Maybe the Buddha incense used in Ci'an Temple is the same as other temples, but at the moment there is this goal, if they are not the first to check it, it will be a fool. So, Shen Hongjun immediately left the palace, brought all the soldiers and horses, and came directly to the Ci'an Temple in the western suburbs of the capital.

The whole city was still under martial law, so there was no obstacle on the road, and 10,000 elite soldiers quickly surrounded Ci'an Temple.

In the early morning of Ci'an Temple, cigarette smoke curled up, the monks had not finished their morning class, and the Sanskrit sound of the scriptures wafted intermittently over the temple. Let the whole temple seem very quiet and distant, otherworldly.

However, the soldiers who suddenly broke in broke the long silence, and the little novice guarding the courtyard gate panicked, "Who are you?" Why do you want to break into the pure place of Buddhism? ”

Shen Hongjun walked out of the crowd, looked at the little novice, and said coldly, "Go and find the presiding officer, this general suspects that this place harbors court repeat criminals, and it needs to be strictly investigated." Let him bring the list of monks in the temple, gather all the monks, and check them one by one. ”

Seeing this, Xiao Shami dared to say anything more, and hurriedly ran towards the main hall. Not long after, the presiding officer of the temple led a group of monks to Shen Hongjun. "This general, I don't know why you brought your troops here? My Ci'an Temple is a pure place for Buddhism, and it is a plaque given by the emperor, but it is not allowed to wait for idle people to mess around. ”

Shen Hongjun sneered, "The pure place of Buddhism? The emperor's imperial plaque? Hmph, General Ben suspects that you are harboring rebellion here and have bad intentions. If you are the governor, obediently cooperate with the general's investigation, and you can pay it back. If not, the prison of the Soldiers and Horses Command Division, the master can try what it tastes like. ”

Shen Hongjun didn't care about the old monk's threat, "Quickly gather the monks in the temple, take out the roster, and check them one by one." If there is the slightest omission, this general can raze this temple to the ground in an instant. ”

No matter how hard the old monk's bones are, he doesn't dare to make a fuss at this time. There are so many soldiers in the back, and the weapons in his hands are bright, he is not dying, why should he be awkward at this time? "Go, get the roster." The morning service is not over yet, and all the monks are reciting the scriptures in the main hall, so there is no need to bother to convene them.

Shen Hongjun asked people to look at these monks, and then one person took the roll call with the roster, and the other held a portrait and compared them one by one. In addition, several teams of sergeants were sent to search all over the temple.

"General, all the monks in the temple are already here, so there is no need to send someone to search, right? After all, it is a holy place of Buddhism, where can I disturb the tranquility of the Buddha? The old monk said tremblingly.

Shen Hongjun raised his eyebrows, "You said that everyone is here, so I want to believe you?" If someone is really hiding, can you bear it? After that, he no longer paid attention to the old monk, but ordered all the sergeants to carefully investigate, and not a single trace could be missed.

At the same time, in a meditation room in the backyard of the temple, a tall man broke in. "Master, hurry up, there are countless officers and soldiers in front of you, and they are searching. I'm afraid that the master's whereabouts have been exposed, so leave quickly. ”

The monk sitting in the meditation room was shocked when he heard this, "How did they know that this king is here?" This king has never shown his whereabouts. ”

"Master, now is not the time to talk about this, the officers and soldiers are already searching one by one, and it won't take long to get here. If the master doesn't leave, I'm afraid he won't be able to leave. The tall man was in a hurry, and stepped forward to help the monk up, and then the two of them came out of the meditation room and ran all the way to the back mountain.

However, before they could go far, they were discovered by the searching soldiers. "Look, there's two guys running back into the back hill. Hurry, hurry up and report to the general, I'll take someone to chase after me. "There were more than a hundred or so soldiers in this group, and at this time a few people turned around to report the news, and the others went to chase after them.

Shen Hongjun was checking on the monks when he heard someone shouting, "Someone ran to the back mountain, someone ran to the back mountain." ”

"Quickly lead people to the back mountain, and send someone to fence the back mountain, and don't even think about running out of the flies." Shen Hongjun immediately ordered.

Then, several groups of sergeants moved quickly and chased towards the back mountain.

Shen Hongjun was not idle, and after letting people see these monks, he also went to the back mountain.

Ci'an Temple is indeed not small, but no matter how big it is, it is not as big as the palace, Shen Hongjun has brought 10,000 people, and he has already arranged manpower everywhere. At this moment, the two ran to the stele forest in the back mountain, and wanted to hide under the cover of the stele forest. But the sergeants from all directions are all moving closer to this side, and now they have become encircled.

"Be careful, don't let them run away." Someone shouted.

