Hong Bo sighed: "Anyway, after the one hundred and twenty monks from Southern Shaolin arrived in Xiliang, I don't know what they did. Those Xilu people will never come out to do evil again...
Officers and soldiers surrounded Liangdu City. The people in the city blew the trumpets, but no Xilu people came...
The rebellion in the Xiliang area was completely put down...
When the master returned to the court, Kangxi was overjoyed and asked the monks in the Southern Shaolin Temple what magic he had used to subdue the demon from Xilu...
The monks of the Southern Shaolin Temple said that they promoted Buddhism in Xiliang and influenced the demons of the Xilu Kingdom. The demons of the Xilu Kingdom repented, put down their butcher knives, became Buddhas immediately, returned to Leitai Mirage Palace, and never came out to cause trouble again...
Of course Kangxi didn't believe it, but when the monks said this, they obviously didn't want to tell him the inside story, so Kangxi naturally couldn't ask more questions...
Kangxi asked the monk again what kind of reward he wanted for such a great achievement, a thousand pieces of gold or ten thousand households?
The monks from the Southern Shaolin Temple said that it is their duty to eliminate harm for the people and they don't want anything...
Kangxi thought that the monks of the Southern Shaolin Temple had profound Buddhist teachings and did not covet fame and wealth in the world, so he said that he would spend a large sum of money to rebuild the temple for the Southern Shaolin Temple, reshape the golden body, and promote Buddhism to express his gratitude...
Unexpectedly, the monk from the Southern Shaolin Temple still didn't want it, saying that his family lived in seclusion in the world, had a wooden house and a bamboo hut, and had simple meals, and there was no need to rebuild the temple...
Kangxi was greatly puzzled, and because he didn't know how the monks defeated the demon from Xilu, he started to murmur in his heart...
As an emperor, his bargaining chip to control his ministers and people was nothing more than fame and wealth, but the monks in the Southern Shaolin Temple refused to accept his tricks, which made Kangxi feel the crisis...
However, Kangxi pretended to be very moved and praised the monks of the Southern Shaolin Temple for their profound Dharma and their lack of covetousness in worldly wealth, so he sent them back to the Southern Shaolin Temple...
Afterwards, Kangxi quietly went to Xiliang officials and asked carefully how the monks of the Southern Shaolin Temple subdued the demon...
Xiliang officials said that one hundred and twenty monks went to the Tengger Desert after arriving in Xiliang. They were not allowed to follow them. No one knew what they did in the desert...
After seven days and seven nights, one hundred and twenty monks came back and saw no casualties. They said that they had surrendered the demon of Xilu...
And the demon from Xilu Kingdom has really never appeared again...
Kangxi analyzed what was going on with his ministers...
A minister said that the monks in the Southern Shaolin Temple are not greedy for fame and wealth, but must be seeking greater interests. Therefore, they are probably the accomplices of the demon from Xilu...
The monks surrendered to the demon from Xilu just to gain the trust of the court. There must be a bigger conspiracy behind it...
Xiliang is on the northwest border, so it doesn't matter if there is any rebellion, but the south where the Shaolin Temple is located is a prosperous land of plenty and an important source of taxes and food for the Qing court...
If the monks of the Southern Shaolin Temple, relying on their reputation for conquering the demons of the Xilu Kingdom, secretly develop followers, there will definitely be countless people who worship under them...
If they gather their strength, suddenly launch a rebellion in the south, and raise the banner of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, they will definitely respond to one call...
Because the Qing army entered the customs and carried out the Yangzhou Ten Days and Jiading Three Massacres in the south, the people in the south hated the Qing people to the bone...
If the monks in Southern Shaolin City really start an uprising, they will definitely be able to conquer the river with their mysterious magic and the people's hatred against the Qing Dynasty...
Without taxes and food from the south, it would be difficult for the Qing government to gain a foothold in the north...
Kangxi listened to the minister's words and was convinced...
Other ministers also agreed..."
"Are these people too confused? Isn't it too unreasonable to conclude that the monks of the Southern Shaolin Temple will rebel based on mere speculation?" Niu Shuangshuang said angrily.
"In fact, we can't blame Kangxi and his ministers..."
Hong Bo sighed: "Because Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty before the Qing Dynasty, was a monk, and the leader he initially followed, Han Shantong, claimed that when King Ming came to the world, Maitreya Buddha came to earth...
