Datang: Starting from a fortune-telling stall, Wu Zetian was suddenly abducted

Chapter 35: What a good layout, what a great game of chess

Li Shimin chuckled: "I am a warrior who fought on horseback."

"I'm afraid I have experienced more dangers on the battlefield than all of you combined."

"Okay, there's no need to discuss this matter anymore, it's settled."

Both of them looked at Guo Xiaoke, hoping that he would give a few words of advice.

However, he was seen standing motionless with his head glancing to the other side, which showed that he already knew what Li Shimin was thinking.

In this case, I can only kowtow to thank you and leave the hall.

After walking out of the hall, Guo Xiaoke looked at them apologetically and said:
"You two, Your Majesty insists on doing this, and I cannot disobey you. Please forgive me."

"If you need manpower, just tell me and I will give my full support."

Li Junxian asked anxiously: "Can His Majesty's safety be guaranteed?"

However, Li Chunfeng next to him waved his hand and said:

"His Majesty just said that he has experienced more dangers than the rest of us combined."

"So, I think His Majesty has already told Xiao Ke how to deploy it."

"Your Majesty's heart is unpredictable. As long as we do our part well, that will be the best guarantee for His Majesty."

Guo Xiaoke nodded and agreed with Li Chunfeng's words. Only then did Li Junxian understand, and then he stopped asking any more questions.

In the afternoon, the Yulin Army, Longwu Army, and Shenwu Army all dispatched to take over all security of Ximing Temple.

Taichang Temple also arranged all the matters with Shenping, and at the same time told him that except for the relevant monks, other monks were not allowed to enter or leave that day.

On the night of that day, a curfew was declared in Chang'an City.

The entire Ximing Temple was surrounded by soldiers, both inside and outside.

Soon, the fifth day of the investigation came.

The entire Zhuque Street has a guard post every three steps and a sentry post every five steps. At a glance, they are all filled with troops from the Nanya Army.

According to Li Shimin's instructions, in order to avoid disturbing the people, except Zhuque Street and Yongyang and Heping Streets near Ximing Temple, other streets are open for normal traffic.

In the morning, Li Shimin's luxurious carriage arrived at the gate of Ximing Temple. On both sides of the carriage there were a hundred Shence Army guards on horses, and behind the carriage were civil servants and generals on horses.

The civil servants who followed included Changsun Wuji, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, and Wei Zheng, while the military generals included Li Xiaogong, Yuchi Jingde, and Li Jing... It can be said that the stars are shining.

Ximing Temple paved the road with red carpet and swept the streets with water.

The host Shenping stood waiting in front of the door, Li Shimin got off the carriage, and the two greeted each other.

After entering the temple, Shenping asked Li Shimin to take a bath and change clothes, and Li Shimin agreed.

This made Shen Tai look relaxed, but Shen Ping gave him a hard look.

After taking a bath, Li Shimin first went to the side hall to worship Guanyin Bodhisattva, and then went to the Main Hall.

In the huge hall, there are 98 monks sitting cross-legged, including Shenping, there are 99 monks, expressing Li Shimin's status as the Ninth Five-Year Master.

When the time came, Li Shimin began to take care of Queen Changsun's health, and all the monks also began to pray.

However, on the other side, the Habayashi Army patrolling the temple suddenly separated into hundreds of people and headed towards the Zen room where Jinping was in charge.

Looking at the leaders, they are Li Chunfeng, Li Junxian and Guo Xiaoke.

They walked very fast, and soon came to Shenping's meditation room.

The two monks guarding the door were about to shout and question, but were directly captured by Li Junxian and another middle-aged officer.

After pushing the door open and entering the Zen room, Li Chunfeng first looked around, and finally fixed his sight on the Buddhist niche that was more than ten feet high in the room.

He ordered people to move the Buddhist niche, and sure enough he found a wide passage below, with a breeze blowing out of it, which was exactly the location of the tunnel marked on the drawing.

The middle-aged officer wanted to go down first, but was stopped by Li Junxian and Guo Xiaoke. Immediately, the two of them went down first and entered the tunnel.

I saw a bluestone corridor two feet high and three feet wide appearing in front of me.

