Jiang Tuanlian held the handle of the knife in his right hand, and held a volume of letters from Liu Yanseng in his left hand, his thick eyebrows were upside down, and he was about to walk to the lobby in a heroic manner, but the people crowded nearby gathered one after another to block his entry. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Cao Zheng hurriedly reminded: "Don't step forward recklessly, so as not to be hijacked by the chaotic people!" Jiang Xijie suddenly realized, and then realized that he had made a fool again.

"Can there be people who are good at shooting under the team training? Send the paperwork to the lobby with a bow and arrow. ”

Hearing Cao Zheng's reminder, Jiang Xijie patted his head: "That's right!" Or do you kid have brains! Where is Geshu Boyun? ”

The others were holding back their laughter when they heard the words of the group training, and a tall soldier had already said yes and flashed from behind. This man had a high hooked nose and eyes embedded in deep sockets, looking like a dragon ball in the abyss, and although he was wearing a tattered regimental training native soldier uniform, he could not hide his heroism.

"Shoot me on the desk, look at it, don't hurt Zheng Yuhou and Hu Tingshi."

"Order!"

Ge Shu Boyun tied the paper scroll to the tail of the feather arrow and fixed it firmly, set up the arrow and slowly pulled it apart, and then his body did not move at all, like a stone statue.

Cao Zheng was taken aback when he saw the direction he was aiming at, and it turned out to be facing Hu Tingshi.

"No!"

Just as he was about to shout, the feather arrow had already been shot out with a whoosh, and the arrow flew out at a slightly slower rate, apparently not full.

Hu Luanzhi saw that it was Cao Zheng who was the first to take the lead instead of the reckless Jiang Xijie, and the big stone in his heart fell suddenly. Unexpectedly, just as he breathed a sigh of relief, a feather arrow had already flown towards him. The arrow drew a straight parabola in the air, and when it fell, it almost stuck to the upper edge of the lobby and went straight to Hu Luan, Zheng Mao next to him was stunned, the arrow had already fallen on the desk, impartially, in front of the gilded copper cylinder signed by Hu Luan, and was tied to the desk.

Many people in the government applauded quietly, and Cao Zheng saw Jiang Xijie's expression beaming, and couldn't help but curse in his heart: "Idiot! I don't know how important it is! Fortunately, Hu Luan is calm and steady, and when the arrow falls, he only uses his left hand to cover the front door, if he pounces on the side with his head and folds the prestige of the government, and even causes chaos and laughter in this critical situation, then you have fallen into a big disaster! ”

"Did Captain Cao see it? The soldiers trained by our regiment are not lost to the Ya Army? “

Cao Zhengtie's face was blue, he snorted and ignored him, and said in his heart: "This brother Shu Boyun is so skilled but only a step archer, you are a chief who really has the "wisdom to know people". ”

Cheng Yuan secretly smacked his tongue in his heart: "There is a document tied to the back of this arrow, which should cause a slight deviation when it is stuck in the air, this archer obviously calculates the error, and the ancient marksman is really worthy of his name." ”

At this time, the fat man in the back continued to whisper in his ear: "Isn't it the living Kui Xinggong of Dong'er Mountain?" The villagers of Xiagou Village, Neixiang County, the villain, when the county lieutenant asked you to leave that day, the villain was in the crowd of onlookers. ”

Cheng Yuan didn't expect that such a branch would arise when he dropped a hat. His hairstyle is really conspicuous to others, and he may be mistaken for a monk who has just begun to grow his hair after returning to the world. However, if you have seen someone who has come down from the ancient mine, you will be impressed.

"It's me." Cheng Yuan replied without hesitation. Anyway, Hu Luanzhi had already discovered himself, and simply disclosed his identity to others. He replied and continued to observe the reaction of the Hu Luan people in the lobby.

Hu Luanzhi picked up the letter, and Zheng Mao came over to read it together. It is indeed in Liu Yanseng's handwriting, but there is no seal mark of the Yamen:

"The beard is all in person, and the culprit of the civil uprising is the monk of Shuangxia Temple, and the slaughterer is also a temple property. Barberry seventy-two mans are intertwined and cannot be moved. Quickly behead the perpetrators of the cattle slaughter case, and never make a mistake about it. - Liu Bi"

Hu Luanzhi's face suddenly became gloomy......

