As the night darkens, the fireflies flicker, and the night dew slowly condenses on the leaves, some like tears slowly slipping down the leaves, and some condense into a large dewdrop, dragging the leaves down heavily. Suddenly, the hem of a wide robe swept by, the flowers and plants swayed, and the dew fell. The black light blinded the fire, and on the path outside the Hanshan Temple, more than a dozen people dressed as scholars passed by one after another. The moon visited the cold mountains, however, these scholars did not have the slightest leisure and elegance on their faces, they were all in a hurry, their expressions were a little fierce in the grim, and everyone rolled up their sleeves unusually.

A young monk waited outside the temple gate for a long time. The monk's name was Yuan Hui. The news of Cai Jing and Li Bangyan in Hanshan Temple was that he privately leaked it to Shi Tingjian, a member of the Li Society, Shi Tingjian was surprised when he heard it, and immediately reported to Wu Zilong, and at the same time promised a lot of benefits, not only let Yuan Hui inform him of Cai and Li's movements every few days, but also let him try to copy the letters between the two and the outside world if he had the opportunity, and use the fastest pigeon every day to report the latest movements of the two to Ezhou.

Yuan Hui saw Shi Tingjian walking over quickly, her face was happy, and she bowed down and said, "Master Shi, Amitabha." When he saw the menacing crowd behind him, his face turned from joy to surprise. In addition to the scholars Yuan Hui knew, there were also many people dressed as family servants and apprentices, all of whom held a five-foot-long firewood stick with a square head and round handle, which was a must-have for large families and commonly used in neighborhood brawls.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you ,......, you," Yuan Hui hesitated, "In the quiet place of Buddhism, what are you doing with the murder weapon?" ”

"Don't talk nonsense," Shi Tingjian took out a piece of silver cake from his arms, forced it into Yuan Hui's sleeve, and said impatiently, "Cai and Li are two traitors, but they are still in the temple?" Everyone stared at Yuan Hui viciously, and he was even more frightened, and he snorted: "In, in,...... At. He looked at Shi Tingjian and the others in horror, not knowing what they were asking for.

"It's good to be here!" Shi Tingjian turned his head to a few people, "Brother Du, Brother Gao, Brother Sun, Brother Wang, work hard to guard the temple on all sides, southeast, northwest and northwest, and beware of the traitorous party seeing that the situation is not good, and slipping away." Cutting off these two traitors is related to the national fortune of my Great Song Dynasty, and the teacher must not ignore it. Although a few scholars were a little reluctant, they still nodded in agreement, and separately summoned their families and workers to guard the four sides of the monastery. Shi Tingjian reminded again: "In addition to the small gate, the dog holes, gutters, and the thatched pits over the wall must not be let go. At the beginning, the dog official in Hangzhou escaped from the dog hole. ”

Several fellow Daoists agreed in unison, and Shi Tingjian turned his face and folded his hands together and said, "Zen Master Yuanhui led the way and led us into the temple to find Cai and Li and the two traitors." Although his words were polite, his eyes were beating like flames, which was terrifying. Yuan Hui had heard of Shi Tingjian as a person, and he didn't dare to disobey him, so he could only nod his head and say yes. Shi Tingjian waved his hand, and two or three hundred people followed behind Yuan Hui, and entered from the temple gate with great momentum, heading straight to the courtyard where Cai Jing and Li Bangyan lived. The monk who opened the door was familiar with Yuan Hui, and when he saw him leading people in, he was frightened by these fierce and vicious people, and he even opened his mouth and couldn't even give a warning. In order to prevent the grass from startling the snake, the monks who encountered verbose monks along the way were all taken down immediately, gagged with a cloth ball, and tied up their hands and feet with reverse scissors. After a short time, they came to a secluded courtyard, and according to Yuan Hui, Cai and Li both lived in seclusion in this courtyard, in addition to several henchmen or generals of the two. Shi Tingjian raised his hand, everyone stopped, and several particularly powerful people came out, some drew their waist knives, some actually took out crossbow arrows, and some took people to surround the four sides of the hospital, looking like they were facing a great enemy. Everyone held their breath and waited for Shi Tingjian to finally give the order to take people.

