Li Qiufeng's heart sank. Although he had heard Situ Qiao talk about the theft of the artifact in Qingliang Temple before, he had guessed that this case was committed by Sun Guangming. At this time, listening to him admit it in person, I was relieved.

Sun Guangming smiled and said, "The abbot of Qingliang Temple, the Venerable Master, has a lot of martial arts masters. I snooped inside and outside Qingliang Temple for several days, and was almost caught by these monks. That night, I infiltrated the pagoda of Qingliang Temple and found the artifact in the underground palace. Just out of the pagoda, he was discovered by the monks in the temple. Fortunately, there was a sudden strong wind, which stirred up the dead branches and leaves into the sky, and there was nothing visible from a distance of several feet. I took the opportunity to escape from the siege of the monks and left Wutai Mountain overnight......"

Before his words fell, Li Qiufeng said: "This artifact stolen by Mr. Sun, I don't know if it is the Buddha's relics or the finger bone relics of Master Xuanzang?"

Sun Guangming was stunned, and then smiled: "Li Daxia is really good, and he even knows the treasures that Qingliang Temple has hidden for thousands of years. ”

Li Qiufeng shook his head and said, "Li didn't know about it originally, but I just heard Situ Qiao mention it, so I just knew a little bit about it." ”

Sun Guangming said with a smile: "I have wanted to come to Situ Bridge to covet the artifact in Qingliang Temple for many years, but his martial arts are not high, and he can't break into Qingliang Temple." The artifact I took away was neither the Buddha's relics nor the finger bones of Master Xuanzang, but a robe he wore back then. ”

Li Qiufeng nodded and said, "This Li also heard Situ Qiao say it." It is said that this robe was draped on his body by Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, when Master Xuanzang left Chang'an for Tianzhu, and it has great mana. There is a folk legend that this robe was given to Li Shimin by Guanyin Bodhisattva of the South China Sea, and was draped on Master Xuanzang by Li Shimin's hand. It's just that these are just legends that are talked about on the streets, and no one knows what is so magical about this robe. ”

Sun Guangming smiled slightly and said, "What Li Daxia said is right, these legends are just some nonsense and fabricated by some fools." It must be known that Master Xuanzang left Chang'an for Tianzhu that year, which can be said to be at great risk. When the Tang Dynasty was first established, the Turks in the west and north put great pressure on the Tang Dynasty. The Li father and son had no choice but to take a defensive position against the Turks. In order to guard against the Turkic invasion of Chang'an, the Tang Dynasty guarded the western border very strictly, and strictly forbade the people of Middle-earth to cross the border to the west. If anyone dares to sneak across the border and is caught by the defenders, they will be beheaded on the spot.

"During the reign of Tang Gaozu Wude, although Master Xuanzang was young, he was already famous all over the world and was a great monk who was proficient in Buddhism. The Tang Dynasty was built by Li Yuan's father and son, and the Li family claimed to be the descendants of Li Er, the founder of Taoism. However, Master Xuanzang studied the teachings of Buddhism intensively, and his fame became bigger and bigger. The local government also has great respect for him. At that time, the two schools of Buddhism in China had different theories on the appearance of the law, and although they debated many times, they could not convince each other. Although Master Xuanzang is superb in Buddhism, it is difficult to integrate the two.

"In the ninth year of Wude, the Tianzhu monk Bopo arrived in Chang'an and opened the altar to preach the Fa. Master Xuanzang came to the Dharma lecture conference in person, and listened to Bopo say that there was a famous monk in Tianzhu who had taught Yoga in Nalanda Temple, and he always took the theory of the three vehicles, so he made a vow to go west to seek the Dharma and explore the original scriptures, in order to relieve the doubts in his heart. After he made a wish, he made a statement to the imperial court, asking the imperial court to allow him to go to Tianzhu and give him a customs clearance document. At that time, it was the first year of Zhenguan, and Tang Taizong launched the Xuanwumen Rebellion to kill the crown prince Li Jiancheng and the king of Qi Li Yuanji, and Li Yuan was forced to abdicate as the emperor. It's just that Li Shimin first ascended the throne, and the crown prince and the rest of the Qi Wang Dang did not give up, and were secretly ready to move. Seeing the civil strife in the Tang Dynasty, the Turkic Jieli Khan thought that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, and personally commanded an army of 100,000 people, including Kejing Prefecture and Wugong Prefecture, and reached the periphery of Chang'an. The troops were in the direction, and the Tang army was defeated and retreated. Fortunately, Wei Chi Jingde led the army to fight to the death, so that the Turkic cavalry did not dare to attack on a large scale. Li Shimin mobilized the soldiers and horses on the left side of the capital to defend the city, and at the same time imposed martial law in the capital to prevent the Turkic spies and the prince and the remnants of the king of Qi from taking advantage of the opportunity to make trouble. At this time, it can be said that Li Shimin is facing an unprecedented crisis, and if he is not careful, Datang will be in danger of collapse. When a monk asked him to go west to seek scriptures, how could Li Shimin be in the mood to pay attention to him? If he did not beat him up or even behead him, it would already be regarded as extremely magnanimous.

