Chapter 153: Pindao has figured out everything, this is all the conspiracy of the Fahuazong
Early the next morning, when Kong Qing was doing his morning exercises, Yan Fengzong, the Taoist prison guard, came to inform him that there was a skinny ranger who called himself Iron Monkey, saying that he had something important to report.
"Hey, you came so early..."
Kong Qing carried the little milk cat to the front yard with a surprised look on his face. From a distance, he saw Iron Monkey sitting on the stone bench a little restlessly. After seeing Kong Qing appear, he immediately stood up and exposed Kong Qing.
A familiar smile.
"Xiao Langjun, someone has been found."
"Yeah?"
Kong Qing's face showed a very interested look.
"Tell me, who uses that private room?"
"On the 9th,"
Having said this, Iron Monkey looked left and right again, as if he wanted to confirm if there was anyone around, then he carefully took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Kong Qing respectfully.
"Li Duanduan's elegant room at No. 3 Tianzi of Hualou has received four or five waves of guests, including wealthy businessmen and officials. Their names have been written down for you."
Kong Qing took the note and glanced at it, only to see a dozen names written in small characters on it.
"But among the four or five waves of guests, Feng Xiao was ordered... Oh, by the way, Feng Xiao is the one here..."
Iron Monkey poked the area under his shoulder with his hand.
"...the one with plum blossom makeup."
Kong Qing nodded slightly, indicating that he still remembered this matter.
"The only people who ordered Feng Xiao are..."
Iron Monkey came close to Kong Qing and gently tapped one of the names with his hand.
"he!"
Kong Qing's eyes also followed Iron Monkey's hand and landed on a name.
"Li Zitong!"
…
Dou Gui knelt on the ground, his body still trembling slightly.
Behind several cases not far in front of him, Li Yuan sat with a gloomy face.
"You said that last night, Monk Falla hanged himself with his own belt while the guards were not paying attention..."
Snapped!
Li Yuan slapped several cases with his palm.
"...This is absolutely impossible! Since Faya didn't die when you went to catch him, then he would never have the courage to commit suicide. Dou Gui, what I want to hear is the truth."
"I dare not deceive you!"
Dou Gui knelt on the ground and spoke word by word.
"The three teams of guards patrolling the prison last night all said so. I was just reporting the truth."
Li Yuan took a deep breath, lowered his eyes, and said coldly.
"Three teams of guards said so?"
"Yes!"
Although there was a pause in Dou Gui's tone, he still answered honestly.
"That's what they say..."
"hehe……"
Li Yuan laughed sarcastically.
"You are such an outstanding military strategist, but you can't even control your own soldiers. It seems that I have overestimated your talents."
Dou Gui lay on the ground, his eyes full of anger, and he squeezed out a few words through his teeth.
"I am guilty!"
"Forget it, get up, what is the crime of incompetence!"
Li Yuan waved his hand lightly and said to Dou Gui on the ground.
"It just so happened that Li Changqing, the general manager of Minzhou, reported that Tuyuhun has been making trouble again recently. I will add you as the right servant of Yizhou Xingtai. You can join the governor of Minzhou and go to Luosheng to help Li Changqing. I think I can beat those in Tuyuhun."
Manzi, you should be fine, right?"
Dou Gui knocked his head to the ground, making a loud banging sound.
"I obey the decree!"
Just when Dou Gui walked out of the Chengxiang Hall with a gloomy look, he happened to run into the crown prince Li Jiancheng and Kada Zhi who was following Li Jiancheng.
"uncle……"
Li Jiancheng saluted Dou Gui first with a respectful look on his face.
"Oh, it's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince..."
Dou Gui returned a salute to Li Jiancheng with a complicated expression, and then turned his attention to Kada Zhi who was behind Li Jiancheng.
"Isn't this General Koda?"
Looking at Kada Zhi, Dou Gui's eyes seemed to be filled with anger. He raised his hand, gently nodded towards Kada Zhi, and said in a hoarse voice.
"Okay, you are very good, General Koda, you have led good soldiers... I, Dou Gui, have recorded what happened this time!"
Facing the ferocious-looking Dou Guizhi, Kadazhi pursed his lips, expressionless, and didn't say a word. Dou Guizhi took another deep look at Kadazhi, and then left without looking back.
"It's okay, Qing Ke, it's just a misunderstanding between you and your uncle. I will help you mediate in a few days."
"..."
On the other side, when Kong Qing had just arrived at the eunuch and was planning to discuss with Shu Chuo what Monk Yifan wanted to do with Li Zitong, he heard another breaking news.
"What? Monk Falla hanged himself in the prison of the Yuancong Forbidden Army?"
Kong Qing touched the little milk cat's head with his hand, looking puzzled.
"Since this guy wanted to commit suicide, why didn't he commit suicide immediately when he was arrested, instead of waiting until now?"
"I don't know about this..."
Shu Chuo spread his hands and expressed that he was completely unaware of this matter.
"Maybe it's because Monk Falla waited for so long and found that things were getting worse and worse, so he became discouraged?"
"Is that so?"
Kong Qing touched the little kitten in his arms with his hand, with a thoughtful expression on his face.
"Monk Yifan here has just met Li Zitong, and monk Faya has hanged himself over there. Why does Pindao feel that there seems to be some connection between these two things?"
Shu Chuo blinked, looking a little confused.
"But how can these two things be connected?"
"Yes, what connection can there be?"
Kong Qing hugged the little kitten and sat down on the steps of the side corridor.
"Lao Shu, let's take a closer look. First of all, since that monk Yifan was willing to kill people to cover up his meeting with Li Zitong, it means that this matter must be very important...
But I’m not familiar with Li Zitong, Lao Shu, do you know him well?”
