In the blink of an eye, two months have passed, and it has entered the scorching summer.

Guo Yan led the Liangzhou Army to have several encounters with the Pingtian Army, but they were undecided.

But such a result is enough, after all, in terms of troops, the enemy is strong and I am weak, and the Liangzhou army can still hold the front with a small number of enemies, which is enough to make the people in the rear feel at ease.

Especially when a month ago, after the nearby soldiers and horses arrived one after another to reinforce, the front-line battle situation was even more inclined to the favorable side of Liangzhou, perhaps in a few months, the Pingtian Army could only retreat and sue for peace.

After these war reports and inferred that the officials who had been left behind spread and spread in the state capitals and counties, the people were even more emboldened, so that the already somewhat depressed business flourished again, as hot as the weather now.

As the fundamental place of the Guo family, Liangzhou naturally seems to be more and more lively, and all walks of life are thriving, so that people can't see that they have entered the troubled times.

Not only are the business of the commercial houses thriving, but also several temples in the city have recently been in full bloom of incense, and there is an endless stream of men and women who come to make wishes and pay homage to the Buddha.

Although the local Buddhist temples in the Central Plains are far less prosperous than those in the south of the Yangtze River, these temples are by no means under the best shops, especially the most famous stone Buddha temple in the city, which has become one of the best.

Every day before dawn, there will be good believers who rush to the incense early, and the rich people will donate a large amount of incense money, even in the fields and temples, in order to seek the blessing of the Buddha.

In this way, there are people in the city who are rumoring, the wealth of the temple has been crowned in Liangzhou, if you want to seek wealth and danger, it is better to grab a Buddhist temple than to rob ten shops.

These statements may sound very disrespectful to the Buddha, but they are also true, so much so that in the past month and a half, there have been two robberies in the Stone Buddha Temple, resulting in the injury of several pilgrims and monks.

In this case, it naturally attracted the attention of the Liangzhou government, and you must know that many ladies and ladies of rich and noble families in the city are donors and pilgrims of the Stone Buddha Temple, and they have a lot of friendship with several great monks there.

Now that such a vicious case has occurred in the Stone Buddha Temple, the government should pay more attention to it.

Therefore, there is such a patrol of soldiers and horses to patrol around the Stone Buddha Temple, not to be able to catch those bandits on the spot, as long as it can play a deterrent role and ensure the safety of the temple, it is considered to have completed the task.

In the afternoon of this day, Zhang Wu led a team to patrol the area of the Stone Buddha Temple as usual.

It's just that under the scorching sun, everyone is listless.

Especially when they saw that the monks in the temple were laughing and laughing in the shade of the trees, so happy, and they had to guard them so hard, the resentment in everyone's hearts was even greater.

"Boss, if you want me to say that we don't have to be so concerned. These monks are all fat-headed and big-eared, but they have not reaped any benefits, so they should let people steal all the money they have saved. ”

"That is, these monks don't give birth on weekdays, they only recite an Amitabha Buddha, what's the use of Liangzhou City with me? It would be better to expel them all, and confiscate all the temple property. ”

Zhang Wu actually agreed with his subordinates' statement in his heart, but he still scolded on his face: "Don't talk nonsense!" Temples naturally have the purpose of temples, will adults still have a shorter vision than us?

"Since we are under orders, we should be careful!

"If something really happens during our inspection and we can't get anyone, be careful of military law!"

Seeing that their leaders were annoyed, the soldiers could only shut up, re-energize, and concentrate on the left and right.

At this moment, as if to confirm Zhang Wu's reminder, in the temple within the side wall, an exclamation suddenly sounded: "There is a thief—"

Then there were a few thuds, accompanied by screams.

This movement made the spirit of this cadre suddenly lift, and at the same time a little annoyed, this thief is really bold, didn't he see that he was patrolling, and he actually dared to commit trouble in the temple?

Without Zhang Wu's orders, the soldiers quickly dispersed, or ran towards the front door, or retreated a few steps, and then rushed to climb the high courtyard wall and climb directly into the temple to arrest the prisoner.

Their team has been patrolling the area around the Stone Buddha Temple for several days, and naturally they are familiar with the surrounding terrain and entrances and exits, and their reaction is not unpleasant.

But faster, it's still someone who has to count miles.

Just as a few soldiers screamed and rushed straight to the courtyard wall, a figure suddenly appeared inside, and he almost collided head-on with Zhang Wu, who was jumping high.

Both of them hurriedly put away their movements, and then saw the man "Ahhh

Zhang Wu also suddenly woke up at this time, and immediately shouted: "The thief is here, surround him!" ”

As long as he is taken down and sent to the yamen, a reward will inevitably be indispensable, and maybe he will be able to get out of the sea of suffering, and he will no longer have to run to patrol every day.

Thinking about it this way, Zhang Wu was more motivated, and he had already taken off again, hung on the wall, and quickly turned inward.

The others were no slower than him, and they all climbed over the wall and entered, chasing after the prisoner who was rushing forward from his death, shouting "Stop!" ”

But the other party is obviously an old thief who has accumulated years, and he is also quite familiar with the terrain in the temple, and in the face of the siege of more than a dozen people, he can actually rush out several times by relying on the corner rockery or something.

At this time, the monks in front of the temple were also alarmed, and they ran over, and when they saw this, they were all very bold, and they had the intention of surrounding the prisoner from all sides.

But there are a lot of people, and sometimes it may not be really useful, especially when such a professional catches people. Because these monks ran around like this, they messed up the situation, so that Zhang Wu couldn't catch the whereabouts of the prisoners in the first place, and he was almost taken advantage of several times to escape.

This situation made Zhang Wu and the others even more annoyed, but they couldn't scold if they wanted to, so they could only chase forward with a group of monks, crossing several courtyards and palaces, and this location was becoming more and more remote.

"There......"

Turning a corner again, the front is already the most deserted courtyard in the Stone Buddha Temple, and then there is the back mountain.

If this really lets the other party run over there and find another opportunity to slip away, the consequences will be serious.

"Where to go!" Seeing this, Zhang Wu was also anxious, and immediately roared, and accelerated forward again, and at the same time, the saber in his hand was also thrown by him and thrown at the figure in front of him.

The man's movements were also fast, and he did not slow down, but he was already short, dodging the throwing knives that came from behind, and then as soon as his body was long, the man jumped high into the courtyard, and then rushed straight towards one of the rooms.

"You guys go to the back and outflank!" Zhang Wu gave an order, and he pounced on him, and also crossed the low wall and headed towards the house in the courtyard.

"Don't go in!" When a monk saw this, one of them was shocked and shouted urgently.

But it was too late, or his words were useless, Zhang Wu had already arrived in front of the house, kicked out, kicked open the door that had been re-closed by the thief, and the people followed him in.

Then, with two screams, he froze on the spot......