In less than half an hour, Li Bing and Wei Ze came out of the Jingzhao Yamen, and when they looked at his lifeless face, they knew that they had found nothing.

The head catcher of the yamen was already very concerned about this matter, even in the first month of the year, when manpower was tight, he carefully interrogated thousands of people in the entire workshop, and many people in the workshop confirmed that Anzi voluntarily followed the two people at that time, and never came out after entering the alley.

This is very strange, Li Bing didn't expect that who could call Anzi away and let him say goodbye.

Standing at the entrance of the yamen and thinking for a long time, he suddenly realized that Wei Ze was still by his side, and said to him instead: "The brothers helped a lot in the matter of the palace last time, because Lin Yuan has been busy there, and I haven't officially thanked him, so it's better to call the brothers out for a gathering tonight." Besides, Lin Yuan returned to Chang'an this time, and he hasn't been picked up yet, I don't know what interesting things are in Luoyang for half a year. ”

Li Bing counted the days, the accident was on the night of the fifth day of the first month, and then the matter was delayed for a few days, and the army was sent back to Shaanzhou on the tenth day of the first month, and he came back today, it was the thirteenth day of the first month, and the non-righteous people had passed the first seven, and Linyuan should have been empty.

This is not a good day, but as soon as he counted it, he suddenly startled himself, how could it be that in a blink of an eye, it was already the thirteenth day of the first lunar month! Isn't it only two days before the full moon? He looked at his arm with one hand, and the thin black line had not yet appeared, and he was slightly relieved.

But in a trance, the underground cage where Sun Wuyi was imprisoned by the Meridian Sect resurfaced in front of him, and the claw marks on the wall and the blood stains soaked in the stone cracks were clearly visible.

Li Bing panicked, and muttered anxiously: "Didn't you send someone to find the old gentleman of the Qin Wangdian when you were in the second year of junior high school, it's been ten days, why haven't you had any news." ”

Wei Ze didn't hear it clearly, and asked him in a low voice of confusion: "Boss, what did you say?"

He shook his head and forced a smile: "It's okay, I mean, tonight's place is still set at 'Yunhai Wide', let's see you at the beginning of the time." We both got dirty, so we went back and changed our outfits. ”

Wei Ze nodded and said yes, and said heroically: "I haven't poured wine into my second brother for half a year, and if I don't let him lie under the table tonight, it won't be over!"

Li Bing also felt funny when he thought of Han Linyuan's drunken madness, and he would give Wei Ze a look in his heart. But as soon as he left, the smile on Li Bing's face quickly disappeared, and he was replaced by a sad face, driving the horse more and more anxiously, and he couldn't wait to know the news of the Qin Palace.

When I saw Aunt Cai, I realized that King Xiang hadn't come back yet. But Mi Xin had just entered the palace in order to inquire about the prince's palace.

"In the past few days, the government has sent people to the palace every day to ask, but the palace has been saying that the people sent out have not returned. Thinking that it is only two days away from here to Qinling, even if the Qinwang Palace is in the depths of Qinling, there is no lane, send a good hand, go back and forth, how can eight days be enough, I don't know if there is something wrong. Aunt Cai pulled Li Bing and patted the back of his hand to give him a shock:

"Don't panic first, your Uncle Mi went to the palace by himself just now, and there should be news when he comes back. ”

Li Bing only felt exhausted, and went back to the room to rest after chatting with Aunt Cai for a few words. The bizarre experience of these ten days or so is really physically and mentally exhausting in retrospect.

Putting the "Choking Cloud" sword on the table, looking at the dark light floating on it, I couldn't help but want to touch the inscription on the sword body, but thinking of Ji Zihuan's warning, I still held back, closed the sword box, and locked it in the cabinet.

He originally wanted to clear a house to store his swords, and he also wanted to get a treasure house like Ji Zihuan, but now he really doesn't care about anything else, and all his thoughts are haunted by his strange internal strength.

took out two pages of "Netherworld Black Sutra", that is, "Yangyue Sword Technique" and "Baixue Neijing", he consulted for a long time, but he was always at a loss.

Seeing that the time was approaching, he hurriedly changed his clothes and rushed to the 'Yunhaikuo' appointment.

Li Bing is very active, he rarely takes a car on weekdays, but today he is really upset, especially afraid of noise, this time is the most lively time in Chang'an, instead of walking around on the street, it is better to sit in the carriage and try to be clean.

Even walking like this shows the depth of worry in his heart.

By the time Xiao Er led Li Bing into the private room on the top floor, the three people in the room were already red from drinking, full of smiles, and there was no haze in the past.

Wei Ze put down the wine glass, dragged Li Bing's shirt, and pulled him to sit beside Lin Yuan: "The boss came just in time, I was still telling them just now, we went to the "Jade Long Cave Heaven" adventure this time. The two of them still didn't believe it. Next time I'll take a team and dig up the place for you to see. ”

Li Bing didn't make a sound, and gave him a blank look.

