Monk Yunneng smiled lightly, although he was uneasy in his heart, he still made a gesture and said: "The old man has praised it falsely, where can the old monk talk about the superb Buddhism, but it is just the love of the believers." ”

Zhao Yan didn't want to talk too much nonsense with him, and when he heard this, he took two steps forward and said: "Some people saw that the thief entered your temple, the thief was cruel and treacherous, and the official was afraid that the monks of your temple would be deceived and harmed, so in order to prevent the night from dreaming too much, so he led the crowd to come to the rescue overnight, and the master also asked to open the temple door, and the official took people into the temple to search." ”

Zhao Yan was holding a long sword, dressed in an official uniform, his face was full of murderous aura, Yun Nenghe had never seen such a formation, and he was shocked and frightened in his heart, but fortunately, he was very old, and the temple had made corresponding arrangements, but he was not afraid of people going in to search.

"In this case, the county magistrate, please let his subordinates be lighter, so as not to disturb the great power of Buddhism enshrined in our temple."

Zhao Yan smiled: "This is natural. I don't know if there are many monks in your temple? In order to prevent thieves from mixing in, he also asked the master to summon all the monks of your temple out, and the official should screen them one by one. ”

Monk Yunneng had no choice but to have someone inform all the monks to come out of their respective residences.

Zhao Yan glanced at Zhang Liang, Zhang Liang understood, there were more than 400 people under his command, and at this time, 200 people were assigned to take care of the monks, and the remaining 200 people were divided into several teams and began to search in the temple.

Zhao Yin and the two brothers went straight to the descendant hall with a pair of soldiers, and Zhao Yan said to the monk Yunneng when he saw this: "I heard that the descendant hall of your temple is quite effective, I don't know if the master can take the official to take a look." ”

Monk Yunneng naturally agreed, and on the way, he saw Cao Fang, the main bookkeeper, and in order to alleviate the panic in his heart, he said: "Master Cao came to the descendants hall of this temple to ask for a son a month ago, I don't know what the result is?" ”

Speaking of this, Cao Fang's face was suddenly full of joy, and said: "The descendants of your temple are indeed effective, my concubine has only been to the concubine room once and is pregnant, if you can get what you want in the future, you will definitely come to your temple to offer more sesame oil money." ”

Monk Yunneng made an unfathomable look on his face, and said: "The Buddha is sincere, Cao Zhushu has a fate with the Buddha, and the Buddha can't bear to see no one under Cao's master's book, so he gives his descendants, as long as Cao's master can do more good deeds in the future, with the blessing of the Buddha, he will be blessed." ”

Cao Fang's eyes were almost gone: "Yes, yes, what Master Yun Neng said is right, he must do more good deeds in the future, and even teach his children and grandchildren in the future, so they must be allowed to worship the Buddha and do more good deeds." ”

As the two were talking, Monk Yunneng suddenly felt that the surrounding environment was wrong, looked around, and hurriedly said to Zhao Yan: "Master, the descendant hall is in front, why did I come to the clean room at the back?" ”

Zhao Yan was silent, and after walking into the clean room, he asked Zhao Yin, "How?" ”

Zhao Yin said: "The furniture in this room has moved its position, originally this was the place where the bed was placed, but now it has been replaced by a cabinet, as long as the cabinet is moved, you can see the hole below." ”

"So what are you waiting for, do it."

As the cabinet was removed, a swarthy hole was gradually revealed.

Zhao Yan turned his head and saw that Monk Yunneng was sweating profusely, and his heart was not dead because of the Yellow River, and now it has reached this point, see how you quibble.

"Yun Neng, what else do you have to say so far?"

Monk Yunneng still had to quibble, Zhang Liang walked in from the outside, and said: "Zhao Zhixian, Xiaguan found a dark hole behind the statue of Guanyin in the Sun and Sun Hall, and was about to ask people to go in to investigate, but he didn't want someone to come inside, but Xiaguan asked people to shout inside, but there was no response. ”

Then Zhang Liang saw the hole found in the clean room, sighed, and said: "There is also a hole here, maybe the two sides are connected." ”

Zhao Yan glanced at the Yunneng monk who was strong and self-supporting, and then cleared his throat next to the hole on the floor of the clean room before saying: "Listen to the people below, you have been surrounded, and the official counts to three, if no one answers, then the official will be blamed for being ruthless." ”

One, two, three, after Zhao Yan finished counting, there was still no one in the cave to respond.

"Come on, find some wet wood and put it at the entrance of the cave on both sides, and then light a fire and fan the wind, and smoke it with thick smoke for half an hour."

As soon as Zhao Yan finished speaking, there was an echo in the cave: "Don't light the fire, don't light the fire, I'll come out." ”

The sky gradually brightened, and a figure slowly emerged from the cave, and only after Zhang Liang stepped forward with a knife to restrain him could everyone see the man's face clearly.

"Gu Dianshi?" Cao Fang was inexplicably surprised, wondering if he had read it wrong.

Gu Yuanche no longer had that flat posture, he smiled awkwardly, and defended himself: "I was sleeping at home last night, but when I woke up, I found that I was trapped in a hole in the ground. ”

Zhao Yan frowned and ignored Gu Yinche, but turned his head to Zhao Yin and said, "You bring a weapon down to see, if there is anything wrong, shout loudly." ”

After a while, Zhao Yin shouted below: "Childe, there are two people below, and they are all tied. ”

Gu Yuanche and Monk Yunneng glanced at each other, and their eyes flashed with unwillingness.

