Gu Cheng and Li Shanchang both imagined many ways about Jinguang Temple's reaction.
They will defend themselves, panic, and even directly quarrel with each other, etc.
But the only thing they didn't expect was that Jinguang Temple would do something like this and directly deny the existence of this person.
Zen Master Guangji seemed to be very innocent and showed a wry smile and said: "Your Majesty, you must have misunderstood. Either someone is framing me at Jinguang Temple for this matter, or Your Majesty, you have remembered it wrongly.
Our Jinguang Temple is not a big temple in the Buddhist lineage. Only the younger generation of disciples of the Yamantaka Temple are of the Yunzi generation. How can our Jinguang Temple be worthy of being of the same generation as the Yamantaka Temple?
If you don’t believe it, my lord, there are still pilgrims over there who have not left, you can also ask them, when will there be monks of the Yun generation in our Jinguang Temple?"
Li Shanchang asked someone to ask suspiciously, and sure enough, everyone said that there had never been a monk in Jinguang Temple whose name began with "cloud".
Even Li Shanchang looked at Chen Xiaolian suspiciously. Could it be that this bitch has reached this level and is still lying to himself?
Chen Xiaolian said quickly: "Your Majesty, everything I said is true! That young monk was named Yun Lai at the beginning, but I saw him talking to Zen Master Guangji!"
Zen Master Guangji sighed and said, "Madam, you have come to my temple to offer incense more than once or twice. The poor monks are very nice to you and have never offended my wife in the slightest. Why do you insist on slandering the poor monk today?"
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Gu Cheng looked on with cold eyes. From the expression alone, Zen Master Guangji could not see any flaws at all. He was very shocked and innocent, as if all this had nothing to do with him.
But maybe Gu Cheng is naturally suspicious, and sometimes the biggest problem is that there is no problem. Until now, Zen Master Guangji has not asked what is going on. Either he knew all this, or it was the old monk's state of mind.
The cultivation level is too terrifying to be able to keep calm.
Just when Li Shanchang didn't know what was going on and who he should believe, Gu Cheng suddenly stood up and said: "Since Master said that there is no such person as Yun Lai in Jinguang Temple, what about the refugees? Chen Xiaolian's brother, that is,
All the refugees recruited by Yongling City's chief police officer have been sent to you at Jinguang Temple.
There are traces of what these refugees ate and drank along the way, can you deny this?"
Zen Master Guangji shook his head and said: "Why should I deny this? Those refugees were indeed recruited by Jinguang Temple, but they have nothing to do with this lady's brother. This is why Jinguang Temple cannot bear to see so many people displaced.
, homeless, they were brought to Jinguang Temple to rest for a while, and then they were paid a sum of money and sent home according to their household registration.
We have a record of each of these refugees’ names and homes at Jinguang Temple, and we can take it out at any time if the prince wants to look at it.”
Gu Cheng narrowed his eyes and denied it again.
There is no direct evidence, and Li Shanchang doesn't know who to believe at this time.
"There is no need to look at the account books. Since you said that you have nothing to do with Chen Xiaolian's brother, why would he send the refugees to you?"
Zen Master Guangji smiled bitterly and said: "This lady's brother is the chief arrester of Yongling City, and he is also a relative of the prince. Our Jinguang Temple does this. Even the refugees have to say hello to this person in advance. That is not a send-off."
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"Since you took in those refugees, why did you let them go home? There is not even a single person in your temple?"
Zen Master Guangji recited the Buddha's name: "Amitabha, our common people always have the desire to return to their roots. Even if they become refugees for various reasons, what they want in their hearts is to return to their hometown and return to their roots. With such a small wish, what can a poor monk do? Can you help them realize it?”
Gu Cheng and Zen Master Guangji both asked and answered questions very quickly. It was as if one just asked the other and then blurted out the answer, and the answer was perfect.
But the more this happened, the more suspicious Gu Cheng became.
He answered so simply and neatly without even thinking. Was the other party prepared to answer these questions or had he expected that someone would question him?
Gu Cheng grinned and said, "If you don't do anything bad, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door.
Since Zen Master Guangji is so upright, fine, can we be allowed to enter Jinguang Temple and search?"
Zen Master Guangji said with a solemn expression: "Sir, although our Jinguang Temple is not a top sect with a long tradition, it can still be regarded as a martial arts sect.
This gentleman can search any place that normal pilgrims can visit, and he can even search the rooms of monks like us.
But places like the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion and the Tibetan Treasure Pavilion, which preserve the secret scriptures of the core skills of Jinguang Temple, do not allow outsiders to enter.
This is the bottom line of my Jinguang Temple, and it is also the bottom line of most martial arts sects!"
Gu Cheng narrowed his eyes and said, "Then what if I have to go in!"
At this moment, a voice suddenly came coldly: "Gu Cheng, do you think this is the capital? Can you tolerate such arrogance?
Last time at the Heavenly Book Conference, Song Yuanshan blocked me and I couldn't touch you, but here, you can't even think of touching Jinguang Temple!"
