Chapter Seventy-Two: The Martial Emperor of the Monks

Someone actually sent it on purpose?

Ling Xuan's helplessness made me very curious, he was so proud that he was so proud that he was also powerless, so I hurriedly asked, wanting to know what was going on.

"Ling Xuan, what's the matter, you speak slowly."

Ling Xuan calmed down and began to introduce me to the origin of this page.

"That day, Brother Ting asked me and Xue Nan to check the information in this Lingyun Tower to see if there was any gain, but we didn't make any progress after two days of investigation."

"Just now, we went out to eat, and when we came back, the page was placed in the most prominent position, as if this man was afraid that we would not be able to see it."

Hearing what Chunting said, I once again picked up the page of the book that I don't know who left behind, and said in confusion while reading.

"The relationship between Xiao Yan and Chen Qingzhi is originally a monarch and a minister, are there other hidden secrets in it?"

Xue Nan heard my words on the side, walked over, shrugged his shoulders helplessly, and smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Ghost knows, this feeling of being led by the nose is really bad, and I don't know who left it behind, you said that this person either made it clear in 1510, or didn't say anything, what is the matter with a few pieces of paper left by him."

Qi Zhi looked at the page seriously, but her attention didn't seem to be on the content of the record, she hesitated for a moment and spoke.

"You see, there's something wrong with this page."

When we heard Qi Zhi's words, we each picked up a page and examined it carefully, but we found nothing.

"What's wrong with this page?"

Qi Zhi hesitated, and it seemed that she didn't dare to speak easily.

"This doesn't seem to be ordinary paper, it's a bit like carbon-free pressure-sensitive paper, which at first glance looks like ordinary paper, but it contains colorless or light-colored dyes and chromogens, which can be dissolved in organic solvents and are often used to hide information."

Everyone's expressions were full of confusion, it seemed that only Qi Zhi had studied this, and we hurriedly asked how to discover the hidden information in this paper.

Qi Zhi thought about it for a while and said uncertainly.

"Generally speaking, the information hidden in this way, as long as you soak the paper in water, you can see what you really want to record on the paper, but the sudden appearance of the page is very important, and if I guess wrong, we lose this clue after being blistered."

After Ling Xuan heard this, he smiled indifferently.

"Instead of speculating here, it's better to try it out, anyway, there is more than one page in this book, let's take one and try it first."

After speaking, Ling Xuan and we walked out of Lingyun Tower with the suddenly appeared pages, came to the attic, and then instructed Ling Yan to bring a vessel for water, and when the water arrived, Ling Xuan took out one of the pages and carefully placed the pages in the water.

I saw that the pages of the book were soaked in water, and the original words on them gradually disappeared, and at the same time, new records appeared on the pages.

When we saw that this page was indeed as Qi Zhi said, we were very excited, and we put all the rest of the pages in the water, and when all the information on it was revealed, we gathered around to take a closer look.

We put the pages in order, and to our surprise, this new content is still not a secret, but a record of the later years of Emperor Xiao Yan, but this record is the absurd thing he did in his later years.

In his later years, Emperor Wu of Liang believed in Buddhism and connived at evil, Guo Zushen described: "There are more than 500 Buddhist temples in the capital, which are extremely poor and magnificent. More than 100,000 monks and nuns, rich assets. ”

For this reason, he even has a record of becoming a monk four times.

In 527 AD, Emperor Xiao Yan of Liang Wu personally went to Tongtai Temple, served as an abbot monk for three days, and ordered the year name to be changed to Datong.

In 529 A.D., Emperor Wu Xiao Yan became a monk for the second time, to Tongtai Temple to hold the "Four Uncovered Assembly", took off the emperor's robe, put on monk's clothes, sacrificed himself to become a monk, explained the "Nirvana Sutra" on September 16, and donated 100 million yuan by the ministers on the 25th, prayed to the "Three Treasures", asked to redeem the "Emperor Bodhisattva", and Xiao Yan returned to the world on the 27th.

