Sun Guangming said: "If you talk about the nine great monks of Shaolin Temple, you have to start from the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty. It's just that if I talk far, I will inevitably have to make side effects, but I'm afraid that Li Daxia will laugh at me even more. Let's make a long story short. In that year, Gaozu Li Yuan Taiyuan raised troops, taking advantage of the fierce battle between the Sui army and the Wagang army and other places against the king, he took advantage of the situation and rushed to Chang'an from Shanxi, and the founding name of the country was Tang. It's just that the Shandong region is still in the hands of anti-kings in various places, especially Wang Shichong, the king of Zheng who occupies Luoyang, is the most powerful.

In order to relieve Wang Shichong's threat to Guanzhong, Li Shimin was ordered by Li Yuan to lead the army east to Luoyang. It's just that he also knows that Wang Shichong is extremely cunning, and he has brave generals such as Shan Xiongxin under his command. Moreover, Wang Shichong defeated the Wagang Army before, and took Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie and other fierce generals under his account, if in terms of strength, he is still above himself. If he enters the army without authorization, he is afraid that he is not Wang Shichong's opponent. After the army left Tongguan, Li Shimin did not act rashly, set up the camp far away, and personally brought a few guards, dressed in disguise, and went to Luoyang to investigate Wang Shichong's military situation.

After the news of the Tang Army's Eastern Expedition reached Luoyang, Wang Shichong ordered strict precautions, and the surrounding areas of Luoyang were already under martial law. Li Shimin arrived outside Luoyang City, but before he entered the city, he was discovered by Zheng Jun. Wang Shichong heard that there was a general of the Tang Army peeping into the camp, although he didn't know that it was Li Shimin, the king of Qin, who was there in person, but he guessed that the person who came must be an important figure in the Tang Army. It was he who ordered that the enemy general must be captured alive. Li Shimin relied on the bow and arrow of a hundred steps to penetrate Yang, and fled until he fled to the foot of Songshan Mountain. All his guards were killed in battle, and he was surrounded by the pursuers.

"It happened that the Shaolin Temple monk Tan Zong led twelve monks down the mountain to do business, and saw that Li Shimin was trapped, these Shaolin Temple monks fought a fierce battle with the chasing enemy, and rescued Li Shimin, the king of Qin. Tan Zong and others saw that Li Shimin was good-looking, although they didn't know his name, but they also knew that he must be a great person, so they didn't dare to slack off, and escorted him all the way west, until they met the Tang army who came to meet them, so they said goodbye to Li Shimin and went back to Songshan.

"Li Shimin has experienced a hundred battles, but the battle of Songshan is the most dangerous. If there were no thirteen Shaolin monks to come to the rescue, Li Shimin would have been killed, and naturally there would be no later Emperor Taizong. After Li Shimin ascended the throne, he drove to Songshan in person, rewarded Shaolin Temple, and awarded the thirteen monks who saved him official positions. It's just that the monks insisted on not accepting, and in the end each received only a robe. Although the leader of the thirteen Shaolin monks, Monk Tanzong, was named a general by the imperial court, it was only a false position, and he never showed it off.

"Li Shimin has seen the martial arts of these Shaolin monks, and it is indeed shocking. He asked the abbot of Shaolin Temple to send the senior monks of the temple to the palace to chant sutras every day and pray for the royal family. Another important task was to protect the Emperor from the Assassins. Although the abbot of Shaolin Temple was unwilling to participate in these mundane things, he did not dare to disobey the emperor's orders, so he chose nine senior monks in the temple to accompany him to the Chang'an Palace. It's just that the abbot and Li Shimin made it clear that these nine senior monks are only protecting the emperor's safety, and they must not participate in the struggle between the imperial family and the imperial court. Li Shimin agreed, and the nine Shaolin monks returned to Chang'an with Li Shimin.

In the following decades, there were always Shaolin monks in the palace to accompany the emperor. It's just that these Shaolin monks never show up openly, and even the eunuchs and maids in the palace rarely know about it, let alone the court ministers and ordinary people. These nine monks have changed from time to time, but they have always maintained the custom of nine people, and the emperor and those who know about this matter call these nine Shaolin monks the nine great monks.

