When I returned to the farm, the night was getting darker.

On the way back, Aoki Daizen looked a little uneasy because of the argument, but he still adhered to etiquette, pushed open the door of the village, took two steps back, and asked Gao Shisheng to go first.

As soon as I entered the front yard, I heard a cry.

Heizo Murono, Son Ichiro Shintsu, Heiroku Kimura, Heihachi Kimura and the merchants who stayed were all there, in addition to five or six strange monks and two women.

The cry came from the two women, who knelt beside the corpse of the precept master, the older one lay on the corpse and wept bitterly, and the younger one had a haggard face and only wept secretly.

Because Murono Heizo was closer to the door, he was the first to hear the movement, and hurriedly beckoned Niizu Sun Ichiro and others to greet him.

Murono Heizo pointed to the middle-aged monk at the head and whispered, "Zhuangtou, this is the master of Umegawa Temple, Zen Master Kuzen. ”

Meichuan Yuan Kongshan is over fifty years old, his face is white and beardless, he is dressed in a black and light brown robe, and he does not shy away from being unclean on the shoulders, sitting cross-legged on the ground, holding a string of prayer beads and gently moving, his eyes closed, his lips trembling slightly, as if he is reciting the scriptures of the past life for his unjustly killed disciple, and surpassing him to die at an early date.

Gao Shisheng sighed in his heart, and secretly complained: "It's really not good to come." His face did not show any different color, his footsteps did not stop, and he came to the front of the Zen Master Kongshan to make a deep sigh, and said respectfully: "I am busy with official business, and it is really a sin to have a Zen Master who has been waiting for a long time." ”

Zen Master Kongshan didn't move, as if he hadn't heard it at all, he still recited the scriptures silently, and Gao Shisheng was silent, and bowed again and returned to the side.

Heizo Murono continued, "These are the disciples of Sorazen Zen Master. ”

One of the five monks was familiar with him, and he had seen it at the scene of the murder in the afternoon, and it was the monk who cleared the sky.

The remaining four people have different appearances, but each of them is a powerful disciple with a sword on his waist, and if he is not bad, he should be a protector monk of Meichuan Temple.

After seeing each other, they said: "It's rude to come late at night and disturb your rest." He glanced at the master of his house and the two women, and then said: "When the family teacher learned that Yuzi had suffered unfortunate news, he was very sad in his heart, and insisted on coming over overnight and personally surviving for him... Where did Zhuang Tou Shicai go? But where did you find the thief? ”

Juzi is a false son, the meaning of a godson, but looking at the empty good Zen master such a style, it can't be said to be his own own fake son.

Buddhism was introduced from the Asuka era, and there were few monks of all sizes who abided by the rules and precepts of the Qing Dynasty, especially the officials of the Heian Dynasty, who were repeatedly subject to the Fujiwara clan "regents", and under the struggle for power, they became monks and entered the Tao to manipulate the state politics with the government of the court, although they lived in the Buddhist temple, they still had a group of wives and concubines.

King Shirakawa, who started the administration of the court, even had an affair with his granddaughter-in-law, Fujiwara Zhangko, and gave birth to Kenhitokun, who later became King Shotoku, and there are rumors that Heidai Xiangkuni Kiyomori, who founded the samurai regime, was also his illegitimate son.

With such a Dharma king taking the lead, he was so promiscuous that at that time, "the monks all had families, and they did not think of it." ”

Kukai, the patriarch of Shingon Sect, once proposed the method of "those who do not have a wife, make things simple and tiring, and the Tao is easy to achieve".

This act was voluntary at first, but later became a speech binding on the precepts, but it was gradually completely abandoned by the monks under the leadership of King Shirakawa. The Pure Land True Patriarch personally married a wife and had children, and used his children to open mountains and temples to expand his inheritance, but he was imitated.

At present, regardless of the sect and that sect of the monks, they are all open-minded to marry wives and have children, with the name of the temple as the surname Miao, the temple Buddha field as a family business, passed on to the descendants to inherit, just like the style of the samurai family.

The saying of "Judah" is just a pretext to cover up the Buddha's ears and eyes and want to cover up.

Zen Master Kongshan is over fifty years old, and there is only such a "Judah" under his knees, and now he is dying of an accident, and he can't really succeed an adopted son to inherit the family business.

"I and the two thieves patrolled along the township road, and found signs of staying in the township." Gao Shisheng did not have the same monk as the clear space, and it was necessary to tell the truth, so he echoed the other party.

