Northern Dynasties Imperial Industry

Li Tai, dressed in military uniform, walked into the temple with a cold expression surrounded by soldiers.

The deacons and monks in the temple finally looked forward to his arrival, and rushed forward to complain or beg, hoping that he would bring justice to Guangming Temple, arrest the robbers who committed the crime, and restore the temple's losses.

Li Tai was too lazy to deal with them, so he just asked in a deep voice: "Where is Master Tanjing now? Why don't you come to see me?"

After hearing this, the monks did not dare to neglect and directly led Li Tai into Master Tanjing's room. After a night of frightening and hard work, the mage looked very depressed now. However, after learning that Li Tai had arrived, he quickly asked the little novice monk to help him up and went to see Li Tai on the couch.

"Last night, bandits entered the temple to commit murder and plunder. Under the diligent protection of the disciples in the temple, although the old monk was spared from harm, he was still confused after this misfortune. He did not come out to greet him in person. Please forgive me! "

Master Tanjing greeted Li Tai with a respectful and even pitiful attitude. The previous indifferent attitude was gone.

Putting aside other considerations, this matter was completely beyond his ability at the moment, and he had to rely on the power of the government to be able to proceed. Of course, the old monk had to be humble in front of Li Tai.

Li Tai frowned slightly and said with a serious expression: "Master, please tell me what happened and don't hide anything. I am in charge of staying here, so it is hard for me to take responsibility for such a shocking and evil thing to happen. I can trace the evil and give a satisfactory answer to the mage and the people of the county!"

After hearing Li Tai's statement, Master Tanjing felt a little more at ease, and while thinking about it, he recounted in detail everything he had heard and witnessed from yesterday to now.

After listening, Li Tai casually asked about a few places that were not clearly described, and then said: "I have sent people to follow the traces left by the gangsters, but the gangsters are very good at concealing their movements along the way. Especially according to what the Master said, they came in and out of the temple as if they were in a deserted place, which shows that they knew the people in the temple very well. It was not an outrageous question, but just to ensure thoroughness, I wanted to organize some interrogation of some monks in the temple. I also hope that the Master would do it. Can understand.”

Hearing that Li Taiyan seemed to suspect that there were gangsters in the temple, Master Tanjing couldn't help but secretly take a deep breath. In fact, he also had such suspicions in his heart, because these gangsters acted familiar and familiar, and it was not like they were here for the first time. In the temple.

Although believers will inevitably come in and out of the temple on a daily basis, some areas are specially guarded and are rarely allowed to be visited by outsiders. If there is no internal response, it will be difficult for the gangsters to come and go freely.

So he nodded quickly and said: "This is the envoy's duty. If I can use the envoy's Mingjian to clean up the evil carbuncle in the temple, the old monk will be grateful!"

"So, the Master also thinks there is evil hidden in the temple?"

After Li Tai heard this, his expression suddenly changed. He stood up from the table, pointed his sword at Master Tanjing and said angrily: "Because I trust Master, I entrust you with important matters, and I entrust more than one person to you." Damn it! Since Master can’t fully grasp the situation of the people in the temple, why didn’t he tell me in advance! Now that he’s been harmed by this thief, I’m afraid it will be difficult to continue the Buddhist rituals, and…”

At this point, his voice paused again, and he ignored Master Tanjing, whose face became extremely worried, and directly ordered: "Quickly take all the deacons and monks in the temple into custody, and interrogate them individually. No orders are allowed from me. One person must be left out!”

"Obey the envoy's orders and do not disobey."

Master Tanjing was also in a panic at this moment, worried that the monks could not control their emotions and would conflict with the state army, so he hurriedly gave the order, and then came up to Li Tai and whispered: "Is there really any evil hidden in the temple? The old monk is not sure, but if you are worried about the materials here, please rest assured that it was only the temple's warehouse that was looted yesterday, and the items you stored here were not affected due to the remote location..."

"Whether it has been affected or not will be known after inspection."

Li Tai's face was livid. He did not get better because of Master Tan Jing's comfort. He held his sword in one hand and looked at Master Tan Jing and said in a deep voice: "There is still room for new preparations for worshiping the Buddha and praying. But what I have placed here is If there is any mistake in the materials, I am afraid that the future for me and the Master will no longer be possible!”

Master Tan Jing couldn't help being shocked when he heard the seriousness of what Li Tai said. He didn't dare to inquire deeply about this, but seeing Li Tai saying that he would die, it showed the seriousness of the matter, and he couldn't help but secretly regret that he should not have allowed such a hot potato in the temple.

But it was useless to worry about it now. He could only hope that nothing unexpected happened to that batch of goods, and went to inspect it with Li Tai.

After arriving at this warehouse, Master Tan Jing secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that there were no obvious signs of damage.

Li Tai's guards stopped him outside, so he stood outside and saw Li Tai walking in, but he didn't see him walking out for a long time. His heart gradually tightened, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

"Bring that old monk in!"

After a while, Li Tai's voice came from the warehouse, but his tone was hoarse and full of anger.

