Gao Tansheng pushed open the hidden temple door and walked in. There is an everlasting lamp burning in the Buddha hall, so it is not dark. He walked around the shrine, walked out of the front hall, came to the backyard, pushed open a door and walked in. In the room, the nun Jingyi was folding her clothes next to the bed. Gao Tansheng hugged her from behind and kissed her on the cheek. Jingyi put down her clothes, broke free from his embrace, and said with a straight face: "Every time you want to do that thing, you come to look for me, and I usually don't see you coming to the door." ”

Gao Tansheng laughed, lay down on the bed and said, "Aren't I too busy? Don't worry, when I conquer Xia County and become the emperor, I will make you the queen. Jingyi pouted and said, "Who is rare?" ”

"And what are you rare?"

"It's rare to stay with you openly."

"A woman's opinion!" Gao Tansheng shook his head and said, "If we are still vulgar, what will we do for a living?" Can't you become a farmer? …… Laid Xia County, brocade clothes and jade food, what do you want......"

Gao Tansheng was born in the countryside, and he has a strong physique since he was a child, and he has a lot of strength. But he was lazy and didn't like to do farm work. After the death of his parents, he could no longer stay in his hometown, so he went out to earn a living. After a few years outside, he found it easiest to become a monk, and he became a monk in Longxing Monastery. Because Gao Tansheng was born with a strong force, he naturally has several henchmen around him. At Longxing Temple, he pretended to be loyal and hardworking, gained the trust of the presiding officer, rose through the ranks, and finally became a deacon. A few years ago, he poisoned the host in the fasting meal, poisoned the host, and became the host himself.

After Gao Tansheng became the presiding officer of the largest temple in Yinhua Mountain, he gradually replaced the presiding officers of other temples with his own confidants. And all the beautiful nuns in the nunnery have become the objects of his desires, especially the Jingyi nun in front of him, who is most in line with his heart......

The next morning, Li Zhiyun was reading a book in his room, and Cai Hu came back and reported to him: "Since the eighteenth day of the lunar month last year, no floating corpses have been found in the lower reaches of the Lingzhang River. Li Zhiyun nodded and said, "You go back to your room to rest first, and I'll send someone to call you later, let's go out." ”

After about two sticks of incense, a middle-aged man in his thirties came, who was an errand officer in the county government. Li Zhiyun asked Scarface to call Cai Hu, and several people left the post station, and under the leadership of the officer, they crossed two streets, walked into an alley, and came to the door of a mansion.

Li Zhiyun glanced at Cai Hu. Cai Hu jumped onto the courtyard wall, jumped into the courtyard, pulled the door bolt open from the inside, and opened the courtyard door. A few people entered the courtyard and came to the front of the house, but the door was unlocked, and it opened with a light push. The people went into the house and looked around. Li Zhiyun walked into the innermost room, tapped his finger on the wall, and then pointed to a cabinet and said, "Move it away!" ”

Scarface and Cai Hu moved the cupboard away, and a door appeared on the wall. Scarface was the first to push the door in, and Li Zhiyun followed in. He took a closer look, and it was more of a Buddhist hall than a secret room. I saw a Buddha statue enshrined in the Buddhist shrine in front of the shrine, and the table in front of the Buddhist shrine was full of offerings. The whole house was full of Buddhist supplies.

Li Zhiyun rummaged for a while, picked up a Buddhist flag, unfolded it to take a look, and said to himself: "Sure enough, it's him......"

On the day of Ding Chou in April, it is the day when the fasting meeting is held.

Early in the morning, the five thousand monks in the temple on Yinhua Mountain flocked down the mountain. From the foot of Yinhua Mountain to the north gate of the county, there is a bustling flow of people. Monks wear a variety of costumes, with the virtuous and respectable wearing robes, and the general monks wearing sea greens, long robes, or arhat coats. They carried bells, drums, wooden fish, conch, vajra bells, prayer flags and other instruments. These magic weapons were either held in their hands, or packed in boxes and carried by two people, and the team of people and horses marched towards the county seat in a mighty manner......

The place of the fasting meeting was in a large open space in front of the county office, and the good men and women of the city had already moved their tables, chairs, and benches, which were filled with offerings and incense and candles. As soon as the monks arrived, they began to get busy, some hung up prayer flags, some fixed the round umbrella covers, some knocked on the wooden fish to shake the vajra bell, and some simply entered into meditation and chanted the scriptures......

