Soon, the queen and the emperor's relatives came over after learning that something serious had happened. They were all panicked when they saw the emperor being held to his neck by Tan Meng with a sharp knife. The queen even cried and begged Tan Meng not to hurt the emperor.
Tan Meng said to everyone: "Amitabha, it is not my intention to harm the Emperor. I just want to have a good talk with the Emperor. If you don't act rashly, the Emperor will be fine. If you act rashly, the Emperor will be harmed."
When the emperor was kidnapped, the emperor's brother, the Sixth Prince, took charge of the situation.
He quickly ordered everyone in a loud voice not to move rashly, and anyone who dared to move rashly would be killed without hesitation.
Without the orders of the Sixth Prince, now that the Emperor is in Tan Meng's hands, no one dares to act rashly.
Lin Yi watched all this calmly.
He was not worried about Tan Meng harming the emperor's brother.
Because Tanmeng promised him that he would not harm the emperor.
Now that the emperor has fallen into Tan Meng's hands, Lin Yi is excited because he can finally rescue Prime Minister Lu.
Then Tan Meng and Lu Jun took the emperor hostage into the Sutra Pavilion. Lu Jun closed the door, and Tan Meng removed the knife from the emperor's throat. He asked the emperor to sit down and poured him a cup of herbal tea to calm his shock.
The emperor picked up the bowl of herbal tea and drank it, and was still in shock.
The emperor said to Tan Meng in the gentlest voice: "I have always admired the master's cultivation and regarded the master as a good teacher and helpful friend. Master, why do you treat me like this?"
The emperor really couldn't understand at this moment.
Tan Meng looked at the emperor and said, "To be honest with the emperor, my lay name is Lu Choujie."
The emperor didn't react at first. He was about to ask more questions, but suddenly his heart shook, and he suddenly seemed to understand.
The emperor looked at Tan Meng and was speechless. After a moment, he said slowly: "Master, is he from Prime Minister Lu?"
Tan Meng said: "He and I are brothers!"
It turns out that Tan Meng and Mr. Lu are biological brothers.
Although the emperor felt that Tan Meng and Lu Xiang had similar looks, there were too many similar people in the world, so he had no doubts. Moreover, the emperor had discussed Buddhism with Tan Meng several times over the years, and Lu Xiang was also present, so he did not notice anything strange.
The emperor had to admire these two brothers from the Lu family, they were so good at acting that they deceived everyone.
The emperor also understood why Tan Meng kidnapped him.
Tan Meng said: "We are not descendants of Lu Zheng, but Your Majesty, you listened to the slander and threw my brother into a demon prison. Now you have to execute him, and I have no choice but to save him."
The emperor hurriedly said: "I am confused, please let me go. When I go back, I will immediately release Prime Minister Lu and reinstate him in his post. And tell the world to rectify the Prime Minister's name. I will also give him an iron certificate and elixir book..."
Of course Tan Meng would not believe what the emperor said.
Tan Meng said: "There is no need for any of this. You send the decree and release Prime Minister Lu immediately. As long as you do as I say, I will let you go in exchange for Prime Minister Lu."
The emperor now had no choice but to submit in order to save his life. He said: "I will do whatever the master says."
Tan Meng said: "Now call in a eunuch to deliver the message."
So the emperor called out and asked a trusted eunuch to come in.
The eunuch came in. Just in case, Tan Meng put a knife to the emperor's throat and told the eunuch to stand a few steps away and not come near.
The eunuch was too frightened to move.
The emperor said to the eunuch: "The master wants you to send a message. Listen carefully. If you miss a word, I will kill you."
The eunuch nodded desperately.
Master Tan E stated the conditions. He said: "First, release Prime Minister Lu and order someone to send Prime Minister Lu to the foothills of the northwest mountain of Lijiazhuang. The number of escorts must not exceed two. Second, order someone to prepare a carriage for me."
.I will take the emperor away in a moment. No one is allowed to stop me. No one is allowed to come within three feet of us."