On April 10, the twelfth year of Datong, Emperor Xiao Yan of Liang Wu became a monk for the third time, and it was still Tongtai Temple, and this time the ministers redeemed it with 200 million money.

On March 3 of the first year of the Taiqing Dynasty, he became a monk for the fourth time, lived in Tongtai Temple for 37 days, and on April 10, the imperial court invested 100 million yuan to redeem it.

The new record is only a few short sentences, without a beginning or an end, it seems that it is just to let people know that Xiao Yan has a record of being a monk a few times, and several of us look at each other, not knowing what to do.

Qi Zhi frowned, her tone full of disbelief.

"Brother Chuan, this is true and false, Xiao Yan didn't let go of being a good emperor, and actually became a monk four times?"

I nodded, again frowning.

"This is true, it has been recorded in many history books, as for why Xiao Yan did this, it is a mystery for the ages."

Xue Nan was delicate, she brushed her hair, reached out and took the page, thoughtful.

"It says that in 527 AD, Xiao Yan became a monk for the first time, if I remember correctly, Chen Qingzhi started from this year, from a scholar to a white horse military god in the Central Plains, will there be any connection between this?"

Hearing Xue Nan's words, Ling Xuan hurriedly asked Ling Yan to go to Lingyun Tower, find out Chen Qingzhi's life record from the second layer, and wanted to compare them with each other.

Ling Yan nodded yes, and after a while, he returned to the attic with a volume of ancient books in his hand.

We hurriedly turned to the record of Chen Qingzhi's troops, checked carefully, and found that this was indeed the case.

In the first year of Liang Datong (527), Chen Qingzhi, Cao Zhongzong and Wei Fang would attack the Northern Wei Dynasty. Chen Qingzhi only led 200 cavalry to attack, broke its forward, and turned his back to the Vortex Yang City to hold on to the Wei army. The Wei army built 13 bases, and Chen Qingzhi led the troops to attack 4 bases at night, forcing Wang Wei, the lord of Voryang City, to surrender. The Liang army took advantage of the victory to break through the remaining 9 bases and captured a lot of prisoners.

In October of the second year of Datong (528), as a general of Biaoyong, he was ordered to escort Yuan Hao, the king of the Wei Beihai Sea, who had descended to Liang.

In April of the third year of Datong (529), Chen Qingzhi went from Gongxian to Liang and defeated the Wei general Qiu Daqian, who had 70,000 troops and 9 fortifications. Defeated Wei General Yuan Huiye 20,000 people in Kaocheng. In May, he pulled out the two cities of Xingyang and Tiger Prison, drove straight in, and escorted Yuan Hao to Luoyang. So far, thirty-two cities have been leveled, forty-seven battles have been fought, and there is no way forward.

We were very excited, Xiao Yan's first and second ordination coincided with Chen Qingzhi's Northern Expedition, and we finally found a clue about the relationship between Xiao Yan and Chen Qingzhi.

But after the excitement, everyone calmed down, just knowing this, what can we do?

Although Qi Zhi unraveled the mystery of the pages and papers, there was no joy on her face, muttering to herself on the side, her eyebrows were full of confusion.

"Xiao Yangui is a generation of emperors, but he has tried to become a monk many times, and every time he becomes a monk, he needs the ministers to redeem it with great national resources, which is unreasonable."

"It's all there."

Just as we looked at each other and didn't know what to do, a majestic voice came from the staircase.

"Since they are all here, then save me from notifying them one by one, Ling Xuan, go to the martial arts hall to inform Shen Lang later, leave tomorrow, and then go back to Jinling."

When we heard the sound, it turned out to be Ling Xuan, and I couldn't help but ask him curiously.

"Jinling? Didn't we just come back from Jinling? What else are you going to do? ”

Chun Ting smiled slightly, and his eyebrows were different from our doubts, as if he was confident.

"Jinling, Tongtai Temple!"