Xu Tie put on his official uniform under the service of the servant as usual, and went to the county government in a sedan chair. As soon as the sedan chair reached West Street, it was stopped by a group of soldiers. The leading officer lifted the sedan curtain and said, "Xu County Order, the King of Chu invites you to the barracks." When Xu Tiecheng heard this, he was surprised: "Is something wrong?" ”

"You'll find out when you get there." After the officer finished speaking, he lowered the sedan curtain and asked the sedan chair driver to turn around and head south.

The barracks are in the southwest corner of the county seat. After entering the barracks, the sedan chair stopped in front of the herald hall. Xu Tiecheng got off the sedan chair and walked into the lobby, only to see that many people had gathered in the hall, including the county magistrate, the county lieutenant and other officials of the county government. The lobby was surrounded by guards with swords and swords, staring at them with fierce eyes.

Xu Tiecheng walked up to Ding Guoyi and said nervously: "What's the matter?" How did you get us here? Ding Guoyi shook his head blankly and said, "I don't know either." "There was a lot of talk among the officials, and everyone was confused and couldn't figure out what was going on.

After about half a burnt incense, Li Zhiyun walked in surrounded by a group of relatives. He stood still at the top of the table, waved his hands and said, "Everyone, please be quiet! When the room was quiet, he continued: "You must wonder why the king has invited you here. That's to keep you safe. Because, Gao Tansheng wants to take advantage of today's fasting meeting to lead 5,000 monks to launch a rebellion......"

As soon as he said this, the room exploded, and the officials were stunned and dumbfounded. They looked at each other and gossiped. Xu Tiecheng's face turned pale, and he couldn't even speak, and arched his hand: "Chu... King Chu, you said that Gao Tansheng was going to rebel, there was ...... What are the credentials? ......" Li Zhiyun smiled and said, "Stay for a while, you will see ...... with your own eyes"

At this moment, on the road leading from Yinhua Mountain to the county seat, more than 200 strong young monks escorted seven or eight horse-drawn trailers, which were loaded with Buddhist flags, futons, Zen benches and various religious items. The convoy was getting closer and closer to the county seat, and one of the leading monks whispered to a few people beside him: "When you arrive at the city gate, immediately take out your sword, kill the guards, and rush into the city!" The monks nodded.

Suddenly, more than 1,000 officers and men rushed out of the woods beside the road and surrounded the convoy. The leading monk looked at the soldiers around him in horror and exclaimed, "You... What are you going to do? ”

A lieutenant came over and said to the two soldiers standing nearby, "You two, go and unload the things from the car!" The two soldiers handed their weapons to their companions, walked over and picked up the contents of the car and threw them on the ground. After a while, the weapon hidden underneath was revealed.

When the leading monk saw that the horse's feet were exposed, he shouted, rushed up and pushed the soldiers away, grabbed a large knife, and slashed at the officers and soldiers next to him. He probably knew some martial arts, and he cut down several people in a row. Seeing this, the lieutenant drew his sword and rushed forward like lightning, stabbing his soft belly with a sword. The monk froze suddenly, staring at his dull eyes, the big knife in his hand slipped down, and his whole body went limp......

The lieutenant pulled out his sword, snorted coldly, inserted the sword into the sheath, waved his hand and said loudly: "Take it all away!" ”

At the scene of the fasting meeting, Gao Tansheng wore a crimson robe, twisted a string of Buddhist beads, and frequently saluted the surrounding believers. The Buddhist robe is divided into three categories, respectively, five clothes, seven clothes, coats, he is wearing a coat today, which is worn by monks in and out of the palace, practice and other occasions, and the patch is four long and one short, which is the best grade in the coat, and the monks who are not highly meritorious and virtuous can not wear it. The beads in his hand were made of pearls, all as big as pigeon eggs.

At this time, a henchman ran over and whispered in his ear: "The hour is almost up, and the carriage that can transport weapons has not yet arrived." Gao Tansheng said in a low voice: "Send someone to find it!" ”

After about a half-stick of incense, the henchman ran over again and whispered, "I sent someone out of the city, but I didn't find it." ”

"Isn't that a delay?" Gao Tansheng frowned, paused, and said in a low voice, "How many people have weapons now?" ”

"Less than a hundred."

Gao Tansheng pondered for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Then let's start." Rush into the county office first, kill the county order, grab the weapon, and then kill into the barracks! The henchman nodded, then walked to the steps in front of the county yamen, cleared his throat, and said loudly: "The fast meeting begins!" ”

So, the conch sounded, the wooden fish and the bell rang, and thousands of monks neatly arranged on both sides chanted the sutra in unison. In a piece of Sanskrit Buddhist language, Gao Tansheng held incense in his hands and walked forward slowly. Directly in front of him, on a long table covered with a large red velvet carpet, a bronze incense burner was placed......