In April in the world, I don't know whether the peach blossoms begin to bloom in the rest of the mountain temples, but the plum red in the mountains of Mingde Temple has withered, although there are still many believers to worship every day, there are less literati and elegant guests and female dependents to enjoy and play, the squatter room in the back mountain is completely idle, there is a young man surnamed Wu named Shiyou, who temporarily lives here, is responsible for daily cleaning and tidying.

When the young man was still the old abbot, he took care of the temple, an orphan of seven or eight years old, almost died of illness and hunger, and was sheltered by Mingde Temple, and at this time he also grew up to the age of fifteen peacefully, because he had nowhere to go, he stayed in the temple, and usually helped the monks to take care of the poor people who went to the hospital due to illness, and of course they would also do some cleaning and miscellaneous work.

In fact, in the Great Zhou Buddhist Temple, many of them set up a sad field to recuperate the widowed, lonely, and disabled, and it doesn't matter whether they are believers or not, and of course they will not be forced to shave and take the ordination.

It's just that after Mingzong, the Beitian Nursing Workshop, which should have been funded by the imperial court, gradually became the "conceit" of the Buddhist temple, so that the shortage of various materials has actually caused a lot of waste diseases to be untreated, and loneliness is rare for long-term shelter, and there are fewer and fewer "lucky people" like Wu Shiyou.

Although Wu Xiaolang has a sad life, his temperament is very open-minded, and he is very smart and clever, after living in a Buddhist temple, he often has the opportunity to lead the way for the literati who appreciate the flowers and worship the Buddha, and increase his "knowledge".

He also didn't want to eat and live in Mingde Temple for nothing, and most of the proceeds were donated to merit incense, leaving only a small amount to satisfy his only hobby - that is, greedy cups.

Only live in the Buddhist temple, of course, can not openly touch the precepts, Wu Xiaolang but have idle, go to the nearby market to sell wine, buried in the ancient banyan tree outside the back mountain gate, day can not be idle, repeatedly in the dead of night, quietly open the door and sneak out, drink a few sips of wine, it is also considered to relieve the fatigue of the whole day.

He thought that he was hiding from the sky and the sea, but he didn't know that his behavior had already been noticed by the abbot of Mingkong, and he just ignored it.

However, sometimes "thrilling things" can happen in the back mountain gate, but whenever it happens in the past, Wu Xiaolang will inevitably fall into a coma and will not break the evil deeds.

But this night, it turned out to be an exception.

After eating at dusk, Wu Xiaolang fell asleep as usual, and in the dead of night, he expected that the little novice who was guarding the door had rested, so he wanted to sneak out quietly to satisfy the wine worm in his belly, and halfway through, but he suddenly heard the movement of digging in front of him, he was puzzled, took his steps lightly, blocked by a pavilion, and looked at by the moonlight.

Unexpectedly, he recognized the two people who were really digging, and it seemed that they were the servants who often followed Ji Mingfu to visit the abbot.

Wu Xiaolang was even more puzzled: Mo said that Ji Mingfu is not coming to visit today, it is a visit, why did these two servants dig a pit at night, do they want to steal plum trees? This is also ridiculous, although the Meilin of Mingde Temple is famous, attracting many literati and elegant guests to come to watch, but the excellent growth is nothing more than lush and magnificent, what is the benefit of only stealing this one or two?

But I saw one of them suddenly put the shovel on the ground, supporting his waist pole with one hand and panting: "Ji Mingfu is true, these farmers, at most twenty or thirty acres of land, are worth five or six thousand, but they are at the risk of killing people and destroying the door, and they really can't commit it." ”

The other person also stood up straight and gasped: "What do you know, Ji Mingfu is not from a rich family, relying on Yulu alone, it is not enough to work up and down, don't find another way to make money, even if you don't have to worry about supporting your family, where can you buy people's hearts?" Not to mention the bribery of Shangguan, don't underestimate these twenty or thirty acres, five or six thousand, after a few years, after more than ten years, isn't it nearly 100,000 yuan? ”

"Rather than this, it is better to learn from Yang Qu Ling and the like, once an official comes down, how can he have millions of assets, and there is no blood on his hands, and there is no risk at all."

"What is not risky, there is really no risk, how did Yangqu Ling become a ghost under the spring?"

"That's not because of greed, if the princess is really sure that Yang Qu Lingming will be punished, she will not start the assassination. In the final analysis, Yangqu Ling's behavior is obviously officialdom practice, and there are people in the court to maintain it, and even the princess is not sure to cut it off, but he must cut off Mao Dayin's arm to help, so he has to make this decision, and there is no evidence for horizontal and vertical Dayin, and the rogue and the enemy can be used to take the blame, this confused lawsuit, the queen mother is also difficult to decide, how can it be compared to the behavior of the Ming Mansion, if it is exposed, because of selfish desire to kill civilians, it will be punished! ”

"You don't understand that! The risk is big, and the benefit is also great, just like the yang song order, it seems that there is no risk, how is the official reputation? In doing so, the Ming Mansion has gained benefits and not lost its reputation, which is the best of both worlds. ”

"But at this time, the situation is so urgent, Mao Dayin will inevitably stare at Taigu County, and the Ming Mansion even dares to destroy people in order to seize people's land, causing the illusion that farmers abandon their fields and flee, aren't they worried about the crime being exposed?"