After the Sui and Tang dynasties, the power of the monasteries was very strong, and they did not levy taxes, even to the point of threatening some of the emerging Shu landlords. During the reign of Emperor Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty, the imperial court finally couldn't bear it anymore, and the emperor forced hundreds of thousands of monks and nuns to return to the world, which was known as the "Huichang Law" in history.

After the death of Wuzong, Tang Xuanzong ascended the throne, the power of sympathy for Buddhists in the imperial court rebounded strongly, and the strong vitality of Buddhism was revived, and the incense of the temple in the late Tang Dynasty and the five dynasties had become more and more prosperous, and its industry was also unusually strong.

Hu Luan himself used to be a Buddhist layman, and he also knew that even Liu Yansheng was too lazy to offend the power of the temple and the temple property, but a few scum in the Buddhism not only bewitched the people in the troubled times, but also coerced the government to do something to kill, didn't he even have a little compassion?

Liu Yanseng's instruction was just a note that didn't even have the seal of the festival envoy, and obviously even he understood it - this kind of compromise with the temple power was really not very good.

On the other hand, Hu Luan knew that Shuangxia Temple was a branch of Huishan Temple in the surrounding area of Songshan in the north, and this case was not only Shuangxia Temple's own business, but there should also be people in the Asari behind it. Cowhide can only be used for military purposes according to national law, if the eunuchs of the inner court really secretly sell forbidden cowhides, then the inner court will inevitably have contradictions with the military commander, is there a shadow of the forbidden army behind the Huishan Temple?

This case is really too complicated, but you still have to decide how the matter ends and how it is judged.

"The judgment of this envoy is as follows," Hu Luan was sitting in front of the case, shaking his spirits, and the people in the audience, plus Cao Zheng and Cheng Yuan, all looked at him with nervous faces.

"The law is greater, and the law is secondary. The cattle slaughtered in this case were used for the purchase of leather drums in the Han Dynasty Temple, and although there was a ban on cattle slaughtering in the Han Dynasty, it was not applicable to the military and Sheji Temples. Therefore, the crime of violating the prohibition should not be established! ”

There was an uproar in the hall, and Hu Luan hit the hall again, and continued to announce:

"Therefore, Chen Baoxuan, Cui Yan and the rest of the seven people, although they are exempted from the crime of violating the prohibition, they are convicted of stealing, and according to the laws of the imperial court, those who steal more than ten times will be killed with a cane! The price of the cattle involved in the case has already passed. ”

Cao Zheng and Zheng Mao in the lobby were about to breathe a sigh of relief, but they listened to Hu Luan's continuation:

"The first emperor died, and the new emperor was first established, and the world was pardoned according to the rules, and stealing was punished with a reduced crime. Therefore, Chen Bao selected Cui Yan and the others, and they were sentenced to forty rods, and the thorns flowed to the east of the river, and the rest of the accomplices were punished with thirty flogs, flowing for 800 miles. ”

Hu Luanzhi glanced at Zhang Qing again: "The laws of the imperial court are reasonable, Chen Baoxuan and the other seven people are forced by hunger, it is still excusable, and the commutation of the sentence is also in line with heaven and humanity." Zhang Qing, Er is a profiteer, and the crime according to the law will be added to the first degree! Sentenced to hanging! ”

Zhang Qing, who had just woken up, immediately fainted again.

From the point of view of a modern person like Chengyuan, although this Zhang Qing is not pitiful, it is definitely barbaric justice to be slaughtered by selling some cowhides, but after all, in the Later Han Dynasty, which has the harshest criminal law in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Hu Luan's punishment can be said to be very merciful.

The judge next to him wrote the verdict and handed it to Zheng Mao, but Zheng Mao was stunned in his seat and didn't dare to stretch out his hand.

Seeing that Cui Yan and Chen Baoxuan pleaded guilty one after another, Zheng Mao knew that if he pressed the attached seal, it would mean that Ma Buyuan and Liu Yanseng, who made the teeth of Jiedu, had recognized the verdict of Hu Tingshi and could not be changed. Zheng Mao was caught between the Jiedu envoy and the assassin history, which was really difficult. Just as he was hesitating, a thick voice suddenly sounded in the hall:

"Amitabha, the little monk has a word, but I want to ask Shi Gong."

Cheng Yuan stood on tiptoe and looked, but the monk who had just made the code finally stopped being silent.

