A Clash of Gods - Chapter 109

[Chapter 109 Jizo 6 Envoys]

Yang Ning was stunned, and at this moment, someone stepped forward from behind. When he saw Yang Ning, he was shocked and said with joy, “Master Shizi!” He quickly stepped forward and knelt on the ground, “Master Shizi, you can come back. Well, everyone has been looking for you.”

Yang Ning glanced at one of the guards who followed him from the capital. The officers and soldiers looked at each other when they saw it, and then they all knelt on the ground and said in unison, “I’ll see you, Mr. Shi!”

Yang Ning raised his hand and said, “Get up.” Then he asked, “What happened here?”

The entourage got up and said, “Reporting to Shizi, we have already controlled the old house and arrested everyone, just waiting to find Shizi before we release it.”

Yang Ning raised his eyebrows and asked, “You have already caught those guys? By the way, can you catch the guy who pretended to be Qi Cheng?”

“Don’t worry, Lord Shizi, I have already caught it.” The entourage said excitedly: “Everyone is still anxious, and Prefect Mao is also here, and the little one will report it.”

Yang Ning shook his head and said, “No need, I’ll go over by myself.” Shaking the horse’s reins, he went straight to the old house. When he arrived at the old house, he saw a soldier every few steps in the surrounding area. , there were attendants in front of the door when they saw Yang Ning, and they were full of surprises. Yang Ning entered the house and saw that the lobby was brightly lit. Several people were gathering together to discuss something. When they heard footsteps, several of them turned their heads, and one cheered: ” Lord Shizi, you…you are back!” It was Qi Feng who had already rushed forward.

When the others heard it, they came over one after another. A middle-aged man in an official robe cupped his hands and said, “Mao Wenshou, the prefect of Jiangling, Xiaguan, has seen the prince!”

Although Yang Ning was the Prince of Jinyi, he was not an official, and he had not yet inherited the title. The prefect of Jiangling didn’t need to kneel, but he was still respectful.

Yang Ning bowed back and said, “Prefect Mao, you’ve worked hard.”

“It’s good that the prince is safe and sound.” Mao Wenshou let out a long sigh and smiled: “We are discussing to put up a notice to find the prince with a lot of money, but this exposes the news that the prince is in Jiangling. It’s troublesome, so we’re negotiating.”

“Everyone, please sit down first.” Yang Ning raised his hand and said, the other people were also officials of the generals, and they all saluted Yang Ning, Yang Ning motioned everyone to sit down, and asked Qi Feng: “Qi Feng, Mr. Mao, they are here. Yes……?”

Qi Feng immediately explained: “Sir, I went to Jingzhou City and found the old manager Qi Hong. At that time, there was only one person around the old manager who was taking care of him.” He shook his head and said, “It’s not taking care, it’s guarding.”

“guard?”

“That’s right, the boss didn’t have a stroke, but was poisoned. He couldn’t move while lying on the bed, and he couldn’t speak. He was drugged and hoarse.” Qi Feng sneered: “At the beginning, we almost I was deceived, but when I looked at the boss, the boss looked wrong,”

“You look wrong?”

Qi Feng said with a smile, “Jiang is an old man. Although the boss can’t move, he reminds me of the deceit with his eyes. The prince also knows that I am shrewd, and when he sees the eyes of the boss, he understands it and makes a decisive decision. The guy in Guan caught it. That guy is a soft guy. Once interrogated, he will do everything. He confessed that the boss is not a stroke, but he has no antidote.” After a while, “Since the boss is not a stroke, then there must be a There is something wrong, I discussed with Prefect Mao, secretly mobilized troops, and when the brothers sent to Jiangxia came back, I learned that Qi Cheng disappeared many years ago and his whereabouts are unknown, so there must be a problem with Qi Cheng in the old house.”

Yang Ning nodded and said, “If Qi Cheng from the old house is real, Jiang Xia will definitely know that Qi Cheng is here, and there will be no disappearance.”

Qi Feng nodded and said, “So Prefect Mao made preparations here, we took people to the old house, but to be safe, I went to the old house first, and when I learned that the prince and the third lady were missing at the same time, I knew there was a ghost in it, contact me. Prefect Mao, three days ago, he had already sent troops to surround the old house at night and captured the fake Qi Cheng, and at that time there were a few of his comrades who were also here, and they were arrested together.” After hesitating, he said: “I’m worried that those people in the old house are also related,

Therefore, regardless of gender, age, and child, all are temporarily imprisoned.

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“Those people in the old house don’t know the truth of the matter, they are blindly controlled by Qi Cheng’s group.” Yang Ning said, “The third lady is also very safe, so don’t worry.”

“That’s good, that’s good.” Mao Wenshou calmed down, “We learned that the prince and the third lady were missing, we sent people to look for them everywhere, interrogated from the fake Qi Cheng, and learned that the prince might have gone to Xiashan, so we sent people to Xiashan is looking for it, and there are still many people in the mountains.”

Yang Ning cupped his hands and said, “I’ve got you all to work.” Then he said, “Can you find other confessions from Qi Cheng’s mouth?”

Mao Wenshou and Qi Feng looked at each other and said, “The lower official was tortured and tortured. He only said that everything was ordered by the judge, and he also said nonsense about immortality.”

“Can he mention Jiuyou Jizo?” Yang Ning asked with a frown.

