Traveling through the Republic of China, I married a dead person

Early in the morning, Su Bai sent Kong Dai away.

Life nowadays is so weird. Even when seeing someone off, people don’t stand at the door to see them off, but walk through the cave entrance instead.

After seeing Kong Dai off, Su Bai went down into the tunnel. The widening of the tunnel had been completed, and the support of the walls on both sides and the top of the cave was also nearly half completed.

Only then did Su Bai discover that the entrance to the cave was only separated from the basement of the Confucius Mansion by a wall.

The exit of the cave was in the south room of the front yard of Li's mansion. After walking out of the south room, Su Bai looked specifically at the big locust tree in the backyard, but Adjutant Feng was not on the tree.

The winter solstice had passed, and although the trees were big, they were bare and could not hide anyone. Upon asking, it was discovered that, including yesterday, Adjutant Feng had never hidden in the trees. Instead, he first climbed the tree and then went onto the roof of the backyard of Li's residence.

Still on the roof at this time.

After Su Bai came back from Li's Mansion, he asked Zi Yan if she had ever been to Dongtian Temple. Zi Yan told Su Bai that although she had never been there, she knew how to get there.

There is a stone staircase leading to Dongtian Temple at the foot of Beishan Mountain, which everyone in Longxing knows.

"Come on, let's go to Dongtian Temple."

When going to Dongtian Temple, Su Bai can only take Zi Yan with him. Compared with so many people around him, Zi Yan is still the one Su Bai trusts the most.

She didn't even tell Gao Hu, she only told him that she was going to Li's house.

Su Bai specially took a set of clothes that Zi Yan usually wore, went into the backyard of the Li Mansion and changed into them, then went out of the back door of the Li Mansion with Zi Yan.

When they were near the north gate, Su Bai specifically asked Zi Yan to go to the north gate first to see if there were any guards guarding the gate.

Everything went smoothly. Ever since Yang Huasen's troops were defeated and the guards at the North Gate were withdrawn, no guard posts were set up at the North Gate anymore, and the same went for the East Gate and the South Gate.

Dongtian Temple is not far away. You can see it by walking up a long stone staircase and over a small hill.

Dongtian Temple is located in the hinterland between two mountain peaks. Looking down from the mountain, it is neither big nor small. Su Bai cannot tell whether these houses are palaces or halls. He only knows that this is a complex of buildings composed of several courtyards of different sizes.

In comparison, Zi Yan knew more than Su Bai. At least she knew that the gate of Dongtian Temple was called the Mountain Gate.

Zi Yan told Su Bai that today was neither the first nor the fifteenth day of the lunar month, and few people came to burn incense, so the mountain gate was closed.

The two men walked down the steps and came to the tightly closed mountain gate and knocked on it. A young monk in his teens came to open the door. After Su Bai gave his name, after a while, an old monk in his fifties came out, surrounded by seven or eight monks.

"This is the first time that the eldest young lady has visited our temple. Huijing is late in welcoming her. I hope that the young lady will forgive me. Amitabha..."

Su Bai quickly returned the greeting: "I am sorry for disturbing you by coming here."

To be honest, Su Bai came in a hurry. After meeting the abbot named Huijing, he didn't know what to say. He didn't know what the rules of this temple were, and suddenly became restrained.

Fortunately, the abbot seemed to have noticed something. He first took Su Bai to burn incense, and then invited Su Bai to sit in his meditation room.

The abbot was very talkative, which gradually made Su Bai feel less embarrassed. He knew that after Mr. Kong passed away, the Kong Mansion was run by the eldest young lady.

During the master's funeral, it was the abbot who brought the disciples of Dongtian Temple down the mountain to perform the rituals. He had met Su Bai.

"Is there any hidden meaning behind the way Young Madam dresses?" The abbot noticed something strange in Su Bai's attire.

"Well...something happened in the Kong Mansion." Su Bai simply said, "The master gave the Kong Mansion to me, but it was forcibly taken away by the third master a few days ago. Now I have separated from the other branches of the Kong Mansion."

The abbot stroked his long beard and said, "I already know about this matter."

Su Bai was surprised. Huijing lived in the mountains, but he actually knew about what happened in the Confucius Mansion not long ago?

This monk is not simple.

This made Su Bai begin to suspect that the second wife's speculation that she was trying to cheat him out of 500 yuan might really be true.

"What do you think about this matter, Madam? Can't you let it go?" asked the abbot.

"I've let it go." Su Bai said to him with a smile. In fact, she had long wanted to stop getting involved in the disputes in the Kong Mansion. What they were fighting for were nothing more than the Kong Mansion's properties that could not be brought with them when they were born or taken with them when they died. Now that they had all been handed over to them, she felt relieved and could live a peaceful life.

"I'm afraid the young lady is not so willing?" After the abbot said this slightly impolite remark, he began to praise Su Bai. In his opinion, no matter whether he could let it go or not, since he had already handed over the property to them, it was a relief and a release.

He also praised Su Bai, saying that it was not easy to achieve this, and praised Su Bai for his kindness and good nature, which had long been passed on by word of mouth among the people of Longxing. As he spoke, he also said that Su Bai had wisdom and a connection with Buddha.

Oh my god, Su Bai felt a chill down his spine when he heard this. Does this mean he wants to become a monk?

Hui Jing changed the subject and began to tell Su Bai about the past, the history of the temple, how Master Kong funded the expansion of Dongtian Temple, how the golden statue was rebuilt, and how...

In short, Su Bai understood that Mr. Kong spent a lot of money on Dongtian Temple during his lifetime.

However, Huijing finally said something that no one else dared to say, saying that Mr. Kong was too murderous during his lifetime. Even though he did so many good deeds for Dongtian Temple, he was unable to atone for his sins and eventually died young.

However, in addition to performing rituals for the master at the Kong family's funeral, he also often performed rituals to pray for the master's soul after returning to Dongtian Temple. He had already found comfort in his conscience.

"Has the Buddha forgiven the sins I committed in my lifetime?" Su Bai asked a question that he wasn't even sure made any sense or not. He just kept listening to the abbot talking without saying a word, and felt a little uncomfortable.

The abbot was stunned for a moment after hearing Su Bai's sudden question, and then replied, "I guess so."

"That's good, that's good." Su Bai said.

Bullshit, what does this murderous demon have to do with me?

Even the abbot who had spent a lot of his money said that he was deeply sinful. Su Bai realized that compared with the brutality of Kong Chen and Kong Li, Master Kong was obviously even worse.

Not knowing whether he should lie in front of the abbot, Su Bai lied anyway.

She lied that she had heard all these things from the master, and that the master had also told her to come to Dongtian Temple more often when she had time in the future, burn incense, and see if there was anything he could do to help.

I say all this just to introduce what I want to know most.

But this matter cannot be said openly. If the abbot of Dongtian Temple does not know where the master's treasure is hidden, it would be bad to tell him the truth.

"Hmm..." Su Bai hesitated and said, "The master said that he always regarded the abbot as a confidant and told him everything. The master said a few words to me before he died. I wonder if Master can help me solve my doubts?"

The abbot leaned forward slightly and said, "Please speak, benefactor."

"He said, Dongtian Temple..." Su Bai said, looking at the abbot's expression.

"Just these three words?" asked the abbot.

Su Bai nodded, but before he could finish saying these three words, the master passed away.

The abbot shook his head: "Young Madam didn't tell the truth, did she?"