Strange Events of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 56 The Past of Monk Qingfeng
"Master, get up soon!" Xiaolan's crisp voice came from outside the house, interrupting Ling Changfeng's thoughts.

It seemed that Xiaolan had already finished her morning exercise, and she was standing at the door yelling for her young master to get up.

"Here we come. Young master, I got up early!" Ling Changfeng opened the door with a smile on his face, only to see Xiaolan looking at him with a smile on his face, but there was no sign of Xiaoyu in his arms.

As if guessing what Ling Changfeng wanted to say, Xiaolan said mysteriously: "Xiaoyu is playing in the yard by herself! Master, do you still remember the parchment? Although you can't see what is written on it, Xiaoyu It seems to be possible."

When Ling Changfeng heard it, his heart was severely hit at the moment, his head shook like a rattle, and he said in a voice, "Impossible!! Impossible."

Xiaolan stuck out her tongue, rolled her eyes playfully, and said softly, "Master, just admit it. You don't have the talent to learn martial arts. Hehe, I don't know what Xiaoyu saw in it. Let's go, I'll show you Look." After speaking, he dragged Ling Changfeng to the courtyard involuntarily.

A white jade kitten was tossing left and right in the courtyard at the moment, and it seemed to be quite methodical in its tossing and turning.Seeing Xiaolan walking over with Ling Changfeng, Xiaoyu jumped onto Ling Changfeng's shoulder with great precision.

"How is it, young master, have you seen it?" Xiaolan looked smug, and then said: "I was holding Xiaoyu this morning to study the parchment, but Xiaoyu also seemed to enjoy it. I will bring it here I tried it, but I didn’t expect it to actually see the picture in the parchment.”

Ling Changfeng was silent for a while, looked sideways at the fluffy Xiaoyu, and muttered in his heart: I won't even be able to beat Xiaoyu in the future, right?No, I have to add dried fish to it in the future, otherwise I won't be able to control this greedy cat in the future.

"Cough cough" Ling Changfeng coughed lightly to cover up his embarrassment.

Xiaoyu glanced sideways at Ling Changfeng, as if seeing through Ling Changfeng's Xiao Jiujiu, and said softly "meow".

Xiaolan stretched out her hand to hug Xiaoyu back into her arms, and said softly: "Master, Ye Jingyan must have brought over the dossier of Monk Qingfeng back then today, what do you think about this?"

Ling Changfeng thought about it carefully, and said in a deep voice: "Then little monk Qingyun may have lied."

"Lying?" Xiaolan's tone was quite puzzled, and she stared at Ling Changfeng with wide eyes.It seems that he still has a good impression of Monk Qingyun.

"Yes, but it doesn't matter. We can discuss it after we have read the file of Monk Qingfeng." Ling Changfeng looked relaxed, and it seemed that the matter of the White Horse Temple had already been roughly outlined in his mind.

"That's fine. Young Master, let's go have breakfast. Madam is already waiting there." Seeing that Ling Changfeng had already made up his mind, Xiao Lan stopped worrying about this matter, pulled Ling Changfeng up and walked to the dining hall.

As expected, before they finished eating, Captain Ye personally delivered the file.

After Ling Changfeng finished eating, he walked to the study Shi Shiran, and saw Captain Ye waiting there respectfully, holding a letter in his hand.

With a chuckle, he cupped his hands and said, "Master Ye, I kept you waiting for so long. I'm sorry."

Ye Duwei looked up and saw Ling Changfeng coming in with a smile on his face, he hurriedly returned his salute, and said softly: "Lord Ling, I dare not be an official. My lord, this is the dossier you want, and I have already copied it down myself." After finishing, he handed the letter in his hand to Ling Changfeng.

Seeing his red eyes and tired face, Ling Changfeng knew what he said was true, last night must have been a busy one.He nodded slightly, and said solemnly: "Master Lao Ye is here!"

When Ye Jingyan heard this, he knew that his actions had made Ling Changfeng trust him a little bit, so he couldn't help but chuckled, and said repeatedly, "No trouble, no trouble", and also said that he would take orders from now on.

Just after expressing his loyalty, Ye Jingyan yawned.

Seeing this, Ling Changfeng smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, and said, "Master Ye, go back and rest for now. If I have any questions, I will ask you tomorrow."

Ye Jingyan, as if he was about to receive an amnesty, did not make any excuses, bowed his hands in salute, and walked out quickly.It seems that he was exhausted from copying the files last night.

Seeing Ye Jingyan walking away, Ling Changfeng shook his head, stretched out his hand and opened the letter in his hand.Opening the letter paper, it was indeed a detailed dossier about the Luoyang bandits.

[In the Baoying period, more than seventy miles east of Luoyang city, there was a herring gang. At its peak, there were more than five hundred people in the gang. The leader of the gang was named Zhang Dayuan.
In the first year of Guangde, Zhang Dayuan robbed a village near Luoyang. During this period, because a farmer could not hand over food and money, he could not help but kill his whole family, old and young. Only one young boy was spared from the robbery because he was playing outside. .
In the second year of Guangde, there were rumors in the rivers and lakes that Zhang Dayuan, the leader of the Herring Gang, got a windfall, which caused conflicts within the Herring Gang. At that time, Xu Minghao, the governor of the government at that time, had already waited for the opportunity to lead the soldiers to wipe out the Herring Gang without any effort.

The second gang leader of the herring gang was unwilling to be arrested and committed suicide on the spot, but the gang leader Zhang Dayuan was nowhere to be found. Later, some gang members learned that Zhang Dayuan could not speak because he drank the poisonous wine from the deputy gang leader. Has escaped from the Herring Gang.

What happened here, the remnants of the gang were all beheaded for public display, more than [-] taels of property that had been forcibly robbed from the gang were confiscated, dozens of women and girls were freed, and the Herring Gang, which had been a disaster for more than ten years, was wiped out.
Now only Zhang Dayuan, the leader of the gang, has not been arrested yet]

After quickly reading the dossier, Ling Changfeng tapped the table lightly. It was obvious that Zhang Dayuan, the leader of the Herring Gang in the dossier, and Qingfeng monk from the White Horse Temple were completely different.

The sins of Da Yuan in this chapter are so serious, no wonder that Yue Ling'er was not surprised by his death that day, and there was even a hint of guilt in his death.

And the little monk Qingyun didn't know about his past, under the care of Qingfeng, he naturally felt that his senior brother was such a simple and honest person, but was bullied by everyone in the temple, and now he committed suicide to death, which must be framed by others.

As for Monk Qingyue, I'm afraid he already has the answer in his heart, but although Buddhism is a place where he becomes a monk, it does not conform to the laws of the Tang Dynasty to secretly hide repeat offenders, so naturally he doesn't want anyone to pursue him any further.

Ling Changfeng thought carefully in his heart, the senior brother in the eyes of monk Qingyun, the junior in the eyes of monk Qingyue, and the breeze in Yue Linger's eyes, the three gradually overlapped.

Slowly exhaling, Ling Changfeng seemed to be talking to himself: "Zhang Dayuan Qingfeng, karma, how can it be paid off like that?"

(End of this chapter)