Hearing the sudden appearance of people complaining about grievances, Xu Yunyan and others were not in the mood to hold a banquet here. Instead, they walked towards the place where the county government handles official business.
Xu Yunyan didn't know what he was thinking. Someone was complaining. Is this a matter for civil servants or the magistrate of Hanoi County? But the governor also went to this place, and other officials also went here with a bang, as well as several military generals. By some strange coincidence, he also followed, and finally Xu Yunyan followed him to the front hall.
Seeing how some of them were equals in their eyes, and some of whom were indeed their superiors, or whose official positions were slightly lower than theirs, how did the Hanoi County Magistrate handle this matter.
The Hanoi County Magistrate, who was trembling in the middle of the banquet, looked at the several complainants who rushed in and wanted to go forward and beat them.
But I smiled when I saw a Taoist priest and a monk coming in.
"What's the point of you two monks not coming to the county government office to burn incense and pray for blessings in your respective temples?"
After the Hanoi County Magistrate said these words, the monk said here, "Sir, you have to make the decision for the poor monk. This stinky Taoist priest is so shameless. He actually slanders my authentic Buddhism with open mouth."
When the monk said this, Xu Yunyan laughed beside him, which made the monk a little angry.
But the lobby seems a bit strange today. A large group of officials are here. What is going on?
When the county magistrate heard Xu Yunyan smile, he looked at Xu Yunyan suspiciously, thinking that Xu Yunyan had some kind of instructions, but he didn't see anything.
Xu Yunyan smiled? I just never had a good impression of Buddhism.
Looking at everyone looking at him, Xu Yunyan waved his hands, "Interesting, don't you monks never tell lies? Why do you curse people even when you open your mouth?"
"I didn't curse! How could the donor say that?"
The monk didn't know who Xu Yunyan was, so he started talking directly here.
"You didn't curse? Why did I hear you curse? You came here and talked about this smelly Taoist priest. Why didn't you curse?"
When the Taoist priest heard this, he hurriedly said to someone nearby, "Yes! This Buddhist master is so unreasonable. I just said that Buddhism is not as good as Taoism. He just argued with me here, and finally came to report to the official and said I will destroy Buddhism."
Seeing the Taoist priest washing his face with a long speech, Xu Yunyan waved his hand, "Oh, by the way, it was my question just now, not an interrogation, and it is not something I can make the decision. What I said just now made the county magistrate laugh. , should I withdraw first and let the county magistrate slowly hear the case?" Xu Yunyan stopped the Taoist priest's long speech and asked the Hanoi County Magistrate, how could the Hanoi County Magistrate drive Xu Yunyan out?
"No, no, please wait a moment, adults. These matters will be resolved soon."
The trial soon got on track. After it was confirmed that it was indeed the Taoist priest who was preaching that Buddhism was inferior to Taoism and the monk couldn't help but argue with him about it, the target of the attack was immediately pointed at the monk.
"You monk is so ignorant. Even if he says it, you can't tell him the same thing? Why are you arguing with him and scolding him with both mouth and mouth? Are you really a monk? Why do I suspect that you are a fake? ?”
As soon as the county magistrate finished speaking, and Xu Yunyan had just spoken out against the monk, the case immediately shifted in favor of the Taoist priest.
How proud is this Taoist priest? "Hmph, you, a monk, still want to fight me?"
Xu Yunyan, who was in the corner and looked at the scene in front of him, snorted in his heart. It seemed that this Taoist priest was not a good person.
Xu Yunyan was thinking about some other Taoist and Buddhist matters in the corner, while the Hanoi County Magistrate, after listening to the testimonies of both parties, figured out who was right and wrong after a moment's thought, and sentenced them here.
After the verdict, he looked at the colleagues present and asked, "My lords, do you think this verdict is appropriate?"
After the county magistrate finished speaking, he looked at Xu Yunyan. Although he was listening to the governor, the governor without a title was not as good as Xu Yun, a count with a rank.
Immediately waiting for Xu Yunyan's instructions, Xu Yunyan immediately looked at the strange scene at the scene after thinking clearly. Everyone was looking at him here, and then said something.
"I'm skeptical about whether your monasteries are as obedient and law-abiding as you say. You monks who cultivate their minds and cultivate their natures curse people here with open mouth and shut up. I'm also skeptical about this."
This suddenly made the monk angry: "Who are you? Why do you keep slandering my Buddhism with open mouth?"
"I don't make any sense. Haven't I always heard that your Buddhist sect claims to lay down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha immediately? Should those who are criminals be punished if they lay down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha immediately?"
When Xu Yunyan said this, everyone present started talking again.
The great monk hurriedly said some wise sayings from Buddhism: "This is what we Buddhists emphasize on putting down the butcher's knife and becoming a Buddha immediately. Is it wrong?"
“There must be mistakes.
Before Xu Yunyan said anything, the Taoist priest spoke first. "What a wise saying from Buddhism. When I get home, I don't care about putting down the butcher's knife and becoming a Buddha immediately.
Let bad people become Buddhas? Good people suffer? Bah, what about becoming a Buddha? What our Taoist sect emphasizes is to eradicate all evil, so how could we allow these evildoers to put down their butcher's knives and become Buddhas immediately? How unreliable is this? "
When the monk and the Taoist priest were about to get into trouble again, several war horses from outside the county government office came quickly.
Liu Xiaopeng and others officially went to investigate the intelligence.
After they came in, they looked left and right, and soon saw Xu Yunyan in the lobby of the county government office, and hurriedly greeted him. He didn't care what the situation was and just muttered behind them.
"What?"
This moment made Xu Yunyan surprised, "What? Is there such a thing?"
After Liu Xiaopeng finished speaking, Xu Yunyan looked at the monk in front of him and said.
"How many robbers from the mountains have been sheltered in your temple? Every time the army goes to suppress the bandits, some robbers will wander into your temple knowing that they are defeated. After escaping this incident, they go out again. Is this the case? Such a thing!"
When Xu Yunyan said this, the monk said indifferently, "Who are you? How dare you interfere in the affairs of our temple? What if it is true, and what if it is not?"
He immediately made many people present dissatisfied, especially the governor and others, many of whom were wearing casual clothes.
Who would wear official uniforms at a banquet to welcome the wind and wash away the dust? Isn’t this uncomfortable?
Hearing this, Yin Aiqin couldn't help but come to the side of the county magistrate.
The county magistrate hurriedly stood up and said, "Lord Governor."
At this moment, the monk didn't think of it, and the Taoist priest didn't think of such a thing either. And when the monk looked at the governor coming up, and when something might happen, the Hanoi magistrate opened his seat and let Yin Aiqin sit down.
Yin Aiqin picked up the gavel and placed it in a row on the table: "Bold monk, what Uncle Xu said is true. How is it that there is evil and evil in your temple?"
Someone is coming! Send people to the temple to search for me. As long as they are wanted in the Jianghu Avenue, I will arrest all the wanted people with surnames and put them in prison. "
The governor spoke, but there was no movement from the people below. Yuan Kewang, who was sitting on a chair next to him, waved his hand to signal his captain to come forward.
"You two hurry up and take your troops to the temple to have a look."
"It's the Captain!"
At this moment, the monk's face was ashen and he fell to the ground with a plop.
"It's over, it's really over now!"
