"In the winter of 3726 in the Yan calendar, because the original city lord of Guangqi City, Li Haoran, was derelict in his duties, the emperor sent the grandmaster to Guangqi City to serve as the city lord, but it turned out to make His Majesty Long Yan furious - the Hanging Temple, which had existed in Guangqi City for thousands of years, had a conflict with the master because of some ulterior purposes, resulting in the grandmaster being killed by the monk conspiracy of the Hanging Temple...... The national teacher wept bitterly for this, and vowed to seek justice for the grandmaster, and in the future, he must inform the world of the conspiracy of the Hanging Temple...... The prestige of the Hanging Temple among the civilians of the Yan Kingdom has been doubled...... Three days later, the Qilin Army entered Guangqi City, and there were less than a thousand monks left in the Hanging Temple......"

After this incident, Guangqi City is no longer a Buddhist holy place, and Taoism then built a Sanqing Temple in Guangqi City, widely accepted disciples, and then less than half a year, Taoism's Taoist Temple is located in every city in Yanguo, with nearly one million disciples, becoming the first major religion in Yanguo and even on the mainland. （_）”

-- Excerpt from "The Legend of Yan".

"It's true that the Grandmaster died at the foot of the Hanging Temple Mountain, but what happened at that time? Why did the entire Guangqi City go dark at noon? I heard that the corpses of those Taoist children were turned into white bones when they were carried away, why did this happen? Also, the Master of the Seven Rings and the Master of the Four Voids are both high-ranking monks, how could they not have the compassionate heart of the monks? There must be something wrong here, otherwise why would Lu Tianxing send the Qilin Army to Guangqi City? Is he worried that the monks of the Hanging Temple will rebel or has another purpose? Don't ask me, I don't know the truth, I only know, Lu Tianxing was furious and said that those who believe in Buddhism are regarded as rebellions, what is he trying to do? Destroy the Buddha Sect and believe in Changsheng? He also claims to be a saint? I feel blushing for him, by the way, the national teacher said that the Hanging Temple has an ulterior motive? Since he knew, why didn't he tell us? Don't you doubt it? Whether you believe it or not, I don't believe it anyway. ”

――An excerpt from a passage uttered by Gongsun Wrong, which was included in "History is, Volume 5" by later generations.

"The wicked do not die, and the Buddha's eyes do not open. ”

"What Senior Brother said is that I would do the same if I did, but I have suffered those monks in the city, the holy decree has arrived, and there is also the Qilin Army, it seems that Lu Tianxing is preparing to expel the monks in the temple and let them stay and return to the world. ”

"It's nothing, the Buddha is practicing everywhere in his heart. I guess this is all Zhang Duanzhang's idea, the battle between Buddhism and Taoism is not a day or two, it is obvious that with the help of Lu Tianxing, a paper tiger, Zhang Duanzhang is now victorious, but it is temporary. ”

"What do you mean?"

"Zhang Qingcheng was killed by me, the Qiankun bag is in my hands, Zhang Duanzhang or Lu Tianxing's purpose is very simple, let me hand over the Qiankun bag, so I decided to go to Lihuo City, as long as I don't die, you will be fine if you stay in the Hanging Temple, as for those small courtyards under the mountain, as long as Zhang Duanzhang doesn't come, it will be fine. ”

"There's no second way?"

"Who will go if I don't go to hell? When the mainland is in turmoil, the Buddha's Dharma will surely shine on the earth again. ”

- Excerpt from a conversation between the Master of the Seven Rings and the Master of the Four Voids.

At dusk, some firecrackers sounded sporadically in Guangqi City, most of the sounds came from the courtyards of nobles and wealthy merchants, after all, black powder is precious and rare, and only the rich and powerful have the way to find fireworks made with it from Lihuo City.