"Since there were nine Shaolin monks sitting in the palace to protect the emperor, they have indeed sabotaged the plans of some people to assassinate the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. For example, in the early years of Zhenguan, there were Dou Jiande's subordinates who gathered martial arts masters to enter the palace at night to assassinate the emperor. These people are strong in martial arts, and the masters of Ouchi can't resist it. Fortunately, the nine great monks took action to expel these people and protect Li Shimin's safety. Later, Hou Jun rebelled and led troops to force the palace, wanting to kill Li Shimin. It was the Shaolin monk who escorted Li Shimin into the secret room, making Hou Junji unable to succeed. After Gaozong Li Zhi became the emperor, Wu Zetian also thought about killing Gaozong at the beginning, but he was recognized by Shaolin monks several times, and finally had to give up.

"When Wu Zetian usurped the Tang Dynasty, the nine great monks left Chang'an. Later, Zhongzong was reinstated, and he invited these nine monks back according to the usual practice. It was not until the Huichang period of Tang Wuzong that the imperial court destroyed the Buddha, and these nine Shaolin monks left the palace and returned to the Shaolin Temple in Songshan. At this point, the practice of the nine gods and monks guarding the palace was canceled.

"On that day in the Ming Hall, Monk Huaiyi launched a formation and trapped Wu Zetian and others. Although the nine Shaolin monks have not seen the Zhuge Relic Array, they are just for all kinds of illusions in the illusion, these Shaolin monks who read every day that emptiness is color and color is emptiness naturally do not believe it. If you want to trap people, you have to make people believe that everything in front of them is real. Although these Shaolin monks didn't understand the mechanism, they just regarded the various illusions in front of them as illusory at the beginning, and they were unexpectedly cracked by the monks because this array had no effect on the nine monks.

Monk Huaiyi didn't expect these nine Shaolin monks to be so powerful, but he was unwilling to fail, so he immediately called his minions to besiege the Shaolin monks, wanting to get rid of the nine monks first, and then kill Wu Zetian and the kings of the Wu clan and the ministers of the court. In a scuffle between the two sides, although Monk Huaiyi's men had many martial arts masters, how could they be the opponents of the senior monks of Shaolin Temple? In the end, Monk Huaiyi's entire army was wiped out, and even his own head was cut off. It's just that in the scuffle, the overturned candle flame ignited the brocade, and finally burned the entire Ming Hall to a white ground.

Wu Zetian hated the monk Huaiyi to the extreme, cut off his head and did not understand the hatred, and transported his body to the White Horse Temple, after the body was burned and extinguished, the ashes were sealed and buried at the foot of the statue of Wei Tuo who guarded the mountain gate. This is to imprison his ghost in the eighteen layers of hell, and he will never be able to live beyond the mortality. ”

Sun Guangming said this, and said: "Although Monk Huaiyi is dead, the formation diagram of the Zhuge Relic Array that he hid was found in the White Horse Temple. When Wu Zetian saw this array, he was also like a treasure. She also invited a Taoist master to explain these pictures for him, knowing that the array diagram has the power of driving ghosts and gods, she was overjoyed, so she also wanted to use this array to harm people. Taking the opportunity of rebuilding the Ming Hall, she secretly ordered the master supervisor in charge of this matter to build the Ming Hall according to the formation map.

With Wu Zetian's edict, how dare the master master of the prison disobey it? It only took a year of work to re-erect a Ming Hall that was more majestic than the Vientiane Shrine built by Monk Huaiyi in front of the Ziwei Palace. Wu Zetian was extremely happy, rewarded the master craftsman and others, and named this brand-new Ming Hall Tongtian Palace.

At that time, Wu Zetian had usurped the Tang Dynasty as Zhou, and the world was initially decided. She is not a military general, and she has little interest in military formations and the like. In my opinion, she spent a huge amount of gold and silver to build Tongtian Palace, because she wanted to emulate Zhuge Wuhou, rely on the formation diagram to live forever, and live forever. ”

When Sun Guangming said this, Li Qiufeng couldn't help but say: "It's just a dream, how can there be such a miracle in the world?"