"Master Xuanzang is a monk, although he saw the tense atmosphere in Chang'an City, he didn't know that the situation was already extremely dangerous. It was rejected by the imperial court with his expression, and he remained in the Chang'an Great Ci'en Temple and waited. Although Li Shimin gathered all the soldiers and horses inside and outside the capital, the number of soldiers was still less than 10,000, and most of them were old and weak. At this time, it was too late to transfer troops from the Kanto region to return reinforcements. It's just that Li Shimin is worthy of being the unborn emperor, and he actually took more than 10,000 weak soldiers out of Chang'an City, and the army was arrayed in the east of Weishui Bridge, waiting for the battle.

"Wei Chi Jingde led the Tang army to engage the Turkic advance several times, fighting and retreating at the same time, in order to delay the advance of the Turkic cavalry. At this time, Wei Chi Jingde's department had retreated to the west of Weishui Bridge, and when he saw Tang Taizong in person, he no longer retreated, and formed a battle against the Turks. At that time, Qin Qiong, another fierce general who had been recuperating at home from injuries and illnesses, also rushed to the battlefield and asked Tang Taizong for his life, asking for help from Lieutenant Chi Jingde.

"Qin Qiong and Wei Chi Jingde are the two most courageous generals under Tang Taizong. If you talk about bravery, the two are equal, but if you add resourcefulness, Qin Qiong is even higher than Wei Chi Jingde. At the beginning, Wei Chi Jingde was a general of Song Jingang, who was extremely brave, defeated Li Xiaoji, the king of Yong'an of the Tang Dynasty, in Xia County, and captured Tang Jian, Yu Yun and other Tang generals. Li Shimin was shocked when he heard the news, thinking that among the generals under his account, only Qin Qiong was comparable to Wei Chi Jingde. It was he who ordered Qin Qiong and Yin Kaishan to face Wei Chi Jingde. At that time, under the great victory of Lieutenant Chi Jingde, he led the army back to Huzhou, and met Qin Qiong's troops suddenly on the way. The two generals fought in front of the battle, and Wei Chi Jingde was defeated by Qin Qiong, and fled in defeat, and more than 2,000 of his subordinates were beheaded. After this battle, Wei Chi Jingde lost all his strength, and finally surrendered to Li Shimin......"

Li Qiufeng rode on a horse, listened to Sun Guangming tell these past events, and thought to himself: "When this person speaks, he is somewhat similar to Situ Bridge. It's all verbose, and I don't know where I'm talking about it. Fortunately, it's a long road, and listening to him is not lonely. ”

But he heard Sun Guangming say: "Qin Qiong was originally Li Mi's general in Wagangzhai. Li Mi was defeated by Wang Shichong, and Qin Qiong surrendered to Wang Shichong with everyone. It's just that he realized that Wang Shi was hypocritical and not a trustworthy master, so he had the heart to leave. Li Shimin went east to Luoyang, and Qin Qiong and Cheng Zhijie defected to the Tang army when Li Shimin and Wang Shichong's armies were facing each other in Jiuqu. After this battle, Tang Gaozu Li Yuan ordered Qin Qiong to belong to the palace of Li Shimin, the king of Qin. Li Shimin had long heard of Qin Qiong's bravery, and treated him very politely, granting him the position of the head of the horse army, and guarding the Changchun Palace with him. Li Yuan treated Qin Qiong very well, and walked to Qin Qiong's side to talk to him several times above the court. Among the many generals who founded the Tang Dynasty, only Qin Qiong was so valued by Li Yuan. Li Shimin is even more capable of wooing Qin Qiong, and Qin Qiong is also loyal to Li Shimin. I have read two Tang books, the old and the new, both of which say that every time Qin Qiong goes on an expedition with Li Shimin, there are often generals in the enemy formation who show off their strength and strength, and Li Shimin asks Qin Qiong to challenge, and every time he can single-handedly kill the enemy generals in the crowd, and the enemy army is terrified, and often collapses without a fight. ”

