Liaozhai: A scholar should draw a sword

Chapter 158 The naughty Ying Ning

That night, Chen Butou and his team rushed over quickly.

"Chen Butou, immediately lead people to surround Qinggang Temple, remember, don't alarm them first."

"Yes!"

Not long after, Fang Ping sneaked into the temple again with Chen Butou and another good detective.

Under the leadership of Chen Butou, the three found the entrance to the secret passage.

Although there is a mechanism in the secret channel, its clumsy tricks were quickly deciphered by Fang Ping.

"My lord, don't go down, just go down with Ajie."

Fang Ping waved his hand: "It's okay, let's go down together, what if there are organs down there?"

The three of them went down the secret passage together along the steps.

From the looks of it, this place should have been used as a place of refuge in the temple before, but if these guys come and go here at night, they must have hidden another weak machine.

As expected.

Not far ahead, there was a faint ray of light and the cry of a woman.

"A woman is actually locked inside?" Ajie whispered with surprise on his face.

"Hush!" Chen Butou made a silent gesture.

Passing through the passage, the three of them hid in the dark, and finally saw the situation in front of them clearly.

What appeared in front of me was a basement, lit with a dim oil lamp.

There was some hay covered inside, and there was a musty smell.

There were three unkempt, extremely thin women curled up in the haystack with their knees hugged, their eyes were empty, and they looked unlovely.

Not far away, another woman whimpered and kicked her legs weakly, while a bald man was...

"Damn!"

Chen Butou couldn't bear it anymore, and before Fang Ping could speak, he rushed forward with his head in his hands like a whirlwind.

The bald man was startled when he heard the sound, he couldn't care less about having fun, he rolled over violently.

However, he is fast, and Chen Butou is faster, after all, he is also a seasoned veteran.

Before the guy had time to turn over again, he slashed down with a knife...

"what!"

There was a scream like killing a pig in the basement.

The three women with blank eyes screamed in terror.

And the woman lying on the grass subconsciously pulled the grass to cover her body.

"Don't call, we are officers and soldiers!"

Ajie had a drink in time.

As soon as the words "officer and soldier" came out, the three women couldn't help being stunned, and then wept with joy.

On the other side, Chen Butou moved quickly, and with the second knife, he finally dealt with that guy.

Fang Ping stepped forward and said, "Okay, it's okay, you all calm down, don't let the other party find out."

"Thank you, sir, thank you, sir!"

The three women immediately knelt down and kowtowed.

Fang Ping subconsciously glanced at the other woman, and said, "Hurry up and put on the clothes for her."

"Thank you, sir, thank you..."

After the woman got dressed, she also knelt down and thanked her.

"Okay, let's go out and talk first, remember, don't make a sound."

"Yes, sir."

"Chen Butou, Ah Shun, help them out."

After finishing speaking, Fang Ping walked out of the secret passage in front of his head, looked around, and saw no one, so he waved his hand and ordered Chen Butou and his party to come out.

Afterwards, he led the four women to the wall.

Someone has been arranged here to respond, and a group of people climbed over the wall and went out one after another.

After the person was rescued, Fang Ping had nothing to worry about, and took Chen Butou around to the front door and began to smash on it.

"Listen, people inside, you have been surrounded by the government, come out and surrender quickly, anyone who escapes and resists will be killed on the spot!"

With the sound, the temple suddenly became chaotic.

After all, these guys don't know how many officers and soldiers have come.

"What's going on? Why are officers and soldiers here suddenly?"

"Ghost knows..."

"Quick, go over the wall!"

One of them was nimble and flew up to the back wall with a "swoosh".

As a result, "咻咻咻" several sharp arrows shot at him and killed him on the spot.

"No, we're surrounded."

"Brother, fight with them!"

"Yes, let's split up, and I'll lead people out through the main entrance!"

This group of people is indeed a group of robbers. Chen Butou and Fang Ping guessed right before, they hid in the temple to avoid the government's pursuit and arrest.

Chen Butou was fully prepared this time, and brought a dozen archers scattered around, just to prevent the other party from escaping in the chaos.

In addition, this group of people has been pampered and pampered for two or three years. They spend a lot of time drinking and drinking, their kung fu is wasted, and their bodies are weak. In the end, none of them escaped. Seven died on the spot, three were injured, and four were captured alive. .

After the battle, Fang Ping ordered people to search the Qinggang Temple thoroughly, including digging up any suspicious places around the temple.

This search was simply shocking.

These guys not only looted a lot of gold and silver treasures, but also killed nearly a hundred people.

Among them are men and women, old and young, including former monks of Qinggang Temple.

All the dead were buried in the small forest on the west side of the temple, some had turned into dry bones, and some had rotted all over...

Because the case was too serious, Fang Ping reported it to the government office in time, and at the same time wrote to the court to state the case.

The government office did not dare to neglect, and promptly sent people down to investigate the case together.

According to statistics, there are a total of 69 corpses in Xiaolinzi. After comparing with the files of the county government, these people are almost all those who disappeared.

After torture and interrogation, the other party finally confessed everything.

They were indeed wandering bandits. When they fled to the vicinity of Qinggang Temple, they were discovered by the monks in the temple.The monk did not report to the officials, but wanted to use Buddhism to influence this group of people and persuade them to turn around.

