In the winter morning, there was still a biting chill on the street. The sky was bright and there were gradually more and more people on the street.
A monk who was tied up with rags in his mouth and smelled of alcohol was lying on the street. He immediately attracted the attention of the crowd. At first, three or five people stopped to talk, and then more people gathered around the monk.
He pointed and pointed, but no one stepped forward to loosen his bonds.
"Hey, which temple is this from? It looks like you have offended someone and made an enemy?"
"Perhaps he was caught out of spite and thrown out? Which serious monk drinks like this?"
"makes sense……"
"He looks familiar to me. He seems to be a monk from Thousand Buddhas Temple..."
The onlookers on the street suddenly exclaimed in low voices, "Ah! No way, why are the monks in this Thousand Buddha Temple... Is it possible that there is something wrong with the ethos?"
The man snorted and pretended to be mysterious: "Tsk, they are all ordinary people with mortal bodies. Could it be that shaving their heads would make a difference? Fortunately, everyone worships them as ancestors, so they don't know how to mess around in private.
Woolen cloth?"
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Huicheng lay on the ground and made a "wow" sound, feeling ashamed and annoyed. Everyone gathered around him to watch the show, and no one came up to release him! After all, it took a while before one or two recognized him.
The people came forward and took out the cloth strips, but before they could untie them, the guards came over.
"What are you all doing here?"
For a moment, everyone was in an uproar and retreated. The few guards immediately saw the man tied to the ground. The leading guard frowned and asked: "Which temple are you from?"
Huicheng felt embarrassed, lowered his head and refused to answer.
The man then said: "If you don't want to say it, then come back to the Yamen with us and explain the matter clearly."
Huicheng felt a little scared and whispered: "Qianfo Temple..."
The head officer said loudly: "Report loudly!"
"Thousand Buddha Temple." Huicheng hated it so much that he almost broke his teeth, but there was nothing he could do about it!
Then there was an uproar among the crowd. They were really monks from the Thousand Buddhas Temple! There were some weird people in this temple who had committed evil spirits. How could one or two of them cause trouble?
The head guard asked again: "Who tied you here? What happened?"
Huicheng still had the nerve to say that he didn't know, and that he fainted and was found thrown on the street. Everyone onlookers also testified.
The head guard snorted in his heart and fainted. Looking at the smell of alcohol, he was almost drunk to death. He started talking nonsense. He casually hummed and interrogated him again, asking him where he went yesterday.
When did he faint? After asking carefully, he asked someone to loosen his bonds, and the head guard took the people away.
When the onlookers saw that the official had left, Huicheng also got up from the ground. Since there was no excitement to be seen, they all dispersed like birds and beasts. Huicheng patted his clothes angrily, but he couldn't get angry on the spot, so he had to wait.
After the people dispersed, he secretly returned to the temple.
As soon as he returned, he was caught by the host.
Jueming had already heard the news from the little novice monk, saying that he found Huicheng being tied up on the street, and even the officials from the government came to question him. When Huicheng saw Jueming, he felt resentful for a moment, and honestly called out: "President."
Now that Jueming saw his miserable state with his own eyes, he couldn't help but feel angry. He had known about the good things Huicheng had done in private, but considering that he had been with him in the temple for many years, he had not caused any big trouble.
Just turn a blind eye and close an eye. The Thousand Buddha Temple has just been unblocked, and now this evil obstacle has been thrown onto the street to watch... The things ahead are not over yet. If this continues, the Thousand Buddha Temple will be the first in Xizhou
Can the status of the great temple be preserved?
Jueming no longer wanted to teach him a lesson. After thinking about it, he only left him one sentence, "You have done a lot of evil before. I am open to you because of the relationship between master and disciple, but you have always refused to change. It is really helpless."
It can be saved. Now that the fate between you and me, master and disciple, is over, why not find another place to go as soon as possible, I will not be able to keep you here."
Huicheng naturally refused, but this time no matter how hard he begged Jue Ming, Jue Ming did not change his words. In desperation, Huicheng said: "Why should the host blame me? Does the host have a clear conscience? You
Didn’t you secretly embezzle tens of thousands of coins from the temple some time ago?"
When Jueming heard this, he glared at him angrily.
Huicheng saw that he was angry and said hurriedly: "I know that I have always been in charge of the money and silk in the temple on behalf of the abbot. I also hid this matter from others and didn't let others know. As long as the abbot doesn't drive me away, I promise.
This matter will naturally rot in my stomach from now on."
It turned out that he didn't know where the money was used. Jue Ming snorted coldly, "Idiot's dream! If you have the ability, report it to the government immediately! I would like to know how you will end up by then. I would like to remind you, I'm afraid it's not
Don’t risk your life by looking for a place to go again!”
After saying that, he walked away.
His warnings did scare Huicheng. Jueming never spoke big words, and Huicheng knew it in his heart. Therefore, he really didn't dare to make the matter a big deal. No matter how unwilling and regretful he was, he could only pack up his things and move on from here.
He left the Thousand Buddhas Temple dejectedly.
But he didn't expect that as soon as he was kicked out by the host, he was arrested by the officials on the back.
