After the people in the Yunlin Temple assistant government took Gu Yaohua and them calmly and avoided a catastrophe, Sun Ning and Xiao Qian were invited by Xu Tai and them to the yamen to settle down and entertain.

This time, Sun Ning really helped the government a lot, not only went to the Yamen this morning to report the case, pointed out that there would be fanatics who would set fire to the temple at night, but also broke some of their methods.

It was precisely because Sun Ning and they found the bamboo pipes filled with fire oil in each temple that Lord Taishou and Lord Garrison were convinced of this, and arranged for people to ambush in each temple as early as possible, and successfully arrested all the murderers who intended to set fire.

With such a contribution, even if Sun Ning and they were not natives of Hangzhou, and their identity was to be determined, Lord Taishou was also regarded as a guest, and they were even allowed to listen to the trial outside with other officials in the yamen.

It's just that during this period, Xiao Qian was still full of suspicion, and couldn't help but pull Sun Ning aside and ask him what he really thought.

"Sun Lang, I really can't figure out why you did this......

Xiao Qian looked at her husband and asked in a low voice: "Obviously, it was Xie who went to Yuzhou to ask for help before we came to Jiangnan, and what he said is also the truth, just look at the temples everywhere in Hangzhou, the monks are full of brains, and there are many people in need, which has caused today's chaos."

"Why did you help those monks instead, and pit all the Xie clan who should have been standing with us?"

She has been thinking about this question since Sun Ning made a decision, but she has never been able to understand it.

At this time, everything was settled, so I couldn't help it anymore and asked in person.

Sun Ning smiled and held her hand: "Qian'er, some things can't be judged as good or evil just by looking at the surface or what others say.

Indeed, Buddhism was rampant in the south of the Yangtze River, causing hardship for the people, especially in Hangzhou. But this does not mean that he Xie is necessarily a good person, in my opinion, they entered Sichuan and Shu to ask for help from the court, in the final analysis, it was only for their own interests.

Even, it can be said, they are trying to use the prestige of the imperial court to win themselves a chance to replace Buddhism.

"Think about it, if they really achieve their goal, then how far will the Xie clan's prestige and status in Jiangnan reach, and how many practical things will they really do for the people? And for the imperial court, will they come to cross the river and tear down the bridge? ”

Xiao Qian was silent for a while, and after thinking about it carefully, it seems that this is really the case, this Xie family is indeed dishonest when he looks at it, otherwise there would not be a situation where they deliberately guided the two of them to Yunlin Temple and wanted to take advantage of the Lin family's sister-in-law's experience.

Sun Ning sighed softly again, his eyes were deep: "And there is another point, they have made a big mistake."

"In order to target Buddhism, they instructed the outlaws to set fire to the temple, which is certainly a clever move, but it is also a ruthless move, not only to the temple, but also to the people!

"Those monks in the temple may indeed be innocent, but what about the innocent people who go to the incense and see the lamp? They are only deceived by people, or they go to the temple for the hope of their hearts, and if there is a fire, the number of dead and injured will reach thousands, and they are all really innocent people.

"Xie Ao actually put so many people to death for the sake of his family's selfishness, and such an act is even more unacceptable to me than those greedy monks. So even if he stood with us before, I'm going to make him pay this time! ”

After Xiao Qian heard this explanation, the doubts in her eyes quickly dissipated, and she blamed herself a little: "Sun Lang, what you said is that what they did was indeed too vicious and unacceptable to anyone. ”

I didn't think of this most obvious layer, which made Xiao Qian feel a little ashamed, it was thousands of innocent lives.

Sun Ning also saw the guilt in her heart, and hurriedly patted his wife's shoulder: "After all, the tragedy didn't happen, and you were affected by the overall situation for a while, so naturally I can't blame you." ”

At the same time, he also knew in his heart that in addition to the two reasons that he could just say, there was another point that also affected his choice, that is, the situation in the entire Jiangnan.

According to the recent intelligence analysis through Guo Chong's investigation, the power of Buddhism in the entire Jiangnan is indeed infinitely expanding, and even a few local Buddhism have long cooperated with local wealthy families.

This time, the influence of Buddhism in Jiangnan will only be greater than imagined, and if Hangzhou forcibly breaks the situation and deals with Buddhism, it may usher in a huge counterattack by the entire Jiangnan Buddhism force.

And with his current strength in Jiangnan, even if he adds the Xie family, it is impossible to compete with such a huge Buddhist force, unless he really transfers the army in the southwest, but that is obviously more unrealistic.

Therefore, considering the overall situation, even without Xie's stupid plan, Sun Ning would not choose to cooperate with them to the end, but would think of contacting the forces of Buddhism before taking the next step.

Because of this, when Sun Ning knew that there would be an undercurrent surging in Hangzhou, and it was related to the Xie family, he decisively stalked at Xie Ao's father and son secretly, and found out their overall plan in the thirteenth night.

Then, according to a series of actions taken by Gu Yaohua and a few people the next day, he could naturally easily grasp the details of the entire plan, such as the existence of those bamboo pipes.

With this key evidence, Sun Ning could naturally go directly to the yamen and expose the Xie family's criminal deeds.

Of course, it is not so easy to convince the people of the Taishou Mansion that what he has reported is true, but fortunately, Sun Ning has a convincing aura as the emperor, which makes everything easier.

And now, it's time for the final closing stages.

As long as this overnight interrogation reaches a conclusion, the Xie family will be completely finished.

But the process of this interrogation had many twists and turns, and in the end, it was twisted to a direction that Sun Ning didn't expect, Xie Ao actually relied on the arrangements made earlier and the prestige and status of the Xie family, and forced Zeng Taishou to defend the army, so that he couldn't go down the trial.

Seeing this, Sun Ning, who originally just wanted to hide behind the scenes, had to appear.

In the Dao said: "Your Xie family wants to set fire to the temple and disrupt Hangzhou's crimes, but there are not only witnesses!" After that, he and Xiao Qian walked in from outside the public hall and came to Xie Ao's side step by step.

And after hearing this, and seeing Sun Ning and the others suddenly break in, Xie Ao's whole body trembled.

First shock, then understanding, then anger: "It's you...... I see......"

Now, he can be regarded as understanding where his plan failed, it is really luring the wolf into the room, it turns out that it is the help he has worked hard to invite to tell the government!