I don't know if it was Monk Hongyun's hidden threatening words that really played a role, or if Wu Tieyi had other concerns and ideas, anyway, after the former's words, Wang's wife was not asked about the identity of those witnesses after all.

And this court trial can only be hastily concluded at this time, with Wu Tieyi's shout, the two prisoners were taken down again to watch and detain, and after another mighty sound, all the officials and others were disbanded on the spot.

Naturally, the people dispersed, but the vast majority of them already had their own judgments in their hearts. Anyway, in their opinion, Wang Chuan and his wife are the real victims of this case, and it was the monk Xuan Zhou of Jiming Temple who forced them to have this murder case.

And now, the monks of Jiming Temple can interfere so arbitrarily even in the public court that the suspect cannot tell the truth. This not only reflects the one-handed and domineering style of Jiming Temple, but also makes people believe that Wang Chuan is the victim party.

When such a rumor began to spread among the hundreds of people and spread among the people of the city, in just one day, the reputation of Jiming Temple fell to the lowest point in decades.

Originally, the various problems of the monks have been publicized in and out of the city recently, and then something like the story happened, and it caused a murder.

Now, the people of Jiming Temple are still so domineering and arrogant, where does this still look like a group of eminent monks?

It can be said that after this trouble, not only Jiming Temple, but also the reputation of the entire Buddhism has plummeted in the hearts of the people of Jinling.

And these feedbacks were naturally quickly noticed by people with intentions, and they were constantly reported to the Jiming Temple.

At dusk, the temple is still calm and peaceful, and it seems that it is not affected by the outside world at all, and the monks still chant in the Buddhist hall after the meal, which is no different from the past.

But in fact, in the abbot's room at the back of the temple, there were more than a dozen monks, all of whom looked serious and even angry.

These monks, including the abbot Hongbei of Jiming Temple, and Hongyun as a party, are more than a few leading monks from other monasteries in Jinling City, and even two are monks from Yangzhou and Suzhou.

This time, the wind of criticism against the monks in Jiangnan made all the monks feel a big headache, and they all didn't know how to deal with it.

Because of the widely spread theories in these days, it seems that the truth is just some stories, but the image of the temple monks is quite damaging. And the monks are not good at jumping out and interfering, or taking out anger at the storytellers or something.

Who made them appear to be magnanimous monks all along? And if you do this, I am afraid that people will immediately think that this is a sign of weakness.

This dilemma made many temple monks at a loss, so they naturally thought of finding a big temple to make decisions for everyone.

Originally, in the Suyang realm, everyone would naturally ask Hanshan Temple for help. But since that big case, the vitality of Hanshan Temple has not recovered, and the Dayue Imperial Court and His Majesty the Emperor have settled in Jinling, so in the end, Su Yang's monk representatives came to Jinling to find Jiming Temple to get an idea.

It's just that none of them thought that these rumors and stories had not been dealt with yet, and the monks of Jiming Temple really made such an immoral thing, and there was also a murder case, which naturally made people even more uneasy.

A few monks from other places saw that the situation was not good, and in order to protect their reputation, they even left and went back two days ago. Most of the people who remain here now are people who have some confidence in the strength of Jiming Temple.

"Now I can already be sure that this incident was deliberately arranged and guided step by step, and it was specially aimed at our Buddhist temple." Hongyun said with an annoyed face.

Hongbei also followed after Amitabha: "Yes, the poor monk also sees the problem, if it is expected, it is clear that the imperial court is attacking us.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this time the imperial court is dealing with not only our Jiming Temple, but the entire Buddhist sect. It's just that there are unscrupulous disciples in my Jiming Temple who have done ugly things, so they seized the opportunity and took advantage of it.

"And as long as we are really in the Jiming Temple

It was confirmed that it was a big violation of the rules and precepts of the Qing Dynasty, and it was a place to hide filth and dirt, and the imperial court would inevitably take this opportunity to launch a purge of the entire Buddhist sect.

"At that time, under the loss of faith and good support, you and I will follow in the footsteps of the nine wealthy families in Jiangnan and be uprooted by the imperial court one by one!"

His reasoning made the monks even more nervous, and they looked at each other, but for a moment they didn't know what to say.

After a while, a monk muttered, "This ...... It's impossible, why does the imperial court have to attack our monasteries? We have always been very willing to cooperate with the imperial court, especially your Jiming Temple, which has made great efforts for the imperial court to take Jinling...... Aren't they afraid of provoking criticism and chilling people?"

Hong smiled sadly, "What the court thinks, we have no way of knowing. But Zhao Kuangyin, the former Taizu of the Song Dynasty, once said a sentence, how can you allow others to snore on the side of the couch! Now that our Buddhism is so powerful in the south of the Yangtze River, I am afraid that it has long been taboo by the imperial court, just like the nine wealthy families."

Many of the monks showed a sudden expression, obviously agreeing with his conjecture, and then their expressions became more and more solemn. Things are more sinister than they think.

Hongyun sighed again and said, "Now we can confirm that all this was promoted by the imperial court, which is why in such a short period of time, so many rumors and stories have emerged in Jiangnan that are very unfavorable to our Buddhism. I even doubt that Xuan Zhou's matter was framed by the imperial court, in order to completely make it impossible for us to gain a foothold in the people.

"As long as there are a few more cases like this, my Jiming Temple will be completely unpopular. As you can see, in the past two days, more than half of the believers have come to the temple to offer incense."

The monks were silent again, but they knew in their hearts that this was the truth. Because not only the Jiming Temple, but also other temples have been greatly affected, and the situation is worrying.

Hongbei also said: "And this is not the most deadly, the most deadly thing is that we don't know how many insidious means the imperial court will come up with next. If we blindly retreat, we will really die without a place to be buried, and the century-old foundation of Buddhism in Jiangnan will also be destroyed.

"Guys, are you and I really willing to see such a result? We must unite and save ourselves. Let the court know that we are not those scattered nine wealthy families, we have enough energy to make their Jiangnan chaos again!" c

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