As a result, not only did the group not turn back, but they became fierce and killed all the monks in the temple.

At first, I wanted to keep running away, but someone had an idea and said that the monks in the temple were all dead anyway, so why not pretend to be monks to avoid being chased by officers and soldiers?
This was a whimsical idea, but it got a unanimous response.

At the beginning, they planned to wait for the limelight to pass and leave, but this group of people tasted the sweetness.Because Qinggang Temple is close to the roadside, some believers or passing merchants often come to stay overnight.

So, while pretending to be monks, this group resumed their old business...

After the case spread, people all over the world were alarmed, and the people were outraged for a while, and many people went to the government to petition, saying that the murderer must be cut to death.

Fang Ping also got the appreciation of his superiors because of this case, and said that he must appeal to the imperial court for Fang Ping's credit.

After all, how many officials like Fang Ping can be found in the world who dare to go deep into the tiger's den to investigate the case?

Later, news spread that Fang Ping was a student of the Marquis of Jing'an.

Now, the focus of people's discussion could not help but turn to Zhou Yu, saying that if all the officials in the world were like the students of the Marquis of Jing'an, then the world would be peaceful. ...

Jing'an Hou Mansion.

After noon, Zhou Yu reclined on the bamboo chair, squinting his eyes and sitting in the courtyard enjoying the slightly smoky sunshine.

After a while, Ying Ning came over on tiptoe, stretched out his hands to cover Zhou Yu's eyes, and said in a rough voice, "Guess who I am."

Not to mention her rough voice, even if she doesn't speak, how can Zhou Yu not know who it is?

Of course, Ying Ning also knew this, she just wanted to come and act like a baby.

But Zhou Yu deliberately asked, "Azhu?"

"Humph!"

"Qiuxiang?"

"Hate!"

"Ha, it must be Mochou."

"No more, you don't even know how to coax people." Ying Ning let go of her hand and pouted.

"Ha, why can't I coax?"

Zhou Yu pulled Ying Ning into his arms and squeezed her face.

Now, Ying Ning was happy, and said with a smile, "Husband, do you know that many people in the city are talking about you again."

"What are you talking about me? Saying bad things about me?"

"Of course not. If anyone dares to speak ill of your husband, it will be strange if I don't flatter him! Hmph!"

"Don't mess around. Even if someone speaks ill of me, as long as you don't deliberately smear me, don't beat me up at every turn. After all, you are also the wife of the Hou Mansion. Others will think that we are bullying others."

"Okay, okay, really... the people in the city are all talking about you.

I heard that Fang Ping broke a big case, even the emperor was alarmed..."

Zhou Yu nodded with satisfaction: "Well, he did a good job in this case."

"Husband, it's been a long time since you took anyone out to play..."

"You want to go out again?"

"What do you mean wanting to go out again? Let me figure it out..." Ying Ning wrung her pink fingers, "Well, everyone has stayed at home for almost three months."

"Where do you want to play?"

"Hee hee, let me think about it..." Ying Ning tilted her head and thought for a while, then said, "I want to see the desert. I haven't seen what a desert looks like before."

Zhou Yu nodded briskly: "Okay, then I will take you to see it."

If it were ordinary people, trekking from the south of the Yangtze River to the desert, it would be thousands of miles away.

But now, after Zhou Yu's realm has been promoted to a bachelor, he can already fly directly, so such a small distance is nothing.

The next day, Ying Ning happily left the county with Zhou Yu and headed towards the northwest.

Mo Chou and Bai Min'er did not go together this time, Mo Chou will be in retreat recently, Bai Min'er is thinking that Ying Ning has not gone out alone with Zhou Yu since she got married, so let this girl go out and have fun for a few days .

Going out of the city to a place where no one was around, Zhou Yu had a thought, and carried Ying Ning into the sky... Actually, Ying Ning can also fly, but this girl is lazy, and her cultivation is not enough, so she can't fly very far.

In the afternoon, they arrived in the northwest region.

When they got here, Zhou Yu stopped flying, and took Ying Ning to enjoy the customs of the Northwest along the way.

When they came to a small town, the two found that many people were walking in the same direction with incense candles and some even carrying feathered chickens and ducks.

"What are these people doing?"

"I don't know, it looks like I'm going to worship God."

"Let's go to see the fun too."

Zhou Yu nodded: "Let's go."

Anyway, there was no specific destination for this trip, anyway, it was just for fun, Zhou Yu naturally wouldn't spoil Yingning's interest.

The two walked behind for a while, and finally heard some clues.

It turned out that it hadn't rained here for nearly two months, and the squires in the town took the lead and led a group of people to ask the mountain god for some rain, otherwise the people would have problems drinking water.

Listening to these people's discussions, this mountain god is quite effective.

After walking out of the town for about two or three miles, a small hill appeared in front of me. On the hill stood a tall and majestic temple, which I thought was the mountain temple.

After seeing the mountain temple, Zhou Yu couldn't help frowning.

"Husband... son, what's the matter?" Ying Ning asked suspiciously.

During this trip, in order not to attract attention, Zhou Yu pretended to be a traveling scholar, and Ying Ning pretended to be a book boy. Of course, the titles had to be changed.

Otherwise, wouldn't it sound weird to others?

Zhou Yu replied: "There always seems to be something wrong with that mountain temple."

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