Aoki Daizen stood on the outermost periphery, ignoring the questions of the Clear Sky Monk.

The two women were all focused on the deceased, crying incessantly, Gao Shisheng did not get up to salute, the older woman was heartbroken, it should be the wife and concubine of Zen Master Kongshan, the biological mother of the deceased, and the young woman was probably the wife of the deceased.

The pure space monk sighed, and while picking up the woman, he persuaded him: "Master Yun Shouni, don't cry, if you have anything to say to Gao Zhuangtou, he will definitely be able to bring his murderer to justice for his junior brother." ”

It's okay if he doesn't remind him, as soon as he reminds, the woman named Yun Shouni immediately raised her head, Gao Shisheng hung a bronze medal on his waist to say goodbye, and everyone took him as the leader, obviously a bad official.

She pounced, grabbed Gao Shisheng's arm, and cried silently: "Bad officer! Errand officer! Poor Ni only has such a son, who was fine when he went out in the morning, but how could he be killed in the afternoon. Now that he's dead, how can I live? Errand officer! I beg you to arrest that murderer and avenge my son's hatred! ”

Gao Shisheng glanced at the monk of the clear sky, and said in his heart: "If it weren't for you, a good teacher and nephew, if you had to take someone to Shanguang Temple to make trouble, how could your son die?" "Needless to say, the current drama must still be pampered by this pure space monk, and I can't help but be very angry.

Taking two steps back, he quietly broke free from the woman's hands, helped her back to the monk of Jingkong, and comforted Wen Yan: "The murderer may have fled to the country of Three Rivers, this case needs to be reported to the county, and how to deal with it depends on the county guard." But please rest assured, I will fully cooperate with the orders of the county. ”

Shi Niang and Fan's sister-in-law are both titles for monks' wives.

This sentence is to fool the ignorant woman, and the meaning of shirk in the words cannot be concealed from the pure space monk at all.

But what Gao Shisheng said is conclusive, and tomorrow's lawsuit will depend on him to come forward to corroborate it, and it is not better to say to the general judgment of the county, which is not better than persecution.

"Tomorrow, I hope to invite the head of the village and speak up!"

"This is natural, I will definitely reply truthfully with the county criminal department's Shaolu and prosecutors, and I believe that there will be a ruling soon." The Junfu did not recognize the official positions of the big and small officials who preceded or inherited the official positions of their ancestors, but re-elected them every year with the actual positions within the Imagawa family.

For example, the position of the head of the Zhuang Chief, the basic performance is the guard position, which belongs to the jurisdiction of the Bingwei Mansion in the Six Guard Mansions, divided into two departments, mainly responsible for the security and patrol work in Kyoto, and the same responsibility as the head of the Zhuang, so the position of the former Zhuang Tou Yeshan Yoshichao was listed as the right soldier of the Eight Ranks, Gao Shisheng took over his class, and so on for a year of "trial defense" period, the Jun Mansion will officially show him to the imperial court, and serve as the official position of the guard, as for the position of how many grades he will be listed, it depends on his performance in the past year to decide.

If he is not qualified, then he will not be able to "turn regular", he will be removed from his post and apply for punishment, and if he makes serious mistakes during his tenure, he will even be arrested and returned to Junfu City for questioning. Under the rule of the "sect theory", and the death and injury is the dereliction of duty of the guard officer, but Gao Shisheng has not officially renewed his term of office now, and there were major problems on the first day of his new appointment, and he did not write a handover document to return to the county, so it stands to reason that the predecessor will be held responsible.

Most of the officials in charge of criminal law and security are officials of the criminal department below the sixth rank, and they are subject to the jurisdiction of the two embassies, and the highest official is up to the sixth rank. They are "prosecuting non-violating the embassy office" from the sixth, "prosecuting the non-violating envoy captain" and "inquest by the embassy hall" from the sixth, "inquest by the judge".

The "Inspector of Non-Violation Commands" is responsible for managing the public security, health, and civil affairs of the three kingdoms. The position is very important, and it is mostly selected from people with good families. At first, he was a powerful prosecutor who prosecuted prisoners and managed customs, and was also engaged in litigation and adjudication.