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This is not surprising. This Huicheng has two faces. He is respectful in front of the abbot, but when facing young monks or those with lower status than himself, he is bossing around, either mocking or making evil remarks.
He started beating and scolding, but it was because he was considered a senior monk in the temple. As a disciple of the abbot, he often helped the abbot handle the affairs of the temple. Those young monks also dared to be angry and dare not speak out. But the grievances accumulated day by day, and one day they would have to
Unable to suppress it, it burst out.
Seeing that he was kicked out by the abbot, the young monks reported all the scandals that Huicheng had done in the temple, including misappropriating incense money, tampering with account books, beating and scolding monks, framed Kong Ji, etc. to the government in order to get rid of the bad breath in their hearts. That Fa Cao joined the army.
When I saw that it was something related to Thousand Buddhas Temple, I didn't dare to be careless and reported it directly to Lu Kayan.
Lu Kaiyan took a look at the lawsuit and knew that Huicheng had left Qianfo Temple and was no longer from Qianfo Temple, so he immediately ordered someone to arrest him for interrogation.
Huicheng knelt in the yamen. Seeing Lu Kayan's posture, he almost cried without tears. He couldn't understand how things could develop to this point! Could it be that he was really possessed? Or he had offended someone who shouldn't be offended.
, his mind suddenly changed? Was it Mrs. Jiang? He just rummaged through her yard that day, and was knocked unconscious by others. After being locked up for a whole day, he was thrown into the street. After being driven out by the host, he was arrested by the government.
Yes? Is she really some important person?
It shouldn't be! He once accidentally followed Jiang's maid and the maid in the courtyard and found out that there was a young girl living there. He was attracted by it and after paying attention to it for a long time, he knew what was inside.
The woman who lived there seemed to be an orphan without her family. She was helpless and rarely went out. Even the servants at home rarely came out. And every time she went out, she covered her face, fearing that she would be walking on the street.
, the neighbors didn’t recognize her... That time a stranger came and wanted to take her away, but when he saw that she didn’t recognize him, it was he who reported to the police quietly that prevented her from being taken away. Then the incident with Jiang Dalang happened.
There was nothing weird, it was very ordinary. Even if Prince Ju came to look for her, wouldn't he immediately forget about Prince Ju after a few days?
Who would care about such an orphan? Even if something happened, no one would care.
But I didn’t expect that he would really fall into this situation this time!
Lu Kaiyan looked solemn, read out all the evidence of his crime, and asked him if he recognized it. Huicheng was heartbroken and kowtowed to express his innocence.
Lu Kayan said in a deep voice: "You don't have to rush to complain, I will go back and verify these things myself. If it is true, I will not be lenient!"
Huicheng's face turned pale and he hesitated and couldn't even speak.
Looking at his expression, Lu Kaiyan knew that most of these things were true, but he was a little confused, so he picked out the recent events and asked in a deep voice: "Why did you frame Master Kongji?"
Huicheng was really wronged this time, and said hurriedly: "Chang Shi Mingjian, I am really wronged! I never did anything to frame you! At that time, there were rumors in the temple that property was missing, but I don't know who did it. I heard that
It was said that the mage had stolen the property, so someone came to report it to the government, and then the property found in the mage's room had nothing to do with me!"
Seeing that Lu Kaiyan just frowned but was unmoved, Huicheng continued: "Chang Shi, this matter is really not my fault! There is a god three feet above my head. I dare to swear to God here! I know that the master will stay for three years.
After I finish my studies, I will go back to the capital, and I will never see him again, so why bother to go to such great lengths to frame him! Chang Shi Mingjian!"
Lu Kaiyan's expression did not change, but he said leisurely, "So the evidence mentioned above are all true?"
"This..." Huicheng choked and didn't know how to speak, "I... Chang Shi..."
Lu Kaiyan waved his hand and raised his voice: "Come here, take this monk to prison and wait for his punishment!"
After that, Huicheng was taken away by two guards.
Not him? Who could it be? Those little novice monks? Lu Kaiyan couldn't help but ponder. There was no need for people outside to deliberately harm a monk. But in the temple, in addition to the abbot, even Huicheng, the most powerful person above him, said that this matter had nothing to do with him.
, then who else can benefit from framing Master Kongji?
Lu Kaiyan copied the lawsuit, got up and went to the barracks garrisoned in the outer city.
…
Ju Yunwei is still staying in the other courtyard here in Xizhou.
At this time, the entourage came to report, "Your Majesty, this is today's report."
Ju Yunwei reached out and took it, opened it and saw that the saint personally named the little prince born by the queen as King of Yan; promoted Wei Chongyi, a member of the queen's mother's family, as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel; this time he conquered Goguryeo with an enemy force of 100,000 and achieved a great victory... so on
It seems that the divine grace is truly powerful, Ju Yunwei thought to himself.
If the war in Goguryeo was a complete victory, the imperial court would naturally have time to keep an eye on the Western Regions and Northern Xinjiang to see how Tibet and the Turks were ready to move. I am afraid that there will be another fierce war within a few years... But now it seems that the situation in the Western Regions is not
Oops, in this chaotic situation, can Daye's army really be as invincible and unstoppable as before?