Sooner or later, it is time to jump out.

Unlike the villagers who were instigated, since this person was one of the people behind the scenes, seeing that the government did not dare to do anything to him, and the army of the regimental training envoy did not rush up to kill him after arriving, the monk was able to confirm this completely.

The monk saw that Hu Luan did not answer his words, but he did not keep his mouth shut:

The little monk wanted to ask, although the ploughing cattle stolen by these criminals were used for the temple, but except for the leather merchants, these hungry people did not know the inside story when they stole them, so they talked about it in their hearts, and the crime of violating the prohibition was really unavoidable. Ladies and gentlemen, whether the words of the little monk are reasonable or not, everyone makes their own judgments. ”

The monk clasped his palms together again, and some people next to him shouted when they saw this code:

"The master is right."

"Yes, his heart can be punished! Sin is unavoidable! ”

The monk said again: "The things shot by the regimental training military master who just arrived, I want to come to the order of the envoy of the festival, can I ask Hu Tingshi to read it out in the court?" ”

Hu Luanzhi looked at the monk's eyes, the monk's eyes were bright and deep, like a lake, his expression seemed to be gentle and almost unmanly, but the words he spit out were like sharp blades, and it sounded like the heads of these eight people had to fall to the ground. At this moment, he had no choice but to open his mouth:

"This book was indeed delivered by the envoy of the festival, but there is no official letter from the envoy of the festival on it, so it is by no means an instruction, but a private letter, whether it is public or private, please forgive the envoy for not having to read it."

"Of course, we have no right to intervene in the affairs of the government. However, none of the properties of my temple are recorded in the household registration of the yamen, if this case is opened, whoever wants to eat meat will go to seize the property in the temple, and when they are caught, they will claim to slaughter it and take the skin for military use, isn't it the other way around? If this example is opened, my seventy-two pans of Funiu Mountain will never be peaceful, how can the history of Hu Thorn mess with the law of the country with the benevolence of a woman? Think about it, isn't that the truth? ”

The villagers with hoes in front of them were all hired by the monastery with money, and some of them were even professional thugs under the temple's fields.

The reason why the dozen or so officials with knives on the opposite side were able to resist at the beginning was because reinforcements were coming, and they had some hope in their hearts, so they were able to concentrate on the opposite. Now that the rescuers arrived, they were stunned and had no intention of supporting, so their morale was drained and it was a little difficult to deal with.

Cao Zheng stood in front of the double gate and rode a tiger difficult, he thought to himself: "Hu Luan, Hu Luan, Liu Yanseng has given you a note, you still do your own thing, you have never had the courage to face the festival envoy on weekdays, what is the matter today?" ”

He glanced back, and the soldiers around him were all eager to try, as long as he gave an order, he could rush up and sword together, but in a hurry, the conflict with the temple forces was intensified, and it was really difficult to imagine what follow-up development would be caused by this.

Suddenly saw the bearded Qiu Erhuzi with a depressed and gray face standing not far away, Cao Zheng's heart moved, when he led the troops to the yamen, he had heard Qiu Er's report about losing Chengyuan, and he was so angry that he kicked Qiu Eryi hard.

At this time, he saw Chengyuan's conspicuous position from a distance, and turned his heart sideways: "There is only one way to solve this mess: make things more chaotic and see who everyone is afraid of." ”

Cao Zheng straightened his chest and raised his head and took a sharp breath, exerting all the strength of his body and roaring:

"Where is Kui Xingdou!"

Author's note:

The record of the cattle slaughter case can be found in the history of the Five Dynasties "The Biography of Liu Chongjin", and the author arranged the chaos of the people rushing into the official office and the manipulation of the monks behind the scenes. However, we must not underestimate the power of the temple property, at the end of the Tang Dynasty and the five dynasties, the temple has a very large amount of land stock, they occupy a large number of tenant farmers, slaves and thugs, and do not levy taxes for the state, so the land held in the local area is a good asset with income, five generations of successive wars, the defeated army and scattered soldiers are often collected by the temple property and reduced to tenant farmers and thugs.

The temple forces also have a strong backstage in the central government, such as the Empress Dowager Li in the Qianyou year, and even the later general Shi Shouxin and so on. So sometimes the local government really can't do anything about them. It wasn't until Zhou Shizong Chai Rong ascended the throne that he really hit the temple forces.