The Ancestral Temple is guarded by a large formation and can only be entered through the south gate. After the monks from the Chaotian Palace Brigade arrived at the Ancestral Temple, the monks on duty at the South Gate Shrine, the officials of the Ministry of Rites, and the soldiers of the Fifth Army Camp were all extremely frightened. Several leading priests, doctors, and thousands of households hurriedly came forward to ask Zhu Xian for instructions, and Zhu Xian Xian ordered : "Open the formation with all your strength and obey my orders."
His Royal Highness the King of Qi was already serving as the Grand Zongzheng, so the ministers and thousands of households immediately agreed and rushed to the main hall to activate the Nine-Rank Central Tiger and Crane Formation. However, the doctors of the Ministry of Rites did not dare to ask more questions and flew to report to Mao Jie, the Minister of the Headquarters.
Soon, the monks from Lingji Palace and Xianling Palace also gathered under the coercion of Lan Daoxing and Duan Chaoyong. There were more than 160 monks from the Shangsan Palace in the Ancestral Temple. In the past few years, the Upper Three Palaces have made great efforts to recruit casual cultivators from all over the country, and today the results can be seen. Although the level of cultivators is uneven and the good and the bad are mixed, ranging from the Great Refiner to Huang Guan, and even some members of the clan. Taoist priests, but with their numbers here, they look really prosperous.
Duan Chao licked his lips excitedly and asked: "King Qi, I will do whatever you say to me, old Duan, and I will work hard for you this time! I have to turn him upside down!"
Zhu Xianxian nodded to him encouragingly and asked Lan Daoxing: "What did Lan Yuanzhang say?"
Lan Daoxing sighed: "It's suddenly so clear. I'm a little uneasy, but now that it's over, what else is there to say? That's all it can do."
Zhu Xianjian gathered more than 20 of the most trusted ministers from the Shangsan Palace in front of him and encouraged them: "This incident has failed. Junior Brother Lan tried his best to send back the news. Zhao Zhiran has been prepared for it. We have fallen in love with him." Dang! It must be that the prince's affairs were not kept secret and leaked out. With Zhao Zhiran's nature, he will definitely complain to Chen Tianshi! Yuanfu Palace has been oppressing us, and you have suffered a lot. What will happen next? Everyone knows I know in my heart that there is no life except death! So I gathered everyone together to protect ourselves. I thought that today is both dangerous and an opportunity. Let¡¯s make the matter bigger and go directly to the True Master Hall! Don¡¯t worry, everyone, really If the master wants to rely on us, he must calm down the trouble. The bigger the trouble, the safer we are! As long as this hurdle is passed, from now on, we will no longer have to be manipulated by Yuanfu Palace. The general trend of the world will have me in the third palace. A place for you! All your wishes will be fulfilled for you!"
Everyone raised their arms and shouted: "I am willing to serve the King of Qi to the death!"
Duan Chaoyong stood by and smiled ferociously: "Today we have decided to kill three people: Those who retreat without advancing, beheaded! Those who turn their backs on the Lord and seek glory, beheaded! Those who leave the Ancestral Temple without permission, beheaded!"
Chen Yin, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, ordered more than 600 Jinyi Guards captains, knifemen of the fifth military camp, and generals of the Han Dynasty who were able to fight and dared to fight, and they all poured into the Ancestral Temple to protect the Ancestral Temple.
The monks were divided into ten teams and all gathered around the Xiang Hall. According to Zhu Xianxian's arrangement, they filled the passage between the nine dragon jade pillars on the main stage of the Xiang Hall. They also arranged monks to guard the left and right sides, the back of the hall and even the eaves above the hall.
Seeing that Zhu Xian's heart was surging, he laughed and said to Lan Daoxing, Duan Chaoyong, Chen Yin and others: "With your great help, I have spent more than twenty years of hard work in vain. The so-called raising an army for a thousand days can be spent in a moment. Change the world, create a reputation for the Heavenly Family, and find a place in the True Master Hall, starting today!"
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?? Chen Tianshi arrived at Chaotian Palace. His anger had subsided a lot. He stopped outside the palace and did not rush in. Instead, he calmed down and thought carefully.
