"Don't make such a big fuss!" Li Xiao saw the soldiers standing in a row on the road next to each other. The entire traffic was cut off, and a number of horse-drawn carriages could be seen waiting to pass in the distance.

"Dashuai, you don't know, there are many Mongolians in this place in the northwest, and when the Jurchens were here a few years ago, there were also many Jurchens left. A few days ago, Minister Li of the Ministry of Security sent people to investigate what the Mongols had done.

Your identity is expensive, but I don't dare to let something happen to you in Xi'an. For your safety, the lower officials can only ...... You can only strengthen the guards to be in order! ”

In the end, he is an old bureaucrat who has been an official for many years, and he speaks with emotion and reason, so that people can't find the slightest handle.

"I see, Mr. Shiratani has a heart." Li Xiao nodded. Grabbing Li Lin's little hand, the two of them walked on the empty road like a military parade. A group of guards followed behind, and Sun Chuanting followed behind, ready to respond to Li Xiao's questions at any time. It doesn't look like a feudal official of the governor of the northwestern provinces, but more like an entourage of Li Xiao.

The shops on both sides of the quiet street are all closed and closed, and I don't know how many pairs of eyes are looking out through the cracks in the doors. Many soldiers stood on both sides of the road with rifles in their hands, and immediately raised their hands to salute when they saw Li Xiao walking by.

At first glance, it is the foundation of the authentic old Liao army! Originally, the troops of the Ming army were not the same as those of the Liao army. When I was in Phi Dao, in order to improve the hit rate of the old smoothbore gun. Li Xiao has made great efforts to train the troops, and the foundation of the old Liao army can really make Mount Tai collapse in front of him without changing his color.

Without this little effort, it is impossible to resist the impact of the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry.

Li Xiao was dressed in a straight military uniform, and Li Lin was wearing a velvet red cotton jacket. The two of them spewed white gas in their mouths, and Li Lin's small mouth pouted, he didn't like that such a scene was not lively at all, and it was not fun at all.

At this moment, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at the father and son in front of me.

The owner of the sheep soup restaurant recognized Li Lin, and Li Lin recognized Li Xiao. In excitement, he shouted: "I know him, he drank sheep soup at my house." I still ......"

"Shut your foul mouth!" Before he could finish speaking, he received a whip on the head.

In order to ensure Li Xiao's safety, Sun Chuanting also took great pains. Inside each shop, there are two officials watching. I'm afraid that someone will make trouble in the store!

The owner of the sheep soup restaurant was whipped and didn't dare to speak anymore, so he could only cover his face and continue to look out.

Walking to the gate of the Great Mercy and Grace Temple, the old abbot had already led the monks to greet him at the door. Li Xiao glanced at it, and the Wujing Zen Master was standing behind the abbot, and it seemed that his status was really not low. As for the Zhike Monk and the Duobao Monk, they didn't know which Yin Mountain they were squeezed behind for a long time. There are no less than 1,000 monks in the Great Ci'en Temple, and it is impossible to meet such a decent thing as a handsome, and the level is not enough.

"Amitabha! The first Huikong of the Great Mercy and Grace Temple is handsome! Abbot Huikong looked at Li Xiao with a familiar look, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it. However, Wujing recognized Li Lin first, and his face immediately changed greatly, and he was shocked all over his body.

It's a pity that he is behind Huikong, and he doesn't have a chance to explain to Huikong at this moment.

"The dog wants to climb the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, and Master Lao will guide the way." Li Xiao saw Wujing's frightened eyes, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"The handsome man wants to come to my Great Mercy and Grace Temple for a visit, it is really my honor to be in the Great Mercy and Grace Temple, the old man is leading the way, you are invited!" The abbot Huikong no longer treated the arrogance of the rising year, and respectfully led the way in front. And the body is quite straight, which not only maintains the demeanor of a high-ranking monk, but also looks very humble, and the accuracy of the scale has reached an astonishing level.

Under the coercion of Li Xiao's eyes, Wujing could only follow step by step. I didn't have the slightest chance to talk to Abbot Huikong!

The group was mighty, and Huikong made a cameo appearance in the role of a monk who knew the guest. Every time you go to a temple, you will be introduced to which Buddha or Bodhisattva is enshrined in the temple. By the way, I will also tell some mythological stories, Huikong's explanation is witty and humorous, quoting scriptures, which is far from being comparable to the monk of Zhike, which shows that he can be the abbot of this great temple of mercy and grace is not for nothing. At least, people still have real materials.

Li Xiao followed behind, uh-huh, did he still ask some questions, he was indeed a good listener. Huikong became even more excited, trying his best to show off his erudition. He even invited Li Xiao to his luxurious office to explain Buddhism to Li Xiao.

