As the time gradually came, and the Uncovered Puja was about to end, Xue Huaiyi became more and more worried, pacing back and forth in the big tent with his hands in his hands.

According to the agreement, the warrior monk leader of the Linzhi Temple should send someone to report to him about the progress of the Linzhi Temple half an hour ago, but so far, there has been no news from the Linzhi Temple, which makes him feel an inexplicable worry in his heart.

He had sent someone to inquire about the news, but the person who had sent him to ask for the news had also disappeared, and he felt very disappointed.

At this time, Xue Huaiyi had already calmed down from his extreme resentment, and when he looked back at his plan, he was also taken aback by the madness in it.

Xue Huaiyi is not a stupid person, his biggest weakness is that he is easy to lose his mind and go to extremes, but when he comes to his senses, he often regrets his madness.

If those extreme things in the past did not cause any serious consequences, then today's plan is completely different.

At this time, Xue Huaiyi also began to be a little afraid in his heart, even if his plan was successful, he would also be unable to escape death, at this moment, death was so close to him, it made him tremble.

"How long is it until the time is there?" Xue Huaiyi finally couldn't help but ask.

"General Hui, it's coming soon!"

Xue Huaiyi finally decided to give up, and immediately called a confidant eunuch, handed him a letter, and ordered in a low voice: "Let the monks of Mingtang come back immediately, all come back, and cancel tonight's action." ”

His henchman took the letter and hurried away, Xue Huaiyi was still not worried about Lintoe Temple, and took out his gold medal and said to a confidant monk: "You can rush to Lintoe Temple immediately, let all the warrior monks there stop moving, and immediately withdraw from the underground palace for me." ”

The monk agreed, took the gold medal and hurried to Lintoe Temple, Xue Huaiyi let out a long sigh, hoping that it would be too late.

Xue Huaiyi's confidant eunuch is named Ma Yinglun, who is a eunuch sent by Wu Zetian to serve Xue Huaiyi, and is also responsible for Xue Huaiyi's contact with the palace.

He has followed Xue Huaiyi for five years and became Xue Huaiyi's confidant, he ran all the way with Xue Huaiyi's letter, and came to Yingtianmen, he often went in and out of the palace, and the soldiers guarding the city gate knew him.

"On the order of General Xue, go and send a letter to His Majesty!"

He held up the letter high, the soldiers did not embarrass him and let him into the palace, but Ma Yinglun did not rush to the Taichu Palace, but turned around and rushed to the Ming Hall, he wanted to find the group of monks who were reciting scriptures in the Ming Hall.

The gate of the Ming Hall is about 300 steps away from Yingtianmen, and it is necessary to pass through a long corridor, at this time there are no guards in the corridor, and there are no lanterns installed.

But Ma Yinglun only walked a few dozen steps, and a black shadow flew out from behind the wooden pillar, knocking Ma Yinglun to the ground, and Ma Yinglun screamed in fright.

Several black-clothed people surrounded him from both sides, and the person was none other than Zhao Qiuniang, she held a cold dagger to his throat and asked coldly, "What did Xue Huaiyi send you for?"

"Let me ......... Let me cancel tonight's plans. ”

Zhao Qiuniang waved the dagger, Ma Yinglun was killed instantly, they took away the letter from him, and threw his body into the pond next to him, and everyone immediately dodged away.

In the Ming Hall, the monks had finished chanting, and they all got up and walked outside the Ming Hall, and the soldiers who were watching them from a distance walked up quickly, but there was one less monk for the captain.

He asked aloud, "Where is the other monk?"

All the monks looked at each other and shook their heads, and the captain was suddenly in a hurry, and immediately shouted: "Go and search, you must find him!"

The soldiers ran to all parts of the Ming Hall, shouting loudly everywhere, the captain was anxious, and ordered another soldier: "Go and report to General Wu, it means that the monks in the hall are inexplicably missing one person!"

The soldiers galloped away, and the captain drew his sword and pointed at the rest of the monks and shouted, "Hand over the missing people immediately, or you will want to live!" ......

On the third floor of the Ming Hall, a thin monk is looking up at the huge statue of Maitreya, which is completely Wu Zetian's face, full and round, solemn and serene, and his shoulders are draped with a huge curtain of more than ten zhang long.

If you look closely at this monk, you will see that his eyebrows are protruding, his eyes are sunken, and he is not of the Central Plains race, but a dark-skinned Tianzhu monk.

At this time, the Tianzhu monk suddenly raised his hands, laughed twice, waved his arm, and a fire erupted from his mouth, and suddenly lit a huge curtain dragged on the ground, the curtain had already dried, and was ignited by the flames, and began to spread rapidly, only in the blink of an eye, the flames rose three or four feet high, and the smoke billowed above the Ming Hall.

There are the strictest fire control measures in the Ming Hall, no one is allowed to bring fire inside, including the guards, and the twenty monks have been strictly searched twice before and after entering the Ming Hall, and there is indeed no fire on them.

But the guards could not have imagined that among the twenty monks there was also a Tianzhu man who was famous for his fire skills in Luoyang and Chang'an, and no one could find the fire on his body, but he could breathe fire under any circumstances.

Dozens of soldiers who were searching for the monk were on fire almost at the same time, and they all shouted in horror, "The Ming Hall is on fire! The Buddha is on fire!"

Mingtang's alarm bell rang 'dang!dang!' rang, and thousands of guards came from all directions, but the fire in Mingtang was far beyond everyone's expectations.

