An hour later, the noisy Jincheng Temple finally returned to silence.
There was a huge fire in the temple, and the watchtower on the stone wall was filled with soldiers wearing coats with the word "Coastal Defense".
In the main hall, Qin Lie and others were arranging where to cut down trees and bamboos the next day to strengthen the surrounding defenses of Jincheng Temple.
Zhou Bi then walked up to the trembling abbot and said with a smile: "Master, we are temporarily stationed here and we will do absolutely nothing. As long as the master and the monks in the temple stay safe and wait for me, we will naturally keep you and everyone else unscathed."
The abbot looked outside the hall and saw that the granary door was wide open. The officers and soldiers were like bandits, laughing and moving bags of grain out of the granary. At this moment, his heart was broken.
Is this Qiu Wuzuo?
Then can I still believe you said you were unscathed?
These grains and materials are the result of painstaking management by successive generations for more than a hundred years.
That's it...
The abbot was about to cry but said without tears: "My lord, since you are officers and soldiers, why do you want to embarrass us monks and other monks? Just lock us together and send troops to guard us. Are you treating us as thieves?" "
Zhou Bi said with a smile: "The military war is dangerous, and I am also worried that the monks in the temple will be disturbed, so I sent troops to protect you and others. How can we talk about imprisonment?"
When the abbot heard this, he knew he couldn't defeat this person, so he simply closed his eyes and protested silently.
Seeing this, Zhou Bi smiled and said, "Come on, go, lock the abbot and the monks together, and watch them carefully. Don't let any of them escape!"
When the two soldiers outside the door heard this, they turned around and stepped in to say yes. Then they walked in fiercely, twisted the abbot's arm and left.
Has the abbot ever been treated so rudely?
While being forced to walk out, he said loudly: "I'm going to Yingzhou Bingbei Road Yamen to sue you, and I'm going to Nanjing War Department to sue you!"
His voice attracted the attention of Qin Lie and others who were discussing defense in the palace.
Qin Lie said calmly: "Go and stop his mouth. Don't give him anything to eat until he stops screaming!"
Daozi laughed when he heard this and said, "I'll go, I like teasing these bald donkeys the most!"
After saying that, he walked out of the hall with a ferocious smile.
Seeing this, the waiter was worried and said: "Third brother, it's better not to embarrass the monks in the temple, otherwise these people will really sue when the time comes, and the young master will not look good!"
Qin Lie was still very polite to the waiter, and said with rare patience: "Don't worry, I just followed the orders of the young master. The rebels in Hefei City all believe in the birthless old mother, and they are inextricably linked with these bald donkeys. Young Master The letter said, don’t be polite when you meet a monk, win the battle first, and he will take care of other things!”
Hearing that Xu He had already made arrangements, the waiter naturally stopped talking.
However, Qin Lie said: "You went to Songyang today. Did you see Mr. Zhang?"
The waiter nodded: "I have handed over the young master's letter to Mr. Zhang. Mr. Zhang said that the situation is tense now. The rebels in Guichi were crossing the river several times a day a while ago, but recently they have become more peaceful. But Songyang’s soldiers and horses are exhausted, and the consumption of food and grass is huge, so they can’t support us for the time being!”
"But Mr. Zhang still squeezed out a hundred stones of grain and two hundred pieces of dried fish for me to bring back!"
Qin Lie nodded. Guichi fell, and Zhang Jingxian even lost his station. Qin Lie was surprised that he could support so many things under such circumstances. He had never thought that he could get anything from him.
At this time, Zhou Bi said: "Xiaoer, Mr. Zhang told you that the situation in Songyang has been very quiet recently?"
The waiter nodded: "Yes, the rebels are very anxious to attack Songyang after the new year, but now they have not crossed the river for four or five days."
Congyang and Guichi face each other across the river. Congyang is in the north and belongs to Anqing Prefecture; Guichi is in the south and belongs to Chizhou Prefecture.
Anqing is a bit strange, and the scope of administrative divisions is a bit vague.
On the one hand, this is under the jurisdiction of Southern Zhili, but within the scope of the jurisdiction of Jiangxi Jiujiang Bingbei Road, which is stationed in Jiujiang, it can also govern Anqing.
Therefore, Zhang Jingxian's position as Huining Chi Taibingbei Dao was not only unable to govern Anqing Prefecture within the scope of his authority, but he did not even have as much power in Anqing as the military preparation Dao from other provinces.
Nowadays, to a certain extent, he actually feels like he is relying on others.
To be able to support the coastal defense camp with supplies under such circumstances, it can be said that Lao Zhang has tried his best.
However, fortunately, Jincheng Temple is a big dog owner, so the issue of food and grass for the Haiphong camp does not need to be considered for the time being.
But Zhou Bi said worriedly: "It seems that the thieves from Hefei will go south soon!"
Qin Lie nodded and said, "Yes, considering the time, these people should be almost ready."
"That's right!" Qin Lie said, "Today we were driven to Jincheng Village by the people from Lengshui Pass. Why are you not worried but happy instead? Is there any other reason besides Jincheng Temple?"
When everyone heard this, they were immediately furious.
Thirteen scolded: "You are a bitch, these people keep an eye on us in the north and hide in Lengshuiguan. The thieves from Hefei go south, and we are the first to bear the brunt."
"That's right, there are tens of thousands of thieves in Hefei at least. If they really go south, what will we do? A thousand or so people are not enough to fill their teeth!"
"Damn it, then the commander doesn't look down on us at all? Everyone else looks down on us, but we still go up to the pole to help. It's really a shame!"
For a time, the Hailing accent, the Huzhou accent, and the Wuxi accent made a huge noise in the hall.
Zhou Bi suddenly laughed and said: "Zaiyun, brothers, don't worry, I said, coming to Jincheng is a good thing. As for why, you see!"
Zhou Bi took out a pen and paper, grinded the ink and drew a picture on the paper.
He drew a circle at the northernmost place, and then said to everyone: "This is Hefei!"
Then he drew a circle on the south side and said, "This is Lengshuiguan!"
At this time, he clicked a dot between the two: "This is our Jincheng Village."
Zhou Bi drew a connecting line between Hefei and Lengshuiguan, which happened to avoid Jinchengzhai.
Qin Lie said in astonishment: "This is an official road, and it happens to bypass Jincheng Village?"
Zhou Bi said with a smile: "That's right, otherwise why would these monks choose this place to meditate? Then why did Xing Zhuangyuan choose this place to study? It's all because this place is secluded and there are only one or two villages!"
Qin Lie smiled and said: "Thieves will not come to this kind of place, or in other words, if the thieves come, it will only be a small team!"
Zhou Bi smiled and nodded.
At this time, Thirteen said: "I'm afraid this won't work, Secretary Zhou. We are huddled in this remote place in the countryside. We are indeed not afraid of the rebels from Hefei coming to attack, but the mission given by the young master to me and others is to defend Lengshuiguan!"
Zhou Bi smiled mysteriously. Seeing the knife coming back from outside, he asked the knife, "How is it?"
"I arranged for the brothers to pretend to change the guard and have a meal. As expected, Secretary Zhou, someone among these monks sneaked away!"
Zhou Bi was surprised when he heard this and said: "How did you escape? The people upstairs are all ours!"
“There is a tunnel in the rockery in the backyard!”
Thirteen was confused: "No, what on earth are you talking about?"
