The spear blade was approaching, but the monk Xu Zhu seemed quite calm. He just put his hands together and looked at Huang Yun quietly. In his eyes, he felt that there was a pool of frozen lake water in his eyes, and there was no trace of ripples.

"Aren't you afraid?"

The monk Xuzhu said the Buddha's name and then replied: "There is the Tao that Bodhi is originally without a tree, and the mirror is not a platform. There is nothing originally, so where can dust be caused? The general came with a knife and killed me, but I just sent me to the Western Paradise early; if I don't kill me, the Buddha told me that I still need to save all living beings before I can go west. In this case, why should I be afraid?"

This verse by the Sixth Patriarch Huineng was very famous in later generations. Almost every netizen knew that this sentence was full of Zen. However, in this era, since the Internet has not yet appeared, the popularity of books is also extremely low. Although Huang Yun, who grew up in a place with many Buddhist temples like Tiantai County, felt that this was a bit familiar. He seemed to have heard people say it before, but he could never remember the beginning and end of a monk.

The monk in front of him had a humble look, with a faint smile on his lips, as if he didn't take these weapons seriously at all. However, his junior brothers had their own personalities, and they didn't look like they were discovered. Huang Yun recalled the scene when Yu Guowang's inner man was arrested and killed when he rushed to the city gate the next year. The expressions and expressions of those people seemed to be completely incompatible with these monks.

There are many people in Tiantai County who believe in Buddhism. Here the Qing army surrounded these monks. Although the people around him dared not lean too far, most of them looked at each other. There was only a man selling chariots and carrying a cart to continue walking towards the city under the instructions of an old man who looked like a housekeeper, but occasionally turned his head to look here.

Could it be that I'm overthinking?

Huang Yun thought for a while, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case. Although these monks did not take the precepts, it seemed very abnormal, but if they were really doing it carefully, how could they be so stupid and had such a big mistake?

Suddenly, among the people around him, a man timidly said that he knew the monk in charge. Hearing this, Huang Yun immediately asked the man, but the answer he got was that Xu Zhu was indeed a monk from Wannian Temple, but his master was not famous.

Huang Yun looked at the man who was talking hesitantly. As a military householder who had taken over his father's position since childhood, he had been guarding the city gates since the Chongzhen Dynasty, and it has been more than 20 years since then. He had some impression of the man in front of him. He was a country man who had to go to the city every ten days or half a month to resell between the city and the countryside, or to buy some things on his behalf. This impression was probably a while ago.

This guy shouldn't lie?

The suspicion of his own judgment became more and more serious. At this moment, the people around him and those who had not yet undergone the inspection began to make sounds of conformity. The three of them became tigers, even if Zeng Shen's mother threw herself over the wall and left, let alone Huang Yun?

The more he thought about it, the more he thought it might be that he was thinking too much. Huang Yun looked at the monk Xu Zhu in the lead and felt kind-hearted and solemn. If he had been suspicious on weekdays, Huang Yun would always imprison him directly to watch it. But this time he came with a group of monks, which seemed a bit difficult for him, who had always been filial.

Huang Yun looked at the people who matched him. Some of them didn't know, but some seemed to have seen them before. Maybe they were really wrongly blamed by good people? This idea began to affect Huang Yun's judgment ability, but the time to close the city gate was already here.

Then let's try again for the last time.

"Does this master have a certificate of sanctions?"

The proof of the proof is the identity proof of the monk. However, the issuance of the proof of the proof of the dynasty in all dynasties was itself a kind of business income of the feudal dynasty. Therefore, it often leads to the fact that those who really devote themselves to the Buddha may not necessarily have the certificate of the proof, while some people who do other things through the identity of the monk can afford to buy the certificate of the proof.

This year was the fifth year of Yongli, that is, the eighth year of Shunzhi. This year, the Qing court decided to exempt the silver from paying silver to give the certificate, but when it came to the implementation stage, it immediately turned into a gray income from the relevant yamen. Just like in the Ming Dynasty, military generals could apply for weapons and equipment for free, but when they arrived at the arsenal, they still needed to give the officials of the arsenal to take away the silver money calculated according to the proportion of military equipment they received.

The reason why Huang Yun asked this question was mainly because Monk Xu Zhu seemed to be the word "worry-free" in food and clothing in his early years, at least he didn't look like a hungry person. Although many people became monks and escaped from the world in this troubled era, there is always a reason to ask.

Obviously, when he heard Huang Yun's question, the monk Xu Zhu actually took out a certificate of tribute from his arms. After Huang Yun took it, he came to the minor official who was responsible for collecting taxes and asked him to identify the authenticity of the following words. The minor official looked at the monks in front of him, looked at the certificate of quotations again, and then stuffed the certificate to Huang Yun.

"President Huang, this certificate of tribute is real. But it seems that it is a blank certificate of quotation from a few years ago, and it has only been filled in recently."

Blank certificate?

After receiving the certificate, Huang Yun quickly saw the clues from the differences in the ink records. However, because the certificate is easier to sell, it is not uncommon in the world. Neither the official nor Huang Yun was too concerned.

"I dare to ask this master, you are bringing some little masters into the city and don't know what's going on?" After letting go of most of your worries, Huang Yun planned to ask a few more questions according to his habit. If there is no doubt, let him enter the city.

Hearing this question, the monk said the Buddha's name and then replied: "I am here to avoid disaster."

