On the eighth day of August in the fifth year of Yongli, Tiantai County, Taizhou Prefecture.

Tiantai County is located in the northwest of Taizhou Prefecture, which is bordered by Ninghai and Sanmen Counties in the east, Taizhou Fuzhi and Xianju County in the south, Dongyang County of Jinhua Prefecture in the west, and Xinchang County of Shaoxing Prefecture in the north. It's just that this place is surrounded by the Tiantai Mountains and the Great Thunder Mountains, and it is not such a place that extends in all directions.

Tiantai County is famous for the source of Buddhism, the beauty of mountains and rivers, the ancestral court of Buddhism Tiantai Sect, Taoism Southern Sect, and the sixth largest cave of Taoism, Tianchicheng Mountain, Yujing Cave are all here. Because there are many temples and Taoist temples here, when Chengping is peaceful, the road is crowded with people from all over the world who come to enter the incense and seek the Tao, and even there are many people who make a living from it in the county.

It's just that since the Qing army went south, the Eight Banners Green Battalion plundered the people and merchants, and the local government levied taxes and miscellaneous taxes, corruption was rampant, coupled with the rebels, bandits, and even the rebel army garrison in the mountains, making the roads unquiet, and there were fewer people who came to seek the way.

Tiantai County is located on the hilly plain between the Tiantai Mountains and the Dalei Mountains, although it is adjacent to Tiantai Mountain, not far from the sphere of influence of the Ming army of Tiantai Mountain, but there has always been a garrison garrison here, coupled with the strength of the Ming army of Tiantai Mountain is not strong, even if there is an internal existence in the year before last, Yu Guowang's department still cannot break the city, so it is a safe place for the officials of the Qing court.

Huang Yun, a native of Tiantai County, has been in charge of guarding the city gate for many years, and when the Tiantai thief Yu Guowang besieged the county seat the year before last, he led people to kill Neiying and bought time for the garrison Xu Shouxian to defeat Yu Guowang's department.

After this battle, the magistrate of Tiantai County and Xu Shouxian, the garrison who assisted in guarding this place, both praised Huang Yun.

It's just that in his eyes, even if he didn't have these praises and rewards, he definitely didn't have the reason to let those Ming troops on Tiantai Mountain enter the county seat. There is nothing to do with the duty of duty, and it has nothing to do with the general righteousness of the nation, Huang Yun is so hard actually just because his family is in the county seat, how can he let these thieves enter the city and loot?

After that battle, the thieves of Tiantai Mountain had no idea about this place, and Xu Shouxian, the garrison of the co-guard, was also transferred to cooperate with the Jinhua general soldier Ma Jinbao to encircle and suppress the thief Xu Shouping of Dongyongshan in Jinhua Mansion. It didn't take long for Yu Guowang, who tried to break the city last time, to also send troops to besiege Xinchang County, and Tiantai County was also very calm for a while.

It's just that who would have thought that at the end of November last year, news came from the mountain that a Ming army that had been to Tiantai Mountain would be stationed here again.

Although the garrison of this Ming army from Dalan Mountain is not close, Huang Yun has heard of it to some extent, and has captured Shangyu County twice, defeated the Qing army of encirclement and suppression several times, and captured Hushan with Yu Guowang, and then surrounded Xinchang County, which can be regarded as a capable team.

But no matter how capable the thieves are, they are also thieves, and they are not opponents in the face of the standard battalion, and in the first battle of Siming Lake, this thief was wiped out with other thieves in the area of Siming Mountain, and even the commander was captured.

Although I always feel sorry for my ancestors with such a rat's tail, but now that the Qing army is powerful, and being able to save my life in troubled times is considered to be an ancestor who has accumulated virtue, how dare I risk exterminating the clan to join the thieves and make trouble? Besides, life is not easy at the moment, and this duty to guard the city gate is indispensable for various benefits on weekdays, so it can always block the conscience.

But who would have imagined that not many days later, new news would come in. The remnants of this newly eliminated bandit actually defeated the Tibiao Battalion in the south of Siming Mountain, and even the deputy general Li Rong, who led the guerrillas of the Tibiao Left Battalion, was also beheaded, and this Ming army was actually stationed in Tiantai Mountain, where they had come a few years ago, and Yu Guowang was a horn in each other.

