In fact, the battle for religious belief never stopped in feudal times.

This kind of war does not appear on the surface, but the fighting in the dark is not inferior to the real battlefield.

Because the stakes are just too great.

And for the current imperial court, faith is somewhat confused.

Because the queen mother believes in Buddhism, the emperor believes in Taoism.

It stands to reason that whose incense is more abundant in a country depends on the emperor.

But after all, the queen mother is the queen mother of the emperor, and she nominally crushes the emperor again.

And the Queen Mother believes in Buddhism to the bones, every once in a while will let the presiding officer of the Great Xiangguo Temple take his disciples to Cining Palace to preach, and occasionally go out of the palace will definitely go to the Great Xiangguo Temple to incense.

In contrast, the emperor's attitude towards Taoism was not so pious, although he made Ling Xiao Taoist a national teacher, but unless there was a grand ceremony, he would not easily meet Ling Xiao Taoist, and he was not too enthusiastic about the national teacher.

The dispute between Dao and Buddha has always been the main force in the battle for religious beliefs, and the feud can be described as deep as the sea, and the world also thinks that Lingxiao Daoist and Master Martial Kong must be on the same footing.

On the bright side, this is indeed the case.

But Makino knew that it was all an illusion.

Because at this moment, he saw with his own eyes that Ling Xiao Dao and the Void Monk were trading PY.

To be precise, it was a transaction between Taoism and Buddhism.

The real black hands behind the scenes are Shaolin and Wudang.

Lingxiao Daoist and Jiekong Monk, as the spokespersons of the two veins of Dao and Buddha in the Ming Face of the court, were very frightened at this moment.

There was even a trace of cold sweat left on Ling Xiao's forehead: "Brother Dao, do you really want to kill the emperor?" ”

When a man sits at home, evil comes from heaven.

He never imagined that he would be kind enough to receive an old friend, but he would take over such a big trouble.

Of course, for the anger of Mu Zhenren, Ling Xiao Daoren also understood.

"It's true that the emperor did too much this time, but isn't it too much to kill the king?"

This is a great sin for the Nine Clans.

He didn't want to die.

Mu Zhenren's attitude was cold and determined: "Ling Xiao, if you stand by and watch, I don't blame you for being a brother, as long as you don't report me to the faint king, I will accept your affection." ”

Ling Xiao Daoist was even more panicked: "Brother Dao, what are you talking about, if it weren't for Wudang's protection, I'm afraid I would have died a long time ago." ”

He wasn't born a Taoist.

In the past, he was also the young master of a wealthy family, but because his father offended the prefect, he was exterminated.

If it weren't for the previous head of the Wudang faction, Mu Zhenren's master passed by to save him, and he would probably have died a long time ago.

He did not join the Wudang sect later, because he did not have any talent in martial arts, but the previous head of Wudang introduced him to an alchemy master, and he learned a masterful alchemy.

On his way to becoming a national teacher, the Wudang faction also paid a lot, and this kindness cannot but be repaid.

If he doesn't report it, it is tantamount to cutting himself off from the Daomen, and it is impossible for him to lead the Daomen and be the leader of the Daomen. At that time, the name of the national teacher will be an empty shelf.

No one can betray one's own class under any circumstances. It's not that you don't dare, but you can't.

Ling Xiao can't either.

He gritted his teeth, realizing that he had to choose one over the other.

And this multiple-choice question is not difficult to do.

"Brother Dao, I should go, but I am not close to the emperor, even if I want to help you, I'm afraid I will be powerless."

Ling Xiao naturally deliberately shirked, but what he said was also the truth.

The emperor is indeed profound, but he is still young, and he has not reached the age of cultivating immortals and practicing pills, and he is not close to the national teacher on weekdays.

Mu Zhenren didn't embarrass Ling Xiao Daoist anymore, and said bluntly: "We only need to use the National Teacher's Mansion to temporarily accommodate ourselves, if things don't go well, you need to deal with them." If you really make a move on the faint king, it won't pass you. ”

Ling Xiao Daoist first breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked curiously, "Brother Dao has other channels to contact the emperor?" ”

Mu Zhenren did not speak.

He helped everyone find a place where they could hide from the emperor's ears and eyes, and he had already shown his worth.

Later, it's time for Shaolin to play.

Shaolin did not shirk its responsibility, such a major event as killing the monarch must be sincerely cooperated, and no one can stay out of it.

"Amitabha, the opportunity to contact the faint monarch will be handed over to the poor monk."

Ling Xiao Daoist looked at Abbot Puxuan and asked in a deep voice, "Who is the master?" ”

"Shaolin host - Puxuan."

Ling Xiao Daoren gasped.

He glanced at Abbot Puxuan, then at Mu Zhenren, and finally realized one thing:

On the road of rebellion against the king, the two families of Taoism and Buddha have reached an agreement.

The emperor's attack on Shaolin and Wudang was obviously a public outrage.

Taoists and Buddhists, who have always been well-behaved, began to show their energy.

The host of the abstinence from the sky can only smile wryly, just like Ling Xiao Daoren.

Then make the same choice: "Senior brother, the Empress Dowager will send someone to invite me into the palace in four days, and I can bring four disciples with me at that time, but I can only bring four disciples, and Lao Wei cannot guarantee that the emperor will appear in Cining Palace that day." ”

Pu Xuan nodded to the presiding officer: "Thank you Senior Brother for your help, Senior Brother only needs to bring the four people we arranged into the palace, and there is no need for Senior Brother to worry about other things." ”

Lingxiao Daoist and Jiekong presided over it, and they were the leading figures of the two Taoist and Buddhist families in the court.

So Shaolin and Wudang naturally want to use them.

But the real backhands of the two factions have never been on the surface.

The backhand of the Wudang faction is Du Feng.

With Du Feng here, all the land immortals in their camp can sneak into the palace, and Du Feng arranged for their people to surround Cining Palace when he changed guards, and unknowingly completed the killing of the monarch and replaced it.

And Shaolin's backhand is even more surprising.

Four days later.

Mu Zhi did not follow Jiekong and his party into Cining Palace.

did not follow Du Feng to quietly surround Cining Palace.

The channel through which he entered the palace was through the East Factory.

The East Factory that picked all the Shaolin Wudang Demon Sects.

Mu Zhi looked at the corpse under his feet, and then looked at the great monk Pu Xuan who had just killed the killer, and the whole person was not good.

"Grandpa Cao is actually from Shaolin?"

Pu Xuan shouted a Buddha name: "He is not from Shaolin, it's just that a long time ago, Shaolin gave him a magic skill - "Tong Zi Gong", so he can stand out from a group of little eunuchs." ”

"But when the emperor made a move to the Shaolin faction, he didn't notify Shaolin, and he killed the killer."

Pu Xuan's voice became very indifferent: "So, he is dead now. ”

Of course, soon, Grandpa Cao came back to life again.

It's just that Gonggong Cao, who came back to life, is Shangguan Xingfeng's disguise.

Again, one cannot betray one's own class.

As a eunuch, Gonggong Cao hugged the emperor's big ~ leg tightly and decisively abandoned his former benefactor, which is not wrong.

It was his fault that he did not remove all the Shaolin nails in the East Factory.

Therefore, Pu Xuan met Gonggong Cao very smoothly.

Then, Grandpa Cao turned into a corpse.

Then, "Gonggong Cao" led Mu Zhi and Puxuan in disguise to enter the palace openly.