Chapter 63: The Midnight Bell
When Li Yan came to the front of the main hall, the doors and windows in front of him were blocked. The horizontal knife in Li Yan's hand was unsheathed and slashed on the chain, and the chain broke in response.
"Let's go! Go inside and have a look. ”
Li Yan held a horizontal knife and entered the dark hall, Han Qian and Wei Liang drew their knives and followed behind Li Yan.
"Amitabha, good, good. The Buddha said that the sea of suffering is endless, and the shore is the shore, so why should the donor be persistent? In the dark hall, an old voice startled Li Yan's heart.
"Who's here? If you don't come out, you're welcome. The horizontal knife in Wei Liang's hand was about to slash forward, but Li Yan hurriedly stopped Wei Liang.
Suddenly, the sound of chains came, and Li Yan saw an old monk with a white beard, his feet locked by chains, walking towards him step by step.
"Master, why are you like this?" Li Yan asked in surprise.
"Amitabha, it turned out that several donors came here. The poor monk thought it was the thief Zhang Kui, and asked the donors to forgive me. The old monk said to Li Yan and his entourage.
"Don't get in the way, why is the master locked in the main hall, what is going on with the dry bones in this courtyard, please ask the master to solve the puzzle."
"Alas! Iniquity. It all started last year~~" The old monk sighed and said slowly to Li Yan.
It turns out that this old monk is the abbot of Foguang Temple, Huikong, five years ago by the people of Fufeng County donated funds to build Foguang Temple, Huikong became the abbot of Foguang Temple, and for a while Foguang Temple became a famous temple in Fufeng.
Many people in Fufeng County came here to offer incense, and Foguang Temple was targeted by Zhang Kui, a rogue of Qingyun Village, at this time.
Last year, the thief Zhang Kui led more than 100 rogues under his command to rush into Foguang Temple at night, killing most of the monks, leaving only Huikong and a dozen monks, and now the only remaining monks are all locked up in the side hall of the main hall.
The corpses outside, except for some monks in the temple, most of them were merchants and pilgrims who came to stay here.
The reason why Zhang Kui didn't kill Huikong was because it could be used at a critical moment, and the people of the Fufeng family still needed Huikong to come forward when they came to Foguang Temple, otherwise they would be able to deal with Zhang Kui's fake monks, and the monks in the side hall would become the target of Zhang Kui's coercion.
Over the years, Foguang Temple pilgrims are endless, Zhang Kui killed most of the monks, leaving Huikong and other more than a dozen monks just to ask the temple for many years of unwarranted property.
After Huikong finished speaking, he sat cross-legged on the main hall, closed his eyes and kept reciting Buddhist scriptures, as if Li Yan and his party had never been here.
"Master, get up and wait for me to cut off the chains." Li Yan looked at the long chain under Huikong's feet and wanted to cut it off.
"Donor, please come back. Before Zhang Kui found out, the poor monk couldn't bear to suffer another catastrophe for the donor, so he walked from the backyard to the east, where there was a wall that was washed away by a flash flood last year, and the donor quickly fled for his life. ”
"Master~" Li Yan looked at Huikong and stopped saying anything, feeling a little helpless.
"Childe, there is a woman crying in the courtyard next door!" Han Qian walked in from outside the hall.
"Master, where did this woman come from in the pure land of Buddhism?" Li Yan asked in a low voice.
"Poultry!" Huikong scolded angrily.
Han Qian and Li Yan, who were standing on the side, looked at each other, unclear.
"Some of the women were pilgrims who had come here to offer incense, and most of them were family members of former merchants. Zhang Kui's imprisoning of these women for the lustful pleasure of the thieves is simply mad. ”
Huikong's words made Li Yan feel extremely shocked, and the fake Huikong said that the ghost cried in the middle of the night, and there was really something else.
"Brother Han, let's go. Check it out! ”
"Donor, run for your life. Don't lose your life. Huikong saw that Li Yan and the others wanted to go to the courtyard next door to dissuade him.
"Master, don't worry, I'm going to die." Li Yan said and walked outside the hall.
In the small courtyard not far from the courtyard where Li Yan was, there were a few men in the hall who were drinking, and there were several wine jars thrown on the ground, all of them drinking alcohol.
"Come, come, drink. Brothers, if you want me to say that there is food and drink every day, and women play, it is much better than what we have been in the mountains in the past few years. A man in a cloth robe raised the big bowl in his hand and said with a drunken expression.
"That is, with our big boss, what are we worried about? If you want me to say that those bald donkeys should be killed, and besides, you have to waste food every day, you don't know, the last time I went into the courtyard where the bald donkeys were held with the second master, it didn't scare me to death, and the ground was full of dead bones. The fat man with a wine trough nose next to him whispered.
"Be quiet, if the second master just went in, if you disturb the interest of the second master, be careful of being whipped."
In an instant, several people lowered their voices and looked sideways at the hidden door of the inner room, for fear of being heard by the so-called second master.
"What are you muttering about?"
Suddenly, a short figure walked out of the back room, the sleeve of his left hand empty, staring viciously at several people at the wine table.
"The second master, you~ you are out." The fat man with a wine trough nose looked surprised and watched the second master come over. The second master has only been in for a long time, and this bowl of wine has just come out.
"Hmmm! Remove everything from the table, and you will go to work with the three masters tonight. I'm here tonight. Seeing a few people looking at him with strange eyes, the second master deliberately raised his voice and said.
"Second master, there is a fat sheep again tonight?" The fat man with a wine trough nose asked with a happy face.
"Don't ask what you shouldn't, get out quickly." The second boss rebuked with displeasure on his face.
"Yes, yes, we'll go now." Several men picked up the big knives under the table and walked outside.
"Murder! Come on! ”
Just as the second master had just sat down, there was a frightened shout outside.
The second master grabbed a large knife from the ground and walked out of the hall. The scene in front of him made him pale with fright, there were four corpses lying on the ground, and in the dark night, three dark shadows stared at him.
"Help! Come on! The second master looked at the knife in the hands of the three people in front of him who was still dripping blood, and his guts were frightened.
Han Qian stepped forward and pierced the chest of the second master, and the second master was lying on the ground with his eyes wide open.
"Dangdang!"
In the dark night, the loud bells rang throughout the temple, and the aftermath of the valley was reverberating, and the entire temple woke up.
"Not good! Wei Liang, you go and lead the Blood Wolf Guard to prepare to kill the enemy, and you must also protect Lord Liang. Go for it! ”
"Yes. The general is reassured. ”
When Li Yan walked into the back room, he was stunned by the scene in front of him. There were more than a dozen women locked up in the room, all of them with their hands tied, most of them in rags, with frightened faces and blank eyes, and when they saw Li Yan and Han Qian walking in, more than a dozen women were all close together.
There was a shout of killing outside the courtyard, and it was obvious that the thieves hidden in the temple already knew that Li Yan and the others were here.
"Brother Han, let's go!" Li Yan looked at the woman in the house, shook his head, and walked towards the courtyard with Han Qian.
"Master, we meet again." Li Yan looked at Master Huikong or Zhang Kui in front of him in a robe, and said with a playful smile.
"Huh! Boy, now that you know about it, I won't keep you. Originally, I wanted you to live for an extra hour, but I didn't expect you to go to Elysium in such a hurry, and the old man will fulfill you! Give it to me! Zhang Kui looked at Li Yan and Han Qian, and waved his hand at the thieves behind him.