The huge statue is made of lacquered cloth, which is very flammable, and the smoke is very large, full of poisonous gas, at this time the huge curtain has been completely burned, the statue is also burned, the smoke in the Ming Hall is billowing out, it is impossible to stand on it at all, and the guards have retreated to the outside of the Ming Hall.

The fire is getting bigger and bigger, both sides of the top of the Ming Hall are burned by the flames, the tongue of fire is more than ten zhang high, and the smoke is soaring into the sky, in front of the huge Ming Hall, the guards are helpless.

Even the thousands of guards who had difficulty approaching Mingtang were forced to retreat by the fire and smoke, and the guards couldn't get closer to within a hundred steps at all.

But what is even more frightening is that the Ming Hall is too close to the Heaven that has just been repaired, and once the Ming Hall fire is too big, Heaven will not be spared.

Wu Zetian was also woken up by the palace maid and the eunuch, she heard that the hall was on fire, so frightened that she hurriedly put on her clothes and rushed to the gate of the Taichu Palace, although she was still far away from the Ming Hall, but she could still feel the fierceness of the fire in the Ming Hall, looking at the raging fire in the distance had engulfed the entire Ming Hall, she was stunned.

"Who did that?" Wu Zetian roared angrily.

Wu Yanxiu hurriedly came, he knelt down in horror and reported: "Your Majesty, it was Xue Huaiyi who let the monk enter the Ming Hall to chant, but it turned out that a disguised Tianzhu monk was mixed in, and he had already caught this person, he was the Tianzhu man Chibao who was famous for his fire skills, and he confessed to setting fire to the Buddha statue in the Ming Hall. ”

Wu Zetian couldn't say a word for a long time, it was Xue Huaiyi again, he dared to burn down the Ming Hall in a frenzy?

At this time, Shangguan Wan'er hurried over and reported to Wu Zetianyu: "Qiqi Majesty, there are thousands of White Horse Temple monks in the Lintoe Temple, they are trying to enter the Imperial City Right Guard Office through the Guò Temple Underground Palace Passage, Li Zhen has led more than 100 internal guards to the Right Guard Office, but the troops may be insufficient, and I hope that His Majesty will send more troops!"

Wu Zetian was suddenly furious, and shouted to Wu Yanxiu: "You take two thousand Yulin troops to the Right Guard Office and wipe out the warrior monks." ”

Wu Yanxiu was originally the leader of Xue Huaiyi's polo team, and he did everything possible to pat Xue Huaiyi's sycophants, at this time he also knew that Xue Huaiyi was in a catastrophe, and at this time he had to atone for his crimes.

Wu Yanxiu immediately bowed and saluted, "Obey the order!"

He got up and walked two steps, then stopped and turned back and asked, "Your Majesty, can you send someone to arrest Xue Huaiyi and give it to the Holy Lord?"

Wu Zetian gritted his teeth and said: "Xue Huaiyi will never be captured lightly, pass on my will, and those who catch Xue Huaiyi will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold, and the official will be promoted to one level!" ......

This year's Shangyuan Festival is destined to be an unforgettable night, a watch, the whole Luoyang City saw an extremely spectacular scene, the sky over the palace city was on fire, the smoke was billowing, and the Ming Hall was completely engulfed in flames.

Not only the Ming Hall, but even the Heaven next to it was also lit by fire, and the two huge buildings were shrouded in fire and smoke, and any lantern in Luoyang City could hardly be compared with the scene in Miyagi.

Perhaps deterred by the fire in Mingtang, the lanterns in Luoyang City were extinguished one after another, and the crowd watching the lanterns began to return to their homes in 66 succession, and the originally lively and noisy first night of Shangyuan was unexpectedly interrupted.

At the same time as the smoke appeared in the Ming Hall, Xue Huaiyi finally got the news of the Linzhi Temple, an army of unknown origin appeared in the Linzhi Temple, and his thousands of warrior monks were trapped in the underground palace of the temple, and their lives and deaths were unknown.

And the fire that ignited in Mingtang made Xue Huaiyi fall into the abyss, he hated Ma Yinglun so much that he didn't convey his order to the monks of Mingtang, and Mingtang was still ignited by the fire.

Xue Huaiyi has never been so remorseful as he is today, he knows that he has fallen into a monstrous disaster, and he has no other way but to flee now.

Xue Huaiyi immediately took more than a dozen warrior monks to flee in the direction of Houzaimen, at this time the city gate was closed, he could not go out of the city from the gate of heaven, he could only go out of the city through the south gate, that is, the Houzai gate out of the city, with his status and identity, I believe that the soldiers guarding the city did not dare to stop him.

Xue Huaiyi led more than a dozen people to gallop on the street, although they were walking on the back street, but the road was still full of people, and they shouted loudly: "Get out of the way!"

The hooves of a dozen war horses hit the ground with a thunderous sound, and the people who had been strolling leisurely in the small streets were so frightened that they stumbled and fled to both sides, and in the midst of cries and scolding, more than a dozen war horses rushed over like a violent wind.

Not long after, Xue Huaiyi and more than a dozen warrior monks rushed to the thick gate, the heavy city gate has been closed, there are soldiers in the city pacing back and forth, Xue Huaiyi ran to the city and shouted: "Open the city gate at the head of the city!"

"Who's in the city?" asked a soldier in a loud voice.

"I am Liang Guogong, and Xue Huaiyi, the chief manager of Longyou, will also open the city gate for me. ”

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