"We can no longer hold back, Master. The Imagawa family has made it clear that they want to kill everyone. If we hold back any longer, the entire Shanggong Temple will be lost!" The officials who had fled back in embarrassment were kneeling in front of Shanru almost in tears and begged. He said, "Order to fight back with weapons! We can't let the Imagawa family continue like this!"
"No, we have already lost most of our defenses. If we use force again at this time, wouldn't it give the Imagawa army an excuse to use weapons?" Shanru shook his head while breathing heavily.
"What are you afraid of? We have tens of thousands of believers in Mikawa, and these Imagawa troops are not enough to fill our teeth! Just use weapons!" All the officials were as eager to fight as if they had been beaten to death.
"Even if we win, Shanggong Temple is gone, and the family business that Shanggong Temple has worked hard to pass down for many generations is gone. Why fight?" Shanru, however, was not willing to part with his bottles and jars, and faced his subordinates. They cursed: "Keep the door of this hall tight. When it gets dark, the Imagawa family will have to retreat. Then send an envoy to find out what is going on! Did someone give the order to attack behind the back of Imagawa's subordinates?" Mobilizing the whole army? But he didn’t dare to actually attack us, so that’s why he wasn’t allowed to use weapons? We need to figure it out!”
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Zenru's weakness gave the Imagawa family the opportunity to further expand their victory. Most of the buildings outside the main hall of Kamigiya Temple were occupied before sunset. A few angry and religious believers privately used weapons to resist, but most of them did not cause any disturbance. The Imagawa army was also very restrained and did not mean to quarrel with each other. They just expelled the believers from the temple and did not make any more trouble. After a whole day of melee, except for the deaths and injuries of more than a hundred people due to fights and stampedes, there was no large-scale bloodshed.
When night fell, the Imagawa army had surrounded the remaining monk soldiers in the main hall. Shanru thought that the opportunity for negotiation had come, but what he never expected was that the Imagawa family's auxiliary soldiers sent weapons, bows and arrows to the front line one by one.
"What do you mean, is this coming for real?" Shanru was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and hurriedly sent the messengers out of the hall one by one. However, before the first messenger came back, he had already seen sparks igniting in the queue of the Imagawa family outside the main hall - the Imagawa family planned to set fire to the temple with rockets.
"It's over, it's over." Shanru felt all hope was lost. At the last moment, a surge of courage surged in her heart, "Let's fight. Open the door and fight them hard. Damn, you're really bullying!"
But at this critical moment, bursts of noise suddenly came from outside the hall. @精品\/书馆*First update~~ I saw some movement behind the formation of the Imagawa Army. The troops dispersed into two rows, with an aisle in the middle, and one person and one person rode a fast horse towards the main hall. The archers of the Imagawa family on the front line also extinguished the sparks on their arrows after hearing some order.
"It's Master Xue Zhai here!" After confirming the visitor, several guards at the entrance of the hall ran over to report.
"Please come quickly!" Shanru ordered tremblingly, as if she had seen a life-saving straw. Not long after, Master Xue Zhai was seen striding into the main temple, escorted by several followers.
"Master Shanru, long time no see. How are you?" Taiyuan Xuezhai sat down on the futon opposite Shanru, but Shanru was so anxious that he couldn't sit still, and hurriedly stopped being polite:
"Master Xue Zhai, you can't control so much right now. What is the situation of the Imagawa Army outside? Is His Highness Jibu himself here?"
"The poor monk has ordered them to stop, Master Shanru, don't worry, the attack will not happen for the time being." Taiyuan Xuezhai calmly gave Shanru a reassurance, Shanru immediately sat down with relief, and the surrounding monks and soldiers also They were all sighing as if they were surviving a catastrophe.
"Thank you Master Xue Zhai, thank you Master Xue Zhai, otherwise this Shanggong Temple would have been almost destroyed by the war!" After Shanru came back to his senses, he quickly bowed and thanked him, without even bothering to pay attention to the Buddhist rituals.
"But my disciple is so angry now that he wants to take you to the temple for surgery. The poor monk tried to persuade you for a long time before he stopped him. I don't know when he got angry, but I'm afraid he will attack again!" But Taiyuan Xuezhai is like this! The conversation changed, and he spoke in a flurry of accusations: "He came to Sanhe with his entourage to visit his old friend's house. Who would have thought that a group of bandits robbed his horses and killed his old friend's family. My disciple immediately gave chase. Come, but you people who went to the temple sheltered and protected the bandits in front of him. He came to negotiate in person over and over again. (This chapter is not finished yet!)