"There is an assistant to the abbot of Mingkong to cover up, where would anyone think that the deceased made Mingde Temple flower fertilizer, even if it happens, the princess will try her best to protect the Ming Mansion, the Ming Mansion knows a lot of hidden secrets, if she is asked, regardless of the rest, only the death of those two county orders, the princess will not be able to escape the blame."

When Wu Shiyou heard this, he was so frightened that he held back his breath, he never imagined that according to legend, the princess of Jin, who advocated justice and lawlessness, actually assassinated the court officials, and the honest and loving Ji Ming Mansion actually killed innocents indiscriminately, and even the merciful monk Mingkong actually helped to abuse him, which greatly subverted his cognition, and suspected that this was a nightmare.

"Stop gossiping, let's get to work." One reminded.

Without much talking, the two of them "buried themselves in hard work", dug a deep pit, and carried two large, two small and four corpses and threw them in it, filled the pit, and stepped on dozens of feet, looking like no abnormality, before leaving quickly.

But after a while, Wu Xiaolang came back to his senses, but as soon as he stood up, he felt that his legs and feet were weak, and he sat down in the pavilion again with a "porphyry", and then he realized how panicked his heartbeat was, and cold sweat broke out on his back.

Even crawled back to the squatter room, unable to sleep all night, no matter how smart Wu Xiaolang was, he was just an orphan child in a Buddhist temple, how could he have thought that behind this seemingly coincidental accident, someone was actually carefully planning?

The noon light did not enter the meditation room, only the moss marks under the stairs were plated with a touch of scorched gold, and the Bodhi seed that turned in his hand was already fleshy red, and the clear sky was suddenly settled, his long eyes were slightly closed, and his mind was quiet, but when the little novice entered almost silently, the corners of his lips were lightly raised.

But he still closed his eyes, and turned the bead unhurriedly: "But the person is gone?" ”

"The mage is really clever, that Wu Shiyou didn't give up for a long time, after all, he made up his mind, only said that he was going to the market, and left empty-handed, the villain followed in disguise, and saw with his own eyes that he didn't know who would reward the jade pendant to pawn, rented a horse, and galloped to the official road."

Holding the bead finally stopped playing, and Mingkong opened his eyes: "So, tonight is the time for us to leave this place." ”

Xiao Shami said again: "The two who followed Ji Lun, but Pan Bo sent them, not from our country, and the mage really trusted the two of them to withstand the torture?" ”

"Pan Bo is still cautious, how can someone who can get the important task he has given him lose control? Moreover, even if these two people are timid and afraid of death and confess the truth, how could he miss it if we gave Mao Wei such a wonderful opportunity to defeat the Jin Wang Party? In any case, it will be confirmed that the crime of the Jin Wang Party, this case will cause an uproar among the people of Taiyuan, and under the panic of the people, and then the heavy army will force the situation, where will there be unity? The Jin Dynasty Party will certainly not sit idly by, and when the time comes, it will only care about arguing with the Mao Wei Party, where can it take into account the people's anger? If there are any more provoking people to stir up civil unrest, the Jin Wang Party will be defeated! ”

Mingkong sneered: "The hearts of the people in Taiyuan Mansion are fluctuating, even if the morale of the army is not affected, they can still resist this attack, but as long as the Jin King Party is defeated, why should Mao Wei be afraid?" Military supplies cannot be replenished in a timely manner, military dependents cannot live and work in peace and contentment, and how can the morale of the military not be shaken? Da Zhou, it's not far from the country of death! ”

The confident monk was about to abscond in the dead of night, but he was intercepted not far from the mountain gate!

Not good!

Mingkong saw the torches around him light up, and as soon as the two words passed through his mind, he heard two screams, and the two accomplices who were still shallow in "cultivation" were simply shot and killed.

The clear sky is like falling into the five clouds, he is obviously calculated, Wu Shiyou cannot arrive in Jinyang City today, find the only Mao Weiju who can protect him well, and Ji Lun is impossible to be startled, he will definitely be able to get out of Mingde Temple safely tonight, even if he can't get out of the customs, as long as he has arranged a proper secluded valley to hide in the early morning, and when this round of war is over, maybe he won't have to go out of the customs - because he firmly believes that General Xiao personally went out and encountered civil strife in Taiyuan, it will definitely be enough to defeat Wuwei Hou, capture Weize Pass, and invade Jinshuo.

But why did someone set up an ambush? Who the hell are these people?!