Chapter 300 Spring comes and the Ming Dynasty seals Xiyue

Li Tengkong was held by Xue Bai and rolled several times on the stone floor, feeling severe bone pain in his body.

When she came back to her senses, she saw that a large piece of the clothes on Xue Bai's back had been burned, and there were still ashes on the edges of the silk satin.

"Are you okay?"

"Walk."

Xue Bai didn't care about anything else. After getting up, he helped her up and ran forward.

There are cliffs on both sides, and there is only a stone road leading from the steps to the rooftop. It has not yet been repaired, and there is still a passage behind the stone steps. They squeezed in and only saw the inside of the rooftop.

Huge beams stand among them, with the top still unsealed. Looking up, you can see a bright moon and half a sky of firelight.

This was exactly where Xue Bai wanted to bury the gunpowder, but he didn't care to look at it at this time. He led Li Tengkong and hid in the gap in the stone, squeezing into the deepest darkness.

Both of them were panting heavily, and they tried their best to adjust their breathing.

"Did An Lushan set the fire?" Li Tengkong asked in a low voice, "Did he want to kill you?"

Just now, Xue Bai used his body to protect her and rushed out of the sea of ​​fire. Now it was her turn to protect him.

If someone comes after her, she must prove to them that she is the daughter of the right prime minister and they are not allowed to take action.

"I don't know, let's hide for now."

They were afraid that someone would really chase them, but they were actually waiting for them.

This wait took a long time.

"Did they think we were dead? They didn't come to find us."

"I'm thinking, if An Lushan did it, he only needs to kill me." Xue Bai said: "There is no need to burn the Xiyue Temple."

"But if it weren't for him, who else would burn the Xiyue Temple?"

"I don't know yet, sit down."

Xue Bai helped Li Tengkong sit down.

She whispered tiredly: "I'm very worried about Ji Lanzi and the others."

"Don't worry, no matter what, it's not for them."

"Maybe we will die here, and our bodies will be buried together with stones in this sacrificial rooftop... It's really scary."

Li Tengkong said it was scary, but actually it didn't sound like he was scared, but more like he felt relieved.

After a while, she tiredly leaned her head on Xue Bai's shoulder.

Xue Bai turned his head and felt her even breathing. The breath lightly brushed his cheek and made his heart start to beat again.

She fell asleep.

As a result, Xue Bai remained motionless, as if he was afraid that someone would come after them and hear their movements.

Time passed little by little, and the Xiyue Temple collapsed in the fire. The fire gradually went out, and a ray of morning light shone down from above the stone wall... During the process, the two of them sat there, letting the mountain wind carry the ashes away.

Li Tengkong opened his eyes and first saw Xue Bai's side face. He was also asleep, with his eyes closed and his head lowered. His expression was different from before, with a touch of gentleness.

When he opened his eyes, she closed them again.

In the distance, someone's voice could be heard, seeming to be talking about putting out the fire. It didn't seem like there was a killer as they expected.

"I'll go take a look."

"I'll go with you." Li Tengkong took the initiative to hold Xue Bai's hand for the first time, and then let go.

The two of them plucked up the courage to walk out of the sacrifice platform. They saw small ashes floating in the sky, and the majestic Xiyue Temple was in ruins.

As they walked towards the ruins, someone glanced at them but ignored them and continued to do their work.

From this, Xue Bai could be sure that what happened last night was not An Lushan sending people to hunt him down.

Who else could it be?

~~

"Who set the fire?"

"Go back to the county, I don't know yet."

"Tell me to go down and dig up all the ashes to see if there is any hidden fire. Don't let it reignite again."

"Here."

Wang Ketong, the magistrate of Huayin County, has arrived at the top of Huashan Mountain. He is calm on the surface, but he is extremely worried in his heart.

The saint was going to Mount Huashan in November to enshrine the Zen, but the Xiyue Temple was burned down... There could be no more serious disaster than this.

But precisely because the situation was so serious, Wang Ketong felt unreal and did not panic too much.

The first thing he did was to find the Lingtai Prime Minister and asked, "How long will it take to rebuild a Xiyue Temple?"

"Wang County Magistrate wants to rebuild?"

"Of course." Wang Ke said: "How can a saint not have an ancestral hall when he is enshrined in Xiyue Mountain?"

