Chapter 236: Chen Xuanzang, the man behind the pot
"Found in Chang'an City?" Li He couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this.
At this time, Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, can be said to be full of strong people, not only the headquarters of the Heavenly Master Hall is located here, Chen Xuanzang's master Rulai, but also incarnated as a fat monk to mess around at the entrance of the vegetable market all day long, and even the Jade Emperor incarnated as "Jade Ritian" to come here for a private visit.
In this case, not to mention the locust demon, even if the three major demon gods come, they will definitely be cool.
That the demon transformed by Li Jiancheng's revenant soul really has the courage to come to Chang'an to make trouble?
"Yes, in Chang'an City, it was discovered by a one-money celestial master named Chen Xuanzang." Miss Duan said: "About three days ago, Chen Xuanzang, the fat monk master who didn't even have a penny of heavenly master's certification, was chased and beaten by the aunt at the entrance of the vegetable market because he secretly ate goose legs, and as a result, he ran to an old mansion in a panic and hid for a day and a night before coming out. Afterwards, Chen Xuanzang found the residual demonic qi on him, and after careful screening, he finally found traces of the locust demon in the old house. ”
Speaking of this, she paused for a moment, and then said: "This time Chen Xuanzang was not reckless, but pretended not to find out, withdrew first, and then ran to the Heavenly Master Hall to call for helpers, and surrounded the entire old mansion in a net!" ”
Hearing this, the expression on Li He's face was a little confused.
Miss Duan's "stealing goose legs" is obviously a plot that appeared in the original book, and as soon as Li He heard it, the classic "I don't have goose legs in my heart, so it's okay to eat it, but you obviously want to eat it, but you say you don't eat it, it's just a little bit close".
was slapped on the back of the head by the vegetable market aunt, and the wig fell out.
In this scene in the original book, Rulai deliberately looked for an opportunity to guide Chen Xuanzang, and wanted him to go to Sun Wukong to catch the pig demon, and now, it is obvious that Rulai is guiding Chen Xuanzang to discover the locust demon.
What is hiding in the old house for a day and a night, contaminated with demonic energy and being discovered by Chen Xuanzang, etc., are all fake.
Obviously, he was looking for an opportunity to gild his disciples.
"After you surround it, does anyone go in to remove the demon?" Li He asked.
"No, that house is a little special, it is the private residence of the former prince Li Jiancheng, although it has been deserted, it is still a very sensitive place, except for the empty prince who is shouting to enter to remove the demon, no one else dares to enter now." Miss Duan said.
As soon as these words came out, Li He's face immediately frowned.
After Li Jiancheng's death, the locust demon that was turned into a locust demon with resentment revealed traces in his private house, was it really accidentally exposed, or was it deliberately exposed?
If it's deliberate, what are you planning?
Is Rulai involved?
In addition, although everyone has always known the identity of the locust demon, they tacitly understand it and will not say it on the surface. But this time, it all appeared in Chang'an, can the identity still be hidden?
Once exposed, what will be the reaction of Li Shimin and Li Yuan?
He was curious.
Yes, curiosity, not worry.
The situation in the court is actually not a big deal at all for him: why are so many people in the Heavenly Master Hall surrounding the house, and they don't dare to enter to remove the demons, but the empty prince is shouting to enter?
It's not that the empty boy has no brains and doesn't know the stakes, but that he is strong and doesn't care!
The Five Elements Fist is afraid of falling into court disputes, and because of his love for fame and fortune, he doesn't dare to stab Lou Zi easily, but the empty son has no desires, he only likes to pretend to be forced, and his strength is also alone, so he is not afraid of falling into it and unable to extricate himself.
In the same way, Li He is the same.
He has even seen the Jade Emperor who was privately interviewed by Weifu, what do you care about Li Jiancheng?
Li Yuan has any orders, he can completely disobey them, after all, Li Shimin is the emperor. As for Li Shimin's side, if there is a lot of merit in eliminating Li Jiancheng, he will listen to Li Shimin, and if there is a lot of merit in Duhua, then he will be Duhua.
It doesn't matter what.
Anyway, Li Shimin is only a king who chooses to cooperate, not a master.
"Let's go, let's see." Li He said, and under the leadership of Miss Duan, he went to the private residence of the former prince Li Jiancheng, which was surrounded by everyone.
The prince lives in the East Palace, and there is generally no private house, but Li Jiancheng is more special, that is, he is not the prince, and Li Yuan did not claim the title of emperor Before the family was an official in the Sui Dynasty, Li Jiancheng bought a small manor.
For fun.
Later, the whole family left Beijing and abandoned some time, and after Li Yuan ascended the throne, it was reactivated.
Not only is it used for fun, but sometimes when dealing with official business, and discussing with followers things that are not suitable for discussion in other places, it is here, which can be regarded as Li Jiancheng's second residence.
even said that because the prince was not stable, the East Palace made him insecure, and this was his real home.
The crown princess of the East Palace is not as favored as the concubines who lived in this private house before.
But in the same way, after the Xuanwumen Incident, Chang'an City was one of the heaviest places to kill. Li Jiancheng's favorite concubine, his sons and daughters, a lot of them died here.
