Iron Buddha Temple.
Zhou Hong had been standing guard at Chen Chang's door when suddenly a group of soldiers passed by him with flying strides.
Zhou Hong took a look and saw that the leader was Liu Ming. He and Liu Ming had the same official position, but they were not the same people at all. It was just that they wanted to protect His Royal Highness Prince Hengyang's safe return to Jiankang, so the two became partners.
"Liu Xiaowei, where are you going in such a hurry?" Zhou Hong couldn't help but catch up and asked.
Liu Ming's footsteps were so fast that Zhou Hong chased him all the way out of the monastery before catching up.
Liu Ming kept walking and said in a cold voice: "The monks are so tired of staying in the temple. Let's go out and get some fresh air."
To be honest, Zhou Hong is also a man who enjoys all things meat. At noon, he accompanied Chen Chang to have a vegetarian meal at Tiefo Temple. Almost no one could eat chopsticks. He is still hungry until now, so he is waiting to go back to Jiangling to have a good meal.
It’s time to make up for it.
But Zhou Hong was not stupid, and Liu Ming's explanation obviously did not convince him. He suddenly stepped forward and stopped Liu Ming: "Liu Xiaowei, as His Highness's bodyguard, I have the right to know your whereabouts."
Liu Ming frowned: "Didn't I tell you before? Don't bother me here!"
Zhou Hong stared at his one eye and said seriously: "Liu Lieutenant, don't forget that your duty is also to protect His Highness's safety, so naturally you must report to His Highness where you are going."<
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"What if I don't explain?"
Zhou Hong grasped the handle of the knife at his waist and said, "I can invite you over to meet His Highness at any time."
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Ming waved his hand gently, and a burly soldier stood in front of Zhou Hong.
Zhou Hongyuan opened one eye and shouted: "Liu Ming, are you planning to rebel?"
Whichever way Zhou Hong went, the soldier moved in that direction, barely blocking Zhou Hong from passing through, while Liu Ming hurried out with the soldiers.
Zhou Hong was so angry that he stretched out his big hand, grabbed the sword at the waist of the soldier in front of him, and pulled it gently, and the sword was about to leave his body.
The soldier hurriedly turned sideways to hide. Unexpectedly, Zhou Hong's foot hooked him, and he immediately fell onto the bluestone floor.
Zhou Hong strode past him and chased after him.
The soldier climbed up from the ground in embarrassment, not caring to brush off the dirt on his body. As he chased him, he shouted repeatedly: "Captain Zhou, stay back, stay back. My captain has something important to do, so we can't delay him!"
Zhou Hongli ignored him and walked straight forward. Zhou Hong had to follow him angrily.
When Liu Ming was stopped by Zhou Hong again, the guard who fell down also chased him in embarrassment. Liu Ming glared at him and said coldly: "If Captain Zhou hadn't shown mercy, your head would have been moved."
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Zhou Hongdao: "Liu Lieutenant, your Majesty is about to get up from his afternoon nap, and we will set off back to the post house at that time. Is it inappropriate for you to go out at this time?"
Liu Ming said coldly: "Captain Zhou, don't you want His Highness to return to the posthouse safely?"
In the Buddhist hall of Tiefo Temple, there were waves of chanting sounds that sounded like toothache, and the even sound of wooden fish.
As soon as you enter the Buddhist hall, you will see the white marble Sakyamuni enshrined in front of you, with eighteen Arhats lined up on both sides. The statue is solemn and solemn.
When the wind suddenly picks up, the iron horses hanging on the eaves of the Buddhist temple jingle.
More than a dozen monks in gray robes are chanting sutras. The fragrance of Buddha is lingering in the air, comforting the heart and mind, and calming the mind.
A young novice monk at the door was stunned for a moment when he saw Liu Ming walking in first.
Liu Ming glanced at the Buddhist hall and said solemnly: "Where is the master in charge now? There is something important!"
The young novice wanted to speak, but Liu Ming's two sharp rays of light swept across his face. The young novice chanted the Buddha's name and had to go and report to the abbot. However, Liu Ming grabbed his arm and walked straight out of the Buddhist hall: "This is
There is no room for delay, I will let you go!"
Time was urgent, and there was no way he could be allowed to communicate slowly back and forth. The little novice was still struggling, but he knocked his waist with the handle of his knife, and he immediately dared not move.
Just like that, Liu Ming dragged the two fighting young novices and walked towards the back of the Buddhist hall. The soldiers followed closely behind. A few monks who lacked concentration peeked out of the door, feeling uneasy in their hearts.
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Liu Ming wants to find Master Xuyun, the abbot of Tiefo Temple.
The word "abbot" is originally a verb, "to abide, to maintain." The meaning of "abbot" is to abide the Dharma. It was later extended to "a person who preaches Dharma on behalf of the Buddha and continues the Buddha's wise life." It became a noun, and later gradually evolved into
An honorific title for the head master of a monastery.
Liu Ming was surprised when he saw a yellow dog lying on the ground outside the dormitory in the distance.
He heard Cai Daye say that Master Xuyun was an eminent monk who had attained enlightenment. He often preached sermons and gave direct instructions, which attracted many people.
The little novice monk explained: "Whenever this dog encounters the master's sermon, it will lie down and listen carefully, or gossip about the world. It will go out, which is very magical. Why is it so depressed today?"
Liu Ming saw that Huang Quan was motionless. He was really sleeping. He didn't have time to think too much. The little novice monk beside him had already knocked on the door gently to inform. Xu Yun coughed deeply in the dormitory: "Master Colonel, please come in!"
Liu Ming pushed open the wooden door and stepped into the dormitory together with a primary school student. He saw that you were in a suite inside. After entering the inner room, his eyes were completely dark. After his eyes adapted to the light, he saw a gauze in front of him.
