Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2176 Mysterious Visitor 24.0

"Wait a minute." Xue Ruitian interrupted what Hei Lu'er was going to say next, "Are you talking about the time when the fire in Xijing City happened?"

"Yes." Hei Lu'er looked at Xue Ruitian, a little puzzled, "Master Hou doesn't know?"

"No, I know, but I only know that somewhere in Xijing City burned down. I don't know where it is. I only found out when you mentioned it today that it turned out to be Xiangguo Temple?" Xue Ruitian looked at Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, and said slightly. Frowning, he said, "Isn't this temple a bit ill-fated? It seems to have been destroyed more than once, right?"

"The previous few times were caused by earthquakes and floods." Shen Haolin nodded, "This is the first time the fire has burned everything."

"Hey, so you all know? This is the Xiangguo Temple that was burned?"

"I don't know. I only know that a temple caught fire. I don't know exactly which temple it is."

"Then do you know how the fire started?" Xue Ruitian frowned slightly, "The temple is indeed more dangerous, but their fire prevention measures are still very good. Why did it burn down?"

"What we know is that it happened to be the end of the New Year at that time. You also know that there are many pilgrims and the incense is very prosperous during the New Year. Therefore, each temple will have specialized people to look after it. The people responsible for watching seemed to be two young novices who had just entered the temple. Because they had just arrived, they seemed to be unable to adapt to the life of this temple, and they were young. It was the time to sleep more, so it was easy to doze off at night. This time, it was because they fell asleep while looking at the incense and accidentally knocked over the candle in their sleep. When the candle fell to the ground, it burned the curtain. As a result..." Shen Cha spread his hands and said, "It burned the whole thing. Woke up."

"Are you sure?" Xue Ruitian frowned slightly and said, "Did the fire that year left no survivors?"

"Yes, because the incident happened suddenly and it was late at night, most people didn't react and were immediately trapped inside. Only a few people reacted, but even if they did, the speed at which they ran was... It didn't spread as fast as the fire, and it was quickly caught up, so it can be said that no one survived." Shen Cha shrugged helplessly, looked at Xue Ruitian, and said, "Besides, the patrol camp was in flames. After it was put out, we surveyed the scene and confirmed that the first place where the fire broke out was the side hall guarded by the two young monks. "

"That's wrong!" Jin Miaomiao waved her hand towards Shen Cha, "Without any witnesses, how can we confirm that it's because of the little novice's snooze? This is unreasonable!"

"Because there are testimonies from pilgrims." Shen Cha sighed softly, "Several pilgrims saw the great monk teaching a few novice monks during the day and told him to catch them guarding the side hall in the middle of the night. Sleepy, just make them look good." She spread her hands towards Jin Miaomiao, "There is no use in worrying about this anymore, right?"

"That's true." Jin Miaomiao thought for a while, "Actually, I don't have to worry about this, I am just worried about the fire." She looked at everyone and said, "Someone did it deliberately, General, what are you doing? Did Bian find out that Master Fa Lian was in Xijing City at that time?"

"At that time, he should be in the Western Regions." Shen Cha sneered, "He was busy with his layout in the Western Regions and had no time to mess around in Xiangguo Temple. Besides, at that time, Xiangguo Temple had been renovated and renovated several times. , It’s completely different from when he was here. If he wants to find something or destroy something, he can do it long ago, there is no need to wait until this time.”

"Twenty years ago." Jin Jing thought for a moment, then looked at Shen Haolin and Xue Ruitian, "during the siege of the Qinglian Sect, right?" "Yes!" Shen Haolin nodded, "He won't come back at this time. Otherwise, if someone discovers his trace, he will always get into trouble. "

Xue Ruitian's legs were numb while sitting, so he gently rubbed his calves, stood up slowly, and walked slowly in the room.

"But, why do you have to dig up something buried in the ground?"

He looked at Hei Luer, who shook his head at him.

"Of course it's because it needs to be rebuilt." Jin Jing chuckled, "Anyway, Xiangguo Temple is also a century-old temple with a lot of pilgrims. If it is burned, it will be burned without caring about the reconstruction, and there will definitely be trouble. It was very big. Besides, the treasury was not short of money at that time, so it was necessary to rebuild the foundation." Seeing Jin Miaomiao's look of confusion, he sighed softly and said. The house is not built on flat ground. The ground needs to be dug up and all the rotten and unusable foundations must be cleared before the foundation can be rebuilt.”

"Hey, I know this. I'm just saying, just dig the foundation. How can you still dig out something? Moreover, this thing belongs to Master Fa Lian, and he doesn't know it?"

"They probably don't know." Hei Lu'er shook his head slightly, "They actually found a cellar. The cellar is fireproof, and the boxes placed in the cellar are also fireproof and waterproof. Therefore, no matter how the ground is burned, There are no problems in the cellar.”

"Don't the people at Xiangguo Temple know?"

"They probably don't know." Hei Lu'er shook his head gently, "The news from the late emperor is that when those boxes were dug out, they were covered with thick soil and even turned into mud. They spent a day and a night After a while, he cleaned the things on the boxes and sent them to the palace. The late emperor thought that these should be leftovers from the previous dynasty, so he put them in his imperial study and took a closer look, and found that there were more than ten boxes inside. Half of them belonged to Master Falian. He was not sure whether those things were needed by his adoptive father and uncle, so he read everything related to Master Falian and sent the message to his adoptive father and uncle. Revealing the identity of Master Fa Lian and some of his past experiences.”

"So, that's how the assassination came about?"

"Yes." Hei Lu'er nodded, "From the time he was two years old, until he was fourteen or fifteen, the assassinations never stopped."

"Who sent the killer?" Jin Miaomiao was puzzled. "No matter how you say it, he is still a prince, and he was born to the queen. It was only because of one reason or another that he went to Xiangguo Temple to become a monk. Even if he is bold It's impossible for people to plot against him and assassinate him. Aren't they afraid of killing the Nine Clans? "

"Master Jin is right." Hei Lu'er smiled at her, a sneer flashing across his face, "But what if the person who sent the killer is a blood relative?"