These words undoubtedly aroused the anger of many Taoists present, and the governor was not afraid, as soon as he raised his hand, the Xiang army suddenly raised his spear, his long knife was unsheathed, and he looked at everyone with full vigilance.

Liu Siyong saw this situation and said to the Taoists around him: "Now in this situation, everyone is calmer. ”

Liu Siyong and the others waited for a quarter of an hour, and then Liu Siyong asked around and said, "It's almost, count the number of people." ”

Liu Siyong asked the commander to bring the roster, and then began to roll call, and anyone whose name was called should be called.

Whenever no one answered, Liu Siyong put a cross on the name with a pen, and then continued to read.

During this period, someone came back, Liu Siyong asked for the name, and then recorded it, and when all the readings were finished, Liu Siyong said to the surroundings: "On this list, there are thirty-two people who have not come, who can tell me where they went." ”

Someone replied to Liu Siyong, a few of them have been killed by Liu Siyong, and some don't know.

Liu Siyong nodded, these people had already been sentenced to death, Liu Siyong put down the roster, and said to the Taoists present: "This official and the governor are here for one thing, about the matter of Nuwa Temple, if you stand up now, then I can reduce the crime as appropriate, if you want to resist to the end, thinking that the court does not know what you have done, then there is only one way to die." ”

"What's the matter at Nuwa Temple? Please also explain in detail, I don't know the poor way. ”

Liu Siyong looked at this Taoist, just snorted coldly, and said to the surroundings: "I will give you a stick of incense, and those who confess their sins will take the initiative to kneel down, and they can be exempted from sin." ”

Liu Siyong asked people to light incense sticks, and then sat there, quietly waiting.

At the beginning, most of the Taoists looked at me, I looked at you, and they didn't take action.

When the incense was halfway burned, several Taoists knelt down, Liu Siyong made a look, and asked Xiang Jun to bring a few Taoists here, and then Liu Siyong asked them to get up.

After the incense was burned, Liu Siyong asked them to write their names, and then said to them: "You can tell this official now, who else has not stood up, and if they say it, it will also be reduced by one degree." However, it is not permissible to falsely accuse others because of exoneration, otherwise the crime will be increased by one degree. ”

Liu Siyong looked down and said, "Of course, you can also confess your guilt, if it is true, the reward for innocence will be reduced, and the guilt will be reduced." ”

Looking at the hesitant appearance of the Taoist people around him, Liu Siyong persuaded them, this time they came to save the reputation of Tibet, if these Taoist people who violated the precepts could not be punished, then the ancestors of the past generations of Guizang had a spirit in the sky, wouldn't they be indignant all day long.

Of course, Liu Siyong also allowed it, the disciple is the master and the hidden teacher, but he is not a disciple, if he does not report it, it can be regarded as a crime.

After Liu Siyong finished speaking, he said to the disciples of Guizang: "If you want to inherit the thousand-year-old inheritance for Guizang, take the initiative to say it, lest when the swords and soldiers are together, this hiding palace will become a Shura field." ”

The disciples hesitated for a long time, and the first person to confess his guilt did not care about anything in order to reduce his sentence.

"Senior Brother Zhiguang, you still don't admit your guilt until now?"

When that Zhiguang heard this, he hurriedly said, "Senior Brother Zhou, this, this, you can't wronged a good person." ”

"My lord, this person has been involved in this matter with me, my lord, Poor Dao has definitely not falsely accused him."

Liu Siyong looked around and said, "Is this true?" ”

"My lord, I can testify to this matter, and my master is indeed not involved in this matter."

Liu Siyong looked at the person who told Zhiguang, and this person hurriedly said, "My lord, I can confront him in this matter." ”

So this Senior Brother Zhou confronted the disciple of Zhiguang, and finally Senior Brother Zhou exposed the lie of this disciple, and said proudly to Liu Siyong: "Master Lin, Poor Dao has already felt the past wrong, and he will never do things in his heart." ”

Liu Siyong nodded, asked Zhiguang to be escorted up, and asked people to write down that Zhiguang refused to admit to death, and the crime was added to the first degree.

As for the disciple who helped Zhiguang come out, he was the first to be ten.

When Liu Siyong was walking the cane, he said to the disciples who returned to Tibet: "It is naturally good to kiss and hide, but concealment is not fake, you can not expose your master, but you can't do perjury, this is a lesson." Okay, let's move on. ”

With this beginning, more than 30 more people were involved.

During this period, some people took the initiative to confess, but Liu Siyong ignored them, just told them that there was only one chance, and they didn't use it earlier, but now it's too late.

After everyone didn't speak, Liu Siyong looked at the hundred people in front of him and said with emotion: "It's really amazing that there are so many small people in the thousand-year-old faction. ”

Liu Siyong asked these people to be handcuffed, and then took them to the top of the canyon, Liu Siyong asked them to set up camp, and then asked the people of the Xiang army to inform the people in the nearby county that three days later, he would punish these unscrupulous people in front of the ancestors of the past dynasties.

