Chapter 148: The sky is falling and there is a tall man on it
The melodious sound of bells and the murmur of chanting sutras were still ringing in the Suizhou Jinzou Courtyard of Chongrenfang, mixed with Kong Ke's confused, high-pitched and low-pitched confessional voice.
"Someone was guilty, and someone was not in agreement. In order to gain a good reputation among the guests, he killed two ducks in a row..."
"A certain person is guilty, and a certain person killed six eggs in a row..."
On the roof of a two-story building near Jinzou Courtyard in Suizhou, Shu Chuo was sitting on the eaves, listening to the accompaniment of Kong Ke's yard, holding a handful of grass in his hand, and counting the words in his mouth.
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"The number of Dayan is fifty, and its use is forty, which is nine. Divide it into two..."
As he spoke, Shu Chuo took out one straw from the handful of straw in his hand and put it down, then casually divided the remaining straw into two handfuls, holding them in his left and right hands, and then took out another straw from the right hand.
Clamp it in your left hand, then put down the straw in your right hand and start counting the number of straw in your left hand.
"Four, eight, twelve...wait, why did Kong Ke's confessional voice stop?"
Just after counting the beginning, Shu Chuo suddenly felt that Kong Ke's confessional voice that had been ringing in his ears disappeared. He sat up on the eaves and looked up at the yard opposite where Kong Ke was.
The next moment, he saw a monk wearing monk's robes walking out of the courtyard with his head lowered and a panicked expression.
Huh?
It was exactly as Qingwei Zhangyuan said, a monk who behaved strangely came out of it.
Shu Chuo rubbed his hands, gathered up the grass around him, and then carefully used the shelter of the eaves to poke his head out and looked to the left and right of Suizhou Jinzou Courtyard.
"Well, if no one picks him up, then just follow what the commander said and arrest him..."
At this time, the monk who hurriedly left Kong Ke's courtyard lowered his head and followed the road in front of the Jinzouyuan gate while looking left and right. He left the alley where Suizhou Jinzouyuan was located and came to the main street of Chongrenfang.
Just as he was walking onto the main street, he suddenly saw a richly decorated wallet falling from the body of a wealthy businessman next to him, and then by coincidence, it rolled all the way to the corner of an alley next to the street, and
The wealthy businessman didn't notice anything and continued to walk forward arrogantly.
A greedy look appeared in the monk's eyes. He raised his head stiffly and looked left and right. After realizing that no one passing by had noticed the wallet, he immediately turned a corner and walked to the corner of the alley as if nothing happened.
With his back to the street, he pretended to relieve himself and put his wallet in front of himself.
After waiting for a few more seconds to confirm that no one had entered the alley, the monk turned his head and looked towards the crowd outside the street, especially the direction of the wealthy businessman who lost his wallet, to confirm again that no one was paying attention.
When he arrived, he moved his feet, carefully squatted down, and planned to pick up the wallet.
As a result, just when he squatted down, with a bang, there was a sharp pain in the back of his head. His head stretched forward involuntarily and hit the wall head first.
"ah……"
The monk suddenly let out a cry of pain!
"Hey, you're actually still awake..."
An old voice came from behind the monk.
boom!
A big hand held a metal compass and hit the back of his head hard again. The monk suddenly felt another sharp pain on the back of his head, and his head involuntarily hit the wall again.
Boo!
The monk rolled his eyes and passed out immediately.
"well!"
Shu Chuo, who was standing behind the monk, carefully looked at the street next to him, and then exaggeratedly wiped his sweat with the hand holding the compass.
"I didn't put him down immediately. I am really old..."
As he said that, Shu Chuo dragged the monk by his collar with one hand and dragged him completely into the alley. Then he put the compass into the bag around his waist, then took out a roll of rope, and he was familiar with the way.
The monk was tied up.
"Fortunately, my skills seem to have not fallen behind! Now all that's left is to take this guy to the master and bring him back to Suizhou to enter the academy..."
"No need!"
Kong Qing's voice came from behind Shu Chuo.
"Lao Shu, go find a car. Let's take him directly back to the Taishi Bureau. There's no need to go back to Suizhou and go to the memorial hall."
"I won't go back..."
Shu Chuo turned his head strangely, just in time to see Kong Qing carrying a monk in monk's robes and jumping off the roof next to him.
"Did the commander not find Kong Ke's soul here?"
"There is no way to find it,"
Kong Qing waved his hand and threw the bald man tied up by the wind rope in his hand together with the monk Shu Chuo caught.
"This group of people did not seize Kong Ke because of cows, ducks and eggs. They simply found an excuse to cover up the fact that they had silenced him. One soul and two of Kong Ke's souls were killed on the same day.
Broken up."
"Quiet?"
The expression on Shu Chuo's face became even more surprised.
"Kong Ke, a reporter from Shu, joined the army. What on earth did he know that he would let someone silence him in such a weird way?"
"The guys who did it were just ordered. He doesn't know the details. But the person who gave them the order was the master of Shengye Temple, Monk Fa Chang."
Kong Qing touched his chin with his hand, also looking confused.
Judging from the fact that Kong Ke went to Pingkangfang to drink wine with a young lady without any care before he was captured, Kong Qing estimated that Kong Ke himself didn’t know why he was arrested.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be entangled with that black-faced ghost about cows and ducks!
"But it doesn't matter. As long as I go to Shengye Temple, I can naturally find out the truth."
