Chapter 90: Evidence for the King of Lanling
Tiantai Temple is not far from Qiyun Peak, but the road is rugged and overgrown, so it is not easy to walk there.
After about the time of touching a stick of incense, everyone rushed to Tiantai Temple one after another. They saw that although the temple was not completely completed, it was already solemn and solemn.
The temple is not too big, but it is surrounded by banana trees. The sunlight casts golden dots, making the temple look even more solemn and serene, with a peaceful beauty hidden from the world.
But in this tranquility, Huiwei's body fell to the ground in an extremely strange posture, with an arrow in the chest, one hand holding it empty, and the other hand holding a golden staff.
The poisonous snake that attacked Gao Changgong jumped out of this golden staff.
A Forbidden Army guard beside Chen Xu curiously wanted to pick up the golden staff, but unexpectedly heard Xiao Jinyu shout:
"Don't touch it!"
At the same time, another silver snake shot out from the golden staff like an arrow. The imperial guard was stunned with fright. Fortunately, another arrow shot out and hit the vital part of the silver snake. Let him escape danger.
Everyone who saw this scene was shocked.
"What's going on? How can there be a poisonous snake hidden in this staff?"
Xiao Jinyu then said: "Everyone has now seen that there is a poisonous snake hidden in Huiwei's staff. Just an hour ago, I came here with the prince, and Huiwei wanted to use the poisonous snake to kill the prince. Not only that, there are ambushes all around this temple. If you don’t believe it, you can go take a look!”
As soon as they heard that there was an ambush, many soldiers became frightened. Chen Xu quickly waved to several imperial guards to investigate.
"This highly respected Master Huiwei is the most eminent monk in our Southern Dynasties. Why did he want to kill the Prince of Lanling County?" A scribe asked in confusion.
Xiao Jinyu smiled sarcastically.
"This is a good question. Why did Huiwei want to kill King Lanling? He is an eminent monk and is highly valued by my Southern Majesty!"
"He is a disciple of Buddhism, but he is willing to take risks and carry out this assassination!"
"He didn't hesitate to die, but he also wanted someone to testify that it was me and King Lanling who killed him!"
"What is his purpose for doing this? Can't you guess it yet?"
These questions were asked, each one drowning out the other, making people deafen like thunder.
Many people are already afraid of it!
If an envoy from Northern Qi dies in Chen State, this will not be a trivial matter!
This is someone deliberately trying to provoke a war between the two countries!
"Also, Huiwei sneaked into our Buddhist sect in the Southern Dynasties as an assassin. Not only did he not receive the karma as described in Buddhism, he was also able to enjoy glory and become a generation of eminent monks. He deprived the emperor of his salary and did things that harmed him. This person, How can we call it Buddhist compassion?”
Although this question was asked of everyone, the target was directly pointed at Chen Xu, the emperor of a country.
"Prince Lanling, is what he said true?"
Chen Xu turned his attention to Gao Changgong.
Gao Changgong nodded and stretched out a hand under the gaze of everyone.
I saw that this hand was as smooth and slender as white jade under the sunlight, but there were two clearly visible tooth holes on the back of the hand closest to the little finger. These were the marks of being bitten by a poisonous snake.
"If it hadn't been for Mr. Xie Xiaolang's rescue, I would have been buried here!"
He looked at Chen Xu and replied.
Everyone's expression changed again.
Chen Xu also changed his face in shock, looked at Prince Lanling and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't know about this, and Prince Lanling was frightened!"
King Lanling sighed slightly.
"Chang Gong also knows that this matter has nothing to do with His Majesty. This is originally a personal grudge between Chang Gong!"
While Chen Xu and everyone else looked puzzled, he slowly explained: "Hui Wei is one of our assassins in the Northern Qi Dynasty, formerly known as Jing Wei. Ten years ago, he participated in the assassination of my father. At that time, dozens of assassins were punished on the spot, but he was the only one who escaped and hid in a Buddhist temple in the south.
