"Your Excellency is so humble." Yaksha General Chen praised: "I am ashamed of myself."
Li Xiuyuan smiled. Seeing General Yasha's fierce and violent appearance, he didn't expect that he would have such a slick side in a blink of an eye. It seems that this place in the capital is really powerful. It can make such a person become smooth. No wonder he can
Being appreciated by the officials, he returned the favor with this unusual attitude
Become a general.
When the others saw General Yaksha making amends to Li Xiuyuan, apologizing again, and kneeling down to salute, they knew that fighting between the two was no longer possible.
At this time, Zhang Bangchang and others dared to approach.
"General, today you brought dozens of soldiers to seal Xiangguo Temple. Isn't this a bit unreasonable? Xiangguo Temple did not violate the laws of the imperial court. It was just Master Shikong giving lectures. Isn't this also okay?" Li Xiuyuan
At this time, I asked about Xiangguo Temple.
General Yaksha, on the other hand, had a look of embarrassment: "To be honest with Mr. Li, I really can't hear the monk of Xiangguo Temple reciting sutras. If I can't hear the ordinary monks reciting sutras at home, it will be fine. But that Shi Kong
If a monk recites sutras, he will give him a headache whenever he is in the capital. His sutras are particularly special.
It’s amazing, especially this time. Mo Jiang almost died of pain at home. In the end, it was really unbearable and he led his soldiers to seal off Xiangguo Temple.”
"So that's it." Li Xiuyuan began to ponder.
This is also a difficult problem.
But at this moment, Master Shikong came over and said: "Amitabha, this is the last time the poor monk lectures. Now that the pilgrims have been dispersed by the general and the lecture has been interrupted, it is natural for the poor monk to lecture this time.
It’s over. I will no longer hold lectures in forums in the future. I just ask the general not to block it.
Xiangguo Temple, let’s give the people of the capital a chance to pray to gods and worship Buddha.”
"But this general has already issued an order." General Yaksha said.
Li Xiuyuan said: "Then give me some face and take back the order."
General Yaksha immediately said: "Since it is your Lord's order, how dare you disobey the general? Come here, pass on the general's order, close the team, and no longer seal Xiangguo Temple in the future."
Immediately, he issued orders to his own soldiers.
After receiving the order, the dozens of soldiers immediately stopped sealing Xiangguo Temple and returned to their troops to gather them.
Li Xiuyuan asked again: "I heard the general talk about the Wutong Sect before. Does the general know the Wutong Sect very well?"
General Yasha said: "To be honest, Mr. Li probably didn't know about the Wutong Sect not long after he came to the capital. This Wutong Sect is a sect that has always been entrenched in the capital. It was originally like other sects, attracting believers and building temples to worship gods, but not
I don’t know when the minions of the Wutong Sect began to reach into the Chao Dynasty.
Court, I heard that there are members of the Wutong Sect in the palace, which is a very taboo thing. Nowadays, the officials have realized the trouble of the Wutong Sect, so they have been severely suppressing and arresting the Wutong Sect in the past few years.
Believer."
"The general has recently received an order to patrol the capital and work with the people from Liumen to arrest the Wutong cultists who are causing trouble in the capital,"
Li Xiuyuan's expression moved slightly, and he realized that this was the Imperial Master's method of sending people to cooperate with him in dealing with the Wutong Sect.
If the Wutong Sect really has five demons and demons who are comparable to immortals, relying on mortal methods will not be enough. Someone must be able to deal with these demons and monsters with advanced Taoism. And who in the capital is more suitable than himself.
"I remember that the day after tomorrow is the Lantern Festival, right? What's the general's plan?" he asked suddenly.
General Yasha said: "Of course, we will send more manpower to patrol. I heard that during the Lantern Festival, several princes will leave the imperial city to visit the capital. This is a very important matter. Naturally, the general cannot let anything happen during this period.
Accident."
Li Xiuyuan's face darkened.
Those princes want to visit the capital during the Lantern Festival? How brave are they? I don’t know what the Imperial Master is thinking. Doesn’t he know that the demons in the capital are dancing wildly during the Lantern Festival?
Or is it that there are some things that even the Imperial Master cannot control?
Forget it, whether those princes and grandsons are dead or alive has nothing to do with me.
"In this case, the general will need to arrange more manpower. I personally think something will happen in the capital on the day of the Lantern Festival." Li Xiuyuan said.