"Cai and Li are both important ministers," Liu Yansuo said in a low voice, "This dynasty does not kill scholars, such as ...... Is it appropriate? ”

"What's wrong? It is the so-called bodhisattva's heart, thunder means! Shi Tingjian said coldly, "Confucius punished Shao Zhengmao, what's wrong!" There was a faint tone of stern questioning in his words, Liu Yansuo's face was stunned, and he lowered his head and said no more. Shi Tingjian looked at Yuan Hui, pointed to the courtyard door, and said in a deep voice: "You come to call the door!" Yuan Hui was intimidated by his momentum, trembling and agreed, it was late at night, called for a while, the yard was turned on the lamp, a Cai Jing's servant walked to the door, whispered and asked, Yuan Hui made up a reason to prevaricate, the servant turned back to report, and came back after a while, slowly pulled out the latch, and opened a small crack in the courtyard door.

"Get in!" With Shi Tingjian's loud shout, several people gathered outside the courtyard gate rushed up together and pushed the courtyard gate open. "What are you doing...... Alas! The servant's face was full of terror, and before he could finish his sentence, he was struck on the forehead by a rod from unknown directions, and immediately blood flowed for a long time, and he staggered back, and before he could get up, he was carried by several feet on his body, and the rod rolled down. These people are all killed, the domestic servant was also the seventh official in the prime minister's mansion, at this moment only the pain is all over the ground, the blood has already lost his eyes, and he can only hear the chaotic sound of the courtyard, someone asked: "Who are you?" Then he was beaten and fell to the ground.

"Quick search," Shi Tingjian's face was grim, sweat was faint on his forehead, and he raised his arms and shouted: "Don't let go of Cai and Li, the two traitors!" "Hurry up and find Cai Jing and Li Bangyan, two traitors!" "Don't let one go!" "Don't let the traitor slip away!" The crowd answered. The names of Cai and Li traitors are known to the whole world, and when there was trouble in Hangzhou, even Cai Jing's ancestral grave was dug up. At this moment, although these family members and workers have taken the benefits of the Society, they are also filled with righteous indignation, thinking that what they have done is a great benevolence and righteousness for the country. The small courtyard was not big, and after disturbing for a while, Cai Jing, Li Bangyan, and three other domestic servants were pulled out from the large and small rooms. Shi Tingjian took out the portraits from his arms and examined them carefully, Cai Jing and Li Bangyan's appearances were vaguely similar, both of them were wearing only close-fitting short clothes, their hair was scattered, and they were embarrassed. Li Bangyan's face was like a dead man, and if he hadn't been lifted, he would have almost collapsed to the ground.

Cai Jing was still a little calm, he looked around at the dense crowd in the courtyard, his eyes finally fell on Shi Tingjian, sighed, and said, "The old man is Cai Jing, who are you?" As soon as these words came out, the eyes of hundreds of people in the courtyard fell on him, and even the people who usually wanted to eat his flesh and sleep on his skin stood on tiptoe curiously, wanting to see the appearance of the world's number one traitor.

"It's you!" Shi Tingjian's left eyelid jumped, and he said fiercely, "Cai Jing, you have bewitched the saints, misled the country and harmed the people, caused corruption in the government and government, chaos and thieves, and made the Khitan enter the Kou, tonight, the time has come for you to be full of evil!" After all, Cai Jing is a member of the imperial court, Shi Tingjian is under great pressure, and the matter has come to this point, so he can't afford the slightest hesitation and regret, he waved his hand, and without waiting for Cai Jing to speak, he shouted to everyone, "Everyone go together, except for this traitor who has brought disaster to the country and the people!" ”

