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

Just after 9 o'clock in the morning, Xiao Wei ran to tell Su Bai that the monk had been caught.

Su Bai followed Xiao Wei and quickly came to the small courtyard next to Li's mansion.

As soon as I entered the room, I saw a young monk, about seventeen or eighteen years old, sitting on the ground with his eyes covered by a black cloth and his hands tied behind his back.

In order not to reveal her female identity, Su Bai took a stack of paper and a pen, wrote the questions she wanted to ask on the paper, and let Xu Tianyi ask the questions.

Su Bai saw that there were still traces of tears on the little monk's cheeks.

"Boss," Xu Tianyi pointed at the little monk's face, "This little monk's six senses are not pure yet, he still has joy, anger, sorrow and happiness!"

Su Bai frowned and glared at Xu Tianyi, signaling him not to bully others.

"Tell me, what's your name?" Xu Tianyi asked after taking the note written by Su Bai.

"My name is Jueyuan."

Xu Tianyi immediately retorted: "Are you a real monk? You should say that my Buddhist name is Jueyuan!"

Su Bai raised his leg and kicked Xu Tianyi to tell him to shut up.

"Just answer whatever I ask you. As long as you tell the truth, I will let you go back!" Xu Tianyi read the note.

The little monk nodded repeatedly.

Su Bai handed over the next piece of paper.

The interrogation of the young monk turned into an interrogation. Jueyuan seemed to want to tell outsiders what happened in the temple. For many questions, Su Bai only wrote an introduction, but he could answer them with a long paragraph.

Very cooperative.

By constantly writing notes and asking Xu Tianyi to ask questions, he finally figured out roughly what happened in Dongtian Temple.

The most precious treasure of Dongtian Temple is a set of Buddhist scriptures. It is said that it is a copy of the "Great Bodhisattva Sutra" translated and brought back by Master Xuanzang during his journey to the West in search of Buddhist teachings during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty. Although it is not the handwriting of Master Xuanzang, it was copied by Master Kuiji, a disciple of Master Xuanzang, and is extremely precious.

All the monks in the temple know the existence of this temple treasure, but only the abbot Huijing knows where it is stored.

Abbot Huijing had three direct disciples, Zhixing, Zhihe and Zhiyuan. They might also know it, but they are not sure, and everyone is just guessing.

Years ago, on the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, a group of foreign monks broke into the Dongtian Temple, coming for the set of scriptures in the temple.

They threatened to kill all the monks in the temple and forced Abbot Huijing to hand over the treasure.

If Abbot Huijing doesn't tell them where the treasure is, they will kill one person a day.

On the night after killing the first person, Abbot Huijing passed away in his meditation room.

Among the monks in Dongtian Temple, those with the highest generation name are those with the surname Hui, and there is only one abbot, Huijing. Next are those with the surname Zhi and those with the surname Zi, and the lowest is those with the surname Jue.

There are only three disciples of Master Huijing in the Zhi generation, but they have always followed their master's orders to study Buddhism everywhere, and sometimes they only come back once every few years.

It was also a coincidence that on the day of the Chinese New Year, Master Huijing's second disciple Zhihe returned.

So, this group of people used the same method to force Zhihe to tell them the whereabouts of the treasure, and Master Zhihe also committed suicide.

After Master Zhihe committed suicide, only one disciple of the Zi generation and four disciples of the Jue generation were left in the temple.

The four disciples with the character "Jue" in their names are all brothers, and Zici of the generation with the character "Zi" in their names is their master.

Later, several fellow disciples found out that Master Zici had known these foreign monks for a long time, and that these people were not monks but bandits.

After the bandits dug the Dongtian Temple upside down without any results, they decided to stay in the temple and wait for Master Huijing's eldest disciple Zhixing and third disciple Zhiyuan to return.

The bandit leader blocked the news and impersonated Abbot Huijing.

"We blocked the news and yet they still let you go down the mountain to buy vegetables?" This time, Xu Tianyi asked directly without using Su Bai's note.

"They took my mother to the temple." Jueyuan said, tears flowing again.

"Look, am I wrong when I say that your six senses are not pure? Aren't you monks free from all worries? You have so many concerns..." Before Xu Tianyi could finish his words, Su Bai kicked him hard.

It was roughly understood that it was this monk named Zici and Tang Sanwa who joined forces to occupy the Dongtian Temple.

Tang Sanwa should have been instructed by Kong Li.

These warlords and bandits were more or less in collusion with each other. Kong Dai once told himself that some of the shady things that Mr. Kong did in the past were done by the boss of Panlong Cave.

I guess this is also the relationship between Tang Sanwa and Kong Li.

The reason they dared to let Jueyuan out to buy groceries was because they took Jueyuan's mother as a hostage.

"How often do Master Huijing's three disciples return to Dongtian Temple?" Xu Tianyi asked after taking the note written by Su Baixin.

"At least one year, at most several years." Jueyuan said that he had not been in Dongtian Temple for long. The first master of the Zhi generation he met was Zhihe who came back during the Chinese New Year and ended up committing suicide.

He had never met Master Huijing's eldest disciple Zhixing and third disciple Zhiyuan. According to Master Zici, these two people had been away for two or three years and should be back soon.

Are these bandits just going to stay in the temple and wait for these two monks who have no idea when they will return?

It's a bit ridiculous.

On second thought, it makes sense. At least their life in the temple is better and more stable than in Honghuagou. In addition to receiving offerings and donations from time to time, they also have Kong Li as their strong backer.

With food and drink, you no longer have to risk your life to rob people.

It seems that the treasure of Dongtian Temple has nothing to do with Mr. Confucius’ gold bars.

What did Confucius need this set of scriptures for?

Su Bai immediately understood. This set of scriptures has been passed down from the Tang Dynasty to the present, and they are the handwriting of Master Xuanzang's disciples. They are priceless.

Of course Confucius etiquette is necessary.

In Kong Li's heart, all the mountains, rivers, grasses, trees, old and young, and fathers and mothers within the Three Dragons Land belong to him.

He is the king, he is the sky.

If Kong Li just wanted to get this set of scriptures, at least it had nothing to do with him.

However, Su Bai had a new question. According to the time mentioned by Monk Jueyuan, the action of Tang Sanwa and others breaking into Dongtian Temple happened after the Second Wife revealed to Kong Li the word "Dong" that the master said before his death.

If he wanted to steal the scriptures, he should have done it a long time ago, why did he do it at this time?

Is it another coincidence?

Su Bai looked at the watch. It was ten o'clock.

Fortunately, there was enough time.

Relevant preparations were made before the action. If the captured monk cooperated, not only would his life be spared, but he would also be allowed to return to Dongtian Temple safely.

Therefore, early this morning, Su Bai asked Gao Hu to buy some more vegetables, potatoes and tofu from the market.

Now, it comes in handy.

The monk Jueyuan was given a shoulder pole filled with the extra vegetables, and after being sent out of the north gate in a horse-drawn carriage, he was allowed to carry the pole back by himself.

"Just pretend that what happened today never happened. Don't tell anyone, otherwise, you and your mother will be in danger!" Xu Tianyi said.

Jueyuan nodded repeatedly in agreement.

Gao Hu had already delivered the vegetables to the backyard of the Confucius Mansion. Xiao Wei brought a few people to carry them to the courtyard and began to put the vegetables into Jueyuan's basket.

When Su Bai turned around and was about to leave, Jue Yuan suddenly asked, "Do you... also want the gold bars hidden in Dongtian Temple?"