Sun Guangming said: "People's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants. When people in the world are poor, they often think that they can eat and shelter their bodies, which is a blessing in the world. Don't worry about three meals, but you think of your wife and concubine becoming a wife, and your children and grandchildren will be happy. Later, when he had an official and a half-job, he thought about being high-headed and responding. Until he became a minister under one person and above ten thousand, he wanted to sit on the dragon chair and give it a try. Once the yellow robe is added and the power is added all over the world, he wants to continue this power for thousands of generations, and naturally he wants to be an immortal and seek immortality. Looking at all dynasties and generations, which emperor is not like this? It is the current Jiajing Emperor, who heard that he mingles with Taoist priests in the palace every day, refining pills and seeking medicine, in order to live forever. Li Daxia has been in the palace for many years, isn't this a folklore?"

Li Qiufeng said: "Not bad. The emperor did believe in Taoism and discussed alchemy with Taoist priests. It's just that although Emperor Jiajing is obsessed with Taoism, his political affairs have not fallen much. The power of the court is still firmly in his hands. Compared with the former emperor Zhengde, the current emperor is more assertive and thoughtful. ”

Sun Guangming nodded, and then said: "Wu Zetian built the Tongtian Palace, which is to plan to be in the Tongtian Palace when he is old, in order to continue his life. The demon woman was afraid that the formation map would be stolen, but she hid the formation map. The place where the map is hidden is painted on another map, and the array is placed in Qingliang Temple of Wutai Mountain in Shanxi, Fengxian Temple in Longmen in Luoyang, and Famen Temple in Fufeng County, Shaanxi. ”

When Li Qiufeng heard this, he let out a sigh of relief, thinking that Sun Guangming had been rambling for a long time, and finally got to the point. It's just that the night is long, and listening to Sun Guangming talk about the past is quite interesting. He stretched his waist and said, "I think that after Your Excellency collected the clues, he went to Qingliang Temple and stole the robe." Then he rushed to the Dragon Gate and took the brocade box above the head of the Lushena Buddha. At that time, although you didn't get the brocade box, you just knew that it was in Situ Qiao's hands, so you naturally wanted to find it. Now there is still one artifact left, which is hidden in the Famen Temple. I don't know when you plan to go to Famen Temple?"

Sun Guangming smiled slightly, and said: "Li Daxia doesn't know, after I got the clue, I first went to Famen Temple and got the artifact from the underground palace of the pagoda." Then I went to the Qingliang Temple of Wutai Mountain to take the robe. ”

Cheng Qiufeng's heart sank, and he said: "It turns out that Your Excellency has gathered two artifacts, and Li admires them." ”

Sun Guangming shook his head and said, "The big rivers are all on the ground, but I didn't expect to capsize in the gutter." On that day, in the temple of King Wen, I exchanged the antidote for the beads in your hand. It's just that after walking a short distance, I took out the beads and looked at them, and I knew that although this bead was a rare night pearl in the world, it was not the artifact I wanted. Since the bead is not an artifact, the artifact must still be in the box. I only hope that you don't know the inside story of this matter, and when I saw that the beads were taken away by me, I thought that the box containing the beads was useless, and discarded them in the temple of King Wen at will. It's just that after I returned to Wenwang Temple, I didn't even see a single figure. It's just that in the ashes of the fire in the courtyard, I found a corner of the box that was burned to the size of a palm. Although I don't know if you have noticed anything strange in this box, but thinking that the dead horse was a live horse doctor, I chased it all the way. ”

Li Qiufeng said: "Fortunately, that thing was taken away by Situ Qiao, otherwise Your Excellency will not give me a knife to help me in front of Wujiguan, maybe you will help Wujiguan and kill me before taking that thing away." ”

Sun Guangming looked very embarrassed, coughed twice, and said, "Li Daxia said that he was laughing." With the martial arts of a powerful hero, how can I hurt you?"