Chapter 5 Zhongyuan Festival
It can be said that the book is written in no coincidence, and what Liu Er said is actually related to the Li Mi Teaching and Protector of the Dharma.
Liu Er was tight recently. Thinking that Kaiyuan Temple was in full swing, he climbed into the courtyard wall at midnight and wanted to steal a few incense money. He didn't know where the incense money was placed, so he only went around. Liu Er saw a light in a room. He pierced the window paper and saw an unknown monk inside. He was talking to several people in a low voice, but those people were not monks. Liu Er was about to leave, and the monk stood up, dragged out a flat wooden box from under the bed, took out a few hand crossbows and crossbow arrows, and distributed it to those people. Liu Er saw the box and thought it was a good thing, but he knew it was a murderous crossbow. Liu Er was only interested in gold, silver and money, but he was disappointed and climbed over the wall and left.
This time, Liu Er was locked up in prison. In order to show his merits, he remembered the strange things encountered by Kaiyuan Temple and exposed them. In the Great Zhou Dynasty, crossbows were the government's controlled weapon and were not allowed to be held by the people. A monk took out a few crossbows in the middle of the night, and he didn't have to think about it. After hearing this, the police did not dare to neglect them and reported them layer by layer. Hou Dayong immediately decided to capture the monk immediately. Thinking of the monk carrying a crossbow, he was afraid that the police would not be able to catch him, so he ordered the Black Eagle Army to dispatch a team of troops.
In the afternoon, fifty Black Eagle Army soldiers changed into casual clothes and brought the thug to Kaiyuan Temple. Fifteen soldiers guarded the front door, fifteen soldiers guarded the back door, and the rest entered Kaiyuan Temple. The thug took He Wulang and five others and headed straight to the monk's room.
He Wulang opened the door with one foot. As soon as he entered the door, a wooden fish smashed out of the house. He Wulang flashed. The wooden fish flew past his ear with the sound of wind and hit the chest of a sergeant behind. The soldier fell backwards and spitted a mouthful of blood out of his mouth, and was seriously injured.
The monk worked so hard that he swung a big circle with a Zen stick in his hand, forcing everyone to open. He Wulang learned his family martial arts, and after the test of war, he took advantage of the monk and hit another soldier, and snatched the monk like lightning, slashing the monk.
After the monk was stabbed, he became fierce and looked like crazy, forcing He Wulang and others out. After the monk jumped out of the room, he was immediately surrounded by soldiers. The young monk in Kaiyuan Temple held a wooden stick and saw that it was an official army. He didn't know which side to help him. He Wulang shouted: "We are an official army, and we are ordered to capture this traitor." Seeing that the monks were about to use force, He Wulang was anxious to explain the cause and consequences of the matter. He quickly became wise. While claiming his identity, he gave the monk a crime of hatred for seeing others.
The believers who burned the incense saw that the monk was injured and had no idea why they heard that the monk was a traitor. Several old men put their hands together and said, "Sin, sin."
The monk used the Zen stick, called the "Demon-Subduing Mad Staff", is extremely powerful. He just couldn't use the Zen stick in the room, and He Wulang's martial arts skills were very powerful. After a few moves, he was actually hit by the sword. In the courtyard, the monk used the "Demon-Subduing Mad Staff". The Zen stick was full of wind, and the soldiers were injured one after another, and were about to be surrounded by the soldiers. The soldiers guarding the front gate heard the sound of fighting inside and rushed into the courtyard, blocking the monk. "Fu Fu
The magical mad wand is the most exhausting thing. After being surrounded again, the monk's physical strength dropped greatly. He defeated two sergeants. He was attacked by He Wulang and cut the monk's back. The monk knew that he could not escape, so he "subduing all the demons" with one move, knocked over a close-range sergeant, snatched the sword, and slapped the Zen wand underground, shouting: "I didn't expect that a young man who died in the night." He put the knife on his neck and pulled it hard, and blood poured out like a fountain water.
Eight or nine soldiers were injured, two of them were seriously injured. I wonder if they could be treated. Seeing that the monk was really a hero, he was unwilling to insult his body, so he found a wooden board and carried him back to the yamen. He Wulang searched the monk's room, and there was nothing unusual except for his personal belongings.
After listening to He Wulang's description, Hou Dayong said, "It's a pity that such a hero is such a good man. From a reasonable point of view, this person is indeed a problem. He is guilty. As soon as you enter the door, you will immediately start. After you report your identity, he still has to break through desperately. Only if there is a ghost in your heart can you react like this." Although Hou Dayong knew that the monk had a problem, there was actually no evidence to prove that Liu Er's statement was just an isolated evidence and did not form an effective chain of evidence. If the monk lies, the monk would die unjustly.
"Modern society emphasizes the presumption of innocence. Why did I capture the monk without considering the evidence at that time? Did it be that in ancient times, my thinking had been assimilated?"
Although the monk's affairs were not found, Hou Dayong was alert. When he first arrived in Daming, he had encountered assassination and was hit by a crossbow arrow with aconite poison. If it weren't for Han Qi in the army, his life would have been difficult to protect. Even who was the mastermind. Hearing that the monk distributed the crossbow arrow, Hou Dayong couldn't help but remember the poison arrow he shot last time.
