After seeing Dahe Grassland being killed, Brother Xiao Mo roared angrily and ran away into the distance. However, in this case, the palace guards would naturally not let him escape.
There was a loud sound, and countless arrows were shot at his back.
Seeing that he was about to be shot to death by random arrows, at the critical moment, an iron rope wrapped around his waist and pulled him to the ground.
It was Zhugenan who saved him. Before he could resist, Zhugenan had already stepped on the ground and shouted: "Tie him up." Several Dali Temple jailers came forward and locked his feet with iron chains.
Li Dan looked around and saw that the battle was over. All the Khitans were either killed or restrained.
He threw the spear to one of his men, took out a handkerchief and wiped his hands, and said calmly: "Who are they?"
"They seem to be Khitan people." The man in white replied,
Li Dan said coldly: "A group of barbarians dare to offend me, Murong. Kill them all and leave no one behind."
"Your Highness, don't you need to ask about the mastermind behind the scenes?" the man in white asked.
Li Dan said calmly: "No need to ask. People are being arrested everywhere in the city. These foreigners attacked me at the city gate again. They must want to kidnap me out of the city."
"Your Highness is wise."
Zhuge Nan stepped forward quickly and said hurriedly: "Your Highness, King Yin, they are all important criminals. Please hand them over to the lower officials for processing."
"Who are you?" Li Dan asked condescendingly.
Zhuge Nan cupped his hands and said, "The lower official is Zhuge Nan, the Prime Minister of Dali Temple."
With a snap, Li Dan swung his whip at Zhuge Nan's face and sneered: "A small minister dares to ask for someone from me. Go back and tell Zhuge Sanyuan that if this kind of thing happens again in Chang'an City in the future, I will be the only one."
He’s asking!”
Zhugenan was unprepared and was whipped. He was furious: "Why do you hit someone?"
Li Dan's face turned cold and he swung the whip again. Zhugenan took a few steps back and dodged.
"You are so brave, how dare you dodge my king's whip?" Li Danhan said. At this moment, screams were heard, and all the Khitans who fell into the hands of the guards of Prince Yin were killed.
Several other Khitan people were caught by the officials of Dali Temple. The guards of Prince Yin wanted to go over and kill them, but the people of Dali Temple stopped them.
Zhugenan realized something was wrong and ran back quickly, shouting: "Hurry up and go back to Dali Temple!"
The man in white took a step forward, blocked his way, and said calmly: "Zhugenan, before Your Highness finally speaks, who allowed you to leave?"
Zhuge Nan said angrily: "Murong Xuan, Lord Wu ordered me to capture the Khitan people. How dare you go against Lord Wu?"
Hearing Wu Chengsi's name, Murong Xuan was slightly startled, thought for a while and said: "Then you go back and report to Lord Wu, saying that these Khitan people failed in their attempt to assassinate His Highness King Yin and were all killed. In this way, Lord Wu
I shouldn’t be surprised at all.”
Zhuge Nan said flatly: "No, these people must be taken back to Dali Temple for interrogation. No one can take them away!"
Murong Xuan sighed: "In this case, I have no choice but to offend you."
After saying that, he rushed towards Brother Xiao Mo. Zhuge Nan hurriedly stepped forward to block him, and the two of them started fighting instantly.
Zhuge Nan used a wide-backed sword. The sword technique was taught by Zhuge Sanyuan himself and was extremely exquisite.
However, Murong Xuan was Li Dan's number one master, and his sword skills were extremely fast, as fast as lightning. Although Zhuge Nan's sword skills were excellent, his skill was not enough. After more than ten moves, he was hit on the wrist by Murong Xuan's long sword, and the sword fell to the ground.
Zhuge Nan held his wrist and bit his lower lip, his face flushed, and he eagerly watched Murong Xuan walk towards Brother Xiao Mo.
Seeing Zhuge Nan's defeat, other Dali Temple officials did not dare to stand in Murong Xuan's way.
Murong Xuan swung his long sword, and the sword edge slashed towards Brother Xiao Mo's neck. Brother Xiao Mo raised his foot to block it, blocking it with the iron chain on his foot.
With a click, the long sword broke the iron chain.
Murong Xuan's sword turned, and the tip of the sword stabbed towards Brother Xiao Mo's throat at a faster speed like a poisonous snake. Brother Xiao Mo had no time to react.
At this moment, a copper coin shot out, swinging the sword away.
Murong Xuan was slightly startled, turned around, and slashed the long sword towards Brother Xiao Mo's neck. An ink sword was stabbed diagonally from bottom to top, blocking Murong Xuan's long sword.
Murong Xuan struck out with more than a dozen swords in a row. Each sword was knocked away by the ink sword when it was one foot away from Brother Xiao Mo's throat. He was angry in his heart and swept his long sword to the side, fighting with the owner of the ink sword.
Together.
One of them is wearing white clothes and a white sword, the other is wearing yellow clothes and has a black sword. Murong Xuan's swordsmanship is dexterous, elegant and extremely fast. The sword rules of the man in yellow are simple and simple, without any unnecessary movements.
The two of them fought dozens of moves in an instant, but their swords rarely touched each other.
