Ayanna looked at Shi Yao in front of him, then turned back and looked at the giant beast running towards him.
At this moment, his eyes were full of despair.
He immediately knelt down in front of Shi Yao.
"I wish to surrender! Please Lord Shi, please save me!!"
"When you sent people to kill my chief secretary, did you ever think about today?!"
"Pfft~~"
Shi Yao let out a sharp cry and pushed the long sword in his hand forward. The sword blade directly hit Monk Hu in front of him in the chest, and then passed through his body without any hindrance. The tip of the sword stabbed Monk Hu from behind.
The blood flowed from the tip of the sword all the way down.
A Yana raised his head in disbelief and looked at Shi Yao in front of him.
Shi Yao's face was extremely resolute, and he maintained the posture of drawing the sword. When he withdrew the sword with all his strength, Ayanna immediately fell in front of him.
Seeing this scene, the other old demon monks were frightened to death. They shouted in the direction of the county government office, "Prefect!! Help! Help! Rebellion!!"
Shi Yao gave an order, and several county officials rushed forward. The demons hurriedly avoided, but could not avoid their attacks. After a while, several people fell into a pool of blood, motionless.
It was at this time that Taozi appeared in front of them with a sword in hand.
Liu Taozi looked at the several great monks lying in a pool of blood, and then looked at Shi Yao in front of her.
Shi Yao's hand holding the sword was trembling with extreme excitement. His face was red at the moment and his chest was rising and falling. He said, "I learned that Liu Gong led the troops to Chongguang Temple, so I led my people to guard here."
Liu Taozi nodded, "Well done."
He immediately bent down and cut off the heads of several monster monks smoothly. Liu Taozi's technique was obviously different from Yao Xiong's. Yao Xiong needed to use a lot of force to chop off, but Liu Taozi was very relaxed and just made a few simple strokes.
The head fell off and was caught in his hand. These monks all had short hair and it was not easy to string them together. Liu Taozi glanced at Shi Yao and said, "Take the head and follow me."
Shi Yao quickly called the county officials, and everyone walked back together.
Yao Xiong appeared on the road panting. He clutched his chest and was out of breath. His armor was too heavy. In order to catch up with Liu Taozi, he ran with all his strength. At this moment, he only felt his ears roaring.
The pain was severe, the abdomen also hurt, and there was no part of the body that was not free of pain.
Shi Yao hurriedly went up to take off his armor, and Yao Xiong collapsed on the ground, so tired that he was no longer human.
"Brother, you are too fast."
Liu Taozi asked a county official to support Yao Xiong and continue to Chongguang Temple.
When the group of them returned to Chongguang Temple again, Du Gujie was collecting trophies. He placed corpses, heads and other objects in front of the main hall in the style of the army.
Dugujie didn't leave any prisoners at all. It wasn't that he didn't want to, but that he didn't dare to.
The battle of the county soldiers made this battle-hardened veteran ashamed to watch. He did not dare to tell others that these soldiers were trained by him. If this was the case in Gao Shenwu's era, the soldiers would rush over with ladders on their shoulders and then kill them.
He couldn't imagine the scene of his teammate being smashed to death.
They succeeded solely because their enemies were worse than them.
In Dugujie's view, those monks were not soldiers. They had no armor or weapons. Although they were much taller than the county soldiers, they didn't even understand the basic formation. They just shouted and swung sticks.
When they rush up, they are not organized. Everyone is independent and not a whole.
There was only one Monk Hu who was their leader, and Monk Hu did not give any orders, but just shouted for them to come forward.
This is definitely not an army. No matter how unlucky the county soldiers are, they still have a clear organization. The captain directs, the commander supervises, and the corps commander charges. No matter how strong the individual's martial arts is, if there is no organization, it will collapse at the first touch.
However, the performance of the county soldiers was really unstable, so Dugujie did not dare to keep prisoners. He was only worried that he would not be able to control them or cause some trouble.
All the monks in the temple are clean at this moment.
Liu Taozi walked in with Shi Yao, and all she saw were corpses all over the ground.
Dugujie hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Mr. Liu, there are no more thieves in the temple. They have several warehouses in the northwest, filled with money and grain. Going further inside, there is a dark room, which can hide the secrets from others, but it can't be hidden from others."
