This time, that time.

They cannot be compared.

In the past, Zhao Taizu defeated Jiuzhou with his stick and conquered the mountains and rivers with his fist. He was now invincible in the world and dared to go to the nine heavens to fight with immortals.

Under his leadership, the Zongren Mansion and Qin Tian Jian naturally had numerous talented people. Hundreds of ships competed for the crossing, and there were countless masters.

It was the epitome and essence of an era, bound by destiny. He was born to break the shackles of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms for hundreds of years and establish a unified dynasty.

Now, when time comes, heaven and earth all work together, and the heroes are not free.

The luck of the Dasong Dynasty has begun to decline. The most obvious manifestation is that there are fewer and fewer talents. With fewer talents, there will naturally be fewer masters.

As one goes and the other goes, the central imperial power declines, Buddhism and Taoism rise, and without the threat of force, aristocratic families also begin to harbor evil intentions.

Take the simplest example.

When the Dasong Dynasty was first established, there were designated demon kings guarding various places. These demon kings alone could stop the demons from causing chaos in various places.

Now, where can I hear any news about these demon kings? The land of the prefecture and county is not bad, and it is protected by the destiny of the dynasty.

The villages and towns below worship Taoism instead of Buddha, and some even directly worship demons, offering blood and food to protect themselves.

Zhang Heng knows history and uses history as a mirror.

The subversion and chaos of the dynasty mostly came from the bottom up. Although the imperial power did not go to the countryside, the towns and villages were the largest base.

The quality of a dynasty can be known by looking at its towns and villages, whether ancient or modern, they are all the same.

In the villages and towns of the Dasong Dynasty, every family hid their weapons and did not go out at night.

It can be seen from this that the dominance of the dynasty is nothing more than a joke now, and the weakness of the Osomatsu royal family is obvious.

...

Time passes.

Fu Tianchou and Qinggong were secretive all day long, not knowing what they were plotting.

Zhang Heng didn't care. His goal was to save Cihang, and other things had little to do with him.

Five days passed in the blink of an eye.

This morning, Zhang Heng just woke up from his dream and heard a knock on the door outside.

Open the door and take a look.

Standing outside the door was a tall man with a beard and a sword case on his back. Who else could it be if he wasn't Yan Chixia?

"Master Yan!"

Farewell for many days.

Zhang Heng was very happy to see Yan Chixia again: "It's been more than half a year since we last saw each other."

"Was it that long?"

Yan Chixia can no longer remember. Heroes despise farewells but attach great importance to kindness.

As a world-famous swordsman, Yan Chixia has long been accustomed to seeing and seeing each other. A year and a half is no different from three or five days.

"Why not? It wasn't autumn when you left, and now it's early summer of the second year, more than half a year."

Zhang Heng invited Yan Chixia into the courtyard and asked him: "When you left, you said you were going to Hangzhou to find the two snake spirits. Did you find them?"

Yan Chixia sat on a chair in the courtyard and sighed: "I found it after looking for it, but the two snake spirits are a little different from what I thought."

His tone paused slightly, and then he said: "I came to see them to see if they were causing trouble. If so, I would get rid of them and use their demon pills to brew wine. But when I saw them, I discovered that these two snake spirits were What a good monster. Every day, I help people get medicines and see doctors, help neighbors, treat illnesses and save people, no matter what I do."

Yan Chixia and Fahai are different.

He is more sensible and rarely kills people. As long as he does not do evil, he will turn a blind eye to monsters and ghosts.

"That's strange to say."

Yan Chixia remembered something interesting and laughed with Zhang Heng: "The white snake who has been practicing for thousands of years seems to have a romantic heart. When I observed her, I found that she fell in love with a teacher named Xu Xian and wanted to cultivate with him." It’s the right result.”

"Xu Xian!"

Zhang Heng's face was full of smiles.

Fahai was already instigated by him to investigate the Buddhist conspiracy.

Without Fahai who can beat the mandarin ducks, there will naturally be no water in the West Lake. It is not surprising that My Tears, Bai Suzhen and Xu Xian can achieve righteousness again.

It's just that the current world is not so good.

After Pudu Cihang became the national preceptor, besides devouring the fortune of the dynasty, he did not do anything idle.

I heard from Laowa that Pudu Cihang is gathering demons from all over the world, and is on the verge of becoming the king of demons.

Bai Suzhen has been practicing for thousands of years and is so active now, so there is no way she will be targeted by him.

"One more thing."

