224. Undercover Zhao Zihang
I only heard Brother Mu Zhen ask Shao Yuanjie again:
"Shao Guoshi, how is your exposition now?"
Shao Yuanjie replied:
"My exposition is not as good as it used to be, mainly because in recent years, a Maitreya religion has risen on the rivers and lakes, and the sect has spread all over the world in a few years, how can I expound the teachings!"
The second Tie suddenly couldn't bear it anymore, so he said:
"What are you afraid of as a national teacher, just let Your Majesty get rid of them?"
Shao Yuanjie replied helplessly:
"Second general, what you think is too simple, this Maitreya Sect is not an ordinary religion, it is a branch of the White Lotus Sect, and it was once the backer of the Ming Dynasty Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang's uprising to overthrow your ancestor Dayuan, and it has long been entrenched in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, how can you easily get rid of them!"
Brother Mu Zhen asked again at this time:
"Then Shao Guoshi, has he thought of a way to solve this Maitreya Sect?"
Shao Yuanjie replied:
"It's because there's no way, so I came to discuss it with a few generals!"
At this time, the old Wuwawuer on the side said:
"Could it be that Shao Guoshi wants us to help the Tatar Kingdom get rid of the Maitreya Sect?"
邵元节 says:
"The five generals are really smart, and the poor Dao has this intention!"
Vul said:
"The Maitreya Sect is in your Ming Dynasty, and it has nothing to do with my Tatar country, how can my Tatar country help you!"
Shao Yuanjie immediately replied:
"Fifth general, you don't know, now most of the Maitreya elite are working for the Ming Dynasty on the border with your country, how can you say that it is irrelevant, except that Maitreya is not a big benefit to your country?"
At this time, Brother Mu Zhen laughed and said:
"Or Shao Guoshi is thoughtful, I don't know if the national teacher has thought of any strategies?"
Shao Yuanjie replied:
"Of course, Poor Dao has already thought of a countermeasure!"
Then he whispered to a few people, and they all clapped and laughed together.
After Du didn't forget to wait for Shao Yuanjie to leave, he quietly followed, but Shao Yuanjie did not return to the palace, but went to the Taoist temple outside the capital.
I saw that after Shao Yuanjie entered the Taoist temple, Chen Shandao brought Zhao Zihang and Cheng Ruofeng to greet Shao Yuanjie, but he didn't expect Zhao Zihang, who had escaped back then, to return to Chen Shandao's side.
I only heard Shao Yuanjie say to Chen Shandao:
"Apprentice, if you have something, just say it!"
Chen Shandao hesitated, and then said:
"Master, we have been lurking and hiding in the rivers and lakes for so many years, is it time to do something, and now all the teachers and brothers in the sect are fully prepared!"
Tao Zhongwen replied:
"That's good, but now is the time to use you!"
Then he called the three of them to a secret room in the Taoist temple and began to discuss.
Du didn't forget that he naturally couldn't follow up, so he had to find a way to find out what kind of conspiracy this Tao Zhongwen had outside!
After a while, Zhao Zihang walked out directly, and then said a few words to a little Taoist priest in the view with some suspicion, and the little Taoist priest hurriedly went to the back door of the view.
Du Bu Bu Zhi hurriedly followed, and after the little Taoist priest came out to watch, he took the opportunity to restrain him outside with a sword frame on his neck, and the little Taoist priest was frightened when he saw Du Bu Bushi, and Du Bu Bu asked:
"What did you just say to Zhao Zihang, and where are you going now?"
The little Taoist priest replied:
"Just now, Senior Brother Zhao asked me to bring a letter to a few Tatars, telling the Tatar master that he just wanted to use them, and that the master didn't really want to cooperate with the Tatars!"
After listening to this, Du did not forget to ask again:
"Could it be that your Senior Brother Zhao is a Tatar spy?"
The little Taoist priest replied:
"I don't know!"
Du didn't forget to think about it, anyway, the Tatars and Shao Yuanjie are not good things, and he didn't bother to care, and seeing that this little Taoist priest was very stupid, he said:
"Little Taoist, since you go to report the news, you must add a barbarian behind the Tatars, do you know?"
The little Taoist priest touched his head and said:
"What is a barbarian?"
Du did not forget to reply:
"Barbarian is a compliment!"
The little Taoist priest smiled and said:
"Okay, thank you for this son!"
Then the letter was delivered
Then Du did not forget to come back to watch the inside of the secret room, and it didn't take long for the little Taoist priest to come back, only to see that the little Taoist priest was beaten at this time, his nose and face were completely changed, and after seeing Zhao Zihang, he was pulled aside and asked what the situation was.
I only heard the little Taoist priest reply:
"Senior Brother Zhao, I listened to you to report to the Tatars, but I didn't expect the Tatars to beat me up indiscriminately, and said that I broke up the relationship between the master and them!"
Du Zhen couldn't help but smile secretly.
I only heard Zhao Zihang ask:
"What did you tell the Tatars?"
The little Taoist priest replied:
"Didn't I just do what you told me!"
Zhao Zihang asked:
"Say it again!"
The little Taoist priest thought about it and replied:
"I, Senior Brother Zhao Zihang, asked me to bring a letter to you Tatar barbarians, my master doesn't really want to cooperate with you, I will teach you to fight against the Maitreya Sect, you Tatar barbarians must be cautious!"
When Zhao Zihang heard this, he directly slapped the little Taoist priest angrily and said:
"Did I make you disrespect the Tatars, and dare to call them 'barbarians', how can you let me meet them in the future?"
The little Taoist priest replied:
"Isn't 'barbarian' a compliment?"