Li Xiaowan refused Huikong's invitation and decided to take Li Lin to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.

"Master Wujing, please lead the way!" Seeing that Wujing always spoke to He Huikong, Li Xiao simply pointed Wujing to the front.

Everyone's eyes looked at Wujing, and Huikong's eyes were even more stunned. Because he didn't introduce any monks to Li Xiao just now! His eyes were puzzled, this Wujing actually recognized the handsome!

"No!" Wujing trembled all over, feeling that his legs were a little weak, but he didn't dare not do what Li Xiao said. His body trembled a little, and he struggled to grasp the handrail of the stairs to keep himself from falling to his knees.

Everyone thought that he was excited, and he could be led by the handsome man himself, an honor that the abbot had never had.

"Master Huikong! Please! Seeing Wujing holding the handrail up the stairs, Li Xiao said another word to Huikong beside him.

"Uh......! Promise! Huikong sensed that something was wrong, but he didn't dare to disobey Li Xiao's intentions. followed Wujing upstairs, the two of them went one after the other, but there was no chance to communicate.

Li Xiao followed behind them with Li Lin, and he was followed by Shunzi with two guns in his waist. Later, it was Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, who was the feudal governor of Xinjiang.

This team is a little strange, but Huikong is still very dedicated to explain to Li Xiao the origin of the Buddha statues enshrined on each floor of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.

Going to the very top, everyone was asked to stay outside. Only Li Xiao's entourage and Sun Chuanting, Huikong, and Wujing went up, although there were not many people, but the small space still seemed a little crowded.

"This Big Wild Goose Pagoda was specially built by the Tang Emperor for Zen Master Xuanzang, which was used to translate Western Mahayana Buddhism and purify the ...... of all sentient beings!" Huikong was still talking, but Li Xiao's eyes had already caught a glimpse of the outside of the tower.

Sun Chuanting followed Li Xiao's eyes and looked over, his legs were weak and he almost didn't sit on the floor.

I saw that on the ground in the distance, someone pulled up a banner almost two feet long and three feet wide. It reads: The Great Mercy and Grace Temple will deduct wages and return our hard-earned money.

Fourteen large blood-red characters, each more than two feet tall. The red characters on a white background are very clear. And there is more than one such banner, and there are no less than a dozen places in front and back of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.

Sun Chuanting didn't count any calculations, but he couldn't count that these guys actually pulled up banners in their homes. At this moment, isn't this fucking eye medicine!

Seeing that Li Xiao and Sun Chuanting were both looking out of the tower, Huikong also looked out. It's a pity that he is old, and his eyes are a little bad, and he can't see what is written on those banners.

At this time, Wujing couldn't stand anymore, and sat down on the ground with a "poof". He knew that the Great Mercy and Grace Temple was already in a catastrophe.

Li Xiao shook his head helplessly, okay! Dare to feel that there is still a matter of arrears of wages for migrant workers. It's okay to make money, but you can make such a black heart, and you still have the face to call Buddhism compassionate? Do you still have a fucking face called the Great Mercy and Grace Temple?

"Sun Chuanting, tell me what's going on outside?" Li Xiao put his hands behind his back and said lightly.

"Uh......! Lower Official! Lower Official! This one...... This one...... This one......! Sun Chuanting's head was full of cold sweat, and he couldn't say a word for a long time.

"What? Nothing to say? Okay, Master Huikong, tell me about it. Those people said that your Great Mercy and Grace Temple deducted wages and asked you to pay back their hard-earned money, what the hell is going on! Li Xiao looked at Huikong and said.

Huikong listened to Li Xiao's words, and his eyes were dark and he almost fainted. These mud legs, when it's not good to make trouble, it's just this time to make trouble. Damn, it's a fucking time for this eye medicine.

"This ...... This one......! "The matter of deducting wages, how the hell do you say.

Sun Chuanting didn't speak, others didn't speak, everyone didn't speak. The entire Big Wild Goose Pagoda is so quiet that you can hear the needles falling!

"Oh! I can't tell, that ...... That one...... The year is rising, do you know what's going on? Li Xiao turned his head and asked.

Nian Yousheng stood up from Li Xiao's guards, and when Huikong and Wujing saw Nian Yousheng, they were immediately so frightened that the three souls and seven spirits were about to fly out of their bodies. Huikong, like Wujing, collapsed on the ground and couldn't open his mouth, so he could only keep trembling.

Sun Chuanting didn't know Nian Yousheng, and his eyes were full of doubts and puzzles when he looked at Nian Yousheng. I don't understand who this unattractive guy is.

