The Book of Troubled Times

Chapter 701 Pushing Hands

The so-called chat cannot of course be an open visit. All clues will be covered behind the scenes and nothing can be seen.

Zhao Changhe found the joy of wandering in the world. A puff of smoke passed behind the temple and hid in the shadow of the apse.

 At this time, the temple fair was coming to an end outside.

 Although Da Zhou said that there were often some gatherings during this period, they were obviously relatively small. This large-scale temple fair held during the Laba Festival is obviously the first and largest event after the revival of Buddhism in this world. The temple is also facing a formidable enemy and has sent enough monks to maintain order and ensure safety, for fear of causing any trouble. , which would be a devastating blow to the revival of Buddhism.

Abbot Master Yuancheng is also sitting in the hall, closing his eyes and chanting sutras. In fact, he is using secret methods to use his five senses to observe changes within a few miles around.

It's a pity that his cultivation in the middle of the list has been crushed by Zhao Changhe, and he can't even notice that someone is watching behind him.

Sitting next to him was another old monk, Master Yuanxing, who was also an acquaintance of Zhao Changhe. He once helped Zhao Changhe stop the Wang family from assassinating him, and passed Zhao Changhe a map of the Xuanwu Secret Realm, although it was Zhao Changhe who first rescued him from the Maitreya cult. In return for their repayment, the affection was not shallow. Zhao Changhe had a very good impression of this old monk.

Even his impression of Yuan Cheng was good. When they first dealt with Maitreya together, the old monk didn't talk much, but he was very useful and he divided the spoils in a measured way.

These two masters should be the few remaining representatives of orthodox Buddhism in this world. The fact that they appear here together proves the importance of this place to them.

Generally speaking, the character of orthodox Buddhism in this world should not be bad, but some things are a matter of stance - such as faith and luck. The secular royal power often conflicts with this sect regarding various issues such as corvee taxation, population association, brainwashing and education. From the perspective of royal power, Zhou would feel that this is not fundamentally different from the Maitreya religion.

 In fact, it is not that exaggerated. Zhao Changhe has seen Buddhists and Taoists who have had their legs broken in this world, and he knows that they can become huskies without any threat, but they may not always be Huang Tiandangli and Maitreya.

But this time, Zhao Changhe instinctively felt that there was a bit of a strange atmosphere. They emerged too quickly, and they actually had a conflict with the Blood God Sect's branch here. This momentum was not right. I feel that Buddhism has been suppressed for too long, and I suddenly have a chance to breathe. I am afraid that I am too eager and may be used and pushed. Even Da Zhou felt that there was a "pusher", which further confirmed the speculation. What the promoters want to achieve remains to be seen.

At this time, a monk came in and reported: "The temple fair has ended and the lay people have dispersed one after another. There is no problem."

Yuan Cheng said: "Don't ignore it. Send monks to watch along the way and make sure everyone enters the city safely. If we are robbed and killed outside, if there is the slightest mistake, our reputation will be very bad."

The monk who reported the report said: "It has been arranged. Along the way... I also found people from the Blood God Sect sneaking around, but I didn't know..."

Yuan Xing said: "Don't be nervous. The Blood God Sect is now under the direct subordinates of Donor Zhao. They don't dare to discredit their holy son and kill people indiscriminately. Logically speaking, they are now affiliated with the City Defense Department and should be secretly protecting them. The people should be afraid that something might happen. They are scolding us thieves for looking for trouble and giving them extra work in the cold weather."

 There was some laughter in the temple. This vivid sound may indeed be the inner drama of the Blood God believers.

But there are also many monks who don't think so, and one person said: "The Blood God Sect believes in blood demons and killing, and has no intention of leading people to do good. I don't believe that these demon believers can become knights overnight. If King Zhao is here, he can restrain them , I do believe it... But the mountain is high and the emperor is far away. King Zhao doesn't know what sinister things they will do. Once something goes wrong, they might bite us back. With their closeness in front of King Zhao, we can't tell. "

This is indeed the worry of many people. Even Yuan Cheng was worried and said in a low voice: "There is no more suitable place to start than Jingxiang at the moment, and we can't do it just because of a few people who are at the helm of the Blood God Sect. Stay away and be careful. In short, try not to conflict with the Blood God cultists if possible."

