Chapter 109: The Secret of the Fish House
The White Horse Temple is located about 20 miles east of Luoyang, the emperor of the Han Ming Dynasty decreed to build a monastery outside the Yongmen in Luoyang, in order to remember the merit of the White Horse Sutra, so the name of the monastery is the White Horse Temple.
From the Yongjia Rebellion to the Yongxi Rebellion, Luoyang suffered repeated wars, and the White Horse Temple was also severely destroyed, until the first year of the vertical arch nine years ago, Wu Zetian repaired the White Horse Temple, and the White Horse Temple entered the glorious era again.
The White Horse Temple currently has an extremely important political status in the Tang Dynasty, and Xue Huaiyi, who is under one person and above ten thousand people, is currently the host of the White Horse Temple, and the White Horse Temple is also his old nest.
To this end, Xue Huaiyi spared no effort to expand the White Horse Temple, with the support of Wu Zetian, the White Horse Temple has become a huge temple covering an area of nearly 20,000 acres and tens of thousands of monks.
Xue Huaiyi is like the emperor of the White Horse Temple, this is his sphere of influence, and no one wants to get involved, even the Tang Emperor Wu Zetian is no exception.
At noon, more than 100 guards escorted several gorgeous carriages slowly came to the front of the White Horse Temple, and Wei Tuan'er, who was dressed in a plain skirt, came out of the carriage with the support of two maids.
Fa Ming, the master of the Dharma Monastery of the White Horse Temple, led more than a dozen senior monks to wait in front of the gate, and Fa Ming hurriedly greeted him, clasped his palms and saluted: "Welcome to the White Horse Temple." ”
Wei Tuan'er came to the White Horse Temple to make a vow, of course, this is just an excuse, the real reason is that he was ordered by Wu Zetian to return Xue Huaiyi to the palace, Wu Zetian was lonely by the pillow, and began to miss this 'senior monk'.
However, Fa Ming's title of 'Wei Shizhu' made Wei Tuan'er quite annoyed, this was one of her heart problems, everyone called Shangguan Wan'er an inner houser, and some people even called her an inner minister.
And she Wei Tuan'er is just a little maid in the emperor's bedroom, although she is not small, she has no name and no share, and her greatest wish is to replace Shangguan Wan'er and become 'Wei Neixiang'.
Wei Tuan'er saw that the honor guard to welcome her was very small, only a dozen old monks, although she also knew that this was out of low-key considerations, but this feeling of coldness made her very uncomfortable.
She asked coldly, "Why don't you come out?"
"Returning to Lord Wei Shi, the host is unwell, and is resting on the couch, if Lord Wei Shi wants to talk to my host about Buddhism, the poor monk is willing to lead the way. ”
Wei Tuan'er snorted, "Let's put on the incense first!"
The old monks surrounded Wei Tuan'er into the temple, incense, and she came to Xue Huaiyi's abbot's meditation room under the guidance of an old monk, and the old monk had already retreated with interest.
As soon as Wei Tuan'er walked into the room, she was hugged by Xue Huaiyi, who was hiding at the door, and her hand was deeply inserted into her collar.
Wei Tuan'er was annoyed in her heart that Xue Huaiyi treated her coldly at the welcome ceremony today, she slapped his hand hard, "Take it out!"
Xue Huaiyi knows very well the slut in front of him, when was his body softened, and he didn't move for himself today.
He touched a nail, and couldn't help but be a little annoyed, snorted coldly, let go of her and asked, "What are you doing here?"
"You know it!"
"Hmph! That old beggar was so ruthless when she drove me away, and now she comes to beg me again, you sue her, I'm not feeling well, don't go!"
Wei Tuan'er felt the dissatisfaction in Xue Huaiyi's heart, and thought that he still had to rely on his help, and he really couldn't offend this person.