When Sun Guangming said this, Su Yan, who had been silent, suddenly smiled and said, "Big brother, as soon as you talk about these old things, you will talk endlessly. If you continue to talk about it like this, I'm afraid that when we get to Gaoping, Li Daxia still doesn't know what the use of the robe you got in Qingliang Temple. ”

Sun Guangming was stunned, and then laughed and said, "You are right, as soon as I talk about these things, I can't help it." Let's gossip less, but we said that Qin Qiong crossed the Weihe Bridge that day and stood in front of more than 1,000 Tang troops with Wei Chi Jingde. At this time, the Turkic vanguard soldiers and horses had already been killed, and Qin Qiong rode out alone, taking advantage of the unstable foothold of the Turkic army and horses, and beheaded his commander in front of the battle. Seeing that Qin Qiong was extremely brave, the Turkic forwards turned their horses and fled. When Jieli Khan led the entire Turkic army into the battlefield, he was scattered by the defeated army.

Jieli Khan was shocked when he heard the defeated soldiers talk about the situation. He had long heard of Qin Qiong's prestige, and he had fought with Yu Chi Jingde several times all the way east, and saw with his own eyes that Yu Chi Jingde was brave and invincible, although there were only more than 1,000 generals, but tens of thousands of Turkic cavalry did not dare to approach. Qin Qiong's force was still above Wei Chi Jingde, and the two generals were guarding the west of the Wei River, and Jieli Khan was suspicious, so he did not dare to march in a big way.

"It's just that although Qin Qiong and Wei Chi Jingde are brave, if these 100,000 Turkic soldiers and horses rush up, the Tang army will have to be annihilated. However, before Li Shimin left the city, he first detained the Turkic envoy and only released the envoy's slaves. When Jieli Khan heard the news, he couldn't help but be suspicious, thinking that Li Shimin was so tough, because the Tang army had already prepared, and the Tang army in the Kwantung region might have returned to Chang'an. When he arrived at the battlefield, he saw that the Tang army was already waiting in the east of the Wei River, with the military flag waving and the army neat. Tang Taizong Li Shimin personally led Fang Xuanling and other six important ministers to pull their horses in front of the Tang army, and they were ready to fight.

Jieli Khan didn't know that only the front row of the Tang army on the opposite side was real people, and the back was full of straw men. And each Tang sergeant held two large flags, and it looked like there were hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses. Although Jieli Khan was a Turkic leader, the Turks were not at peace, and some of his brothers always wanted to seize the throne of Khan. In this attack on the Tang Dynasty, he originally wanted to take advantage of the fact that the Tang Dynasty had just passed through the Xuanwumen Revolution and the infighting in the imperial court, and led his troops into the Tang Realm to loot property. Another purpose was to show off his martial arts and subdue other forces within the Turks so that they would not dare to act rashly. At this time, seeing that the Tang army had been prepared, and the troops were strong, if they attacked hard, they had no chance of winning. Not only will he not be able to grab gold and silver at that time, but his brothers who have long harbored different intentions will join forces and seize the throne of Khan, and he will have to die without a place to be buried. ”

When Sun Guangming said this, he sighed, and then continued: "As the saying goes, brothers work together, and their profits are golden. In our Central Plains, because of the internal strife between father and son and brother for thousands of years, I don't know how many lessons there are to destroy the country. The Xiongnu, Turkic, Khitan, Jurchen, etc. also had civil strife from time to time. If you want to defeat these wolf-like thieves, you might as well send powerful people to sow discord and cause them to have civil strife, so that you can surrender without a fight, rather than sending a large army and spending money and food and life. ”