After Li Shimin ascended the throne, this place was basically a forbidden place that no one dared to touch.
It is located on the edge of the downtown area, but it is desolate and dilapidated, and even beggars and homeless people dare not enter it!
At this time, around the desolate house, a large group of people were surrounded, not only around, but also in the sky, which were covered with Kong Ming lanterns painted with charms, arranged in an orderly manner and turned into a formation to prevent the locust demon from escaping.
The same is true of the underground, which is filled with special cinnabar mercury and special copper coins to prevent the locusts from escaping.
The net of heaven and earth laid down, it is not enough to describe the inability to escape with wings, it should be said that the gods are inescapable.
You must know that Qin Qiong and Wei Chigong, who are also in the Heavenly Master Hall, will not scruple about anything, as the heroes of the Xuanwu Gate Change, these two people even dare to kill the living Li Jiancheng, will they be afraid of one death?
"National teacher, you're finally here." After Wei Chigong saw Li He, he immediately greeted him with a smile.
In fact, according to his character, he had long wanted to enter and eliminate the demon, but because Li He was not there, he had no bottom in his heart, and he didn't dare to act rashly - the headless general, who was also one of the "Four Demon Kings" before, was very difficult, he was not afraid of what was involved, but he didn't want the locust demon to bubble.
Next to him, Qin Qiong was the same, after seeing Li He, he asked directly: "How sure is the national teacher to eliminate demons?" ”
"There is a poor road, just a demon king, don't worry." Li He hugged the dust in his arms and said with a smile: "It's just that this place involves some mundane things in the red dust, and the poor way is not good at handling them, I don't know what you two think?" ”
When he said this, he was actually stalling for time, and he had actually used his mana to start probing the locust demon's heels.
This heel does not refer to identity, but to the merits and demerits of life.
As a demon transformed by Li Jiancheng's soul, it is not the best result to deal with it: with what it did during the drought, the demon body is definitely to be destroyed, and the sin is unforgivable.
However, simply destroying the demon body is not the same as scattering the soul.
If Li Jiancheng was originally kind-hearted, he only turned into a demon because of his tragic death, it was fermissible, not necessarily killed.
On the other hand, if you do a lot of evil before and after death, you must be scattered.
Leaving a glimmer of life to reincarnate will result in the elimination of evil and will detract from merit.
"Since it is a red dust and mundane matter, what does the Taoist chief think of it? It's just a demon removal. Qin Qiong said.
His meaning is obvious, that is, pretend that he doesn't know anything and get rid of the demon directly.
There is no identity in life, the locust demon is the locust demon, and if you kill it, you can.
"That's right, it's just a demon extermination." Li He smiled and strode into the house.
Seeing this, whether it was Qin Qiong, Wei Chigong, or the empty prince Tianzhijiao and others, they all followed. Chen Xuanzang also followed, not only that, but the fat monk who was eating meat buns at the entrance of the vegetable market in the distance, and the Jade Emperor who was playing Tai Chi at the headquarters of the Heavenly Master Hall, all turned their eyes here.
Everyone was very curious about what kind of magic power Li He would use to clean up the locust demon.
Contrary to Li He's expectations, there were no locusts in the house, nor the dilapidated and messy demon nests, only flowers and plants that were carefully cared for, and a white-robed scholar who was quietly sweeping the fallen leaves in the courtyard.
Out of the dust, calm, not like a demon at all, but more like a fairy.
"Be careful, this is an illusion of a demon, his true body hidden in a place we can't see." Miss Duan said.
It's just that when she wanted to find a way to break the illusion, she found that she couldn't find a flaw at all.
It is impossible to find the true body of the locust demon.
"There is a kind of illusion, using a false illusion to transform what really exists, and the two are one, and there seems to be no flaws on the outside." Li He shook his head and said: "There is only one flaw in this illusion, that is, falsehood is used to deceive after all, as long as you can find out what is different from reality, you can break the illusion." ”
The highest level of falsehood is that truth contains falsehood, and the same is true of illusion.
Using real flowers, real grass, and real fallen leaves to cover up the only unreality, you can confuse the real with the false, and people can't see through it.
"Yes, in your Heavenly Master Hall, there are people who understand." The white-robed scholar smiled slightly and said, "But have you ever thought that our entire Three Realms of Heaven, Earth and Man have long been shrouded in this illusion, some things are still real, and some things are not real. ”
"What do you mean?" Li He asked.
"Then you can only understand it yourself, and you can't say it all, otherwise 'it' will know." As the white-robed scholar spoke, his mouth suddenly conjured into a huge locust head and bit Li He.
Li He immediately pulled out the Xianyun Sword and stabbed it, but it only pierced the teeth, but it failed to hurt the vital point.
This is the first time that the Xianyun Sword has failed.
The strength of the locust demon is too strong, it is already close to Xuan Xian, and it is no longer able to pierce without casting the "Tianyan Escape Sword", relying solely on the sharpness of the Xianyun Sword itself.