Yan Chixia said with a slight hesitation: "Shaoguan Nanhua Temple, Zhejiang Putuo Temple, Jiangsu Tianning Temple, Hangzhou Dafo Temple, these four Jiangnan temples have been closed down one after another for some unknown reason. This matter is strange. I have inquired in many ways, but nothing has been done.

Understand what's going on."

"Is there such a thing?"

Zhang Heng instantly thought of Fahai.

Fahai is investigating various Buddhist temples. The sudden closure of these four temples has reason to suspect that he has something to do with it.

Otherwise, what is the meaning of not closing the mountain early, not closing the mountain late, but closing the mountain recently?

You must know that the catastrophe planned by Buddhism is about to start, and the closure of the mountain is a critical moment. Unless the mountain has to be closed, who will miss the opportunity to pick peaches.

"Do you know something?"

Noticing Zhang Heng's expression, Yan Chixia became energetic.

"Well..."

Zhang Heng thought for a while and then talked about Fahai and Jinshan Temple.

"Jinshan Temple Fahai!"

Yan Chixia had obviously heard of Fa Hai.

But I have never seen or dealt with him, so he muttered: "This Fahai is known as Arhat in the world, and he is very sought after by people in Buddhism. There are even Buddhist elders who want to worship at his feet and practice with him in order to be taken care of.

, it makes sense if it’s his words.”

Cultivation is difficult.

Everyone wants to ascend, but only a few actually ascend.

Fa Hai is a reincarnated Arhat recognized by Buddhism. He came to the human world to experience and is destined to ascend again in the future.

If you practice with such people, your chances of ascending will be greatly increased.

If before, there was only a 10% chance of ascending to heaven, after following Fa Hai, the chance would be 30%.

Even though it only increased by 20%, it seems inconspicuous. This is like extra points for the college entrance examination, adding 20% ​​to the total score. It is already very exaggerated.

"Fahai is an upright man, with the image of a vajra with angry eyes, unable to see the suffering in the world."

"If he finds out that Nanhua Temple, Putuo Temple, Tianning Temple, and the Great Buddha Temple are conniving with demons, cultivating Buddhist soldiers, and trying to cause chaos, there is no way he will really take action."

Zhang Heng paused slightly: "But having said that, although Fa Hai is powerful, his years of cultivation are a bit short after all. He should be less than thirty this year. He is far from being invincible in the world. If he really does this

Yeah, I’m afraid, his current situation won’t be good either.”

Reproduce the style of the Southern Dynasties and create a paradise of Buddhism.

It was Mount Wutai, White Horse Temple, and Xiangguo Temple that took the lead, and other temples laid out the overall plan for a hundred years.

Although Fahai has a great reputation, Jinshan Temple has little momentum and cannot be the leader of Buddhism. There are also many monks who don't care about him.

Now he has taken action one after another, causing several major temples that support the Buddhist paradise to close their doors. Not to mention the distance, Wutai Mountain, which has the inheritance of Manjushri Bodhisattva, must be very dissatisfied with him.

Everyone is a descendant of the four great bodhisattvas.

You, Jinshan Temple, have inherited the lineage of Ksitigarbha, and I, Mount Wutai, have inherited the lineage of Manjusri.

It's okay if you don't help me, but you come to cause trouble. I'll give you the face of a reincarnated Arhat, who will give it to me?

"It's possible."

Yan Chixia also became serious: "On Wutai Mountain, there are eminent monks of the Bei generation who have secluded themselves in the world. These eminent monks were famous fifty years ago. Now they are sitting in the mountains, looking at the world from a distance. Every move in Buddhism is under their instruction.

We will never let Fahai do whatever he wants."

Speaking of which.

Yan Chixia evaded the excuse that she had something to do and left in a hurry.

Although he didn't say what he was going to do, Zhang Heng knew that he was going for Fahai.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Buddhist eminent monks like Fahai are not to be feared because he has no evil intentions and even knows very well that people in Buddhism do not care about childbirth and that the Buddhist kingdom on earth is not desirable in the human world.

Because everyone has become a monk, who will have children and cultivate mulberry fields?

In the legendary Buddhist Kingdom of the West, there is no birth or death, people can eat dew from the sky, enjoy health, and everyone is very happy.

But the human world is not good, you have to eat and wear clothes.

Before Dasong, there were the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, which lasted only a few hundred years, not a long time ago.

There are traces of what Nanliang was like back then. So it was not a Buddhist country, it was clearly a demonic cave.

Each household must support one monk.

The monks were so arrogant that they even had a nickname called Night Alms.
To be continued...