A knife in love

Li Qiufeng listened to Murong Danyan's words, and felt quite disdainful in his heart, thinking that what Miss Murong said was all she heard from the storyteller, and most of them were unreliable.For example, she said that it is absolutely impossible for the magistrate to beat the prisoner to death on the spot in the yamen trial.It is clearly written in the laws of the Ming Dynasty that the government offices of prefectures and counties must be careful in the use of punishments, and the prisoners should not be hit hard.Even if the prisoner made a confession and committed a capital crime, he could not be punished immediately. He had to submit an official document, which was sent to the Ministry of Punishment for review, and then submitted to the cabinet, which went straight to the imperial court, and the emperor approved the execution.A mere county magistrate has absolutely no right to kill prisoners.Although the Tartars ruled the Central Plains, although they were extremely cruel, as far as I know, the prefectures and counties do not have the right to kill criminals.Unless there is an emergency, such as rebels or thieves breaking into the city, the officials cannot report to the officials. In order to suppress the rebels and thieves, they have to kill themselves. At other times, it is absolutely forbidden to kill the murderer without authorization.

When Li Qiufeng was thinking, he heard Murong Danyan continue to say: "When Emperor Taizu was hesitating, he heard only footsteps, but it was three monks who walked into the alley. These three monks were wearing brand new monk clothes. How could they be as yellow and emaciated as the monks in Huangjue Temple? Emperor Taizu was suspicious, thinking to himself that there are such obese monks in the world, which he never dared to think about before. The monk's robes are very clean and tidy, as if they were newly sewn, but the monk's robe on Emperor Taizu's body has long been torn. If you don't look carefully, you will never recognize that Emperor Taizu is wearing a monk's robe. In addition, he wears a Wearing a straw hat that looks bad, you can't see that there is no hair on his head. If someone passes by him, they will probably take him as a beggar sitting in the alley to rest, and he can't tell that he is a wandering monk at all.

"When Emperor Taizu was thinking, the three monks were already approaching. The head monk waved his right hand, and the other two monks stood behind him, and the three monks lined up. I saw the head monk's left hand Holding a small bowl, he looked around while walking, while the monk in the middle was beating the wooden fish loudly, and the monk walking at the end was chanting scriptures loudly while walking. Emperor Taizu was startled, not knowing how many times The first monk wanted to do something, but he couldn't help shrinking his body back. The three monks didn't even see that Emperor Taizu was also a monk. They thought he was a beggar sitting under a tree, and they didn't even bother to look at him. With a glance, he walked over swaggeringly while knocking on the wooden fish and reciting scriptures.

"Emperor Taizu had never made a fortune before, so naturally he didn't know what the three monks were doing. Seeing the three monks walking past without even looking at him, Emperor Taizu breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment , just heard a creaking sound, the door of a house on the right side of the alley opened, an old man in a silk shirt and a cotton cap came out, and bowed respectfully and deeply to the three monks. Stopped, put their hands together one by one, and returned the salute to the old man. The old man took out a few pieces of scattered silver from his arms, held them in both hands and handed them to the head monk. The monk hurriedly lifted the small bowl to the old man, and saw the old man Putting the silver into the bowl, there were a few clear bangs. The monk took the little bowl back, glanced into the bowl, with a slight smile on his face, then put his right hand in front of his chest, and gave a gesture to the old man. After a salute, the two monks behind him clasped their hands together and recited a few sutras. After a while, the leading monk turned and walked to the depths of the alley, and the other two monks followed closely behind him. The old man stood in front of the door, watched the three monks leave respectfully, then turned and walked back into the house.

"Emperor Taizu squatted under the big tree, watching the three monks get the scattered silver from the old man, wondering in his heart, wondering if these three monks were also begging for money? But they didn't even knock on the door , just reading the scriptures aloud, and people come out and give them money, it is so strange.

"The more Emperor Taizu thought about it, the more puzzled he became. At this time, an old woman walked out of another family, and gave three monks a hundred and ten Wen coins, and handed a bag of steamed buns to the monks. The three monks thanked each other. The old woman recited a scripture before continuing to move forward. It took only half a stick of incense, and six or seven families in the alley gave money and food to the three monks. Emperor Taizu was stunned and couldn't believe it. The situation in front of me."

When Murong Danyan said this, he paused for a moment, then turned his head and said to Monk Tonghai: "The master is also a monk, and he often goes out for alms. With the master's Buddhist attainments, believers must give a lot of money. Tell us about the method of converting money into money?"

Monk Tonghai was very embarrassed when he heard what Murong Danyan said. After thinking for a while, he said: "It's really ashamed to say that after the poor monk became a monk, he only practiced hard in the temple and never went out to seek fate. Later Thanks to the owner of the village, he recruited the poor monk into Bailian Villa and became a monk in the temple of the owner of the village, and he had no chance to go out for alms. The young master asked the poor monk about the means of alms, but the poor monk didn't know at all. Amitabha, Guilty, sin."

Murong Danyan nodded after listening to Monk Tong Hai's words, and said in his mouth: "So that's the case. Although I have never been a monk, I have heard from friends that monks will never go to the homes of poor people for alms. Because those poor people How can they give money and food to monks when they can’t even have enough to eat? Some poor people don’t say anything, they or their family members are seriously ill, or they owe a lot of money to the government and relatives and friends. At this time, it’s not only Not being able to get money and food may have angered these desperate people, who brutally killed them and took away the money and food hidden in their bodies. And those landlords, rich men, and wealthy businessmen are all rich and unkind Bad guys. These guys have done too many bad things. They are afraid of falling into the [-]th hell and suffering after death, so they will send out "kindness" and donate some money and food to the monks, just like they usually bribe and buy the officials in the government. Like officials and servants, they hope to give some money and food to Buddhas and Bodhisattvas so that they can forgive their sins so that they can continue to enjoy happiness in the next life. Those shrewd monks have already guessed the minds of these villains, so before they went out for alms, they had already Find out clearly where they are going to go for alms. They will never go to poor people. After leaving the temple gate, they go straight to dihe, rich people and rich people. This is their way to make money."