Liu Ruyan walked towards Bai Zhi and asked: "How did you find out about the sacred grass of the Western Regions?"
Bai Zhi took out a prescription from her arms: "Master Daoxuan traveled to various countries in the Western Regions and found a kind of sacred herb. The local witch doctors also use it as medicine. It is very effective for those who are emotionally depressed and have troubled hearts. It is only 30% of the medicine. Poison, this medicine, has another taboo."
Liu Ruyan was about to take the prescription when she heard a soft cry from behind her.
"Asu—Asu—" Wan Jinqiu looked anxious.
Bai Zhi stepped forward and checked the woman's pulse: "It's okay, she just fell asleep."
Liu Ruyan withdrew from the crowd.
She stood close to Shen Yanchu and whispered in his ear.
After Shen Yan first heard this, his eyes were gentle and he held her hand: "I'll come back as soon as I go, so don't be careful."
Seeing him walking away, Gong Shuyu asked curiously: "Where has Brother Shen gone?"
Liu Ruyan stood with her hands behind her hands: "Go and catch the thief."
"Thief, where did the thief come from?"
Liu Ruyan said loudly: "Summoning the king, the evil spirits causing trouble have been solved!"
Bedroom.
The king of the country, Li Chongguang, had just changed out of his court uniform when he received a notification from his chamberlain.
"Let them come in." The king walked to an armchair and sat down with his feet down.
Liu Ruyan, Bai Zhi, and Gong Shuyu walked in and crossed their hands in salute to the king.
"Have you found a way to break the evil spirit?" the king asked.
Liu Ruyan held her right hand lightly, and the puppet in her palm ran all the way to the king, spread out her two small hands, and shook her head.
"This..." The king frowned.
Liu Ruyan explained: "The reason why the technique of hating victory is ineffective is because there are no evil spirits in the palace at all."
The king straightened up and said seriously: "If not, why did those people go crazy?"
The king of the country believes deeply in Buddhism and believes in ghosts and gods.
Evil spirits are killing people under his nose, so how can he say that there are no ghosts?
Liu Ruyan eloquently said: "The bodyguard Zhang Ting was burned to death in a closed house."
She spread out a handkerchief and revealed a few scraps: "I found this piece of red coral in Zhang Ting's room. In addition, there was a string of Tridacna Buddha beads beside his pillow."
Corals and clams are all Buddha treasures.
"It can be seen from this that Zhang Ting worships Buddhism. Not only him, but also the musicians in the Jiaofang and the husband of the He family in the Ministry of Industry. Inside and outside the palace, they are all believers of Jinling Temple and practice and comprehend with Master Daoxuan."
The king pondered: "Master Daoxuan has noble moral character. Listening to his lectures can often make people enlightened."
Liu Ruyan changed her tone: "The king knows that before he became a monk, Daoxuan once wanted to take his own life. Later, he was converted by an eminent monk and escaped into Buddhism."
The king recalled: "I heard about it."
Liu Ruyan took out a prescription and presented it: "In the early years, Master Daoxuan was depressed and frustrated due to a long illness. He sought medical treatment everywhere and recorded the anti-depression prescriptions in detail. Later, he practiced He benefited greatly from the Buddhist teachings, so he combined medical mysticism with Buddhist scriptures and spent his whole life developing a Buddhist incense."
The prescription she is presenting now is a fragrant prescription written by Master Daoxuan himself and included in the Taiyuan Hospital.
"It took Daoxuan three years to travel to the Western Regions, and finally found a herbal medicine. The local witch doctors used it as medicine, which can make people energetic and high-spirited. It is especially effective for people who are depressed."
She paused: "However, the fragrant dew extracted from the sacred grass has advantages and disadvantages."
"According to the incense recipe, it is advisable to add less and not too much fragrant dew. Each stick of Buddhist incense must be prepared in strict accordance with the dosage. If you inhale too much, you may have hallucinations, be irritable and irritable, or even go crazy!"
