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Chapter 219 Buddha statues, murals, gold and silver, and land deeds are all gone...

The backyard of Liquan Temple is also in chaos now.

Dozens of fierce Taoist priests with sticks in their hands drove straight into the Zen rooms where pilgrims were usually forbidden to enter, taking whatever they asked for, and their yelling could be heard everywhere.

"You guys, raise your heads... What are you hiding, take off your hats... Hey, you're a girl from a family, pretending to be some kind of monk."

"Whose image of this false god belongs to... yours, what evidence do you have... no? That is the property of the temple, smash it!"

"These apocryphal scriptures are also temple property, so they were thrown out and burned... What, you dare to snatch things... Hmph! Even these few books were thrown out and burned."

"Who's there? Squat down with your head in your hands..."

If you listen carefully, you can still hear some 'bang bang wipe' sounds mixed in among these shouts.

Just when these Taoist priests were about to search the last few rooms in the backyard...

boom!
The door of a meditation room next to the courtyard wall was directly kicked open from the inside, and a man wearing a gray monk robe and a white cloth wrapped around his head rushed out of the door, and quickly ran to the adjacent courtyard wall. Get out over the wall.

At this moment, someone shouted in the group of Taoist priests.

"Master Ah Bald ran away, hurry up!"

The next moment, four or five Taoist priests immediately held up their sticks, scrambling to chase them out.

"Old monk Huijing..."

When he saw the man in the gray robe appear, Kong Qing, who was standing in the middle of the courtyard, picked up the Huijing monk who had been beaten by him with a bruised nose and swollen face in front of the idlers behind him, and walked towards the one who was leaving. The figure in the monk's robe pointed at him.

"Just now you swore to the poor Taoist in front of everyone that the bald master is definitely not with you, and you can't hand it over even if you want to? Now can you tell the poor Taoist why the bald master who is definitely not here appears again gone?"

"you……"

Huijing tried her best to open her slit-like eyes, and pointed at Kong Qing with trembling fingers.

"You actually planted..."

Snapped!
Before he finished speaking, Kong Qing rounded his arms and gave him a big mouth.

"What kind of stolen goods are planted? All the elders and folks present can see very clearly that the bald master is indeed in your monastery. The facts are all there, and you still plan to deny it with your mouth. You really think that you monks can speak like a lotus flower." , can white also be said to be black?"

"That's right!"

Another woman's voice came from among the spectators behind.

"The Taoist priest is at least a stone's throw away from the house where the escaped monk is. Could this be framed?"

"that is……"

Another woman chimed in.

"These monks were caught on the spot and refused to admit it..."

Kong Qing glanced sideways, and saw a few search foxes working hard in the crowd, blowing wind.Under the activity of these navy foxes, the high sages who were watching the excitement were quickly led astray and nodded one after another.

"It makes sense. A certain person thinks so too. This old monk looks honest, but he's actually too dishonest..."

As a result, the public opinion at the scene turned into one-sided condemnation of Monk Huijing's lying.

Listening to the words of these idlers around, old monk Huijing only felt that he was speechless.

Obviously Master Abald had already left when these Taoist priests first came, and now that must be fake, why do these foolish people just not believe this fact?
rub rub...

A few Taoist priests who chased them out turned back from the wall.

"Headmaster, that bald master fled to the Ganquan Temple on the south side of the crossroads."

"Humph!"

Kong Qing let go of Monk Huijing's hand, patted it, and said with a serious face.

"He fled in, and you just watched from the side?"

"I also want to go in and arrest people,"

The leading Taoist, that is, Wang Min said with a embarrassed face.

"But the monk of Ganquan Temple stopped a certain class, saying that priests cannot enter."

"Ha ha……"

Kong Qing sneered.

"I was stopped again. It seems that these monks want to join forces to embarrass us, right? Lead the way. Pindao goes to see how arrogant they are."

"Yes!"

After Wang Min agreed, he began to lead Kong Qingchao to the back door of the monastery next to him.

"No, let's go over there..."

As he spoke, Kong Qing pointed to the courtyard wall where they jumped in just now.

"But what is your status as the headmaster..."

Wang Min asked hesitantly.

"...jumping around on the wall, spreading the word will damage your reputation."

"Wall jump?"

Kong Qing raised his hand, and the sapphire on the ring on his finger flashed a light.

"Vilya!"

There was a thunderous sound, and the courtyard wall next to Liquan Temple suddenly fell down and dust was flying.

"We're not thieves who sneak through the door and pick the lock. Isn't it good to jump over some kind of wall?"

Seeing this young Taoist priest directly topple over the thick brick wall with a single gesture, the idlers behind were stunned for a while, and then burst into loud praise.

"Xiao Daoist is so powerful..."

"Is this a spell?"

"Handsome and unrestrained, with magical skills, Xiao Daoist is really a god among gods..."

"..."

Hearing the praise behind him, the corners of Kong Qing's mouth slightly raised, and then with a wave of his hand, a gust of wind swept away the smoke and dust that hadn't cleared away, and then strode towards the collapsed wall, leaving a cool and unrestrained look for those idlers. back.

"Wang Min, lead the way, let Pindao see if the monks in Ganquan Temple are not planning to reason with Pindao."

"Yes!"

