In the evening, the slave farmers returned to the village after a day's work, but before they could go home and rest for a while, they were driven by the novices who had been waiting here for a long time, and gathered in groups under the simple shanty outside the temple. Diaphragm

At this time, as many as one or two thousand people had gathered inside and outside these shantytowns, all of whom belonged to the temple slave Ding Zhuang, who worked in the fields during the day and were responsible for keeping watch outside the temple at night.

There were nearly 2,000 monks and soldiers in the temple, plus these summoned slaves, it was more than enough to protect the safety of the temple.

Therefore, although the people in the county know that a large amount of goods and materials are stored in the Guangming Temple today, no one dares to offend. Not only is he afraid of the strong force in the temple, but he also dare not be presumptuous because of the awe of this Buddhism.

Today was nothing special compared to normal days, and the slaves were gathered together, and after that, they each received some of the food provided by the temple and hastily fed their stomachs, and then they lay down inside and outside the shanty. Despite the noisy and shabby conditions, after a long day's work, the shanty was already snoring.

"How can there be a fire there? What is it? ”

Suddenly, someone on duty at night found that there seemed to be a fire looming in the distance under the night, the fire grew very fast, at first there was only a halo, but soon a clear flame could be seen, it was indeed a raging fire!

More and more people were awakened, and soon someone recognized the location of the fire: "No, it's a barn!" Hurry up and put out the fire, put out the fire! "Ahh

The barn is not filled with grain, but with farm tools, grain seeds, livestock feed, and other miscellaneous items, which are related to the spring ploughing of the whole season. The slaves were so frightened when they saw the barn on fire that they could no longer care to guard the temple, so they rushed to the field where the barn was located, to put out the fire and save the farm tools and seeds.

The monks in the temple were also disturbed, and while sending several deacons and monks to direct the firefighting, and by the way, to find out if there were other accidents, they also raised their vigilance in the temple.

The armor was distributed to each monk and soldier, guarding the residence of the temple master and elder and the warehouse where important materials were stored to ensure the safety of important personnel in the temple.

Venerable Tan Jing, who had just finished the evening class, did not fall asleep at this time, and summoned a few monks to inquire about the situation for a while, and then said without panicking: "Don't panic, it should be just an accident." If there are really villains who intend to do evil, they will inevitably choose to sleep in the dead of night, and now the second watch has not entered, and the masses will not lose their vigilance, even if there are thieves, they will not dare to be presumptuous! ”

When everyone heard this, they all nodded yes and put their minds at ease, so they followed Master Tanjing's arrangement step by step to be vigilant, and the people were no longer panicked before.

Although he felt that he was not infested by thieves, in line with the principle of caution, Venerable Tan Jing inspected some important places in the temple again, and did not forget to tell the monks and soldiers not to ignore the goods sent by Li Tai's staff. If he didn't guess wrong, those should be the goods directly carried out of the treasury, and once something happened, he would not be able to explain it.

Thanks to the efforts of the masses, the fire in the barn was gradually brought under control and did not continue to spread around. It's just that now the night is covered, and the scene is in a mess, and it is difficult to trace the cause of the fire. Diaphragm

After running to fight the fire, the peasants, who had been tired all day, were even more tired, although there were still deacons and monks calling for them to return to the outside of the temple to defend, but they were too lazy to respond, and few were willing to return, and most of them went home to rest nearby.

Among those who still returned to the temple honestly, there was a group that seemed to walk hobbly and staggering, but it was extremely fast, and it was not long before they were ahead of the others.

When the other temple slaves saw this, they only said that these people were planning to grab a comfortable position in the shantytown, and while cursing secretly in their hearts, they also dragged their tired bodies to speed up their steps. The temperature difference between day and night in Longyou is very large, and naturally no one wants to blow a cold wind outside overnight.

Seeing the return of these temple slaves, there were no more accidents outside the temple, and the monks and soldiers who were on guard at the head of the wall also withdrew to the temple one after another. With these eyes and ears outside in charge of the perimeter vigilance, the monks and soldiers are naturally too lazy to keep watch at night.

When the monks returned to the temple, the novice guards prepared to close the temple again. However, at this moment, a sharp sound of breaking the air sounded, a muffled sound of "tuk", Shami only felt that the door panel shook violently, and then raised his eyes to see that an arrow had been deeply inserted into the door panel, and he immediately sat down on the ground in panic.

Many figures poured out of the shantytowns, each with a long knife and a sharp blade, rushing straight to the half-hidden temple gate, and the monks were caught off guard by these strong men forced to retreat back to the temple, and directly surrendered control of the temple gate.