I only found out about this matter a few days ago, and Huiwei probably noticed that I was checking on him, so he set up today's round to lure me here to kill him by force. I.
Therefore, what happened today was indeed just an assassination due to personal grudges and had nothing to do with the Southern Court! "
This last sentence was a promise to the emperor of the Southern Dynasty that he would not elevate this matter to a state matter!
The scribes could not help but breathe a sigh of relief!
But at this moment, Gao Changgong added: "However, Gao doesn't know if anyone wants to provoke a war between the two countries! Because besides Huiwei, there are others setting up an ambush here!"
others! Are there other assassins?
At this time, the Imperial Guard sergeant who was sent by Chen Xu rushed back and reported: "Your Majesty, there are indeed ambushes on the left and right sides of the temple backyard, and there are signs of fighting. Four of them were The assassin is dead!"
"Those four assassins were killed by my guards!" Gao Changgong continued.
Chen Xu's expression changed for a moment, and he asked: "Is there anyone left alive?"
At this time, Fenghuang took out the assassin dressed as a scribe and threw it in front of Chen Xu.
"That's him! One of the assassins escaped and tried to bite him back!"
The assassin's face turned livid instantly, and his eyes were a little confused. He didn't know where to look. He suddenly glanced at Chen Xu, and suddenly and viciously rushed towards him. However, before he could get close, he was hit by a long-handled weapon. It penetrated the chest!
"How dare you assassinate His Majesty!"
The imperial guard sergeant beside Chen Xu gave a sharp shout and pulled it out of his chest with a long brush.
The assassin spit out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground frozen!
Chen Xu looked calm, but there was anger in his eyes.
"Your Majesty, there is one more thing!"
At this time, another imperial guard sergeant ran over from the temple, knelt down in front of Chen Xu, handed over a book of silk, and said, "I found this thing from the temple. In addition, there are some women's clothes." …”
At this point, the young guard soldier's face turned red, as if he was embarrassed to continue talking!
The chamberlain took the book and handed it to Chen Xu.
Chen Xu opened it and saw that it was annotations about the dual cultivation of male and female Heqi in "Laozi Xiang'er Notes", and it also included some unsightly drawings.
At this time, no matter how well-educated he was, no matter how happy he was, he couldn't help but get furious and tear this "I Think About You" into pieces!
"Send my message to Tingwei Zheng Yukun to find out what happened today!"
He suddenly ordered.
"Yes!" A waiter responded and left!
Chen Xu looked at Gao Changgong again.
"I will definitely give King Lanling an explanation for what happened today!" he said.
When the king of a country showed such sincerity and humility, Gao Changgong naturally did not lose his etiquette and returned the courtesy:
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Chen Xu looked at everyone again.
“That’s the end of today’s informal gathering. All the gentlemen, please leave!”
After saying that, he glanced at Xiao Jinyu again and said firmly as if he had made up his mind: "Since I am the emperor, I will stick to my word. What I said today will definitely be accomplished!"
These words echoed in the mountains like an oath, and some people couldn't help but asked in surprise: "What do you mean by your Majesty's words?"
"What else could it mean? Destroy the Buddha!"
Li Mi smiled and curiously picked up Chen Xu's torn books one by one and pieced them together. After seeing the contents clearly, he sighed loudly: "My God! This Huiwei is not only a The heinous killer evil monk is still a perverted monk!”
When these words came out, they immediately attracted the attention of all the scholars. They all came over curiously to take a look. In an instant, the whole temple was buzzing loudly, and discussions started again.
In this noisy buzz, Xiao Jinyu was thinking about leaving quickly. At this moment, he heard King Lanling shout:
"Xie Shizhenlang!"
She looked up at him in astonishment.
"Follow me back to the embassy!"
King Lanling said with a smile in a tone that could not be refused.
Hearing this, Xiao Xian cast his gaze over.
Chen Shuling looked even more suspiciously at "Xie Zhen" who was dressing up as a man and Gao Changgong.
Xie Zhen still answered calmly:
"Yeah! Okay!"
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