Cihang Jingzhai.
Holding the letter in her hand, Fan Qinghui raised her head and looked toward the Imperial Tread Peak before her.
She did not know why her sect had summoned her back at this time. Could something have happened within the sect?
To be honest, Fan Qinghui did not want to return to her sect at this time, because her mission had made no progress whatsoever so far. On the contrary, it had caused quite a few losses.
Although Fan Qinghui had made considerable efforts, the eminent monks of Jingnian Zen Temple had ultimately still been found guilty and sent to Siberia to plant potatoes.
Not only that, after that, the Great Han court conducted an inspection of Jingnian Zen Temple and uncovered numerous illegal acts. These included altering land usage without authorization—the eminent monks of Jingnian Zen Temple had actually allowed some civilians to farm the land surrounding the sect, without declaring it or paying taxes. What was more, the grain those farmers produced had to be handed over to Jingnian Zen Temple rather than purchased uniformly by the state granaries!
In Fan Qinghui's view, this was hardly a major issue, but the Great Han apparently did not see it that way. Jingnian Zen Temple was directly stripped of its qualifications, and most of its eminent monks were found guilty and imprisoned. Furthermore, after investigating Jingnian Zen Temple, Great Han constables also discovered Buddhist shrines and scripture-chanting rooms within.
Thus, Jingnian Zen Temple gained another charge: "spreading an illegal religion without authorization."
Fan Qinghui had never imagined that such seemingly harmless actions could all find corresponding provisions in Great Han law. Though she had tried to appeal and persuade the Great Han officials that Jingnian Zen Temple was not attempting to spread an illegal religion, that this was