At dusk, in the Zhuangyan Temple in the south of Chang'an City, the monks were gathering in the main hall to do evening classes. Sanskrit chants came from the main hall, and against the melodious sound of bells and drums, it looked particularly solemn.
In the center of the main hall, Monk Falla held a wooden mallet in his hand and took the lead in reciting the Lotus Sutra with a solemn look on his face.
Suddenly, a burst of noise came from the direction of the front yard, interrupting the melodious chanting.
Monk Faya turned his head in displeasure and looked in the direction of the palace door. "Who is making the noise during evening classes? Fa Ming, please go out and take a look..."
"yes!"
A monk sitting cross-legged in front of the main hall got up from his futon and clasped his hands together.
"The poor monk will go right now..."
Before the monk Faming could finish his words, he heard the noise outside getting louder and closer. Then, after a loud noise, the middle door of the front yard of the main hall of Zhuangyan Temple burst open.
.
Countless soldiers wearing armor poured in from outside the temple door like a black tide.
A man wearing dark clothes and a ring-headed sword at his waist followed the soldier with his hands behind his back and walked in proudly.
"Duke Dou Gui of the Kingdom of Wu?"
When he saw the man in black appear, Monk Faya, who was sitting in the center of the hall, immediately recognized the man's identity.
He stood up with a puzzled look on his face, walked to the door of the hall carrying the wooden mallet used to knock wooden fish, bowed and saluted the man in black from a distance, and asked.
"What is the intention of the Duke of Fou who rushed into our temple with his soldiers?"
"On your Majesty's order, I am coming to Zhuangyan Temple to arrest the treasonous suspect Faya and his associates from all over Zhuangyan Temple."
Dou Gui raised his head, looked at the kind-hearted old monk in front of him, and grinned. "Monk Faya, do you plan to be more knowledgeable and capture him without mercy, or do you want to wait for me to take action myself?"
"The old monk is plotting rebellion?"
After hearing what Dou Gui said, Monk Faya pointed at himself in disbelief. "Mr. Fou, are you kidding me?"
"How can I have so much time to joke with you..." Dou Gui held the Huanshou sword in his hand, unsheathed the sword inch by inch, and pointed forward. "Faya, the treasonous murderer, will be captured without restraint."
"Dong Guoguo, the old monk was wronged..."
Monk Faya's face was a little flustered, but he was still trying to defend himself. "I, the people of Zhuangyan Temple, have always been loyal to His Majesty, and I am definitely not a treasonous person."
"I don't know if you are unjust or not, and I don't want to hear it." Dou Gui raised his head and smiled contemptuously. "After you were captured without mercy, many people will ask you, so it's not too late for you to tell me at that time."
"The Duke of Feng..."
"Senior Brother Falla, there's no need to say anything..." Following the words, a monk in gray robes appeared next to Monk Falla like a ghost. "This man is not lying. Today's saint has issued an order to destroy Zhuangyan Temple.
Now the Yuancong imperial guards have completely surrounded our Zhuangyan Temple."
"how come?"
After Monk Falla heard what the gray-robed monk said, he was suddenly stunned.
"Why did the saint suddenly say that the old monk was treasonous and wanted to destroy my Zhuangyan Temple..."
"It seems you don't want to be captured without mercy..."
The corners of Dou Gui's mouth turned up, showing a cruel smile, and he said in a hoarse voice.
"Draw your sword and form a formation!"
As he spoke, the soldiers behind him immediately drew their long swords and dispersed in a familiar manner.
"Fenglin Huoshan... rises!"
Following the words, Dou Rail's aura was instantly connected with the surrounding soldiers. Dou Rail's aura immediately soared. Then using these soldiers as nodes, Dou Rail's aura quickly moved around.
It extended and included all the Yuancong guards who rushed into Zhuangyan Temple.
After Dou Gui's momentum stabilized, the vitality of heaven and earth gathered above his head and formed something like a fierce tiger.
"Condensing the true form of the White Tiger, such a powerful military master..."
After seeing this scene, the gray-robed monk sighed and said to Monk Faya.
"Senior Brother Faya, things cannot be settled, please leave quickly!"
"Let's go? Where do you want to go? Let me stay here!"
Dou Gui, who was blessed after forming a formation, suddenly jumped up. The long knife in his hand carried incomparable power, and he slashed down from top to bottom.
'Those who are good at attacking will move above the nine heavens!'
Just when Dou Gui raised his sword, the true form of the white tiger above his head seemed to let out a loud roar, and the power was overwhelming in an instant, making the monks Faya and Yifan opposite him suddenly feel a surge of energy on their bodies.
Shen.
"Ah Ashasa Maha!"
After seeing Dou Gui's attack, Faya sighed sadly, and then suddenly slapped Monk Yifan who was standing beside him with a palm.
Buzz!
A strange voice sounded in the air, and then a golden light appeared from Monk Faya, taking the shape of a diamond, covering himself and Monk Yifan.