But I, I opened it and checked, and there were a lot of swords, crossbows, and armor hidden inside. You were right! This group of thieves and monks are really going to rebel!"
"Fortunately, they didn't use these just now, otherwise, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to win easily!"
"I just couldn't find the banner or the tunnel. I sent people to look for it. There is a lot of gold, pearls, jade, calligraphy, paintings, and porcelain hidden in the tunnel. They haven't been moved out yet."
Dugujie said this very seriously, and Shi Yao was shocked.
"Are they really going to rebel??"
Liu Taozi said nothing, and Tian Zili walked out covered in blood, "Otherwise, why would we attack them?"
Shi Yao was even more confused.
Tian Zili looked at the confused Shi Yao and complained in his heart: Among these rich and powerful dogs, who doesn't have swords and armor hidden in their homes?
Originally, the world was not peaceful, and these people's butts were not clean, so they had to keep something for self-defense.
This is really normal, but the weapons in Sogou Temple are much more than those in ordinary wealthy families. This cannot be explained by self-defense. These people may really have something on their mind.
It's just that the incident happened suddenly, so they didn't dare to put on armor and go into battle rashly.
Tian Zili looked at Liu Taozi and said, "Brother, we have brought those people out, but some of them will die at the first touch. Come and see for yourself."
Everyone followed Tian Zili and walked into the main hall, where the Buddha statues were. Beside the Buddha statues, there were thirty people huddled. Tian Zili covered them with cloths that he had found from Chongguang Temple.
Yes, many people fell to the ground, not breathing.
The huddled people were also in agony. Shi Yao just took one look at them and couldn't bear to look at them again. He took a few steps back and turned his head, his expression equally painful.
Tian Zili looked at these people and murmured: "Death is better than living like this."
Almost all of these people are disabled and tortured into inhuman shapes.
Yao Xiong and Tian Zili have met many evil people, but these are simply not things that humans can do. They don't even understand why they do it.
Liu Taozi asked Tian Zili to invite Chu Jiande and arrange these people.
I went to discuss the rest of the matters with Dugujie.
The county government soon became busy. A large amount of gold jewelry was moved out from the tunnel. The county soldiers looked at the gold jewelry with almost obsessed eyes. They could see the county officials supervising them in the distance.
They could only put away their thoughts.
After experiencing a not too difficult siege battle, the county soldiers did look a little different. They were much more capable in doing things and changed from their usual clumsiness.
Some county soldiers began to transport the bodies out, and some county officials began to count the money, food and treasures in the temple.
The doors of Chongguang Temple are open and it is extremely lively.
The city was still quiet, and no one knew what was going on.
The next day, the county government issued an announcement listing the many crimes of Chongguang Temple, and said that Chongguang Temple, who had intended to rebel, had been executed.
This immediately caused an uproar in Liyang. Chongguang Temple is actually quite famous in Liyang. If it weren't for Liu Taozi's previous release of grain to control evil and gained such a reputation, I'm afraid the people would not easily believe this. After all, the great monk
them
They are still very kind in front of most people. They often give soup and relief, teach scriptures and teach everywhere, and treat illnesses and save people. They always have a kind smile. Only those monks who are fierce are often reprimanded by the great monks, telling them not to treat the common people.
rude.
However, with Liu Taozi testifying, the situation was different. Although Liu Taozi's arrival was short, he saved more people than Chongguang Temple had rescued in more than ten years.
Their porridge delivery is completely different from Liu Taozi's food delivery.
Liu Taozi took back a large amount of arable land in Chongguang Temple. The farmland under the name of Chongguang Temple occupies one-third of the entire arable land in Liyang. This is a quite terrifying amount, more than official farmland.
Liyang County immediately had thousands more hectares of cultivated land that could be used as farmland.
Liu Taozi and others had experience in land granting and resettlement in Cheng'an. He hit it off with Shi Yao and immediately began to check the land granting and mulberry fields in Liyang without any pause, preparing to distribute the land granting as soon as possible.
County government.
The backyard was deserted, not a single servant could be seen.
Several knights were guarding the gate of the backyard, watching the surroundings vigilantly, not allowing anyone to approach.
In the deepest room in the backyard, something could be faintly heard at this moment.