Zhao Zihang was even more furious, and directly gave the little Taoist a kick, shouting:
"I think you're a stupid donkey, don't let me see you in the future in the future!"
After speaking, he gave the little Taoist a kick.
The little Taoist priest immediately asked again:
"Senior Brother Zhao, didn't you promise to give me the silver?"
Zhao Zihang directly pulled out his sword at this time and said to the little Taoist:
"You dare to ask me for silver, you don't want to live!"
The little Taoist priest was naturally frightened and hurriedly ran out of the temple.
Du Buyi took the opportunity to follow, and then stopped the little Taoist priest and asked:
"Little master, why did you become like this?"
The little Taoist priest pointed at Du Forget, and said angrily:
"It's not you yet, it's a compliment to say barbarians, let me add it, and it turns out like this!"
Du Buyi immediately came over to comfort the little Taoist priest and said:
"Little master, I'm sorry!"
Then he took out five taels of silver from his bosom and handed it to the little Taoist, and said again:
"Little master, take this silver to buy some wound medicine to apply it!"
As soon as the little Taoist priest saw the silver, he immediately put it away, and then thanked Du for not forgetting it, and quickly left without looking back.
Du didn't forget to smile and said to himself:
"It's not my fault, it's just that you are greedy and stupid!"
Then he returned to the view, and at this time, Shao Yuanjie had already come out with Chen Shandao and Cheng Ruofeng, and was saying parting words.
It happened that Zhao Zihang also came over at this time, Shao Yuanjie glanced at Zhao Zihang, and Chen Shandao seemed to understand on the side, and immediately asked:
"Zihang, what did you do just now?"
Zhao Zihang immediately replied:
"I just went to the bathroom!"
Chen Shandao asked again:
"Did it take that long to go to the bathroom?"
Zhao Zihang replied:
"I've had a bad stomach lately, so it naturally takes a little longer to go to the toilet!"
Chen Shandao immediately said to Shao Yuanjie:
"Master, since Zihang came back, he has been doing his best to teach and do things for us, and there is nothing unusual or wrong, I can guarantee that Zihang will never have two hearts!"
Shao Yuanjie replied:
"That's good, the main thing is that the things we discussed tonight are too important, as long as the slightest leak is leaked, it may affect the rise and fall of our teachings in the future!"
Chen Shandao said again:
"Master, don't worry!"
Then he asked:
"Master, isn't our exposition of the Emperor personally enshrined? His Majesty the Emperor is still the true monarch of Yuanyang of our teaching, why did he never ask us?"
Shao Yuanjie replied:
"His Majesty the Emperor is indeed the true monarch of Yuanyang taught by me, but His Majesty is so busy all day, how can he have time to explain the affairs of the sect, and according to the meaning of His Majesty as a teacher, he just wants us to teach a sect that is free from the world and does not participate in any disputes!"
Chen Shandao replied:
"Your Majesty, this is too little importance of this religion!"
Shao Yuanjie had no choice but to sigh and say:
"If it weren't for Your Majesty, why would I bow down to those Tatars and rely on them to help us revitalize the cause of teaching!"
After saying that, he went out of the house.
After Shao Yuanjie left, Chen Shandao pulled Zhao Zihang aside alone and said:
"Zihang, tell the teacher honestly, what did you do just now?"
Zhao Zihang replied with a little weakness:
"Master, I was in the toilet just now?"
Chen Shandao said a little angrily:
"Zihang, do you still want to hide it from your teacher?"
Then at this time, Cheng Ruofeng came over and said:
"Senior Brother Zhao, I inadvertently came out and heard the little Taoist priest to report to the Tatars just now, and I quietly told the master, but the master didn't know!"
Zhao Zihang was startled, and immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Chen Shandao, and kept saying:
"Master spares his life... Master spares his life... I have no choice but to do it!"
Chen Shandao walked over at this time and kicked at Zhao Zihang and asked:
"What benefits did those Tatars give you, you even betrayed our Venerable Teacher!"
Zhao Zihang didn't dare to make a sound, but kept begging for mercy and kowtowing.
Chen Shandao took the sword in Cheng Ruofeng's hand on the side, pulled it out, pointed at Zhao Zihang and shouted:
"Beast, you might as well recruit it truthfully, or I'll take your dog's life now!"
Zhao Zihang had to say at this time:
"Master, I hope you can spare the apprentice's life......
It turned out that Zhao Zihang disobeyed his master's orders a few years ago because of his greed for Huizi's beauty, and after fleeing from Wudang, he fled all the way north to the territory of Tatar, and met Wawuer, one of the five tigers, by coincidence.
Seeing that Zhao Zihang was quite talented and an important figure in the past, Wawuer began to help him return to the teaching, and Zhao Zihang has been Wawuer's spy in Daming since he returned to Taoism.
Just recently, after Wa Wuer and other five tigers went to the southwest to contact the Great Sage Dharma King and others, they came to Beijing to discuss with Shao Yuanjie to discuss a major matter, and Vawuer did not believe in Shao Yuanjie very much, so he promised that if he and Zhao Zihang could find out Shao Yuanjie's intentions this time, they would be rewarded with 500 taels of gold and more than ten beauties from the Tatar Kingdom.
After hearing this, Chen Shandao couldn't help but say:
"We are in short supply of money now, if these five hundred taels of gold are given to us to explain the teachings, I don't know how many high-quality disciples we can cultivate!"
Cheng Ruofeng on the side walked over at this time and said:
"Master, you didn't expose Senior Brother Zhao in front of your master just now, and you still concealed it for him, you must have a deep meaning!"
Chen Shandao replied:
"It's still Ruofeng, you know how to be a teacher!"