Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Monk Sekong didn't hide anything, and told them in detail how they committed the crime.

At the beginning, this group of monks rented Wang Gui's family temple, and the incense was not very strong.The monks are just barely getting enough food and clothing.

Later, by chance, a monk had an affair with a female pilgrim and made the female pilgrim pregnant.The female pilgrim had been married for ten years and had never conceived. In order to avoid the incident being exposed, it was deduced that the son-giving Buddha of Dade Temple was very effective.This matter was spread to ten, ten to hundreds... Gradually, the incense of Dade Temple began to improve.

After the monks went through this incident, they used their brains!They saw that the female pilgrim was pretty, so they tricked her into the meditation room, used drugs to stun her, and then made good things happen.These monks are really excellent stallions, and they actually made many women pregnant.In this way, Dade Temple's reputation for sending children to Buddha has become even louder.

Of course, the quality of the drug is not good, and sometimes it doesn't work.If the female pilgrim wakes up halfway, they will tie the female pilgrim into the cellar, and then slowly "tune" the female pilgrim.Some women vowed to die, and some women saw that there was no hope of escape, and gradually resigned to their fate.

Guo Ye finished listening, and asked: "Is there any woman killed by you? Or committed suicide after being humiliated?"

"Have!"

"Where are the bones buried?"

"It's on the northeast corner of the temple."

"How many bones are there?"

"I can't remember how many monks there were, but I guess there were twenty or thirty..."

Wang Gui shook Lingling coldly and said, "How much did you say?"

"Twenty or thirty!"

This is not a battle on the battlefield, but a serious criminal case.A case involving [-] or [-] human lives is not an exaggeration to call it the first case of Zhenguan.Wang Gui knew that if he was involved in such a big case, he might lose his reputation for the rest of his life!

He said, "You remember correctly, right? There were really about twenty people?"

Guo Ye said: "Wang Shizhong, you don't need to ask any more, I'm sure, it's just too much. Think about it, criminals only talk about their crimes in small words, how can there be any reason to exaggerate their crimes?"

"It's true!" Wang Gui nodded, and said, "However, there is no basis for empty talk. Let's dig up those bones and see how many people were killed!"

"As it should be!"

It was easy to work with many people, and there was no shortage of tools. It didn't take long for the bones to be dug out.The last count, 37 bones!In other words, 37... no, 38 women died because of these monks.

Li Xinglian said: "Thirty-eight people died, and thirty-two people were imprisoned. These are conclusive evidence. As for those who were dumb and did not dare to speak up, or did not know the actual situation at all, it is probably dozens of times more than this." , Roughly calculated, the number of victims in this matter must be more than a thousand."

Guo Ye said: "Among these women, there are not only ordinary people, but also many wives and concubines of officials and eunuchs. I'm surprised, why is no one talking about it?"

Monk Sekong said: "Firstly, the means of the young monks are clean, and secondly, they borrowed the reputation of Wang Shizhong. If anyone is suspicious, the young monks will use the name of Wang Shizhong, and they will no longer trouble the young monk."

Wang Gui was furious, and said: "You use the old man's family temple to hide filth, and use the old man's reputation to commit crimes, it is simply too despicable and shameless!"

Monk Sekong said: "Let's open the skylight and speak frankly. You are not completely innocent. It is not us who came to you for renting your temple. You are greedy for money and found us. In order to increase the rent , You also said that with your care, the government will definitely not dare to come to disturb, and if there is any trouble, just mention it to you. Have you forgotten all these words?"

"The old man said these words, but the old man didn't let you do such beastly things!"

"So I didn't put all the blame on you, but I just told you that you are also responsible for the small monk and others being able to solve such a big case! Haha, before I died, I was able to pull down a prime minister , I, Monk Sekong, have deserved it in this life!"

Guo Ye waved his hand and asked the servants to detain the monks, and then said: "Wang Shizhong, let's enter the palace to face the saint now!"

Chapter 1740

Feng Shui turns, 30 years in the East and 30 years in the West.But today, the feng shui turned a little too fast.It didn't take 30 years, and in less than an hour, an astonishing reversal occurred.

