Catching Monsters

Chapter 178 The fire will definitely burn more fiercely

Xiao Jingqi stared at the piece of burnt charcoal on the ground in disbelief.

Everyone knows who set fire to the Sanqing Temple.

Based on Xiao Jingqi's understanding of Master Bai Chen, who else would do such a thing except his own master?

Of course, if it was just burning down a so-called Sanqing Temple, it would not be a big deal for Master Baichen.

But the plaque was given by my father.

The nature is quite different.

"I want to go and see my father." Xiao Jingqi looked into the imperial study.

Unexpectedly, Feng Yu raised his hand with a helpless look on his face, and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, His Majesty meant that you should deliver this plaque to Master Bai Chen, and he did not say that he wanted to see you."

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In the main hall of Baiyun Temple, many Taoists were sitting cross-legged in front of the statue of Taoist deity, chanting scriptures.

The sound of chanting scriptures could be heard from far away, and could be heard clearly in the houses near the Taoist temple.

Master Bai Chen was in a good mood. He sat in the quiet room, eating desserts brought by the disciples in the temple while reading today's Beijing newspaper.

The front-page headline of the Beijing News was about the burning of Sanqing Temple last night. In order to attract attention and encourage people to buy, it also wrote that the abbot of Sanqing Temple, Jiang Yun, cried bitterly while holding the plaque last night.

Master Bai Chen was delighted after seeing this, and then threw the Beijing News aside. As long as he was still alive, this so-called Sanqing Temple would never be opened.

Isn't it a great insult to the Taoist Master to allow Jiang Yun, a crooked person, to open a temple and preach?
At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and Gui Yuanzi pushed the door open. He looked a little unhappy, and said, "Master, Junior Brother Xiao is here."

Master Bai Chen glanced outside the door, but did not see Xiao Jingqi. He was a little surprised: "Where is he? Didn't he come in with you?"

Gui Yuanzi's face darkened as he said in a deep voice, "Junior Brother Xiao...he said he wanted to leave the sect. He is outside the temple, packing up the Taoist robes, Taoist caps, magic seals, magic swords and other items that Master gave him..."

The Sixth Prince is going to quit his sect?
Master Bai Chen was greatly surprised and a little stunned. You know, all the people in the Taoist sect have put in countless efforts in the past forty years for the resurgence of Taoism.

But because the royal family disliked Taoism, there was no chance for Taoism to succeed.

After waiting for a long time, we finally found a prince who was willing to join Taoism. This is the only hope of Baiyun Temple.

Master Baichen frowned deeply and said, "Is he crazy?"

After saying that, she waved her hand and quickly walked out of the door of Baiyun Temple.

Outside Baiyun Temple, many passers-by on the bustling street were watching the scene before them.

Xiao Jingqi was wearing a plain white robe, kneeling on the ground, holding the Taoist robe, Taoist cap, magic seal, and magic sword in his hands.

Many Taoists from Baiyun Temple had already walked out when they heard that Xiao Jingqi was going to leave Baiyun Temple.

These Taoists all looked strange.

Baiyun Temple is the leader of the Taoist sects today. Who among the ordinary Taoists dares to quit easily? Do you still want to stay in the capital?
But Xiao Jingqi's identity is a little unusual, he is a prince...

Taoist Master Baichen, wearing a yellow Taoist robe, walked out of the gate.

Seeing his master coming out, Xiao Jingqi said in a deep voice, "Master Bai Chen, I have already written the letter of resignation."

"These are the items you gave me, and I will return them one by one."

"Many of my fellow disciples have witnessed today that I, Xiao Jingqi, am no longer a disciple of Baiyun Temple."

Master Bai Chen suppressed his anger, forced a smile on his face, and stepped forward to help Xiao Jingqi up: "Jingqi, what wronged you? Did someone in Baiyun Temple make you angry?"

"If you have any grievances, just tell your master. Why would you quit Baiyun Temple?"

Xiao Jingqi handed these items to Master Bai Chen with a determined look, then stood up, pointed at the charcoal next to him, and said in a deep voice: "Master, we are acquainted after all, do you recognize this thing?"

There were many things Xiao Jingqi had obtained in Baiyun Temple. Master Baichen was a little confused and frowned: "What is this?"

I didn't even remember giving Xiao Jingqi charcoal.

Xiao Jingqi lowered his voice, walked forward, and whispered in Master Baichen's ear, "This is the plaque of Sanqing Temple."

The plaque of Sanqing Temple? Master Baichen frowned. Why did Xiao Jingqi bring this thing to him?
"This is what my father gave to Jiang Yun."

"That's all I have to say. Real people, please do what you want."

After saying that, Xiao Jingqi left the place quickly, fearing that he would be involved in anything with Baiyun Temple again.

