Buddhism was ordered by the emperor to burn the scriptures and change the scriptures because of Lao Tzu's Hu incident, which was already a storm, and after the ten Hongzi monks of Dongshan Temple attacked the palace of Empress Cuiyunfeng at night, the emperor took advantage of the topic to play, and let hundreds of officials of the three divisions go to various places to investigate, and indeed killed a group of monks, many of whom were innocently implicated, which made the whole Buddhism panic.

In this case, Buddhism will not be slaughtered like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, and it is normal to have some overreactions.

However, regarding the burning of scriptures and the revision of scriptures, the emperor explicitly ordered that local governments only have the responsibility of supervising and assisting in the investigation, but have no power to enforce the law and investigate them, because he knew very well that Buddhism was powerful and allowed the local government to act arbitrarily, for fear of causing social turmoil.

Even if the monks of Dongshan Temple forcibly broke into the queen's dormitory, although the emperor used the topic to play, he also maintained restraint and asked the officials of the three divisions to go to various places to investigate, instead of handing it over to the local officials.

It can be said that all the decisions made by the emperor about Buddhism, a discerning person can see at a glance that in fact, the vitality of Buddhism has not been completely cut off, at least on the surface, that is to say, there is room for mediation for Buddhism, not completely one-size-fits-all.

In this case, Buddhism would never be stupid enough to provoke the emperor again, not to mention, Di Renjie went to Dongshan Temple in person, with him in charge, how could he force Dongshan Temple to kill officials and rebel?

Lu Heng thought about this matter all the way, and there was a faint sense of crisis in his heart, lingering.

After meeting the emperor, Lu Heng knew that in the ten days he left, the temples that had an accident in the Buddhist gate were not only Dongshan Temple and Jianyuan Temple.

Chang'an Huayan Temple, Xingshan Temple, Wutai Mountain Nanchan Temple, Runzhou Jinshan Temple and other dozens of famous temples in the world have been attacked by unknown people, or involved in rebellion, and were arrested by the local government.

Even Hanshan and Xiqian, two eminent monks in the Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City, were driven out by a group of "righteous indignant people".

It was also these two monks who couldn't fight back, scolded and didn't clean up, so they left the temple with the disciples, otherwise there might be some big incidents.

These are only big monasteries, and it is impossible to predict how many small monasteries and Lanruo have been invaded and how many monks have been killed or expelled in the entire Tang Dynasty in the past ten days.

These incidents have blossomed everywhere in the entire Tang Dynasty, although they will not shake the country's foundation, but they have already caused panic in the hearts of the people, showing some signs of chaos.

The emperor's face was extremely solemn, and he said: "Li Qing, the matter of Buddhism, I'm afraid we can't be allowed to plan carefully, and we must cut through the chaos quickly." ”

Lu Heng saw the anger and murderous intent in the emperor's eyes, it seems that the recent experience of Buddhism has seriously touched the bottom line of this emperor.

Thinking about it, it is understandable that the emperor, under Lu Heng's instigation and design, wanted to be unfavorable to Buddhism, but until now, the emperor has only issued a holy decree, and then only investigated the night attack of the ten monks of Dongshan Temple on Cuiyun Peak, and did not release any news of destroying Buddha or exorcising Buddha at all.

But now, all local officials, local heroes, rivers and lakes, and even all kinds of ghosts, snakes, and gods have all begun to do the thing of destroying Buddha, and they are all under the banner of the emperor.

This is a clear use of the emperor's name for his own benefit, how can the emperor not be angry?

Moreover, this move by all parties is tantamount to openly disobeying the emperor's will, and this move makes Buddhism seem to be a weak person suppressed by all parties, making the things that originally occupied the righteousness now completely change the taste.

This is their benefit, but let the emperor bear the black pot for them!

Are they holding the luck mentality of not holding the law accountable to the public just for profit, or are there people behind them who instigate them and have a deeper purpose?

Now that the Tang Dynasty is prosperous, and the emperor is mighty, who gave them this courage?

In this matter, Lu Heng and the emperor's position is highly consistent, his plan for Buddhism to travel west is to make the Buddha an image of everyone shouting and beating, and the people of the world have no way to blame, but now after such a trouble, Buddhism has become a victim, and then drive people away, it will be a bit unforgiving, and the meaning of killing them all, what will the people of the world think of him as a national teacher and the emperor?