Next, the monk described his experiences over the past few days to Huang Yun. In the mouth of this monk named Xuzhu, a thief named Chen Wen rushed into Wannian Temple, plundering the food, vegetables, and the indulgence and oil money of the pilgrims. He also forced the monks in the temple to return to the secular world and join the army. In order to make these monks obey orders, they threatened and tempted them to break the precepts. It was like a Buddha's enemy coming to the world.

"When the bandits entered the temple, I and these junior brothers escaped by chance. It was really Amitabha. Although I was martyrdom, the inheritance of Wannian Temple must not be ruined, so I took several junior brothers to the city, hoping that the general would mercy."

After scolding the evil deeds of the Buddha's enemy he mentioned, the monk asked Huang Yun to lead the troops to fight to relieve the disaster of Buddhist disciples in Wannian Temple.

Robbing a temple?

Aren’t the bandits from Dalan Mountain afraid of going to hell?

Such shocking news really shifted the attention of Huang Yun and the Qing soldiers around him. At least in their opinion, even the fierce and vicious evil person would make things difficult for the monks. Offending the Buddha is not a joke.

Wait, it's not right.

Huang Yun suddenly realized something, and hurriedly took care of the monks, and by the way, all the people who were under inspection were bombarded outside the city, and closed the city gate tightly.

The Dalan thief Chen Wen is looting the Buddhist temple and forcing the monks to join the army. Isn’t that just going to cause trouble?

Thinking of this, Huang Yun immediately ran to the military camp in the city, and the guards of the assistant were there. Such important information must be reported immediately, otherwise it is likely that major events will be ruined.

After closing the city gate, Huang Yun and a few soldiers immediately escorted the monks to meet the guards. However, not long after arriving at the military camp, the guards had just asked the matter clearly when news came outside the city that the Ming army was approaching came.

Over the past few days, the Qing army in Zhejiang has been gathering in Ningbo Dinghai, in order to eliminate the Ming army in Zhoushan. Whether it is the magistrate or the garrison in the city, even Huang Yun felt that even if he thought about it with his knees, he could guess that the Ming army in Tiantai Mountain would come out to cause trouble and share the pressure for the Ming army in Zhoushan.

Although Yu Guowang and other Ming troops near Tiantai Mountain were not threatening, the new Dalan thief Chen Wen defeated the ruthless character of the Tibiao Camp last year, and it would be strange if he didn't come out to make trouble.

Hurry up to the city, Huang Yun and the garrison stopped and looked. There were more and more bandits under the banner of the Ming army in the distance, and there were quite a few people, but these people were always divided into two parts, and there seemed to be a gap in the middle to separate them. Because they were carrying artillery, the movement speed of these Ming troops was not very fast until they reached the nearest point, and the two men began to set up their own formations after they paused.

It has been a long time since here. After learning about the news of the Ming army, the magistrate immediately began to organize civilians. At this time, he even rushed to the top of the city in a sedan chair. It was not because he was so brave, but the Ming army in Tiantai Mountain was defeated by the Qing army when he had the inner support. With experience, why didn’t he climb the city to gain a good reputation?

Climbing up to the city wall and reading sages for many years has led to many eyesight being inferior to ordinary people. As soon as I climbed up to the city wall, I saw the face of the guard, and the magistrate immediately felt that the situation was not good.

Looking down from the city, I saw that the Ming army in the distance was divided into two parts along the official road leaving the city. The Ming army on the left side formed a strange square formation, while the Ming army on the right separated the soldiers from each other by a distance, divided them into several rows, and stood on the other side of the road.

In the square array on the left, the sword and shield soldiers are on the outermost layer, with dense spearmen covered during the period, while the bird gunners are distributed at the four corners of the square array, forming four smaller square arrays. At a glance from the top of the city, it feels like a large rectangle, with four small rectangles connected to the four corners.

The formation is strange and the weapons are also strange. In addition to the bird gun, the long spear of the Ming army is far longer than the seven or eight-foot spear used by the Ming and Qing armies in this era, and even a lot longer; the shields of the sword and shield soldiers are also larger than the standard shields. It feels like these sword and shield soldiers are more used to defend rather than break the formation.

However, I was surprised for a moment. After seeing the words written on the flag at 100 or 2 feet behind the formation, all these strange things turned into disdain.

"Yu Guowang, the thief in Tiantai, was humiliated again. He really remembers to eat but not beat him."

The teasing flashed in my mind, and the magistrate turned to the right side. In contrast, the weapons of the Ming army on the right seemed much more messy, including bamboo poles, palladium, long cards, rattan cards, and long spears. The soldiers holding various weapons seemed to be quite uniform.

But that's the case. It's not like the configuration of the strong army he'd seen before, and it's not even as powerful as the formation of the thief Yu Guowang of the Taiwan thief. In the eyes of the magistrate of Tiantai County, only the soldiers' helmets that can see the meaning of the regular army. However, when he noticed the flag, his previous disdain immediately turned into cold sweat and instantly penetrated his body.

In Tiantai County in early August, the heat began to fade gradually, and the rainy weather followed. There were still two hours before nightfall. In the gloomy weather, behind the left wing of the Ming army, the general flag with the words "Qin ordered the general to conquer the enemy, the general officer of Dalanshan, Chen" was fluttering in the wind.

As the time was almost over, Chen Wen, who was under his command, was asked to communicate with Yu Guowang, and ordered to shout to the city head according to the habits of the army in this era, preparing to start siege.
Chapter completed!