"Elder, a strange thing has happened in the past two days. "In Changkong Temple, a disciple reported to Chang Mingyu.

Now Chang Wen has been forced to go to the front line against Zhongshan Ceyun, Changkong Temple is temporarily handed over to Chang Ming to take care of, Chang Ming also deeply feels the trust of the Great Elder, and does not dare to slack off, whether it is the dispatch of soldiers or the management of the jurisdiction, he has done everything he can to brainstorm and try to make the most correct choice, after all, Changkong Temple is facing a life-and-death situation, and the previous comfortable days are gone.

"What's the matter?" Chang Ming put away the military newspaper in his hand, sighed, and asked.

"In several villages, livestock were slaughtered overnight. The disciple replied.

"This is a trivial matter, and it will be dealt with in the affairs of the outer door. Chang Ming said again.

But the outer deacon said that the matter was up to the elders. The disciple said.

"Oh, what's so strange?" Chang Ming knew that there must be a reason for the outer gate to say so.

"Now there are four villages where this happened, and the people who were killed were cattle and sheep, pigs and dogs, chickens and ducks, etc., these are the roots of the common people, and some poor villages have more than a dozen ploughing cattle in the whole village. The disciple said.

"Then send the sutra monks to recite the Buddhist scriptures and help their cattle and sheep to exceed. Chang Ming said.

"No, elder, it's okay to say that pigs, dogs, chickens and ducks are fine, but the ploughing cattle are going to be gone, and the people will have to dig the ground with their bare hands at the beginning of spring next year. Seeing that Chang Ming hadn't seen the importance of the matter yet, the disciple said to him.

Maybe Chang Ming was really unfamiliar with ploughing, so he didn't think about it, so he patted his head and said, "Find out who did it?"

"No, the murderer did not leave any traces, he should have acted in the middle of the night, and now there is a lot of fighting, and the people never go out again when they return home at night, so not even a single witness has been found. The disciple replied.

"What does the outer door mean by asking you to report this? Chang Ming asked.

"The deacon of the outer gate said that it may be a gangster who sneaked in from Jiuyuan Island, intending to damage the hearts of the people. The disciple said again.

"Well, this matter is settled, I want to think about it, you go down first. Chang Ming waved his hand to signal the disciple to retreat, and then figured it out in his heart, a city has jurisdiction over ten towns, a town has jurisdiction over thirty villages, and there are hundreds of villages under the jurisdiction of a city.

"Someone. Chang Ming shouted, and a novice came in outside the door and said to the elder respectfully.

Chang Ming paused with the pen in his hand, then folded it and handed it to Shami: "Take my handwritten letter and issue an order from the city lord, be sure to let each village send strong men to form a night patrol, and the captain will be uniformly deployed by the temple." ”

"Yes. Shami took the letter and withdrew.

However, within two days, the disciple who had come from the outer gate to report the matter came again, and Chang Ming had a lot of affairs on hand to adjust the materials and distribute the soldiers, so he was a little impatient and said, "If there is something to say, say something quickly." ”

"Elder, it's still the same type of affairs as last time, and the deacon of the outer gate was afraid that I wouldn't understand, so he wrote a handwritten letter. The disciple handed it over as he spoke.

But Chang Ming's hands and eyes were not empty at all, only his ears were idle, so he said, "You read and I listen." ”

"Yes," the disciple took two steps back, opened his hand, and read: "The poisoning incident in Shaxi Village, Dongping Town, injured 100 people, the poisoning incident in Lanyu Village, injured 80 people, and the poisoning incident in Hetou Village, injured 120 people......

"What poison?" Chang Ming asked with a pause in his hand.

"I heard it's a laxative. The disciple replied.

"Laxatives, is it a prank?" Chang Ming asked again.

"I don't know, do you want to read some of the houses and forests that burned down the houses?" the disciple said.

"No need, it must have been the murderer last time, what is the mood of the people now?" Chang Ming asked.

"There are many complaints. The disciple summed it up in one sentence.

"I complained about everything, how did I learn the Buddhist scriptures for so many years. Chang Ming snorted angrily, and then waved his hand to ask the disciple to step back.

After the disciple left, the more Chang Ming thought about it, the more angry he became, and the brush in his hand was also pinched and shattered, now it seems that this murderer was definitely sent by Jiuyuan Island to make trouble, the rear is unstable, how can the battle be fought in front, but now there are not enough troops to maintain law and order.

He chanted a few Buddha horns in his mouth, allowing himself to return to his former calm state of mind, and then took a deep breath, he felt that if this matter continued to evolve, I am afraid that the rear will be really unstable, so it is still necessary to analyze it carefully and think about it in the long run.

From killing all the livestock and livestock in four villages overnight, to poisoning and destroying houses, one or two people will definitely not be able to complete it in a short time, if there are many people, it will be easier to do, the murderer is only committing crimes in a sparsely populated place like a village, either his martial arts are not high, or he is timid and afraid of death, or there are forces manipulating behind his back, so he came to disturb the people's hearts, and it seems that an elder must be sent to picket this matter.

This perpetrator is naturally a measure of the sky, he got the permission of Zhongshan Ceyun, with a thousand taels of gold, he found a group of outlaws from the nameless port who did all kinds of evil, and with the assistance of the shadow guard, at the same time, he was also speculating about what the bad things that Zhongshan Ceyun wanted him to do should be, and the first thing to do was of course the bad things that were beneficial to Jiuyuan Island, as long as he won the favor of Zhongshan Ceyun, he would turn a blind eye to him in the future.

I have to say that this person is extremely smart, and he thought of several ideas that night, such as killing the people's ploughing cattle, releasing laxatives in the water source, burning mountains and houses, all of which are things for the toiling people, and making Changkong Temple nowhere to be found.

At this time, it was still early, the measuring ruler yawned, continued to bury his head in the quilt, the snoring just sounded, there was a rapid knock on the door, the measuring ruler shivered, stretched out half of his head, looked left and right to see that it was safe, then lifted the quilt, walked to the door lightly and smelled it, it was a familiar smell.

"Squeak" measured the door open a crack, and saw that the two people outside were the little brothers he found from Nameless Port, and he didn't know what the names of the two were, so he called them Big Dog and Second Dog.

"What are you doing, it's not night yet, why are you running out to find death?"

"Ruler Boss, we just received news that Changkong Temple has sent an elder to investigate this matter. The big dog said through the crack in the door.

"So what, let's change places today, you go back to sleep first, and don't come to me when you don't have a child. The measuring ruler said impatiently.

"Okay, then let's go. After saying that, he took the second dog and left.

Looking at the backs of the two, the measuring ruler suddenly had an unexpected trick that could allow him to avoid this investigation for the time being.