As time gradually reached the hour of Hai, the unblocked Dharma Assembly was about to end. Xue Huaiyi became more and more worried, and paced back and forth in the big tent with his hands on his back.

According to the agreement, the leader of the monks in Linzhi Temple should have sent someone to report the progress of Linzhi Temple to him half an hour ago, but so far, there has been no news in Linzhi Temple, which makes him feel inexplicably worried.

He had sent someone to ask for the news, but the people sent to ask for the news were gone forever, which made him feel very disappointed.

At this time, Xue Huaiyi had calmed down from his extreme resentment. He turned around to examine his plan and was also startled by the madness in it.

Xue Huaiyi is not a stupid person. His biggest weakness is that he is prone to losing his mind and doing things at extremes. But when he wakes up, he often regrets his crazy life.

If the extreme things in the past did not cause any serious consequences, then today's plan is completely different.

At this moment, Xue Huaiyi began to feel a little scared. Even if his plan was successful, he could not escape death. At this moment, death was so close to him that he was frightened.

"How long will it take to leave Hai?" Xue Huaiyi finally couldn't help asking.

"Report to the General, it's coming soon!"

Xue Huaiyi finally decided to give up. He immediately called a confidant eunuch, handed him a letter, and whispered: "Let the monks in Mingtang come back immediately, come back all of them, and cancel the action tonight."

His confidant received the letter and hurried away. Xue Huaiyi was still worried about Linzhi Temple, so he took out his gold medal and said to a confidant monk: "You can hurry to Linzhi Temple immediately, let all the monks there stop moving, and immediately withdraw me from the underground palace."

The monk agreed, took the gold medal and rushed to Linzhi Temple. Xue Huaiyi sighed deeply, hoping that everything would be too late.

Xue Huaiyi's confidant eunuch was named Ma Yinglun. He was the eunuch sent by Wu Zetian to serve Xue Huaiyi, and was also responsible for the connection between Xue Huaiyi and the palace.

He has been following Xue Huaiyi for five years and has become Xue Huaiyi's confidant. He ran all the way with Xue Huaiyi's letter and came to Yingtian Gate. He often went in and out of the palace city, and the soldiers guarding the city gate knew him.

"After the order of General Xue, go and send a letter to His Majesty!"

He raised the letter high, and the soldiers did not make things difficult for him and let him into the palace city. However, Ma Yinglun did not rush to Taichu Palace, but instead rushed to Mingtang. He wanted to find the group of monks chanting scriptures in Mingtang.

The gate of Mingtang is about 300 steps away from Yingtian Gate and needs to pass through a long corridor. At this time, there are no guards and no colorful lights installed in the corridor. At first glance, it is pitch black.

But Ma Yinglun only took dozens of steps, and a black shadow flew out from behind the wooden pillar, knocking Ma Yinglun to the ground. Ma Yinglun was so scared that he screamed.

Several men in black surrounded from both sides. The leader was Zhao Qiuniang. She pushed a cold dagger against his throat and asked coldly: "What did Xue Huaiyi send you to do?"

"Let me... let me cancel the plan tonight."

Zhao Qiuniang waved her dagger and Ma Yinglun died immediately. They took away the letter from him and threw his body into the pond next to her. Everyone immediately flashed away.

In the Mingtang, the monks had finished reciting scriptures and stood up and walked out of the Mingtang. The soldiers who were monitoring them from afar walked up quickly, but the head lieutenant found that there was one monk missing.

He asked loudly, "Where is another monk going?"

The monks looked at each other and shook their heads. The captain was anxious and immediately ordered: "Go and search quickly, and you must find him!"

The soldiers ran to the Mingtang all over the head, shouting loudly everywhere. The captain was anxious and ordered another soldier: "Go and report to the general quickly, which means that the monk in the hall was inexplicably missing one person!"

The soldier ran away, and the captain drew his knife and pointed it at the other monks and shouted: "Take the missing person immediately, otherwise you want to survive too!"

..

On the third floor of Mingtang, a thin monk was looking up at the huge statue of Maitreya. The statue was completely Wu Zetian's face, full and round, solemn and peaceful, with a huge curtain of more than ten feet long on his shoulders.

The thin monk was like a beetle standing under a big tree in front of this huge statue. If you look closely at the monk, you will find that his eyebrows were prominent and his eyes were sunken. He was not a Central Plains race, but a dark-skinned Indian monk.

At this time, the Indian monk suddenly raised his hands and laughed twice. With a wave of his arms, a fire spurted out from his mouth, and suddenly lit a huge curtain dragged onto the ground. The curtain had already dried up and was lit by the fire and began to spread rapidly. In a blink of an eye, the fire rose three or four feet high, and thick smoke was rolling above the Mingtang.

The Mingtang has the most severe fire control measures, and no one is allowed to bring fire, including the guards. The twenty monks went through two strict body searches before and after entering the Mingtang, and they really couldn't find any fire on them.

But the guards never thought that among the twenty monks, there was a Indian man who was famous for his fire skills, and no one could find the fire on him, but he could spray out fire under any circumstances.

Dozens of soldiers searching for monks discovered the fire almost at the same time. They all shouted in horror, "Mingtang is on fire! The Buddha is on fire!"

The alarm bell of Mingtang sounded, "Dang!Dang!Dang!" and thousands of guards came from all directions, but the fire in Mingtang far exceeded everyone's expectations.