Monk Yunneng turned his head to look at a middle-aged monk who had been following him, his lips moved slightly, and he whispered a few words.

A fierce look flashed in the middle-aged monk's eyes, and then he retracted his hand into his wide-sleeved robe and grasped a dagger tightly.

It happened that Zhao Yan was turning his head to talk to Zhang Liang, the monk walked a few steps, and then the cold light appeared, and when he was about to hold Zhao Yan hostage, Wang Shuang on the side kicked over.

There was a sudden burst of chickens and dogs jumping in the clean room, and the last scream made the clean room quiet.

Zhao Yan pulled the long sword out of the monk's chest, turned his head and saw that Wang's forearms were wounded, so he asked, "How is the injury?" ”

Wang Shuang's face turned pale, he was almost stabbed in the neck by the monk just now, if he hadn't blocked it with his arm in a hurry, I'm afraid he would have been out of breath and out of breath at this moment.

"Villain...... The villain is fine, thank you for the rescue. ”

The next thing is simple, there are many soldiers of the inspection department present, all the monks in the temple were arrested and imprisoned, the classic history Gu Yuanche and the monk Yunneng who presided over the pagoda temple were taken back to the county government to await trial, and then Zhao Yan ordered Wang Shuang to lead the county government to begin to seal the pagoda temple.

Wait until the third pole of the day, the news that the pagoda temple was seized has spread throughout the entire Xinning county, and there is even more news that the county government in the history of Gu Yuanche and the presiding monk of the pagoda temple Yunneng are in cahoots, and the evil township is doing evil, and the new magistrate wants to open a court to hear the case at the right time, and the people who got the news immediately flocked to the court, and soon squeezed the public hall tightly.

Zhao Yan was sitting in the public hall with his eyes closed, Wang Shuang walked in from the back hall, he put the thin book in his hand lightly on the public case, and then said in a low voice: "Big lord, the villain found a secret room in the bedroom of the monk Yunneng in the pagoda temple, which contains several boxes of gold and silver treasures, the villain has counted clearly, there are 18,600 taels of money, and the rest of the treasures are about 10,000 taels, plus the money and property found from all over the temple, adding up to about 30,000 taels. ”

"I know." Zhao Yan nodded, and said: "You go and take out five hundred taels of silver, and the rest will be stored and sealed. ”

If it was in the past, Wang Shuang might have hesitated about Zhao Yan's request to withdraw five hundred taels of stolen silver, but after seeing Zhao Yan's decisiveness in killing, Wang Shuang did not dare to have any slackness and slackness in all Zhao Yan's requests.

"Bringing people to commit crimes." Zhao Yan slapped the stunned wood and gave a casual order, representing the official start of the trial of the case.

Gu Yuanche and Monk Yunneng walked in in shackles, and a man and a woman came in at the same time, this is a couple, and someone who knows the two has called out: "Isn't this the son and daughter-in-law of the Li tailor's family in the east of the city?" Why did they also make a mistake, I heard that Li Dalang is still a showman. ”

Others: "Who cares who they are, I only know that Master Yunneng is highly respected, and he is the host of the Pagoda Temple, my daughter-in-law can give birth to two children for our family one after another, but they are all thanks to the blessing of the descendants of the Pagoda Temple, if this county master can't convince me, I will come to the county every day to make trouble, how can I let the county master let Master Yunneng go." ”

The person who also went to the descendant hall of the pagoda temple to ask for a son echoed on the side: "That is, if it weren't for the descendant hall, our family would have been passed down for three generations, and I am afraid it would have been broken in my generation." If the new magistrate can't come up with evidence, he can't say anything to let Master Yunneng be framed by this. ”

Foolish man and foolish woman. Zhao Yan sighed secretly, then patted the shocked wood, and said, "Silence." ”

The outside of the hall finally quieted down, Zhao Yan looked at the couple and asked, "Where are you two from, what are your surnames, and why were you trapped in the cave of the Pagoda Temple with your hands and feet tied?" ”

The man turned his head and glanced at Monk Yunneng and Gu Yuanche, a trace of resentment flashed in his eyes, and then said: "Master Qiyu, the student's surname is Li Mingyang, and he is a student in the county school, this is the student's in-law Li Liu, and my husband and wife are both from this county, and they live in Wuwa Lane in the east of the city. ”

After a pause, Li Yang's face flashed a trace of shame, and said: "The student and the insider have been married for several years but nothing has come out, a few days ago when drinking with the county government Gu Dianshi, I heard him talk about the pagoda temple descendants of the hall to ask for a son, the student was tempted, so he went to the pagoda temple to give some sesame oil money, and then fasted with the insider for seven days, and lived in the clean room behind the grandson hall in the temple last night.

At that time, the students lived in the outer room, and the students' insiders lived in the inner room, everything was fine, but the students were woken up by the movement from outside the temple at the fifth watch, and they found that there was a sound in the room in a daze, and when the students went in to see, they didn't know where to drill out of a yin thief, who was lying on the body of the student and wanted to do something wrong.

The thief saw that the student had found him, and when he was at a loss, several monks broke in, led by this thief Bald Yunneng, and the student also saw the face of the thief by the light of the candle...... Student ......"