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Chapter 416 Ten Years ([-])

On the banks of the Yinma River, a majestic Buddhist temple rises from the ground.

This was originally a part of the Han Palace, but since Wang Mang usurped the throne, Liu Xiu promoted the Han Dynasty, and established the capital in Luoyang, it became unattended and gradually became dilapidated.However, the foundation was still there, and after Liu Biancao explained to the Shaofu, this abandoned palace became a majestic royal Buddhist temple in just three months.

In fact, Buddhist temples have existed since Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty.

For example, the White Horse Temple in Luoyang is the incarnation of Buddhist temples of later generations.However, the construction of the White Horse Temple is to accommodate those eminent monks from the Western Regions, store items, and translate classics. To a certain extent, the White Horse Temple is an official office.

The official office of Buddhism!
But the nature of this Buddhist temple in Chang'an is obviously different.

Liu Bian not only built it, but also ordered the two hundred Huangmen in the palace to become monks in the Buddhist temple, and appointed Tucheng as the master to preside over the temple.

At the same time, many monks who were exiled in the Western Regions gathered here to open the altar and give lectures every day.

According to rough calculations, in just a few months, this Buddhist temple has gathered three to four hundred monks, including those from the Yellow Gate, the total number exceeds five hundred, which is not a small scale.And Chen Gong Xu Shu, including Gu Yong and others, did not know Dong Bi's opinion.Moreover, Dong Bi said before that he tried his best to meet Liu Bian's request, so he didn't interfere.

On November [-]rd of the third year of Jian'an, which is the second day after Dong Bi officially entered his thirties, he arrived in Chang'an.

Officials from various government offices came to welcome them one after another.

Before Dong Bi's arrival in Chang'an, Liu Bian dismissed Dong Bixing from his position as the Metropolitan Governor and ordered him to officially become the Metropolitan Governor.At the same time, he was granted the title of Da Sima, the head of the three princes.Chao Gang and other matters can be decided by themselves, and there is no need to notify the Han Palace.

When Dong Bi returned home, it was the evening class of the Buddhist temple.

The melodious sound of the bell reached Dong Bi's ears, which made him startled, and turned around on the steps to look at the Buddhist temple.

The top of the tower of the Buddhist temple came into view.

"What's that place?"

"Brother Dong, that was originally the ruins of Qingliang Palace. His Majesty ordered the construction of a Buddhist temple at the end of last year and named it Qingliang Temple. On weekdays, His Majesty listened to Buddhist scriptures in the Buddhist temple and summoned hundreds of monks from the Western Regions to translate scriptures there. arts."

"Oh?"

Pang Tong said: "Recently, I heard people say that they are translating a Buddhist classic called "Diamond Sutra". The king spends most of his time supervising the affairs of that scripture, so today the lord came back, and the king did not go out of the city to meet the elder brother."

Pang Tong thought that Dong Bi was unhappy because of this.

Unexpectedly, after hearing Pang Tong's words, Dong Bi's face immediately became extremely gloomy.

He clenched his fists, pondered for a moment and said, "Lead the way ahead, I'm going to Qingliang Temple to meet the Great King!"

"Now?"

"It's now!"

Dong Bi was extremely annoyed.

If Jia Xu was here, he must have understood his intentions and would not allow the construction of a Buddhist temple.This damn Buddhist temple was actually built outside the gate of his mansion in a grand manner.Did Liu Bian do this on purpose, or did he do it unintentionally?Here's the difference...

Pang Tong saw that Dong Bi's face was abnormal, so he didn't dare to speak again.

Hastily ordered someone to lead the way, but Dong Pi passed the house without entering, and went straight to the direction of Qingliang Temple.

Speaking of which, Qingliang Temple didn't use much silk.At least compared with the cost of the Daxing palace of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, it was nothing more than a drop in the bucket.Perhaps Liu Bian also knew how much disaster his father did back then.

Therefore, when building Qingliang Temple, a lot of expenses were reduced.

But even so, the scale of this Buddhist temple is still extremely astonishing.On the basis of the entire Qingliang Palace, five main halls, four courtyards, and countless east and west wing rooms were built.The mountain gate is three gates side by side, and there are sixteen Arhat statues, eight on each side, separated from the left and right sides of the mountain gate.That momentum, that scale looks extraordinarily grand and solemn.

The five main halls go deep from south to north.

The main hall at the entrance is the Sakyamuni Hall, which enshrines the Dharma image of Sakyamuni, but the Buddha statue has not yet been completed.

When Dong Bi and his party arrived at the gate of the Buddhist temple, they were immediately blocked by a row of armored soldiers.

These soldiers were all bald and wore sleeve armor. They looked similar to the trolls that Dong Pi formed outside Luoyang City.

The leading soldiers yelled even more sharply: "Qingliang Temple is an important place for Buddhism, and lay people are not allowed to enter without permission!"

Dong Bi frowned, and asked softly, "Who are these people?"

"It is the monks and soldiers formed by Master Tucheng of Qingliang Temple. It is said that they are to maintain the safety of the temple and protect various classics!"

"Who allows the monastery to raise private soldiers?"

