The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 143 Finding Clues

Mu Xu naturally didn't know that Daiyu was going to meet Baochai, and he was being attracted by another matter at this time.

"Are you sure he's not talking nonsense?" Mu Xu asked Yang An with wide eyes.

Yang An nodded, "The little one asked a few times, and the person who came was very sure that he did meet the two princes near the Rongguo Mansion. Because their characteristics are really obvious, the monk is lame, and the Taoist is lame."

"Then where are they now, are they still in the capital?" Mu Xu hurriedly asked.

Yang An nodded, "Send someone to watch, they are in an abandoned house in the south of the city right now."

Mu Xu stood up and walked around the room a few times.To be honest, he was a little hesitant whether to meet these two people, but he was also afraid that if these two people really had supernatural powers, wouldn't he have thrown himself into a trap?

He thought for a long time, and finally made up his mind to meet them in person.If he doesn't know whether there are gods in this world, how can he willingly go through this experience.

"You pass the order down, let people stare at them, and don't relax for a moment. Call another fifty generals, and go out with me in half an hour."

"I understand." Yang An bowed his hands to accept the order, and then walked out.

"Wait, you order someone to send a letter to Feng Ziying, asking him to bring a family of hundreds of households and wait in Nancheng." Mu Xu called Yang An to stop, and explained again.

"Your Majesty, do you still have orders?" Yang An nodded in agreement, and then confirmed it again worryingly.Seeing Mu Xu shaking his head, he went out to work.

Half an hour later, Mu Xu dressed in soft armor, carried a bow and arrow, and hung a long knife on his waist. He led a team of fully armed generals, and rode towards Nancheng with a murderous look.

Along the way, pedestrians who saw this scene avoided one after another. Even Wucheng soldiers and horses were alarmed and sent people to check the situation. It turned out that it was the son of Prince Dongping, so they had to silence their flags and pretend not to know.

As soon as Mu Xu brought people to Nancheng, he saw Feng Ziying came up with a few followers, "My lord, did something important happen?"

"There are two people from other places. I think it's weird, so I'll check it out." Mu Xu replied, and then looked at Yang An.

Yang An understood and hurriedly led the way, and everyone came to a remote alley.He whistled, and then an unremarkable man came out from the alley.

The man came in front of the crowd and bowed with his fists in his hands, "Young Li Si, I have met all the adults."

Mu Xu raised his hand and said, "Don't be too polite, where are they now?"

"After those two people came back last night, they never came out again."

"Okay." Mu Xu responded, then turned to tell Feng Ziying, "Send someone to block the nearby intersection. If you see a monk with a scarlet head and a Taoist priest with a lame leg, don't let them go."

Feng Ziying nodded, waved to the back, and the two general banners led away.After waiting for a while, it was estimated that the manpower was already in place, so Mu Xu no longer hesitated, and immediately led the people towards the abandoned house.

When he arrived at the gate of the house, Mu Xu couldn't help frowning, looking at the half-hidden gate, and asked Li Si suspiciously, "Are you sure they're hiding inside?"

Li Si replied with a serious face, "My lord, I saw it with my own eyes, so I'm sure I can't make a mistake."

Seeing that he was so sure, Mu Xu turned around and ordered to the general, "You five people, search carefully, if you find the target, please notify me immediately, remember, don't act rashly."

"Yes!" A group of family generals suddenly took orders, then broke open the door and rushed in.Mu Xu held the knife with his hand, focused his attention, and was ready to support at any time.

Unexpectedly, after a long time, a family member came out and replied, "My lord, I have searched inside, only found someone who lived here before, but there is no sign of him."

Li Si became anxious when he heard this, and quickly said, "My lord, I can assure you that they were still there last night. My brothers and I watched all night, but no one came out."

Mu Xu raised his hand to tell him not to say more, but only told his family to take him to see the traces.A group of people came to a room full of spider webs, and they saw a Buddha statue about half a meter in sight. Obviously, this was once the family's Buddhist hall.

The family general pointed to the ashes placed in front of the Buddha statue, "Please look, my son, the ashes are still warm, which shows that he left not long ago."

Mu Xu knelt down and grabbed a handful of wood ash with his hand, it was still warm.Feng Ziying said, "I'll send someone to ask the brothers guarding the intersection to see if someone has escaped over the wall."

"Well, go back quickly." Mu Xu responded, stood up and patted the wood ash on his hands, and then looked around the room.

