This is not talking about repairs, this is not talking about the main venue for debates between Buddhism and Taoism...

No more, nothing left.

In Buddhism, there is no place for the debate between Buddhism and Taoism. How can we talk about victory?

This year, it can be expected that in the debate between Buddhism and Taoism...Buddhism will definitely lose!

This is almost like directly taking out the biggest obsession in Dezhi's heart, cutting it into pieces with thousands of knives, then cutting it into pieces and feeding it directly to the dogs.

The blows came one after another without any break... Dezhi vomited blood and fainted, maybe it was a good thing.

If he wakes up, it will only be more painful.

Really, Shen Lian felt at this moment that there might be no more miserable person in the world than De Zhi.

The blows continued throughout the day, but it was not easy for him to hold on until now.

It's really pitiful!

What a miserable monk!

Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty was so miserable!

Shen Lian suddenly felt a little certain at this moment. If all of this was really done by Beichen, then Beichen must have an inseparable relationship with Taoism.

Maybe even a Taoist!

Because this series of events are obviously leading to the destruction of Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty.

The dispute between Buddhism and Taoism is about the Dao at the most mysterious level, and it is about the number of believers and direct interests at the most down-to-earth level. Therefore, for the sake of the prosperity of Taoism, it is completely reasonable to expend some thought on killing Buddhism.

So……

Shen Lian narrowed his eyes. If all this was really done by No. 1, then the scope of Beichen's identity can be roughly determined.

Even if you are not a Taoist, you must have a deep connection with Taoism!

At least, they are completely opposite to Buddhism.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to trap people like Huasheng Temple so miserably and to death.

However, if the person behind the scenes is a Taoist, then why does he know the secret passage that even the abbot does not know?

Shen Lian hadn't figured this out for a while.

But this is not the time to think about this. He has more important things to do at the moment. After all this is resolved, Shen Lian needs to quietly summarize what he has gained this time.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to trap people like Huasheng Temple so miserably and to death.

However, if the person behind the scenes is a Taoist, then why does he know the secret passage that even the abbot does not know?

Shen Lian hadn't figured this out for a while.

But this is not the time to think about this. He has more important things to do at the moment. After all this is resolved, Shen Lian needs to quietly summarize what he has gained this time.

This time, he got quite a few clues or reasonable speculations. Perhaps, when combined, he could make even more surprising discoveries.

But now...

A cold light flashed in Shen Lian's eyes, he still had some revenge to take.

Shen Lian was not a submissive person. This was the first time in more than ten years that he was almost buried alive. He had to avenge this.

Moreover, he doesn't like to retaliate overnight. If he has a grudge, he will take revenge now!

Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to stand this anger!

He hunts birds all day long, and today he almost had his eyes pecked out by a bird. This was a provocation to him!

Shen Lian looked on the way up the mountain and could see some figures there.

Although the distance is a bit far, Shen Lian's eyesight is much better than ordinary people through systematic enhancement, so it is not a problem to see those people.

In Shen Lian's sight, he found that those people were dressed very ruggedly. In other words, they were all dressed like bandits.

These bandits are all very tall and tall, holding machetes in their hands. At first glance, they are all extremely vicious people.

But why didn't Shen Lian know that there was such an arrogant and powerful bandit force near Chang'an City?

He thought for a while, looked at Di Renjie and said, "Renjie, you have been observing the area near Chang'an City recently. Can you tell me, are there any powerful bandit forces near Chang'an City?"

Di Renjie was stunned and said: "Teacher, what do you mean...the person who did all this is a bandit who has no reputation?"

"This is impossible! Can bandits have such brains? Can they have such abilities?"

Di Renjie really looked down on those bandits.

Although to ordinary people, bandits are terrifying.

But in Di Renjie's eyes, this is really nothing.

When we were in Bingzhou, they were just some criminals who had committed crimes and escaped. They were not caught for the time being, but as long as the army came out, even if they could not be killed, they could be chased away and turned into homeless dogs.

Therefore, Di Renjie looked down upon these bandits from the bottom of his heart.

That's why when he heard the inquiry from his mentor Shen Lian, he was very unwilling to believe that the enemies he almost killed were those vulgar and brainless gangsters.