This house is very special. It is built extremely thickly, has thick walls, has no windows, and has good sound insulation.
Inside the house, the candles were brightly lit.
There were torches lit everywhere and candlelight everywhere. The room didn't feel dark at all, and it didn't have the damp stench like in Gao Yang's palace. Instead, there was a burst of fragrance.
Lou Rui was sitting in the middle, holding a wine bag in his hand, feeling dazed and eating deliciously.
Several musicians sat on the left, playing instruments and singing songs for him.
There were more than ten dancers dancing passionately next to him. Lou Rui would sometimes pounce on them and press the dancers under him, and his bold and joyful laughter could be heard in the room.
What's strange is that these dancers are all wearing mourning clothes.
This seems to be Lou Rui's different way of mourning.
Just when Lou Rui was having fun, there was a knock on the door.
The playing stopped immediately, and the dancers remained motionless and covered their mouths. Lou Rui suddenly woke up and was not confused at all. He quickly stood up, signaled the beauties and the musicians to hide, and sprayed it into his hand.
After taking a breath, he slowly walked to the door.
"who?!"
"The head of the family is me!"
Hearing the familiar voice, Lou Rui opened the door, dragged the knight outside the door in, and hurriedly closed the door.
His face was extremely gloomy, "What did I say? I want to pay homage to His Majesty the Buddha, and no one is allowed to disturb him! No one is allowed to disturb anything! How dare you disobey my order?!"
"Don't dare!"
The knight hurriedly lowered his head, and then said: "This is the county magistrate Zhao Kai. He is standing at the gate of the county government office and refuses to leave, saying that he insists on seeing you. I went there myself and asked him to leave, but he refused to leave, saying that he was there.
Big thing”
"I don't care what the big deal is with him!!"
"If Xihu and Nanman are not fighting over each other, then don't bother me!!"
"I am so close to His Majesty Emperor Daxing. I worship Buddha and chant sutras for him, praying for him to reach bliss as soon as possible. This loyalty is so precious. Is this thing comparable to anything else? If he doesn't leave, you can use
Hit him on the head with the stick and let’s see if he can walk!!”
Lou Rui drove the knight out and angrily turned back to the house.
The musician and the beauty came out again. Lou Rui calmed down and put a smile on his face again, "Keep going! You are all good at serving! Money is owned by the public, and we will never be stingy with rewards!!"
After hearing this, both the musicians and the beauties worked harder.
Lou Rui played like this for several days, paying no attention to what was going on outside.
On this day, Lou Rui walked out of the house.
The sun in mid-air was a bit dazzling, and Lou Rui subconsciously raised his hands to block it. He looked very haggard, his eyes were swollen and bloodshot, his hair and beard were messy, and he smelled bad all over.
No strength and no spirit.
He couldn't help but yawned, then lowered his head and walked to the side room.
Seeing him coming out, several knights also hurriedly came and gathered around him.
"Go and fetch Tao Zi."
Lou Rui gave the order and then walked into the side room. He changed his clothes and freshened up.
When he walked out, Liu Taozi was already waiting in the backyard.
The county government office is right across from the county government office, so it's very convenient to go back and forth.
"grown ups."
Liu Taozi saluted, Lou Rui smiled and helped him up, but couldn't help but yawned, "My dear nephew, don't blame me. During these days, I have been reciting scriptures for Emperor Daxing day and night.
, it’s really tiring not to dare to relax for a moment.”
He looked at Tao Zi's strong physique with envy, "I was just like you back then. I was as strong as an ox. I coughed all night and got old. I got old."
He stretched his body and walked to the front yard with Taozi, "How about it, nothing big happened these days, right?"
"No, I just got some more money, food and treasures, and they have been sent to you."
"ah??"
Lou Rui became energetic in an instant, his eyes sparkled, and he no longer felt tired and sleepy as before. He asked energetically: "Money, food, treasures? How many are there?"
"With more than three hundred cars, you can't even put them in the north warehouse, so I ordered them to be placed in the north and south courtyards."
"Let's go, let's go, this is important, we have to go and see!"
Lou Rui's steps became faster, and he became more flexible than the clumsy fat man before.
The two of them walked all the way to the North Courtyard. As soon as they opened the door, Lou Rui was stunned.
