Chapter 240: The great monk Zhiyi had foreseen all of this long ago
Chang'an City at night seemed a little different from the past. Not only had the number of people patrolling the city walls increased significantly, but the level of vigilance was also completely different from before.
Snapped!
A passing demon king unceremoniously slapped the back of the head of a soldier who was trying to lean against the crenellations of the city wall.
"Don't be lazy. The fire in front of you is going out. Can't you see it?"
"yes!"
The soldier who was beaten was all excited, and his whole body immediately became energetic. Then he immediately ran all the way, took out a handful of charcoal from the room in the tower, and added it to the fire cage near his sentry post.
"Um!"
Looking at the other party's actions, Cheng Yaojin nodded with satisfaction, then pressed his sword with one hand and said loudly.
"There have been snitches in Chang'an City in the past two days, and they might attack us, so everyone should be alert these two days. If they are caught, the court will reward them heavily. They will offer a reward of ten coins to the snitches...
"
When they heard about ten thousand dollars, the soldiers' eyes visibly lit up.
"Don't worry, General Cheng, someone will be careful!"
After hearing the words of these soldiers, an invisible sigh came from a corner under the city wall, and then a group of shadows clung to the wall and left silently.
A quarter of an hour later, the shadow appeared near Qujiang Pool again...
Looking from a distance, Qujiang Pool, which used to be empty, now has more than a dozen warships with torches.
In the night wind, warships swam back and forth in Qujiang Pool like swimming fish. In the center of Qujiang Pool, there was a huge five-toothed ship parked, with a flag with the Chinese character Qin written on it.
It was blowing in the wind above the boat.
"The King of Qin is indeed a man who knows how to fight, but he is not completely helpless..."
As he spoke, the shadow carefully avoided the warships, circled around Qujiang Pond, and then disappeared into the night.
Not long after, an old monk with white beard and hair walked out of the shadows and returned to Dayun Jing Temple, which had become silent and empty.
"Namo Miaoguang Bodhisattva!"
The old monk put his hands together and said calmly to Monk Jizang who was sitting in front of the main hall of the temple.
"The old monk has returned late. The great monk Jizang has been waiting for a long time..."
Just when they saw the old monk emerging from the shadows, on the roof of the building next to the Dayunjing Temple street, the search fox with two infrared telescopes in his hands suddenly started to scramble for a while.
"Here he comes, here he comes, Monk Zhixi finally appears again."
"Hurry up, hurry up, turn the infrared camera and aim it at him..."
As a result, just when Monk Zhixi's head was captured by the search foxes, Monk Zhixi suddenly seemed to feel something in his heart.
In the camera lens, the two search foxes could clearly see him turning around and looking in the direction of the infrared camera. They were so frightened that the two search foxes suddenly leaned back and almost fell off the eaves.
"Great Monk Zhixi,"
When Monk Jizang saw Monk Zhixi suddenly turning his head, he couldn't help but asked strangely.
"What's wrong with you?"
After Monk Zhixi looked at it several times, he turned around and answered with some doubts.
"The old monk just felt like someone was peeking in here..."
"Maybe it's someone from the Taishi Bureau or Fu Yi?"
Monk Jizang also looked at where Monk Zhixi was looking, and found nothing except a few wooden boxes placed on the eaves. He turned his head indifferently and explained.
"But the distance is so far, and it's already dark. Even if they monitor us, I believe they won't be able to find anything. Besides, we do things openly, so we're not afraid of his surveillance!"
After saying that, Monk Jizang asked in a concerned tone.
"On the other hand, Monk Zhixi is going to Xiao Zhongcheng's side. Can you get any response?"
"Hey...this image is a bit blurry..."
The two search foxes hiding behind the eaves looked at the picture on the infrared camera and scratched their heads in embarrassment.
"It's impossible to see their mouth movements clearly."
"no solution anymore……"
Another search fox lay on the roof, turned around and rummaged through a large pocket next to it, and found a bug that looked like a button.
"This is the only thing we can use!"
"But this thing has to be placed very close. It's very dangerous..."
The two search foxes looked at each other and laughed at the same time.
"Hehe... Now you can see the benefits of His Highness Ryuko recruiting hamsters."
"Namo Miaoguang Bodhisattva!"
Old monk Zhixi shook his head slightly, sighed, and said to monk Jizang.
"Although Xiao Zhongcheng is willing to help my Samana, but now the King of Qin has blocked Chang'an in the name of searching for snitches, and all entrances and exits need to be checked, he is also powerless!"
"Can't even Xiao Zhongcheng do anything? Alas!"
Monk Jizang sighed softly and shook his head.
"But those sealed magic weapons will gradually lose their effectiveness after losing the warmth of incense. What should we do..."
With that said, he tentatively asked Monk Zhixi.
"Why don't you, Great Monk Zhixi, store those magical artifacts in our Sanlunzong monastery to warm them up, and then leave after the situation in Chang'an City is no longer so tense."
Monk Zhixi did not answer Monk Jizang's words, but turned his gaze to the side of the hall.
"who?"
Following his shout, Monk Jizang also turned his head and cast his gaze over.
Zhizhizhi...
Several rat noises were heard from the corner on the side of the hall, and then they saw a big rat rush out from the corner and disappear into the night in a few seconds.
"It turns out to be a mouse!"
Monk Zhixi looked at the mouse's back and laughed at himself.
"It seems that the old monk is really in a state of panic, and all the trees and grass are in danger..."