"Yes, yes. This is Ji Zihuan's family collection, it's not good to dig up people's old bottoms. I'll dig it up and show them. I don't like the little thing that's left. After speaking, he changed his words, and said to Ma Xuewen:

"By the way, this time we brought back a 'Tired Dust' in addition to the Tao Sword, that sword looks powerful, but it is not much smaller than your 'Invincible Axe'. ”

When Ma Xuewen heard this, he put down the duck leg of the 'Huxiang Steamed Duck' in his hand, and exclaimed: "Are you talking about the 'tired dust' of the single transmission of nine doors?"

When I came to Chang'an to find a successor, if I were two years older, his grandmother's might have been chosen! Not long ago, when I heard about the 'Zhanyutang' heir, I felt that the master was really blind and chose such a bad thing, but it's a pity! Since the boss has a sword, he must take a closer look if he has the opportunity. ”

"Don't just say it! The boss is also here, why don't you go?" Wei Ze finished speaking, picked up his wine glass, and glanced at Li Bing: "Come on, come on, I wish everyone a safe and healthy New Year! No disasters and no diseases! Abundant wealth!"

The candlelight flickered, and the chips were staggered.

Wei Ze and Ma Xuewen took turns pouring wine into Linyuan, and when several people drank, Linyuan could hardly parry, and hurriedly interjected:

"Eh, I'm busy these days, it's hard to go out, how can I see that there are so many monks in Chang'an today, and I persuade incense everywhere, but no one cares?"

Ma Xuewen's face was ruddy, he hiccuped, and said in a low voice: "What do you care about being recruited by the imperial court?"

When Li Binglai came, he also saw many monks on the street, and he was curious: "What's the matter?"

"I'll say, I'll say!" Wei Ze was most interested in these strange things, and looked at Li Bingdao:

"I was in the hall just now, and I asked about this. Some people say that it is because His Majesty was assassinated at the end of the year, and the auspicious time was delayed, and the heavens were angry, so they sent calamities as punishment.

I don't know how this word spread to the palace. His Majesty issued an order to recruit 100 monks from near Chang'an to do a thing to worship the heavens together. These hundred monks are all high-ranking monks, and everyone brings some disciples and grandchildren, and Chang'an is not full of monks.

And this time is set on the Shangyuan Festival. In previous years, there were lantern festivals on the Metaverse Festival, but this year there are some other things to see. ”

Wei Ze said here and shook his head: "But I always don't like the place of Ximing Temple very much. Didn't you just burn down a scripture building when you were a child? What's the big deal, causing all four of us to be beaten violently. I've always hated it. ”

He looked at Han Linyuan and sighed: "Forget the three of us, we have all been used to being beaten since we were children, but Uncle Han, it is rare to punish you for kneeling in the incense hall, and kneeling is three days and three nights." ”

Han Linyuan's wine was surging up, his head was splitting, he looked at his temples, and muttered as if he was drunk: "I almost broke into a big disaster, and the punishment for kneeling in the incense hall is light." ”

On the other side, a group of old monks came out of the Tibetan scripture tower, headed by the abbot of Ximing Temple. There are more than 20 people before and after, all of them are purple or brown robes, and at first glance they are the abbots of the big temple, or the head of a hall in Ximing Temple.

The monks paced slowly towards the Buddhist hall, and one of them was already a little breathless, and just wanted to talk to Jingshan, but was stopped: "There are many people outside, let's go in and talk about it." ”

The head of the Mingshan Hall of Ximing Temple, Jinggui closed the door, returned to the seat, twenty monks sat in a circle, no one spoke, and the atmosphere was very dull.

It was still the abbot Jingshan who coughed: "You have all seen the situation. What do you think?"

One person patted the table lightly, and it was the abbot of the Zen Zen Sect Chang'an Putan Temple who wanted to speak outside the hall just now.

"Why did you say this today, so suddenly, we weren't prepared at all!" he was particularly anxious.

There are many temples in the first line of Buddhism, and according to the school, it can be divided into countless branches, among which the main ones are: Pure Land Buddhism, Zen Buddhism, Faxiang Buddhism, Huayan Buddhism, Wujing Xiangzong, and Bosha Buddhism. Each sect not only has different Buddhist teachings, but also has a different emphasis on internal and external attacks and techniques.

"I'm really sorry, the stakes are very high, back then, the black and white monks and the spirit of the Venerable Master, the three of them worked together to suppress this demon under the tower of the Ximing Temple, the famous words are very important, and they must not be leaked. Therefore, even in the main temple, only the abbot and the head of the eight halls know about it. ”

The so-called eight halls, for Ximing Temple, are:

Translation Hall: In charge of the scriptures. It is not only necessary to translate the original scriptures of Tianzhu into Tang characters, but also to translate the local Chinese Buddhism into Japanese, Silla, Nanzhao and other languages to help spread Buddhism.

Discipline Hall: Check the merits of the disciples under the sect, and punish those who have done so.

Mingshan Hall: Responsible for signing the donations of pilgrims, not only for the construction of new temples, but also for disaster relief.

Bodhi Hall: The medicine hall of Ximing Temple, used to treat the injured.

