Censor Yang Cheng was not an old member who followed Emperor Xiao from Lingdong. He was born in a small family in Fengge territory. After the Shenwu Kingdom unified Dongzhou, he was the first to surrender to His Majesty the Xiao Emperor and conquered the Shenwu Kingdom.
During his time in the Fengge Domain, he made great contributions, and for this reason, he was able to become a highly respected minister, enter the Shenwu Kingdom's cabinet, and become an important minister.
His family was originally a small family in Fengge Territory, but because of Yang Cheng's rising status in Shenwu Kingdom, his family suddenly became a first-class family in Fengge Territory, and even the Feng Family had to be afraid of it.
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For some unknown reason, after the Central Holy Kingdom and the Shenwu Kingdom went to war, Yang Cheng was the first to stand up and try his best to ask Emperor Xiao to make peace.
And for this reason, he used unknown methods to convince a group of ministers in the court and tens of thousands of large and small families in the Lingnan Imperial City.
But Yang Cheng knew in his heart that getting His Majesty Xiao Emperor to agree to the peace policy was not something that could be accomplished overnight, so he worked tirelessly and advocated peace almost every chance he got. In just two or three years,
Yang Cheng petitioned for peace no less than a hundred times. Although Emperor Xiao told him to discuss it later, Yang Cheng did not give up.
In the past, whenever Yang Cheng presented a petition for peace in the court, Chu Jiangliu was the first to stand up and oppose it.
Therefore, Yang Cheng has always regarded Chu Jiangliu as a thorn in his flesh. Today, he finally caught Chu Jiangliu and led his troops to the palace. He thought he could bring Chu Jiangliu down in one fell swoop, but he didn't expect Lin Bai's words to make Yang Cheng feel terrified!
"Lord Yang Cheng, you sued two top princes of the Shenwu Kingdom in one go. That's a lot of official authority."
"Even though the Yushiyuan has the responsibility of supervising all civil and military officials, does it harm the reputation of the Yushi if you are in such power and make false accusations?"
Lin Bai said to Yang Cheng with a smile on his face, neither humble nor arrogant.
Yang Cheng turned pale with fright, sweating like rain, and hurriedly kowtowed to Emperor Xiao and shouted: "Your Majesty clearly understands this. Your Majesty clearly understands this. I am wholeheartedly thinking about the Shenwu Kingdom. I have absolutely no selfish motives. Please forgive me."
A group of civil servants behind Yang Cheng also cried and howled: "Your Majesty, Lord Yang Cheng's loyalty can be seen from the sun and the moon."
"Your Majesty, please forgive Master Yang Cheng once."
"Your Majesty, please have mercy."
All the civil servants cried out for mercy, and a feeling of sadness spread throughout the court.
It's like if Emperor Xiao killed Yang Cheng, Shenwu Kingdom would lose a pillar!
After hearing the pleas from all the civil servants, Emperor Xiao looked expressionless and glanced at Lin Bai indifferently, his eyes seeming to ask Lin Bai how to deal with it.
Lin Bai smiled, ignored it, and opened the memorial handed over by Yang Cheng: "Master Yang Cheng's second memorial is to build a temple for wandering ascetics and name it Huguo Temple, right?"
Yang Cheng had knelt down until his head was covered with blood. When he heard Lin Bai's words, he immediately said with trembling eyes: "Yes, this move can not only show the imperial style of our Shenwu Kingdom, but also make His Majesty the Xiao Emperor's benevolent name."
Spread far and wide."
Lin Bai snorted coldly: "Master Yang Cheng, what is the foundation of our Shenwu Kingdom?"
Yang Cheng was stunned for a moment, and after thinking carefully, he replied: "The Kingdom of Shenwu builds a country with force."
"Since the country is founded by force, why should monks be used to protect the country?" Lin Bai sneered: "They are ascetics from Xizhou. Does Master Yang Cheng know what it means to be an ascetic? Don't be afraid of the past, don't be afraid of the future, and don't be greedy for glory.
