Xian Dynasty Era

Chapter 17 Is it too hasty?
West of the city·Duanzhai
There was a crisp sound of copper rings colliding with fine iron, and a Zen staff was waving vigorously, like the rain was impenetrable. Meng Kui, a Toutuo of Guangning Temple, practiced martial arts after practicing early guest.

Even though he belongs to the line of killing monks in Guangning Temple, he still needs to recite the sutra "Sutra of Rebirth" every day.

Tianyuan Shenzhou, a corner of the southwestern part of the Buddhist sect, because of its special skills, suppressed ancient witches and cursed gods, and barely spread the Dharma under the glorious momentum of the three religions and nine sects of Taoism.

Suddenly the sound stopped, Meng Kui got up and took the towel handed by the monk beside him, wiped the sweat from his bald head and face, and said with emotion: "It's getting hotter and hotter today."

"Brother," the monk said in a low voice, "I found out that in the past few days, someone has been watching us."

Meng Kui was stunned for a moment, with a look of surprise and uncertainty on his ferocious face, and then asked, "Which side is it?"

Secretly thought, could it be someone from the Nine Sects of the Dao Sect who has noticed his movements, if so, things will be troublesome.

In the past few days, he has lived in secluded places in order to prevent his true intentions from being misunderstood by his colleagues, especially the disciples of the Nine Sects of Taoism.

"I tested it yesterday, and it should be someone from the government of Su." The monk said in a low voice.

Meng Kui's eyes flickered, and he murmured, "People from the government?"

The eyeballs rolled around, and then he thought about the whole story, could it be that the maid Rouge's incident the day before yesterday leaked his whereabouts?
He sighed secretly in his heart, this secular cause and effect, and the fate of the dynasty are widely involved, and it really is the Three True Teachings of non-Taoism, which cannot be involved.

Thinking of Yanzhi, Meng Kuidiao's triangular eyes under his eyebrows flickered coldly, thinking: "If what Yanzhi said is true, even if the cause and effect are deep, the Sajia will definitely get this precious tree of red marrow."

In the past few days, in order to prepare for the matter of entering the secret realm, he has been a bit unwilling to eat, and always feels frightened and unpredictable.

But the opportunity is extremely attractive.

Meng Kui belongs to the lineage of the life-killing monks of Guangning Temple. He practices the Vajra technique of the outside world. He pays attention to both the outside and the inside.

In fact, this matter has to start with a volume of scriptures in Lengjiao Pavilion. The scriptures are actually the notes of the deceased eminent monks of Guangning Temple. In a few words, it is mentioned that there was an ancient Arhat in Buddhism, named Jintuo Monk, who was once an ancient goddess. The attendant fell into the vast land of Tianyuan...

Meng Kui then made a quiet investigation for more than a year, just as Hua Feiyin of Tanyue Temple was traveling in the world, and seemed to be looking for the inheritance of the ancient goddess, the two jointly investigated and finally locked Wenyi in Su Guo.

"You withdraw from this place tonight and move to the Red Stone Cave outside the city." Meng Kui instructed the monk
The three caves of the cunning rabbit, the Buddhist stronghold in Wenyi is in the city, but there is a cave outside the city that can be used as a place to stay.

The monk responded solemnly and asked, "What about senior brother?"

Meng Kui said: "Since it has been exposed, the Sa family might as well enter the palace at night and bring that thing out."

The monk's face changed slightly, and he said: "Senior brother, there are innate masters sitting in the palace, I'm afraid..."

Obviously, Meng Kui has not entered the realm of relics at this moment, his cultivation is only at the peak of Nirvana, that is, the realm of Daoist Yuangang, and the level of martial arts innate realm, and he dare not say that he will retreat unscathed after entering the closely guarded palace of Su Kingdom.

Meng Kui said, "There's no need to worry, the Sa family has its own measure."

It was worth the risk for him to increase his chances and increase his chances of winning. Besides, compared to other killing monks in southern border who had to fight Nanman to improve their cultivation, this little danger was nothing.

Seeing this, the monk stopped persuading him and turned around to get busy.

Wenyi·Qinzhuxuan

This is a well-known teahouse in Wenyi City. It has opened at the moment, and now there are no empty seats, and the noise has somewhat resumed.

Previously, Su Zhao listened to Jing Hongdao's advice, so he ordered Yousi to post an official document, allowing all businesses in the country of Su, except brothels and gambling houses, to operate normally.