Gu Cheng looked to the other side and saw that the person coming was Elder Lin from Shenxiao Pili Hall.
Someone on the other side chuckled and said, "Sir, even if you are from Jingyesi, even if you are a subordinate of the prince, you still have to follow the rules when doing things, right?"
The man who spoke was in his forties and already had a master-level strength. When Gu Cheng saw the golden robe he was wearing, he felt familiar. Then he remembered that the man should be from the Jin family in Jiangnan County.
"Amitabha, Lord Gu, let's not talk about the fact that you possess my Buddhist sect's martial arts and refuse to repay it. Now you are openly slandering my Buddhist sect's eminent monk. What does this mean?"
An old monk came slowly with a group of monks from the Yamantaka Temple, and nodded to Zen Master Guangji. It was obvious that the two sides had a very deep friendship.
This person has an unusual background. He is Yuande, the abbot of the branch temple of the Yamantaka Temple in Jiangnan County, and he is also a master-level expert.
Although the land south of the Yangtze River is not that powerful for the imperial court, it is rich and fertile. With the style of the Yamantaka Monastery, a branch temple must be established here.
When Jinguang Temple first established its foothold in Gangnam County, it went to the Gangnam branch of Yamantaka Temple to pay homage to the gate. The attitude was very humble and polite, so the relationship between the two parties was really good.
And just in such a short time, several more people from martial arts circles came around, all of them were sects with some reputation in Jiangnan.
The fact that they came so quickly has something to do with Jinling Mansion.
Jiangnan County suffered from natural floods before, so people from various state capitals established Jinling Prefecture in the only safe place.
These common people are like this. Although practitioners are not very afraid of floods and generally cannot drown, they can't change the land sect into a sect in the water, can they?
Therefore, as long as it is a sect with a heritage of more than 500 years, their sect headquarters are located in all directions around Jinling Mansion, so they can come so quickly at this time.
Gu Cheng looked at all this with cold eyes and shook his head slightly, secretly thinking that Jiangnan County Jingyesi was really a bunch of losers.
To be honest, it is difficult to see Jiangnan County's posture of "when one person is in trouble, support from all directions" in other places.
But for the imperial court, this is not a good thing. The local martial arts sect itself is already difficult to deal with. However, they are still so united and attack the imperial court together, which is enough to give you a headache.
And you can't reason with these guys at all. Not to mention that Gu Cheng has no direct evidence except for a witness who was flatly denied by the other party. Even if there is, as long as you are from the imperial court, these gangsters will immediately
They will unite together to resist, thinking that the imperial court is coming to coerce the world, and they must resist and so on.
This kind of situation definitely cannot be formed in a day. If Gu Cheng is replaced as the governor, he will definitely divide, suppress, win over and frame up. In short, we cannot make the entire Jiangnan County monolithic by using various means.
As a result, Jiangnan County is now like this, and this generation of governors, including previous generations of governors, are all to blame.
Looking around, Gu Cheng said coldly: "Do you know what Jinguang Temple has done? They are playing tricks in the dark, raising the Wutong Evil God, assassinating King Yongling, and threatening the safety of the emperor's relatives. This is a serious crime!
Moreover, there are thousands of refugees who mysteriously disappeared in his Jinguang Temple. With so many lives, can you afford it?"
Everyone present also looked at Zen Master Guangji. In fact, they were also curious about why King Yongling would come to trouble him. As far as they knew, King Yongling seemed to have a good relationship with Jinguang Temple, and this prince was indeed
I don't care much about the affairs of the world.
Zen Master Guangji sighed and said: "Master Gu, I have explained everything I can. If you don't believe me, there is nothing I can do.
How could I, the compassionate Buddha, do such harming things to others?
Therefore, the old monk can only say that he has a clear conscience today, but he cannot agree to the request to search a private place like the sect's sutra-storing pavilion.
If any sect dares to agree to such a thing, then where is the face? Even after the old monk passed away, he would not have the face to see the ancestor!"
Zen Master Guangji's words were loud and clear, as if he had been greatly wronged.
Some of the sects present had grudges against Gu Cheng, and the rest had no good impressions of the imperial court.
So when they heard Zen Master Guangji say this, of course they knew which side their butts should sit on.
Yuan De recited the Buddha's name and said: "Master Gu, if you insist on having your own way, the poor monk will have no choice but to offend you today."
Elder Lin from Shenxiao Pili Hall even sneered, ready to take action at any time.
It was a bit troublesome that Li Shanchang was still with Gu Cheng. He dared to touch Gu Cheng, but he didn't dare to touch the King of Yongling.
But if Gu Cheng took the initiative, the situation would be different.
After looking around at everyone present, Gu Cheng said calmly: "Your Majesty, let's go."
After confronting so many sects, Li Shanchang's previous anger was gone. When he heard Gu Cheng's words about this matter, he also let out a sigh of relief and quickly left with his people.