Although according to the Zhixian and the new garrison, Zhejiang Governor Tian Xiong always claimed that Li Rong was besieged by several times his own thieves after the ambush and suffered a crushing defeat, but whether this news is true or not, Li Rong was indeed killed, and the Qing army prisoners who were released under Xinchang City are said to be thousands of people, and it is conceivable what the Biao Battalion has become.

When the news came, the magistrate was only shocked for a moment and ordered to change the normal opening and closing time of the city gate every day to only open for two hours a day, which was used to enter and exit goods and personnel, and strictly ordered to inspect all personnel and materials entering and leaving the city.

Even if there is no order from the magistrate, Huang Yun will do his best to prevent spies from entering the city for the safety of his family. It's just that after almost a year, this thief seems to have starved to death on Tiantai Mountain, and there is no movement at all.

A few days ago this month, I heard that the Governor Battalion had passed through Fucheng, Sanmen, Ninghai and other counties and entered the territory of Ningbo Prefecture. Since Shangguan was ordered to strictly guard the cities in various places, the Tiantai magistrate revised the time of opening and closing the city gate at two hours to one hour, which can be regarded as a prevention of these local thieves.

The time for the opening of the city gate for this hour was approaching, and Huang Yun, who had become a little tired from the strict inspection, yawned and prepared to speed up the inspection so that he could close the city gate at the appointed hour.

At this moment, several monks wearing monk's robes hurried from afar, greeting those men, women and children who had not yet entered the city with the Buddha number one by one.

Soon, when the time came to close the city gates, Huang Yun ordered the city gates to be closed, and the order was only reached, so that the people who had not yet had time to enter the city hurried in as before, lest they be left outside. Huang Yun knew that this was the most hectic at this time, so he had already sped up his speed, but the number of people entering the city today was indeed a little more than in the past, so until this time, dozens of people were stopped outside.

Suddenly, the tallest of the monks shouted the Buddha call in the crowd, and then came out of the crowd. There are many Buddhist temples in Taizhou, and most of the people worship the Buddha, and this is especially true in Tiantai County, and the soldiers who guarded the door did not dare to stop them, so they brought those monks to Huang Yun.

"Disciple Huang Yun, may I ask about Master's number?"

Huang Yun's old mother believes in Buddhism and is very pious, even if his mother is not present here, Huang Yun does not dare to be rude in the slightest. It's just that although the monk in front of him seems to have a high status, and he lived a pampered life in his early years, Huang Yun always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

"Amitabha, it turned out to be Huang Shizhu, the poor monk is called Xuzhu, and he is the disciple of Master Xuanci of Wannian Temple, and these are the disciples of the poor monk."

Huang Yun of Wannian Temple knows that it is an ancient temple in Tiantai County, the incense is extremely prosperous, and he went with his parents in his early years, but there are many monks among them, but he has never heard of a great monk called Xuanci.

"It turned out to be Master Xuzhu." Glancing at the younger monks, Huang Yun finally figured out what was wrong. "Dare to ask Master Xuzhu, why did you and your junior disciples only shave their ordination, but they have never received ordination?"

Hearing this, I saw the Xuzhu monk clasping his hands together, reciting a Buddha name, and then replied: "These disciples of the poor monks have just entered the temple for more than a month, so they have not yet had time to receive ordination; As for the poor monk ......" as he spoke, he saw the Xuzhu monk sigh, as if he had been asked about something embarrassing. "The family teacher said that the poor monk has not finished his fate and must return to the world in the future, so he has never let the poor monk be ordained."

Not to the end of the dust?

It's just that one of them hasn't taken the ordination, and it's too fake for everyone to have no ordination!

Hearing this answer, Huang Yun immediately laughed contemptuously, and then shouted: "This official sees that you are clearly pretending to be a thief on Tiantai Mountain!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the Qing soldiers standing beside Huang Yun immediately rushed over with guns and surrounded the four monks.

Seeing that they were surrounded, one of the three young monks looked more clever and looked quite frightened, the thinner one just folded his hands and chanted the Buddha's name, and the last one had an angry face, as if he was about to pounce.

The white blade of the spear was approaching, but the Xuzhu monk seemed quite calm, just clasped his hands together, quietly staring at the yellow clouds, and between the eye waves, he only felt that there was clearly a pool of frozen lake water in his eyes, and there was no ripple.

"Aren't you afraid?"