As soon as Yang Jin finished speaking, the soldiers were about to rush forward.

Unfortunately, the distance is too far, and it is harder to recover the statue than to climb to the sky.

Yang Jin beat his chest and stamped his feet, then closed his eyes. He really didn't want to witness the statue being destroyed with his own eyes.

"Murder!"

The terrified sound reached everyone's eardrums.

When Yang Jin opened his eyes, he saw Xiao Jingzhou and the statue of the goddess standing side by side on the altar.

The men who had wanted to push down the statue earlier were now lying under the altar, spitting blood and dying with their eyes open.

When Yang Jin saw the bloodstains on the statue, he instantly understood Xiao Jingzhou's intention of drawing his sword.

He murmured, "Your Highness, this is because we already knew someone would want to destroy the statue!"

"Everybody, look!"

...

...

"The prince killed someone!"

"Isn't it said that the prince is kind and benevolent? Who is this murderous maniac?"

"Is this the prince?"

The people stopped destroying the temple and voices of doubt arose one after another.

Xiao Jingzhou's eyes were as sharp as torches as he stood on the altar, looking down at everyone.

He saw several unfriendly faces and carefully memorized their appearances.

"Your Highness, are you going to protect this plague god and massacre all the people in the city?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the anger of the people was instantly ignited.

Neither severe drought nor major disasters could take their lives.

If you want to die under the ice blade, you might as well resist. Maybe you can still have a chance of survival.

Xiao Jingzhou said: "What was the situation in Zhiyi City a month ago, and what is the situation now?

You eat the food given by the goddess and drink the river water sent by the goddess.

There is a plague rampant in the city, and the goddess has not yet given you medicine, but you want to destroy the temple.

Such an ungrateful group of people are not even as good as the grass and trees in the countryside!

I believe that the goddess will not abandon Yicheng!

Please also believe in the Goddess. ”

Xiao Jingzhou's words were powerful and struck deeply into the hearts of the people.

Many people were instigated and began to destroy temples without thinking.

After listening to Xiao Jingzhou's words, he began to think.

Seeing the regret revealed on the faces of the people.

Some people began to feel uneasy, fearing that Xiao Jingzhou would persuade the people.

“The prince killed people.

And they want to put the blame on us.

We cannot afford to bear this crime! ”

Yang Jin was worried that the situation could not be controlled, so he quickly asked Qi Hou to leave the temple from the back hall and go to the army to gather soldiers.

"You are all confused!"

An old man with a white beard, holding a little boy's hand, struggled to squeeze into the temple.

The old man said with great sorrow: “The gods gave us water and food, and also gave us magical objects to cure diseases.

If there were no gods, you ungrateful people would have been ripped open by Guanyin's clay long ago.

He still has the energy to act recklessly in the temple! ”

The man in gray saw the old man standing up to say something nice, and fearing that it might ruin things, he quickly opened his mouth to stop him.

"Old man, if you keep talking nonsense, be careful of this plague god, it will take your life!"

The boy held the old man's hand and shrank behind him out of fear.

The old man touched the boy’s head lovingly and said, “Don’t be afraid!

The goddess is a good fairy, and His Highness is also a good man.

Good people will be rewarded! ”

The old man hit a dead body with his cane.

The dead body's face was facing the crowd.

The old man hunched over and said excitedly, "I hope everyone will not forget this face!"

Before anyone could say anything, the old man hit the corpse again.

"This man was once a horse bandit. He had three fingers chopped off for stealing the bandit leader's money."

Everyone looked at the dead body's hands and saw that the right hand was indeed missing three fingers.

"You actually believe in such a person. Can't you believe in the goddess again?"

Xiao Jingzhou looked down at the old man's back and suddenly felt that although the old man's back was bent, his soul was straighter than that of any young man.

Miss Jiang, I am not the only one who remembers your kind act.

The people surrounding the temple began to have different voices.

"yes!"

“Why don’t we believe in the goddess, but believe in the horse bandits?

"Are we all possessed? We actually want to destroy the temple?"

"Hurry, hurry, kneel down and pray to the gods, asking for their forgiveness."

The common people knelt down one after another, and the dozen or so men standing there looked particularly awkward.

Xiao Jingzhou gave an order.

“Catch them!”

The people were busy praying to God for forgiveness and didn't pay any attention to what Xiao Jingzhou said.

Yang Jin and his men quickly captured most of the people.

"Be quiet! Go in!"

Yang Jin took people to the backyard of the temple.

Xiao Jingzhou turned his back with his hands behind his back.

Hearing the noise, he turned and looked at the men.

Lu Chen asked sternly, "Tell me! Who sent you to cause trouble?"

Several men looked at Xiao Jingzhou without saying a word, with disdainful smiles on their faces.

Yang Jin found something wrong and wanted to go forward to check the situation.

I saw several people with black blood flowing out of their mouths and falling to the ground with a bang.

The soldiers checked and shook their heads at Yang Jin.

Yang Jin said in annoyance: "They are all dead, not a single one is left alive.

It’s all my fault. I was too careless! ”

He originally thought that it was the common people causing trouble, and even if they were caught by the bandits, it would not be difficult to interrogate them.

But I didn't expect that these people would actually bite their tongues to commit suicide.

Seeing this, Xiao Jingzhou said calmly, "There are still five people who have escaped. I hope General Yang can arrest them as soon as possible."

Yang Jin didn't expect that there was still a fish caught in the net. He clasped his fists and accepted the order, then led the soldiers to withdraw from the backyard of the temple.

The grandfather and grandson, who had just spoken for the goddess, walked up to Xiao Jingzhou and kowtowed.

Xiao Jingzhou quickly helped the man up.

"Old man, please get up quickly."

The old man's eyes were wet and his face was full of guilt.

He said: "Your Highness, the people were instigated by the bad guys to do such stupid things.

Now they know they were wrong.

I hope Your Highness will plead with the gods and not blame me. ”

Xiao Jingzhou asked: "How did the old man know that the man was a horse bandit?"

The old man sighed and said, "That's my youngest son, he has done many evil things.

When he was young, the common people failed to educate him well.

Now it’s better to be dead! ”

After the old man said this, he took the boy out of the backyard of the temple.

Looking at the backs of the two, Xiao Jingzhou ordered: "Have someone take good care of this pair of grandparents and send more food over."

Lu Chen nodded: "Yes."

There was quite a commotion in the temple, the bodies were cleared out and the curtains were stained with blood.

In many places, there are still traces of fire.

The bloodstains on the white porcelain statue were very jarring to Xiao Jingzhou's eyes.

He ordered, "Go get some quick water. I need to wipe the body of the idol!"

Several buckets of water were quickly brought into the temple.

Xiao Jingzhou rolled up his sleeves, picked up a clean cloth, soaked it, and wrung it dry.

Lu Chen whispered, "Your Highness, why don't you leave it to your subordinates?"

Xiao Jingzhou stretched out the cloth and said, "No, I will clean up the filth myself for the gods."

His God is holy and cannot be tainted by dirt.

Lu Chen did not dare to refuse his wish, so he had to shut up and step aside, waiting for instructions to change the cloth.

Xiao Jingzhou stood on the altar with a pious look.

With his bony hands, he grasped a clean cloth and gently wiped away the bloodstains and blood beads on the statue.

Just as he wiped it clean and was about to jump off the altar.

A glimmer of golden light flashed from the bag that Lu Chen was holding.

Lu Chen said excitedly, his voice almost breaking.

"Your Highness, the gods have replied!"