The Flourishing Tang Dynasty: Beginning with Marrying Yang Yuhuan

Chapter 112 Chapter 111 Witnessing a miracle, all living beings suffer

After hearing this, Ning Tianwang showed an angry look on his face and said, "From what I have seen from Shou Wang, it seems that he has an incurable disease. If Shou Wang continues to talk nonsense, be careful that the Ning Shen will bring disaster to you again."

Li Heng ignored King Ning's words, shook his head and smiled, saying: "You can rise quickly in a short period of time, which means that someone is supporting you behind the scenes. As for who is supporting you, it is not difficult to guess. You are using the banner of Ning Shen, and you dare to use the names of these ghosts and gods to be so disrespectful to me, so it must be Tubo who is supporting you behind the scenes. Tubo's idea is not bad, using religion to disrupt Anxi."

When Ning Tianwang heard Li Heng reveal the power behind him, he was shocked and thought to himself, "This Shouwang is indeed worthy of his reputation. He actually guessed my origins right away. But I think no matter how smart he is, it will be difficult for him to see through my tricks in one go."

When King Ning thought of this, he smiled calmly and said, "King Shou only has competition in his heart, not piety, so he turned a blind eye to the facts right in front of him. Just now, everyone saw with their own eyes that I invited the fairy out, took the punishment for everyone with my own body, and then sent the fairy back. I have a compassionate heart and will not bother with you."

"What a good guy who doesn't bother with me." Li Heng sneered, then shouted, "Come on! Surround them!"

As soon as Li Heng finished speaking, the soldiers who had been prepared surrounded the temple.

"Your trick is indeed brilliant, but it can't stump me."

As Li Heng said this, he was about to walk up to the altar.

When the twelve guardians of the Heavenly King saw that Li Heng was about to go up to the altar, they immediately came out to block his way.

When someone dared to block Li Heng's way, Li Siye and Cen Shen stepped forward.

Li Siye shouted: "If anyone dares not retreat, he will be killed without mercy!"

After hearing what Li Siye said, Li Heng asked curiously, "Didn't General Li believe it?"

Li Siye chuckled and said, "No matter what I believe in, I still trust Your Highness the most."

"Okay." Li Heng smiled, "Then catch them all."

"Yes." Li Si took the order, and rushed forward with Cen Shen and his soldiers to capture the so-called twelve guardians and Ning Tianwang.

The believers below were in an uproar when they saw that Li Heng actually dared to attack King Ning.

Some asked for the attack to stop, some cried and shouted, and some begged others not to implicate them. The scene was in chaos in an instant.

Seeing this, Li Heng walked to the altar, took the gong from the altar and struck it, interrupting everyone and shouting, "What are you arguing about? I'll let you witness a miracle today, so watch me carefully!"

After Li Heng finished speaking, he came to the portrait, found the mechanism, then covered the portrait with the feather robe and turned the mechanism.

After a while, Li Ying took off the feather robe, and the original fairy in the portrait disappeared.

Everyone was shocked. Some people began to suspect that something was wrong, while some loyal believers said, "It's a disaster. His Royal Highness Prince Shou scared the fairy away!"

Li Heng ignored the questioning voices and used his feet to determine the position on the ground. He said to Li Siye, "General Li, come and break it open."

"Yes."

Li Siye took the order, found a sledgehammer, and smashed it at the place where Li Heng had just pointed.

With a loud "clang" sound, the secret door in the basement was smashed by Li Siye, and an exit appeared.

Li Siye asked curiously, "Your Highness, what's going on?"

Li Heng said, "Take some people down there and bring that fairy up to me."

"Yes."

Li Siye led his men down the tunnel, and after a while, they brought out the fairy in the painting from the tunnel.

"Your Highness, it seems that no matter how powerful this fairy is, she cannot escape your control." Li Siye laughed and asked, "What's the matter with this painting?"

Li Heng did not answer, but asked Cen Shen: "Does General Cen Shen understand?"

Cen Shen suddenly realized what was going on. He went to the portrait, took out the scroll, and asked two soldiers to help him unfold it.

Two paintings came into view. These two paintings were exactly the same, except that one had a "fairy in the painting" and the other did not.

Li Siye understood everything and said, "So that robe is just a trick. They covered the portrait, replaced the one without people with one with people, and then called the people up from the tunnel. Such a simple trick actually fooled me. Your Highness is right. I should really read more books."

Cen Shen, who was well-read, shook his head and said, "It has nothing to do with how much you have read. Many things in the world are like this. When the veil of mystery is not removed, you will have no clue no matter how hard you think. Once someone reveals it, you will find that it is so simple."

Huai Wu, who had been silent the whole time, said: "This is enlightenment. Once you are enlightened, nothing in the world will be difficult."

Huai Wu sighed and continued, "I have been chanting 'Form is emptiness, emptiness is form', thinking that I am no longer deceived by the appearances of the world. But just now I couldn't understand the mystery of this trick. Your Highness, you are a wise man in the secular world."

Li Siye complained in his heart about how much emotion Cen Shen and Huai Wu had. After they finished speaking, he couldn't wait to ask Li Heng, "Your Highness, how did King Ning balance on the sword?"

Li Ying said, "If I'm not mistaken, there is a balance board under the king's clothes."

Li Siye searched the king's waist and indeed found a piece of wood.

"What about the sword that pierced his body?" Li Siye asked again.

Li Ying said: "He put a similar sword head in his arms beforehand, and when he was about to pierce the body, he just took it out. As for the sinking, it should be that the sword can be extended."

Li Siye searched the body again and found the sword head on the body of the guardian who had just carried the Heavenly King.

Then, Li Siye took the sword and looked at it again. Just as Li Heng said, the sword could really be extended and retracted, and it could be extended and retracted into two sections.

One section is the tip of the sword, and the purpose of retracting the tip is to prevent the tip from hurting people. The second section is the sword body, which is used to make a sinking posture.

Li Heng pointed out the two key points. As for the other small details, such as how to float and how to take the sword from the bronze mirror, Cen Shen had already figured them out by analogy. So Li Heng asked Cen Shen to explain them to everyone.

After Cen Shen's detailed explanation, most of the believers finally realized that they had been deceived.

These awakened believers began to curse the Tiantong Sect, and after a while, some of them even started crying.

Cen Shen felt that these people were crying for no apparent reason and asked, "Since the matter has been clarified, why are you crying?"

"The Tiantong Cult cheated me out of my money, which was my life savings!"

"And you cheated on me! King Ning said that it would purify the soul and eliminate sin."

"These are all fake, so what should I do about my illness?"

"Yeah, what about our illness? How do we deal with disasters?"

"..."

Everyone has their own reasons.

They have lost their money, their innocence, their hope, or the courage of blind faith.

They are foolish, they are ignorant, they are even accomplices of the Tiantong Sect, but they are also pitiful and helpless.

They are just mediocre people trying their best to survive in feudal society.

Cen Shen was helpless in the face of everyone's difficulties. He looked at Huai Wu and finally his gaze fell on Li Heng.

Huaiwu practices Buddhism and knows that all living beings suffer. He can persuade others to understand, but he cannot give them anything practical, so he also looks at Li Heng.

Li Siye, the soldiers, and the people all looked at Li Heng.

At this moment, only Li Heng, the leader of Anxi, is their world.

(End of this chapter)