Listening to what Monk Zhixi said, Monk Jizang couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
"Master Zhixi is joking, how can you be considered a soldier? You can only be said to have a sharp ear and eyesight."
"No, no, the old monk is getting older. Now he is almost deaf and blind. He can't see anything. How can he be called smart..."
Monk Zhixi said something meaningful, and glanced at Monk Jizang with a meaningful look, and then brought the topic back to the right track.
"However, although King Qin's investigation was very strict, Xiao Zhongcheng and the others did not dare to openly help our Fahua Sect. However, after the old monk made an on-site investigation just now, he found that there is no way to leave."
"oh!"
Monk Jizang looked at Monk Zhixi in surprise.
"From what I have seen, Chang'an guarded by King Qin is watertight. I didn't expect that Great Monk Zhixi could still find loopholes."
"Of course, there must be some sparseness in the so-called hundred secrets..."
As he spoke, Monk Zhixi pointed with his hand in the southeast direction of Chang'an City.
"Even though the King of Qin strictly guards the nine gates of Chang'an and strictly checks all people entering and exiting, it seems that there is no leakage, but the real water, the King of Qin, still cannot guard it."
"Could the great monk be talking about Qujiang Pool?"
Monk Jizang shook his head and said solemnly.
"Lao Na also went to the Qujiang Pool during the day. The King of Qin had mobilized dozens of warships to block it completely. Not to mention that some people did not have boats. Even if they did, there was no way to bring those magical weapons and belongings to Qujiang.
Transport it on the river and pond."
"Of course ordinary ships can't do it, but my senior brother, the great monk Zhiyi, got a divine boat when he was in control of the Taishi Bureau in the previous dynasty."
Monk Zhixi said calmly and calmly.
"The boat is more than fifty feet long, sounds like copper and iron, is strong but not beetle, and can walk underwater. It is just right for sneaking into the Qujiang Pond with magical artifacts and belongings, and leaving silently under the water."
"What, the Fahua Sect actually has a divine boat that can walk underwater?"
Monk Jizang's face was full of doubts.
"Lao Na has been following Master Zhiyi for more than ten years, but it seems that he has never heard the master mention this matter."
"That's because senior brother has a high level of cultivation and an immovable Zen mind. To him, a Shenzhou or an ordinary wooden boat is the same."
A look of longing appeared on Monk Zhixi's face, and he clasped his hands together.
"According to my senior brother, when this boat is in good condition, it should be able to go to the sky and the sea, and go anywhere. Unfortunately, most of the magic circle and runes of the Shenzhou have been damaged. Later, although my senior brother repaired it with great magic power, it was not fully restored.
achievement."
"I see!"
A glimmer of greed flashed in Monk Jizang's eyes, but it was quickly concealed.
"Master Zhiyi really has a deep connection with Buddhism to be able to obtain such a treasure!"
"Treasures or ordinary objects are all the same to Senior Brother Zhiyi."
Monk Zhixi waved his hand and said in a calm tone.
"The reason why he went to repair the Shenzhou was just to get stones from other mountains to confirm his Dharma. Later, after my senior brother discovered that he knew the magic circle runes on the Shenzhou, he placed the boat at will...
…”
As he spoke, Monk Zhixi raised his head, looked at Monk Jizang, and raised the corners of his mouth, revealing a friendly smile.
"...Inside Yanxing Temple!"
"What?"
This time Monk Jizang was really surprised.
"That Shenzhou is actually in Yanxing Temple. Why doesn't Lao Na know about it at all..."
"Junior brother, so what if you know, what if you don't know?"
Monk Zhixi clasped his hands together in a solemn form.
"Empty means false, false means empty, and empty and false means non-dualness. Whether it is a divine boat or a wooden boat, they are just tools for ferrying people. Why do we need to distinguish them so clearly?"
After hearing what Monk Zhixi said, Monk Jizang suddenly felt speechless and could only clasp his hands and recite a Buddhist name.
"Namo Miaoguang Bodhisattva!"
"To be honest, the old monk didn't understand enough back then and didn't understand why Brother Zhiyi put that divine boat in Yanxing Temple. It wasn't until just now that the old monk understood."
Monk Zhixi clasped his hands together and looked at Monk Jizang sincerely.
"It turns out that Senior Brother Zhiyi had long foreseen this catastrophe for our Fahua Sect, and also foresaw that you, the great monk Jizang, would establish your own sect and take Yanxing Temple out of our Fahua Sect, so that Shenzhou would still be in the hands of our Buddhist sect.
, you can get out of this sea of suffering!"
After hearing what Monk Zhixi said, Monk Jizang looked at him blankly, and finally clasped his hands together and bowed to Monk Zhixi.
"The great monk Zhiyi is a true Arhat, and I am sincerely convinced..."
At this time, the several search foxes that were far outside the temple and were monitoring Monk Zhixi and the others with infrared telescopes were also staring with disbelief on their faces.
"Is that monk named Zhiyi so powerful? During the Sui Dynasty, he foresaw that the Fahua Sect would be unlucky..."
"Probably not!"
A search fox standing under the eaves in charge of keeping watch blinked his eyes wide.
"Isn't the Fahua Sect's misfortunes all caused by the master? If that monk Zhiyi was so powerful, why didn't he kill the master earlier? Otherwise, this catastrophe wouldn't have happened..."
Before she could finish her words, she was blocked by another search fox.
"What are you talking about? What does the Fahua Sect's misfortune have to do with the Lord?"
The search fox whose mouth was covered had big eyes and a cute look on his face.