"Oh!" Chen Xiaomu was surprised when he heard this, and couldn't help asking: "Why did your prince of Qi come here suddenly?" It stands to reason that a prince of a country has to come to Zheng, whether it is to visit relatives and friends or for a state visit. It is reasonable to send someone to inform the Zheng court first, so that the court can be prepared and make arrangements in advance in terms of safety, etiquette, food and accommodation. It is precisely because all countries have this rule that Chen Xiaomu made such an inquiry.
Wu Laodao paused for a moment, then hesitantly said: "I listened to them on the sidelines, and it seems that the prince came to deliver silver to the Lord on the orders of the Emperor Qi and the Queen Mother."
"How much money did you give?" Chen Xiaomu asked immediately.
"Three, three million taels." Wu Laodao stammered.
Chen Xiaomu pondered for a moment and asked: "How much money does your temple spend a year? Where are these banknotes kept?"
Wu Laodao replied: "Emperor Qi allocates one million taels of silver to Sanqing Temple every year. In fact, Sanqing Temple only uses about 200,000 taels every year. As for where the silver notes are now collected, I don't know. I can only ask about this matter." Yuan Hao, the supervisor of the temple, knew that he was responsible for all the expenses of Sanqing Temple."
Chen Xiaomu asked: "Did Yuan Hao come out with you tonight?"
"No." Wu Laodao shook his head, "He and the governor Wang Qinruo stayed in the Sanqing Temple. Only after receiving the flying pigeon message from the Lord from the new capital city, they led the remaining Taoist priests in the temple. city."
Chen Xiaomu was startled when he heard this, and said to himself, "Oh no!" He stopped grinding with Wu Laodao, and instead told Yi Fang, "General Yi, gather the soldiers back quickly and go to Sanqing Temple, otherwise these people will be killed tonight. As long as one of the scattered Taoist priests escapes in front of us to report the news, all the Taoist priests left behind in the temple will escape!"
As soon as Yi Fang heard this, she immediately ordered her subordinates to beat the gongs and call the gold to withdraw their troops, while Chen Xiaomu took the 200 archers from the princess's mansion and Su Xingran and others to rush to Sanqing Temple first.
Goutang Village is less than ten miles away from Guanshan Town. In less than half an hour, this group of people had arrived at the stone steps leading to the Sanqing Temple on Mangdang Mountain on the streets of Guanshan Town. They looked up and saw something in the distance. There were several black figures climbing up the stone steps with their buttocks sticking out. Chen Xiaomu immediately raised his hands to summon the archers behind him, pointed at the gradually smaller black figures on the steps and asked them: "See those figures?" Come on, can you shoot them with your bow?"
Several archers stretched out their heads and looked carefully. One of the archers hesitated and said: "Prince Prince Consort, these people are climbing too fast. Even if you can shoot them, you won't be able to cause much damage."
When Chen Xiaomu heard about it, he waved his hand and said, "Follow me." "
When Su Xingran, Wei Yushang and others heard the sound, they started to use Qinggong, and flew past Chen Xiaomu one after another, chasing after the distant black shadows on the stone steps.
Chen Xiaomu sighed slightly, then with the support of Li Gui, Wang and Wu, he stepped onto the ice-covered stone steps and climbed up step by step. After a while, he was out of breath from exhaustion.
When he staggered up to the top of the mountain, there were many Taoist priests surrounding Su Xingran, Wei Yushang, Wei Yuxin and others who were fighting with each other. He saw a few people walking up the stone steps, and immediately there were several Taoist priests holding The sword came over and wanted to surround them and fight. Chen Xiaomu gasped, took out the pistol inserted in his waist, and shot the leading Taoist priest with a "bang". The Taoist priest was shocked and fell down. He fell to the ground. Before the remaining Taoist priest could react, Chen Xiaomu fired two more shots. The Taoist priest also fell down before he understood what was going on.
This time, the remaining Taoist priests were stunned. They no longer dared to rush towards Chen Xiaomu with their swords. They were all frightened and in a dilemma. They stopped on the spot and stretched their necks to stare. Chen Xiaomu seized this opportunity of the opponent being confused. He pointed his gun at the black figure standing closest to him, pulled the trigger, and fired a "bang" shot. The black figure then screamed and fell to the ground. Because the man's scream was loud and miserable, it made him The Taoist priests who were concentrating on forming a group to fight were all worried.
At this moment, a figure suddenly flew over from above. Before his feet even touched the ground, he started asking, "Why are you so panicked?"
A Taoist priest pointed at Chen Xiaomu and said tremblingly: "Uncle Qi, I don't know what this guy has in his hand. Every time he makes a sound, one of us will fall to the ground!"