Lou Rui has always stored money and grain in the North Courtyard. At this moment, in the North Courtyard, he saw bags of grain piled up like a mountain. It was really piled up like a mountain. Lou Rui had to raise his head. These grains were directly in the North Courtyard.
A small mountain was formed, and even Lou Rui could not count them.
His eyes widened, he swallowed his saliva, and kept his head raised, "My dear nephew, are you... robbing a passing convoy of tribute grains?"
"There's more to the south."
Lou Rui then looked back and said, "Let's go! Go to the south courtyard!"
His pace became faster and he was almost running. Liu Taozi was big and strode forward, and could still follow behind him. Lou Rui rushed all the way to the south courtyard, where two knights were also stationed.
, Lou Rui asked them to leave and pushed the door open.
The south courtyard is empty.
Lou Rui was stunned and looked at Taozi, who led him towards the inner room.
Lou Rui was a little disappointed immediately. It was only for one room.
Liu Taozi opened the door and the two walked into the room. For a moment, Lou Rui's eyes were almost blinded.
There is gold piled up in the house, which is almost as high as Lou Rui. The jewelry on the side is packed with several boxes. The boxes are all open, and you can see the contents inside at a glance. On the side, there are various kinds of calligraphy
Calligraphy and paintings are also piled up in groups.
Lou Rui was stunned. He just froze on the spot, motionless.
At this moment, his eyes were shining with greed, and his face became a little ferocious, but he soon calmed down.
"Good nephew"
"Where did all this come from?"
"From Sogoji Temple."
"What?!"
Lou Rui was shocked. He suddenly woke up again and looked at Liu Taozi in disbelief, "You evened Chongguang Temple??!"
"I learned that Chongguang Temple was planning to rebel, so I slaughtered them. The people from the North Campus and the South Campus were all found from them and have been sent to you."
"What?! You massacred Sogoji Temple??"
Lou Rui's vision went dark and he staggered.
Immediately a knight supported him, Lou Rui raised his head angrily and looked at Liu Taozi in front of him.
"You, do you know whose power Sogoji Temple relies on?!"
"I don't know."
"I don't know? Let me tell you, it's the Queen Mother! The Queen Mother is very friendly with their teachers. She has come here three times. I'm sure she will come again. But you slaughtered Chongguang Temple. You."
"They did hide a large amount of armor and ordnance, and they also deceived the people, saying that the dead are all in black."
"Take this to the Queen Mother! See if she believes it!!"
Lou Rui was so anxious that he jumped up and down, "Are you crazy or crazy? What should I do? Not long ago, the Queen Mother wrote to me and asked me to take more care of her. This is great. I
Everyone who took care of me was executed."
"Sir, you are the nephew of the Queen Mother, why are you afraid?"
"Don't fucking call me Sir, you are my Sir! The Queen Mother has a weird personality, goes crazy, and refuses to recognize her relatives. You are trying to kill me!"
Seeing Lou Rui's impatience, Liu Taozi saluted again, "If you find it troublesome, you can send me to Yecheng with these things. I am willing to bear the blame."
Lou Rui suddenly paused and glanced at the golden light in front of him.
He licked his lips and said faintly: "What's the use of sending it there now? The people are dead, so what's the use of sending it to you? Can it make them alive?"
Liu Taozi did not speak.
Lou Rui looked at Liu Taozi thoughtfully. He frowned, his eyes full of grievances.
"Taozi. I'm not mean to you, and I'm not mean to my cousin either. I've always been by his side these years. You guys, how could you use me like this?!"
"I gave you my most cherished sword, and I also waved flags and cheers for King Changshan everywhere. I care about family ties, but you treat me like this!"
Liu Taozi pursed her lips and said nothing.
Lou Rui reached out and snatched the sword from Liu Taozi's hand, "Give this sword back to me!"
"go out!"
ps: Bingzi, at the beginning, he stopped the two religions of Buddhism and Taoism, destroyed all the scriptures and images, dismissed the ascetics and Taoist priests, and ordered them to return to the people, and banned all obscene sacrifices, and those not included in the rituals were eliminated. - "Book of Zhou"
·The Chronicles of Emperor Gaozuwu"
Chapter completed!