"I'm afraid this matter is no longer something that County Magistrate Wang can decide. We have to wait for the saint's will..."

"Come on, let's talk here." Wang Ketong lowered his voice and said: "The people of the whole county are eager to see the issue of the conferment of Xiyue. It is exactly what the people want. How can I let down the people's wishes when I serve as an official? In any case, we

The Xiyue Temple must be rebuilt before November and the news must be blocked."

"Hide it? How can you hide it?"

"It's not a secret, it's just that the fire is under control and will not affect Fengchan. Even if the saint knows it, he will understand that we are loyal."

"Magistrate Wang, you are too courageous!"

"Do you think that if the truth is reported, we will still survive? Such a big thing has happened." Wang Ketong asked anxiously: "Do you know how deep the issue of Feng Chan is?"

"How could I not know?"

"Only the Xuanyuan clan can obtain the title of Zen. A saint can only be called the Xuanyuan clan if he can grant the title of Zen to the Five Mountains!" Wang Ketong became more and more excited and said: "Not only that, how many people want to use this matter to get promoted? What people think

Xiang, even if the saint wants to stop, this matter cannot be stopped!"

Fengchan Xiyue is what people want. This is not false. At least some people can get great benefits from this matter.

Of course, there are many people who are opposed to such a waste of money and people. But things have reached this point, and the voices of the opponents have long been suppressed. Now the supporters are getting excited, some are looking forward to rewards, and some are looking forward to promotions.

If you want to stop at this time, who can agree?

"For us, the only way to survive is to rebuild the Xiyue Temple." Wang Ketong said in a loud voice, "Don't you understand?"

"How is this possible? Money, wood, construction time, it can't be done..."

"Everything depends on man-made things. You can always find a way."

As he spoke, Wang Ketong turned around and saw two men walking towards him and said, "Wang Ketong, Magistrate of Huayin County?"

"Who are you waiting for?"

A command talisman was handed to Wang Ketong, and the visitor said: "We were ordered to come to inspect the Xiyue Temple and got the arsonist."

"Arsonist?"

"Li Bai."

Wang Ke was also stunned.

He actually knew Li Bai. During the third year of Tianbao, Li Bai was given gold and released. When passing by Huayin County, he got drunk and ran into him.

This incident was later made up into a story by the people of Huayin, saying that Li Bai heard that he was corrupt and perverted the law, so in order to teach him a lesson, he rode a donkey to the county government office and embarrassed the county magistrate.

He also told how Li Bai scolded him.

"I was ordered to wipe my vomit with a dragon scarf, hold a spoon in my hand, a strong man take off his boots, a noble concubine held an inkstone, and I was allowed to walk on horseback in front of the Emperor's Palace, but I am not allowed to ride a donkey in Huayin County?!"

"I didn't know Li Hanlin was here. Please forgive me."

"You have received the title and honor of the state, but you cannot sympathize with the sufferings of the people. Instead, you have corrupted the law and harmed the people. You have committed many crimes. If you don't change your ways and return to the right path, it will be difficult to forgive..."

Wang Ketong thought about this and shook his head. He thought that if he really accused Li Bai, he would make the world think that he was seeking revenge, which would be self-defeating. But it was no longer up to him to make the decision, so he said: "Li Bai is too famous."

, I’m afraid it is?”

"What you want is a high reputation."

~~

Xue Bai has noticed that there are more new faces on Huashan Mountain.

But when he returned to Zhenyue Palace, no one recognized his true identity.

"Li Sanlang, it's good to be back. Pindao is worried that you will be caught in the sea of ​​fire."

After talking to the Taoist priest of Zhenyue Palace, Xue Bai became more and more confused after seeing Du Jin and talking in detail.

Last night, the fire in Xiyue Temple was obviously set intentionally by someone, but he couldn't figure out who it was and what the purpose of doing so was.

Later, Zong Duojun came back worriedly. When he saw Li Tengkong, he quickly asked for help, saying that Li Bai seemed to have been captured.

…

"They only captured Mr. Taibai but not me. It shows that they haven't discovered that 'Xue Bai' is in Huashan yet."

"Then this matter has nothing to do with us?"

"It's not irrelevant." Xue Bai said, "Mr. Taibai came with me, and I must save him no matter what."
To be continued...