"Oh!" The Taoist priest named Qi Shu turned around and looked at Chen Xiaomu. He suddenly danced the long sword in his hand into a dense sword wall and rushed towards Chen Xiaomu. As soon as Chen Xiaomu saw this person flying over, he knew that the person coming was evil. He was on guard, facing the wall of swords coming at him, and continuously pulled the trigger of the pistol, firing all the more than ten bullets left in the magazine with "bang bang bang".
At this moment, the Taoist priest named Qi Shu was lying on the ground like a pile of mud, lifeless.
"Guanjian, Guanjian, Uncle Qi is dead!" The Taoist priest who had just spoken to Uncle Qi was so frightened that he turned around and ran away, loudly reporting the news to the people in the Taoist temple as he ran.
"What? The seventh uncle has been killed!" The Taoist priests who were fighting with Su Xingran and others were shocked when they heard the sound. Because of this distraction, several Taoist priests were killed in the fight.
These Taoist priests suddenly became confused, and began to adopt the strategy of fighting and retreating, retreating towards the temple. Su Xingran, Wei Yushang, Wei Yuxin and others also stood out from the formation set up by the Taoist priests at this moment, and were able to Joining Chen Xiaomu, the archers from Princess Mansion and the Hubei soldiers led by Yi Fang who were at the foot of the mountain were also climbing up the stone steps one after another.
The Taoist priest saw more and more people going up the mountain. There was an endless stream of people climbing up the stone steps behind him. He didn't know how many people there were. All the Taoist priests outside the audience were in a panic. Plus, Uncle Qi was so tall. They had all been killed in the battle, but each of them still had the heart to continue fighting. For a time, the gate of the Taoist temple was packed with people, and everyone wanted to retreat into the temple first to protect themselves.
Chen Xiaomu took this opportunity and asked the archers who had already climbed up the mountain to line up more than ten feet away from the Taoist temple gate. With their bows and arrows drawn, they aimed at the Taoist priests crowding in front of the Taoist temple gate. He stood ready to attack, and then shouted loudly: "Listen to the Taoist priests on the opposite side, we are not people who kill indiscriminately. Now that you are surrounded, I advise you not to use your lives for unnecessary resistance, abandon your sword and surrender." , saving your own lives is your only correct choice!"
At this time, an old and powerful voice suddenly came from the gate of the Taoist temple. He asked: "I don't know who you are. Why did you come to my Sanqing Temple to cause trouble? I want to remind you." Say, our Sanqing Temple is definitely not a pig or sheep to be slaughtered. I would like to advise you to leave as soon as possible, otherwise it will be difficult to escape once the officers and soldiers arrive!"
Chen Xiaomu laughed. Because he had not had time to wait for clothes in Goutang Village just now, he killed Xiao Cheng, the abbot of Sanqingguan, and Xiao Daoguang, the prince of Qi State. I am afraid that the Taoist priests who had just escaped had already known everything that happened in Goutang Village. The full report was given to the Taoist priests who stayed in the Taoist temple, so Chen Xiaomu did not intend to hide it anymore. He laughed loudly and said: "It's not the officers and soldiers you always talked about. If it were the officers and soldiers under your self-proclaimed emperor, this would I'm afraid you won't be able to wait in this life, so let's wait for the next life. If you are waiting to be the officers and soldiers of the Zhengguo court today, then you should come out and surrender quickly, we are the officers and soldiers of the current court!"
After Chen Xiaomu called out, no one in the Taoist temple responded for a long time. There were still a bunch of Taoist priests in front of the gate, but they seemed to be blocked by something inside the door. After pushing and pushing for a long time, no one came in.
Chen Xiaomu thought for a while and decided to show these Taoist priests something powerful to force them to give up resistance. He took out the grenade from the coarse cloth pocket in Li Gui's hand, found a stone in an open area, set it up, and then threw the grenade. Pull the firing lever on the grenade to the back, then take out a grenade from the coarse cloth bag and put it into the barrel, aim at a house with exposed roof in the Taoist temple, and start to rotate the adjusting lever on the grenade, ready to launch. Since the pistol fired successfully, his confidence in the success of the grenade launch also greatly increased.
"Husband, what are you doing?" Su Xingran saw Chen Xiaomu take out a small tube and something like a top like a child's top from the bag in Li Gui's hand, and ran to a place far away from the crowd to be busy. She was very happy, and she didn't allow others to approach her casually, so she followed her curiously to see what was going on. As soon as she came over, Wei Yushang, Wei Yuxin, Fu Rong, and Lu Xiaocui also followed her, surrounding her. Everyone around him stared with curious eyes, sometimes looking at Chen Xiaomu, sometimes looking at the small tube he had placed on the stone.