This room is very small, no more than five meters square, except for a Buddha statue and a desk, there is nothing else.Mu Xu was a little disappointed, he didn't expect that in the end of the trip, he was still fetching water from a bamboo basket, all in vain.

He walked to the door and was about to leave. He looked back into the room worriedly, and when he glanced at the Buddha statue, he immediately noticed something strange.Immediately turned around and folded back, stood in front of the Buddha statue and watched quietly.

Feng Ziying was a little strange, and couldn't help asking, "My lord, can you find something suspicious?"

Mu Xu smiled and pointed at the Buddha statue, "Look carefully, is there anything wrong with this Buddha statue?"

"Huh?" Feng Ziying is engaged in intelligence after all, and he is more careful than others. Mu Xu reminded him, and he also found something unusual, "Why is it a Maitreya Buddha statue, and although this Buddha statue has dust, the gold paint is still intact. Look at it. Very new."

"Yes, ordinary people worship Buddha in their homes, either Tathagata or Avalokitesvara. Few people worship Maitreya. As far as I know, there is only one kind of people who like to worship Maitreya."

Feng Ziying took a deep breath, "Maitreya teaching."

At this moment, Fan Zi, who went out to inquire about the situation, also came back. He clasped his fists and replied, "My lord, I have asked about the situation, and no one came out at several intersections."

Mu Xu didn't answer, and went directly to the Buddha statue, opened his hands and tried to move it, and it turned to the left easily.Following his movements, a hole was exposed under the Buddha statue, which was just big enough for a person to pass through.

He ordered someone to light a torch, and Mu Xu was about to go down to check it out. Both Feng Ziying and Yang An stopped him, and Feng Ziying said, "There must be no agency here, and you must not take risks yourself." After finishing speaking, he did not ask Mu Xu for his opinion. Just order a fan to go down and check.

Mu Xu didn't want to take their kindness back, so he waited on the spot, and after about a cup of tea, he got out and replied, "Master, this is a tunnel, the other end exits, and there are two tunnels. A ruined temple just outside the street."

Although he didn't catch anyone, Mu Xu felt relaxed. Facts speak louder than words. The two monks and priests seem to be ordinary people. If they really have the ability, why bother to escape through the tunnel?

Feng Ziying, on the other hand, had a big head, and said with an ugly face, "My lord, it seems that these two are demons of the Maitreya sect, do you want to report it to His Majesty?"

The Maitreya religion was first established in the period of Emperor Wu of Liang. The founder Fu Dashi claimed to be "Under the Shuanglin tree, he will be liberated from the good and wise master", and he spread the practice of Bodhisattvas.Maitreya religion has been spread among the people for hundreds of years, and some people continue to use it to rebel.

Mu Xu has learned about the origin of the Maitreya Sect, and knows more clearly that it is the predecessor of the famous White Lotus Sect in later generations.So when Feng Ziying asked, he nodded, "Naturally, I will report it."

Speaking of this, he suddenly realized that the appearance of those two people could not be said to be fake, they were disguised to deceive people, and they may not even be two people from the beginning to the end.The reason why he felt that these two people might have supernatural powers was because he had received tips and people from all over the country had witnessed them.

The strangest thing is that maybe they were in the south of the Yangtze River the day before yesterday, but in the blink of an eye, someone saw them thousands of miles away in the north.If someone with a heart finds out these things, don't they think that these two people will fly into the sky and escape from the ground in a blink of an eye?Because of the preconceived image, even Mu Xu was bluffed at first.

Thinking about this, Mu Xu explained his judgment and reminded Feng Ziying, "You order people to search for their whereabouts in various places, and if anyone appears in the image of a monk, they will be arrested immediately."

Feng Ziying nodded in agreement with a serious face, and he also felt that these two people were so pretentious that it was impossible to plan another rebellion.

When the group came to the gate of the abandoned house, Mu Xu was about to separate from Feng Ziying when he suddenly remembered Ma Daopo, so he told him, "There is a Ma Daopo in Beijing. It is rumored that she is proficient in Taoism. You have her arrested and sent to prison." Let’s interrogate her carefully. By the way, she needs to be arrested secretly. It is said that she has been involved with some women in the back house in Beijing, and she may know some other people’s privacy, so don’t say anything.”

　I thought about it, and I still don't write about gods and ghosts in the Red Mansion, and I always feel that the monk and the monk are not serious.We must know that in ancient times, Buddhism and Taoism were enemies, but they were inseparable.

　　
　
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