Chapter 928 Repaying resentment with virtue, why repay virtue?
Faced with such a direct threat from Taoist Saint, the three Buddhas showed ugly expressions.
Buddha even said coldly: "Tao Sage's behavior seems to be too overbearing."
The Taoist sage sneered and said: "If the Buddha doesn't believe it, you can try to see whether Pindao will kill all the Buddhists. If the Buddha is not convinced, Pindao is willing to have a discussion with the Buddha to see who is better."
The Buddha was silent when he heard the words. Facing the Taoist Sage, he had no confidence of victory, so he had to turn his head to look at the Confucian Sage and Tongtian Sword Master, as if waiting for them to speak.
Without waiting for the two people to respond, Dao Sheng saw this scene and took the initiative to challenge: "If you and the other three people think that Pindao is acting domineeringly and are dissatisfied, they can join forces to deal with Pindao."
"Fortunately, the poor Taoist monk, Bill, became a Taoist a few years earlier. He thinks that his understanding of the Tao is much higher than that of the other three, but he has not practiced it for many years, so he is a bit inexperienced."
"If the three of you want to sit down and discuss Taoism with me, I will welcome you most."
The Taoist Sage's confident tone made the three Buddhas fall into deep thought, and the atmosphere in the room fell silent for a moment.
The Taoist sage's actions have always been mysterious and unpredictable. How can it be as straightforward as today?
The three Buddhas were even a little unclear whether Taoist Saint was really standing up for Lin Ze or hinting that they would kill Lin Ze.
After a while, Confucian Sage took the lead to break the silence and said: "Master Li and Lin Ze have a deep master-disciple relationship, which I admire very much. This is a battle of destiny, and there is really no need to hurt lives."
"If it is not absolutely necessary, I will not take action. If I have to take action, I will consider it carefully and never let Li Shibai lose his hair."
The Master of Tongtian Sword continued: "Lin Ze, as a disciple of the Taoist Palace, belongs to the same lineage of the Taoist sect as Pindao. Don't worry, Taoist brother, Pindao will not let the Taoist sect's talents fall easily."
When the Buddha heard the two people's answers, he cursed secretly. He was a hypocritical guy, but a natural smile appeared on his face and said: "The Taoist Sage likes Lin Ze so much, how dare I hurt his life?"
"Compared with this, the lives of tens of thousands of Buddhist disciples are more important."
Taoist Saint sneered: "I hope so."
Having said these words, the Taoist sage walked away with an air of not caring about the three Buddhas at all.
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After experiencing a near-miss attack, Lin Ze returned to the camp outside Yangdi City with a gloomy face.
Zhuang Zhou was relieved to see Lin Ze return safely, and asked with concern: "Is junior brother okay?"
Lin Ze replied with a dark face: "Senior brother, do you think I can come back safely if I get sick?"
When Zhuang Zhou heard this, his expression was sarcastic. He had previously vowed that he could save someone's life in front of the saint, but in the blink of an eye, he watched Lin Ze being chased and killed. He was very embarrassed.
Lin Ze ignored Zhuang Zhou and walked to the camp.
Although Lin Ze knew it was Zhuang Zhou's fault, it was indeed a bit overwhelming to expect a third-level heavenly being to protect one person in front of two saints.
At least Zhuang Zhou never thought of backing down when facing the saint, but instead took action without hesitation to take him away. This alone is very valuable.
But I couldn't bear the thought that Lin Ze was the victim. Anyone who almost died would not be in a good mood or look good, especially when someone had confidently promised him that he would be able to save his life.
Zhuang Zhou, who felt he was in the wrong, did not defend himself, but followed silently.
The first thing Lin Ze did when he returned to the camp was to summon the senior generals from the expedition to the commander's camp to discuss matters.
A quarter of an hour later, more than a dozen captains came to Lin Ze, bowed and said: "I will pay my respects to your Majesty."
Lin Ze nodded slightly and accepted a salute, pointed to the chairs in the tent and said, "No need to be polite, just sit down."
All the generals bowed in unison: "I would like to thank Your Majesty for giving me a seat. Please give me your instructions."
Lin Ze looked solemn and said: "The commander-in-chief of the Han army in Yangzhai City was injured by me. To save his life, he fled back to the Han Kingdom. Now there is no leader in Yangzhai City. I hope you will seize this opportunity to defeat the enemy and make meritorious deeds."
When the generals heard this, some of them looked happy and said flatteringly: "Your Majesty is so powerful. I have taken advantage of Your Majesty and have achieved such great military success for nothing."
Some people even went so far as to say: "In the eyes of the general, if your Majesty personally leads the expedition, he will be invincible, and the Han army will be vulnerable to a single blow."
Lin Ze frowned slightly when he heard this and said: "Stop flattering me, go down and rectify your troops, break the city and kill the enemy as soon as possible, don't miss the opportunity."
All the generals responded in unison: "Promise."
Just as the generals were about to leave, an experienced military general bowed to Lin Ze and said: "Your Majesty, I believe that the Han army has no leader, so it is the best time to surrender. Rather than expending troops to attack the city, it is better to attack the city with troops.
, forcing the Han army to surrender with great force."
As soon as these words came out, all the military officers in the tent looked at Lin Ze, waiting for his answer.
Lin Ze's face suddenly darkened a little, and he said indifferently: "There are many Confucian disciples in the Han army this time. Confucianism has always used Confucianism to disrupt the law, intending to put human feelings above the law, which is not conducive to the justice of the country, and I do not want to accept them."
"Besides, considering the character of Confucian disciples, there are many people who will die from chastity, so I think it would be better to fulfill him."
Lin Ze said it more euphemistically. The generals in the tent were not idle people, and they were convinced that Your Majesty did not intend to keep him alive.
For the generals, Lin Ze's style of behavior was more popular with them.
After all, the calculated military merits and rewards will be much lower than those captured.
Who doesn't want to have more military exploits?
When the generals were about to leave, Zhuang Zhou, who was standing silently behind Lin Ze, suddenly said: "Junior brother, wait a minute, your act of killing all the Confucian disciples will firstly arouse the resentment of Confucianists and Confucian sages, and secondly, you will end up...
The reputation of cruelty has more harm than good, so I hope you will think twice."
Lin Ze chuckled lightly and said: "I asked my senior brother earlier about whether to kill or destroy people in the third realm of Confucian heaven and earth. Senior brother, I will spare others if they come back to me."
"I ask my senior brother again, if I let the Confucian people go, will the Confucian people be grateful for the kindness of not killing them and not make things difficult for me? Senior brother said that the Confucian sage will basically not use the big one to bully the small ones and take action against me."
"But what is the truth? Brother, do you still need me to tell you? To paraphrase a classic Confucian saying, how can you repay kindness with kindness?"
"Senior brother, do you still think I should let the Confucian disciples go?"
Zhuang Zhou smiled bitterly and said: "I know that junior brother has resentment in his heart, and I urge him to think twice. It is also for the sake of junior brother."
"If junior brother thinks that it is time to vent his dissatisfaction in order to achieve enlightenment, I will give my full support. This time was an accident, and I will never put junior brother in danger next time."
Lin Ze coughed slightly and quickly stopped him: "Senior brother, don't rush to say this. If you really can't stop it, don't force it."
That's what he said, but Lin Ze's original intention was, please don't make the promise, I'm really afraid that I'll be tricked and die in your hands one day.
Looking at Lin Ze's face, Zhuang Zhou probably guessed what he was thinking, and said slightly dissatisfied: "Junior brother, you don't believe it?"
Lin Ze hurriedly said: "Believe it, believe it, my senior brother is unrivaled in the world, how can I not believe it?"