It didn't take long for the Northern Zhou Emperor to rise up an extermination operation. "Melt the Buddha and burn the scriptures, drive the monks to break the tower...... Baosha Garan is a secular house, and Shamen is all white."

The monks of Kongyuan and the cave temple were caught off guard and were driven out of the temple. The main building of the temple was mostly destroyed, so only the grottoes, because they were dug out of the mountain, could not be destroyed, so they were preserved.

The abbot and brothers of the cave temple were in tears, and several monks threw themselves into the fire in order to save the scriptures, and were quickly rescued by Yuan'an and Yuanguan.

"Let go of the old man, the old man is going to snatch the scriptures back." An old monk struggled and shouted.

Yuan An pushed the old monk to Yuan Qing, let him hug the old monk tightly, and quickly grabbed another monk who was about to pounce on the fire, and said loudly: "Uncles, please listen to a word from my nephew." The scriptures are nothing but foreign objects, and when they are burned, they are burned. The most important thing is that the scriptures in our minds are still there, and they will not be burned. As long as we are good, we will be able to write more scriptures silently. Therefore, please take care of your body and don't behave like a moth to a fire. When we go to a stable place, the teachers and uncles will write out the scriptures silently, and never let the scriptures be lost. What do you think? ”

Hearing this, everyone's actions seemed to have pressed the pause button, and everyone stared at Yuan An with burning eyes.

"You're right." Kong Yuan was the first to speak, "As long as people are okay, we can rebuild temples, rewrite Buddhist scriptures, and spread Buddhism again." ”

The abbot of the cave temple recited the Buddha's name: "The master and nephew have far-reaching knowledge, and the old man is ashamed of himself." ”

Kong Yuan invited the abbot: "Senior Brother Fang, why don't you go south with me." ”

Master Fang Jian thanked him: "Then there is Senior Brother Lao Kongyuan." ”

Deciding to go south, Master Fang gradually gathered the remaining monks of the cave temple together. The cave temple originally had more than 100 monks, but now there are only 16 monks left, and the youngest ones are in their forties. This age is still in the prime of life in modern times, but in ancient times, it was already a person of the grandparents' generation. This cry went south, I don't know if these monks can withstand the hardships of the long journey.

There were so many things that happened on this day, from the officers and soldiers suddenly coming to the door, driving away the monks, destroying the Buddha statues, destroying the main buildings, burning the Buddhist scriptures, and the monks resisting, so much happened. The monks had been anxious all the time, and they did not rest or eat during this period, but after making the decision at this moment, everyone felt tired and hungry. Yuan'an arranged for them to rest in the grotto first, and he and Yuanguan took two monks in their thirties to find food.

Fortunately, the officers and soldiers only came to destroy the temple to drive out the monks, and did not take away the food stored in the temple. The four of them found the grain and made a dinner from the half-destroyed kitchen, so that the monks could eat and rest. Yuan'an did not rest, and took Yuanguan and the other two monks to make all the remaining coarse grains into dry food as food for the monks on the road.

This busy one night, when the morning star rose, the two monks were so sleepy that they couldn't stand it anymore, and Yuan An hurriedly sent them back to sleep.

The monks get up early, and they are used to getting up early to do morning lessons. They also knew that the two monks had been working all night and had not woken them up and let them continue to sleep. The monks gathered in front of the largest stone statue and began to chant sutras and do morning lessons.

After the morning class, Yuan'an and Yuanguan moved out breakfast for everyone to eat. After breakfast, the monks began to pack their belongings. After packing their luggage, they woke up the two sleeping monks and left the cave temple.

On the way, the group of monks met monks who had been driven out from another temple. After an exchange of views, the monks joined the group, and on the way south with them, they met several groups of monks who had been driven away, and all of them joined the group. The team grew from twenty to sixty or seventy.

At noon, everyone stopped to rest, eat dry food and drink water. Yuan'an suddenly found that Yuanqing was gone, and thinking about it, it seemed that he hadn't seen Yuanqing's people for a long time after setting off.

Yuan An hurriedly asked Kong Yuan: "Master, where did Yuan Qing go?" Did you send him to do something? ”

"Nope." Kong Yuan was surprised, "Is Yuanqing gone?" ”

"It's gone." Yuan An said, "I don't know where I went, I haven't seen him for a while." ”

Kong Yuan couldn't help but worry: "Nothing will happen, right?" ”

Quite possibly. Yuan'an thought that maybe he had something to do with Yuanqing's daughter, but he didn't express his suspicions, and comforted Kongyuan: "Master, don't worry, it should be fine, you want to come to Yuanqing to see his daughter, right?" Yuanqing's daughter married to the north, and a few days ago, Yuanqing's daughter also came to the cave temple to have incense. I think Yuanqing should have gone to say goodbye to his daughter. ”

didn't tell Kongyuan that Yuanqing's daughter was the emperor's concubine, so as not to worry Kongyuan.

"Master, you and your uncles go first, and I'll go find Yuanqing back." Yuan'an Road. He felt that something might have happened to Yuanqing, but he couldn't tell Kong Yuan directly.

He turned his head to Yuanguan and said, "You take care of the master and the uncles, I will be back soon." ”

"I'll go with you." Yuanguan Road.

"No, you went with me, who will take care of the protection master?" Yuan'an rejected Yuanguan. Resources should also be allocated reasonably.

Yuanguan had to stay. He wasn't worried about Yuan'an's safety. Yuan An's skills are the strongest in this world, and he can come and go freely in and out of the palace, so he doesn't have to worry about it.

Yuan An left the empty distance and the monks' sight, and ran towards the direction of the capital at a faster speed. His speed now surpassed that of a cheetah, and pedestrians on the road only saw a shadow running past not far away, and when they looked again, there was no trace of him.

Yuan'an entered the palace at night, he didn't know where Yuanqing was being held, so he had to start from the six ladies.

It is much more convenient and faster to find someone in the palace, after all, the palace of the Northern Dynasty is not as big as the Forbidden City in later generations, and the six ladies are the emperor's favorite concubines.

What embarrassed Yuan'an was that when he found the residence of the sixth lady, he found that the emperor was doing the same sports with the six ladies in this palace. Yuan An touched his nose, first went to the imperial kitchen of the palace to take a turn, found something to feed his stomach, and then went to the emperor's study to use his pen, ink, paper and inkstone, wrote a note, and returned to the palace of the sixth lady.

At this time, the duo of the six ladies and the emperor had been completed. Both of them were so tired that they fell asleep. Yuan An sneaked into the room, came to the window, and stuffed the written note into the porcelain pillow of the sixth lady.