There is a torch every ten meters away. The torch burns grease and makes a beeping sound.

There were already more than a dozen agile soldiers exploring the area, and everyone followed cautiously.

After walking for about half a quarter of an hour, an iron gate the same size as the corridor appeared in front of them. In front of the gate lay several monks, and a dozen soldiers were hiding in the dark.

When the soldiers saw Li Junxian and others coming, they stepped forward and reported that judging from the ground listening, there were about a hundred people inside.

Then, everyone looked at the middle-aged officer, who waved his hand.

"You guys take off the monk's clothes and put them on, and then go in."

"Others, get ready." He glanced at Li Junxian and others who were surrounding him, and said with some displeasure:
"You just have to do your duty, I'm not that squeamish."

Perhaps because he felt that the tone of his words should not be so serious at the moment, he pointed at the Yulin Army on the side.

"As long as they protect me, you can rest assured. You can each do your own thing."

After saying this, everyone dispersed to both sides.

After pushing open the iron door, a huge underground granary appeared in everyone's sight.

Hundreds of small granaries are distributed on the left and right sides, with small arched windows for ventilation on the walls.

Opposite the gate is a huge venue. At the end is a Buddha statue several feet tall. It has black curved horns and a face covered with black lines, showing evil spirits.

There are more than 100 Buddhist niches of more than a foot in size placed on both sides of the lower part, each with a puppet inside.

There is a person sitting on the futon below the Buddhist niche, it is the monk Kampei.

In front of him, a group of strong men wearing Turkic clothes were kneeling on more than 100 futons.

Beside every strong man, there are curved scimitars.

There are actually two gods?

This question flashed in everyone's mind, but they didn't wait for them to think more.

The middle-aged officer had already raised the crossbow in his hand, and shot a Turk down with one arrow.

Seeing this scene, the soldiers did not dare to neglect and raised their hands to shoot arrows.

In an instant, dozens of Turkic people fell in a pool of blood one after another.

As the screams rang out, the Turks, who had their backs turned to everyone, reacted.

He quickly picked up the scimitar on the ground and suddenly charged towards the Yulin army.

The Yulin army fired arrows one after another, forcing a group of Turks to shout and retreat to Kannapei.

However, Monk Shenping watched the killing in front of him, but remained indifferent.

He just raised the puppet in his hand and said, "Don't you want your emperor Li Shimin?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at the puppet in Kampei's hand.

Under the light of torches.

I saw that the puppet in Shenping's hand actually had Li Shimin's name written on it, with a lock of hair tied to the name.

Seeing this, Li Chunfeng strode forward, "You monster monk, what is your relationship with the Turks?"

"Where did you get your Majesty's hair?"

Shenpei smiled and showed an expression of victory.

"Let me introduce me formally to you all. I was called Master Shenping in Ximing Temple."

"However, I prefer another name. In my hometown, on the vast prairie, people always call me: Ashina Light."

Hearing this, Li Chunfeng was slightly startled, "Are you a shamanistic wizard?"

There was a hint of pride on Shenping's face, "Dao Zhang Li is still very knowledgeable."

"Then you must know the voodoo technique of our shamanism?"

"I also know the purpose of the puppets in my hands and the puppets behind me."

When everyone heard Shenping's words, they couldn't help but look up at the puppet standing on the Buddhist altar.

By the light of the torch, they saw that the puppets were all covered with names they knew:
There are Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng...

There aren't many military commanders, but almost all of their family members' names are on it.

Li Chunfeng was not too surprised. He turned to look at Shenping. No, it should be Ashina Guang.

"With such a layout, the mage is really playing a big game."

"Are you doing this to get rid of all the officials of the Tang Dynasty?"

"You are so vicious. Do you want to plunge the Tang Dynasty into war again?"

There was a hint of madness in Ah Shi's bright eyes.

"You soldiers of the Tang Dynasty wantonly slaughtered the grassland, killed countless Ashina people, and desecrated the Longevity Heaven! It also caused our grassland tribes to fall into an endless struggle!"

"I let your Tang Dynasty fall into war, so why not?"

(End of this chapter)