It turned out that Wang Gui forced Guo Ye to meet His Majesty Li Er, and Guo Ye tried his best to delay the time.Now that Guo Ye wanted to drag Wang Gui to meet His Majesty Li Er, Wang Gui looked embarrassed.

Wang Gui understood that he had stumbled this time!

His family temple was built with money from the emperor.Originally, I was not honest about renting my family temple to monks, but now this group of monks committed such a big case, how can I explain this to the emperor?

Not only is it difficult to explain to the emperor, but even facing the people of the world, I can't explain it myself.

How can you sweep the world if you don't sweep a house?When something like this happens, people will ask, you, Wang Gui, can't even take care of your own family temple, so how can you be a servant with the right to deny?

Fortunately, this problem can be solved.I am already 70 years old, and my time is running out. If it is a big deal, I will resign from office. The key is my reputation.

It turned out that he was notoriously honest and surrendered himself, and he was upright.

Many people did not doubt Dade Temple because they believed in their own character.

On the contrary, because there is a problem in Daedeok Temple, it is reasonable for people to doubt their own character.

Not only is he unable to explain to the world, but he also cannot explain to his own ancestors.

For the sake of money, it is already unfilial enough to reduce the offerings they deserve.Now they are still using them as a cover to help those monks commit crimes, it is simply inferior to beasts!

Although this was my own unintentional mistake, the result of the matter is like this, and there is no excuse.

Wang Gui said: "Duke Qin, Mr. Wang also has an unfeeling request."

"Wang Shizhong, please tell me."

"Uh... In Dade Temple, there is such a big criminal case. It is unreasonable for Mr. Wang to say that he is not responsible. It is also what I, Wang Gui, should do to meet His Majesty and ask for punishment. But... this matter Can you delay it for three to five days..."

"Why is that?"

"I'm not afraid of making fun of you if you say it. Mr. Wang is old. When he first heard the news, he felt dizzy and couldn't hold himself back. I'm afraid he lost his etiquette when meeting His Majesty."

Guo Ye said: "I understand. You are so excited that you are sick! You plan to meet His Majesty again after you recover from your illness. Is that what you mean?"

"Uh...you can understand it that way."

Guo Ye smiled slightly, and said: "Wang Shizhong plans to meet His Majesty again in a few days, of course. You are the prime minister of our Tang Dynasty, and your position is far above that of Guo. How dare someone Guo restrict your whereabouts?"

"Thank you Qin Guogong for your understanding."

Li Xinglian said: "I have something to remind you. You don't need to go to see His Majesty today, but Qin Guogong must go to see His Majesty. Don't get me wrong, there is no intention to target you here. The key is the three days The covenant. Today is the third day, Duke Qin must go."

Guo Ye said: "How to deal with the Dade Temple case, you must immediately ask His Majesty for instructions. This case not only involves dozens of lives, but also thousands of women's names. The relationship is too great. Dare to make the decision, let alone delay time, must immediately report to His Majesty."

Both of these reasons are very strong, and Wang Gui cannot refute them.He thought to himself, since the two of them could not be prevented from entering the palace, he could only go with them to meet His Majesty Li Er.It is better to be able to explain this matter to His Majesty Li Er in person than to be relayed by others.

He said: "In this case, let's enter the palace together to face the saint!"

Of course Guo Ye and Li Xinglian wouldn't ask in a bad manner, didn't you just say that you were sick, why did you want to enter the palace with us again?Anyway, at that age, Wang Gui still needs to be given the necessary face.

"Wang Shizhong, invite you first!" Guo Ye and Li Xinglian said in unison.

Searching the Dade Temple three times took a lot of time.By the time Guo Ye and his party arrived outside the gate of the palace, it was already evening.

From a distance, Guo Ye saw Dong Shun leading two young eunuchs walking towards the outside of the palace.Dong Shun also saw the three of them, and quickly knelt down on the ground, saying: "See Wang Shizhong! See Qin Guogong! See Li Shilang!"

Wang Gui said: "Eunuch Shun doesn't need to be too polite, please hurry up."

"Thank you, King's servant."