A sudden battle broke out at the mountain gate of Jingyang Temple. In the blink of an eye, fifty monks and soldiers who came out were killed and defeated, causing them to hurriedly retreat into the temple.
There may be innocent people among the ordinary monks who are kept in the dark. There is absolutely no reason to accuse the monk soldiers unjustly, and they cannot give the monk soldiers time to react. When fifty blue-clad guards entered the mountain gate, there were fifty in each of the other four directions. The blue-clad guards also went to the Zen Temple on the top of the mountain...
"What a peaceful place for Buddhism!" Wang Junlin watched the monk soldiers inside the mountain gate being defeated and sneered coldly. He glanced at Zhang Tianqiao before turning over and dismounting, holding the Dragon Bird Sword, regardless of Monk Li Dongyang who was lying at his feet. Take the corpse and lead people to Jingyang Temple.
After taking action here, according to the deployment, Shen Guang led half of the other 300 blue-shirted guards to continue to surround and blockade Jingyang Temple to prevent any fish from slipping through the net. The other half of the blue-shirted guards jointly attacked the temple from the other three directions to ensure that Chen Yin and others hiding in Jingyang Temple will not slip through the net.
Zhang Tianqiao's face is pale. He still hasn't figured out the situation.
Since the Southern and Northern Dynasties, many emperors and dignitaries have believed in Buddhism, which has made Buddhism flourish throughout the dynasties.
The monastery has the privilege of being exempted from the Ding tax and land tax. Naturally, some people in the local area send their fields and people to the name of the monastery to avoid the Ding tax and land tax. The monastery itself also enjoys a lot of benefits. Over time, the monastery also owns a large amount of land and has a large number of households. The number of monks and nuns is also getting larger and larger. They also make a living by collecting rents, lending money, and collecting mortgages and pawns. They are actually no different from the local wealthy and powerful families, forming a monastic force that cannot be underestimated.
It is normal for monasteries to raise monks and soldiers, and people do not hold officials accountable. This is the same as the wealthy and powerful families raising Ding Wufu to protect the family and the monastery. They cannot be charged with colluding with bandits and treason.
Seeing the monks in front of the mountain gate fleeing shouting for father and mother, and the monk soldiers behind the mountain gate being slaughtered mercilessly, Zhang Tianqiao was dumbfounded. He had no idea what Wang Junlin wanted to do, let the blue-clad guards go on a killing spree, and He also understood that Wang Junlin seemed to have come to Jingyang Temple today solely because of the killing.
"Buddhism is a quiet place. I'm afraid today's incident will be difficult to deal with, right?" Zhang Tianqiao hesitated for a moment and whispered to Wang Junlin.
"How do you think Mr. Zhang should deal with it?" Wang Junlin glanced at Zhang Tianqiao and asked.
"What if we can't find any evidence of collusion with the remnants of the Chen Dynasty?" Zhang Tianqiao asked in a low voice.
Wang Junlin smiled slightly and said: "Master Zhang, think about the things I have done, have I failed to do anything?"
Zhang Tianqiao's mind was trembling, and he thought carefully about Wang Junlin's illustrious deeds. He thought that Jingyang Temple was indeed suspected of colluding with the remnants of the Chen Dynasty, but after thinking about it for a while, he felt it was hard to say, and he asked with a guilty conscience: "What if I can find someone?" How can we deal with it without evidence of guilt?"
Wang Junlin was too lazy to answer Zhang Tianqiao's question. He might as well catch Chen Yin and hand it over to Nie Xiaoyu for 'handling', and then hand it over to the Criminal Department to take charge of the case.
However, having said that, the Nanhua Society used Jingyang Temple as its most important secret stronghold in Guanzhong, and it was indeed well concealed. Not to mention that the local people were not aware of it, and the dignitaries in the capital who often came here to offer incense and worship Buddha were very close. For many years, no abnormalities were found in Jingyang Temple. Court officials such as Su Wei and Zhang Tianqiao were even believers in Jingyang Temple and had a good personal relationship with Monk Li Dongyang.
There are many Jingyang households under the name of Jingyang Temple, with two to three thousand people. In fact, most of these people are nearby farmers who have settled under the name of Jingyang Temple to avoid Ding tax. In addition, Jingyang Temple is directly located in the north of Sanyang Mountain.