Master Tanjing felt even more flustered after hearing this voice, and subconsciously did not want to go in, but the soldiers outside the door couldn't help but twist him into the warehouse.

After entering the warehouse, Master Tan Jing saw Li Tai standing with a knife in his hand, with many broken boxes and sacks scattered around his feet. The items in them were naturally scattered all over the floor, but they were not the silk, satin, gold, silver and jewelry that Master Tan Jing had expected, but soil, sand, stone and broken hemp.

"How could this happen?"

When Master Tan Jing saw this scene, his calves began to tremble and cramp, and he did not dare to look at Li Tai, whose face was so gloomy that it was almost dripping with water.

Li Tai's face almost turned pale after hearing this, if it was not like this, it would be a ghost. But the show still had to go on. Li Tai walked up to the old monk with a knife in his hand, and kept gesturing at his chest. His tone became a little ferocious: "You thief monk, you are bullying me too much! Do you think my knife is not sharp enough to cut off your head?"

"No, no, wait! Even if you kill me, it will not help... The most important thing now is to find out who framed me!"

Master Tan Jing was a little panicked when he saw Li Tai's attitude, but he still controlled his emotions and said in a trembling voice.

"Who else could it be? Except for you, a thief in the den, who knew that I was hoarding heavy goods here? You may not know, or you may know but do not respond, but it doesn't matter. I don't need any conclusive evidence. I have my own way to retaliate!"

As he spoke, he put the blade directly on the old monk's neck and said hatefully.

"I really don't know... Please calm down, please calm down. I have failed your trust and I am indeed guilty, but please allow me to help carefully examine the evildoers hidden in the temple! Also, I will compensate you for all the losses you have suffered here even if I have to spend all the temple's reserves!"

Master Tan Jing really wanted to cry but had no tears. He was still confused about this matter. He didn't know what Li Tai had stored here, nor did he know what means were used to replace it silently. He just felt that everything was beyond his cognition and control. The first priority now was to stabilize Li Tai, otherwise if he was excited and killed, he would die inexplicably.

"I will spare your life first, but if the matter cannot be properly resolved, this Guangming Temple must be wiped out in this area!"

After hearing the old monk's statement, Li Tai put away his sword and said angrily.

Although Guangming Temple was robbed last night, it was an unexpected attack in the middle of the night when it was completely unprepared, but it did not mean that the strength of the temple was weak.

Today, all the monks who were still frightened gathered in the temple. Together with the monks who came from the surrounding areas after hearing the news, there were nearly 10,000 people gathered inside and outside the temple.

At present, the Western Expedition Army has not returned yet. Li Tai has mobilized all the troops in Fangcheng, but there are only about 3,000 state troops. If the people of Guangming Temple are determined to resist, Li Tai will not be able to completely block and control so many people.

But with the cooperation of Master Tan Jing, he blocked the temple much more smoothly. The temple slaves and farmers were sent to their respective villages in batches, and the monks in the temple were placed in different courtyards in the temple. The monk soldiers were also disarmed and detained together.

At the same time, Li Tai also confiscated the people, land and asset books in the temple in the name of investigating the traitor. Although it was Guangming Temple that was robbed, Li Tai's series of actions treated Guangming Temple as a thief.

Master Tan Jing was not a stupid person, but a series of unexpected changes made him lose his accurate understanding and judgment of the situation for a while. After seeing Li Tai's series of actions, he could not help but have some realization in his heart.

But now the whole temple, including his own personal freedom, has been controlled by Li Tai. It is too late to regret any awakening. Seeing Li Tai flipping through the various account books in the temple in front of him, Master Tan Jing couldn't help but say in a hoarse voice: "The ten years I have lived here are not in vain. I have worked hard and worried to build this huge temple. If you want to overthrow it in one day, it will be very difficult, right? You are so bold and deceiving, do you really think you can hide it from everyone?" After hearing this, Li Tai closed the account book first, walked to Master Tan Jing, looked at the old monk and sighed: "I don't plan to overthrow this huge temple, I only want to end it for the master. The elders and monks of Wanfo Hall, Wudu Temple and other temples are willing to kill the master's Buddha nature and accumulated hopes in front of people. Now the master can't take anything away, only Karma follows you. When you were in power, you could tolerate others. Today, you can still be more relaxed.

I don't want to kill the master, so if there are any words and deeds that are not well covered, I hope the master can be comprehensive for me. It's up to the master to decide whether to be ruined or to escape unscathed. "

After hearing this, Master Tan Jing couldn't help but sighed, and said with a bleak expression: "The wind and thunder are surging in the moment of your change of mind, and the people and things are reversed within your fingers. I hate that I can't catch up. Although I am defeated, I am still honored. I should give you my half-life accumulation. I beg for forgiveness..."

"Master, don't belittle yourself. I will take away your temple business here, but I will have another place for you."

Li Tai admired the old monk's methods and experience, so he didn't intend to put him to death, but hoped that he could join his door to continue to shine and make a development plan for his Liushi Buddhist Temple in northern Shaanxi.