Relic Hall: The cremation of Shaolin monks who have passed away also performs transcendent rituals for lay believers.

Pudu Hall: Receiving guests, managing ceremonies such as ordination, monks returning to the laity, and recruiting lay disciples

Dharma Hall: Study internal and external martial arts.

Pranyatang: Study Buddhist techniques.

The same is true for the halls set up in other temples, but some of them are different. For example, the Pure Land sect has many incense halls, Zen Buddhism has a solution meditation hall, the Bodhisattva Buddhism has many guard halls, and the Pure Phase sect has a demon hall and so on.

The head of the precept hall heard it and said softly: "Don't panic, let me start this matter from the beginning.

As we all know, Ximing Temple is a temple of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, at the beginning of its establishment, it was used to lock demons, and it once belonged to the 'Mingtan Sect'. Until the fall of the Sui Dynasty and the disappearance of the Mingtan Sect, this temple was assigned to our Faxiangzong. So we changed this lock demon tower to the scripture tower.

Originally, there was nothing to do, until a hundred years ago, three monks came to us and said that they wanted to borrow this Ximing Temple to lock the demon tower. Those three people are the 'Black and White Two Monks' and the 'Spiritual Master' of the 'Bodhisattva Sect'.

At that time, this lock demon tower had not been used for hundreds of years, and the formation base was already dilapidated. It took the three monks several days to repair it, and then suppressed a celestial demon in it.

Originally, the Venerable Master said that as long as the foundation of this formation was not destroyed, it would be fine for at least five hundred years. However, more than 10 years ago, a fire in this temple burned down the entire Tibetan scripture tower, although the extinguishing was timely, and most of the base was retained, but its effectiveness was not as good as before.

Over the years, the head of the temple, 'Uncle Qingyan', has been trying to repair it, and the effect is indeed average, especially in recent days, there has been a tendency to break the formation. Everyone has seen the formation base at the bottom of the tower just now, but is there any master who can complete the formation?"

Jingwen glanced around, but almost no one spoke.

He looked at a solemn old monk beside him, saluted and said, "Abbot Liangdu, you are the most knowledgeable here, can you tell me your opinion." ”

The old monk is the abbot of Huayanzong Temple in Chang'an. Huayan Temple is the ancestral court of Huayan Sect, which means that the 300 Huayan Sect temples in the world are all headed by Huayan Temple, and the importance of its identity is needless to say.

"This array is indeed the technique of the 'Ming Tan Sect', which is based on the 'Thirteen Heavens Gang Subduing Demon Array' and blessed with the 'Maitreya Mantra'. These two are the housekeeping skills of the Mingtan Sect, and I know some of them. If that's all there is, maybe I can fix it.

But later, the three eminent monks revised it, and their methods were beyond my knowledge, and I could not do anything about it. However, I can see the technique of the 'Bodhisattva Sect' in it, and I wonder if the 'Master Xuhui' of the 'Beiluo Temple' can recognize what kind of formation it is?"

This Beiluo Temple is the temple of the 'Bodhisattva Sect' in Luoyang.

Both the 'Ming Tan Sect' and the 'Bo Buddha Sect' are good at formations, but their techniques are completely different.

"Amitabha. The Venerable Master is the genius of the Bodhi Buddhism. The poor monk's qualifications are limited, and he can only barely recognize that he has fused the 'Weibei Array' and the 'Futing Array', and as for repairing it, it is really beyond reach. However, the abbot of Lingyin Temple is the number one master of my 'Bodhisattva Sect' formation. If you can get him to help, maybe there's a way. ”

"Lingyin Temple is far away in Qiantang, I'm afraid that the water can't solve the near fire. The abbot of Ximing Temple, Jingshan, sighed.

After a period of silence, Abbot Liangdu opened his mouth first: "Abbot Jingshan is in a hurry for us to come through His Majesty's sacrifice to the heavens, does he already have other plans?"

Jingshan and Jingwen glanced at each other, got up and said, "It's not a secret, the poor monk does have a plan." If any of you here can repair this formation, Ximing Temple will go all out.

But if no one can, I thought, when the Yuan Festival is over, we will be divided into two teams. One team temporarily suppressed the monsters in the tower with Buddhism, and the other team used this time to remove the old formation under the lock demon tower and replace it with the 'Bodhisattva Sect Lock Demon Array' in Beiluo Temple.

Chang'an and Luoyang are not too far apart, even if something happens in the future, they can help each other, so as not to have today's embarrassing situation. ”

Everyone was silent for a while, but Master Liangdu nodded first and agreed: "It seems that this is the only way." ”

The abbot of Putan Temple sighed and asked, "It takes more than ten of our abbots to seal it, what kind of demon is it, it takes so much effort that even Master Qingyan is not sure to deal with it?"

Jingshan bit the skin of his mouth, but still decided to tell the truth:

"It's okay to tell you this secret, but please don't pass it on.

He was once one of the five great generals under the Heavenly Demon Emperor's throne, the leader of the Jiaolong Demon Clan, and the Tail Commander!"

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the abbots of all the temples here changed greatly.