Shen Lian knew what Di Renjie was thinking, and he said: "Renjie, judging from their behavior and the fierce aura they displayed, they are definitely not regular troops pretending to be regular troops, so... they are real bandits, but there are a lot of them. I I’m not sure whether it was sneaked over from other places or whether it was originally near Chang’an.”

Di Renjie had no doubts about his mentor Shen Lian's judgment, so even though he didn't want to believe it, he still looked at the guards on the side.

The guard said: "Master Di, there is absolutely no bandit force near Chang'an City within a hundred miles! Chang'an is the capital, and if there are bandits, it will directly threaten your majesty's safety. We cannot allow them to exist. "

"Almost every six months, there will be a raid, so these bandits definitely cannot be bandits near Chang'an."

Shen Lian nodded.

So, they came here secretly from other places."

"But, this is unreasonable."

Shen Lian frowned slightly.

Xu Gou said in confusion: "Master, why is it unreasonable?"

Shen Lian said: "If you think about it, the number of these bandits is at least five hundred. With so many bandits, their bases are no matter how remote. If they want to get to Chang'an, they may have to pass through many places on the way."

"They have a lot of blood on their hands, and all of them are extremely vicious. Even if they pretend to be ordinary people, their aura will attract special attention. With so many people appearing at the same time, I believe that any government will encounter this. You will never miss it."

"But the fact that they can do such a thing here today shows that no government has noticed, not even the spies outside Chang'an. Don't you think this...is something particularly wrong?"

The guard thought for a moment and his expression became serious.

He said: "Sir Sir Shen is right. In order to ensure the safety of Chang'an, we have spies secretly monitoring the roads or counties outside Chang'an at all times, but those spies did not give any warning. This matter... indeed There are some problems."

"More importantly, where did they get these weapons? Although the Tang Dynasty did not prohibit weapons, machetes like this are strictly prohibited. All this makes no sense."

"What doesn't make sense?"

Shen Lian suddenly sneered: "There are only two possibilities."

Everyone looked at him hurriedly.

Shen Lian said calmly: "Either there is an internal agent in Chang'an, and the internal agent's status is not high enough, and he can help them accomplish this."

"Either they have a legitimate identity, which should allow them to carry weapons, so no one will think there's anything wrong with them."

Everyone looked at each other and their hearts sank.

Li Shimin also looked at Shen Lian and asked: "Shen Lian, which one do you think is more likely?"

Everyone was busy looking at Shen Lian.

Shen Lian narrowed his eyes, pondered for a moment, and said: "The second type is to have a reasonable identity."

"First, Chang'an City has experienced the Locust Rebellion. So many people have been implicated, and many officials are in danger. Under such circumstances, anyone who does any unreasonable little thing may be magnified infinitely, so I don’t think anyone would dare to do such a thing at this juncture.”

"Not to mention that people who can do this must have high rights, and such people are currently receiving even more attention, so this possibility exists, but the probability is very low!"

"And the second..."

Shen Lian looked at Li Shimin and said: "Your Majesty, these bandits cooperate tacitly and have no defense against each other. They obviously belong to the same force."

"But our country, the Tang Dynasty, has been making great efforts to exterminate bandits. Once the number of bandits exceeds two hundred, the army will be dispatched directly. Therefore, it is impossible for such a large force to have not been surrounded and suppressed before."

"When I occasionally had the opportunity to drink tea with General Li Jing, I did not learn from him that the Ministry of War had sent a large army to encircle and suppress bandits, so this means that we are unaware of the existence of these bandits."

"So many bandits will definitely commit crimes if they want to survive. The local government will definitely know about it, but we don't know... I think your Majesty can guess what this means."

Li Shimin took a deep breath, his eyes were cold, and he gritted his teeth and said: "The officials and gangsters colluded to deliberately cover up!"

"What?"

"Collusion between officials and gangsters?"

When Xu Gou and others heard this, they were all shocked.

There was no change in Shen Lian's expression, after all, he had already guessed this.

He said: "Yes, it is a collusion between officials and gangsters. I even suspect that the gangsters control the local government. And precisely because of the government's status, the government supports them, so as long as there is a reasonable reason, they will bring It is completely reasonable for weapons to come to Chang'an."

Although what he said about the invasion was all his speculation.

But everyone knows that the real fact is definitely like this.
To be continued...