It was already the thirtieth of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and because of the day's drizzle, there were not many pedestrians on the streets of Guangqi City, and even fewer people came out now—at this moment, people in the entire Union country were probably staying at home steaming rice cakes wrapped in dough and minced meat, praying for peace and more harvest in the new year.

It's just that the Buddha head that they used to put in the hall of their homes to worship is no longer visible, and instead there are some Taoist symbols, that is, they themselves don't know what these Taoist symbols that don't seem to be famous are written, but as the monks in Guangqi City continue to leave, those Taoists on the street have been selling these things, can they keep safe, at least they won't be checked, you must know that the emperor issued a holy decree saying that whoever wants to believe in Buddhism is rebellious, rebellious? That is a big crime to kill the head!

Such a night that should have been enjoyable, I don't know how many people will remember asking the Buddha for guidance in the Hanging Temple.

Different from the previous Hanging Temple will ring the bell at this time every day, now the Hanging Temple Mountain has been surrounded by the garrison of the Qilin Army, and the monks of the Hanging Temple are not allowed to enter and leave at will, not only that, in just a few days, the monks in Guangqi City have gone seventy-seven eighty-eight, and the rest of those who would rather die than leave have gone to the Hanging Temple, so that the Buddhist holy land has appeared for the first time in such a declining situation, that is, the rain in the sky has also made Guangqi City more and more deserted.

I don't know whose child cried in the distance, Su Qin closed the oil-paper umbrella in his hand, and then stood at the bend of a street in front of Mengfu, he knew that if he walked a hundred steps forward along this bluestone paved path, he would come back to the main road of Guangqi City, and then go all the way to the northwest, and he would see the Hanging Temple.

At this moment, Tiantai Mountain is hidden in the dark, only some lights on the mountain are looming like fluorescent, and if you don't look carefully, you don't know where there is a mountain, there is a temple on the mountain, the difference is that there are not many monks in the temple.

Although Su Qin is not very clear about what is happening outside these days, he has learned a little from Qi Luo Ge's mouth, Buddhism has fallen out of favor, Taoism has succeeded, and the fight between the two factions Su Qin can't control it so much, he is concerned about the next fate of the Hanging Temple - Lu Tianxing has made a holy decree, but the treatment of the Hanging Temple is puzzling, it stands to reason that the Hanging Temple should have been burned down, but now it is fenced, is it really as Qi Luo Ge said, Lu Tianxing is afraid of the Four Void Master of the Hanging Temple and he will have a fish to break the net?

Who is the Master of the Four Voids, and who is the Master of the Seven Rings Su Qin didn't know, he only knew that he wanted to go to the Hanging Temple as soon as possible to have a look, because he heard Qi Luo Ge say that the reason why Lu Tianxing made a big move this time was because there were secrets in the Hanging Temple - Su Qin had been having some strange dreams recently, and he always heard the bell in his dreams, which seemed to be calling something.

What is the secret of the Hanging Temple? Is it related to the secret in his heart? I don't know what the reason, Su Qin always faintly felt that he couldn't wait any longer, and now the result of the Hanging Temple is unknown, is it necessary to wait until there is no monk in Guangqi City to find someone to ask those old things?

It seems that there is a providence in the dark, and when Su Qin was about to go back to the Meng Mansion first and wait until the early hours of the morning to come out and secretly go to the Hanging Temple, he saw a monk walking slowly from the darkness.

The monk's pace was not fast, but according to Su Qin's eyesight, from what he found that there was at least ten zhang between the two monks, and this ten zhang distance The monk seemed to have come to him in a few steps.

"Donor's surname?" Glancing at Su Qin, the monk who was about to continue walking paused and looked Su Qin up and down a few more times, and asked with a move in his heart.

"Under the surname Su, the name is Qin. Looking at the monk, I don't know if it was infected by his momentum or for some other reason, Su Qin said it almost subconsciously.

"Su Qin?" Hearing this name, the monk paused, looked at Su Qin's face again, and frowned, "Why do I feel a little familiar when I look at the donor's face?"