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Chapter 659 Extermination of Buddha and Dao

The campaign to destroy Buddhism made the entire Chang'an City mess. Not only did ordinary monks suffer, but many ordinary people in the city suffer. A big fire was not completely extinguished by noon. Liu Yu stayed outside the fire until the end of the morning when Liu Yu entered the palace from Dongye Gate and could still smell the smell of smoke from the fire.

The palace is not far from Wen'anfang itself. With this fire, you can feel the chaos in the fire scene on the palace. However, the fire did not burn to the palace, which was related to the well-preparedness of the yamen servants and soldiers at all levels of the court. In addition, there is a buffer zone around the palace with a certain area, although the fire was fierce, it did not spread to the palace.

When Liu Yu returned to the inner court, his family's female family were anxiously waiting for the news, including Sui Yu, who was temporarily staying in the inner court. After the fire broke out last night, the fire surged into the sky, and the palace saw it very clearly. The women in the inner court also discovered it all morning and did not sleep well all night. Liu Yu was not in the palace, and they were worried about Liu Yu's safety. When Liu Yu came back, the female family members at home were completely relieved.

"It was done by the Sanqing Sect." Liu Yu walked to the table in the living room, sat down directly, and said.

He didn't eat or sleep all night, he was a little sleepy, and was hungry, so he asked the palace maid to take two plates of snacks first, and he started eating voraciously. The women next to him, including Xu Xuanzhu and Qier, looked at Liu Yu with strange expressions. Liu Yu went out for a night, and then Chang'an City was in chaos all night. Now he came back in a hurry and seemed to have been hungry for many days.

Before Liu Yu came back, Xu Xuanzhu had asked the female military guards to inquire about the news and learned about the situation in the city. At this time, Liu Yu looked a little annoyed, so she stopped asking. He quickly found someone to inform the kitchen to open. Liu Yu waved his hand and said, "No need. I don't have time to calm down and have dinner when I come back this time. I have to go out later. Miss Sui, you may have to follow me to the Shangshutai later."

Sui Yu nodded and looked at Xu Xuanzhu. She had been teaching Xu Xuanzhu how to review the memorials these two days, and assisted by others. A lot of things happened outside today. As the Secretariat and the legitimate deputy minister in the court, she had no reason to stay in the inner court without showing up to deal with some things.

Liu Yu hurriedly finished eating, put the coat he had just taken off and said to Xu Xuanzhu: "Don't worry, there will be nothing in the city, it will be quiet in the afternoon. Things will be resolved soon. Just pretend that nothing has happened, and I will come back tonight."

When Xu Xuanzhu heard Liu Yu's words, it was as if her husband told his wife before going to war. She understood Liu Yu's current situation very well. Now, Liu Yu almost caught all the affairs of the court. He first went to Lang County to quell the rebellion, but after he came back, such a big thing happened in Chang'an City. Xu Xuanzhu nodded and personally sent Liu Yu and Sui Yu out with Qier.

As soon as Liu Yu and Sui Yu left the inner court, they saw Han Sheng hurriedly. Han Sheng had just issued an announcement in the name of the court at the Shangshu Depot, and announced that the court would do its best to provide relief to the fire. Regarding the issue of funding and some details, Han Sheng himself was undecided and hurried to discuss it with Liu Yu. In fact, Han Sheng was also coming for the chaos in the city. He wanted to ask Liu Yu why he turned a ban on Buddha into a storm.

"Brother Han, go to Yaqian Hall to talk. This is not a place to talk." Liu Yu was a little anxious to say something as soon as Han Sheng came up, pointing to the direction of Yaqian Hall and said.

Han Sheng sighed, and walked towards the front hall with Liu Yu, while saying in a complaining tone: "I haven't slept in this night, I'm afraid of something happening, but I'm afraid of something happening, but this kind of big thing happened. Do you think that even the court has been in chaos in recent years, has Chang'an City been so chaotic?"

Liu Yu smiled while walking, "I didn't expect that things would be like a city break. I can only say that some things were not prepared enough, so those evil people took advantage of the loopholes."

Han Sheng sighed again. Although he also blamed Liu Yu for causing chaos in Chang'an City, he had to admit that Liu Yu was wrong this time. Once the Buddha forbidden, he completely forced the remnants of the Three Pure Land Sects in the city. It was like the pus and blood in the wound. It would be forced out sooner or later. If you force it out earlier, the wound would not continue to ulcerate, and the wound could heal faster.

Liu Yu had done his best to make arrangements in this matter. Before banning Buddha, Liu Yu had already made comprehensive arrangements. Not only did he act at the same time, but he also set up Lukas in various parts of the city to carry out martial law throughout the city. Han Sheng even thought that if those believers who were bewitched by the cult did not set fire but sat together and rushed to the palace one day, the consequences might be even more serious. Now it is just chaos in the city, and it does not involve the stability of the political situation in Chang'an City.

Liu Yu, Han Sheng and Sui Yu arrived at the Yaqian Hall. Everyone in the Ministry of War who had come over earlier greeted him. Liu Yu directly summoned Li Mi to the Yaqian Hall. Because Li Mi was responsible for the explosion at Shangbei Temple at the foot of the south mountain of Jinchangfang last night, Li Mi did not directly participate in the rescue of the fire in the city. Li Mi just followed the people involved in the firefighting of the Six Defense Department to go to Wen'anfang, which was the most serious fire, and hurried into the palace to report the situation.

"What's the situation in Shangbei Temple?" As soon as he entered the Yaqian Hall, Liu Yu asked directly before he even sat down.

Li Mi said: "The incident of Shangbei Temple has subsided. Several monks who planned the explosion and resisted the enemy were found to be from the Three Puritans. They all had poison sacs in their mouths. Even if two were captured alive, they bit the poison sacs and committed suicide."

"Self-death?" Liu Yu glanced at Li Mi and thought to himself, are the followers of the Three Puritans not afraid of death, or are there anything ignored? A group of believers are more loyal than the dead men. Is the brainwashing ability of the Three Puritans so high?

"In addition to the people of the Three Puritans, do they find other clues?"

Li Mi said: "In the cellar of Shangbei Temple, a batch of iron weapons were found, with a large number. Among them, a batch of tung oil and gunpowder should be related to the explosion and fire that happened last night."

Liu Yu nodded to show his understanding. He thought that Shangbei Temple might be a secret stronghold in Chang'an City. Because there were weapons and gunpowder hidden inside, the believers inside started to ignite some of the gunpowder explosions in order to protect themselves and wanted to escape in the chaos. However, they found that there were many soldiers and horses besieging the Buddhist temples in the court, so they gave up escaping and resisted stubbornly.

Liu Yu was secretly shocked. If it weren't for the ban on Buddha action this time, these weapons and gunpowder would probably be applied to the palace and even to himself one day in the future.

"Does all Buddhist temples in the city have cellars?" Liu Yu asked.

"This..." Li Mi looked embarrassed, obviously he didn't know.

Liu Yu thought for a while and said, "Since there are no major brains in the Three Pure Sects in this operation, please ask Shangshu Li to arrange it again, and search the Taoist temple again!"
Chapter completed!
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