In fact, at this time, as long as Li He made a move with all his strength, he could suppress the locust demon that was not yet at the level of Xuan Immortal, and he could suppress it with his backhand.
But what the Locust Demon had said before made him feel unusual.
If the entire Three Realms are shrouded in illusion, or is it synchronized with reality, hiding only the key part of the illusion, then what exactly is the illusion to hide? And who arranged that kind of illusion?
This world can be said to be much more complicated than any world he has ever been.
In line with the principle of always keeping one hand, he did not use Tianyan to escape a sword, but used the "Sword Twenty-Three" learned from the Fengyun World to fight with the locust demon. At the same time, he beckoned Qin Qiong, Wei Chigong and others to besiege together.
Including the Heavenly Remnant Foot and the Empty Child, a group of people besieged a locust demon, although they had a slight upper hand, they couldn't win for a while.
In the process, Li He continued to intercept information from the locust demon, and gradually discovered a lot of things.
For example, Li Jiancheng actually had a very good relationship with Li Shimin and Li Yuanji when he was a child, but he only became opposed later. In addition, he is not as unbearable as history describes, and may not be as good as Li Shimin, but he is also a very charismatic person.
Otherwise, there would not be so many people who would be willing to follow him.
In addition, and more importantly, after he turned into a locust demon, he was unconscious at first, so he ravaged the Central Plains, causing the largest famine in the Sui and Tang dynasties.
After regaining consciousness, he deliberately collected the locusts and did not do anything evil.
This is completely opposite to what the Heavenly Master Hall originally thought.
"Immeasurable Tianzun, the poor Dao is understood to be the master of the Mao world, in the history of the world, those Taoist masters like to be alone, there are many things you can manage, it is not necessarily a good thing!" Li He muttered in his heart, increased his strength in his hands, and worked together with everyone to capture the locust demon.
Then tried to kill, Qin Qiong and the others found that even if it was the flying sword of the Void Prince, it could not pierce the defense.
The insect's ability to "have a hard shell" has been exerted to the extreme in the locust demon.
"What should I do, escort back?" Wei Chigong asked Li He.
"No, the locust demon is too dangerous, and it can only be executed on the spot, we have to let the most powerful exorcist in the world use the most powerful exorcism method in the Three Realms to completely eliminate it!" Li He said, turning his head to look at Chen Xuanzang.
In this regard, everyone has a black question mark on their faces.
"Is there anything I can do to help?" Chen Xuanzang said.
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"National teacher, I want an explanation!" In the study, Li Shimin, who was forcibly suppressing his anger, said.
Just now, Li He captured the locust demon and asked Chen Xuanzang, the "most powerful exorcist in the world", to use 300 children's songs of "the most powerful exorcism method in the Three Realms", and he was full of firepower...... Successfully let the Locust Demon go.
The empty boy and the others were stupid at that time, and Qin Qiong and Wei Chigong were also confused.
Li Shimin didn't understand what was going on at all, and after hearing the report, he was silent for a long time before he angrily called Li He over.
And Li Yuan, he was very happy, and rewarded Li He with a delicious tomato from Fanbang.
Although things are bad, the part about Li Yuan in the "Human Tribulation" is in the past, Li Yuan will not let him do anything again, even if the locust demon is killed, it no longer has anything to do with him, because he has already saved it once.
And as long as he passes Li Shimin's level again, the human tribulation will be consummated, and he will become an immortal.
"Does Your Majesty want to hear the truth, or is it a lie?" Li He didn't panic either, and asked with a smile.
"There is no one on the wall, I want to know why you deliberately let the locust demon go!" Li Shimin said.
In this regard, Li He smiled and said: "Actually, Poor Dao didn't want to let go, but because he was entrusted by the Emperor Taishang, it was not good to kill him personally, so he found the most powerful exorcist in the world, and wanted to borrow his hand and kill him with the most powerful exorcism method in the Three Realms, pretending to want to let go without success." It's just that I never thought that because of a miscalculation, I really let the locust demon go. ”
He really deliberately wanted to let go of the locust demon, but different statements would have different results.
This time, he wanted to dump the pot to Chen Xuanzang.
"Just that one penny heavenly master, that three hundred children's songs? Do you know that now, people on the outside say you're fooling a fool, and I'm that fool! Li Shimin said angrily.
If he could, he really wanted to click Li He.
It's just that Li He is also a high-ranking figure now, and he is the pillar of Datang in the exorcism world, so he can't move easily.
But whether it can be moved or not, there must always be an explanation.
Otherwise, what Li He did was simply insulting to people's intelligence.
"That's the reincarnation of the golden cicada, and his real identity is the eldest disciple of the 'Buddha of Rulai' in the Western Heaven Elysium, a figure who ranks first among the immortals." Li He said: "The 300 children's songs in his hand are even more unusual, they are the legendary 'Great Day Rulai True Scripture', and the headless general was planted in his hands before...... Poor Dao originally thought that if he killed the locust demon, he would be able to get rid of the black cauldron and not offend the emperor, but he didn't expect that their Buddhism would not make any efforts, but instead pit Poor Dao. ”