The counterattack of the villains

Chapter 65
Not long after, the Zhigu monk came back and said to Li Mu: "Benefactor, Master Abbot has an invitation."

Li Mu cupped his fists and said, "Thank you, Master."

The Zhike monk led the way, and Li Mu followed him through the corridors and halls, and came outside a meditation room.

The guest monk Heshi said: "Master Abbot, the guest has arrived."

"Please come in." A voice full of spirit came from the meditation room. Today's eminent monks of this generation are only middle-aged, and they are in the heyday of Spring and Autumn.

The Zhike monk pushed open the door, then stood sideways and said to Li Mu: "Please, almsgiver."

"Thank you."

Li Mu stepped into the Zen room, and the monk Zhigu went straight away.

The layout in the room is simple, with a pine table in the middle, with teacups and teapots on it, and a few pine chairs beside the table.

On the right side of the room is a couch, and there is a big "Zen" character on the wall behind the couch.

Abbot Benyin had got up from the couch and stood by the table in the room because of a visitor.

When he saw clearly the appearance of Li Mu who walked into the Zen room, his expression changed immediately.

Although he returned to normal soon, Li Mu still caught the moment of amazement.

Li Mu stared at Ben Yin, and said firstly: "Master, do you feel that this person looks familiar? Is it more like the previous emperor, or more like the first emperor?"

He didn't beat around the bush in the slightest, and made the point straight.

Ben Yin said calmly: "Why did the benefactor say that?"

Li Mu didn't fight him any more, and didn't give him any chance to pretend to be confused, so he cupped his fists and gave a deep bow, saying, "Duan Yanqing pays his respects to Uncle Tang."

Benyin sighed inwardly, knowing that he couldn't be sloppy in this matter, and could only deal with it head-on.

With a long sigh, he said in harmony: "Amitabha, those who become monks get rid of their karma, don't care about the etiquette of seniority, don't follow the family's lineage, and call the poor monk for the original reason."

Li Mu stood up and asked, "Dare to ask Master, has Master Ku Rong ever left the customs?"

Ben Yin shook his head, and said: "Uncle Kurong is participating in the Kuchan alone in the Shuangshuyuan. If there is no major matter of life and death, I am afraid that he will not leave the customs easily."

In terms of layman's seniority, Master Ku Rong and Ben Yinben are of the same generation.

But because the master he worshiped at the beginning was Master Kurong's senior brother, so among the monks in Tianlong Temple, Master Kurong was a generation higher than Benyin.

Li Mudao: "Since that's the case, may Master Abbot decide for me?"

Naturally, he didn't expect Benyin to make the decision for him, because Benyin was Duan Zhengming's uncle, and Duan Yanqing's father Huang was cousin, so there was a layer of separation between them.

No matter how old a monk is, he still has a close relative after all, so how could he support his cousin and make things difficult for his own nephew?

The fundamental purpose of Li Mu's words was to push the cause into a corner.

It would be best if people like Tianlong Temple turned against themselves in the end.

In this way, when he started to act, he stood on the moral high ground and could have no scruples.

"This..." Benyin hesitated for a moment, and then said: "The benefactor, please give the poor monk some time, the poor monk needs to discuss with a few senior brothers."

Li Mu nodded and said, "No problem, I can wait."

"Excuse me."

Because of the tithe, he left the Zen room and left quickly.

Li Mu was not in a hurry, An Anxin waited quietly in the meditation room.

……

There are several big houses on the west side of Tianlong Temple. Different from other resplendent halls in the temple, this big house is all made of pine wood. The doors and columns are not peeled, which is natural and simple.

On the door of one of the big houses, there is a plaque with the words "Muni Hall" written on it.

Muni means quiet and silent. Obviously, this is the place where Benyin and his brothers usually practice.

Benyin came to the outside of the hall, and he said: "Amitabha, something important happened in the temple, so I came here to discuss with the three brothers."

A voice came from inside the house: "Abbot, please come in."

Ben Yin opened the door and entered the room, and there were three futons lined up in the hall.

A tall and burly monk, like a Buddhist Dharma protector, sat side by side with two withered and thin monks facing the gate.