"Who dare!" Cai Jing took a step forward, swept his eyes around sharply, and said loudly, "I am an official of the imperial court, even if the auxiliary saint is not, I should be tried by the three divisions, and the court will punish the crime, where will it be your turn?" Li Bangyan had a look of expectation in his eyes, but he was cowardly and speechless, and Cai Jing shouted again: "Do you know that besieging and beating the officials of the imperial court is a crime of rebellion!" Don't get back now! Everyone was intimidated by his momentum and did not dare to step forward for a while. These family members and apprentices are usually villagers in their own right. Except for a few people who are fierce by nature, most people can't do anything to an ordinary old man with a stick, let alone an important minister of the court.

"Brother Shi......" Liu Yansuo said in a low voice, "think twice...... And then the line. ”

Shi Tingjian sweated slightly on his back, but things had come to this point, and taking a step back was an abyss, he pushed Liu Yansuo aside, snatched a stick from the hand of the family next to him, and pinned it behind his back with his right hand.

"You Cai Jing old thief! When he caused chaos in the government and lost Jiangning and Hangzhou, and allowed the Hu people to plague the southeast, he still thought of the imperial court. Shi Tingjian forced forward while speaking, he was bruised on his forehead, and came to Cai Jing, almost without any warning, and pulled out with a stick, Cai Jing didn't expect him to be a scholar, actually went into battle shirtless, couldn't dodge, was smashed on the forehead by a square-headed stick, and suddenly blood flowed, staggered to the ground, shocked, frightened, angry, Cai Jing could no longer maintain the prime minister's bearing, he fell to the ground, covered his forehead with one hand, pointed at Shi Tingjian with a halberd, and scolded: "Rats, dare to do this!" ”

"How dare I!" The stick just now was pulled out, Shi Tingjian seemed to have removed a layer of shackles in his chest, and it seemed to put on a heavy thing, he gasped like a beast, strode in front of Cai Jing, kicked the old thief's waist in spite of Sven, and stepped on his chest with a kick, picked up the stick and beat it down like raindrops, shouting while beating, "I'll kill you traitor!" What don't you dare, what don't you dare! "What don't you dare!" "Let's go together, kill this traitor!" "Let's go together!"

The blood stimulated the crowd of onlookers, and several strong men walked up to participate in the beating with sticks in hand, while Li Bangyan had already collapsed to the ground, screaming and rolling to dodge the sticks coming from all sides. And the family members of Cai Jing and Li Bangyan couldn't dodge, more sticks fell on them, and they could only hold their heads and wail for help. It's just that everyone was timid at the beginning, but now that the fight has already started, the more they fight, the more they fight, the more powerful it becomes, and no one listens to those voices begging for mercy at all. The monks of Hanshan Temple did not dare to approach when they heard the huge movement here. Shi Tingjian's voice became louder and louder, and finally he shouted almost hoarsely, and Cai Jing screamed and avoided at first, but later, he didn't know whether he fainted or died, but he didn't know whether he was fainting or dying, and the sticks on all sides still fell on him like a torrential rain.

Yuan Hui was so frightened that her face was pale, and she stood close to the wall, clasping her hands together and chanting silently: "Amitabha" ...... "Amitabha". Beside him, Liu Yansuo's face was pale, and he sometimes closed his eyes, unable to bear this bloody and barbaric scene.

"Well, both traitors are dead." I don't know how long it took, Shi Tingjian walked to his side, wiped his sweat, and watched everyone scramble to clean up the corpses. Liu Yansuo didn't answer, Shi Tingjian shook his head, and moved his gaze to the night sky, in the inky night, the stars were shining little by little, calming people's minds.

"Raising the soup to stop the boiling, not as much as drawing salary from the bottom of the kettle," Shi Tingjian seemed to speak to Liu Yansuo, and seemed to say to himself: "What we did today is for the sake of the Great Song Cangsheng, Brother Liu, we have a clear conscience." ”