Mingkong smiled bitterly and said, "I was so unlucky to meet you at this time." - Please let me go! I will remember your kindness for the rest of your life! ”

Leng Yi smiled: "Do you think I will?" ”

"Then, we have to fight to the death!"

"You're no match for me, not to mention that you have a broken arm! Surrender! You're not an adult, you're going to get a light sentence. ”

Mingkong snorted coldly: "Whoever killed the deer, it's not certain!" Look at the moves! The candlestick in his hand pierced Leng Yi's throat!

The strong wind howled, and after a few faces, the handle of the sharp knife in Leng Yi's hand gave a heavy blow to Mingkong's right knee and lower back! Mingkong limped one leg and half of his body was numb. He knew that Leng Yi's subordinates were merciful, otherwise, he would have died!

He stood there, holding the candlestick, looking at Leng Yi viciously, suddenly, he smashed the candlestick in his hand towards Leng Yi, and at the moment of his dodge, he limped to the offering table, grabbed another candlestick, stretched out the red candle on the candlestick, and lit the curtain next to the Buddha, the curtain seemed to have been dyed with oil, and soon ignited.

Leng Yi hurriedly rushed over to put out the fire, but Mingkong suddenly turned the candlestick upside down and pressed it against his heart: "Don't come here!" ”

Leng Yi could only stand: "Mingkong!" Don't do this, you can not die! ”

Ming Kong looked back and saw that the flames had already burned to the roof, so he smiled miserably, and in the flames, he pounced, and stabbed the candlestick into his own heart! He straightened up and fell on his back.

Leng Yi didn't think that he would commit suicide when he said suicide, and when he looked up, the fire was extremely fast, and in a blink of an eye, the curtain of the entire hall had already burned, so he hurriedly ran to the back of the main hall and pulled out the latch, and shouted to the abbot and others in the courtyard outside the door: "Quickly put out the fire!" Mingkong set fire to the main hall! He committed suicide! ”

With that, he turned around and ran back to Mingkong, raising his head, Mingkong's left hand was still tightly grasping the candlestick, and the iron tip several inches long had been completely inserted into the heart. Leng Yi said in a deep voice: "I said it, you are not an adult, and you will not be executed if you commit a capital crime." Why commit suicide! ”

Mingkong's eyes had already begun to fade, and he smiled with difficulty, "Do you know why I want to dig out the eyes of the Buddha?" ”

Leng Yi said: "I know you must have suffered a lot. ”

"Yes, my father and mother abandoned me when I was born, and it was the abbot who picked me up, but they called me as a slave, scolded me, beat me, and tortured me like a dog. He also ...... me, how many times did I secretly cry in front of the Buddha and beg him to protect me, but he just smiled at me as if he was mocking me. I still suffered the same as before, and I understood that the Buddha would not bless a suffering person like me, so I ......"

Speaking of this, he convulsed a few times in pain, gasped for breath, and said intermittently: "I hate them......!" I'm secretly hiding from the martial arts ......, and I'm going to ...... them Kill them all! I'm going to burn this big Buddha and gouge out his eyes ...... see what he does...... Look at me and smile......"

His voice became lower and lower, and he looked at Zhuo Qiaoniang, who was sobbing behind Leng Yi, and used his last strength to say, "Thank you, sister......"

He tilted his head and died.

At this time, the fire in the main hall was raging, and the faces were painful. The abbot had already run away from the main hall crying out. Leng Yi put down the bright sky, stood up, and pulled Zhuo Qiaoniang out of the main hall.

The fire soon enveloped the entire Daxiong Treasure Hall in a sea of fire. The fire took advantage of the wind, and the temple's houses were next to each other, and soon spread to other houses, and in a short time, the entire temple was already shrouded in a sea of fire.

Leng Yi didn't fight the fire with the abbot, and the fire couldn't be saved. He dug out his own box in the snowdrift, carried it on his back with a basket, pulled Zhuo Qiaoniang, and withdrew from the temple. Listening to the abbot's mournful cries, under the reflection of the raging flames, they stepped on the thick snow without looking back, and walked into the distance.

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Bazhou prefect Yamen Flower Hall.

The prefect of the palace was taking a few adjutants, talking to an old man with a smiling face. This old man is a transfer envoy who inspects the prefectures and counties under his jurisdiction, and this is said to have arrived in Bazhou.