When the monks and soldiers in the temple came together after hearing the news, these strongmen had already formed a battle in front of the temple gate, and these monks and soldiers who were intimidated with strong bows did not dare to bully them. Diaphragm

At the same time, several idle shanties outside the temple were also set on fire, and the blazing flames became a signal, and the loud and noisy sound of horses' hooves sounded in the wilderness outside the temple.

Not long after, hundreds of heavily armed knights rushed to the temple gate, because some of the comrades in front of the road rushed into the temple without hindrance, and the monks and soldiers rushed in all directions.

"This trip is only for money, abandon weapons and not die, and stubborn resistance will die!"

The knights, each shouting slogans, brandished their spears and knives and rushed back and forth through the temple, not chasing after the monks who had abandoned their weapons and fled, but also showing no mercy to those who still had to resist, and stabbed them with their swords.

The temple guards were not completely disorganized, and after the initial confusion, an effective defense was quickly organized in front of the main hall, and the fence erected made it difficult for the knights to gallop and attack.

"Leave thirty people behind and don't allow these monks to leave the formation, and the rest will follow me and quickly capture the warehouse!"

A masked strongman shouted to his companions, and the men quickly split into two parts, one of them holding back the monks stationed here, and the other part leading them straight to the storehouse in the temple. Diaphragm

At this time, Master Tan Jing was also alarmed, and the sound of fighting that filled the entire temple made him no longer need to guess, while going straight to the easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack area under the escort of his cronies and monks, he also ordered the monks to ring the bell to warn, organize the monks to defend themselves, and ask for help.

The monks and soldiers did their best to defend the temple, but these invading enemies seemed to know the internal pattern of the temple and even the reality of the defense line.

Unconsciously, the vast majority of the monks were actually driven to a relatively closed area in the temple, these strong men in front of them did not rush in to make a big killing, but the monks were not allowed to break through, the monks felt a little relieved, although the temple master and elders shouted orders to break out, but those young monks and soldiers on the front line did not have the courage to fight for their lives, the shouts became louder and louder, and the action position was more and more restricted.

After controlling the guards in the temple, these invaders divided into two routes, all the way straight into the warehouse, and quickly collected the gold, jade, gems and all kinds of high-grade pigments and minerals accumulated in the temple, or wrapped them in cloth and silk, or packed them in cages, and constantly threw them on horseback, and soon emptied several warehouses.

"Enough, enough! No matter how much I am afraid of dragging down the operation, get on the horse and evacuate! ”

When the men and horses had each allocated a considerable load, although there were still a few warehouses in which the materials had not had time to be packed, the leader also shouted in time to stop, and continued to load them without being insatiable.

All the knights also obeyed the order, quickly withdrew from here, and threw some of the goods along the way, so as to arouse the greed of the monks and not to chase them too closely. Diaphragm

The horn sounded, and the powerful people scattered in various areas of the temple quickly gathered towards the temple gate, and the chief, who had been waiting here, quickly withdrew from the temple after counting the personnel and confirming that there were no missing items.

At this time, there was also a group of people wielding canes outside the temple rushing towards this quickly, among which there were also strong warriors in armor and swords, who should have been sent to the rescue after hearing the distress bell near the temple.

But the group did not stay here to fight, but whipped several horses full of gold and silver treasures and rushed to the opposite side, and as the bags of goods on the horses were spilled, the rescue teams suddenly became scattered, and it was difficult to maintain the momentum of pursuit.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the knights did not stay any longer, and rushed into the mountains deep in the night.

"Chase and recover those robbers!"

At this time, the temple Master Tan Jing is no longer the same as before, although he was protected by the masses unscathed, but his face was full of anger, especially when he saw the looted warehouse, he was even more heartbroken and panting, and kept stomping his feet and shouting: "Don't lose these bandits, you must find out where they are going!" ”

The monks and soldiers did not dare to slack off at this time, some of them stayed in the temple to clean up, and the other part went to the stable to ride horses to chase the enemy. Diaphragm

But at this time, the outside of the temple is no longer deserted, many temple slaves and monks who live near the left are hearing the news to rescue, but when they arrive here, they are dazzled by the goods thrown by the bandits at will, and they are robbed and trampled for a while, and the scene is extremely chaotic.

This chaos lasted all night, and the next day, the Morning Bell Buddha, which had always been a major feature of Tianshui, was rarely interrupted after arriving here.

After arriving at the scene, the temple was surrounded and blocked, and idlers were not allowed to enter and leave at will.