The next moment, Monk Yifan was slapped by Monk Faya, and his body flew towards the side of the temple like an arrow.
"Namo Miaoguang Bodhisattva!"
After pushing Monk Yifan out with one palm, Faya chanted the Buddha's name, raised his hands to the sky, and faced Dou Gui's knife.
boom!
The long knife fell with a loud bang, and then golden light burst out, as if a sun appeared in the sky...
After the golden light dissipated, everyone saw Monk Zaifaya clasping his hands together and raising his other hand, holding Dou Gui's long knife, as if nothing had happened.
Whoosh!
Dou Gui withdrew the long knife from Monk Faya's hand and slashed out at the gray-robed monk who was knocked away by Monk Faya.
The vitality of heaven and earth gathered on Dou Gui's long knife, and turned into a shock wave that flew out from Dou Gui's long knife. It struck first when the gray-robed monk's body had just crossed the wall of the middle courtyard.
on him.
Click!
After a crisp sound, the Vajra Curse wrapped around the gray-robed monk was directly broken with one blow, and then the gray-robed monk's body was seen rolling in the air and falling into the yard next door.
Crack!
Dou Gui sheathed the knife and sneered.
"King Kong is indestructible? Nothing more than that!"
boom!
Monk Faya's upright body suddenly fell to the ground, and a mouthful of blood spurted out from his mouth.
"Someone is coming!"
Dou Gui waved his hand and pointed towards Monk Faya on the ground and the other panic-looking monks in the hall.
"Catch them all!"
Groups of Yuan Cong imperial troops poured in from the gate of the temple, driving the monks who were still in Zhuangyan Temple one by one into the yard in front of the main hall of the temple, and then began to search the houses one by one.
Occasionally, if some monks wanted to resist, three or four soldiers would immediately surround them and beat them up.
"General..."
A soldier ran over quickly.
"There are dozens of monks entrenched in a courtyard on the west side, and they have injured more than a dozen of our brothers. Lieutenant Li, please tell me how to deal with it."
"What monk..."
Dou Gui put his hands behind his back and said coldly in a hoarse voice.
"Those are all rebels. Anyone who dares to resist will be put to death. Do you want to ask me about such a trivial matter?"
"yes!"
The soldier turned around and ran back.
"General..."
Another soldier ran over.
"The treasurer of Zhuangyan Temple has confessed, but Vice General Xu said that the temple has too much money, food and supplies, and the vehicles we brought are not enough."
"You go back and tell him that I won't care about this."
Dou Gui said impatiently.
"Whether Xu Shixu borrows it or steals it, what I will see in the end is that all the money and food are counted and put into the warehouse. If he cannot do it, I will find someone who can do it to replace him."
"yes!"
The soldier also ran away quickly.
"General..."
Another soldier ran over.
"The gray-robed monk who was stabbed by you just now wounded more than a dozen of our brothers, and then ran towards the east of the city."
"Let me chase..."
Dou Gui said coldly.
"You want to see people when you are alive, you want to see corpses when you die!"
"yes!"
After the soldier left, Dou Gui curled his lips contemptuously.
"They are a bunch of trash, they can't even look down on an injured monk."
Half an hour later, carts full of supplies were driven out of Zhuangyan Temple. The monks, who were tied up with ropes at their ankles one by one and strung into a string, also walked out of Zhuangyan Temple dejectedly.
Some of the monks were driven out of the village, and some of them were still in disheveled clothes, with bruises or bloodstains on their heads and faces.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Monk Faya, who was lying limply on the ground, burst into tears.
"Why is this happening? Why is this happening..."
At this time, in a dilapidated courtyard southwest of Zhuangyan Temple, a young novice was hiding in the corner of the house, looking out warily through the cracks.
He didn't know what happened in the temple, but he knew very well what the situation was like when troops were crossing the border.
While listening to the footsteps coming from outside the door, the little novice quietly moved his body and huddled next to the cases, trying his best to hide himself, so as to ensure that the people who came in to search could not come from the door.
He can't be seen. Besides, there is nothing in this room except a few papers and cases, and no ordinary searchers will come in.
Squeak!
After the door rang, a shadow was projected in from outside the door.
The young novice felt panicked, and hid his body in the shadow of Ji An. He tilted his ears and listened carefully to the movements outside. If someone really came in, then he would have to consider taking advantage of Ji An.
Dealing with the other party.
After listening to nothing for a long time, the little novice monk plucked up the courage and cautiously poked his head outside.
A Taoist priest in white was squatting on the ground, looking at him with great interest.
"ah……"
The little novice monk almost screamed, but before his voice came out, he was pushed back by the Taoist priest in white.
"Young monk Ming Xin, right..."
Kong Qing blocked the mouth of the little novice monk in front of him with one hand and showed him a warm smile.
"Have you ever heard that Buddha is originally the Tao?"