Dong Bi asked angrily.After the Chang'an massacre presided over by Jia Xu, it was a decree promulgated by the Metropolitan Government that wealthy families were not allowed to raise private soldiers.Except for the protection of the official family, which is protected by forbidden soldiers and horses, only in the imperial city and the governor's mansion, private soldiers can appear.In the rest of the places, you can raise servants, and those who exceed two hundred will be treated as private soldiers.

Pang Tong had never seen Dong Pi scolding him so harshly, and he was too frightened to speak.

Those monks and soldiers were obviously newly recruited, so they didn't recognize Dong Bi. Seeing that Dong Bi didn't retreat, they pulled out their weapons.

The shining sword was out of its sheath, and Dong Pi's eyes were cold.

"kill!"

As if squeezed out from the gap between the teeth, the word 'kill' looked extraordinarily cold.

The troll warrior who was following Dong Pi immediately dismounted.Han'an's knife came out of its sheath in a swish, and rushed towards the monk soldiers.

"How many private soldiers are there in this Qingliang Temple?"

"Well, I heard that Tucheng recruited a lot... After you ordered, my lord, not to raise private soldiers, the private soldiers that originally belonged to various families were dismissed one after another. Some were recruited by Yuanzhi into the city gate army, but there were still some Wandering on the streets. At that time, we thought, this is a royal temple, it should not be a problem, and it can also help the governance of Chang'an."

Pang Tong did not say that those private soldiers who were eliminated were not traitors or robbers, but all of them were of bad character.

Amidst the shrill screams, Dong Bi asked coldly: "I just ask, how many private soldiers are there in this Qingliang Temple, what's the point?"

"About seven hundred!"

"700 people... can attack my Governor's Mansion!"

It's not too far from the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.One is on this side of the Yinma River, and the other is on the other side of the river.

Although what Dong Bi said was exaggerated, Pang Tong still took a deep breath.

Indeed, if the guards of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion were a little weaker, seven hundred monks and soldiers could really do what Dong Bi said.

"Immediately mobilize the forbidden army, arrest all the private soldiers, and kill those who disobey!"

"Here!"

Just as Pang Tong turned to leave, a group of people suddenly poured out from the temple.The leading old monk stepped into the air, and a gleaming long sword appeared in his palm, breaking into the troll warrior, and the sword's light burst out immediately.

The long sword weighed more than ten catties, but in the hands of the old monk, it was extremely powerful.

The armor of the troll warrior has been cast repeatedly and is extremely solid.However, in order to reduce the burden on people and horses, there are fine iron rings at the joints of the armor.The old monk's sword was extremely accurate, and the sword pierced into the gap in the armor.

It was a strangely long and narrow sword, quite strange.

In the blink of an eye, the three troll warriors fell in a pool of blood.When Dong Bi saw it, he was furious...

This fucking monk?This old man's swordsmanship is superb and his strength is ingenious, which can almost compare to that of Wang Yue back then.

"Troll warrior, set up the crossbow, spread out! I'll deal with this old thing!"

Dong Bi shouted sharply and drew his knife forward.

His knife weighs sixty catties and is seven feet and eight inches long.Double-sided front, the spine of the blade is thick, and the chopping is powerful.

Stepping forward, the sword swung out.

The long knife was behind him, and without seeing Dong Bi stretching out his arm, the long knife had already swept over.This kind of saber technique is a trick that Dong Bi learned in the hammer movement.Not just relying on the strength of the arm, but more on the rotation of the body.

Not only can it save energy, but it can also increase strength.

Because the knife moves in a circle, Dong Bi named it the round knife technique.Even Huang Zhong, who uses knives, appreciates it very much.

And the old monk's face obviously changed.

The slender sword's moves suddenly changed, like a storm, and it was a quick word.

Dong Chuan turned the knife round, only to hear the tinkling sound continuously.In the blink of an eye, there were more than a hundred sword strikes.

At the same time, the monk soldiers running out of the temple rushed towards the troll warrior.

But the troll set up the crossbow and did not speak. The steel crossbow roared and flew out, and dozens of monk soldiers were shot dead on the spot.

"stop!"

A shout came from the monastery, and the monks retreated immediately.

But Dong Bi and the old monk turned a deaf ear to it.The round saber technique was flickering, covering the old monk in the shadow of heavy sabers; the old monk's long sword was getting faster and faster, with a series of cold lights, one after another, and circles of cold light, rushing towards Dong Bi.

The one who shouted was Liu Bian.

Seeing Dong Pi and the old monk not stopping their hands, Liu Bian's face showed a gloomy look.

Behind him, stood two people.One was indeed Tu Cheng, and the other was an old man with a bald head and white beard.

"Your Majesty, it's not that the Governor and Lao Deng are unwilling to stop, but that the two of them are fighting for the most important point, and neither of them can stop."

Upon hearing this, Liu Bian said in amazement, "Then what should we do?"

"My lord, the only plan now is for this old man to make a move and break the formation between the two of them!"

"Since that's the case, why don't Master Tong make a quick move?"

The old monk heard and stood up.A monk soldier handed over a spear, and it trembled in the old monk's hand...

A bolt of lightning fell from the sky and rushed towards the old monk.