After Wang Min agreed, he immediately took two steps forward and stretched out his hand to guide.

"Headmaster, this way..."

After all these people had left, the abbot of Liquan Temple, the monk Huijing, looked around and saw that the flowers and plants in the temple were withered, and the pines and cypresses were broken, just like a typhoon passing through, he couldn't help feeling sad for a while.

"Host!"

A few monks with some dirt on their bodies, but with some bruises on their faces, came out of nowhere, and said with a sad face.

"Those damned Taoist priests smashed all the Buddha statues, murals and other things in our temple, as well as the Buddhist scriptures in the temple, they also found them and burned them. What do we do next? Do it..."

"What? Say it again..."

Monk Huijing couldn't believe his ears, so he asked again.

"The Buddha statues and murals in our temple were all smashed, and the Buddhist scriptures in the temple were also burned. In addition..."

The speaking monk said with some evasive eyes.

"Our warehouse was also robbed, a lot of gold and silver floating wealth was lost, and some land deeds were also missing."

Monk Huijing was stunned for a moment.

"The land deed is gone?"

"Ok!"

The monk on the opposite side lowered his head, not daring to look at Monk Huijing's face, and said in a low voice.

"Also, the quality warehouse in our monastery was also robbed, and many things sent from the pawn shop disappeared."

"..."

Hearing this series of bad news, Monk Huijing suddenly felt a heat in his heart, a mouthful of blood spewed out, and he fell down on his head.

Just when Monk Huijing vomited blood and passed out, Monk Zhishi, the abbot of Ganquan Temple opposite, was walking around anxiously in the courtyard of the temple.

"What's the situation with the master, why haven't you come yet..."

Puff puff puff...

There was a strange sound from the sky, and a bird made of paper fell from the sky.

"master!"

When Monk Zhishi saw the paper bird falling from the sky, he was overjoyed immediately, and rushed forward with one step, and said to the paper bird in a loud voice.

"The Taishi Bureau has already smashed Liquan Temple just now, when can you come here?"

Puff puff puff...

The paper bird flapped its wings and hovered in front of Monk Zhishi's eyes. Its mouth opened and closed, and Monk Jizang's voice came out.

"As a teacher, I met Qingxiazi outside Liquanfang, so I'm afraid I can't get in."

"Can't you come in?"

After hearing the news, Monk Zhishi suddenly felt that his pillars had collapsed.

"so what should I do?"

"Ugh!"

Monk Jizang on the other side of the paper bird let out a long sigh.

"Report to the officials! Just say that the priest smashed the temple and asked Chang'an County to send people to protect it..."

"It's useless, master!"

Monk Zhishi said with a look of frustration.

"When Liquan Temple was smashed just now, I already asked someone to report to the Chang'an County officials, but the county magistrate didn't care..."

Having said that, Monk Zhishi subconsciously lowered his voice.

"Master, the yamen has received an order from Prince Qin's Mansion, saying that matters concerning monks and Taoist priests should be handled by the Chongxuan Department, and they should not be allowed to come forward, but you also know that I cannot enter the Chongxuan Department..."

"Chang'an County doesn't care about it..."

Monk Jizang's deep voice came from the paper bird again.

"That's right, now that the prince is not here, there is no one in Chang'an City who dares to fight against King Qin..."

"Master, why don't we go find Mr. Pei..."

Monk Zhishi said respectfully to the paper bird.

"Even if it's King Qin, he won't give Mr. Pei face?"

"The old monk also thought about this, but..."

The paper bird shook its head.

"Pei Xianggong is still accompanying the saint in the inner palace. After the old monk has passed the report, he has to wait for Pei Xianggong to come out in the outer imperial city. Then when the old monk brings Pei Xianggong to Liquanfang, your Ganquan Temple will be smashed. It's clean."

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, what should I do?"

Monk Zhishi asked anxiously.

"Could it be let go and let people from the Taishi Bureau come in and smash it?"

"Of course not..."

The voice of monk Ji Zang came out through the paper bird.

"Is Abald Master still in Ganquan Temple?"

"exist……"

Monk Zhishi nodded.

"He originally said he was going to Jinchengfang to avoid it, but he was afraid that people would find out, so I hid him in the backyard."

"Give it to someone..."

Monk Ji Zang said in a tired tone.

"My Sanlunzong doesn't have many temples in Chang'an, so I can't bear the loss. Anyway, the matter of Master Atu has nothing to do with my Sanlunzong. Just hand over Master Atu and keep Ganquan Temple!"

"what!"

Monk Zhishi blinked.

He never expected that Monk Ji Zang would actually give such a suggestion in the end.

At this moment, a monk ran in from the door.

"Master, the Taoist priests from the Taishi Bureau are calling!"

　That's right, the biggest source of income for monks in the Tang Dynasty was not land, but pawnshops.In fact, monks do not open pawnshops to pick up the wisdom of others, and the idea of ​​pledging is the intellectual property of Buddhism itself.As early as the Southern and Northern Dynasties, monks relied on pawnshops and small loans to collect money, which was called Changsheng Treasury, also known as Wuwucai and Wuwuzang.In the Tang Dynasty, the gold and silver in some famous temples could even be described as piled up like a mountain...

　　
　
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