When Chen Xiaomu saw it, he felt anxious and waved his hands repeatedly to ask them to leave. Unfortunately, these women were so curious that they seemed to have not heard or seen them at all. They hung around him and refused to move their feet.
In a rage, Chen Xiaomu stood up from behind the stone and said angrily: "It's very dangerous here. Get back right away!"
"Husband, what's the danger here?" Su Xingran asked, looking at him with a pair of big furry eyes and an innocent look on his face.
Chen Xiaomu was so angry that he didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard this, but he still patiently pointed behind her and lied to them gently, saying: "You all take twenty steps back together, and I will tell you what dangers there will be here." Su Xingran and the others looked at each other. , nodded together, and then counted the steps one, two, three, and stepped back. After counting to twenty steps, they just stood still. Before she could ask, Chen Xiaomu suddenly pushed up a small pole on the small tube. , only a muffled sound was heard, a light flashed from the mouth of the barrel, and then a loud "boom" was heard from the door of the Taoist temple. Originally, Chen Xiaomu wanted to look into the house with the roof exposed in the temple, but he was not skilled in the operation. The grenade landed impartially among the group of Taoist priests crowded in front of the Taoist temple gate and blossomed. This was really terrible. The gate of the Taoist temple instantly turned into a Shura field. The dead and injured Taoist priests lay on the ground. There were more than a dozen people, not counting those who escaped with minor injuries. The sound of crying and moaning was overwhelming for a while, and the door of the Taoist temple, which was originally crowded as if it was an intestinal obstruction, suddenly became smooth inside and outside.
Su Xingran, Wei Yushang and others were stunned and couldn't recover for a long time. It wasn't until the door of the Taoist temple was closed with a bang that they suddenly woke up and ran over to surround the small tube on the stone. Everyone around was extremely curious. After a few people observed it carefully for a while, Su Xingran raised his head and asked Chen Xiaomu, "Husband, how can such a small thing be so powerful? It is much more powerful than the Dragon Song Sword I just got!"
Chen Xiaomu said happily: "Can this be compared? No matter how good your sword is, the person holding the sword must have outstanding kung fu. Besides, no matter how good your sword is, can you kill a dozen people with good kung fu with one sword?"
Su Xingran shook his head and said with a smile: "I'm not a god. To be able to kill so many people with one sword, I think even Wu Xinqiu, the rumored master of the world today, who claims to be the Martial Emperor, can't do it!"
While the two were talking, Yi Fang ran over and asked for instructions: "Mr. Chen, the Taoist priest has closed the gate of the Taoist temple. Do we want to attack it?"
Chen Xiaomu quickly waved his hand and said: "No, don't be reckless. It is said that there are still many good girls kidnapped by Sanqing Temple inside. If they are forced to rush, these girls may never come out alive again!"
"Mr. Chen, what should we do? We can't just let the stalemate continue like this, right?" Yi Fang asked anxiously.
Chen Xiaomu patted the grenade mounted on the stone and said confidently: "General Yi, please be patient. I'll try firing it again to see what reaction there will be." Chen Xiaomu turned the grenade on Pulling the firing lever down again, he took out a second grenade from his coarse cloth pocket and stuffed it through the mouth of the barrel. Although he didn't let Su Xingran and the others retreat this time, Su Xingran and others saw that he was going to fire again, and Chen Xiaomu turned the grenade. When he turned on the aiming adjustment lever, he couldn't help but retreat. Lu Xiaocui even retreated further than last time.
After Chen Xiaomu adjusted the approximate distance of the shooting target, he pushed the firing lever, and there was another muffled "pop" sound. The grenade flew out of the barrel. The target was still the roof that he wanted to blow up with the first shot, but this time it still failed. After hitting, only a "boom" explosion was heard in the temple. God knows where the grenade hit in the temple.
After the explosion, Chen Xiaomu listened carefully. Except for the groans of several Taoist priests lying on the ground behind the door and injured by grenades, no sound came from the temple.
Chen Xiaomu gritted his teeth, took out the last grenade and stuffed it into the grenade tube. Without taking careful aim, he casually hit the Taoist temple with a "pop". As the saying goes, if you plant flowers intentionally, they will not bloom, but if you plant willows unintentionally, they will form shade. This time The cannon hit the roof of the house he had always wanted to hit. There was a flash of light on the roof and a deafening sound. Then the tiles flew in all directions and a thick smoke rose into the sky! "
At this time, the old voice with a cry in the temple shouted: "Master, please stop fighting. As long as you can let us go, we will let you do whatever you want!"
Chen Xiaomu then shouted in a deep voice: "Okay, you guys open the gate of the Taoist temple for me first."
"Hey," the voice agreed quickly, and after a while, the two Taoist temple doors were slowly pulled open from the inside.