After Master Tan E finished speaking, he asked the eunuch to go out and deliver the message.
The eunuch went out and asked the generals, Master Tan E, to report to the Queen and the Sixth Prince verbatim.
The Sixth Prince and several relatives of the emperor discussed it. They were worried that Tan E would take away the Emperor and break his promise, which would have disastrous consequences. They discussed a compromise, and the Sixth Prince asked the eunuch to go in and deliver the message.
The eunuch then entered the Sutra Pavilion again. The eunuch said to Tan E: "Master, the prince has said that everything else depends on the master. But when the master takes the emperor away, our people must accompany him. The sixth prince promises that the people accompanying him will not come close.
Master's Carriage."
Tan E said: "What if I don't agree?"
The eunuch said truthfully: "The prince said that if the master doesn't agree, then we can only waste it."
The implication is that the royal family will never compromise on this issue.
Tan E then said to the emperor: "Amitabha, it seems that the emperor has to ask your queen and prince to change their minds."
The emperor is not a fool. He knows that the family made such a decision for his own good. Only in this way can he be better protected. If he is allowed to be taken away by Tan E, then he will really become a piece of fish on the chopping board and be slaughtered.
The emperor looked helpless and said: "I am not free now, and I can't control them. Master, if you don't agree, just kill me."
Master Tan E wanted to save Prime Minister Lu, so of course he would not kill the emperor.
Tan E and Lu Jun exchanged opinions with their eyes, and Tan E said to the emperor: "To show my sincerity, I will take a step back and allow them to accompany them. However, there can be no more than six people. And these six people must be at least ten feet away from the carriage.
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The eunuch quickly went out to spread the message again, and the royal family agreed.
And let the eunuch pass in the list of six people accompanying him.
The six people are: Sixth Prince, Teng Bin, Lin Yi, General Peng Jian of the auxiliary state, Tan E, and Uncle Guo.
Tan Meng also agreed.
The two parties reached an agreement, and the Sixth Prince ordered the carriage to be prepared and parked outside the garden gate. He also ordered the guards and monks surrounding the garden to evacuate.
Only the Six Princes were left in the garden.
After a meal, the door to the Buddhist scriptures opened, and Lu Jun came out first with his sword.
Then Master Tan E took the emperor hostage and came out.
Master Tan E put the knife against the emperor's throat again.
The Sixth Prince and Lin Yi stood three feet away, not daring to step forward rashly.
Master Tan E held the Emperor hostage and left the garden. Lu Jun first checked the carriage to make sure there was nothing unusual, then Master Tan E and the Emperor entered the carriage.
The carriage door was closed, and Lu Jun sat on the carriage shaft and whipped his horse to drive the carriage out of the Xiangguo Temple.
The Sixth Prince and Lin Yi also got on their horses and followed the carriage ten feet away.
More than half an hour later, Lu Jun drove the carriage to the foothills northwest of Lijiazhuang.
The carriage stopped, and Lin Yi and the other six people also reined in the horses' heads a few feet away.
Tan E escorted the emperor out of the carriage, holding the knife under the emperor's throat. He did not give the six people the slightest chance to rescue the emperor.
Tan E said to the Sixth Prince: "When will they arrive?"
The Sixth Prince said: "Master, please be patient, hurry up, hurry up..."
Then the Sixth Prince ordered Peng Jian to go to a high place and watch.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Tan E said to Tan Meng: "You have been coming to Daxiangguo Temple for more than thirty years. You and I are like brothers, and the emperor treats you well. Why do you do this?"
Tan Meng, as an eminent monk of the Daxiangguo Temple, actually kidnapped the emperor, and Tan E, as the presiding officer, cannot escape the blame.
Tan E is full of resentment towards Tan Meng at this moment.
If Tan Meng hadn't put a knife to the emperor's neck, he would have gone up to clean up the house.
Tan Meng looked at Tan He and said, "What I did today is a shame to Xiangguo Temple and to my senior brother. But I have to do this because Prime Minister Lu is my brother. My name is Lu Choujie."