On the Zhongyuan Festival, according to custom, Hou Dayong presided over the ceremony of worshiping the Litantan of the City. Hou Dayong was covered with a long sword, and was guarded by twenty personal guards including He Wulang. The Black Eagle Army soldiers changed into casual clothes and brought short swords, and scattered on the streets that Hou Dayong was about to pass. Guo Jiong also led a team of fully armed Black Eagle Army soldiers to ambush in the room next to the traffic road in the city.
As usual, the Zhongyuan Festival was spent in a joyful and peaceful atmosphere. Hou Dayong completed the ceremony and walked home with his personal guards. At this time, the activities of the Zhongyuan Festival reached a climax. People in the city basically came to the streets, and various performances began. When they reached the most lively street entrance, two people pretending to be ghosts jumped around, attracting many people to watch. When Hou Dayong and his party approached, the two ghosts jumped around in front of Hou Dayong's horse, making many antics, which made the people around him laugh. The two ghosts blocked the road, and Hou Dayong stopped the horse. Seeing this scene, Hou Dayong became alert.
There was only a shout from the crowd: "There are assassins." Then, some people in the crowd began to fight. According to the plan, the killer of Limi ambushed at the entrance of the street. After the believer pretending to be a ghost stopped Hou Dayong, the eight people took out crossbow arrows. The Black Eagle Army soldiers who were mixed in the crowd had already discovered them, and the two sides immediately started fighting.
Because they were discovered, most of the killers' crossbow arrows were not released, and the two crossbow arrows emitted in a hurry were not accurate, and they were easily avoided by Hou Dayong, who was prepared. The Limi Cult killers were surrounded by more and more Black Eagle Army soldiers. Eight killers refused to surrender, seven were killed on the spot, and one was caught injured. The two ghosts ran away in the crowd while no one was paying attention.
Hou Dayong brought the assassin he caught. Hou Dayong held his waist knife and pressed against the assassin's throat and said, "Who are you, why do you assassinate me?" The man looked at Hou Dayong with a smile and replied, "You will never know." Blood slowly flowed out of his mouth, and his eyes were dull.
At this time, someone in the crowd next to him exclaimed that the arrow was poisonous. A middle-aged man was shot with an arrow on his shoulder and his wound was black. Hou Dayong knew it was aconitum poison at a glance, so he hurriedly asked someone to send it to the military camp, and Han Qi detoxified it. The guardians and killers who were sent to assassinate Hou Dayong all died in Zhengzhou. But he still didn't understand who was going to kill Hou Dayong.
When they returned to the mansion, Dou Tian and Guo Baoyi were waiting in the lobby. When they saw Hou Dayong, they showed uncontrollable excitement. Dou Tian said: "According to the method taught by the envoy, we have made a knife. Please see me."
Hou Dayong knew that he must have made a good knife, otherwise the two would not have come to the mansion at night. Hou Dayong took off the cloth bag that wrapped the long knife and pulled out the long knife. His eyes lit up. This knife was made in the shape of a horizontal sword in the Tang Dynasty, with a cold light and very sharpness. This knife was very good. Hou Dayong used the five-style sword technique of the He family in the hall, and the power of the sword technique increased. "This knife is very suitable for a certain purpose, so it is named the Bolang Sword." After Dou Tian and Guo Baoyi and the others left, Hou Dayong danced for a while, but still had not finished his wish. He came to the study and drew some small weapons of modern army. After Hou Dayong carried a dagger with him, he stabbed Zhao Wu, but he had not recovered it. So he drew a sketch according to the dagger, preparing to let Dou Tian and Guo Baoyi make a few according to it.
At this time, a gust of wind blew out the oil lamp and the study room was pitch black. Hou Dayong reached out and took out the phone from Qiu Ju's special belt, pressed the lighting button, but there was no reaction. Hou Dayong tried it again, but there was still no reaction. Hou Dayong used a special military mobile phone, with reliable performance and the battery can be used continuously for about a year. "Is there no power?" Hou Dayong tried it twice again, but the phone still had no reaction.
Hou Dayong's mind buzzed. Things he didn't dare to think about and didn't want to think finally arrived as promised. The phone was out of power. The phone was the only channel for Hou Dayong to contact him and his wife, and his daughter. There were photos and his wife's instructions - "Husband, be careful of your health, don't work too hard, drink less wine, and miss me and my sister." Now, the only information about his wife and daughter disappeared as the mobile phone ran out of power. Hou Dayong knew that this day was coming sooner or later, but when it really came, he felt so sudden, "Can you never see your wife and daughter? God is too cruel, and it is deprived while giving, which always makes people regret." Hou Dayong sat in the dark study for a long time, letting tears flow.
Hou Dayong sat in the study room without moving. The door of the study room was suddenly pushed open, and a figure came in and quickly closed the door. Hou Dayong had been sitting in the study room for a long time, his eyes adapting to the light of the study room. He saw a woman coming in, but not Chunlan and Qiuju. He was holding a sword in his hand, moving quickly, standing at the door and listening to the movement outside.
Chapter completed!