Zhenren Baichen, who was standing at the gate of Sanqing Temple, felt as if struck by lightning and stood there in a daze.

The plaque that Xiao Yuzheng gave to Jiang Yun?

She instantly understood why this disciple who usually respected her so much suddenly became determined to leave the sect today.

Gui Yuanzi, who was standing next to him, watched Xiao Jingqi walk away, and then he hurried forward to support Master Bai Chen: "Master, please don't be angry. If you ask me, this Xiao Jingqi is a ruthless person. He learned a lot of skills from you, but now he wants to leave the sect right away."

"There is no such rule in this world."

"Don't talk nonsense, help me back to the quiet room, quickly!" Master Bai Chen said gritting his teeth.

Seeing that his master looked a little strange, Gui Yuanzi hurriedly helped her back to the quiet room. As for the things left by Xiao Jingqi at the door, other young Taoist priests in the temple took care of them.

After returning to the quiet room and sitting down, Master Baichen stared at Gui Yuanzi with his eyes fixed on him: "Did anyone find out about your setting the fire last night?"

Gui Yuanzi was stunned and shook his head: "Master, don't worry. Yesterday I sneaked into Sanqing Temple and poured kerosene on it. When the fire started, I left immediately. No one found me."

Upon hearing this, Master Bai Chen breathed a sigh of relief. With some sweat on her forehead, she quickly took out a silver note worth five hundred taels from the cabinet in the quiet room.

"Take this money, leave the capital immediately, and go out to avoid the limelight."

Taking shelter from the limelight?
Gui Yuanzi asked in confusion: "Master, what happened?"

"It's okay." Master Bai Chen forced a smile and patted his shoulder: "After you leave the capital, head north, go out of the North Pass and come back after a few years."

How could Master Bai Chen tell Gui Yuanzi the truth?

If Gui Yuanzi knew that he had burned the plaque bestowed by His Majesty with his own hands last night, his legs would probably become weak and he would not even have the strength to escape.

Sure enough, Gui Yuanzi, who had no idea about it, did not think much about it. He took the banknote, thought for a moment and asked, "Then I will go home first and say goodbye to my old father."

"I will take good care of you at home, you leave immediately."

It was the first time that Gui Yuanzi saw his master so anxious. He didn't dare to say anything more and quickly got up, packed his luggage and left.

Master Bai Chen was in the quiet room and was completely unable to calm down.

She took a deep breath, quickly pushed open the door of the quiet room, and went to the deep courtyard behind Baiyun Temple.

She knew that she had gotten into a big disaster this time, but as long as Gui Yuanzi escaped from the capital, there would still be room for maneuver.

There is no basis for it.

If you say it was burned at Baiyun Temple, you need evidence! Of course, this matter must be reported to Master Lingguzi first.

Behind Baiyun Temple, there is a quiet courtyard with many fresh vegetables planted in it. Ling Guzi is picking weeds in it at this moment. Wearing a farmer's hat and dressed like an old farmer, he doesn't look like a Taoist master at all.

"Uncle Lingguzi." After entering the courtyard, Master Baichen looked solemn. After bowing respectfully, he clenched his teeth and took a deep breath: "I made a mistake."

Ling Guzi, who was busy in the vegetable garden, slowly raised his head and said, "You made a mistake? Bai Chen, you are so stubborn that there aren't many things that will make you admit your mistakes."

"What did you do?" Ling Guzi took the weeds he picked out from the vegetable field and threw them aside.

"I heard that Jiang Yun wanted to build Sanqing Temple, so I asked someone to set it on fire and burn it down!"

Ling Guzi frowned when he heard this: "Nonsense."

"How can you destroy other people's world so easily!"

"If we do this, won't we create a blood feud?"

Bai Chen Zhenren wanted to refute, but when she thought of the plaque, she forced a bitter smile: "Uncle Master, when we burned down Sanqing Temple, we also burned their plaque."

"But this plaque was given by His Majesty..."

After hearing what Master Baichen said, Ling Guzi fell silent.

The fact that Bai Chen was able to leave a third-rank great celestial master speechless was enough to show how serious the trouble he had caused.

Ling Guzi's lips moved slightly several times, but he didn't know what to say.

This is probably what the ancients called being speechless.

"Forget it, forget it." Ling Guzi shook his head slightly, walked back to the vegetable field, and said, "Heaven has its destiny, and fate has its signs. The ups and downs of life are all divine."

After saying this, he continued to grow vegetables with his head down, ignoring the matter.

Master Bai Chen originally wanted to seek help from his uncle-master, but it can be seen from his uncle-master's attitude that he did not want to interfere too much in the matter.

At this moment, a disciple came running over with a panicked look on his face: "Master, Master, something terrible has happened. Many Jinyiwei have come to our Baiyun Temple again."