“Jiuyou Jizo?” Mao Wenshou was startled, shook his head and said, “I didn’t mention this, Shizi, what is this Jiuyou Jizo?”

“An unbearable is like the earth, and meditation is as deep as a secret. Have you heard this sentence?”

Mao Wenshou nodded and said: “This is about Ksitigarbha King Bodhisattva. It is said that Ksitigarbha King Bodhisattva was entrusted by Sakyamuni to stay in the world after the extinction of Sakyamuni and before the birth of Maitreya Buddha, in a world without Buddha, to teach and transform. All sentient beings are saved and lost in hells, evil ghosts, animals, asuras, humans, and sentient beings in the realms of heaven, and he swears that the hell is not empty, and he swears that he will not become a Buddha.”

“Prefect Mao really is full of knowledge.” Yang Ning praised.

Mao Wenshou hurriedly smiled and said: “I don’t dare, it’s just that the lower officials occasionally read some Buddhist scriptures, so I know a little bit. As far as I know, there are six Ksitigarbha envoys under Ksitigarbha…!” Showing off his knowledge too much, he waved his hand and smiled: “Let the prince laugh.”

Yang Ning said sternly: “Prefect Mao, we don’t know these things, and I really want to know more about them. How do you say about the six envoys of the Earth Store?”

“The son of Hui Shi, the six envoys of Ksitigarbha, are the messengers who assist Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in saving the six realms.” Mao Wenshou explained: “One is the messenger of Yanmo. He saves the hell, the other is the boy who holds treasures, saves the evil spirits, and also saves the evil spirits. There are powerful messengers who transcend the beasts, the merciful goddess who transcends the asura, the treasure goddess who transcends the human realm, and finally the angels who transcend the heavenly way.

Yang Ning nodded slightly and said, “So that’s the case.” Then he said, “Fake Qi Cheng should really obey Zhao Yuan, and this Zhao Yuan is the judge that fake Qi Cheng said.”

Qi Feng hurriedly asked, “Has the prince met Zhao Yuan?”

“He is already dead, I killed him myself.” Yang Ning said lightly: “He claims to be under the orders of Jiuyou Jizo, but this Jizo King Bodhisattva is a Bodhisattva worshipped by the world. What he said about Jiuyou Jizo, They can only be people from the world.” He asked, “Qi Feng, have you ever heard of any Jianghu organization related to this?”

Qi Feng thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, “I haven’t heard that there is a character named Jiuyou Jizo in the rivers and lakes.” know.”

“What’s the big deal?” Yang Ning asked, “What’s the big deal?”

Qi Feng looked at Mao Wenshou and said, “Master Mao, it’s up to you.”

Mao Wenshou nodded slightly, his expression became serious, raised his hand and said to the other officials: “You all go down first.” Everyone got up and resigned to Yang Ning, and after everyone retreated, Mao Wenshou asked in a low voice: “Sir, can you? Do you know that the saint is dead?”

“Did you die?” Yang Ning didn’t react for a while, and asked, “What is the death? The saint died?” He suddenly woke up and lost his voice: “You mean, the emperor is dead?”

Both Mao Wenshou and Qi Feng changed color slightly. Yang Ning also knew that he had made a slip of the tongue. Mao Wenshou had already raised his hand to signal Yang Ning to lower his voice. He even got up and walked to the door to look outside. Then he came back and said in a low voice: “Sir, the lower official also received the news just yesterday morning that the sage has passed away.”

Yang Ning’s mind was spinning.

Jinyi Hou passed away, and there was no action in the palace, and even on the day of Jinyi Hou’s funeral, he hurriedly sent someone to announce the decree halfway. It is also good for the Hou Mansion to tide over the difficulties. After all, the dignified empire is a pillar, and the Jinyi Hou is loyal to the country and has made countless contributions. The emperor can never be indifferent.

But in fact, even to this day, there has not been a single penny given by the emperor.

Yang Ning sometimes still thinks, if the emperor is really stingy like this, it can be said to be extremely faint. Jinyi Hou’s achievements in the Great Chu are few and far between, and even if such a person passes away, how can he get civil and military officials? And the people of the world, even if there is a great difficulty, you must also show a posture.

Not to mention that the emperor did not reward him, and even during the mourning period, the palace never sent anyone to pay homage, which is too abnormal.

The defense in Beijing was mobilized. The Royal Yulin Battalion, which was responsible for guarding the imperial city, was transferred out of the capital, while the Black Sword Battalion entered the city to change its defenses. In addition, there was martial law in the capital. Everything indicated that the capital had changed.

Although Yang Ning also felt that something happened in the capital, he never thought that it was because of the death of the emperor.

Knowing the news at this moment, all the doubts suddenly became clear. He knew in his heart that the emperor might be on the verge of death when the Black Sabre Camp entered the capital, or even died at that time. Taking advantage of the emperor’s death, he was plotting evil.

Even the emperor is dead in the palace, so how can I care about the funeral of Jinyi Hou.

In a short period of time, Hou Liang Jinyi, the pillar of the imperial army, passed away, and the emperor of the empire died almost at the same time. In the Chu country, there must be a storm, and Yang Ning even suspects that the current capital may be in chaos.

“The emperor of the previous generation, the emperor, collapsed in his prime…!” Mao Wenshou’s eyes were red and he sighed: “Where is my great Chu going? It’s really worrying.”