Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 706 Conquer the Demon
Chen Zhuoguang was injured, and the Qiu family had many female members. The car was slow to begin with, and the ride couldn't be too bumpy, so they didn't enter Nanzheng until the afternoon of the next day.

As they were moving forward, the scouts who were sent to Nanzheng City to report the news returned in a hurry.

"What? You said Pan Hongyue rebelled? Then...what happened to the Grand Commandant?"

When Chen Zhuoguang heard what the scout said, he immediately became anxious and sat up from the car.

The scout then told Chen Zhuoguang the whole story.

When he arrived at Nanzheng City, he found the city gates blocked. There were many people outside the city who wanted to enter and were begging for mercy, making the scene chaotic.

These are all local citizens. They were not in Nanzheng that day for various reasons and now they cannot return home.

The scout asked the common people and found out that something big had happened in the city. An assassin had tried to kill the Grand Marshal and the Imperial Envoy Yang Yuan.

As a scout, he was very smart. He noticed something was wrong, so he wandered around the city and looked at other city gates.

He discovered that the troops guarding the city were all from Pan Hongyue's army, and they were flying the same flag. The scout couldn't help but feel uneasy.

Just at this moment, he encountered Shi Han's troops.

Shi Han was the commander of the cavalry, and the cavalry of the Yang family army was under his control.

Therefore, he was the most powerful and highest-ranking general under General Yang.

Because his soldiers were all cavalry, they arrived the fastest and had already arrived at the city of Nanzheng.

Shi Han put on a full show, waiting for Liu Ruxi and Zhou Wuyi's troops while cutting down trees nearby to make siege equipment.

Chen Zhuoguang's scouts heard a completely different story from them:

Pan Hongyue raided the Grand Marshal's Mansion, killed Grand Marshal Yang, captured Yang Fu and Yang Lu, and intended to kill the Imperial Envoy Yang Yuan.

When Pan Hongyue went to capture Yang Yuan, Shi Han and the other two were just leaving the Taiwei Mansion through the corner gate. They had no idea whether Pan Hongyue had succeeded or not.

However, in their judgment, it is bound to succeed.

In the face of military force, individual martial arts masters are not worth mentioning at all.

Otherwise, wouldn't a martial arts master be able to dominate the world and do whatever he wants?
But in fact, a mere warrior could not have a very high status in ancient society.

The scout got the news from Shi Han's army and rushed to report.

What he didn't know was that as soon as he left, Shi Han sent someone to contact the city.

Shi Han was worried that the night would be long and the dream would be long, so he sent someone to discuss with Pan Hongyue and implement the next plan as soon as possible.

This is somewhat inhumane, because carrying out the next plan would mean letting Pan Hongyue die sooner.

However, if it was Shi Han who was hit by the dagger, he would not hesitate.

Their plan was to select one of them to die together with Yang Zheng in order to save the other brothers, so there was naturally no reason to give up halfway.

Chen Zhuoguang was stunned when he heard the scout's explanation of the situation.

He had been seriously injured and had lost too much blood. After two days of recuperation, he had recovered a little bit of his strength.

At this point he almost fainted again.

Commander Yang...is he dead?

Even though Chen Zhuoguang was one of the very few confidants who knew about the Grand Marshal's illness and had been mentally prepared for the Grand Marshal's death, he still found it a little too much to bear for a while.

"Call Major General Yang Shou here. Let him know about this."

Chen Zhuoguang gave the order in a low voice.

Yang Shou was responsible for protecting Chen Zhuoguang and escorting the Qiu family, and he did his job conscientiously along the way.

Suddenly, he heard Uncle Chen calling him, and Yang Shou hurried over. After hearing Chen Zhuoguang say a few words, Yang Shou exploded.

"My grandfather is dead? My uncle, my father, and my eldest brother were captured by the man named Pan?"

Yang Shou's eyes widened and he said sternly, "I will go to Nanzheng City right now and kill the man named Pan. I want to avenge my grandfather and save my family."

"No, General. Now the four gates are closed. You can't get through the city wall alone."

"I brought my flying claws and climbed the wall at night. How come I couldn't get into the city?"

"Young General, even if you enter the city alone, how can you fight against thousands of troops? If you know there are tigers in the mountains, you should take a long-term view."

"What the hell are you still planning? My grandfather is dead!"

Yang Shou's eyes were filled with tears: "I know there is a tiger in the mountain, but I will go up to the mountain. I will fight him!"

"If you fight him, who will save your uncle, your father and your elder brother?"

After much persuasion, Chen Zhuoguang finally persuaded Yang Shou to speed up the journey and meet Shi Han first, and then work together to discuss the plan of capturing Nanzheng.

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After Yang Yuan had his injuries bandaged, he did not practice martial arts again.

He knew that his internal skills were extremely helpful to his injuries.

However, he also knew that his technique had "side effects".

As a dual cultivation method, it has a great effect in stirring up the emotions of the opposite sex who is also practicing this method.

Even if you have never practiced this kind of kung fu, if you are too close to it, you will be affected to some extent.

He is now living in the meditation room of the little nun Fanqing, and they are too close.

She is a monk, and pure and innocent. There is no romantic entanglement between the two of them. Yang Yuan would not be so mean as to use the special nature of his technique to arouse the worldly desires of a monk.

Anyway, he was just shot by a crossbow arrow under his ribs, which pierced his flesh and scratched a rib.

The golden medicine given by the little nun Fanqing is very effective and it doesn't take too much effort to heal.

However, after nightfall, Fan Qing actually told him that she was going out for a while and would be back in about an hour and a half. She asked him to rest and reminded him to be more alert, after all, she was not there to watch over him.