If you are rich and noble, you don’t have the extravagant expectation of rapid success. The sky is your blanket, the earth is your bed, and you rest in the rain and dew, sleeping on the river bank. This is an ascetic monk.”
"Since the Shenwu Kingdom was established by force, Master Yang Cheng actually proposed to build a national protection temple."
"Is this a form of treason?"
When Yang Cheng heard this, he trembled all over and broke into a cold sweat.
National Master Shang Lang nodded and said: "If it is indeed shaking the foundation of the Shenwu Kingdom on a certain level, it is considered treason."
Yang Cheng shouted: "Your Majesty is wronged, Your Majesty is wronged."
Lin Bai gathered together the memorial, pointed at Yang Cheng and said: "After I left the customs, I went to the Lingnan Imperial City to see all the ascetics from Xizhou sitting on the street corners in the Lingnan Imperial City. They seemed to be casual.
They sit on the floor, but their positions are carefully chosen."
"The location they are in is a Buddhist formation."
"They sit on the center of the formation, chanting Buddhist scriptures day and night. Through the formation, they can spread throughout the city."
"What a coincidence...the scriptures they chant are a kind of salvation-type scriptures!"
"Buddhist masters chant sutras to save the souls of the dead, and their merits are immeasurable; but if they save living people, this is an evil method."
"Listening to these Buddhist scriptures for a long time will make a warrior physically and mentally injured, depressed, irritable, and restless. Only by listening to Buddhist scriptures day and night can the pain in the body be eliminated. I think it is also for this reason that all the government and the public
Many ministers and generals inside and outside regarded them as living Bodhisattvas and paid tribute day and night."
"As everyone knows, the culprits are these ascetics who chant sutras."
Lin Bai said softly.
When Shang Lang heard Lin Bai's words, his eyes widened and he exclaimed: "Could it be that what the Sword Prince said was... the Book of Transcendence?"
"It is rumored that there is a Buddhist scripture on Xizhou, called the Sutra of Deliverance. This Buddhist scripture can be recited by Buddhist monks and combined with some special magic circles to achieve a enslaving effect. In the past, some Buddhist cults used this technique to enslave people.
There are many people who believe in Buddhism.”
"Later, Foyuan Temple discovered the clues and set up a demon-suppressing formation to kill the demons and seal the World-Transcending Sutra."
Lin Bai's eyes flashed, he glanced at Shang Lang, and said with a smile: "Although I don't know what kind of power this scripture has, but as the national master said, it does have this effect."
The national master Shang Lang said angrily: "This sutra of salvation is the first evil sutra in the Buddhist land of Xizhou. If the ascetics in the Lingnan Imperial City now recite this sutra, they will undoubtedly save the entire imperial city."
, Your Majesty, we must not look down upon them any more, we must deal with these ascetics."
Lin Bai looked at Emperor Xiao with a smile: "I finally understand why you didn't kill Shang Lang, and also let him take the position of national master. This man is indeed very good at observing words and emotions."
Emperor Xiao smiled mysteriously and was noncommittal.
Lin Bai said that these ascetics were in the imperial city of Lingnan, and the imperial master immediately produced evidence to prove it.
Although Lin Bai did not know whether the "Book of Transitions to the World" existed, it was made up by the national teacher Shang Lang himself.
But the Imperial Master spoke up and gave evidence, which would make Lin Bai and Emperor Xiao's next actions justified and justified.
Perhaps this is the ability of the national master Shang Lang to get to where he is today.
Emperor Xiao stood up in anger, and his majestic and domineering voice echoed in the golden palace: "The evil monks of Xizhou have disrupted our imperial city and destroyed the inheritance of our Shenwu Kingdom. The crime is unforgivable. I have made up my mind and ordered Chu Jiangliu to lead his troops to detain everyone in the city.
The ascetics will be thrown into the heavenly prison, and if anyone resists, they will be killed on the spot without mercy!"
Chu Jiangliu stepped forward and said solemnly: "I accept your order."
"In addition..." Emperor Xiao walked to Lin Bai's hand, took the memorial and looked at it, with a cold smile on his lips.