Therefore, the emperors and ministers in the early Qing Dynasty were naturally very wary of monks with mysterious powers, for fear of following in the footsteps of the Yuan Dynasty...
Kangxi discussed with his ministers how to deal with the monks of the Southern Shaolin Temple...
A minister said that the monks in the Southern Shaolin Temple are mysterious and unpredictable, and they are not greedy for glory and wealth. They must have ulterior motives. Keeping them will always be a serious problem. It is better to do nothing and get rid of them altogether to avoid future troubles.
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Kangxi thought so, but he was worried that the monks in the Southern Shaolin Temple had superb magic skills and could not be wiped out in one fell swoop, so he asked his ministers for advice...
Someone came up with a cunning plan, saying that the Southern Shaolin Temple is located deep in the mountains. As long as a fire is quietly set off at night and the entire temple is burned down, no matter how powerful the monks are, it is impossible for any of the monks to escape!"
"These despicable and shameless bastards!"
Niu Shuangshuang couldn't help but cursed: "The monks from the Southern Shaolin Temple helped them surrender the Xilu demon, and they actually wanted to kill all the monks in return for their kindness? Isn't it too inhumane?"
"The art of the emperor is to use fame, fortune and wealth to lure others into becoming one's hawks and dogs, and drive them to work for themselves. As long as people are greedy for fame, fortune and wealth, they will always be under the control of the emperor..."
Hong Bo sighed again: "If there is really someone who is not greedy for fame and wealth and does not want to be used for his own purposes, the emperor will have no choice but to kill him. This has been the case since ancient times. There is nothing surprising!"
"Did they set fire to it later?" Niu Shuangshuang asked.
"Of course I let it go..."
Hong Bo continued: "Kangxi ordered all his masters to mobilize, quietly surrounded the South Shaolin Temple on a dark and windy night, and then set fire to the mountain...
The fire was raging, and the entire mountain, together with the South Shaolin Temple, soon became a sea of fire...
The monks in the temple hurriedly rushed down the mountain with smoke and fire, but were intercepted and chased by a group of Tauchi masters, and they all died tragically with swords..."
"Don't these monks have mysterious spells to subjugate demons? They can even destroy demons from Xilu, so how come they can't defeat some powerful masters?" Niu Shuangshuang asked puzzledly.
"I don't know...perhaps, the monk's spell from the Southern Shaolin Temple can only subdue the demons of the Xilu Kingdom, but it cannot kill the enemy in battle. Just like the Tang Monk's tight spell, it can only give Sun Wukong a headache, but has no power on other people.
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Hong Bo explained.
"this..."
Everyone was stunned. They really couldn't figure out what mysterious magic skills the monks of the Southern Shaolin Temple knew. Why they could subdue the invincible demons of the Xilu Kingdom, but couldn't defeat Kangxi's Ouchi masters...
Jiang Zhonglou was not confused at all.
Since the people of Xilu can create space, they are probably one of the Moxian...
When Mo Xian and Mo Bian cast spells, they must be within the scope of the Bronze Sacred Tree...
For example, the space transfer techniques of the Immortal Lady and Mo Xiang Jian Leng must be within the scope of the Bronze Sacred Tree...
Since the monks in the Southern Shaolin Temple can use magic to subdue the demons of the Xilu Kingdom, they are obviously members of the Moxian...
And there is most likely a huge bronze sacred tree hidden in the Tengger Desert...
Therefore, the monks of the Southern Shaolin Temple can cast spells in the Tengger Desert and subdue the demons of the Xilu Kingdom...
Or, they destroyed the bronze sacred tree of the Xilu people so that they could no longer come out from the "Leitai Mirage Palace" to do evil...
There is probably a small bronze sacred tree in the Southern Shaolin Temple, so the monks in the temple did not allow Kangxi to rebuild the temple for them...
Now the South Shaolin Temple has become a sea of fire. The monks in the temple ran down the mountain. Of course, they couldn't defeat Kangxi's Ouchi masters...
So, who are the Xilu people and the monks from the Southern Shaolin Temple? What is their relationship? Are they really a branch of Mo Xian? Why did Mo Xiang Jian Leng and Clematis never tell me?
"What happened next? Did the monks from the Southern Shaolin Temple escape? What do they have to do with our Hongmen?" Niu Shuangshuang asked again.