The governor also woke up from his anger at this time, and said to Liu Siyong: "Master Lin, this seems to be a little inappropriate? ”

"What's wrong?"

"If this is exposed in front of everyone, not only will it be difficult for these Taoists to live, but it will also be difficult for the women who have stayed in the induction room to steal their lives."

"And what does the Governor think should be?"

"If a big thing is a small thing, let's just say that these Taoists colluded with Wei Wei."

"Then they don't have a chance to live."

"Does the Bachelor really want to condemn them?"

Liu Siyong nodded and told the governor that he couldn't keep his word, and the governor told Liu Siyong that he would have to carry this notoriety, and Liu Siyong could rest assured.

When Liu Siyong heard this, he told the governor that he still had some things to ask those Taoists, and hoped that the governor could give him some time.

The governor said yes, and Liu Siyong called a few people from the Zhizi generation and asked them about Le Qiong's whereabouts.

They all said that they did look for it that day, but they couldn't find where Le Qiong went, and the disciples who were going to plot against Le Qiong that day all died under the sword of the second daughter, which was also the main reason why Xuande wanted to harm Liu Siyong.

Xuande said that they couldn't find Le Qiong and the others, Liu Siyong would never let go of Guizang, and it was better to preemptively strike than to be controlled by others, so he planned to kill Liu Siyong several times.

"How did that guard of mine mess up with you?"

"Qi Qi Lin Gongzi, your guard found the first head first, what they talked about, we don't know, the first head just told us that this person can be trusted."

Seeing that they didn't know much, Liu Siyong patted them on the shoulder and told them that he would let them survive when the time came.

Liu Siyong found the governor, and the governor said to Liu Siyong: "Master Lin, have you said hello?" ”

"Alright."

The governor nodded, and after dinner in the evening, Liu Siyong asked the governor if there was a way, and the governor told Liu Siyong: "Naturally, I persuaded them to seek relief as soon as possible for the sake of the future of the sect and the reputation of returning to Tibet." ”

"What if someone doesn't want to be free?"

"Master Lin, now that I don't want to, I have to be willing."

"It's better to ask them first, so that no one will suspect them at that time."

The governor nodded, let Liu Siyong rest, after Liu Siyong fell asleep, between being half awake and half asleep, he seemed to hear wailing and screaming.

The next day, when Liu Siyong was having breakfast, he said to the governor: "Last night, did Wei Wei want to escape?" ”

The governor was stunned for a moment, then looked back and said to Liu Siyong: "My lord is right, it is true that some Wei rebels want to escape, but the legal net is restored and not leaked, and they just lost their lives in vain." ”

When Liu Siyong heard this, he asked the governor to send someone to call the person who was now in charge of Guizang.

"Bachelor, the lower officials think that it is better for us to go down in person."

"What if there is a conflict?"

Liu Siyong's rhetorical question made it difficult for the governor to answer, and when the time came, the blood of the real killing would be like a river, and the saint would definitely not praise them for doing a good job.

The governor asked the acting abbot and a few elders to be invited, and after the elders arrived and sat down, Liu Siyong sighed and told them: "Alas, those people sent by you have already felt the past wrong, and know that they have accidentally boarded the thief ship of Wei Rebellious, and it will be difficult to atone for their sins, so in order not to implicate you, they chose to leave last night by autopsy. ”

When these people heard this, they couldn't believe it at all, and an elder said to Liu Siyong, "Master Lin, didn't you say that they can reduce the wait?" ”

"May I ask this Dao Master, is there a way to survive this collusion with Wei Rebellion?"

When the Taoist chief was about to say something, the acting abbot thanked Liu Siyong and said, "Thank you Master Lin for the thousand-year-old reputation of our sect, this matter must have passed like this." ”

Liu Siyong looked at this person with some surprise, and said to this person: "Yes, this matter, even if it is over, I hope that your faction will not repeat the mistakes of the past, this time, many people in your faction have been robbed." ”

"All of us should abide by the rules and precepts, and this will never happen."

Liu Siyong nodded and asked the abbot to stay and wait until two days later to testify for them.

On the day of the trial, many people came to see the excitement, Liu Siyong stood on the high platform, looked at the crowd around him, and found an acquaintance.

Liu Siyong thought to himself, there must be many people in the Ghost Mansion to inquire about this matter, if he really wants to target the Ghost Mansion, he will definitely find someone to pretend to, and then wait for them to take the bait.

"Take the prisoner."

The governor suddenly gave an order, Liu Siyong looked at the governor in surprise, and soon saw Xiang Jun pressing a group of Taoists and walking up, this group of Taoist priests all had their hair scattered and covered their faces so that people could not see clearly.

Liu Siyong was about to ask what was going on, but the governor said to Liu Siyong: "Master Lin, this is Concubine Ping's secret order. Please sit here for the time being, and let the Governor deal with it. ”

Liu Siyong realized that he was still in the calculations of these people, he smiled bitterly, thinking that he boasted that he had no last resort, but he didn't expect that he was also calculated.

So far, he could only watch the Governor perform.