The two lean monks are named Benguan and Zhenxiang respectively, and they are the senior brothers of Benyin.

The burly monk is called Bencan, and he is Benyin's younger brother.

Whether it is the abbot of the temple or the head of the sect, they may not be the biggest among their peers, nor may they have the highest martial arts, but most of them are the ones with the most management skills.

When Benyin entered the house, the three monks had already got up, and Benguan asked, "Junior brother, what happened in the temple?"

Ben Yin said solemnly: "Prince Yanqing is back."

"what?"

The faces of the three monks changed when they heard the words. Ben Shen, who was burly and relatively impatient, asked, "Maybe we can confirm the identity of the visitor?"

Ben Yin nodded and said: "It should be true, the appearance of the visitor is six to seven points similar to that of the previous emperor, and he came to find Master Ku Rong to make decisions for him."

"If his identity is fake, how dare he face Uncle Kurong?"

The three monks were all silent, and after a while, Ben Guan asked, "What is your plan?"

Ben Yin sighed, and said: "This matter is very difficult, Prince Yanqing came to ask Martial Uncle Ku Rong to make the decision, obviously he wanted to ask Martial Uncle to prove his identity and help him get back his throne."

Ben Shen said decisively: "It's absolutely impossible. Now that the foundation of Zhengming is solid, it is impossible for Master Ku Rong to shake it."

Benxiang echoed: "Besides, Zhengming is lenient, benevolent, and caring for the people. He is quite popular. All civil and military officials, soldiers and common people in the country are supported by everyone."

"Uncle Kurong is a good monk with a good understanding of righteousness. It is impossible for him to agree to this matter. At most, he will fight for the position of prince."

Ben Guan shook his head and said: "The position of prince is also impossible. After all, he is the former prince. This status has a lot to do. If he stays in Dali, it will definitely plunge Dali into turmoil."

"If you want to come to Prince Yanqing, you know very well that Dali can't accommodate him anymore."

"Why don't you check his tone first to see what he really intends to do, and then decide whether to alarm Master Ku Rong."

The other three monks all said together: "It's good, it's good."

……

Li Mu waited for a meal in the meditation room, and then saw a group of four monks filing in and entering the meditation room.

Benyin said to Li Mu who got up: "Benefactor, these three are the brothers of the poor monk, the original view, the original appearance, and the original reference."

Li Mu clasped his fists to the three monks politely and thoughtfully, and said, "I have seen the three masters."

The three monks returned the salute together, "Amitabha, so good, so good."

After seeing the ceremony, Ben Guan said: "I don't know what the benefactor wants here, you can just say it bluntly, if you can help the benefactor, I will definitely not refuse."

Li Mu looked at Ben Yin and said, "My request, I have just informed the abbot Master, there is no one else, just ask to see Master Kurong."

"Great masters, please don't use the excuse of Master Ku Rong to retreat and practice Zen. I believe that it is related to the rise and fall of the Dali Dynasty, and Master Ku Rong will never sit idly by."

The four monks looked at each other, Ben Guan frowned and said: "Benefactor, if you came back a few years ago, maybe you can do something."

"You should also know very well that it is impossible to do anything now, so why bother to force you?"

There is nothing wrong with this statement. Two years ago, Yang Yizhen successfully rebelled and successfully sat on the throne.

Duan Yanqing saw that the general situation had been settled, and thought that he had no chance, he went to the East China Sea to practice martial arts hard, thinking that he would come back to assassinate Yang Yizhen and regain the throne when he would be great in martial arts in the future.

As a result, in the past two years, I have been so focused on retreat and self-cultivation that I don't know anything about outside information.

Who would have thought that Yang Yizhen would be killed by Shan Chanhou Gao's father and son after only being emperor for a few months?

By the time he returned with martial arts success, it was already the second year of Baoding, Duan Zhengming had already secured the throne, and he still made enemies on Huguang Road, and was besieged to death.

Duan Yanqing himself has to be blamed for this matter, if he can wait and see patiently for a while, and show up when Shan Chanhou raises troops to fight for rebellion, how can Duan Zhengming have anything to do with it?

It's all life!

(End of this chapter)