"In recent years, there are many obscene shrines in the south of the Yangtze River to confuse the people and spend money, and the former canon is extinct, but the Zhuzhou County can be removed from the Zhufang Temple, and its ancestors and Xunde Ancestral Hall, Xia Yu, Wu Taibo, Ji Za, and Wu Yuan are not in this case." The governor of Jiangnan made Di Renjie officially move to Jianghuai and various prefectures and counties in Jiangnan, and issued his first order after arriving in Jiangnan.

Di Renjie, Zhao Zhenjin, Yuan Xingchong and others, surrounded by a group of thousands of horsemen, with bright armor and murderous spirit, went straight to the Jiang Wang Temple in Sizhou City.

Sizhou Jiangwang Temple is located in the prosperous place in the city, has always been the peak of incense, the people in and out, the temple is full of smoke, a lively and noisy scene.

Jiangwang Temple began to flourish in the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, and was valued by the rulers of the Southern Dynasties in successive dynasties, and established a huge temple system with Jiankang as the main altar and branches throughout the south of the Yangtze River.

The Heavenly Demon Sect is in charge of the Jiang Wang Temple, and it is deeply involved in the politics of the south based on this, just like the Heavenly Demon Sect is to the imperial court today. It's a pity that at the end of the Sui Dynasty and Tang Xing, how could the ruling group with Guan Long Qianghao as the core let the power fall into the hands of his subordinates? As a result, the power of the Heavenly Witch Sect in the court has plummeted, and it is no longer as strong as it used to be. The later leaders of the Tianwu Sect changed their thinking, focused on the development of civil forces, and used the ancestral temple as a tentacle to extend their influence to all parts of the south of the Yangtze River.

"Jiang Wang Temple is dedicated to Jiang Ziwen, a sect master of the Heavenly Witch Sect, this person is a great achiever since the successive sect masters of the Heavenly Witch Sect, and he also unified the various sects of the Demon Sect at that time, and the Taoist name is the Witch Emperor." Yuan Xingchong explained to Li Rong.

"He's the Nine Rank Grand Master?" Li Rong asked.

"Yes, only those who have reached the Nine Rank Grand Master in the Demon Gate are qualified to be recognized by various factions to ascend to the throne, and the contemporary Demon Emperor is from the Heavenly Demon Sect, and he is the ancestor of the family, the Empress of the Dao, and the master of the Holy Mother God Emperor." Yuan Xingchong said in a low voice.

"It turned out to be her!" Li Rong's mind flashed the figure of the woman in white that he met in the palace that night.

"Have you seen her old man?" Yuan Xingchong asked in some surprise.

"When I was on duty in Mingtang, I met her old man, and it was only through her guidance that I broke through to the six-grade realm." Yuan Xingchong said.

"You're so lucky," Yuan Xingchong said, "She's not an old man who can easily point out, and even I haven't seen her a few times." ”

"Then apart from the old man of the Demon Sect Empress, can there be a great grandmaster in the two Dao Buddha families?" Li Rong asked.

This kind of thing is a master, one looks at talent, and the other looks at resources. The more resources you pay, the more masters you have, and there are far more masters in the Dao and Buddha families than in the Demon Gate, just because there are more of them, the probability of being a master is naturally higher.

"The Great Elder of Jinglun Heavenly Palace, Xuanzong Zhang Guo, and the Shaolin Zen Temple's Dao'an, both of them are great grandmasters." Yuan Xingchong said.

Zhang Guo's name has been heard, Li Rong knew that the legendary Zhang Guo rode a donkey upside down, but he didn't expect that this was a real person in history, and he thought it was a legend?

As for Zen Master Dao'an, I faintly heard Master Puhui say it, but I haven't seen it.

Presumably, the "Tianhuang" Wu Youxu stayed in Songshan for a long time, and it was also because of the great master of Shaolin Temple, and the proximity to Luoyang was also a reason!

Monk Dao'an is said to be over 100 years old, and was a disciple of the fifth ancestor of Zen Buddhism, Hongren, but he is 20 years older than Hongren.

While the two were talking, a cadre of soldiers had already arrived in front of the Jiang Wang Temple.

Wei Chi Xiu gave an order, and the thousand knights moved neatly to surround the various exits of Jiang Wang Temple.

The people who were offering incense to the ceremony saw the soldiers surrounding the temple, and they were frightened, and they jumped for a while, and they were in a hurry and wanted to escape from here.

"Stop," the thousand knights who were listening to the noise of the Kyoshi struck the people running around with their scabbards.

Sizhou Thorn Shi Zhao stepped forward and shouted loudly to the people to keep quiet and wait for inspection.

Then the army and county lieutenants, who were familiar with the state and county officials, hurriedly commanded the officials to stop the crowd and ask rough questions.

All the ordinary people who came to incense were allowed to leave after asking a few words, leaving only the temple blessings in the temple, miscellaneous servants and others.

The crowd watching the excitement outside quickly gathered around and surrounded Jiang Wangmiao. It is the nature of Chinese people to watch the excitement, and it will remain unchanged through the ages.

Chen Wenyu, the temple of Jiangwang Temple in Sizhou, about forty years, with a ruddy complexion, a feather coat, looking like a person who cultivates truth and Taoism, calmly looks at Di Renjie and others who broke in.

Chen Wenyu can also be regarded as a strong party in Sizhou, although he is not well-known, he is still very powerful among the gentry, after all, he represents the Tianwu Sect that runs rampant on both sides of the river. He knew the essence of Thorn Shi Zhao, and the two also had some friendship. At the beginning, the Yue Wangfu and the Tianwu Sect joined forces to embezzle the imperial tribute and transport so many materials, so they inevitably had to deal with local states and counties. Chen Wenyu asked Zhao to take care of the matter and give him a lot of gifts.

