Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

After the Li family established the Tang Dynasty, although they claimed to be descendants of Lao Tzu, only the Li family knew that these were just statements meant to fool the world.

In order to inhibit the proliferation and development of Taoism, the Li family has continued to support Buddhist forces over the years.

Today, there are 64 Buddhist monks' temples and 27 nuns' temples in Chang'an City, distributed like a starry sky.

Among them, several temples, including Daxingshan Temple, Bodhi Temple, Qingcheng Temple, Yueyai Temple, and Wanbuni Temple, are distributed in five directions, southeast, northwest, and central, forming an overwhelming trend.

Among the Taoist temples, there are only ten Taoist temples and six female temples, led by Longxing temple in Chonghuafang.

(This data is only based on novels from the Xuanzong period of the Tang Dynasty. Do not take it seriously o(*￣︶￣*)o)

But most of these Taoist temples are idle Taoist temples. Except for some specific days on weekdays, these Taoist temples have some contacts, and the rest of the time they are closed to thank guests.

Seeing that Yang Hongyu and Aunt Ziyin have shown real fire, and the battle between the two parties has become more and more intense, it has entered a white-hot stage.

At this time, a large group of monks holding various Zen staffs and weapons came from a distance.

They walked straight past the imperial guards and walked directly in front of Li Yuan.

I saw the first old monk with a kind-faced face clasping his hands towards Li Yuan, bending slightly, and saluted: "I am very wise, I have met old donor Li."

Looking at these belated monks, Li Yuan lowered his eyes slightly and waved his right hand casually, as if to shoo away flies:

"Old Monk Hui Jue, you guys came so quickly. My Tai Chi Palace is in ruins. If it's a little later, you can help clean up the garbage directly."

After Hui Jue heard Li Yuan's words, she smiled and said, "I hope Mr. Li, the donor, will forgive me. I am really entangled in worldly affairs and I can't get away from it."

"Oh, then why are you here again?"

Li Yuan tilted his head and looked at the old monk with a mocking expression.

Hui Jue said unmoved: "After I hurriedly handed over the matter in my hands to my junior brother, I brought a group of warrior monks to come to my aid. Unexpectedly, I was still a step too late. How good that is."

"In that case, please ask the old monk to take action quickly and capture these two thieves."

The speaker was none other than Li Shimin, who was filled with resentment.

He knew that if he dared to participate in the battle between the two masters, the wise old bald donkey in front of him might not be a good person.

After hearing what Li Shimin said, Hui Jue saluted Li Shimin and said: "Your Majesty, the two thieves in front of me are not ordinary people. Although I am sure that I can capture them all."

"But it still requires some effort. To be on the safe side, I still hope to act according to circumstances."

The corners of Li Shimin's mouth twitched, but in the end he remained silent.

Li Yuan on the side saw Li Shimin like this and curled his lips disdainfully: "Old monk Hui Jue, how did you Buddhists promise me before, and what are you doing now?"

"Why, are you waiting for the two of them to tear down the entire palace before you take action?"

Hearing Li Yuan's words, Hui Jue nodded slightly: "Old donor Li made an appointment with my Buddhist sect before, and our Buddhist sect should fulfill its promise. However, the strength of these two people is really extraordinary."

"I am worried that the other party will escape, so I want to wait for the best time to take action and capture them in one fell swoop."

Seeing that Hui Jue refused to take any advantage and was still unwilling to take action, Li Yuan looked at Li Shimin standing aside and said:

"Second brother, I heard that there have been murders in temples in Chang'an City recently. It will happen today. You need to send people to investigate carefully. You can't unjustly accuse a good person, and don't let any guilty monk go."

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of Li Shimin and Hui Jue changed.

Li Shimin felt that this was Li Yuan's trick to him, asking him to take advantage of Buddhism so that he could control the other party in the future.

As for Buddhist revenge, haha, with Li Yuan's support, Li Shimin feels that his waist has become much thicker.

Hui Jue's face turned ugly after hearing Li Yuan's naked threat.

Nowadays, the power of Buddhism in Chang'an City is gradually growing.

As the saying goes, when the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds.

Hui Jue naturally knew the dirty things in Buddhism under his control.

However, in order to grow rapidly, these old monks usually turn a blind eye and will never intervene unless something comes to light.

But these things cannot be hidden from the good men and women, but they cannot be hidden from the big families, let alone the Li family.

When I think of being at odds with the royal family, if the other party uses the army to thoroughly investigate the temple, those dirty things will surface and be exposed to the world, which will undoubtedly have a huge impact on the reputation of Buddhism.

Hui Jue immediately stopped trying to shirk the blame. After bowing, he said to the many monks behind him:

"Since Donor Li wants us to take action and resolve this battle as soon as possible, then we will follow Donor Li's wishes and capture these two thieves as soon as possible."

With that said, he began to assign tasks, and ordered the monks to take their respective positions, preparing to surround and suppress the two of them.

Yang Hongyu and Ziyingu had already noticed it when Hui Jue and his party entered the scene.

It's just that both of them have already shown their true strength, and they are worried that the other party will take advantage of their distraction, so they have no intention of stopping.

The reason why Hui Jue agreed to Li Yuan was not entirely because he was worried about the royal family's liquidation. He also saw that the two of them could not stop for the time being, and after such a long period of fighting, their strength had declined.

Now is the best time to kill the two of them. If they are eliminated, it will definitely cause heavy losses to the Taoist sect.

After some careful consideration, Hui Jue made up his mind to get rid of the two of them.

Not long after, seeing that the monks were already standing, Hui Jue said hello to the four old monks around him.

The five people rushed straight towards the battle circle between the two.

The five people surrounded Yang Hongyu and Ziyin Gu, and then took advantage of the two of them to change their moves and directly attacked and killed them.

Although Yang Hongyu and Ziyingu had fought for hundreds of rounds before, when they saw the five people coming to kill them, they still quickly pulled away and faced them.

Because Aunt Ziyin was older and had the upper hand in the previous battles.

Therefore, Monk Huijue focused on her.

He and two other monks attacked Ziyin Gu at the same time, but only two monks took action on Yang Hongyu's side.

Although she knew that these five monks were not simple, the moment Yang Hongyu came into contact with them, she knew that they were also masters.

But what she didn't expect was that five masters from Buddhism came directly to attack this time.

After looking at Ziyingu who was surrounded by Hui Jue, she was unable to fight back and was forced to retreat.

Yang Hongyu's eyes flashed, and then she shouted angrily, sweeping her spear across, forcing the two monks back, and then prepared to leave.