In the square outside the Main Hall, a firewood pile has been set up high.
When the old monk saw the pile of firewood and hundreds of armored soldiers and guards standing around, the monks from Hanshan Temple were also brought out and stood in a corner of the square. His heart was filled with despair.
It was fine when I came here, but why did I have to be on fire when I left the main hall?
They mean it.
When was this done? It wasn’t just now.
Xu Youzhen really dared to kill an eminent monk like herself.
Isn't he afraid of the imperial court's censure or the Buddha's punishment?
Regardless of his psychological fluctuations, the four Jinyi guards dragged him onto the pyre and tied him to the middle stake.
At this time, Xu Youzhen also walked out of the Main Hall.
Hundreds of monks from Hanshan Temple were called out to watch the ceremony.
Xu Youzhen cleared her throat and shouted to the tied abbot: "Abbott, don't think too hard. You just committed a crime. There is no need to set yourself on fire."
"Abbott, please tell me a few words. Since you really want to see the Buddha, I won't stop you..."
After finishing speaking, Xu Youzhen sighed again, and then whispered to the Jin Yiwei next to him: "Two copies of Tengji, one for His Majesty to record the truth, and one for the officials to see, with a little embellishment."
The Jinyiwei frowned and said softly: "Sir, how do you decorate it?"
"It is said that the abbot of Hanshan Temple knew that he had committed a serious crime and set himself on fire to atone for his crime. Xu Youzhen tried to persuade him many times, but the abbot said nothing and went to die calmly."
The Jin Yiwei paused for a while and then said: "Sir, this is somewhat outrageous. You know that, I..."
"Don't worry, I will give your Majesty a detailed explanation. I asked you to deceive the officials, but you are not deceiving Your Majesty. You have to be honest."
After listening to Xu Youzhen's words, the Jin Yiwei thought about it and nodded in agreement.
Although Xu Youzhen kept his voice low, he was not afraid that the monks would hear it. After making arrangements, he turned his attention to the group of monks.
These monks were all panic-stricken. When they saw Xu Youzhen looking at them, they hurriedly lowered their heads. They had no choice but to accept the situation. ŴŴŴ.BiQuGe.Biz
What, you are resisting with a stick, stop making trouble, you really think you are the thirteen warrior monks, what they are holding is a knife, the white knife goes in and the red knife comes out, if it doesn't work, the intestines will come out.
A soldier came to Xu Youzhen's side with a lit torch and handed it over with both hands.
Xu Youzhen chuckled lightly, then took the torch and said to the group of monks: "Your abbot knows that he has sinned deeply and wants to die in exchange for relief. But now his hands and feet are tied and he can't light a fire for himself. Who among you can help?" Give him a handful."
After the monks heard this, they were all frightened and bowed their heads even more.
"Why, no one is willing to help. Although he has committed a serious crime, no matter what, he is also your beloved relative and a fellow sect member. You have to help. Come on, who will light the fire? Hurry up. I still have it. What's going on?" Xu Youzhen said with a smile.
Still none of these monks dared to come out.
Xu Youzhen looked at it, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared. He said coldly: "It's not good for you to be like this. Whoever has something wrong with him is okay. Who doesn't know in his heart? Today, either he will die or another person will die. Hurry up. Come out and light the fire.”
Xu Youzhen knew a lot of things.
He also knew that the old abbot was not a good bird. He came up with his own ideas and tried to win people's hearts by playing a golden cicada out of his shell.
Sure enough, as soon as Xu Youzhen said these words, several monks were tempted, and the fat monk who was interacting with the officials and gentry came out.
"Sir, this poor monk is going to help him."
After hearing this, Xu Youzhen laughed loudly, and then handed the torch back to the soldier. The soldier took the torch and sent it directly to the monk's hands.
The monk took a deep breath with the torch, and then walked straight to the pyre. The old monk's eyes on the pyre were full of fear, and he kept struggling and shaking his head.
The monk walked to the firewood pile and said loudly: "Abbott, this poor monk is in awe of you, but I didn't expect that you are also a person who clings to power. You are a humble monk, so I will give you a ride this time." This is the end of the friendship between the two of us."
When the abbot on the pyre heard this, he was very angry, so angry that he fainted.
The monk was afraid that the night would be long, so he immediately lit the pyre, and then threw the torch high up, hitting the abbot and pulling him out of his coma.
Then he saw the flames in front of him, slowly devouring his body...
When the flames ignited, Xu Youzhen returned to the Main Hall. However, he did not go to repent in front of the Buddha. Instead, he went to sleep. There was too much noise last night and he suffered a serious loss of energy. He had to race against time to sleep so that after coming down the mountain, he could devote himself to what he was passionate about. Home search in progress.
Killing an eminent monk is not a big deal, but Xu Youzhen is not afraid, because he is justified. As long as His Majesty does not have any thoughts about him, even if all the officials criticize him, he will not be afraid.
Of course, this is also mixed with Xu Youzhen's personal emotions. He has no good impression of these monks. Moreover, Xu Youzhen has read history books and is very disdainful of what Buddhism has done. The most important thing is that such a bald donkey has nothing to do with our Sanqing. The ancestor who stole incense had wronged me before. I was not even fifteen years old at that time, so I was framed like this and suffered all kinds of wrongs. Most of what I am like now is due to the mental damage I suffered at that time. Heavy damage...
The old monk died, but no holy bone relics were burned out. The complete skeleton did exist. In the end, it was collected by several disciples and buried in the back mountain.
And Xu Youzhen stayed on the mountain for another two days, doing some ideological work with the great monks in the temple, asking them not to complain, and told them very clearly that she was not afraid of complaining, and she just didn't want to complain to her hometown. The reputation makes it so stinky.
If Xu Youzhen knew that there were rumors that he was a eunuch, he would not even do this ideological work, and directly give an order to the Seng Gang Division to select a new thin monk as the abbot, or be bolder and demolish the monk temple. Now, the Three Purities Temple has been built.
After staying for two days, Xu Youzhen returned to Suzhou City.
And Zhao Cong had already taken the lead in controlling dozens of people.
When Xu Youzhen returned to Suzhou City, she began to interrogate them one by one, and then began to send people to search their homes. With a series of actions, everyone in Suzhou City was in danger. Of course, it was limited to the officials and gentry. Ordinary people still lived their lives how they should. New If the tax system is really implemented, it will be beneficial to them.
This also caused Zhu Jianshen to receive many memorials to impeach him. As for the eminent monk who was burned to death, no one cared about it at all...
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