On the second floor of the teahouse, inside a box, the outside is covered by layers of bamboo curtains, and the inside is fragrant with sandalwood.

There are a few nuns in plain clothes tasting tea. The beautiful nun sitting in the middle is playing with Buddhist beads with one hand, and holding half of her cheek on the wooden table with the other hand, listening intently to the story below, with great interest.

It's just that the body leaning forward slightly makes the curve more exquisite, and the clothes are about to come out.

The four middle-aged nuns on the side, with expressionless faces, lowered their heads and sipped tea from time to time. They obviously seemed to be familiar with Hua Feiyin's "six roots of uncleanness".

The storyteller below was wearing a long robe, sitting on the table, holding a folding fan, slapped the gavel, and said in a hoarse voice: "Wine is poison for the intestines, sex is a steel knife for scraping bones, wealth is the root of trouble, Qi is thunder, smoke and cannon... But he said, Emperor Wu of Zhou led his army to conquer the kingdom of the Southern Miao, and the ruler of the Southern Miao was greedy and cruel, and punished him with five punishments, gentlemen, what five punishments do you think?"

The audience who were eating melon seeds and drinking tea in the audience started booing.

"The Miao people don't use their spirits, and they use punishments. They only use the five cruel punishments, saying the law, and killing innocent people...Chen Qing, what is the difference between the cruel punishments of the Miao people and the strict punishments of the Legalists?"

At this moment, there is only one wall away from the private room where Concubine Hua is. After a few cases, Su Zhao is dressed in a blue shirt under the Yiwei of Peng Ji and Cai An, and Si Kou Chen Shao, who is also in casual clothes, is drinking tea. Hearing the sound of storytelling outside, he raised his head to look at Chen Shao, who was at the side, and asked.

Just last night, the Sea of ​​Qi of the Three Foundation Building Passes was finally opened up. Su Zhao condensed his mana and was very still, so he took advantage of the situation to come out to get a breath of air. By the way, he felt the feelings of the people, so he sent someone to inform Chen Shao.

Speaking of which, since he was reborn, he has never been out of the palace.

Chen Shao didn't answer directly, but frowned and said: "Your Majesty, there are mixed fish and dragons in Wenyi City, it is really inappropriate for you to leave the palace."

"With Chen Qing in charge of law and order, I am alone in Wenyi, so I can rest easy." Su Zhao smiled slightly, raised the teacup, and took a sip.

Of course he didn't say that he had passed the three stages of foundation building at this moment, condensed the mana talisman, and already had some self-protection power.

Speaking of which, this mana talisman is also very different from the "Taiyuan Golden Chamber Essence" he cultivated in Taiyuanmen. The Taiyuanmen's immortal method means that gold is born from mysterious water and endless life.

But the technique from Shenglong Cauldron, called "Tai Yuan Xian Jing", finally allowed him to practice actively without passively waiting for the immortal cauldron to transform his luck, but the efficiency of absorbing the aura of heaven and earth is obviously far inferior to that of the immortal cauldron gas transmutation.

Chen Shao was a little moved for a moment, but still had that solemn look on his face, and said, "It's not appropriate to linger for too long."

Su Zhao nodded, looking directly at Chen Shao with eyes as bright as stars, and asked, "Chen Qing, you haven't answered Gu's question yet."

Chen Shao pondered for a moment before replying: "The Miao people imposed punishments indiscriminately, which made the people fear and follow them. But if relatives and dignitaries like them, they will be rewarded promiscuously. Such uneven rewards and punishments will breed resentment in the country. , but the law is disseminated to the public, so that the people know what they can do and what they can't do, and they can avoid it, and the situation is as flat as water.

Su Zhao nodded, and said: "Zhou Wu's virtue and careful punishment, in Chen Qing's opinion, is it a good policy for governing the country?"

Chen Shao shook his head and said: "There is no fixed system in the law. At that time, after the rule of three generations, Zhou Wu took advantage of the situation to determine the way of rites and music, and ordered the teaching of human relations. Today, the hearts of the people have shown a tendency to collapse. Since the king took the throne, the internal Restraining power, presumably, is a matter of domineering, so I think Zhou Wu's way is not lawful."

"I don't want to, but I was spotted by Chen Qing." Su Zhao said in a complicated tone, but after thinking about it, he was also enlightened. No wonder the disciple of the Legalist school, as if he was flattering him, cooperated repeatedly.

Then, I was also vigilant, was it that I was a little too hasty in these recent methods?

(End of this chapter)