Chapter 259: Night Battle
PS: This chapter is actually 258 chapters, sorry, that chapter will be added as soon as possible, please rest assured.
In the military camp outside Luoyang City, Lu Heng met the British Duke Li Tao.
This is a spirited, tiger-eyed old man, with crane hair and a childish face, obviously well-maintained. He was dressed in a military uniform, and his body was like a taut giant bow, and he was not angry and arrogant.
Li Tao, formerly known as Xu Shiyun, the word Maogong, also known as Xu Maogong, he and Wei Guogong Li Jing also said, his life history Tang Gaozu, Tang Taizong, Tang Gaozong three dynasties, outstanding military achievements, one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion.
Just looking at his appearance, no one could have imagined that he was already an old man in his prime.
"It's Li Guoshi?" Li Tao looked Lu Heng up and down, and then slowly spoke, and his voice was like a bell.
Lu Heng didn't dare to slack off, bowed down, and said, "Exactly, the younger generation has seen the British duke." ”
"See Chincha-sama!" Li Tao bowed back and said solemnly, "The national teacher is the envoy of the Qin mission, and his subordinates are only the deputy envoys who assist the national teacher. ”
Lu Heng nodded, and arched his hand: "This trip depends more on Guogong, if there is anything offended, please Haihan." ”
"Don't dare, it's the right thing to do." Li Tao bowed again.
Seeing this, Lu Heng couldn't help but nod secretly, whether it was status and power, age and seniority, Li Tao was far above Lu Heng, the national teacher, but he could still be so humble and polite in the face of Lu Heng, abide by the rules and laws, and behave like a city, it is no wonder that this person can survive three dynasties without falling.
"How many soldiers are available under the Duke of State?" Lu Heng asked.
"100,000 people with armor, ready to go!" Li Tao said, "In addition, local government soldiers can also be called at any time. ”
Lu Heng said again: "If I want to give an order, ten realms are launched at the same time, it may be done?" ”
Li Tao glanced at Lu Heng in some surprise, but he didn't expect Lu Heng to really make such a big deal. Buddhism is deep, aren't you afraid of chaos in the world?
However, Li Tao has always been well versed in the way of self-preservation, and he never asks more about things that he shouldn't worry about. He pondered slightly, and said, "Counting the marching and herald time, it will take ten days to arrange, and the military order must be delivered to all places on the ninth day." ”
This is similar to what Lu Heng expected, Lu Heng nodded and said: "Okay, please give an order immediately, divide the troops into ten ways, lurk in the states and counties, first press the troops, just wait for me to pass the order, and immediately attack all the temples in the states and counties with the power of thunder, no matter how big or small." ”
Originally, there was no need for such trouble, Lu Heng only needed the army to drive the monks all the way west from the east, but the recent encounter with Buddhism made Lu Heng faintly aware that something was wrong. Before he figured out the truth about the rebellion in Dongshan Temple and the attacks on many temples, Lu Heng decided to arrange troops first, but he didn't start.
Li Tao frowned slightly and asked, "All the temples?" National teacher, according to His Majesty's will, if it is a temple that has completely burned and changed the scriptures, it should not be among them, right? ”
Lu Heng said lightly: "This case is urgent, I'm afraid there is not so much time left for the national teacher to slowly screen and investigate." ”
Li Tao nodded silently and didn't ask any more.
Lu Heng looked at Wei Chi Zhenjin again, and said: "You rushed to Huangmei County to secretly investigate the rebellion of Dongshan Temple, but be cautious, before I arrived, you were only allowed to investigate and collect evidence, and you were not allowed to act without authorization." ”
"Yes, National Teacher!" Yu Chi Zhenjin solemnly clenched his fists, and then wondered: "Doesn't the national teacher go to Dongshan Temple?" ”
Lu Heng shook his head and said, "I will go to Dongshan Temple to meet you as soon as possible." ”
"This ......" Yu Chi Zhenjin had the heart to ask again, but seeing that Li Heng looked like he didn't care about himself, and seeing Lu Heng's expression of reluctance to say more, he swallowed the question that came to his mouth.
The three of them are all resolute people, and after setting the general direction, they immediately went their separate ways.
Li Tao was still in command in Luoyang, and Wei Chi Zhenjin led 10,000 new troops and rushed to Huangmei County non-stop.
As for Lu Heng, he used Feng Xu's technique to resist the wind, and he soon arrived in Yizhou.
Coming to Xindu County again, Lu Heng couldn't help but feel that things were wrong.
When he first came to this plane, he was sent to Yizhou by Li Chunfeng, and entered the secret realm of Qingyang Palace, but he was careless and ruined the secret realm of others, and he had no choice but to run away.
He made a one-year appointment with Cheng Xuanying in Xindu County, and practiced the three spells of Tunyun Buyu, Feng Xu's Wind and Red Flame Whirlwind on the nearby Fule Mountain, and finally enjoyed the moon and drank with Lu Zhaolin, and he said goodbye to poetry.