The huge statue was made of painted cloth and was extremely flammable. When it burned, it was extremely smoked and filled with poisonous gas. At this time, the huge curtain had been completely burned and the statue was also burning. The smoke in the Mingtang was rolling and it was impossible to gain a foothold. The guards retreated out of the Mingtang one after another.

The fire became increasingly large, and the fire was burned through both sides of the top of the hall. The flames spewed out more than ten feet high, and thick smoke soared into the sky. In front of the huge Mingtang, the guards were helpless.

Even the thousands of guards who had difficulty approaching Mingtang were forced to retreat by the fire and smoke, and the guards could not even be within a hundred steps.

But what is even more frightening is that Mingtang is too close to the newly built paradise. Once the Mingtang is too hot, heaven will not be spared.

Wu Zetian was also woken up by the palace maids and eunuchs. When she heard the fire in the hall, she was so scared that she put on her clothes and rushed to the front of the gate of Taichu Palace. Although she was far away from Mingtang, she could still feel the fierceness of the fire in Mingtang. Looking at the raging fire in the distance that had swallowed the entire Mingtang, she was stunned.

"Who did it?" Wu Zetian roared in anger.

Wu Yanxiu hurried over, and he knelt down in fear and reported: "Your Majesty, it was Xue Huaiyi who asked the monk to enter the Mingtang to recite scriptures, but a disguised Indian monk was involved in it. Beizhi had already caught this person. He was Chi Bao, a native of the Indian who was famous for fire skills. He confessed to setting fire to the Buddha statue in the Mingtang."

Wu Zetian couldn't say a word for a long time. It was Xue Huaiyi again. How dare he burn Mingtang crazy?

At this time, Shangguan Wan'er hurried over and reported to Wu Zetian: "Report to Your Majesty, thousands of monks from White Horse Temple were found in Linzhi Temple. They tried to enter the right guard office of the Imperial City through the underground palace passage of the temple. Li Zhen had led more than a hundred inner guards to the right guard office, but the troops may be insufficient. I hope Your Majesty will send more troops!"

Wu Zetian was furious and ordered Wu Yanxiu: "You can quickly bring two thousand Yulin troops to the right guard office and catch all the monks in one place."

Wu Yanxiu was originally the leader of Xue Huaiyi's polo team. He tried every means to flatter Xue Huaiyi. At this time, he also knew that Xue Huaiyi was doomed and that he had to atone for his sins.

Wu Yanxiu immediately bowed and bowed, "Abide by the order of humble duty!"

He stood up and took two steps, then stopped and turned around and asked, "Report to Your Majesty, can you send someone to arrest Xue Huaiyi and give him the emperor a speech?"

Wu Zetian gritted her teeth and said, "Xue Huaiyi will never surrender easily. If you pass on my will, anyone who catches Xue Huaiyi will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold and will be promoted to another level!"

...

This year's Lantern Festival is destined to be an unforgettable night. At the first update, an extremely spectacular scene was seen in the entire Luoyang City. The sky above the palace city was filled with fire, thick smoke rolled, and Mingtang was completely engulfed by the fire.

Not only the Mingtang, but also the paradise next to it was ignited by a fire. Two huge buildings were shrouded in flames and thick smoke. Any lantern in Luoyang City is difficult to compare with the scene that happened in the palace city.

Perhaps because of the fire in Mingtang, the lanterns in Luoyang City were all extinguished one after another, and the crowds watching the lanterns began to return to their homes one after another. The originally bustling and noisy Shangyuan Chuye was unexpectedly interrupted.

While the thick smoke in the Mingtang appeared, Xue Huaiyi finally got news about Linzhi Temple. An army of unknown origin appeared in Linzhi Temple. Thousands of his monks were trapped in the underground palace of the temple, with life and death unknown.

However, the fire ignited by Mingtang made Xue Huaiyi fall into the abyss. He hated Ma Yinglun so much that he did not convey his orders to the monks in Mingtang, which led to Mingtang being still ignited by the fire.

Xue Huaiyi has never regretted it as much as he is today. He knew that he had caused a huge disaster and now he has no other way except to escape.

Xue Huaiyi immediately took more than a dozen monks to escape towards Houzai Gate. At this time, the city gate was closed and he could not leave the city through Tianmen. He could only go to the south gate, which was Houzai Gate. With his status and identity, he believed that the soldiers guarding the city would not dare to stop him.

Xue Huaiyi led a dozen people to gallop on the street. Although they were walking on the back street, there were still crowds of people on the road. They shouted loudly: "Do away quickly in front!"

The hooves of more than a dozen war horses hit the ground and made a thunderous sound. The people who were originally strolling leisurely on the street were so scared that they stumbled to the sides. Amid the crying and scolding, more than a dozen war horses rushed over like a strong wind.

Soon, Xue Huaiyi and more than a dozen monks rushed to Houzai Gate. The heavy city gate was closed. There were soldiers paced back and forth on the city. Xue Huaiyi rushed to the bottom of the city and shouted: "Hurry to open the city gate at the top of the city!"

"Who is under the city?" a soldier asked loudly.

"I am Duke of Liang and Xue Huaiyi, the general manager of Longyou, so I can open the city gate quickly."

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Chapter completed!