That Yuanding was also an old fox, and he pretended to be innocent and said, "Liu Zhixian, you led troops to trespass on the pure land of Buddhism, insulted the abbot of the prison temple, and listed the charges in the net, if you don't give me an explanation." The governor of Bay State will not tolerate you either. ”

Liu Ming thought to himself, this old thing is still pretending. He sneered: "Now that everyone is full of stolen goods, you are already a turtle in the urn, and you dare to be hard-mouthed?" Someone's coming. Bring me all the women who are fasting today, as well as all the monks in the monastery. ”

Those errand servants, quickly gathered all the monks together, and those people's women, also brought them together.

At this time, there was such a big movement in Hualien Temple, and the people in the vicinity, as well as the relatives of fasting women, stood in a corner of the temple, watching this sudden incident.

Liu Ming asked people to move a chair and simply sat in the hall for interrogation. He looked at the embarrassed women and asked, "This county asks you, are there monks coming in at night?" ”

Those folk women had already been frightened by Yuanding and other monks, and they knew that the truth was the most shameful thing, so they all said no.

"No?" Liu Ming sneered, "If not, where did the seed pill on your body come from?" Search for me! ”

Several officers immediately searched him, and sure enough, they found packets of seed pills.

Those women, after seeing the seed pills, were extremely ashamed and speechless. At this time, Yuan Ding said calmly on the side, "These seed pills, like the fairy dew pills, are the sincere prayers of these people's women, and they are the things of the Bodhisattva's manifestation. ”

Liu Ming smiled: "Bodhisattva manifestation? You old monk is also quite good at talking. Don't you, women of the people, know that it is a great sin to deceive your rulers? ”

"The county magistrate, the little woman is willing to give evidence." Little Pink stepped forward.

Liu Ming glanced at her, understood each other, and said, "Okay, you can talk about it." ”

"Master Zhixian, there is indeed that lewd monk who came in the middle of the night** I ......" Xiao Taohong herself is a prostitute, and it seems natural to say these words, "I was afraid that if I didn't obey him, I would invite death, so I reluctantly obeyed him." However, I smeared some ink on his head as evidence. ”

Liu Ming glanced at him, and immediately two servants dragged out a monk with ink on his head from the group of monks.

At this time, everyone watching from the side was shocked. Even Yuanding, who has always been calm, was a big mistake, but he didn't expect that there was this young magistrate, and he still had this hand.

Liu Ming shouted, and the sound shook like thunder: "What a Hualien Temple, what a monk!" Under the pretense of Shinto, he coaxed the foolish people, raped the good family, and threw me into prison! ”

The evidence was ironclad, and the prostitute monks were all trembling with their hands and feet, and they were shackled and put in prison. And the people present who had been blinded by Hualien Temple all knelt down in unison and shouted for Lord Qingtian. Everyone knows that this Hualien Temple has a long reputation in Beizhou, and it is even more authoritative than the government. All the grievances of the people are determined by the monks in this temple. However, I didn't expect that knowing people and faces but not knowing their hearts, and it was difficult to draw dragons and tigers, but these lewd monks did such an inferior thing.

And the husbands of those women were so angry that they couldn't stand steadily, beating and scolding at the lightest, and immediately announcing their divorce on the spot.

After bringing the monks back to the county office, Liu Ming interrogated them overnight. Some monks still refused to say that Liu Ming was not ambiguous at this time, and directly used the essence of the torture of the ancients, what to clamp the stick, sit on the tiger chair, hit the board, and say hello all at once. Those monks, who were originally greedy for pleasure, were served by the people of Beizhou with great dignity. Now all kinds of great punishments are serving, where can I endure these sufferings. All of them are crying wolves, and they are all recruited. Liu Ming asked people to record their confessions one by one and prepare to report to the governor of Beizhou.

After this matter was completed, Liu Ming's county government became busy again. The dusty Dengwen drum in front of the county government square began to rattle every day. Those people who originally respected Hualien Temple woke up like a dream and understood that this Liuzhi County was the real Qingtian of Chunfeng County.

One afternoon, Liu Ming sat in front of the case table and looked at the case files arraigned in the past few days, a little sleepy. Master Wu on the side hurriedly stepped forward to rub his waist and legs.

Liu Ming's body flashed, and he scolded with a smile, "Master Wu, you are also the second-in-command in the county, and you are not a servant." ”

Master Wu smiled at the old face with the matchmaker's hemorrhoids, "My lord, after you came, the government affairs in this county have been very clear. We little officials have no use at all. I see, my main book, that is, the use of helping you rub your legs and pound your shoulders. ”

Liu Ming's face twitched and said, "I...... I don't like to be beaten by men......"