Using a large number of people to surround and kill the abbot Yingtian Mansion was definitely a huge crime. There were sufficient witnesses and physical evidence, and he was witnessed by himself on the spot. As the principal culprits, Zhu Xianjian, Lan Daoxing, and Duan Chao all died according to the law. The backbone cannot escape the consequences of execution. But under the current situation, executing all the palace envoys and ministers of the upper three palaces at once would be too shocking to the world.
Just as he said to Zhao Ran, if he really wants to do this, it will cause great damage to the emperor and the majesty of the imperial court, especially if the person in charge is the dignified King Qi, the number one master among the imperial monks and the leader of the nobles, if he really wants to kill him Will strict enforcement of laws cause major setbacks to the reform that has just been implemented for a year and a half? Will those objections that were suppressed before take the opportunity to make a comeback?
But then I thought about it, I couldn¡¯t let Mr. Zhu act as he pleased. If he dared to blatantly kill Zhao Zhiran today, who would he target tomorrow? I heard that Mr. Zhu was not respectful in front of the emperor and acted arrogantly. If this continues, will he have any evil thoughts?
With this in mind, Chen Tianshi finally made up his mind and tried his best to keep the matter under his control. He quietly sent the three palace envoys to the Zhenshi Hall. They were first detained in the Guyun Passage and calmed down Zhao Zhiran and Xu Zhenren behind him. , Wu Tianshi's anger will be unleashed at an opportunity in the future. He had learned this idea on the spot when Zhao Ran was talking about it on Fuzhou Mountain just now, and now he plans to use this idea to solve the problem of the upper third palace.
There is another layer of consideration in doing so. Zhu Xianjian worked conscientiously forI have worked hard for nearly thirty years, and now everything is on the right track. We must be careful in handling these three people, otherwise it will cause huge misunderstandings in all parties and even interrupt the reform process. Therefore, the only thing to do is to take people away quietly without making too much noise.
Of course, Chen Tianshi also heard about the request for help from the Lantian Jade Flying Talisman. He thought that if Zhu Xianxian and others were a little smarter and took the initiative to leave Shangsan Palace and fled overseas, it would not be unacceptable. Then he could have a good talk with Zhao Zhiran. Give him some benefits so that he doesn't make a fuss. In this way, the assassination case can be reduced to a major incident, and if a missing case is reported, the impact can be minimized.
After clearing his thoughts, Chen Tianshi entered Chaotian Palace.
When I came to the palace, I felt that there was no one inside. Could it be that Zhu Xianjian ran away with someone? This was in line with Chen Tianshi's expectations. He nodded secretly and pushed the door open.
After sitting in the empty palace for a while, I counted the time and turned around again. This time I found a few Chaotian Palace monks running around like headless flies, so I stretched out my hand to call them in front of me.
"Where did your palace envoy go?"
Several Chaotian Palace monks recognized Tianshi Chen in front of them, kowtowed and reported: "We don't know either. We only heard that His Highness King Qi gathered people to leave the palace without telling us, so we came here to see what happened."
Chen Tianshi frowned and said to himself: "If you want to escape, just take a few confidants with you. Why gather so many people to follow you? Do you think your goal is not big?"
After releasing several monks from Chaotian Palace and telling them not to rush around and go back to wait for news, Chen Tianshi went to Lingji Palace again. There were also few people in Lingji Palace. Chen Tianshi broke into Lan Daoxing's residence and saw that the objects in the house were neatly arranged and there were no traces of escaping in a hurry. He felt something strange in his heart and wondered whether it was something different from what he thought.
Just when he was about to capture a few Taoist priests in Lingji Palace and interrogate them carefully, Chen Tianshi's heart suddenly tightened. He flew up to the eaves of the main palace and stared towards the direction of the imperial city. He saw a radiant light and someone activated the protective method. The formation is located at the Imperial Ancestral Temple!
Chen Tianshi was really angry at this moment, and said to himself: "What a sinner, how dare you still resist today? Let me let you know the methods of Pindao!"
He fluttered his sleeves and rushed out, like a startled giant, rushing towards the Ancestral Temple.
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