After rebirth, I became a national teacher

"If I were to say, the two Taoist priests should stop fighting and just stay here, wouldn't that be fine?"

Huijing immediately glared at him:

"Mr. Li, as a follower of Cihang Temple, you actually led troops to chase us. Aren't you afraid of angering the temple master?"

Minister Li immediately distanced himself from the matter with righteous words:

"What do you mean by followers of Cihang Temple? Don't flatter yourself! They are just ignorant women and children who followed the trend and came to your temple to burn a few incense sticks. Do you think they are your followers?"

"As for angering your so-called temple master... His Majesty's imperial edict has been sent to Nandu. Do you think she is still alive in the capital?"

As he said this, his face was full of confidence.

He had long disliked Cihang Temple.

After offering sacrifices for so long, he did not get any benefit from Cihang Temple except giving his grandson a bottle of magic dew to save his life at the beginning.

Even that bottle of elixir was bought with 120,000 taels of silver from his family.

Being so arrogant, he should have been punished long ago.

Now, His Majesty has labeled Cihang Temple a rebellion, so naturally he will seek revenge.

Moreover, although the abbot died in the capital, the Taoist nuns in Cihang Temple must still have the magical elixir.

By arresting these disciples of Cihang Temple, not only can he clear himself of any connection with Cihang Temple and atone for his sins, but he can also obtain a lot of immortal dew.

At that time, whether it is used to strengthen the body, or to present it to His Majesty or to improve relationships, it will be very good.

It was because of this idea that he jumped out at the first opportunity and personally led the troops of the garrison camp to capture people.

Hui'an and Huijing were very angry when they heard her say that the abbot had died in the capital.

"Mr. Li, you will definitely pay the price for your arrogance today!"

Hui An pursed his lips and stared at Minister Li for a while, then said to Hui Jing:

"Don't delay, evacuate immediately!"

"Don't worry about me, I'm fast and strong, they can't hurt me!"

Huijing also knew that it was meaningless to argue about who would leave and who would stay.

Someone is needed on the ship to lead the disciples of Cihang Temple, and Sister Hui'an's role if she stays behind is indeed greater than hers.

Minister Li sneered when he saw them leaving:

"You want to run? No way!" Then he shouted:

"Archer!"

As soon as he finished speaking, two or three hundred archers wearing leather armor rushed forward, pulled their bowstrings to full length and aimed at Hui'an and others.

Hui An also shouted immediately:

"defense!"

However, she had only a few soldiers, and only 30% of them had shields, so the range of defense was very limited.

Minister Li was protected in the center by the soldiers of the garrison camp. He looked at them mockingly and said arrogantly:

"Masters, stop struggling in vain! Surrender immediately, or I'll have you shot into sieves!"

Knowing that the people of Cihang Temple were always kind and merciful, he added:

"Look at the children around you. They are so young. Do you want to take them with you to die?"

Hui'an and Huijing were both struggling.

Surrendering without a fight would damage the reputation of Cihang Temple.

But if we don't surrender, there are still more than 300 children from the Salesian Church here.

"Aunt, just run away by yourselves and leave us alone!"

A young but brave voice rang out from the crowd.

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw that the person speaking was a pretty girl about ten years old, carrying a baby even younger than her on her back.

This child is Lu Erya, one of the first orphans taken in by Cihang Temple.

After more than a year of living a well-fed and well-dressed life at Cihang Temple, she grew a lot taller and her height was now in line with a normal age.

Although there was fear in her eyes, her expression was very firm. Seeing everyone looking at her, she spoke loudly again:

"Friends! If we were still in the Salesian Bureau, we would have been tortured to death long ago. But the temple master and the aunts took us in and let us live for another year or two with good food and drink. We have already earned it! Now, it's time for us to repay their kindness!"

"Everyone, stand up and stand in front of the aunts to buy them time to escape!"

After saying that, she walked out of the crowd without hesitation and stood in front of Hui'an and others.

Then a dozen more children struggled for a moment, then followed her steps and stood in front.

Following their actions, in just a moment another twenty or thirty children stood up.

When the archers in the garrison camp saw this, most of them looked reluctant and subconsciously aimed their bows and arrows at the ground.

Hui'an looked sad.

Huijing was already in tears, but she tried to hold back her tears while scolding and pulling:

"Children, come back!"

But the children standing in the front seemed to have taken root there, and no one was willing to move.

Even the captain of archers couldn't bring himself to do it.

The oldest child in his family was nine years old, and the youngest was still in swaddling clothes, about the same age as the children standing in front of him.

"My lord, why don't you use the bow and arrow at all!"

Minister Li raised the whip in his hand and whipped the archer, scolding:

"How dare you! They are standing with the Cihang Temple rebels, so they are also rebels! Showing mercy to the rebels, do you also want to rebel?"

The centurion dared not say anything more.