Master Baichen frowned and said in a deep voice, "I'll go meet them outside the door."

"They didn't guard outside the door this time. They rushed in..."

Outside the main hall of Baiyun Temple, Taoist priests one after another had been tied up with ropes and thrown together.

All the Taoists didn't understand what was going on, but this time there were over a hundred Jinyiwei guards, each of them looked ferocious and they didn't say much when they met, but just arrested people directly.

Even though these Taoists mentioned the name of Master Baichen, the other party showed no mercy.

At this time, Jiang Yun was wearing the black flying fish uniform worn by the general flag, which was embroidered with patterns of sea water and river cliffs. Under the sunlight, he looked very heroic.

Jiang Yun stood there with a gloomy face. Xu Suwen, who was beside him, was a little worried about Jiang Yun's condition.

She held the sword in her hand, observing the situation around her at all times, and whispered to Jiang Yun: "Be careful, lest Master Bai Chen jumps off the wall in desperation."

Not long after, Taoist Master Baichen, wearing a yellow Taoist robe, came from the backyard and saw that hundreds of Taoists had been arrested.

Her eyes fell on Jiang Yun: "Jiang Yun, are you crazy? Are you bringing people to our Baiyun Temple to cause trouble again?"

Jiang Yun said calmly: "Master Baichen, there was a big fire in my Sanqing Temple last night. Of course, this is not a big deal for you."

"After all, in your eyes, that is Zuo Dao's Guan Yu."

"But the plaque of Sanqing Temple was bestowed by His Majesty."

"Your Majesty is very angry about this, and I have been ordered to investigate the matter thoroughly."

Master Bai Chen remained calm and said calmly, "What does this have to do with my Baiyun Temple? Do you think it was the Baiyun Temple that burned it?"

"funny."

"If you don't let me go, don't blame me for being rude to you."

Jiang Yun smiled at this moment: "Master Baichen, the exit of your Baiyun Temple was already being watched by the secret sentries of the Jinyiwei an hour ago."

"Then I found a Taoist priest sneaking out through the back door, and he took a lot of clothes and valuables with him."

Jiang Yun looked at Xu Xiaogang beside him and said, "Bring the person out."

Master Bai Chen's heart skipped a beat, thinking that something was not good. Sure enough, the tied-up Gui Yuanzi walked in from outside the door under the guard of Xu Xiaogang and Qi Da.

Gui Yuanzi's legs were weak, his face was pale, and he even walked unsteadily. It was obvious that he knew what kind of disaster he had committed.

As disaster loomed, sweat continued to flow from his forehead.

Jiang Yun walked slowly to Gui Yuanzi's side and said in a deep voice, "This Gui Yuanzi wanted to escape from the back door, but I caught him. It was interesting that when he saw that I caught him, he started to curse. How did he threaten me?"

"It wasn't me, it wasn't me." Gui Yuanzi shook his head hurriedly, his head like a rattle.

Jiang Yun stared into his eyes: "I and many of my colleagues in the Jinyiwei have heard it. Tell me, even if I burn down your broken Taoist temple, what will happen? You also threatened that if I catch you today, Master Baichen will not let me go sooner or later, right?"

Gui Yuanzi's legs were limp and powerless.

He was about to leave secretly but was caught by Jiang Yun and his men. In a hurry, Gui Yuanzi thought that the other party had found out that he was the one who burned down the Sanqing Temple.

This time he arrested me for revenge.

He began to threaten the other party, hoping that Jiang Yun would give up.

But when he found out about the plaque...

Gui Yuanzi blushed, "Slander, slander, you Jinyiwei have united to slander me!"

"Master, save me."

Jiang Yun looked at this guy who was stubborn and could not help shaking his head. He whispered in Gui Yuanzi's ear, "This is a serious crime that will lead to the extermination of the entire family. Can you handle it?"

"Do you still think that you can get away with it by not admitting it? We in the Jinyiwei prison have plenty of ways to make you talk."

"Stand up and identify Master Baichen, and I will ensure that your family is safe."

"I, Jiang Yun, always keep my word."

Listening to Jiang Yun's words, Gui Yuanzi's eyes were filled with struggle and hesitation.

Although Master Bai Chen didn't know what Jiang Yun said, when she saw the change in Gui Yuanzi's eyes, she secretly thought that something was wrong.

Gui Yuanzi said helplessly: "I said, I said, this matter was indeed ordered by my master, but we didn't know that the plaque was bestowed by His Majesty. We just wanted to burn down your Sanqing Temple."

Hearing this, Jiang Yun finally smiled. He looked at Master Bai Chen and said slowly, "It's fun to burn down a Taoist temple, right? Your Baiyun Temple is so big, the fire will definitely be more intense."

(End of this chapter)