Chapter 659: Destroying the Buddha and Destroying the Dao
The extermination of the Buddha caused the entire Chang'an City to make a lot of trouble, not only the ordinary monks of the Buddhist temple suffered, but also many ordinary people in the city. A fire that had not been completely extinguished by noon. Liu Yu stayed outside the fire until the end of the morning, when Liu Yu entered the palace from the Dongye Gate, and he could still smell the soot of the fire.
The palace is not far from Wen'an Fang itself, and together with this fire, the palace can also feel the chaos of the fire. However, the fire did not reach the palace, which was related to the well-prepared officials and soldiers at all levels of the imperial court, and the buffer zone around the palace was a certain area, although the fire was fierce, it did not spread to the palace.
Liu Yu returned to the inner court, and his daughters were anxiously waiting for news, including Sui Yu, who was temporarily staying in the inner court. After the fire broke out last night, the flames were so bright that the palace saw it very clearly, and the women in the inner court also noticed it early, and they didn't sleep well all night. Liu Yu was not in the palace, they were worried about Liu Yu's safety, and when they saw Liu Yu come back, the female relatives of the family were completely relieved.
"It was the Three Puritans who did it." Liu Yu walked to the living room table, sat down directly, and said.
He hadn't eaten or slept all night, he was a little sleepy, and he was hungry in his stomach, so he asked the palace maid to bring two plates of snacks over first, and he devoured them. The women next to him, including Xu Xuanzhu and Qi'er, all looked at Liu Yu with strange expressions, Liu Yu went out for a night, and then Chang'an City was in chaos all night, and now he came back in a hurry as if he had been hungry for many days.
Before Liu Yu came back, Xu Xuanzhu had already asked the female army guards to inquire about the news and understand the situation in the city, but Liu Yu looked a little irritable at this time, so she didn't ask again. Hurry up and find someone to inform the dining room to open. Liu Yu waved his hand and said, "No need." I didn't have time to calm down and eat when I came back this time. I'm going to be out in a while. Miss Sui, you may have to follow me to Shangshutai in a moment. ”
Sui Yu nodded, and glanced at Xu Xuanzhu by the way, she has been teaching Xu Xuanzhu how to review the recital for the past two days, assisting from the side, a lot of things have happened outside today, she is the Zhongshu Ling, the rightful deputy minister in the court. There is no reason to stay in the inner court and deal with some things.
Liu Yu hurriedly finished eating, put the coat he had just taken off on his body again, and said to Xu Xuanzhu: "Don't worry, there will be nothing going on in the city, and it should be quiet in the afternoon." Things will be resolved soon. You just act like nothing happened, and I'll be back in the evening. ”
Xu Xuanzhu listened to Liu Yu's words, as if her husband said to his wife before he set out on the expedition, she understood Liu Yu's current situation very well, and Liu Yue was almost grasping the affairs of the imperial court now. first went to Lang County to quell the rebellion, and after coming back, Chang'an City made such a big fuss. Xu Xuanzhu nodded. and Qi'er personally sent Liu Yu and Sui Yu out.
As soon as Liu Yu and Sui Yu came out of the inner court, they saw Han Sheng's figure coming in a hurry. Han Sheng was in Shangshutai before, and just according to Liu Yu's instructions, he issued an announcement in the name of the imperial court, announcing that the imperial court would make every effort to help the fire. In fact, Han Sheng also came for the chaos in the city, and he wanted to ask Liu Yu why he would make a ban on Buddha into a storm in the city.
"Brother Han, go to the Yaqian Hall to speak, this is not the place to speak." Liu Yu saw that Han Sheng was a little anxious to say something as soon as he came up, pointed in the direction of the Yaqian Palace, and said.
Han Sheng sighed, and while walking with Liu Yue in the direction of the Yaqian Palace, he said in a tone that seemed to be complaining: "This night, I didn't sleep well, I was afraid that something would happen, and I was afraid that something would happen, but it turned out to be such a big thing." You say, in the past few years, the court has been in turmoil, but Chang'an City has been so chaotic? ”
Liu Yu said with a smile as he walked: "I didn't expect that things would come to such a broken state like a broken city, I can only say that some things are not well prepared, so they will be exploited by those treacherous people." ”
Han Sheng sighed again, although he also blamed Liu Yu for making a mess in Chang'an City, but he also had to admit that this time Liu Yue was wrong, and once he banned Buddhism, he completely forced the remnants of the Three Puritans in the city. This is like the pus and blood in the wound, sooner or later it will be forced out, the sooner it is forced out, the wound will not continue to fester, and the wound will heal faster.
And Liu Yu has done his best to arrange this matter. Before Liu Yu banned the Buddha, he had already made a comprehensive arrangement, not only acting at the same time, but also setting up roadblocks all over the city to impose martial law throughout the city. Han Sheng even thought that if those disciples who had been bewitched by the cult had not set fire to it, but had gathered together and rushed to the palace one day, the consequences might have been even more serious. Now it is just chaos in the city, and it does not involve the stability of the political situation in Chang'an City.
Liu Yu, Han Sheng, and Sui Yu arrived at the Yaqian Palace, and the people in the military department who came over earlier all saluted to greet them, and Liu Yu directly summoned Li Mi into the Yaqian Palace. Because Li Mi was responsible for the explosion of Shangbei Temple at the foot of the South Mountain of Jinchangfang last night, Li Mi did not directly participate in the rescue of the fire in the city. Li Mi just went to Wen'anfang, where the fire was most seriously disturbed, with the people involved in the firefighting of the Sixth Defense Division, and hurriedly entered the palace to report the situation.
"What's the situation at the Shangbei Temple?" As soon as he entered the Yaqian Hall, Liu Yu didn't even sit down, and asked directly.
Li Mi said: "The matter of Shangbei Temple has been calmed down, and several of the monks who planned the explosion and resisted were found to be from the Three Qing Sect. And they all have poison sacs in their mouths, and even if two of them are captured alive, they will directly bite the poison sacs and kill themselves. ”
"Suicide?" Liu Yu glanced at Li Mi and wondered, is it the disciples of the Three Puritans who are not afraid of death, or is there something that has been ignored? A group of believers are more loyal than the dead, is the brainwashing ability of the Three Puritans so high?
"Besides that they are from the Three Puritans, are there any other clues to be found?"
Li Mi said: "In the cellar of Shangbei Temple, a batch of iron weapons was found, and there were quite a few of them. Among them was a batch of tung oil and gunpowder, which should be related to the explosion and fire last night. ”
Liu Yu nodded to show that he understood, he calculated in his heart, this Shangbei Temple may be a secret stronghold of the Sanqing Sect in Chang'an City, because there are weapons and gunpowder hidden in it, so after the imperial court exterminated the Buddha began, the disciples inside ignited some of the gunpowder and exploded in order to protect themselves, and wanted to escape from the chaos, but found that there were many soldiers and horses besieging the Buddhist temple in the imperial court, so they gave up escaping and resisted stubbornly.
Liu Yue was secretly frightened, if it weren't for this ban on Buddhism, these weapons and gunpowder would probably be inflicted on the palace and even himself one day in the future.
"Do all the Buddhist temples in the city have cellars?" Liu Yu asked.
"This ......" Li Mi's face was embarrassed, obviously he didn't know what to do.
Liu Yu thought for a while and said, "Since this operation has not found some masterminds in the Three Qing Sects, then trouble Li Shangshu again, arrange it again, and search the Taoist temple again!" ”
Han Sheng on the side smiled bitterly, Liu Yu is addicted to destroying Buddha, and he is ready to destroy the Dao. (To be continued......)