"Thank you, sir, for reminding me. I understand in my heart." General Yaksha said, "There are many things that have offended me today, so please forgive me. Since Monk Shikong promised me not to chant sutras anymore, then I will believe him for once.
The general is still busy with some official duties, so it is inconvenient to continue to disturb you.
Please allow me to retire first."
"General, since I have something to do, please excuse me." Li Xiuyuan saluted.
"Then I'll take my leave, general." General Yasha gave a fist and then left the place quickly with his men.
"Thank you very much, Donor Li. If it hadn't been for Donor Li's generous help today, Xiangguo Temple would have been in disaster." Master Shikong put his hands together and saluted.
Li Xiuyuan said: "Master, you are too polite. I didn't do it deliberately. I just did it casually. It doesn't mean anything."
"In order to express our gratitude, we also ask the donors to have a fast meal at Xiangguo Temple before leaving. The poor monks should also recite sutras and pray for the donors, eliminate disasters for the donors, and avoid evil spirits." Master Shikong said again.
Zhu Yu's eyes lit up and he said, "Thank you so much, Master."
"Thank you, Master." Zhang Bangchang also hurriedly returned the greeting.
"It's good to raise your hands and do it. It's good." Master Shikong said.
Li Xiuyuan was not in a hurry to leave Xiangguo Temple. He took advantage of the time when all the pilgrims in Xiangguo Temple were driven away by General Yasha. He and his friends visited Xiangguo Temple, but Master Shikong accompanied him all the way.
This actually flattered Zhang Bangchang and the others.
But Li Xiuyuan also noticed that the monk Kasyapa had been following him, like an ascetic, silently.
However, in the middle of the night, Li Xiuyuan found a separate opportunity to ask the monk about some changes in the situation in Jiajing City.
Of course he was not referring to the situation in the imperial court, but to the situation of ghosts and gods in the capital.
"Donor Li, I heard that the poor monk indeed knows something about the chaos of ghosts and gods in the capital for a long time. Although there are rises and falls, the most powerful ones are these. One is the ghost foreman in the canal of the capital.
He is a water ghost who has attained Taoism. He has been practicing for more than two hundred years, but his Taoism has already surpassed
Over the past thousand years, there have been many evil ghosts, and according to what the poor monk found out, this ghost foreman has obtained the divine power of Lord Yama in the underworld for some unknown reason, and his abilities can no longer be calculated based on Taoism."
Monk Kasyapa said.
Li Xiuyuan stood up in shock: "What? Lord Yan's divine power fell into the hands of this water ghost?"
"It should be true, otherwise after two hundred years of practice, it would be impossible to reach the point where we are today, with many ghost kings obeying his orders." Monk Kasyapa said.
"After Yan Jun is reincarnated, the divine power should be in the hands of the Empress of the Underworld. She gave me the Ghost Seal of the Underworld last time. Why wait?" Li Xiuyuan narrowed his eyes instantly, moved his palm, and took out a green jade seal.
There are four ghost faces on the jade seal: joy, anger, sorrow, and joy. They are extremely weird and do not look like anything in the world.
"So it turns out that the underworld empress already knew that the divine power was gone, so she simply gave away the ghost seal. After the ghost foreman obtained the divine power, he already had the power of Lord Yama. If he gets this ghost seal again, he can legitimately enter the underworld and become a new god.
Lord Yan, as for the book of life and death, maybe you don’t even need it.”
From his understanding, this ghost foreman can easily usurp the throne.
"The thing is like this, the underworld queen thought well. She gave me the ghost seal to give me the reputation of commanding the ghosts in the underworld, but at the same time, she also wanted me to compete with the ghost foreman for the position of Lord of Hell. This is not only a great gift, but also a show of strength.
A sweet potato."
After thinking about this, Li Xiuyuan didn't blame the underworld empress.
She probably couldn't beat the ghost foreman, so she simply gave up Yan Jun's position and let capable people fight for it.
Those who are capable will rise to the top.
Because Li Xiuyuan still had the Immortal-Slaying Sword in his hand when he accepted the Ghost Seal, it is estimated that it would not be difficult to kill the Ghost Foreman and regain Yan Jun's divine power, but the Empress of the Underworld did not expect that his Immortal-Slaying Sword would collapse in a duel with Dongyue.
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So now kindness and courtesy have become a bad thing.