Jiang Zhuzi secretly thought that he had not done anything for many years, but when he did, he was careless, but he heard a "bang" sound, and the wolf-goat club hit him a foot away from his head. When he opened his eyes, he saw that it was Zhuo Shan who sneaked up on him. At this moment, Zhuo Shan
Shan had been pressed to the ground with a shield by Feng Tang, and the sword in his hand was pulled on his neck. Blood immediately splattered everywhere. Half of his head was hanging on his neck, and he was already dead.
Jiang Zhuzi stared blankly at Feng Tang who climbed up from Zhuoshan. When he saw Feng Tang reaching out, he subconsciously grabbed it, used his strength to stand up, and murmured: "...Thank you..."
Feng Tang replied: "It's all Pao Ze, how can I thank you?"
At this moment, the battlefield had stopped. Baozhong and his men gathered around all the prisoners captured. There were about thirty of them, and there were still more than twenty lying on the ground. However, none of them were seriously injured, and most of them were not seriously injured.
He was slightly injured by being trampled. The only person who died in the fight was Zhuoshan, a small-headed man from the Qionghe tribe.
At the small street temple, only a few of the pyrotechnics had some blood, and they were all injured by someone unknown during the chaos. One had his arm cut with a knife, one was stabbed in the stomach with a stick, and another was hit in the leg.
The arrow did not penetrate deeply into the flesh, but was injured by the soft hunting bow.
Zhang Wu walked to Feng Tang and whispered: "Feng Tang, thank you for saving Jiang Zhuzi. I am sorry for what happened in the past..."
Feng Tang interrupted him: "I have forgotten everything that happened before."
The day after the battle at Xiaojie Temple, a group of fifty cavalry sent by the Hongyuan Guards Station arrived, led by Ning Deshou's personal soldier Xiaoqi Song Xiong.
On the third day, Guan Er rushed to the small street with more than 200 Baojia Self-Defense Forces who had gathered around him.
On the fourth day, 300 infantry sent by Ningde Shouga also arrived at the small street, led by a deputy Qianhu named Li.
At this point, the military strength gathered in the small street temple has reached 600.
When the prison guard Yuan Hao arrived at the Xiaojie Temple, took over the command from Lord Lu, and prepared to attack the mountain, Meisi, the slow-responsive chieftain of the Qionghe tribe, finally stopped being slow and sent two soldiers.
As an envoy, I went down the mountain to see Yuan Hao.
Looking at the two Qionghe tribe leaders in front of him, Yuan Hao said angrily: "If you mobilize troops to attack Xiaojie without authorization, this is your autonomy? Do you still have the nerve to mention autonomy? Isn't this the Ming Dynasty's world?"
A leader protested: "It is precisely because the Xiaojie Temple interfered with the autonomy of our Qionghe tribe and hid the slaves who killed the family leader that this dispute arose."
Yuan Hao asked: "Who was hidden? Who killed whom?"
"A Huahua's two bitches! The two brothers killed Zhuoshan's brother!"
"First, what we are talking about now is about your Qionghe tribe sending troops to attack Xiaojie. Don't talk nonsense and confuse the public! Second, we don't know yet if anyone has killed anyone. Even if someone has been killed,
We need to understand the ins and outs of the matter and why the people were killed! Secondly, the Ahua family you are talking about are Ming people registered in Baimayuan.
Dogs are disrespectful to Baimayuan and a provocation to Ming Dynasty!"
"Yuan Supervisor, of course we will not disrespect the White Horse Court, let alone provoke the Ming Dynasty, but the White Horse Court should also respect the customs and habits of our people, and more importantly, respect our power to deal with our own slaves."
"Then, how do you explain your troops' attack on the small street?"
"That's because White Horse Court is attracting escaped slaves!"
"My White Horse Court handles normal refugee naturalization matters. I would also like to draw your attention to this. Once naturalized, you will become a citizen of the Ming Dynasty!"
Naturally, no consensus could be reached in such a quarrel, and the two leaders returned in dismay. However, the number of Ming troops in Xiaojie Temple was gradually increasing.
On October 30, the eighth day after the Battle of Xiaojie, the number of Ming troops gathered here reached 1,000, and the Baojia Self-Defense Force also expanded to 800.
Such a force, for the Qionghe tribe with a total population of only more than 8,000, was already a genocidal force. Mei Si could no longer sit still. He sent a request to Yuan Hao for a meeting. The two sides met between Haizi Mountain and Xiaojie.
We met in an open space in the room.
After the meeting, Mei Si sighed: "Yuan Jian Yuan, Qiong He Department and Baima Yuan were not like this in the past. When Abbot Zeng was here, the relationship between everyone was so cordial."
Yuan Hao said: "The past is the past, and the present is now. Times have changed and things are different. In the past few years, the practices of the White Horse Tribunal have made everyone in the White Horse Court very embarrassed. We also have to re-examine the past treatment of you."
Will the policy continue to be implemented in the future?"
Mei Si was surprised and said: "Yuan Supervisory Court, how can it embarrass the White Horse Court? We, the Three White Horses, have always been in the mountains, on our own land, and have never crossed the line."
Yuan Hao said: "The trustworthiness of the believers in Baima Yuan has been at the bottom of the province for three consecutive years. People's livelihood is difficult and all industries are in decline. Abbot Zeng paid the price for this and was transferred away in exchange for Abbot Zhao. Doesn't this explain the problem?
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"What does this have to do with us?"
"Back then, the Taoist sect and the imperial court allowed you to govern yourself on condition that you convert to the Three Qing Dynasties. But what about you? What have you done in these years? Do I need to repeat it again?"
"We have converted to Sanqing."
Yuan Hao was very angry: "Just because you changed your hat, you changed your faith? What happened to the Taoist Master?"
"One Qi transforms the three pure states, and the three pure states are originally one. This is also a change based on respect for customs and habits, and the essence is no different."
"What do we believe in? Is it the statue enshrined in the temple? We believe in Taoism, the words of the saints, and the rules of the world, not a puppet or a sculpture, let alone this one.
The puppets and sculptures just changed their names! If your conversion is useful, then why has my Taoist sect never received the power of faith enshrined by the three of you? Please explain it to me!"
Mei Siqiang laughed twice and explained: "This is the custom and habit of our tribe for more than a hundred years... It is a custom and habit, and the White Horse Courtyard should respect it..."
Yuan Hao said coldly: "Our Abbot Zhao has long said that what you believe in has nothing to do with customs and habits. Don't always use this sentence as rhetoric, let alone confuse it. Baimayuan respects the customs and habits of Qionghe tribe, but Qionghe tribe
We must also respect the agreement reached with Daomen and Daming! Only by respecting each other can we truly become a family!"
Mei Si was silent for a long time, and then asked: "The army of the Supervisory Academy gathered at the foot of the mountain, are they planning to destroy our Qionghe tribe?"
Yuan Hao said: "The reason for deploying troops here is firstly that your department gathered a crowd to attack the Xiaojie Temple. We want to punish the person in charge and find out who is behind the scenes! Secondly, the Baima Court is going to send people to patrol the mountain to inspect the Qionghe Department.
The progress of conversion matters over the past few years, we will supervise and rectify the shortcomings! Thirdly, if some members of the ministry are willing to go down to Baimayuan to naturalize, your ministry shall not stop them."
"Does the White Horse Court also take care of the issue of escaped slaves?"
"In our Ming Dynasty, there are only distinctions of citizenship and rank, and there is no such thing as slaves!"