Master Wu pinched his throat and said, "That lord, the slave family is pretending to be a girl......

Liu Ming felt a chill in his heart, and kicked Master Wu: "Old Wu, if you mess around like this again, the official will punish you." ”

"Yes, yes, sir. It's all bad for lowliness. ”

Liu Ming put down the case file, rubbed his eyebrows and said, "Recently, what else is going on in the county?" ”

"Your Excellency...... It's nothing. It's just that the list of recently divorced wives registered in the county has increased a lot. Master Wu replied, "These are the homes of those women who have been to fasting. Most of the families are not peaceful, and the fathers basically don't recognize their sons. ”

"So, this official has done something that violates family harmony?" Liu Ming glanced at Master Wu.

Master Wu immediately said, "Look at what you said, my lord...... As soon as you took office, you did this great thing that shook Beizhou, pulled out the cancer of Hualien Temple, and made those foolish people who believed in Hualien Temple sober up one by one......"

"Fools?" Liu Ming looked at Master Wu with a smile, "Old Wu, weren't you very familiar with the host of the Hualien Temple before?" ”

Master Wu's tongue knotted and said, "I'm also stupid, our family is stupid."

"I haven't seen Apricot in the past few days." Liu Ming asked.

"Back to my lord, my wife has gone to various houses to mediate disputes in the past few days. There are about 1,200 families that have been harmed by Hualien Temple. Many women who had been divorced wept and cried to their wives to plead with them. Madame couldn't look at it, so she went to mediate. Master Wu responded.

Liu Ming smiled and said, "This apricot is still a warm-hearted person."

"Yes, some families, for the sake of Mrs. Zhixian, just turn a blind eye. It's all Madame's work. Master Wu said.

Liu Ming also laughed, and naturally didn't pay much attention to the short things in the family.

"That's right, sir. There is a saying, I don't know if to say it or not? Master Wu asked, sticking out his head.

"But it doesn't hurt to talk about it."

"This case of the monks of Hualien Temple, it is better to stop it. Don't check to the end......" Master Wu thought for a long time, and finally said.

"Don't you want to find out?" Liu Ming looked at Master Wu and felt that he had something to say.

Master Wu bowed his head and replied, "Exactly." Adults don't know, this round background is very deep, and it has some roots with your peak. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Liu Ming straightened up.

Master Wu raised his head and said cautiously: "My lord, this Hualien Temple has been able to establish itself in Beizhou for thirty years, and the relationship between the government and the government is intertwined......

"Intertwined? Could it be that there are also unclean things in the state capital of this shell? Liu Ming asked.

Master Wu's face showed embarrassment, and he hesitated in a long voice: "This ...... It's hard to put into words. ”

While talking, I saw someone outside reporting: "Jiang Sihu, the state capital, asks to see your lord." ”

"Your Excellen......cy," Master Wu reminded, "This Sihu joined the army and was a close confidant of Master Hu. This time, it must be for the case of the monks of Hualien Temple. ”

The soldiers will block, and the water will cover the earth. Liu Ming thought to himself, it doesn't matter what kind of household you join the army, I will talk about it later. He asked Jiang Sihu to come in.

"Lord Zhixian, your case was judged too harshly."

Before the person arrived, the voice of this Jiang Sihu reached the inner hall, and then, I saw a general who was as thin as a bamboo pole walked in.

Liu Ming lowered his head, slowly picked up the tea cup on the coffee table, skimmed off the foam with the ceramic tea lid, and slowly blew again, and then took a small sip, as if he didn't realize Jiang Sihu's arrival.

That Jiang Sihu crossed his hands on his hips, and originally wanted to crusade against Liu Ming with great momentum, but he didn't expect to hit the cotton with a punch. The new magistrate completely did not exist for him.

Jiang Sihu stood in front of the hall, saw Liu Ming ignoring him, turned to look at Master Wu on the side, and said, "Old man Wu, what's the matter with your county magistrate?" Deaf or dumb? ”

Master Wu's forehead was sweaty, he looked at Liu Ming, and shouted timidly: "Lord Tangzun......"

At this time, Liu Ming suddenly dropped the tea cup in his hand to the ground, blooming all over the ground. He raised his head, and his gaze swept towards Jiang Sihu like cold lightning: "Come on, give me this disrespectful person, and punish me with a rod of thirty!" ”

"Order!"

Tie Zhu and the others on the side had learned Liu Ming's majesty, and knew that if they were half a beat late, they might not have good fruit to eat. Immediately, four or five people rushed up and controlled Jiang Sihu. The iron pillar swept his legs, kicked Jiang Sihu into the air, causing him to fall to the ground, and stripped off his robe, revealing most of his buttocks.