"The inquest is supervised by the judge" to supervise and explain the affairs of the wealthy people and the county department, so as to prevent the county department from using his power to run amok. The so-called explanation is that the investigation conducted by the successor in order to submit a certificate to the predecessor to prove that the predecessor did not commit any improper acts such as taxation during his or her term of office, and is mainly responsible for the collection of crimes arising from tax issues.

That's why Gao Shisheng said that he would return to the Criminal Department for Shaolu and the prosecutor for non-violation, and let them decide whether it was right or wrong.

Gao Shisheng is not a cold-blooded person, and when he heard this woman crying sadly, he also deeply sympathized with her pain of losing her child.

It is reasonable for him to take the initiative to come forward and help the murderer be apprehended as soon as possible. But... Although he didn't know what the county would do, he had already decided to step back and be prepared to sit back and watch to the end.

It's not just because he accepted a bribe from Zhenghong, the head of Zenkoin Temple.

From the very beginning, when I heard that the monks of Umegawa-in and Zenko-in were Shingon and Jodo Shinshu, respectively, I couldn't help but feel an indescribable resistance to Shingon Buddhism, and I began to protect Zenko-in side intentionally or unintentionally.

This attitude was difficult for Gao Shisheng to understand, and he could only blame it on his instinctive likes and dislikes as a follower of the Pure Land True Sect.

This bias is obviously selfish, and Yu Gongxin does not have a good impression of the monks of Meichuan Temple.

Umegawa Temple took the initiative to provoke the "sectarian theory", which led to the death and injury, and it was the fault in the first place. At night, he came over overnight and blocked the courtyard, letting his relatives cry, and occupying the courtyard to overkill the deceased, what kind of place did he think of the village of Junfu? They themselves are not too troublesome, and Gao Shisheng is still unlucky.

The monks' forced complaint methods of crying, making trouble, and blocking the door are the most disgusting, and their attitude, not to mention Gao Shisheng's anger, is that the faces of other poor people in the village are not good-looking.

The monks of Zenkoin also know that "the gate of the village is open to the south, and there is no reason to come in without wealth", whether it is hypocritical or not, at least it is to spend money on one or two points first, so that everyone can get by on face.

Meichuan Academy's style, not only does it not mean to deal with the bank, but I am afraid that the punishment of 100,000 Yongle money also wants to be lost.

Since Gao Shisheng came back, the others did not continue to stay in the front yard, and there was no need to sit with the monks, so he waved his hand and motioned for Murono Heizo and the others to hurry up and make a fire to cook.

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Like the people of Junfu, in addition to resting and bathing, everyone in the village also eats and lives in the village during the usual duty time, and cannot go home at will.

Usually eat with the merchants, originally the village was closed to light a fire, ready to cook, but the monks of Meichuan Temple came again, carried the body out, a lot of crying, delayed until now did not eat, so it seems that Gao Shisheng and Aoki Dashan are more lucky.

Gao Shisheng specially instructed Murono Heizo to make dinner for the monks, and by the way, he asked people to clean up the empty house in the backyard and leave it for the mother and daughter to stay.

After the meal was ready, he first helped the monk to persuade Yun Shouni's mother and daughter to go to the backyard guest room to rest and eat. Yunshou Nixu was tired of crying, and he was not as stubborn as before, so he listened to the persuasion and took his daughter to the backyard.

He took a small Mazha and put it at the door of the school, sat on it, holding a bowl of brown rice, accompanied by soy sauce, miso, and two pieces of dried radish, while watching the monks cry and mourn with Umegawa Temple.

The night is getting darker, and the monks are also quite persevering, borrowing candles from the village to light them, it seems that they want to pick up the lamp for supper, and they don't plan to be idle all night, since they can't drive them out.

Just let them do whatever they want.

Note 1: "Monks all have families, and they don't think they are different." From Zhao Ji's "Examination of the Remainder of the Cong" in the Qing Dynasty. It records the situation of monks in the mountains of Shaanxi border counties.

Note 2: Song Zhang Shangying's "Treatise on the Protection of the Law" said, "Those who do not have a wife make things simple and tireless, and the Tao is easy to achieve." It has nothing to do with Kukai Zen Master, and the time gap is more than 500 years.

Note 3: The official position is only for the convenience of writing, and at the same time distinguishes specific positions, and the Sanren really don't understand the title of acting official established by the daimyo himself during the Warring States Period, and what is found is very general, only a general name, but no details.

In the future, it will basically be used as the official title of the Heian Imperial Court, and if it causes inconvenience to readers, please forgive me.