"So much food cannot be transported at the moment, so more trucks need to be mobilized." Chen Guang said.
Now that we have found the food that Bujie Temple stored in the cave in the back mountain, it is naturally impossible to leave it to Bujie Temple. Based on the crimes committed by the monks in Bujie Temple, it is not certain whether Bujie Temple can continue to exist.
County Magistrate Qi said: "I will find a way to transport the grain trucks, but storing so much grain is also a problem. The grain tax has just been collected recently, and the granaries are almost full."
The shortage of granaries in the county made him both troubled and happy.
"There is so much food hidden in just one Bujie Temple. There are many temples in Xuanda and Dafu. If they are all searched, I am afraid it will be enough for our Tiger Flag to last for several years." Wang Shou licked his dry skin with the tip of his tongue. Lips.
I was thinking about the temples in Xuanda and Dazhou.
Upon hearing his words, County Magistrate Qi glanced at him and said, "Don't act recklessly. It's impossible for all monks to be evil people. There are also a few monks in Bujie Temple who have not participated in the evil deeds committed by other monks."
The opponent is on the defensive and has soldiers in hand. Although there are only a few hundred soldiers, if he really wants to do something to the monk temple in Xuan Dadi, no temple can stop him.
"Don't worry, I won't mess around. Besides, I will return to the military division soon. Even if I want to do something, it will be impossible." Wang Shoubei smiled and explained a few words for himself.
But I was thinking in my heart that in the future, when I go out with the army, every time I conquer a place, I must go to the local temple. Maybe I will get a big harvest like the Fujie Temple, and I can also eliminate harm for the people and win the hearts of the local people. .
"Besides food, have you found anything about money?" County Magistrate Qi asked the peasant and soldier team leader who followed them into the cave.
Bujie Temple had committed so many evil deeds, he believed that it would be impossible to accumulate only this food.
The peasant and soldier team leader shook his head and said: "I only found these grains, but not much money. I only found some in a few monks' rooms, less than three hundred taels."
"Has the monk's room of the abbot of Bujie Temple been searched?" County Magistrate Qi asked.
The captain of the peasant soldier team said: "We searched it. The strange thing is that apart from some valuable utensils, the monk's room of the abbot of Bujie Temple only has more than one hundred yuan. It is worse than the Zhike monk below. More than one hundred yuan was found in the hands of Zhike Monk. two."
He truthfully reported the results of the search.
"That's not right. In addition to the usual incense and income from the temple fields, Bujie Temple also has many other industries. Especially how the abbot of Bujie Temple only has more than a hundred riches is completely unreasonable." Chen Guang said Alleviated the doubts in his heart.
County Magistrate Qi looked at Chen Guang and asked, "Are you sure Bujie Temple still has properties outside?"
"Sure." Chen Guang said with certainty, "Although the shopkeepers of these industries are not monks, the local big players know that these industries are related to the Bujie Temple."
"Is there any evidence?" County Magistrate Qi asked.
Chen Guang hesitated for a moment, then finally shook his head and said: "There is no evidence yet, but it is definitely true that those industries are related to the Fujie Temple."
"There is no evidence, even if everyone knows that it is the property of Bujie Temple, we can't take action. Our Tiger Character Banner is not a bandit. We must pay attention to evidence in everything. We cannot imitate those bureaucrats in the Ming Dynasty and find excuses to rob." County Magistrate Qi said.
The Tiger Flag is not simply an armed force.
The two mansions of Xuanda and Da are under the rule of the Tiger Banner. You can't do things as you like. Only when you have reason and evidence can you convince others, and you can't give others the impression of usurping other people's property.
"Let the monk from Bujie Temple take you to find the silver hidden in Bujie Temple. For such a big Bujie Temple, even the incense money will cost you more than this." Chen Guang said to the leader of the peasant and soldier team.
"It's no use. I asked several monks in the temple. Except for the abbot of Bujie Temple and Zhike monk, no one knows where the silver in Bujie Temple is."
The peasant and soldier team leader shook his head helplessly.
Chen Guang said: "Then take Zhike Monk and the abbot of Bujie Temple for interrogation. I don't believe they can keep hiding it."
"Wait!" County Magistrate Qi called to the peasant and soldier team leader who was about to leave.
The peasant and soldier squad leader looked at County Magistrate Qi in confusion.
I heard County Magistrate Qi say to Chen Guang: "It's better for you to go! The peasant soldiers who interrogate may not be able to do a good job."
"That's fine. I'll interrogate them both personally. I won't believe them if they don't tell you." Chen Guang responded and walked quickly outside the cave.
He had been a horse thief. Although he had never interrogated anyone, he still knew how to deal with someone.
The peasant and soldier team leader followed behind him and left the cave together.
County Magistrate Qi turned to Wang Shoubei and said: "With so much food confiscated at once, the county's granary will definitely not be enough. I will send someone to send a message to Datong and try to transport this batch of food to the First War Division."
"If that's the case, thank you so much to the county magistrate." Wang Shoubei clasped his fists.
He was about to return to the First Battle Division. If he could bring this food back at this time, it would be difficult not to be taken seriously.
County Magistrate Qi arranged for the yamen servants who had followed him to Bujie Temple to return to the yamen and recruit grain trucks to transport grain to Bujie Temple.
Naturally, the food in several caves cannot be left in the mountains behind Bujie Temple. It needs to be moved out and counted, and some moldy food also needs to be cleaned up.
Wang Shoubei arranged for a few soldiers to stay in the back mountain to guard the food in the cave, and then returned to Bujie Temple with Magistrate Qi.
When they came back, the grain tax officer in the Main Hall had recorded all the monks' reports and confessions, sorted them out and put them aside.
"Are all the crimes committed by Bujie Temple here?" County Magistrate Qi picked up the paper full of words on the table and read it page by page.
Although he was mentally prepared, when he saw the evil deeds recorded above again, he almost couldn't help but order to kill all the monks in the Bujie Temple.
The grain tax officer nodded and said, "They are all here. Except for a dozen ordinary monks, the rest of the monks are all abbots of the Bujie Temple."
Although he didn't say much, the meaning in his words already made County Magistrate Qi understand that all the monks who worked with the abbot of Bujie Temple had committed evil acts.
"Bring here the dozen or so monks who are not the same as the abbot of Bujie Temple. I want to meet them." County Magistrate Qi explained.
The grain tax officer retreated from the Main Hall.
Not long after, more than a dozen monks of different ages walked into the main hall.
"Amitabha, this poor monk has seen the county magistrate." An old monk walking in the front clasped his hands in front of County Magistrate Qi.
County Magistrate Qi looked at the old monk in front of him.
The old monk in front of him had prominent cheekbones, sunken cheeks, and a gray beard. He was only wearing a worn-out monk's robe that was sewn with patches.
Not only the old monk in front of him, but also the dozen or so monks who followed him. Almost all of them were thin and their robes were all washed white.