Xindu County is not big, Lu Heng still remembers the last time he came, the street was still bustling and very lively, but now the street is full of depression, there are few pedestrians on the road, and there are soldiers patrolling around at any time.
More than 300 monks in Jianyuan Temple were wiped out in one day, and all the top-down officials in Xindu County were dismissed by the emperor, which was widely implicated.
It's just that no matter how panicked people are, it won't be so depressed, right?
Lu Heng felt even more strange in his heart, and went straight to the county government of Xindu County.
After revealing his identity, the newly appointed Xindu County Commander hurriedly summoned subordinate officials and came to accept Lu Heng's questioning.
Lu Heng first asked Lu Zhaolin about his whereabouts, and after learning that he was still in the Xindu County prison, he immediately sent a message to ask the Xindu County Order to bring people forward.
To really talk about it, Lu Zhaolin can be regarded as Lu Heng's only friend in this plane. Whether it was borrowing land to let Lu Heng negotiate with Cheng Xuanying, or the all-night long talk on the top of Fule Mountain later, saying goodbye with poetry, it was bound to make Lu Heng unable to sit idly by and ignore Lu Zhaolin.
The Xindu county order didn't have any nonsense, and directly called his subordinates to explain, and after a while, Lu Zhaolin, who was wearing shackles, was brought up.
As soon as Lu Zhaolin entered the door, he saw Lu Heng sitting on the main seat, he was slightly stunned, and immediately showed excitement, and he couldn't help but speed up two steps and said excitedly: "Daochang Li, why are you?" ”
"Presumptuous! When the master of the country is in person, how can you be allowed to shout? Seeing this, the Xindu County Commander's face changed, and he shouted loudly.
Lu Zhaolin stopped suddenly, his body stiffened, and he looked at Lu Heng in surprise, and was about to kneel down and salute.
Lu Heng frowned slightly, and with a gentle push of his palm forward, Lu Zhaolin suddenly couldn't kneel.
He turned his head and said lightly to the Xindu County Order: "Wang County Order, this person has been requisitioned by his own official." ”
"This-" Xindu County Ling was stunned, "My lord, this person is a guilty person......
Lu Heng stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "Release people!" ”
The Xindu County Commander's face was stunned, and then he immediately smiled and said: "Yes, yes, the next official will release the person." Come on, quickly remove the shackles for Lieutenant Lu. ”
The emperor's decree made it clear that the Governor Buddha had the right to make his own decisions, and he could cut off the first and then play without trial. Although the Xindu County Commander secretly annoyed Lu Heng's tough attitude, he only dared to slander and did not dare to show the slightest.
Lu Zhaolin was surprised and delighted, and after the two officials removed the shackles for him, he suddenly felt relaxed.
Seeing this, Lu Heng smiled at Lu Zhaolin with a pleasant face: "Brother Lu, let's go change clothes and bathe first, and then I will find you later." ”
"Thank you, National Teacher!" Lu Zhaolin's face was full of gratitude, and his heart was full of emotion.
That day, he felt that Lu Heng had an extraordinary demeanor and had the heart to make friends, but he did not have any other purpose. Unexpectedly, when he was in prison and his future was desperate, it was this Li Daochang who met in Pingshui to save him from fire and water, and he didn't expect that a young Taoist who had unintentionally befriended him was actually the hottest national teacher in the dynasty.
"Brother Lu and I know each other, and between you and me, there is no need to be bound by vulgar etiquette." Lu Heng said with a smile.
Lu Zhaolin, who was already free and easy, bowed deeply when he heard this, and was already smiling when he got up: "Daochang Li, let me straighten my appearance a little, and then do the friendship of the landlord." ”
"Brother Lu, please."
The Xindu County Commander knew that these two people were old acquaintances, and he suddenly secretly complained in his heart, since he took office, he has not been interrogated and difficult for Lu Zhaolin, who knows that this person has such a relationship with the national teacher of the dynasty.
"Lord Lu, Lord Lu!" He stepped forward quickly, with a flattering face, "Lord Lu has been reborn, and the purple qi is coming from the east, which is really gratifying." There are many changes in the layout of the county office, if the adults don't give up, why don't you listen to the arrangement of the foolish brother, and let the subordinates buy new clothes for Lord Lu and serve the bath? ”
inexplicably experienced a prison disaster, and was not less difficult and humiliated by this person, it was strange that Lu Zhaolin could give him a good face, so he immediately snorted coldly and brushed his sleeves away.
The Xindu County Commander's face was slightly embarrassed, but he still smiled and ordered one person: "Go quickly, tell the Houya to serve Lord Lu well, if you are half lazy, this official is the only one who asks!" ”
After that, the Xindu County Commander turned around and nodded to Lu Heng for a while, and retreated back to the same place.