She immediately turned around, snuggled into his arms, gently twisted a few mustaches on his chin and said coquettishly: "It's not that I refuse to make love to you, you also know that the old woman is very sensitive, especially this kind of male and female thing, which annoys her, and it is not good for you and me." ”
Xue Huaiyi gained face and was in a better mood, so he hugged her again, his hand wandered on her, and he smiled in her ear: "You are afraid of that old beggar, but I am not afraid of her." ”
Although Xue Huaiyi was a joke, Wei Tuan'er was very worried, she knew that Wu Zetian's throne had become more and more stable in the past two years, and she didn't need Xue Huaiyi to help her build momentum, so she gradually became cold to Xue Huaiyi.
At this time, Xue Huaiyi should be more committed to currying favor, being gentle in every way, and emotionally controlling the saint.
But this Xue Huaiyi didn't understand at all, but became more and more rude, wantonly humiliating the saint on the bed, ignoring the face of the Son of Heaven, and only venting the dissatisfaction in his heart, although this kind of roughness would make the saint happy for a while, but he would feel more humiliated afterwards, which made his status in the saint's heart even lower.
Wei Tuan'er felt that she had to persuade this Xue Huaiyi well, don't really anger Wu Zetian, not only will he be deposed at that time, but she will also harm her Wei Tuan'er's interests.
"Huaiyi, let's be smarter! don't annoy her anymore."
"You know!"
Without waiting for Wei Tuan'er to finish speaking, Xue Huaiyi scolded him: "Do you think why she drove me away, it's just because I went to drink in the Jun Mansion, she thinks I'm seeking power, she is what I am, a dog that comes and goes at a moment's notice? Dogs can also bite people, forcing me to be anxious, and I can't make her emperor!"
Wei Tuan'er was shocked and hurriedly covered his mouth, "Don't say it again, it's going to be a big disaster." ”
Xue Huaiyi let out a long sullen breath, waved his hand and said, "Don't talk about her, talk about that woman, I'm afraid I have bad news to tell you." ”
Wei Tuan'er knew that the woman he said meant Shangguan Wan'er, and this was also the person she paid the most attention to, so she hurriedly asked, "What news?"
"Dali Temple has been investigating the Tan case recently, and I heard Junchen say that this is the case she pressed to Dali Temple, including that the deceased was Princess Teng, and it was also her secret propaganda, which caused great indignation among the royal family, do you understand? ”
Wei Tuan'er suddenly panicked, this is her biggest heart problem, if Shangguan Wan'er is secretly investigating this matter, doesn't this mean that Shangguan Wan'er knows that she did it?
She hurriedly asked, "Then what should we do in your opinion?"
Xue Huaiyi thought about it for a while, and said to her: "I think it's best for us to do both, first we have to close the net and kill all the people who know the inside story, including that fish dragon, he knows too much, you have to get rid of him, if you can't do it, let me come!"
Wei Tuan'er nodded without hesitation, "There's nothing I can't do, but it's best for you to do it for me, and secondly?"
"The second is to get rid of that woman as much as possible, she narrowly escaped the case of her burial last time, and she can't give her another chance next time. ”
Speaking of this, Xue Huaiyi suddenly remembered something and asked, "I want to ask you, how did she escape Junchen's impeachment?"
"I don't know the specifics, but I heard that the saint was originally in the thunder, but Gao Yanfu went in and said a few words, and the saint let her go, and afterwards made up an edict allowing her to move to the tomb of the official ceremony. ”
Xue Huaiyi gasped, "Could it be that Gao Yanfu was pulled over by Shangguan Wan'er?"
"I'm not sure, he's always been neutral. ”
Xue Huaiyi gritted his teeth and said: "Regardless of whether Gao Yanfu has been pulled over or not, time is no longer waiting for us, and we must do our best." ”
Wei Tuan'er thought so, she pondered for a moment and said: "I estimate that it will be more difficult to succeed in politics, she has already been vigilant, and she will not make mistakes lightly, so she has to think of another strategy." ”
Xue Huaiyi sneered, "I was prepared, she never dreamed of dying!"
At dusk, Li Zhen came to Yu Pinlong's mansion in Mingyifang, he handed over the greeting post, and waited outside the mansion gate.