"Your Excellency, speak!" The two pro-soldiers were armed with water and fire sticks, and they were all ready.

That Jiang Sihu was pressed to the ground, straightened his neck, and struggled to raise his head: "Why did you hit me?" I'm not convinced! He turned his head to look at Master Wu's book again, and shouted: "Old Wu Tou, you know the county, are you crazy?" I'm a personal companion of Lord Tongju......"

Master Wu's face showed anxiety, looking at Liu Ming, wanting to say but not daring to say it.

"Why did you hit you?" Liu Ming said in a deep voice, "This official will let you be punished clearly." One, you are a little Cao official, why don't you kneel when you see this official? Haven't you read Song Lu? Second, if he didn't kneel, he even slandered his official in public as a deaf and dumb person, desecrated the court, and attacked the court officials. According to the law, it is not too much to beat you with thirty rods. ”

"Do you know that I am a personal entourage of Lord Tongju?" That Jiang Sihu said strongly.

"All I know is that you are a slanderer of your own officials. Come on, call me! Liu Ming shouted.

"Spare your life, spare your life!" Jiang Sihu finally understood that this new magistrate was a hard stubble, and if he was stubborn, he would inevitably suffer from the disaster of flesh and skin. He begged for mercy repeatedly: "The little one has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, so I implore the adults to read it for the first time and forgive the little one." ”

Master Wu also knelt down on one knee and said to Liu Ming: "My lord, after all, Jiang Sihu is Shangfeng's personal follower, why don't we listen to what he said first?" ”

The two pleaded, and Liu Ming mouthed at Tie Zhu and the others, signaling them to go down.

"Okay, come here, help Master Jiang tidy up his clothes, and give tea to the seat." Liu Ming said.

This Jiang Sihu, who had just been almost suffering from flesh and skin, was now helped to the seat, and his legs were still trembling. He looked at Liu Ming and changed his face again, as if nothing had happened just now. Suddenly felt a fear in his heart, thinking that this champion had just become an official, but he had practiced a freely changing expression, which was really a good means.

"Your Excellency......" Jiang Sihu's words became a lot more humble, "Then the general judge sent me here, first, congratulations to your lordship on taking office......

Liu Ming snorted and said lightly, "Thank you." Please go on. ”

"Second, it is the case of a monk in Hualien Temple who molested a woman, which shocked the general judge. However, the judge thinks that the adult judges the case like a god, and it is really a rare talent. ”

This Jiang Sihu has just faced the crisis of being beaten, and he is much more well-behaved.

"Please talk about the key ......," Liu Ming said lightly.

Jiang Sihu looked around and said in a low voice, "Can you hold back your lordship?" ”

After several pro-soldiers retreated, there were only three people left in the hall: Master Wu, Liu Ming, and Jiang Sihu.

Jiang Sihu licked his lips and said, "My lord...... In the Hualien Temple case, the presiding officer was determined, and we knew more about it. This round determination, on weekdays, bow to the Buddha, and never slack off. This time, he must have been deceived by a traitor, so he was involved in this case. I hope you will see it! ”

"Mingcha?" A sneer appeared at the corner of Liu Ming's mouth, "This official has already interrogated all those monks - they all confessed, and it was the idea to set up a dark room in the temple to prostitute adultery." The culprit in this case is Yuanding. ”

"Yes...... Be. Jiang Sihu replied, "But adults should also make a comprehensive judgment according to today's folk customs." Today's officials vigorously promote Buddhism, build temples, and set up monks. How prosperous is the Bianjing Great Xiangguo Temple? This circle must be a Buddhist monk anyway, can you take it lightly? ”

"As a member of Buddhism, but doing such a depraving thing, he must be punished more severely." Liu Ming frowned and said in disgust, "Otherwise, wouldn't other temples cause even greater harm if they know that the government is sheltering Buddhism and follow suit?" ”

Liu Ming knew that if the cancer of Hualien Temple was not removed, it would not only be a problem of people's customs, but also the county government of Chunfeng County would be hollowed out. At the beginning, Liu Ming remembered the painful lesson of Nafei County and He Zhi County, and he didn't want to repeat the mistakes of the past.

Jiang Sihu licked his lips and said, "The adult is worthy of being a champion, and his eloquence is excellent." We vulgar people can't argue with adults. He took a breath,

"Now that the matter is now, I'll just say it, that presided over Yuanding, before becoming a monk, it was our brother who sentenced Lord Hu. The relationship between the two has always been good, and I hope that adults will give it convenience for the sake of this relationship. ”