From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 1202

Late at night, in the residential area of ​​the silk processing workshop, the densely packed houses were squeezed out into a small teahouse.

Zhou Yuan looked at the map of Yining City and finally locked his sights on the temple at the northernmost edge of the city.

Zhang Fei said at the right time: "The Ili Jinding Temple was built 210 years ago, and it cost a lot of manpower and material resources. It was abandoned about 70 or 80 years ago and was renovated last year."

"In order to preach here, five golden Buddhas were transported from U-Tsang. It took half a year to transport them. This shows how much they value this place."

"The effect is good. The Jinding Temple has a considerable influence here and has become a well-known temple."

Zhou Yuan said in a deep voice: "So, how did the Inner Court get involved?"

Zhang Fei said: "The Inner Court came to Ili in early February this year, lurking very deep here, established contact with the White Mountain Sect, and began to collect intelligence on the Black Mountain Sect."

"But they didn't know in advance that the U-Tsang side had sent a group of monks here, and they didn't take precautions in advance. They were discovered and their base was eventually found."

"Fortunately, they have always been cautious in doing things. They designed a redundant mechanism at the beginning, so they escaped a quarter of an hour before they were surrounded and killed."

"Yining City is not small. With enemies everywhere, the Inner Court still can't find a place to stay."

"At the moment of life and death, the branch officer Ye Qingying was very bold and directly proposed a plan to change homes and kill the monks' lair."

"In order to be foolproof, the monks almost used all their masters. The defense of Jinding Temple was empty and was attacked by Ye Qingying and others."

Zhou Yuan said: "How many people are there in the Inner Court here?"

Zhang Fei thought for a while before saying: "Uncertain information, about twenty years old, it is not ruled out that there are secret agents who arrived in advance. This is top secret, and the head of Zhuang refused to tell me."

Zhou Yuan expressed his understanding. For any intelligence organization, secret agents are top secret and it is impossible to tell others.

Zhang Fei came in a hurry and only contacted the head of Zhuang when he was in Shenjing. The situation was not urgent at that time, and it was normal for the other party not to say it.

"How did more than 20 people defend the Jinding Temple? If the monks counterattack, it will be ruined."

Zhou Yuan expressed his doubts.

Zhang Fei said: "As I said just now, Jinding Temple has a long history and is heavy, and the cost of repair is extremely high. There are also five golden Buddhas."

"The Inner Court Division threatened the safety of the temple and forced the monks to not dare to attack by force, so they barely held on until now."

Zhou Yuan frowned and said: "To protect the temple, they dare not attack by force? This reason is a bit far-fetched."

Zhang Fei smiled bitterly and said: "It is said that among the five golden Buddhas, two have flesh Buddhas inside, which were left by the Supreme Living Buddha over there. The monks mainly care about this."

Zhou Yuan shook his head and said: "No, in essence... the lives of more than 20 people in the Inner Court Division are not as good as these golden Buddhas."

"As long as the monks control the Inner Court Division from leaving the temple, they have achieved their goal. This will prevent the Inner Court Division from doing anything, and they can also use this group of inner guards to fish."

"They have succeeded, and we, as fish, have come."

Guan Lu frowned and said: "How do you solve the problem of food and water?"

Zhang Fei said: "Jinding Temple plus the 60-person monk group, a total of more than 100 People generally store food for half a month to a month. Those naan breads can be stored for a long time. It is enough for the more than 20 people in the inner court. "

"As for water, there are four large wells in the temple, so there is no shortage of it."

At this point, he sighed and said, "The monks are keeping a close eye on the Jinding Temple. We sent people to try and find out, but they couldn't get close at all, let alone rescue them."

"Now they are waiting for us to take the bait. After all, the food will be consumed and the inner court will soon be unable to hold on."

Guan Lu couldn't help but said, "Aren't they afraid that the inner court will destroy all the Buddha statues before they run out of money?"

Zhou Yuan said, "They don't need to worry about these. They know best how much food they have stored. They will launch a general attack in the final stage. At that time, there will be no other way but to go all out."

"During this period, they must try to persuade them to surrender."

"On the one hand, persuade them to surrender, on the other hand, fish, and slowly wait for the opportunity."

At this point, Zhou Yuan was silent.

He thought for a long time before saying, "The monks know very well that we will come to rescue them, so they haven't reached the point of breaking the jar and throwing it all away, but...if we continue to drag it out, I'm afraid both sides will lose patience."

He looked at Zhang Fei and said in a deep voice, "We must immediately find the secret agent of the Inner Court Department to understand the situation here more deeply and find a way to rescue them."

"Send people to teahouses in various places to submit manuscripts tomorrow and let storytellers tell "Journey to the West."

"Then wait for the secret agent of the Inner Court Department to contact us."

Zhang Fei immediately said, "I will do it tomorrow morning. As long as the storyteller givesMoney, they are willing to say anything, just need the text. "

Zhou Yuan said: "I will write it and give it to your people before leaving tomorrow morning."

"Let's do it!"

Zhang Fei said, and then wondered: "No matter how we collect information, no matter what hidden stakes we find, we can't escape one problem after all, that is, we have to go to Jinding Temple to rescue the inner guards, this is the key to the difficulty."

Zhou Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "If I can't think of this method, how can I fight with them?"

"Go and do your thing, I will notify the action when the time comes."

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "With the master's words, we are all relieved."

Several people retreated, even Xiaoying went to the inner room to rest, and Guan Lu began to grind ink for Zhou Yuan.

While grinding, he said: "The monks of sixty people are highly skilled in martial arts, but the other party cannot have only these means. ”

“There may be traps, crossbows, or even explosives and muskets in certain places. It is definitely unrealistic to force your way in.”

“You can only rely on strategies, but there is not much room for design.”

“From the intelligence, this group of sixty monks is intelligent. It is definitely not possible to lure the tiger away from the mountain.”

“We have to think of other ways. The key point is the interaction between the sixty monks and the outside world.”

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, “You are really a genius. Yes, people are not made of iron. People need to interact with the outside world. After all, they need to eat, drink, defecate and urinate.”

“So you have to find out as soon as possible who is supplying food and clean water to these monks surrounding the temple, and how they are supplied. We need to find a breakthrough from these places.”

“The other party’s precautions in this regard must be very strict, and they may even have arranged anti-reconnaissance personnel. You must be cautious when you infiltrate.”

Guan Lu said, “I understand, but if this road is blocked, it may be difficult. "

Zhou Yuan also fell into deep thought.

If the food supply route is blocked, how can we rescue the second senior sister?

Zhou Yuan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he couldn't help laughing.

He said softly: "It doesn't matter, let's check the food supply first. If it doesn't work, I'll think of other ways."