Liu Ruyan continued: "So, these people are not possessed by any ghosts, but the Buddha incense has tampered with it and been poisoned by the incense."
The king took a look at the incense recipe and was still puzzled: "There are many believers in Jinling Temple, but just these few people were poisoned by the incense?"
"I didn't understand it at first, until..." she said, taking out a box of incense, "I found this in their room."
She lit the incense, turned towards the altar, put the incense into the swallow-tail burner, and walked around the Buddha statue while holding the incense burner.
The green smoke comes out like a thread, lingering and lingering, like clouds lingering in the sky.
This Buddhist incense is extremely rich and slightly different from the incense that the king used before.
"Before the accident, they held the incense burner and chanted sutras." Liu Ruyan snuffed out the incense and a few wisps of smoke rose up, dissipating without a trace in the air.
"Like Daoxuan, they have depression in their hearts. They are already too fragile to withstand even the slightest stimulation. If they inhale the incense poison and are stimulated again, and their emotions break down, they mistakenly think that the illusion they see is an evil spirit." She looked towards him.
The Lord of the Kingdom said cautiously, "And the one who knows the habits of these people well is the eminent monk who guides them in their practice, Master Kong Jing."
"Impossible!" The king suddenly stood up and pointed his finger at her, "This is nonsense. Master Kongjing is a member of the Buddhist sect and it is impossible for him to do evil."
Liu Ruyan bowed her head and bowed: "The king might as well send someone to search. There should be two sets of incense prescriptions in Kong Jing's hand. One of the prescriptions was tampered with by him and turned into harmful Buddhist incense, which even flowed outside the palace."
King: "Go and check."
The guards took orders.
"Are several murder cases outside the palace related to this Buddhist incense?" the king suddenly asked.
Liu Ruyan nodded: "In addition to making Buddhist incense, the fragrant dew made from the holy grass will also be made into Hui ink. This kind of Hui ink is only used by the court, and the wanted order is just for it. Believers who have been poisoned by the incense will be made into Hui ink when they see it.
When he was wanted, he would also hallucinate, thinking that someone was trying to harm him, and in the end, he killed an innocent person by mistake."
"If it is true that he is committing murder by holding incense, what is his motive?" the king asked, "Everything must have a cause and effect, why would he do this?"
"Report to the Lord of the Kingdom——" A guard rushed over, "Master Kongjing injured the abbot and took away the Buddhist treasures from Jinling Temple!"
The king was shocked.
The Buddha treasure of Jinling Temple is exactly the Xuankun Seal.
Liu Ruyan lowered her head: "Presumably the king already knows his motives."
Li Chongguang staggered a few steps. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Buddhist treasures have been enshrined in Jinling Temple. He was careless.
"Report——" Another guard came to report, "This is the incense recipe found in the empty clean room. Please take a look at it, the Lord."
He held the incense recipe and angrily shouted: "Start immediately, conduct a thorough inspection of the incense hall, and bury the harmful Buddhist incense on the spot!"
"Here——"
Coming out of the palace, Bai Zhi felt a little regretful: "Let Kongjing escape, where can we go to find the Xuan Kun Seal?"
Liu Ruyan also seemed to be thinking a lot and walked to the classroom without saying a word.
When you arrive at the Jiaofang, enter the small courtyard.
Bai Zhi was shocked and surprised to see Shen Yanchu and the old monk, Master Kongjing, who was tied up by Wu Hua Da.
"It's amazing. How did you catch this bald donkey?" Gong Shuyu ran over and asked.
Shen Yanchu smiled and said nothing, looking at Liu Ruyan.
"Oh——" Gongshu Yu came to his senses, "No wonder you asked him to catch the thief."
Bai Zhizheng didn't understand: "How could Ruyan know that he would escape?"
Gongshuyu echoed: "It's like knowing things like a god."
The monks at Jinling Temple did not know about their request to see the king.
Liu Ruyan's face turned cold: "It's just because there is a mole among us."