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You scolded me all the time, and it is said that you even made rude remarks and humiliated me. "
"My disciple has been pampered since he was a child. He is the governor of a family. How has he ever been so angry? In anger, he mobilized the elite of the Imagawa family and said that he would destroy your Shanggong Temple even if he didn't want anything! With that anger, the poor man The monks are all so frightened! You are so ignorant, how dare you be so rude to the Imagawa family governor?"
"Ah? It turns out that the victim is an old friend? It turns out that the person who came to the temple gate to ask for someone was His Highness Zhibu himself?" Shanru was so shocked by this information that he could hardly speak. He was stunned for a long time before he could hold back these words. "It's over, it's over... No wonder... How could such a thing happen? His Highness Najibu has never revealed his identity before. Otherwise, if we knew about his rich body, how could we dare to neglect him? We must have obeyed him honestly!"
"It's too late to say anything now. My disciple is stubborn. He must have decided to pay attention. Even ten cows can't be pulled back." Taiyuan Xue Zhai was still spitting and describing the seriousness of the situation, "The poor monk I persuaded him to withdraw his troops, which almost made him angry. Even the teacher dared to scold him! He clamored to amend the law, abolish the right of guardians to be inaccessible, severely punish you for going to the temple, and Master Shanru, and also want to kill the gang of thieves. Cut to pieces! What on earth did you do to make him become like this?"
"It's over..." Shanru himself knew how they fooled and insulted the messenger who came to the door. Now that he realized that it was actually Imagawa Yoshimoto himself, he felt despair, "Master Xue Zhai, can you mediate? Is the matter still going on? Room for change? You don’t want us, the Jodo Shinsect, and the Imagawa family to get into trouble and both sides will suffer, and it will take advantage of the Oda family, right?”
"After all, it's not the poor monk who has the final say..." Taiyuan Xuezhai poured out his bitterness again and skillfully began to shift the pressure, "To put it bluntly, the poor monk is just a housekeeper, although my disciple entrusts me with everything. , but the decision-making power at the critical moment is definitely still his. If the poor monk refuses forcefully, wouldn’t it make everyone in the family think that the poor monk is a sycophant who is arrogant to the Lord? "
"Then..." Beads of sweat began to form on Shan Ru's forehead, "We will hand over the murderers immediately, and your family will punish them..."
"It's not enough... If I can't calm down my disciple, there's probably no chance of him being kind." Taiyuan Xuezhai pretended to think hard, took out his rosary and started rubbing it back and forth. "He couldn't help the "guardian" "I was particularly angry about the "entry" thing, and I almost kept saying it. It is probably that the decision has been abolished. @ essence\/书馆·无码第一~~How did you use your privileges to offend him at that time?"
"Yes..." Shanru recalled his aggressive appearance at that time, and felt that his back was covered with cold sweat.
"Then we can only abolish the power of "guarding envoys from entering" within the Imagawa family." Taiyuan Xuezhai sighed, "I'm afraid it will disturb the purity of Buddhism... The poor monk is also a monk, why don't you understand .”
"I'm afraid I can't handle this alone. There are so many temples... I can't just say yes." Shanru suddenly looked embarrassed after hearing this sensitive topic.
"You have to do it even if you don't, otherwise my disciple will have to poke a hole in the sky and become the enemy of Buddha..." Taiyuan Xuezhai tightened his face and looked solemn, "But in fact, the biggest pressure is the Pure Land Shinsect. Temples. The temples in Suruga and Toe have been basically open to the Imagawa family since the old lord's time, and they have no troops to resist. If Master Zenru can convince other Pure Land Shinshu temples in Mikawa, this matter will be solved Can become."
"How can I open my mouth? I'm afraid someone will point their fingers at me and scold me..." Shanru shook her head when she thought about the seriousness of this problem.
