Xu Minshi held up his hands and said: "We are ordered to rectify the Buddhist temple. All the people in your temple must come here immediately to be counted. The money and food account books should also be brought immediately!"
Huiju looked shocked when he heard this: "No!"
"No, you have to! This is not something you can bargain with!"
Xu Minshi said.
Huiju immediately shouted: "Here comes someone!"
Soon, a large number of strong and healthy monks, no fewer than a hundred of them, armed with swords, guns, sticks, and Zen staffs, came from around the Buddhist temple.
The so-called palace monks are equivalent to the "forbidden troops" in the temple's armed forces. They are directly responsible for the security of the main temple. They are also equivalent to the thugs of wealthy families. Most of them are gangsters who have attached themselves to the powerful or deserters from border towns. Naturally, they are also skilled in martial arts and willing to fight bravely.
Back to the topic.
Xu Minshi saw this and asked in a deep voice: "What does this mean?"
Huiju sneered and said:
"The Fu Cheng doesn't know who's family temple this Xiangcheng Temple is! He dares to come here to investigate. Not to mention you, a small Fu Cheng, even the Fu Yin and Fu Yuan of Shuntian are here. You have to give our temple some thin noodles!”
"If the Prime Minister wants to please the superiors and clean up the Buddhist temples, he should look for some ordinary ruined temples. Why do you feel uncomfortable coming here, unless you don't want to be in trouble!"
Xu Minshi looked at Huang Kezuan and whispered:
"Sure enough, the Buddhist temples in Gyeonggi Province are the most difficult to rectify. The first Buddhist temple we encountered had a complicated background. But we can't back down. As the saying goes, if you try hard at one go, it will fade again, then it will be exhausted! You can't give in now. Go and send a message to Chen Boss, just tell the other party to resist the order and let him kill without mercy!"
Xu Minshi said and handed his ticket to Huang Kezuan.
Huang Kezuan raised his hand and said yes.
At this time, Chen Feng, the commander-in-chief of the Beijing Patrol Battalion under the control of Shuntian Prefecture, led his troops from the place where they were camping twenty miles outside the temple.
At this time, Xu Minshi and Huang Kezuan had also come out of Xiangcheng Temple and happened to meet Chen Feng.
Xu Minshi then said to Chen Feng: "Don't hurt the travelers or those who come to the temple to burn incense."
Chen Feng raised his hand and said yes, then led his troops straight into Xiangcheng Temple.
When Huiju saw Xu Minshi and others leaving, he thought he was submissive, so he smiled scornfully and didn't take it seriously.
But just when he returned to the temple and happily embraced his concubine in his villa, he saw a monk in charge came in and told the officers and soldiers to leave and return.
Hui Gu was immediately furious and brought out more than a hundred monks.
"Why are you guys still here?"
"Do you have to tell me, abbot, the origin of this temple?"
"Let me tell you, this is Uncle Yongchang's family temple, and our Uncle Yongchang is Uncle Wu Qing's in-laws!"
As soon as Huigu finished speaking, a burst of white smoke appeared, followed by the sound of gunshots.
Chen Feng directly ordered the firearms men under his command to go to the steps and fire on Hui Gu and other monks on the steps.
Huigu was shot on the spot, and he watched helplessly as several large holes appeared in his chest and abdomen, and blood was pouring out.
"you!"
Hui Gu was stunned. Before he could say anything, he fell in front of the steps, and his blood flowed directly down the stone steps.
Most of the temple monks behind him were shot and fell to the ground, and many of them were holding their wounds and screaming in pain on the steps.
At this time, the officers and soldiers under Chen Feng were very well-trained, holding swords and shields in front of them, with spearmen and firearms hands following behind. They walked towards the main hall of Xiangcheng Temple in an orderly manner, and they were very agile. When he saw a monk alive, he stabbed him with a spear or a knife and killed him.
Many faithful men and women who came to the temple to burn incense and worship Buddha were so frightened that they screamed or their legs trembled and they rolled and crawled out.
However, Chen Feng and others were newly trained officers and soldiers from the Beijing camp by Qi Jiguang. They were very disciplined and did not attack these faithful men and women. They just kept killing the monks they saw.