"Zhao Tingshi closed the temple for no reason, I don't know what he wants?" Chen Wenyu also knew Di Renjie's identity, but he deliberately turned a blind eye.

He couldn't greet Di Renjie directly and say, Master Di, I have spied on your intelligence, so I know you.

"The imperial court sent Qincha, and the governor of Jiangnan ordered Jianghuai and all prefectures and counties in Jiangnan to abandon all obscene shrines except Xia Yu, Wu Taibo, Ji Za, and Wu Yuan, and Jiang Wang Temple was also among them." Zhao said majestically.

"Our Jiang Wangmiao has been sealed by the government for generations, and it has been standing in Jiangnan since the Han Dynasty, who dares to act recklessly?" Chen Wenyu said.

Jiang Wang Temple is the main body of the Tianwu Sect, and the Jiang Wang Temple in various places is a branch of the sect directly under the sect, accepting the instructions of the sect to act, and because of the prosperity of the incense and the rich income, it is an important source of wealth for the Tianwu Sect.

"King Jiang, there is nothing in the prehistory, and it is not the sages and saints, how can you teach people, give me demolition!" Di Renjie raised his eyebrows and shouted.

For this kind of ancestral temple that only knows how to deceive and fool ignorant people, Di Renjie has no good feelings, and it is better for Buddhism to teach the world to be kind to others.

Chen Wenyu's eyes widened, as if he wanted to step forward to argue, but he was locked by two sharp breaths, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly stopped his body, and cold sweat flowed on his body.

Li Rong and Wei Chi Xiu stood in front of Di Renjie, staring at Chen Wenyu to prevent him from moving.

Chen Wenyu's realm is not high, and he may just look like a fourth grade, it will be the opponent of Li Rong and Wei Chi Xiu, and he doesn't dare to really kill himself, so he can only look at Zhao Jian with a sharp gaze, and he can't wait to unload him into eight pieces.

Zhao Zhenjin's expression was calm, his face did not change, and he secretly complained in his heart, the dead Taoist friends are not dead and poor, people are in the officialdom, and they can't help themselves, and I am also very helpless.

Yu Chi Xiu snorted softly, and called two thousand knights to take the dozens of pounds of flail that were specially used for heavy offenders in the state capital prison to come over and put Chen Wenyu in the flail.

Chen Wenyu's face turned pale with anger, his nails almost pierced into his palms, he hesitated, but he still gave up and let the soldiers shackle him.

To be able to mix with the temple of Jiang Wangmiao, an important place in Sizhou, Chen Wenyu's ability to judge the situation is very strong, plus he is good at dancing with long sleeves, and his interpersonal relationship is very good, so he can't fight hard at this time.

After taking away Chen Wenyu and a handyman in the temple, and the disciples, the wolf-like soldiers rushed into the temple and searched the temple's belongings and cloth from house to house.

After a while, the soldiers searched out piles of money and silks, and put them in the square outside the temple, piled up like a mountain, and the pearls were dazzling, which was not counting a box full of paperwork title deeds.

The people outside looked at it for a while, and they all exchanged their heads and ears, pointing and pointing, sighing at the wealth of Jiang Wangmiao.

Temples run businesses, buy farms and houses, and even lend usury, which was the norm in this era. Jiang Wangmiao has been rooted in the south for hundreds of years, and it is not uncommon for the accumulated wealth to be huge.

The officials had already rushed to the prepared cart and moved the property in the temple back to the government with great fanfare, and took stock and inspected it.

"Raze the temple of King Jiang to the ground!" Di Renjie waved his hand and said.

The soldiers, the officials, and the temporarily recruited Ding Fu all rushed forward, waving the tools in their hands to tear down the luxurious temple.

"Five thousand copper coins, five hundred taels of gold, three thousand taels of silver, two hundred and thirty-five pieces of bronze ware, two thousand seven hundred horses of brocade silk, one hundred and thirty hectares of fields, and eighteen houses in the city," Liu Shenjun, who was in charge of the household in the state government, took a stack of documents and reported the amount of these belongings in the Jiang Wangmiao to Di Renjie and Zhao Jijian, the two officials.

"The small obscene shrine has accumulated hundreds of thousands of gold silks, it does not plow, it does not weave, it just relies on exploiting the people, so many obscene shrines in the south of the Yangtze River have exploited how much wealth the people." Di Renjie said, "Check these copper coins, is the cloth silk the money and silk that Yangzhou Mansion paid tribute this year?" ”

Yangzhou Mansion has a money supervisor, smelting copper and casting money, the copper coins produced are of good quality, and have always been one of the tributes of the imperial court. A year ago, there was a copper coin in the drift reported by Yangzhou Mansion, and a total of 100,000 copper coins were lost, which made Wu Zetian very angry.

The news of the raid of Jiang Wangmiao's house quickly spread throughout the city like wings, and spread to all parts of the south of the Yangtze River through well-intentioned people.

Di Renjie surrounded the temple of King Jiang in broad daylight and confiscated the assets in the temple, the purpose of which was also to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger, so that all prefectures and counties could see his determination.

"What, Di Renjie destroyed the Jiang Wang Temple and robbed the hidden belongings in the temple?" On the canal not far from Sizhou, on a gorgeous boat, the elder of the Heavenly Witch Sect, Qinglong, heard the news and said angrily, "How dare he do this? ”

Zhang Zichen frowned and said: "I'm not afraid to destroy the temple to get money, I'm afraid that the temple has hidden the imperial tribute that was taken away before, and it will be troublesome if Di Renjie finds out." ”

Those are the tributes of the imperial court, and if they are really investigated, the government will have a reason to justifiably act against the Tianwu Sect.