Wan Xing also said: "The last time we beat someone to death, it was indeed our people who acted unreasonably, and it is not a problem of the Blood God Cult... On the contrary, they are upholding the law. You need to reflect again and again and restrain the disciples. "

Zhao Changhe nodded after hearing this. These orthodox Buddhist schools seemed to be acceptable, and Da Zhou also had some prejudices. In addition, they are worried about the Blood God Cult, but Zhao Changhe is not worried about the problems of these Blood God Cultists.

Because this group of people are not true blood **** believers at all. They have never been baptized by the blood god's faith, and they have not even learned the blood evil skills... because these people are his Beimang subordinates, the bandits, because they are too dishonest. Therefore, he was not taken to the north to participate in the war by Xue Canghai. He stayed in a relatively peaceful place like Jingxiang and occupied a position in the Imperial City Defense Department, where he could lie down and pay his wages. This was considered the first benefit to follow Boss Zhao.

Although this group of people is not a kind person, they really don't dare to embarrass him, and they are very different from the Blood God cultists that others imagine. The True Blood God cultists have basically no interest in women, but it is said that at least half of this group of people got married and settled down within this year. Their wives and children are still on the hot bed, and they still have the style of being bandits... At least Dazhou didn't accuse them of anything bad. , just saying that they are like firecrackers, which means they have a bad temper, and may also mean contempt for intelligence, but it is obviously nothing evil and has nothing to do with bloodlust.

As a result, a monk in the temple said: "How could our believers beat someone to death in a rage? I still suspect that it was evil energy guided by malicious intentions. The Blood God Sect's skills are good at this. I'm afraid they are members of the Blood God Sect. They are driven secretly, and then the thieves shout to catch the thieves and cause trouble for us."

 Zhao Changhe's heart moved. This suspicion is quite interesting, but it's a pity that the target is wrong. Those people really don't know **** people. But looking at it this way, is there a third party causing trouble?

Wan Xing frowned and said: "Nonsense, what motive do they have to do this? If you want to use excuses to blackmail, I don't see them coming to blackmail you!"

“Why do we need a motive... We are Buddhists, they belong to the Four Symbols Sect, and the battle for human destiny and destiny, and the battle for incense, are here..."

"This is just a group of low-level Blood God cultists. How can they have such a far-sighted and far-sighted mind? Do you think Suzaku is here?"

 “That’s not necessarily the case…”

There was actually a debate in the palace... Zhao Changhe frowned tightly and secretly screamed.

In this kind of atmosphere, once a monk kills a Blood God cultist, or a Blood God cultist kills a monk, a hostile conflict between the two sides is inevitable. Could it be that the ultimate goal is the break between Buddhism and the New Dynasty, and another chaos in Jingxiang?

"It's not good, it's not good!" Just as he was thinking this, a monk hurriedly ran out and said before he even entered the door: "Outside the forest outside the city, there are Blood God cultists who are plundering the people who have returned to the city. A senior brother went to stop them. As a result, he was hacked to death by the Blood God cultists!"

 A group of old monks in the hall suddenly stood up, and the atmosphere was extremely solemn.

An old monk said angrily: "Abbott, what are you still thinking about? We respect King Zhao, but we cannot allow him to be insulted!"

Yuancheng didn't want to say anything more and went out first: "Don't be impatient first. Go and stop the battle before we talk."

Zhao Changhe raised his head, and he felt that there was an extremely strange chaos lingering in the sky above this place. When the incense and the power of faith disappeared in the space, there seemed to be strange mutations. In the shadow of the night sky Distorted and enlarged, like a grimace.

He thought for a while and instead of going to the murder scene, he went into the forest where he came from. He took out a piece of paper and wrote something on it, put it on Wu Hao's back, and patted Wu Hao's head. Wu Zhui nodded and left in the clouds.

Zhao Changhe entered the back of the temple again. Taking advantage of the fact that there were almost no strong people in the temple, he unscrupulously let go of his five senses to find the entrance to the secret realm.

There must be a secret realm here, and the secret realm is likely to be the "Buddha" of these monks, but Zhao Changhe is almost certain that there are things in it that these monks don't know about at all.

 (End of this chapter)