"This great monk," at this time, a police officer came forward and asked the monk who was sitting cross-legged and meditating again, "you are not here to cause trouble, are you? You said you surrendered, then you should tell me what you have committed. ah?"
When this person asked questions, Cheng Xiao had already heard the news and came over. Seeing such a scene, he was also deeply curious.
"Amitabha," the monk did not open his eyes when he heard the question. He just stopped picking up the beads and said, "People have the heart of an animal. They have empty thoughts but no heart, confusion but no heart, and confidence but no heart."
After he finished reciting, he continued to recite scriptures that no one understood.
"Hey, why are you here to talk to us about Buddhism, intentionally or not? Hey," the policeman from before frowned, pointed at the monk and said, "This is a government office, we are all very busy, if you are chanting sutras? Go to your temple and recite it!”
However, the monk turned a deaf ear to this.
"Hey? You really don't know what's going on." The detective raised his whistle stick, "If I don't give you some clues, you don't know you're in the wrong place! Shit..."
As he said this, he was ready to fight.
"slow!"
Cheng Xiao quickly came closer and stopped him.
Then, Cheng Xiao began to look at the monk carefully, and seemed to see something.
At the same time, Xu Zhen also discovered that this monk had a very strong aura. Although he was wrapped in a monk's robe, there was a sense of strength inside and outside.
Especially the few Buddhist words I recited just now were not loud, but could be heard clearly by everyone present.
In addition, this person seems to be somewhat similar to the two Dongyou San people who assassinated Xu Zhen. His muscles are tight and his veins are bulging, but his face looks kind.
From this, Xu Zhen judged that this person must have martial arts skills.
Cheng Xiao had good eyesight and made the same judgment as Xu Zhen.
"Master," Cheng Xiao came to the monk, bowed and clasped his fists, and asked respectfully, "Master Yamen, it is inevitable that you will be reckless. If you have offended me, I hope you will forgive me. Master, what can you give me?"
Cheng Xiao's words were extremely polite, and everyone thought that the monk would definitely respond.
But the truth soon hit me, and I saw that the monk was still busy chasing beads and chanting sutras, and ignored him.
"Damn, you really don't know how to praise me!" The previous policeman raised his whistle stick again and aimed at the monk's back.
Cheng Xiao stopped him again and continued to ask the monk pleasantly:
"Master, I heard that you surrendered. What crime did you commit? If you didn't tell us, how could we handle it?"
Unexpectedly, as soon as Cheng Xiao finished speaking, the monk suddenly opened his eyes!
Oops...
Everyone present was startled, and all of them took a step back.
But it was chilling to see the monk's eyes look fierce and look directly at Cheng Xiao, as if he could kill someone.
What a scary look!
Seeing the monk open his eyes, Cheng Xiao instinctively held down the sword at his waist, and Shen Yu also held onto the short stick in his hand, ready to attack.
However, after looking at Cheng Xiao for a few seconds, the monk recited those Buddhist words again:
"People have the heart of an animal, they are daydreaming without a heart, they are confused without a heart, and they are confident without a heart."
This time, the monk recited louder and louder. Everyone's ears were extremely shocked when he heard it, and some even couldn't help but block their ears.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?"
At this moment, the county magistrate Song Zhili heard the commotion and appeared in the lobby.
Behind him was the county magistrate Chen Houlu. However, Chen Houlu's face didn't look right, his face was red and his neck was thick, as if he had just had a fierce quarrel.
It turned out that the old and cunning Chen Houlu, when he saw that Qiu Batian's case was about to put him in danger, he actually submitted his resignation to the county government without telling Song Zhili, wanting to retire early, and left.
However, after the county government found out, how could they bypass the county magistrate and immediately sent the resignation letter back and asked Song Zhili to sign it.
When Song Zhili learned about this, he was naturally furious. He was arguing with Chen Houlu in the back hall just now, and it was very unpleasant...
Seeing the two county magistrates arriving, all the government officials quickly stood up.
One of the police officers also hurriedly came to the two adults and told them about the monk's situation.
"What?" Song Zhili was also very confused after hearing this, "surrender?"
So, he also came to the monk and looked at it carefully.
Cheng Xiao was worried that the monk had another purpose, so he kept his sword in his hand to protect Song Zhili.
However, just when Song Zhili was about to ask a question, another thing that no one could have imagined happened.
But when he saw the yamen guard outside running into the lobby like crazy, he fell over without saying anything. After he got up, he shouted loudly:
"My Lord! My Lord!! Come...here! Someone is here!!!"
"Ah?" Song Zhili was startled again. From the panicked state of the government servant, he knew that something big must happen outside.
"Ouch, what's going on?" Chen Houlu was going crazy, and immediately jumped to ask, "Who's coming? Who's coming?"
As a result, as soon as Chen Houlu finished speaking, he saw a large group of people rushing in from outside the Yamen.