"In fact, in the "Imagawa Kana Directory" during the old lord's time, it has been stipulated: "Although the Imagawa family recognizes the privileges of guardians stipulated by the shogunate and the imperial court, if the problem is caused by the lord's own negligence and mistakes, the samurai family can "Interference". It's just that the Imagawa family has never used this law. Think about it, has it never been used in all these years? Even if my disciple came to you at the gate of the temple this time, he never mentioned it. Is this the law?" Taiyuan Xuezhai saw signs that Shan Ru was relenting, and immediately launched a fierce attack and began to follow Shan Ru's instructions:
"Perhaps we can follow the precedent in this matter and write in the law "Abolition of guardian envoys will not enter". You people from the Pure Land Shinsect also agree on the surface. However, in terms of specific implementation, the Imagawa family will not use it as before. this power.”
"This..." Shanru was a little moved by what he said, but still instinctively felt danger: "But to put it bluntly, luck. (This chapter is not finished!)
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Doesn't it all depend on the Imagawa family's judgment whether to use it or not? "
"Hey, it's not like you don't know that my disciple doesn't care about political affairs at all. The temple is entirely in charge of the poor monk. Whatever the poor monk says is what he says. If the poor monk says no, he just doesn't use it. The most urgent task now is to He was fooled and let him calm down, so he can say anything." Taiyuan Xuezhai moved his body closer to Shanru, and while gesticulating, he spoke faster and urged, "Master Shanru, the safety of Shanggong Temple depends on you. It’s on me!”
"That's okay, if Master Xue Zhai is willing to promise..." Shanru glanced at the Imagawa family's army outside the temple, and finally gave in, "The abbots of Honzheng Temple and Shengren Temple were both my disciples. , I should be 70% sure of persuading them to give them face... But I am afraid that some people will disagree and kick the young monk out of his position as abbot..."
"It's okay. The Imagawa Family Association will add another decree: "Without permission, the abbot of the temple cannot transfer the temple to others. The Imagawa family must come forward to appoint a new abbot. "" Taiyuan Xuezhai threw out the plan he had planned for a long time, "This will stabilize your position. The poor monk will do his best to persuade my disciple to calm down when he goes back. As long as you can convince the various temples of the Pure Land Shinsect to accept it." The Imagawa family will naturally not be entangled in the law and settle the matter. We both value peace, so why bother with more trouble?"
"Well, thank you Master Xue Zhai!" Shanru leaned over again and again, and finally remembered to perform a Buddhist salute this time, "Master Xue Zhai, please be careful and never really implement the decree!" Don’t let the martial arts family and the temple community get any more clues because of the “guardian’s inaccessibility” thing!”
"Director, I, Taiyuan Xuezhai, hereby personally swear to the gods and Buddhas all over the sky that the newly added decrees in the "Kana Catalog" must be a piece of paper. The Imagawa family will definitely not interfere in the affairs of the temple, let alone step into the leadership of the temple." Taiyuan Xuezhai clasped his hands devoutly, and said piously and plausibly to the Buddha statue behind Shanru, "If you violate this oath, you will fall into the eighteenth level of hell after death, and you will never be reincarnated!"
"Getting your guarantee is more reassuring than anything else." Seeing Taiyuan Xuezhai making such a solemn vow, Shanru and the other monks were greatly shocked and thanked him with tears in their eyes. As soon as he sent Taiyuan Xuezhai away, he immediately sent his cronies to contact the Yixiang Sect temple in Sanhe and persuade them to accept the decree and stop making trouble.
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On the other side, Taiyuan Xuezhai also returned to the Imagawa family army.
"How's it going, teacher?" Imagawa Yoshimoto saw Taiyuan Xuezhai's smiling face and knew that the matter had been settled:
"Two new items have been added to the "Kana Catalog"? (1) Now it is not the Ashikaga Shogun family that maintains order in the Imagawa family, but I, Yoshimoto. The prohibition privileges set by the Shogun family are meaningless anymore. All the Imagawa family members All the privileges of the guardian of the temple will be abolished. @ESSENTIAL\/书馆·无码第一~~ (2) The abbot of the temple cannot transfer the temple to others without permission, and the Imagawa family must come forward to appoint a new abbot."
"No problem. The Jodo Shinsect has agreed to pass the decree. We will withdraw our troops immediately and prepare to meet the invasion of the Oda family." Taiyuan Xuezhai laughed and waved his hand, and then summoned Ohara Zhenji and Dou Atonsuke to say They ordered:
"Ohara, Tuhara, please immediately keep an eye on Mikawa and other Jodo Shinshu temples. Once you have any clues, immediately send people to invade the temple territory to interfere in the name of legal regulations!"
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