The Song Dynasty's transit envoys, referred to as "Cao", were in charge of the finances of one or several roads, and at the same time had the position of picketing hundreds of officials. Generally, it is filled by officials of the fifth grade or above. The prefect grade of the Song Dynasty was relatively low, only six grades.

After listening to the report of the prefect, Huang Zhuanzhi did not have a trace of a smile on his face, just twisted his beard and looked at the hazy sky outside the window, as if he was thinking about something.

The prefect didn't dare to speak, and he didn't know what he had said wrong, or what he hadn't done properly, which made the transfer unhappy.

Finally, Huang Zhuan's envoy spoke: "I heard that your Bazhou people are fierce, and there are a lot of rapes and plunders, right?" ”

The prefect of the palace hurriedly bowed and said with a smile: "Yes, the mountains and rivers in Bazhou are high and deep, and there are many mountain people who have not been educated by the king. ”

Huang Zhuan's envoy ignored his stubble, and then said: "I heard that this government has heard that not only are you mountain people rude, but also this local official is not very good!" ”

The prefect was stunned for a moment, not knowing if he had any special meaning in what he said, the situation was unclear, and he didn't dare to answer.

Huang Zhuan's envoy said: "I heard that there is a county official under your rule, who coveted the beauty of a concubine of a large family who came to intercede, and forcibly ** the woman, this concubine was humiliated, and committed suicide in the county toilet!" Because of his anger at his humiliation, he reached the extreme, and even plunged a sharp knife into his defiled lower body! Sad and lamentable, hateful and hateful! A county official the size of a sesame seed, this courage is bigger than the sky! Isn't he afraid of the king's law?! ”

These few sentences made the few prefects stunned, thinking that these prefects under him, how could there be such a thing? After staying for a long time, it was estimated that he was talking about Leng Yi, the magistrate of Yinling County. He was the only one who was involved in the murder of a woman in a latrine. But I didn't hear that the county magistrate was humiliated and committed suicide in anger. Hurriedly smiled and said, "The case that the adults are talking about, but the murder case in Yinling County?" ”

Huang Zhuan said angrily: "Murder? What a murder! It's a ** woman, who commits suicide in anger! This kind of evil official who bullies the people, it is strange that the people can be good under the rule! Lord Xiao, such an official did such a thing, and you, the prefect, didn't know? It's time for you to wipe your eyes, too! ”

The prefect suddenly sweated on his forehead, and Nuo Nuo continued to speak, not daring to distinguish anymore.

He is a general judge and is in charge of criminal cases. Boldly said: "My lord, the case in Yinling County has not been solved so far, and our few prefects are also anxious, and several times the Leng Zhi County has been instructed to step up the cracking, and I don't know if this Leng Zhi County is incompetent, or he deliberately delays not doing it, anyway, to this day, the deadline has expired, and there is no news of him solving the case, and now after listening to what Lord Huang said, we know that it turned out that it was he who caused the victim to commit suicide in anger, no wonder he delayed solving the case, it turned out that he did it himself!" ”

Huang Zhuan was a little proud, twisted his beard and said, "You official still understand, what's your surname?" ”

The general judge hurriedly got up, bowed down and said: "Lord Hui, the lowly surname is Lu, and it is a general judgment in Bazhou." ”

"Very good," Huang Zhuan's envoy looked at the prefect, "I can't imagine that there are such clear-headed officials under you, it seems that you are a prefect, when you don't understand, you still have to ask shamelessly!" ”

The prefect of the palace looked panicked, and hurriedly got up and said: "The lowly position understands, the lowly position will immediately send someone to arrest the Yinling Magistrate, and interrogate the people, and be sure to find out this case!" - Someone! ”

"Wait!" Huang Zhuan's envoy said: "This mansion has only listened to the words of one family, and there is no real evidence. It is also inappropriate to take people like this. Besides, this government is only ordered to inspect, and does not have the power to dismiss officials on the spot and investigate officials, and you, the prefect, don't seem to have such power, right? Zhixian, it was sealed by the emperor, even if we doubt him, we can only play impeachment, be ruled by the emperor's holy decree, and investigated by the imperial history. ”

The prefect thought that Huang Zhuan's envoy had already let him arrest people, but when he thought that he was going to do it, Huang Zhuan's envoy came again, and he didn't know where to go.