At this time, it was the beginning of November, which was the longest night in a year, and Li Zhen only waited for a moment, and the night gradually fell.
At this time, a scholar who was about eleven or twelve years old walked out of the mansion and saluted Li Zhen, "I'm sorry, my master has something to go out, Li Gongzi will come back another day!"
Li Zhen couldn't help laughing, "Your master was wounded by an arrow in Chang'an, and he will be bedridden for at least two months, you said that he went out, where can he go?
The little scholar blushed, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "My master is really not at home, I don't dare to deceive my son!"
Li Zhen felt that he was very flustered, as if he was hiding something, Li Zhen was even more puzzled in his heart, his mind turned, so he took out his guard bronze medal and handed it to him: "This is a token for your master, it is very important and very urgent, please transfer it to him immediately, I won't bother." ”
Li Zhen turned around and walked away quickly, the scholar hesitated for a long time with the bronze medal, and then hesitated to return to the house, just as the gate of the fish mansion was closed, Di Yan, who was hiding on the side, climbed a big tree, climbed the wall again, and jumped down gently.
And Li Zhen waited outside the gate, waiting for Di Yan's news, and after a quarter of an hour, Di Yan went out over the wall again, with a puzzled face: "It's strange!"
Li Zhen greeted him, "What's strange?"
"Just now I followed the scholar, and saw him hurriedly enter the study, and after waiting for a while, I didn't see him come out, and I looked out the window again, and there was no one in the study, and the scholar didn't know where to go. ”
Li Zhen pondered for a moment, seemed to understand a little, and immediately said, "Let's store the horse first, and then I'll go into the mansion with you!"
The two stored their horses in an inn next to them, and Li Zhen followed Di Yan over the wall into the fish mansion, bent over and galloped all the way, and soon came to the back house and found the study that Di Yan said.
The two of them flashed into the room one after another, only to see that no one seemed to have come in the room for a long time, covered with dust, a wide table, two bookcases, against the wall were several rows of bookshelves, on which books were neatly placed, and the moonlight was clear, so that the room was faintly visible even if it was not lit.
Seeing that Li Zhen was carefully looking for something, Di Yan couldn't help but ask strangely, "What are you looking for?"
"I'm looking for an entrance to the tunnel!"
"Authentic!" Di Yan felt even more strange, "Do you think that scholar just now entered the tunnel?"
"Then what do you say, why is he gone?"
Di Yan also felt reasonable, it was indeed the most likely to be an authentic or secret door, and she also carefully groped for it by the wall.
"Found it!"
Li Zhen pointed to a place by the wall and said with a smile: "Other places are dusty, but this place is very clean, which means that people here often come." ”
Di Yan hurriedly stepped forward, only to see Li Zhen carefully uncover a three-foot-square stone slab from the ground, revealing a swarthy cave underneath, she couldn't help but exclaim, "It's really authentic!"
Li Zhen lit a candle and handed it to Di Yan, "You follow me!"
Li Zhen himself drew his long sword and bent down to get in, while Di Yan followed behind Li Zhen and slowly moved forward, the tunnel was dug well, the tunnel entrance was not big, but the inside was not small, about five feet high, you could bend over and walk, the ventilation was also good, and there was no feeling of suffocation and depression.
Di Yan felt strange, how could there be an authentic tunnel in Yupinlong's mansion, could this be Wei Tuan'er's treasure hiding place, thinking about it, it was impossible, how could the scholar know the treasure hiding place?
Maybe he had a woman hiding in the basement?
Otherwise, he was afraid of being victimized by the enemy and went into hiding.
Li Zhen walked in front and said with a smile: "Don't think nonsense, you will definitely be able to find Yupinlong along the tunnel, let's go up and know?"
Di Yan blushed and muttered in a low voice, "How do you know I'm thinking nonsense?"
Li Zhen heard her muttering, and said with a smile: "If it was usual, you would have yelled a long time ago, but now that it's so quiet, don't you think about what?"
Di Yan couldn't wait to kick him from behind, this guy was so hateful, he actually dared to spy on his mind
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