It owns a large amount of land and employs a large number of tenant farmers for farming. There are not many monks who want to eat fast in the mountain gate, only a hundred or so, but there are nearly a hundred monk soldiers. The Nanhua Society actually has many experts in the capital, but for some reason, except Chen
Except for the twelve confidant guards that Yin brought from Jiangnan, none of the masters of the Nanhua Society in the capital are here.
The height difference of Sanyang Mountain is about fifty feet. Jingyang Temple is built on the mountain. The mountain gate is located at the foot of the northern mountain. The Lanyi Guards suddenly launched an offensive from the northern mountain gate before dusk. The other three directions jointly attacked. After dark
We had completely captured Jingyang Temple before.
The area around Jingyang Temple has beautiful mountains and clear waters, and there are quite a few manor houses for dignitaries. Across a valley next to it is a manor of the Yuan family. Yuan Shou's son, Yuan Min, a member of the inner history family, happened to be in the other house. After learning about the situation here,
Then he rode over under the protection of more than a dozen guards and asked Wang Junlin: "Qin Angong suddenly led people to kill Buddhist monks. Did he really think that he could do whatever he wanted in the Sui Dynasty?"
Wang Junlin used the move of the capital at the beginning of the year to severely damage the Guanlong nobles. Yuan Shou was dismissed from his official position and his title because he sent Yuan's bodyguard masters and staff to participate in the assassination of the emperor. He was thrown into the prison of the Blue Guard Mansion. Later, the Guanlong nobles
After various efforts, he was taken away from the Lanyi Guards and imprisoned in the Dali Temple prison. I heard that he was living a good life.
According to the emperor's decree at that time, Yuan Min was the eldest son of Yuanshou and inherited the title of Yuanshou. Now he is also the Duke of Anle County. His status is no worse than Wang Junlin. The most important thing is that he has a mortal enemy with Wang Junlin, but Wang Junlin is not at all.
Yuan Min was not seen.
At this time, Wang Junlin narrowed his eyes and looked at Yuan Min. Facing Yuan Min's self-righteous questioning, Wang Junlin said calmly: "Jingyang Temple hides weapons and raises monk soldiers. Mr. Zhang from the Criminal Department and I suspect that Jingyang Temple has bandits."
Suspicion of treason, if it is found out that Jingyang Temple is suspected of collaborating with bandits, I will have to consult the Yuan family. The Yuan family's villa has lived adjacent to Jingyang Temple for more than ten years, so the Yuan family will not be aware of it at all.
No?"
"You..." Yuan Min didn't expect that Wang Junlin would bite back him as soon as he came over, but he couldn't refute, so he knocked his teeth down and swallowed it, and said in a low voice: "Qin Angong taught you a very good lesson. When Qin Angong sits in Jingyang Temple,
After the monks were accused of treason and colluding with the rebels, I think many people in the court need an explanation from Qin An!"
The Lanyi Guards Mansion was at the height of its power, and Wang Junlin was even more notorious for his evil deeds. Yuan Min knew that he would not get good results if he used his rhetoric in front of Wang Junlin.
Zhang Tianqiao really wanted to explain to Yuan Min that the invasion of Jingyang Temple's gate had nothing to do with him, and that he and Wang Junlin were just a chance encounter, but after thinking about it, forget it, it was really a wrongful killing, and he escaped the responsibility anyway.
This time he was killed by Wang Junlin. He felt resentful, but he was so depressed that he dared not say a word.
"It's time to go up the mountain to look for evidence," Wang Junlin said to Zhang Tianqiao, and then asked Yuan Min: "If Master Yuan doesn't mind, you might as well go up the mountain with me to search for evidence of the monks of Jingyang Temple treason and colluding with the rebels!"
When Yuan Min heard what Wang Junlin said, he was almost furious, but he didn't dare to contradict him face to face. He wanted to find no evidence of guilt and see how Wang Junlin solved the problem!
Just as Wang Junlin was about to enter the mountain gate, Shen Guang, half of his clothes and armor stained with blood, hurriedly came down the mountain, leaned into Wang Junlin's ear and said, "I found my wife in the Zen Temple on the top of the mountain..."