Chapter 42: The Burning of Nanin Temple (Part I)

Yu Xiu immediately walked over and shook inside.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, a terrible cry rushed into his ears, reminding Yu Xiu of a little story about the county order in "Notes on Joy".

Sure enough, when Yu Xiu walked into the middle hall, he noticed that the atmosphere in the hall was depressing, and a man in a brocade robe sat on the first seat, his face gloomy.

There was a woman with a good figure kneeling in the hall, crying on the ground, and her body was sobbing. The subordinates and servants around all lowered their heads, not daring to peek at random.

"This is ......" Yu Xiu walked into the hall, his face slightly stunned.

I saw clusters of reddish-yellow aura condensed on the top of the man's head, forming an official seal, as if suppressing the surroundings. Yu Xiu's Yin God walked in here and felt a sense of oppression.

"Is this qi a literary qi?" he thought in his heart, but then shook his head, the literary qi would not have a feeling of oppression on the Yin God, but would be regarded as a great supplement by the Yin God and ghosts.

Yu Xiu took a closer look and found that although the red yellow breath was the same as the pillar of blood qi smoke, it could make the Yin God feel a tingling and oppressive feeling, but this qi was obviously not the breath condensed from the human body.

And the man in the hall has a thin face and strict eyebrows, and most of his identities are the county magistrates of this county.

combined, Yu Xiu gave birth to a word in his heart: "official." ”

Although the "Book of Taoism" does not introduce the "official atmosphere" in detail, it is also slightly mentioned.

"'Officialness' refers to the transformation of scholars from literary temperament after obtaining official positions. This spirit is strong and solemn, awe-inspiring and inviolable. Yu Xiu read the only little record in the book, looked up at the red yellow aura on the top of the man, and faintly realized in his heart.

"The "Book of Taoism" mentions this qi, and deliberately says the words 'awe-inspiring and inviolable', which should mean that this qi can dispel ghosts and gods like blood qi and suppress evil qi. Combined with the feelings at this time, Yu Xiu thought.

"Even the suppression of yin gods and ghosts by this qi is better than the blood qi of a martial artist. ”

For a while, he somewhat understood why the relationship between the government and the Taoist priest was extremely bad, and the government had always held a suppressive attitude towards the Taoist priest.

Suddenly, Yu Xiu's heart moved, and he looked in a certain direction. I saw a gust of wind blowing, and a sturdy man in a soap robe rushed into the hall.

As soon as he entered the hall, he held down his waist knife and saluted the first person in the seat: "My lord, it's too late to be humble." ”

"My lord!" Immediately afterward, another group of fast hunters with iron rulers and long knives hanging from their waists poured into the hall and saluted the people sitting in the hall.

Yu Xiu ignored the soldiers who poured in, and just stared at the man in soap.

There was a pillar of red smoke above the man's head, like fire and blood, which was the pillar of blood smoke. This pillar of smoke was more than a foot high, and it sank directly into the roof.

"Martial artist, martial artist above the eight-rank realm. Yu Xiu thought a little in his heart, and then looked at the man sitting still on the first seat.

The soap-clothed man, the catcher, and the soldier who rushed into the hall were saluting this person, and this person's identity was undoubtedly confirmed, it was the nominal controller of Beiguo County, the county order of Beiguo County!

The county commander stared at the people in the hall for a long time, and bowed slightly. Only then did the man in the soapy suit straighten up and speak: "Your Excellency summoned the lowly people to come late at night, what is the matter?"

"See. The county magistrate picked up a stack of papers from the table, and immediately a small servant took it and respectfully handed the paper to the man in soap.

The man in the soapy coat only glanced at it a few times, and then handed it to the others, presumably he had already learned something before he came, and was just confirming it with the county order.

But not everyone thought of him, and a noisy voice suddenly sounded in the hall. It wasn't until the soap-clothed man snorted coldly that he slowly calmed down.

At this time, the county order's teeth clenched slightly, and a cold color erupted in his eyes.

Bang! He slammed the table and said sharply: "I can't imagine that there is such a big thief in my Beiguo County!"

Standing up from his seat, the prefectural commander walked up to the kneeling woman in the hall, looking at each other with a slightly distorted face.

"If it weren't for someone who passed out this ridiculous note, this county wouldn't know that his concubine still has such a hobby. ”

There was a lot of noise in the hall again. When the kneeling woman heard this, she cried loudly: "Master, wronged, master!"

"The slave family has never betrayed the master! It's all someone who is spreading rumors and making trouble......" The tone was extremely poignant.

"Smack!" But the county magistrate directly brushed his sleeves over, pulled the woman's cheeks red, and shouted: "Bring out that evil seed for me!"

The people in the hall were silent, but someone still walked into the back hall, and after a while, a baby was brought out.

Yu Xiu watched this scene silently, and when he saw the baby, his eyes narrowed slightly, and an idea popped up in his heart.

I saw that the county commander took the baby, hugged it tightly to his chest, his fingers were innocent, and his eyes seemed to be about to erupt fire, "If this fang is not removed, where is the majesty of my Beiguo County!"

"Everyone, open the government immediately, and invite all the officials and families in the county to come and discuss the matter of suppressing bandits!"

He threw the baby to the servant next to him and drank, "Without further ado!"

"No!" the soap-clad man and the others bowed their heads in agreement, then quickly turned around and walked out of the hall.

But before they could go out, the servant holding the baby suddenly cried out in panic: "Old, master!"

"Young master, he ...... The young master is gone!!"

When they heard this, their bodies were stunned, their faces changed sharply, and then they didn't dare to stay, and hurried outside.

The county concubine also woke up suddenly, crying, and pounced on the baby. It's just that the baby in swaddling clothes has already turned blue and is completely out of breath.

Listening to the cry in his ears, the county magistrate of Beiguo County was expressionless, there was no sadness in his eyes, there was only coldness and thought.

Yu Xiu looked at this scene, shook his head slightly, and walked out of the hall with his hands behind his back. At this time, he has been away from the body for a long time, and he must return to the body as soon as possible to prevent accidents.

Walking all the way back, Yu Xiu saw the fast soldiers knocking on the doors of each family, and half-coerced and half-coerced to invite all the big families to the yamen to discuss matters.

When Yu Xiu saw this, he felt strange in his heart.

Originally, he thought that even if the crimes of Nanren Temple were exposed, the two monks in the temple would not necessarily flee from this place, giving him a chance to ambush, let alone drive the government to take action.

Unexpectedly, the county magistrate of Beiguo County was also a ruthless master, and he sent people to convene the big households in the county that night and began to discuss the extermination of Nanren Temple, and made the matter irreversible.

This was really a big surprise for Yu Xiu, so that he didn't have to plan for the next thing at all, just wait for the county order to send someone to suppress the bandits, and then take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters.

He pondered carefully, "Xu is the county commander here who wanted to attack Nanren Temple very early, but he has always been weak and has no way to start. ”

Nanren Temple has existed in Beiguo County for more than ten years, and it is rampant and domineering, and it may collude with the government and yamen, but the friction will not be small, but it is suppressed for the time being, and it has never broken out.

And Yu Xiu's hand just gave a certain party a chance to make trouble.