As mentioned before, most of the monks in the palace are gangsters who have joined the powerful or deserters from the frontier army who violated military discipline, so they are very brave and fierce.
At this time, several palace monks took the initiative to attack the officers and soldiers with Zen staffs. They had obviously practiced, so the chassis was very stable. The palace monk dressed as a monk was still shouting at this time: "I think I used to kick Wudang and sweep with fists." Shaolin, you and others dare to ruin my benefactor’s family business?!”
Bang bang!
Suddenly, the firearmsman of the advance team of the government and army under Chen Feng directly used the wind-chasing gun invented by Zhao Shizhen in recent years to fire a bunch of bullets towards the Tutuo.
The advantage of the wind-chasing gun is that it has a long range and has four lead bullets in one gun. Although it requires the cooperation of two people, it can indeed take advantage of the range to strike first.
At this time, the Toutuo was hit by four bullets and fell a hundred steps away.
At the same time, other palace monks who followed also fell to the ground.
"It's so far!"
When Fang Zhi, another abbot of the temple, heard the sound and came over, he also stood there in astonishment. Then he knelt on the ground, clasped his hands and looked kindly:
"Amitabha, please put down the butcher's knife to prevent the Bodhisattva from being angry."
Phew!
However, Chen Feng came over at this moment and gave the abbot Fang Zhi a blow directly:
"There are so many evil people in the world, why don't we see the Bodhisattva angry? What's more, you have resisted the decree and violated the King's law. You are undoubtedly a great evil person. If the Bodhisattva is angry, he will also be angry with you."
"In addition, the destiny is clear. Even Bodhisattvas must be controlled by our emperor. We act according to the emperor's orders. Even Buddhas must obey the will!"
Chen Feng was trained in Jingwei martial arts, so he said these words at this time to dispel the doubts of his officers and soldiers about entering the important place of Buddhism. After he said this, his officers and soldiers did look much calmer, and then Then he followed Chen Feng and continued to eliminate the monks.
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The backyard of Xiangcheng Temple.
The great abbot Ru Dazheng drank tea and listened to music with Chen Jingbang, the auxiliary of Yongping Bo Dynasty and Minister of the Ministry of War, but did not go to see Xu Minshi, the prime minister of Shuntian Prefecture.
Chen Jingbang came here because he didn't make any money from the first batch of subscription coupons, so he came here to take away a sum of silver coins he had deposited in Xiangcheng Temple for lending in order to buy the next subscription coupons, so he took the time to come here.
However, neither Yongping Bo Chaofu nor Ruda wanted Chen Jingbang to take the money and affect their own interests, so they tried to persuade him.
"I also have a private nunnery with excellent steamed buns. It's not far from here. Seeing that noon is approaching, why don't you go try it, Da Sima?"
For this reason, Wang Chaofu even wanted to use a beauty trick to induce Chen Jingbang to change his mind.
Chen Jingbang was struggling when he suddenly saw a steward monk coming. The great abbot Ruda muttered for a while.
Ruda suddenly changed color after hearing this.
At this time, Wang Chaofu also asked Ruda: "What's going on?"
Ruda replied hurriedly: "The officers and soldiers of Shuntian Prefecture are killing us on the pretext of our resistance and disobedience. They have almost reached the backyard!"
"What?!"
Chen Jingbang also immediately stood up and walked outside. Suddenly he saw corpses lying in the temple. He immediately took out his official seal and shouted loudly:
"stop!"
When Chen Feng saw that his official seal had the words "Shiyu Si" written on it, he quickly asked someone to stop him and asked, "Why are you here?"
After Chen Jingbang understood that Chen Feng only waited for Xu Minshi and Huang Kezuan to arrive, he walked up to Xu Minshi with an angry look on his face.
After all, Xiangcheng Temple also has his share of responsibility. How could he allow the government to destroy it like this?
Because Chen Jingbang was his tutor during the provincial examination, Xu Minshi quickly raised his hand and said, "Enfu!"
Snapped!
Chen Jingbang slapped Xu Minshi directly: "You still know that I am your helper! Then how can you do evil in a pure place of Buddhism without authorization!"
(End of chapter)
