Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 74 White Lotus Sect

"Who is that grandson who dares to come and disturb the Buddha's peace?" The monk's eyes were wide open, and before he could even see who it was, he started cursing.

Chen Jue couldn't help but laugh when he heard this. He had heard Bian Shichun talk about the problem of monks in Fobao Temple before, but Bian Shichun didn't go into details and just asked Chen Jue to come and see for himself.

Now it seems that the problem is really big. This monk is so arrogant, and his face is full of hostility, and he curses people as soon as he opens his mouth.

"Interesting, really interesting, hahahaha~!" Chen Gu couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"What are you laughing at, you little bastard?" the fat monk asked in a cold voice with narrowed eyes, as if he was going to attack Chen Gu if he gave a wrong answer.

However, at this time, Zhang Haomin, Lao Nian and others had already arrived, which greatly intimidated the monk's arrogance.

Zhang Haomin stepped forward, clasped his hands to the fat monk, and said, "Master Yuanqi, this is my Shaoshantou. I am returning to Fobao with my brothers today. We encountered a rainstorm on the way. Please help us and let us take shelter in the temple!"

"The heavy rain in the mountains comes quickly and goes away quickly. It will stop soon. If you really can't bear it, you can just go back. It's not convenient for you to enter this quiet place of Buddhism!" said Monk Yuanqi.

In Chen Gu's opinion, Zhang Haomin's attitude was already very good. He didn't even ask his brothers to go in. He only asked him, the young leader, to go in and take shelter from the rain. However, Monk Yuanqi refused directly.

The two men were three steps apart. Although Monk Yuanqi was suddenly attacked, he was able to react. Seeing Chen Gu rushing towards him empty-handed, he was stunned for a moment, and then a trace of contempt flashed across his lips. He stretched out a pair of hands as big as a palm fan to stop him.

"Big monk, do you want to know why I was laughing just now?" Chen Gu asked with a smile.

Chen Gu stood up and looked at the brothers who were gathering in front of the temple gate. He shouted, "Enter the temple to avoid the rain. Tie up all the monks you meet. Anyone who resists will be killed."

Chen Guzhan, who was short in stature, dodged Yuanqi's hands by crouching and rolling as he lunged forward. He then pulled out a dagger from his waist and stabbed it into Yuanqi's calf.

Chen Gu looked at his brothers who were getting more and more numerous in the heavy rain behind him, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he pushed hard on the ground with his right foot, and rushed towards Monk Yuanqi, roaring, "Kill!"

"I wonder why the young leader laughed just now?" Monk Yuanqi asked. Perhaps he knew that Chen Gu was the young leader, so his attitude was not good, but it was no longer as tense as before.

“Ah~, uh~!”

Yuanqi let out a scream, and as his legs went weak and he fell, he was punched hard on the head and neck by Zhang Haomin and Lao Nian, who had pounced on him along with Chen Gu. He couldn't bear it and fainted.

"This~!" Zhang Haomin also frowned a little, but seemed to have some concerns, and finally looked at Chen Gu.

Lao Nian immediately arranged for the old brothers in the village to bring the newcomers in batches to search for the monks. Although they had no weapons, they had more people and the attack was a surprise, so they quickly captured all the monks in the temple.

There are only more than ten monks in the temple, but it is not small in scale. It is a three-courtyard building. The main hall in the front yard is dedicated to Guanyin, the main hall in the middle yard is dedicated to Li Bing, and the main hall in the back yard is dedicated to the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother. The name of the temple is Qingyuan Palace.

Li Bing is the Lord of Sichuan, the same Li Bing who built the Dujiangyan Irrigation System during the Warring States Period. Qingyuan Palace is very common in Sichuan. Generally, Li Bing is the main deity. As for other deities, it is up to you to worship them. Buddhists and Taoists can all be worshipped. The people who live in Qingyuan Palace are also up to you. Monks and Taoists can live together.

Chen the Executor had seen this many times in later generations, so he didn't take it seriously. He arranged for all his brothers to go into the temple to take shelter from the rain. After counting the number of people to make sure there was no mistake, he came to the main hall in the central courtyard and began to deal with these monks.

Chen Gu looked at the monks lying on the ground with their mouths covered, and asked Zhang Haomin first, "Tell me, Fobao is the territory we exchanged with the Bian family for a warship, which means that the whole Fobao belongs to us. Why are you so polite to a monk?"

Zhang Haomin smiled bitterly and said, "They are from the White Lotus Sect!"

"Haha, I see, that's how it is, haha!" Chen Jue couldn't help but shook his head, "I was wondering why the Bian family gave up this ten thousand mu of fertile land, a perfect place to escape the war, it turns out that this place has also been spotted by the White Lotus Sect."

"How many White Lotus sect members are there in Fobao?" asked Chen Gu.

“Basically all of them, but the villagers are just ordinary believers. The real backbones are only the monks and Taoists in the three palaces and six temples: Qingyuan Palace, Wanshou Palace, Tianhou Palace, Zhangye Temple, Wangye Temple, Yuwang Temple, Huoshen Temple, and Guanyin Temple.

There are about fifty people in total, and the largest number of people come from Qingyuan Palace, because Qingyuan Palace has the largest area and the most houses. In addition, there are about ten villagers who are also their backbones. "

Zhang Haomin explained, and then said: "They rely on the people's incense money for a living, but the people here are all tenants of the Bian family. They live in poverty and can't afford much incense money.

So they think of ways to deal with the birth, aging, illness and death of the people. It costs money to see a doctor, it costs money to name a child when he is born, and it costs money to perform rituals when someone dies. "

Chen Gu nodded and said with a smile: "I'll give you a box of bombs. Before dawn, kill all the core members of the White Lotus Sect. No matter whether they are dead or alive, can you do it?"

"Of course there is no problem with having bombs, but Fobao is just one of their strongholds. They are very powerful outside. If we take action against them, we may face revenge from the entire White Lotus Sect!" Zhang Haomin said with a frown.

"This is ours. How can we allow others to sleep beside our bed?" Chen Gu sneered, "If they want to retaliate, let them come. I will take over. If we can't even defend this place, how can we talk about other developments?"

"Okay, no need to wait until dawn. Wait until the rain stops. I can bring all the backbone members of the White Lotus Sect to you within an hour." Zhang Haomin said.

Chen Gu nodded, walked to Monk Yuanqi, untied the rope tied around the back of his head, and then pulled out the rag stuffed in his mouth.

"Master, now I'll tell you what I was laughing at just now."

Yuanqi glared at Chen Gu but did not curse. He just woke up and heard Chen Gu asking Zhang Haomin to arrest all the brothers. In addition, Chen Gu started to attack without any agreement, so he was a little scared.

He was afraid that Chen Gu would suddenly kill him.

It turned out that Yuanqi's worries were not unnecessary, because at this time Chen Gu had already taken out his ghost-head knife.

(End of this chapter)