"Ah? This..." Seeing the people who came in were all wearing official uniforms, Chen Houlu thought it was his end and suddenly collapsed to the ground out of habit.
Although Song Zhili was slightly stronger than him, he was still frightened and his legs were weak.
Could it be that...the revenge of the Minister of Civil Affairs is coming so soon?
However, as the crowd parted, two officials emerged from them. They were Sima Xin, a soldier from Songzhou who had just dealt with them not long ago, and Cai Jin, the governor of Daguan County.
Seeing these two people appear, Xu Zhen also frowned. The fact that these two people went back and brought a large number of people with them must mean that the situation has changed. I wonder if it will be detrimental to them?
Also, these two people have never visited Wei Yulang at all, so they won’t reveal their secrets, right?
"Master Sima? Master Cai?" Song Zhili hurriedly stepped forward, "What...what does this mean?"
"County Magistrate Song, please take a look!" Unexpectedly, the two officials were more anxious than Song Zhili, so Cai Jin quickly handed a roll of stuff to Song Zhili.
When Song Zhili opened it, he was so frightened that he fell to his knees and exclaimed: "This... this is an imperial edict!"
"Yes," Cai Jin said, "His Majesty has decreed that we should investigate Qiu Zhennong's case as soon as possible and bring it to justice as soon as possible to serve as a warning to others!"
"ah!?"
Song Zhili hurriedly checked the imperial edict, but saw that the content written above was indeed what Cai Jin said. The emperor had already known about Qiu Zhennong's evil deeds of causing harm to the countryside and killing innocent people, and now asked the Songzhou Prefecture to investigate strictly and take legal action as soon as possible.
That is to say, let them find out the evidence of the crime as soon as possible and perform an interrogation.
this……
Song Zhili felt like his mind was in a mess. He never expected that this matter would attract the attention of Emperor Daxuan and even issue an imperial edict specifically for this case.
"Okay, now it's what you want!" At this time, Sima Xin said with a dark face, "In a few days, the Ministry of Punishment will send people over to supervise the case. They say they are supervising, but in fact they are here to supervise the execution."
"County Magistrate Song," Cai Jin asked anxiously, "how is the case of Qiu Zhennong going now?"
"This... this..." Song Zhili replied hesitantly, "It's still under trial, soon, soon..."
"Then hurry up!" Cai Jin said, "Now there is no need to take care of anyone's face!"
"Yes," Sima Xin said, "That Pan Wending really has some abilities, it must be the secret from the letter to the Holy One that played a role.
"This imperial edict was sent directly to Songzhou Mansion, and the person who announced it was the eunuch of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, which shows that the Holy Emperor attaches great importance to this case!
"I heard that in addition to dispatching inspectors from the Criminal Department, internal guards may also be dispatched to monitor. You must pay special attention when handling it, especially Qiu Batian's property... um..."
At this point, Sima Xin realized that the situation was wrong and quickly stopped talking.
"Hey?" Cai Jin also discovered that a monk was sitting cross-legged in the lobby and asked hurriedly, "What's wrong? What's going on?"
"..." Song Zhili was in a state of confusion, feeling a little dazed for a moment.
"Oh...it's okay, it's okay," Chen Houlu was the first to react and hurriedly explained to the two officials, "Up to now, people still come to complain to Qiu Batian every day, this one too, and this one too..."
"Oh," Cai Jin grinned, "Even monks came to complain, this Qiu Zhennong..."
"Yes, yes," Song Zhili hurriedly pointed to the depths of the Yamen, "Two adults, it's too chaotic here, let's talk in the inner hall!"
The two adults nodded, and then led their large troops into the inner hall...
But after the people left, the government servants and police officers in the lobby were still in shock, feeling as if they were in a dream.
"Oh," Fu Bincai said with a grin after being stunned for a long time, "It seems that Qiu Batian is dead this time!"
"Okay," Cheng Xiao summoned the detectives and ordered, "You have all heard it, so hurry up and sort out the interrogation materials as soon as possible. I guess you will need them soon."
"Yes!" Everyone took the order and turned around to leave the lobby.
"Then..." a police officer pointed at the monk and asked, "What should I do with this monk?"
"Don't let him cause trouble," Cheng Xiao pointed at Fu Bin and others and said, "You guys, take him out!"
"Yes!" Fu Bin and others stepped forward together, trying to drive the monk out of the yamen.
"slow!"
At the critical moment, Xu Zhen suddenly shouted and stopped Fu Bin and others.
"What's wrong?" Cheng Xiao glared at Xu Zhen angrily, "What do you want to do again?"
"Everyone, think about it now," Xu Zhen stepped out and asked everyone, "Do we have a place called Daxiangguo Temple in Yanping County?"
"What? Daxiangguo Temple?" Everyone frowned, not understanding what Xu Zhen meant.
However, after hearing this, the monk suddenly opened his eyes for the second time and looked directly at Xu Zhen.
This time, there was no fierce look in his eyes, but he slightly raised the corners of his mouth, revealing an evil smile...
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