At this moment, Brother Xiao Mo, who was lying on the ground, suddenly stood up like a carp, stood up and rushed out with his residual arm. He received several more blows on his body, successfully broke through the siege of the palace guards, and flew towards an alley.
Run away.
The fight between Murong Xuan and the man in yellow was fierce, and no one could distract him to stop him. Zhuge Nan was injured again. The other guards went to watch the fight between Murong Xuan and the man in yellow, but Brother Xiao Mo managed to escape!
Zhuge Nan wanted to lead the people from Dali Temple to pursue him, but was blocked by the palace guards. They did not dare to move without Li Dan's order.
"Get out of the way!" Zhuge Nan said angrily.
Murong Xuan and the man in yellow finally separated. Murong Xuan glanced at the direction Xiao Mo was escaping and said coldly: "Nie Ziyun, this man is the assassin who assassinated the prince, why did you save him?"
The man in yellow was none other than Nie Ziyun, the chief minister of Dali Temple. He happened to be passing by and didn't know the situation, so he looked towards Zhuge Nan.
Zhuge Nan said loudly: "He is the person we Wu Shaoqing wants to arrest. Get out of the way quickly and catch him before he gets far!"
Li Dan drove his horse forward and said coldly: "You guys of Dali Temple trash, let go of the assassin who assassinated my king. I must go to my queen to get the Zhuge Sanyuan Book!"
Compared with Zhuge Nan, Nie Ziyun was much more experienced in the officialdom. He raised his hands and said: "Who let the prisoner go is obvious to all the people present. If Your Highness King Yin insists on pursuing it, Lord Wu will tell you clearly in front of Her Highness the Queen."
!”
Li Dan stared at Nie Ziyun coldly, and after a long while, he waved his hand and said: "Let's go!" Although he was not afraid of Wu Chengsi, he was not willing to fall out with him over a trivial matter.
Zhugenan held his injured wrist and pouted: "Nie Sicheng, how on earth are you going to talk to these princes and nobles? Why do they listen to you and Di Sicheng, but they don't listen at all to me?"
Nie Ziyun glanced at him sideways: "You still have time to care about this, why don't you hurry up and arrest the fugitive?"
Zhugenan said with a bitter face: "I guess I can't catch that one. Fortunately, there are still a few left, which should be enough for questioning." After speaking, he touched the beaten cheek and hummed: "That King Yin is really fierce.
overbearing!"
Nie Ziyun sighed: "They have always been like this. Well, I have other things to do. You should go back to Dali Temple to report to Wu Shaoqing."
Zhuge Nan smiled and said: "Are you still investigating the theft case of the prince's palace? You have been investigating for so long. The Hejian County Prince didn't blame you, right?"
Nie Ziyun waved his hand and turned around without looking back.
…
Chang'an City, Daci'en Temple.
Since Wu Zetian came to power, Buddhism in Chang'an City has gradually shown signs of prosperity, with more and more temples in the city, the most famous of which is called "Da Ci'en Temple".
During the Taizong period, Li Zhi built the Da Ci'en Temple in memory of his mother, and the eminent monk Xuanzang presided over it.
When Master Xuanzang was in his twenties, he left Chang'an City due to a famine in his country. He traveled westward alone and arrived at the "Nalanda Temple", the center of Indian Buddhism, and brought back more than 600 Buddhist scriptures.
Since then, Xuanzang has become one of the most famous monks in Chang'an.
After being appointed as the abbot of Daci'en Temple, Xuanzang personally supervised the construction of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda to preserve the Buddhist scriptures he brought back.
During the Taizong period, Buddhism entered the Japanese country from the Tang Dynasty. The king of the Japanese country was very fond of the Buddhist culture of the Tang Dynasty, so he requested that Tang envoys be sent to copy more Buddhist scriptures back to the country during the Tang Dynasty.
Shou Dashi copied Buddhist scriptures all morning, and at noon time, he left Daci'en Temple with satisfaction and went to a restaurant near the temple.
He found an empty table and sat down, ordered a plate of duck with soy sauce, a plate of fat chicken, and a basin of yokan, and started to feast on it.
For Shou Oishi, the happiest time in the Tang Kingdom was meal time. The Japanese kingdom was short of resources. Even the king might not be able to eat white rice every day, let alone others.
Compared with the Japanese state, Shou Dashi felt that the Tang Dynasty was the land of abundance, but it was a pity that the Tang Dynasty was too powerful and the Japanese state was not able to seize this treasured land.
Shou Dashi ate five bowls of rice in a row, and finished all three dishes. He stood up, rubbed his belly, and then walked out the door.
On the way back to the Japanese Embassy in Tang Dynasty, he noticed the chaos and commotion on the street, and thought to himself: "Why are there so many police officers? Could something have happened?"
After returning to the office, he planned to rest for half an hour and then go to Chongrenfang to copy music scores in the afternoon.
However, as soon as he entered the door, a Japanese man hurried forward and whispered a few words to him. Shou Dashi shouted "Baga" and walked towards the lobby with a sullen face.
Entering the lobby, I saw a short man sitting inside drinking tea and waiting. After seeing Shou Dashi, he laughed and said: "Brother Dashi, I didn't expect you and I to meet here, right?"