Yang Yuan thought that the little nun would be gone for an hour and a half, which was enough time for him to practice the whole set of exercises for three cycles, so he started practicing as soon as she left. Fan Qing rushed to the Taiwei Mansion at night.

She had been waiting for Yang Yuan to come back. Today, there was a large-scale search in the city and it was reported that Yang Yuan had been assassinated. Only then did she know that the corrupt official had returned.

However, when he arrived near the Taiwei Mansion, Fan Qing realized that now was not a good time to kidnap Yang Gouguan.

Because something had just happened in the Taiwei Mansion, soldiers were patrolling everywhere and the mansion was brightly lit with torches.

In fact, if it were someone else, they would have thought that the security would be strict by now. Fan Qing was also inexperienced and only discovered it when he got here.

She observed for a while. Although the security in the Taiwei Mansion was tight, it might be possible for her to sneak in without being discovered with her martial arts skills.

However, with security so tight, she couldn't bring a fat, big-eared dog official out.

After observing for a while, Fan Qing found that there was indeed no chance, so he had to give up and return to the Zen temple.

After returning to "Wujiutang", Fan Qing sensed an unusual aura.

After Yang Yuan entered into meditation, he was still very sensitive to the outside world, but this little nun's kung fu was much better than his current one.

Moreover, Fan Qing practiced the "Immovable Zen", which restrained her aura and made it round and smooth. Unless she released her aura intentionally, he would not feel it at all, whether it was there or not, whether it existed or not, or between existence and non-existence.

Fan Qing quietly entered the room, sensed something strange in the aura, and immediately locked onto Yang Yuan.

Fan Qing was slightly surprised, and the "Immovable Zen" mental method was activated, and he immediately became "dust-free, spotless, formless, and impure, as firm as a rock, and as immovable as a mountain."

The slightest disturbance in her energy had no effect on her at all.

Fan Qing looked at Yang Yuan curiously.

Although there was no light in the room, Fan Qing, who had mastered the six senses such as clairvoyance and clairvoyance, could see clearly.

This donor... is really good-looking.

Just like... the orchid on the window of her Emei Zen room, the sutra spread out on the desk, or the pool of snow buds in the teacup, which never get boring.

Fan Qing smiled slightly, she liked beautiful things, which would make her happy. It was one of the few joys in her life of Qing Deng Gu Fo.

When Yang Yuan finished his practice and opened his eyes, he was shocked.

The cold moonlight shines in from the window, illuminating a shiny bald head.

There is not a single strand of black hair, but it is hard to hide her beautiful face.

A pair of bright eyes, long and curved eyebrows, beautiful and graceful. Red lips, naturally sweet.

Yang Yuan lost his voice and said, "Little Master, when did you come back?"

Fan Qing smiled and said, "It's been a while since I came back."

After hearing this, Yang Yuan looked embarrassed. I didn’t... affect her, did I?

Unexpectedly, Fan Qing asked curiously, "Are you practicing the Taoist dual cultivation technique?"

"Uh... yes."

Yang Yuan felt a little aggrieved and weak, as if this technique was something shameful.

He hurriedly explained: "Although I practiced the dual cultivation technique, I never used it for evil."

Fan Qing asked curiously, "Does practicing dual cultivation mean one must do evil? Dharma is neither good nor evil, but people can be good or evil. Why is dual cultivation forbidden to others? We in Buddhism also have the 'Lotus Meditation'."

"Ah? 'Lotus Sutra Meditation', what is that?"

"My Buddhist dual cultivation technique."

Fan Qing answered frankly. Sitting opposite a young man late at night, discussing this topic, he was very open and not shy at all.

When Yang Yuan heard her say that this was the name of a dual cultivation method, he couldn't help but think that there was a saying that used the lotus to symbolize something and eulogize the virtue of nurturing. This "Miaofa Lotus Zen Method" must have been named for this reason.

Yang Yuan was surprised and asked: "Does Buddhism also have dual cultivation techniques?"

"of course."

Fan Qing smiled and said, "Although there are strict rules and regulations for Buddhist monks, there are none for believers. Buddhism also encourages childbirth.

Moreover, from the perspective of practice alone, the Lotus Sutra is also a supreme secret method for nurturing vitality."

Even Yang Yuan was too embarrassed to talk about it, but Fan Qing had no taboos about it.

But when Yang Yuan talked to her, he could tell that she was just discussing one matter, one technique.

The reason why she is open and honest is that she has a pure heart and has not been influenced by worldly ideas at all.

The little nun had no idea that it was something that could not be discussed publicly, especially with the opposite sex.

She acted as naturally as if she was debating scriptures and the Fa with her master and fellow disciples.

Yang Yuan was originally just shy of talking about this technique, but now, facing such a pure and flawless young nun who was meditating on the true nature of Zen, he seemed to be being pretentious.

Yang Yuan coughed and changed the subject, saying, "Little nun went to do her homework? Didn't she say she would be back in an hour and a half? How come she came back so early?"

Fan Qing said calmly: "I left just now to catch someone, but unfortunately the timing is not good, so I will let him be free for two more days."

Yang Yuan was stunned and said, "Little nun is not a government official, who are you going to arrest?"

Fan Qing said solemnly: "Only by seeking to cut off the knots, get rid of the five hindrances, and leave all the defiled dharmas can one attain the supreme Bodhi. The inner demon is a demon, and the demon head is also a demon. Subduing demons is cultivation, and this poor nun is naturally going to subdue demons."

Yang Yuan was shocked. Is there really a demon in this world?

Am I wearing the fairy-tale Song Dynasty?

Yang Yuan quickly asked, "What kind of demon is the young nun trying to subdue?"

The little nun Fanqing looked solemn and dignified as she spoke word for word: "Tongchuan Road General Manager and Pacifier, Yang Yuan!"

(End of this chapter)