fire, and Master Xue didn't know where to go. ”

Although the empress didn't want to believe it in her heart, she still understood that Xue Huaiyi did it, and she couldn't help but hate Xue Huaiyi. Once upon a time, who would dare to do her in such a way? But heaven has burned down. And she can't say that Xue Huaiyi burned the heaven, she didn't want the world to see that it was because Xue Huaiyi was jealous that the heaven was burned.

But there must be a reason not to, so he said sharply: "I have arrested the palace servants in charge of heaven." All of them were beheaded. ”

Gao Yue, the plum blossom guard, was stunned, but still bowed down to carry out the empress's will.

Wu Qing was woken up by the sound of crying, and on his side was Shangguan Wan'er, seeing Shangguan Wan'er. Wu Qing was stunned. He asked, "Why am I here?" ”

Shangguan Wan'er made a "shhhh ”

Wu Qing then understood, then got up, quickly kissed Shangguan Wan'er, and asked, "Why is it so noisy?" ”

Shangguan Wan'er's face turned red, and she said in a low voice: "It's all to blame on Xue Huaiyi." set fire to heaven, but asked those craftsmen and palace people to take the blame! ”

Wu Qing was taken aback. Then he asked, "Where is Your Majesty?" ”

Shangguan Wan'er knew Wu Qing's request, so she said, "Where else can it be, in the Shaking Light Palace." ”

The Shaking Light Hall was on one side, so Wu Qing soon saw the empress, who was in a bad mood, but still showed a smile to Wu Qing.

After Wu Qing saw the salute, he went straight to the point and said: "Holy Lord, Heaven has been destroyed, but now the craftsmen and palace people are going to be executed, this is against the peace of heaven, and I hope that the Holy Lord will think twice." ”

The empress was originally angry, but when Wu Qing said this, she was even more angry in her heart, and her complexion changed. But Wu Qing was not afraid at all, and said: "Heaven has been destroyed, and the world will soon know, if those palace people and craftsmen are executed, I am afraid that the people of the world will think that the saint has no mercy, and it is better to forgive these people to show the benevolence of the saint." ”

The empress calmed down a little in her heart, and she was a little scared when the heavens were burned, if it was really providence, then it might be better to pardon these people. So he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you." You were busy all night last night, so go home and rest. ”

"The child obeys the order, I hope the grandmother will not work too hard." Wu Qing bowed down, exited the main hall, and went out of the palace, and met the old nun of Hanoi halfway, Wu Qing smiled coldly in his heart, this old nun of Hanoi who knew the future dared to enter the palace at this time, it was really looking for death. Since this is the case, let people prepare first, so as not to escape the old Hu people.

Hearing that the heavens were burned, Hanoi Lao Ni hurried into the palace, she wanted to continue to invite merit, but when Hanoi Lao Ni entered the main hall, the empress asked: "You are pure and light, you know the future, I treat you well?" I didn't even tell me that there was a fire in heaven, get out, get out! ”

Hanoi Lao Ni didn't expect the empress to be so excited, so frightened that she saluted again and again, and then withdrew from the main hall. Out of the palace, hurry to the Linzhi Temple.

Wu Qing was prepared in the morning, Yan Yuansun entered the palace to face the empress, the old Hu people and the old nuns in Hanoi had an adulterous affair, the empress was furious, so she ordered Yan Yuansun to investigate the matter thoroughly.

So Yan Yuansun led Luoyang Wei Tang Shao and other officials to rush into the old Hu people's mansion, but they didn't see the old Hu people, but they found more than 100,000 pieces of gold, silver and jewelry in the old Hu people's residence. Yan Yuansun did not stay, but went straight to Linzhi Temple, in the meditation room of Linzhi Temple, captured the old Hu people, and the old Hu people were in the meditation room and two little nuns were participating in Huanxi Zen! Let Tang Shao deal with more than 2,000 male and female believers in Linzhi Temple, and he himself led people to personally arrest the old nuns in Hanoi.

At the behest of Wu Qing, someone handed Yan Yuansun the whereabouts of Hanoi Laoni, and Yan Yuansun did not doubt him, so he caught Hanoi Laoni in front of Dingding Gate.

At this point, the true colors of Hanoi Lao Ni and others were revealed, and the empress was furious and directly ordered Hanoi Lao Ni and Lao Hu to be beheaded. Wei Shifang was captured by Gaozhou assassin Sun Qian in Lingnan, Wei Shifang knew that he could not escape death, so he committed suicide in prison, under the trial of Yan Yuansun, more than 2,000 male and female believers were all confiscated as official slaves.

Three days later, the empress, who had calmed down, finally held a grand court meeting.

The empress sat on the throne, and then said slowly: "Since the founding of the country, there have been many troubles, but the world is relatively stable, and the people are happy, but I rarely hear of official advice. ”

The empress said so, but most of the officials who dared to admonish knew that it was because heaven was burned down, and the empress did a low profile.

Zuo Shi Zhang Ding played: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this is the Huoliu King House, which shows the auspiciousness of the Great Zhou." ”

The officials whispered for a while, but most of them looked like this.

After the general secretary was unwilling, he played: "The minister once read the Buddhist scriptures, when Maitreya became enlightened, there were heavenly demons burning the palace, and the seven treasures were scattered and destroyed, and the ministers thought that heaven was burned, which was a good omen." ”

Wu Qing was the first military attaché, the corners of his mouth twitched, but he didn't say anything, these people, finally met the empress and asked the hundred officials to speak out, but they wanted to say that the burning of heaven was a good omen, which shows that these people are low-minded and have no responsibilities as officials. It also shows from a certain aspect that the sorrow of the Empress of the Great Zhou, all the officials have become sloppy goods, how long can this dynasty last?

But even so, but after all, there are still people who can't see it, Liu Chengqing played: "The fire is from the master of hemp, after and the general chapter, the camp of the Buddha's house, I am afraid that the work is useless, and the ministers please stop." Zhang Ding and Xiao Hongmin's words, the ministers dare not agree, in fact, the false words of delusion are not the correct opinions of the monarch and the minister. If you wish your majesty to dry your wings, and have no heart to fight without the heart of heaven and man, you will be relieved and the blessings will be endless. ”

The empress listened to the words of the three ministers, first happy and then depressed, but she was also very human, so she nodded and said, "I remember Liu Aiqing's words." ”

Then he said: "I will issue a decree to go to the 'Ci clan Yuegu' to tell the Taimiao, and the hundred officials and those who speak can be sparse." ”

The hundred officials said yes and retired from the court.

However, the next day, Zhou Yunyuan and the Shaoqing Emperor Fu Wen Bei played Nei Shi Dou Lu Qinwang, Tongping Zhangshi Wei Juyuan, Du Jingjian, Su Wei, and Lu Yuanfang attached to Li Zhaode, but they could not be corrected and asked to belittle the prime ministers.

The empress was also angry, so she agreed, Wei Juyuan was degraded to the history of the Linzhou thorn, Du Jingjian was degraded to the history of the Qinzhou thorn, Su Wei was degraded to the history of the Jizhou thorn, and Lu Yuanfang was degraded to the history of the Suizhou thorn. Doulu Qinwang stayed in the center because of King Wuqing of Wei, and after the empress thought about it again and again. Besides, with so many central prime ministers denouncing at one time, is the imperial court still functioning? (To be continued......)