The old monk's attention was focused on Dong Pi and another old monk. The lightning flashed, and the old monk subconsciously blocked Liu Bian's body. Huff and puff three times.

In the eyes of others, the old monk's gun actually only fired once.

It looks like a shot, with phantom in front and gun point in the back, very weird.The person who came roared, and struck the old monk's spear with a dang sword, his body rolled two somersaults in mid-air and landed, staggering, and retreated more than ten steps in a row.

"Lieutenant Dong, stop!"

Liu recognized the person who came, and quickly shouted: "Teacher Tong made a move to separate Dong Qing and the others!"

That person was Dong Tie, but at this moment his face was pale, his hands were trembling, and he looked at the old monk with a gun in horror.

"Wang Yue's apprentice?"

The old monk smiled kindly, "No wonder that old man is so arrogant. Your swordsmanship has really entered the room. If I were at your age, I would not be your opponent. I am Tong Yuan, you should have heard that Yu Dadu has no malice. Step aside!"

The old monk's words sounded very gentle at first glance, but there was an unspeakable coercion.

Dong Tie couldn't help hesitating for a moment, looked at Tong Yuan and said, "If you dare to act recklessly, I will risk my life, and I won't spare you!"

Tong Yuan laughed and said, "If I want to mess around, you can't stop me!"

Before the words fell, the old man jumped up suddenly, and the spear slammed into the arc light, only three clangs and clangs were heard.

Tong Yuan staggered, the silver spear was covered with knife marks, and the tip of the gun was gone.

And the sword in the old monk's hand only had a hilt left, and the monk's robe from shoulder to abdomen was split, revealing his bare chest.

Dong Bi's situation was not much better, and the long knife fell to the ground.

With a solemn expression, he closed his eyes, stretched out his hand behind him and said, "Take me, Zhuo Yu!"

"Dong Qing, stop... what are you going to do!"

Liu Bian's face was flushed with anger, and he said loudly: "Gu said it just now, stop!"

Dong Bi calmed down the somewhat chaotic atmosphere, glanced at Liu Bian, and then at the two old monks standing behind Liu Bian.

At this time, outside Qingliang Temple, there was the sound of horseshoes.

In a short time, more than a thousand forbidden troops arrived outside the mountain gate, and Yuexi and Chunyu led the troops to Qingliang Temple.

"What's going on here? Dong Qing, why did you fight Master Deng?"

Before Dong Bi could open his mouth, Master Deng said in a dark voice, "It's not the old man who wants to do something, but the governor is too cruel. When the old monk came out, he saw the governor showing his majesty and slaughtering the monks in my temple. It's such a grand gesture. If it wasn't for protecting the king's face, I'm afraid that an old man would not dare to fight with the governor easily."

Tu Cheng said: "That's right, the governor started killing people as soon as he returned to Chang'an. I don't know how I offended the governor in Qingliang Temple?"

Liu Bian's face sank suddenly.

He looked at Dong Yu and said, "Dong Qing, what's going on?"

But Tu Cheng said in a nonchalant way: "Maybe the governor doesn't know, this Qingliang Temple is the king's property."

This sentence is very insidious.

If Dong Bi said he knew, then he would be ignoring Liu Bian; if he said he didn't know, wouldn't that be a self-proclaimed domineering?

In Dong Bi's detailed eyes, a cold light flashed.

"Last year, the minister gave an order not only to keep private soldiers. Anyone with more than [-] members in the family will be treated as private soldiers!"

Liu Bian was startled, turned his head and said, "Tu Cheng, have you raised private soldiers?"

"The little monk is just a white man, how dare he disobey the order of the governor?"

"Then what are these monks holding swords?"

"Oh, these are monks protecting the Dharma. They are just a group of good men and women who believe in my Buddha and come to protect it voluntarily."

"Good men and women, is there someone with a knife and a gun?"

"If you don't have a knife and a gun, how can you protect it?"

"you……"

Liu Bian grimaced, and said loudly: "Shut up! Tu Cheng, you are getting more and more presumptuous, why don't you go and apologize to Dong Qing."

"Young monk obeys!"

Holding the Zhuo Yudao, Dong Pi glared at Tu Cheng angrily.

Liu Bian said: "Dong Qing, maybe I really misunderstood... These people are all lay Buddhists in my monastery, and Gu issued them a certificate of degree. They don't live in the monastery on weekdays, they are only responsible for maintaining the tranquility of the monastery. .”

"But……"

Dong Bi was not a person who was good at words, so he became anxious when he heard about it.

"Governor, this Qingliang Temple is originally a royal palace, and it belongs to the imperial city. The governor's control is too wide!"

The old monk with the sword suddenly spoke.

Dong Bi was speechless for a while, and asked, "Who are you?"

"Old man Deng Zhan, invited by His Majesty to serve as the Dharma Protector of the Samana of Qingliang Temple, in the future I will also ask the Governor to take care of me a lot."

"Old man Tong Yuan, I have met the governor!"

Tong Yuan, Deng Zhan...

When Dong Bi heard these two names, he was taken aback for a while, and then his heart skipped a beat, he was quite surprised.

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