Lu Heng glanced at him lightly and said, "Wang County Order, have you found out about the destruction of Jianyuan Temple?" ”
At the mention of this, the Xindu County Commander's face immediately showed a little fear, and he swallowed his saliva and said: "Lord Hui, although it sounds a little unbelievable, but this matter is indeed the work of ghosts and gods. ”
"Ghosts?" Lu Heng frowned, "What the hell is going on?" ”
Xindu County Ling sighed and began to talk slowly about the cause and effect.
The case of the destruction of the Jianyuan Temple occurred three days ago, and the pilgrims who went to the incense early in the morning suddenly found that the mountain gate of the Jianyuan Temple was wide open, but the courtyard was empty. In the end, the dense corpses of the monks were found piled up into a hill in the main hall, and they were immediately frightened and hurriedly reported to the government.
The former county commander was shocked to hear the bad news, and he didn't dare to slack off at all, so he hurriedly gathered the officials and government soldiers and went to Jianyuan Temple.
After arriving at the scene, everyone was shocked by the hellish scene of Shura, and the former county commander fainted on the spot, but it was Lu Zhaolin, a scholar, who commanded the scene, inspected the scene, carried the corpse, closed the city gate, and began to suo the whole city.
Lu Zhaolin originally wanted to find clues to the murderer in Jianyuan Temple, but the strange thing was that all the monks' corpses did not even have a trace of scars on the surface, and even their clothes were neat, and there was no trace of struggle or fighting.
In particular, the meal in the hall was only half cooked, and the fire was not even extinguished, and there was not the slightest mess in the various rooms of the temple, and it seemed that these corpses were actively stacked into a small mountain, and then they closed their eyes and died.
After searching the entire Jianyuan Temple, Lu Zhaolin still did not find any useful clues, so in desperation, he had to send someone to pull a few corpses back to the city, wanting to ask a priest to verify the cause of death, sealing off the temple, and leaving dozens of people to guard.
There was such a big thing, naturally it couldn't be covered, the county order fainted and couldn't wake up, Lu Zhaolin had to quickly write a good chapter, and send it to Luoyang in an expedited manner for 800 miles.
In the afternoon, he dissected the bodies of three murdered monks in a row, but he still could not find the cause of the monks' deaths. After a busy day, I didn't find any clues.
Early the next morning, something strange happened, and the three corpses that were moved into the county office disappeared!
This surprise is not trivial, Lu Zhaolin has searched almost the entire Xindu County, and still hasn't found where the body went.
Then, something even creepier happened!
Dozens of soldiers guarding Jianyuan Temple fled back to the county government in a panic, and shouted that there were ghosts when they met people, Lu Zhaolin finally appeased them, and when he asked about the situation, his scalp suddenly became numb - more than 300 corpses in Jianyuan Temple were gone!
Lu Zhaolin was frightened and frightened, and hurriedly led the officials out of the city again, to the Qianyuan Temple, and when he arrived, it was already dark, under the heavy reward, several officials held torches to the temple to investigate, and the result was to hear the screams inside, Lu Zhaolin had the courage to look at the temple, but found that all the monks in the temple were alive, wandering all over the courtyard, surrounded by threes and threes, gnawing on the flesh and blood of the few officials who went in to investigate.
At this time, Lu Zhaolin was frightened, and hurriedly fled back to Xindu County with the remaining officials, closed the city gate, and imposed a curfew.
On the morning of the third day, the eunuchs of Luoyang and their successors arrived, and Lu Zhaolin and other Xindu County officials were all arrested and imprisoned, dismissed from their posts and investigated.
After Wang Xianling took office, he immediately interrogated Lu Zhaolin, and Wang Xianling didn't even believe a word of what Lu Zhaolin said, not only that, but also ridiculed in every way.
At noon on the third day, Wang Xianling personally led a team to Jianyuan Temple, but after arriving, he found that the temple was full of monks' corpses.
On the same day, all the bodies that were brought back were missing again, and there was not a single one left.
Not only that, but even the work of examining the corpse disappeared.
Wang Xianling was shocked and frightened, and at this time he vaguely felt that Lu Zhaolin might not have lied to him, but he still doubted that it would be the people below who resisted him, the airborne official, and colluded together to hide the body.
As a result, that night, Wang Xianling was almost frightened!
Hundreds of monks appeared in the streets and alleys of Xindu County like walking corpses, and even more than a dozen monks were wandering at the entrance of the county government, their eyes were dull, their faces were blue, and they looked extremely terrifying.
Wang Xian Ling did not open the gate of the county government, but just leaned on the wall and looked at the corpses of the monks wandering around the streets outside the door in horror, and secretly prayed in his heart.
By the early morning of the second day, all the monks' bodies were gone.
Before Lu Heng came, Wang County Linggang sent someone to Jianyuan Temple to investigate, and according to the officials who came back, there was not even half a corpse in Jianyuan Temple!
Not only that, Wang Xian Ling also asked all the officials and government soldiers to go out and search carefully within a radius of thirty miles from Xindu County, but they still failed to find where the monks' bodies had gone.
Who can believe such a strange thing unless they see it with their own eyes?
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