“I’ve seen you a few times!”
Shu Chuo nodded, tapped his temples with his hands, and thought about it seriously.
"It seems that he was hanging out with Zuo Cai back then..."
"Zuo Caixiang..."
Kong Qing's face instantly darkened.
"Is that the Zuo Caixiang who followed Wang Bo and Meng Rang in Changbai Mountain and rebelled with them, claiming to be Lord Boshang?"
"That's right!"
Shu Chuo nodded.
"Li Zitong was also in Changbai Mountain at the beginning, and he was still a moderate leader. However, it is said that he was jealous of Zuo Caixiang because of his generous style among the thieves and bandits, so he led his troops
Crossed the Huaihe River, went south to the land of the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River, and defected to Du Fuwei..."
"Isn't this connected?"
Kong Qing stroked the little kitten with his hand and murmured.
"The Fahua Sect was the one who supported Wang Bo, Meng Rang and the others in their rebellion back then, and Li Zitong was once part of Meng Rang's group, so maybe the Fahua Sect also supported Li Zitong's rebellion..."
"What are you saying, Master, that the Fahua Sect supports Li Zitong's rebellion?"
Shu Chuo waved his hands in astonishment.
"This is absolutely impossible. Now Li Zitong is detained in Chang'an City by the current saint and cannot leave at all. Unless Li Zitong returns to Jiangnan again, what else can he use to rebel?"
"Yes, there is definitely no way to rebel in Chang'an..."
Kong Qing's eyes suddenly lit up.
"So Monk Yifan secretly met with Li Zitong just to help him escape Chang'an and return to Jiangnan to rebel... Yes, that must be the case!"
Kong Qing thought over and over again about the news of Monk Faya's suicide and Monk Yifan's meeting with Li Zitong, and then combined it with his own conjectures...
The logic is smooth and flawless!
"Come on, Lao Shu, sit here..."
Kong Qing smiled, waved to Shu Chuode, and patted the steps beside him.
"Pindao thought about the whole thing again and understood everything."
"I understand everything..."
Shu Chuo lifted up his Taoist robe with his hand, sat down next to Kong Qing, and asked.
"What do you understand?"
"Pindao has figured out everything. This is all the conspiracy of those bald men from the Fahua Sect..."
Kong Qing's eyes shone brightly, as if he were holding pearls of wisdom.
"The matter has to start some time ago. Lao Shu, you also know that these bald people in Buddhism are not engaged in production, exploiting people's wealth, hoarding fields, and most importantly, they do not pay taxes. Therefore, today's saint, who is a descendant of Laojun,
Just want to attack Buddhism...
After those bald men felt the crisis, they secretly held a small meeting to plot rebellion and replace the emperor.
Of course, you will know what happened next, Lao Shu. Taishang Laojun sent someone to give the evidence of their rebellion to Princess Pingyang, exposing their intention to rebel. Then the current saint decisively sent someone to seal it up
Zhuangyan Temple arrested the leader of the rebellion, Monk Falla."
"ah……"
Shu Chuo nodded with confusion on his face.
"I know this, but what does this matter have to do with Li Zitong and Faya hanging themselves?"
"Yeah, what does it matter?"
A voice asked after him.
"It's a big deal! Lao Shu, do you think the monks want to rebel and change the emperor? What can they do?"
Kong Qing raised his eyebrows at Shu Chuo and said seductively.
"Encourage their followers and monks to revolt in Jingzhao Mansion? Or simply find someone to sneak into the palace and assassinate the current saint? Or use your own cultivation to stab the dragon directly?"
"It should be an assassination!"
Shu Chuo said hesitantly.
"After all, the monks had done it in the Sui Dynasty by using monks and believers to revolt in Jingzhao. That thing was not reliable at all and could not succeed. And it was not reliable to directly stab the dragon with one's own cultivation. Dragon Qi
Even gods will be severely damaged by the backlash. If so, someone would find someone to enter the palace and assassinate the current saint. Isn't it said that Prince Li Jiancheng believes in Buddhism? If the current saint is replaced by him, wouldn't the matter be solved? "
"The assassination may seem to work, but in fact it doesn't work at all..."
Kong Qing sneered and waved his fingers disdainfully.
"It would be fine if the saint today had only one prince, but now there is a King of Qin who is eyeing the prince beside him. Believe it or not, Lao Shu, as soon as the saint is assassinated, the King of Qin will not hesitate to lead his troops to the capital to kill the current assassin.
The sin of the saint was thrown onto the prince, and he succeeded to the throne naturally."
Regarding Kong Qing's conclusion, Shu Chuo thought about it for a moment and then nodded.
"Master, you are right!"
"And you were wrong a little bit..."
Kong Qing took out a Skanda pestle from his sleeve with his hand.
"It may not be impossible for monks to directly stab the dragon based on their cultivation. Lao Shu, look at this Buddhist magical weapon. Do you think it is any different from ordinary magical weapons?"
"this?"
Shu Chuo picked up the Skanda pestle and looked at it carefully for a long time.
"Isn't this just an ordinary magic weapon that stores the power of incense? How can it be different..."
"really!"
Kong Qing nodded thoughtfully.
"When I reported to Master Qingxia yesterday, Pindao was vaguely aware of it. After hearing what you said, Pindao can now be sure that neither you nor Master Qingxia know about this seemingly ordinary Buddhist practice.
What magical effects does the magic weapon have?"
"What magical effect does it have?"
Shu Chuo asked curiously.
"Yes, Qingwei, what magical effects do you think this thing has?"
A voice sounded again from behind Kong Qing and Shu Chuo.
Kong Qing and Shu Chuo turned around and looked over, only to find that Qingxiazi was standing behind them without knowing it, looking down at them with a smile.