"this……"
Seeing Kong Qing's eagerness to try, Shu Chuo turned his head and said cautiously.
"Master, the Tiantai Fahua Sect is known as the Northern Exoteric Sect. If you just rush up to it, you mean... it's not very safe."
"Um?"
Kong Qing turned his head and looked at Shu Chuo.
"Lao Shu, what do you mean by this?"
"actually……"
Shu Chuo looked around and lowered his voice.
"In charge of the courtyard, if the sky falls, there will be a tall person to hold it up. For such things as confronting the Buddhist sect, I think we are still a bit short."
"A bit short?"
"Yes, think about it, you are the supervisor of the Taishi Bureau, and there are two Taishi Li, a Taishi Cheng and a Taishi Ling above you..."
Shu Chuo said in a persuasive manner.
"They are all Taoist masters, and they are all real people. Who is not taller than you, the headmaster?"
"Laoshu,"
Kong Ming turned his head and looked at Shu Chuo calmly.
"What exactly do you want to say?"
"Actually, what I mean is..."
Shu Chuo leaned close to Kong Qing's ear and said in a voice that only two people could hear.
"Even if you, Master, are jealous, you still have to be careful, lest you show off in the forest and end up letting those monks regard you as the number one enemy in heaven, so we have to hand over matters that should be left to others.
Go out, for example, I think today’s matter should be left to Qingxiazi to handle.”
After hearing Shu Chuo's words, Kong Qing's mind instantly flashed to a certain Buddhist monk who could hide behind a woman and perform an immortal dance on him, and nodded seriously.
"Okay, Lao Shu, you are right. After Hui Pindao returns to the Taishi Bureau, he will report to Master Qingxia."
"The master is wise..."
Shu Chuo looked deeply convinced, as if the suggestion just now was not his.
"I'll just do what I can do. After you can no longer hide your size in the future, it won't be too late to come forward."
"Okay, no need to be verbose..."
Kong Qing waved his hand.
"Hurry up and find a carriage, we're going back to the Taishi Bureau!"
"Yes, I'll go right away..."
Shu Chuo bent down with a smile on his face, and then walked out along the alley.
…
Half an hour later, Kong Qing, who was standing in front of Qingxiazi Su Yuanlang, laid out all the seals, plaques, books and other things used to disguise gods.
"Xiaodao has already investigated Kong Ke's matter, and it has nothing to do with the gods."
With that said, Kong Qing deliberately placed the Skanda Pestle in front of Qingxiazi, and then said with a serious face.
"All this is due to a few monks from several monasteries in the east of Chang'an City. For some propaganda purposes, they forged this so-called underworld, where ghosts held Buddhist instruments to capture the souls..."
"Needless to say, the old Taoist understands, isn't it just a way to intimidate believers?"
Su Yuanlang conveniently grabbed the Skanda Pestle, looked at it in his hand, curled his lips, and threw the Skanda Pestle down again with a look of disdain.
"These bald men know how to do these things all day long. When the old man first came to Chang'an, he arrested several bald men and severely knocked a bunch of bald men on the head. This finally made the bald men calm down a little.
As a result, less than a year later, these guys appeared again, and they are as annoying as rats..."
As if she felt that what she said was damaging her image, Qingxiazi changed the topic smoothly.
"What's going on with that unlucky guy who joined the army?"
Kong Qing silently picked up the Skanda Pestle and held it in his hand, with a helpless expression on his face.
"One soul and two souls have been separated, and Xiaodao is powerless. All I can do is look at you, Master Qingxia..."
"My soul is missing, so it's up to me..."
Qingxiazi replied angrily.
"Do you think I am Sun Simiao?"
Seeing how familiar Su Yuanlang's tone was when he mentioned Sun Simiao, Kong Qing asked tentatively.
"Then Master Qingxia, do you know where Master Sun is? Maybe he can do something about it?"
"He still lives in Zhongnan Mountain..."
Su Yuanlang didn't know what Kong Qing meant when he asked Sun Simiao, so he answered casually.
"He is busy writing a book during this period, so he doesn't come to Chang'an often. But it's useless to invite him. It's useless to invite gods to a person whose soul has been separated. That guy Kong Ke is already hopeless.
, just wait to die!”
"oh!"
Kong Qing shook the Skanda pestle in his hand and nodded silently.
It turns out that Sun Simiao is in Zhongnan Mountain. Okay, now I have a clear idea about the lawyers and wizards in the Pei family who were affected by the "evil spirit" and ended up unable to have children.
"But this thing is very strange..."
After talking about Sun Simiao, Su Yuanlang turned the topic back to Kong Ke.
"When these bald men try to intimidate believers, they usually do so mainly by scaring them, without directly hurting them. They mainly want those people to wake up and help promote Buddhism's beliefs. Why was Kong Ke's soul broken?"
"The monks responsible for capturing souls and the ghost pretending to be a god have no idea about this, because they are just following orders..."
Kong Qing calmly applied an eye ointment to Monk Fachang of the Fahua Sect.
"It is said that the person who gave them the order to silence Kong Ke was the master of the Fahua Zong Shengye Temple, Monk Fa Chang."
"Explaining the Dharma often? Silencing one's mouth?"
Su Yuanlang frowned and snorted.
"Very good, this bald man must have had an itchy scalp recently. It seems that the old man needs to talk to him about this matter."