Behind the gauze curtain, you can vaguely see an old monk sitting cross-legged on a futon.
"Liu Lieutenant, what do you want to see me for? Is His Highness already awake?" Xu Yun's tone was a little lazy.
Liu Ming shook his head and said: "His Royal Highness has been working hard for many days, and now he is sleeping soundly and has not woken up."
After a pause, he said bluntly: "Master, we found many suspicious people outside the temple. We suspect that these people want to do harm to His Highness, so we need to search the temple as well."
It turned out that the assassins outside had been unable to take action, and Hou Andu couldn't sit still.
If the assassins were just outside the temple, it would be easy. They only need to notify the Zhou army.
What Hou Andu is not sure about is whether there are assassins inside the temple. Compared with those outside, the inside of the temple is the most dangerous.
So, Liu Ming deliberately made a mistake and frightened the snake.
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Relying on Liu Ming's fiery temper, there was no need to report to Xu Yun, but Hou Andu asked him to treat the monks with courtesy and never act rashly. After all, this was on the ground in the back beam, and it needed to be doubled.
Be careful not to leave any excuse for Cai Daye and others.
"Master Xiaowei, there are all Buddhist disciples in this temple. There are absolutely no treacherous people, and they have never colluded with the people outside." Xu Yun spoke slowly.
"Master, there are a lot of monks in the temple. It's still unknown if there are some who are cheating to make up for the numbers. We still have to search to find out if there are any treacherous people."
Xuyun said: "This is a pure place of Buddhism. How can we allow people to search at will?" His voice was kind and showed a sense of majesty.
A young schoolmaster who was following Liu Ming said: "Master, if you are honest in your heart, why don't you let us search? If there are no accomplices of the assassins, it would be a good idea for your temple to be innocent."
Xuyun said: "Liu Xiaowei, this Iron Buddha Temple is a temple in Houliang. If you insist on searching, should you ask Mr. Cai?"
In the third year after he ascended the throne, Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty, Xiao Yan, announced that he would give up the Tao and return to Buddhism, and he personally wrote the "Essay on Giving up the Way and Serving Buddhism" and vowed to believe in Buddhism: "Hundred ministers, princes, and clans should reject falsehood in favor of truth, and abandon evil and return to righteousness.
", "I wish that in the future, young boys would become monks, widely spread the scriptures and teachings, enlighten their consciousness, and achieve Buddhahood together. I would rather stay in the righteous Dharma and fall into the evil path forever than follow Lao Tzu's teachings and live and die temporarily.
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Encouraging and requiring princes, nobles, and even common people to believe in Buddhism almost elevated Buddhism to the status of a state religion.
Even though Liang was exterminated, Hou Liang claimed to inherit his mantle after all, and treated temples and monks with great courtesy, and ordinary officials did not dare to offend easily.
A fierce light flashed in Liu Ming's eyes, and he was about to use force when suddenly one of his subordinates rushed in in panic: "Liu Lieutenant, it's bad, there's a fire in the temple!"
Liu Ming frowned and immediately turned around and walked out. The soldiers he brought were pointing towards the northeast corner of the temple. He looked up and saw thick smoke billowing and flames flying not far away.
Very eye-catching in the clear sky
Liu Ming recognized that direction at a glance as the direction of the temple's kitchen.
Before Chen Chang entered the temple to burn incense and worship Buddha, they and the Liang Jun guards began to explore the surrounding environment. Someone set up police posts and placed their own people everywhere, including the kitchen. Liu Ming remembered that two people were sent there, both
Smart, capable and skilled subordinates.
When Chen Chang asked to have a meal in the temple, he went to the kitchen to check it himself and found nothing wrong.
The kitchen in the temple caught fire for no reason in broad daylight, which is very suspicious in itself.
The kitchen is only three to four hundred steps away from here, so the two men should come quickly to report, but they haven't appeared yet, which means they must be in danger.
Liu Ming immediately summoned the soldiers accompanying him and ran toward the kitchen to rescue him.
Zhou Hong finally asked Liu Ming's purpose, and Ru Cong didn't dare to take even half a step away from Chen Changzhou.
But not long after, I saw rapid flames rolling into the sky in the direction of the kitchen in the corridor. Then the monks in the temple ran and shouted to put out the fire. However, the kitchens were mostly made of wooden structures. Once they were ignited, it would be difficult to extinguish them with water.
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The Zen room where Chen Chang rested was far away from the kitchen, and the kitchen was surrounded by a large vegetable patch. Although the fire was fierce, there was no need to worry about the fire reaching here.
Zhou Hong pushed the door open without waiting for permission and frowned when he saw Chen Chang still sleeping on the Luohan couch. Ning Jingrong stood up and said in panic: "Mr. Zhou, what happened outside?"
In this hurry, he brushed his sleeve against the table and broke a teacup into pieces.
"The kitchen in the temple is leaking!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Hou Andu hurried over with his soldiers. Hou Andu was all dressed neatly, with no expression on his face.
Cai Daye followed closely behind him. His robes were loose and he was panting. When he saw Zhou Hong, he shouted hurriedly: "Where is your highness? Is your highness okay? Is your highness okay..."
He was the one who accompanied Chen Chang to visit the Iron Buddha Temple today. If anything happened to Chen Chang, he would be the one to blame.
Hou Andu gently pointed in the direction of Luohan's couch: "Master Cai, don't be anxious. You see, His Highness is not doing well. Don't worry, don't worry..."
There was a commotion outside the door and people inside the door were noisy. Chen Chang gradually woke up, turned over and opened his eyes, and he happened to be eye-to-eye with Hou Andu. Chen Chang said: "Master Sikong, I just had a strange dream!"
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