"Could it be that this is a self-directed and self-performed Buddhist sect?" Lu Heng secretly wondered in his heart, who is most beneficial to this matter, of course, is the Buddha Gate who is in a miserable situation now.

Lu Heng was even sure that if there was no plan for Buddhism to travel westward, just because of the burning of scriptures and the case of the queen's attack, the emperor would probably immediately cut through the chaos, raise it high, and put it down gently, appease the Buddhism, and quickly extinguish the slightest sign of turmoil.

No matter how you look at it, this is like a bitter ploy of Buddhism.

However, there are still a lot of strange things in this, such as the rebellion of the Dongshan Temple, if this matter is true, the Dongshan Temple is no longer a bitter plan, because as long as the anti-flag is raised, the Dongshan Temple will never exist again.

The five ancestors are so great that they sacrifice the ancestral court of Zen Buddhism to protect the realm of Buddhism in the world?

Lu Heng was deeply skeptical of this.

"Li Qing, what is your opinion on this matter?" Seeing that Lu Heng was thoughtful, the emperor couldn't help but ask.

Lu Heng pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter is a bitter plan directed and acted by the Buddhists. ”

The emperor raised his eyebrows and said, "What does Qing mean that the matter of Buddhism's westward journey has been leaked out?" Otherwise, I just asked them to change the scriptures and kill a few monks who plotted against the queen, would they be guilty of rebellion? ”

It seems that the emperor and himself also want to go together, Lu Heng sighed in his heart, when he is an emperor, everyone is really easy to fool, and the reason why he has been able to deceive the emperor repeatedly before is just to take advantage of his ignorance of the cultivation world.

Lu Heng said: "Your Majesty, if it weren't for the bitter meat plan of Buddhism, how would the westward journey be launched?" ”

The emperor was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly said: "What Qing said is reasonable. ”

Now Buddhism has become a victim of persecution by the imperial court, at this time, no matter what the emperor chooses next, the black cauldron of his persecution of Buddhism has been carried on his back, and the emperor's prestige has been greatly hit.

Unless, the imperial court can prove that this series of events is a good play directed and performed by the monks deliberately, so that the emperor can recover the lost popular support and prestige and continue to launch the westward journey of Buddhism.

Therefore, no matter what the truth is, this matter must be a bitter ploy of Buddhism!

The emperor looked at Lu Heng deeply and said: "Then I will leave this matter to Li Qing, I will let the three divisions and the British Duke fully cooperate with you, in addition, if Qing has any needs, I will agree to everything!" I have only one request, I must facilitate the westward journey of Buddhism! ”

In the emperor's heart, the westward journey of Buddhism is already his top priority at present, because this matter is not only for the queen to be able to return her soul, but also for himself to be ranked in the immortal class without hindrance in the future.

A visit to the underworld has convinced the emperor of this matter.

"Minister, obey the holy parable!" Lu Heng responded solemnly.

Out of the palace, Lu Heng went straight to Taishi Lingfu to find Li Chunfeng, but he was in vain.

"The lord went out two days ago, saying that he was going to Yunyou, and the return date is uncertain......"

The housekeeper of the Taishi Ling Mansion said to Lu Heng.

Traveling?

Indefinite return date?

Lu Heng had some guesses in his heart, and he immediately went to Cheng Xuanying's foothold in Luoyang City, and once again pounced.

"Master left with the uncles of the Maoshan faction, but he just told us not to move around in the near future, and he didn't say when he would come back." Wang Lingfei said respectfully to Lu Heng.

Lu Heng nodded and left silently.

Next, Lu Heng waited at the city gate for Yu Chi Zhenjin, who came quickly.

He used the technique of divine consciousness transmission to explain to Yu Chi Zhenjin, and then returned to the blessed land of Cuiyun Peak again.

The three apprentices came out together to say hello, and Lu Heng could see at a glance the progress of these three people's recent cultivation, among them, Shui Yue's strength had grown faster, and the other two, Shangguan Jing'er followed, and Sha Tuozhong had not made any progress, and his face was a little angry.

Lu Heng didn't poke the matter, but after encouraging the three of them, he went back to the room.

Early the next morning, Elder Qian, who had a relationship with Lu Heng, came to Cuiyun Peak with dozens of royal offerings, and during the time that Lu Heng left, he would replace Lu Heng and protect the queen.

As for Lu Heng, he went out of the city together with the 10,000 new troops newly formed by Yu Chi Zhenjin.