"Enlightened handsome! Most of the projects in Xi'an City were introduced by the Great Ci'en Temple. The temple collects huge sums of money from the contractors of the project, so that the merchants who contract the project have very low profits. In desperation, they could only reduce the quality of the project and use shoddy materials to fool the officials.

Some contractors did not have the money to pay the temple, so the temple simply withheld the project money. As a result, those contractors went bankrupt to the point where there was no money to pay those workers. That's where the workers got into trouble! Nian Yousheng bowed his body and replied, and Sun Chuanting next to him closed his eyes.

Finished! It's fucking over!

"Governor Sun! Let's talk about what's going on! Did so many people collectively frame you, or did you really give the right to issue the project to this Great Mercy and Grace Temple? I don't understand how a temple can influence the project contracted by the government. Are the officials of your Xi'an Mansion all the Great Mercy and Grace Temple? Li Xiao looked at Sun Chuanting, smiling but not smiling.

"Handsome! This......! Sun Chuanting had nothing to say, because he also knew about the large-scale sale of the project by the Temple of Mercy and Grace.

"Enlightened handsome! Governor Sun is no wonder about this! Unexpectedly, Nian Yousheng actually stood up to speak for Sun Chuanting.

"Oh! Don't blame him? He is the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu in the imperial court, and such a big thing happened in Xi'an, do you blame him? Li Xiao looked at Nian Yousheng's eyes and became interested.

"Handsome! Although Governor Sun was the governor, he had thousands of officials under his command of Shaanxi and Gansu. Even if he had three heads and six arms, he couldn't manage so many people. The Great Ci'en Temple has been operating in Xi'an for many years, relying on its wealth and strength, and it does not have to pay taxes. Not only did they purchase land to build high-rise buildings in Xi'an indoors, but they also purchased land in various counties outside Xi'an. In this Xi'an City, the newly built residential buildings, their Daci'en Temple accounts for more than half.

In recent years, the Great Mercy and Grace Temple has bribed the court officials, and whenever the officials come to the Temple of Mercy and Grace to make incense, the Wujing Zen master and the abbot master will sprinkle gold and silver. Even the most inconspicuous little officials, as long as they come to this Great Temple of Mercy and Grace to incense, they can get 100 silver coins.

What's more, the Great Mercy and Grace Temple also fosters nuns. It's good to go in and out of the mansions of the eunuchs all day long, do practical things, and explain the Dharma. I heard that some of them teach the secret art in the room, and some even surrogate for infertile women.

After years of operation, the Great Mercy and Grace Temple has been in Xi'an. Whether it is a contracted project or an official promotion, the Great Mercy and Grace Temple can be left and right. Many people say that when you are an official in Xi'an, you can't worship Shangguan first, but you must first come to this Great Ci'en Temple to offer incense. ”

"Good! Sun Chuanting, Mr. Sun gave you the huge northwest to take charge of, so you can get me a this? was set aside by a monk, this governor of Shaanxi and Gansu is good! It's fucking good! After listening to Nian Yousheng's words, Li Xiao was so angry that he almost suffered a cerebral bruise.

"Poof!" Sun Chuanting knelt on the floor, his straight back bent weakly.

"Speak! While you still have a chance to speak. Li Xiao said coldly.

"Handsome! There is no way to do this matter, and there are many errands assigned by the imperial court. However, the appropriations of the imperial court often cannot be received in time, and sometimes the household department will even be in arrears for a year and a half. You know that the Northwest Domain Treasury is simply unable to support these funds, and in order to run errands, the lower officials can only raise money from local wealthy households. The money can only be returned when the Ministry of Households allocates funds.

Private loans all have interest! This is the rule, and the official family cannot force other people's money to use without interest. But this interest money is ......, and I really can't take it out from the Shaanxi-Gansu Domain.

There was no way, the lower officials could only raise money from the Great Mercy and Grace Temple. The abbot not only helped raise money, but also promised to charge no interest. The only requirement is ....... ”

"His request is that they have the final say on which company the project is contracted to, yes or no?" Li Xiao asked viciously.

"Exactly! Shimonoseki thought, anyway, whoever the project is going to do, it's going to be done. The official family was able to borrow money for free and run errands. The Temple of Mercy and Grace can also make a profit here, which is good for everyone. ”

"What's good for everyone? Not necessarily, Governor Sun, those people who suffer from poor roads, don't say that there is any benefit. The workers below who don't get paid don't seem to be getting any benefits.

The ones who get the benefits are these monks with fat brains, and you officials of all sizes in Xi'an Prefecture. ”