Everyone gradually moved closer to the stele forest, and the scope gradually shrank, but the people who were still there just now were gone, as if they had disappeared out of thin air, and suddenly disappeared. "General, the man is gone." The soldiers were puzzled.

"Divide some people and expand the scope of defense, and the other part will carefully search and see if there is any secret passage or something. Immediately send people, and then mobilize people, and seal off all the nearby areas. Shen Hongjun immediately ordered.

"Go and bring me the old monk who presides over, this old fellow, he will definitely know." Shen Hongjun turned his head and ordered.

Everyone here hurriedly followed Shen Hongjun's orders, carefully inspecting inch by inch of land. Someone else went to bring the old monk over.

Shen Hongjun looked at the old monk whose body was trembling, and couldn't help but sneer, "Didn't you say that all the people are in the front hall?" So what's going on with those two just now? Old thing, if you are not honest, beware of you old bones. ”

"In the backyard meditation room, there are a few monks who come to place orders, saying that they are from Fuzhou, and they give Lao Gao a lot of silver, saying that they want to place orders in the temple. The old man saw that their degree was true, so he left them behind. After these people came, they generally did not come out, and even the fasting meal was sent by the little novice in the temple. On weekdays, few people saw them come out, so the old man forgot about this person. ”

The old monk regretted this in his heart, he knew that he shouldn't covet other people's silver, this is good, cause trouble, right? "General, general, the old man really doesn't know what their identity is? I also ask the general for forgiveness. The old monk was so frightened that his body was like sifting chaff.

"Let me ask you, is there a secret passage or something like that in this stele forest?" When Shen Hongjun saw the old monk like this, he didn't bother to bother with him, so he still asked about serious things.

The old monk shook his head, "The old monk doesn't know." This Ci'an Temple was originally the family temple of the Xiao family, and later there was a monk who came here and became famous. The Xiao family took advantage of the opportunity to renovate and expand it, and then donated it. Lao Wei came here later, and he only heard the former host talk about it, so he knew the origin of this Ci'an Temple. ”

As soon as Shen Hongjun heard about the Xiao family, he knew that this time he was really in the right place, no wonder the eldest prince would choose to settle here, it must have been some secret path mechanism left by the Xiao family here. "What a cunning Xiao family."

"Send someone immediately to inquire around, there can be an old house or property of the Xiao family near this place." Shen Hongjun hurriedly ordered.

After someone on the side answered, he went out to inquire.

At this time, Tianfu and Shen Liang also came over, "General, do you have a clue?" "It turned out that the two of them went to eat, and when they came back to find Yunlin, they were sent by Yunlin to help.

Shen Hongjun saw that the two of them came just in time, so he said, "You two, bring some people to search near Ci'an Temple, and check the houses everywhere from house to house." Just now, two people ran towards the back mountain, but they disappeared here. I guess there's a secret passage here, and the exit might be in a nearby resident's house. You lead people to search, I'm looking for the entrance to the secret passage here, and I must find those two people. ”

So, Tianfu and Shen Liang each led people to search.

Shen Hongjun took people to carefully inspect every inch of land in the stele forest. Then, there was a careful soldier who noticed that there was something unusual about a stone tablet, as if there were moving scratches underneath. "General, come and see, there seem to be traces of movement here."

Shen Hongjun walked over to take a look, and sure enough, there were slight scratches underneath. He stepped forward, pressed the stele, and then twisted it vigorously, only to hear a sound, and a dark passage was revealed underground. "Sure enough, it's here, go down some more people, be careful, and see where this leads."

As he spoke, more than two dozen people went down from this passage, and Shen Hongjun was about to go down, but he was dragged by the people next to him. "General, you have injuries on your body, so let's sit on top of the overall situation. At the moment, those two people have been in for some time, and even if they go down, they may not be able to catch up, but they just find the exit. The general might as well wait a little longer, maybe there will be something else to discover. ”

When Shen Hongjun heard this, he didn't insist anymore, but just let him go down with some more people. A total of about 50 people went down, all holding swords and other weapons in their hands, and they were always on guard.

It didn't take long to find out that the secret passage had not been long in coming, and the person sent out to inquire about the news had also returned. "General, it has been found out that there is indeed a house of the Xiao family near here. I heard that it was the marriage of the old lady of the Xiao family back then, and it was originally inhabited, but later it was haunted, and no one lived there. Because of this, when the Xiao family raided the house, it was not copied. I heard that the house was gloomy, and it often cried wolf, and the people in the neighborhood were scared. ”

When Shen Hongjun heard this, his eyes lit up, "Let's go, go and take a look." His instincts told him that there must be something wrong with the house. So, as soon as the others arrived, they hurried towards the abandoned house.

"Look at this place, let the old monk take you to search that person's house to see if there is anything." Shen Hongjun commanded before leaving.