The monks' clothing is very simple, even to the point of visible poverty.
He has a beard all over his face, and his neglected beard is messier than weeds. If you scratch it a little, you can see a few fleas jumping out of the beard.
His eyelids were swollen, and he was about to close his eyes several times, then suddenly opened his eyes as if waking up from a nightmare and stared at the nothingness in front of him - throughout the entire conversation, his eyes never focused on any living thing.
"How do you two benefactors feel?" Juexin slightly deliberately raised one palm and saluted before sitting down, his kneeling posture was very stiff: "The temple is surrounded by mountains and rivers, the atmosphere is peaceful, and there are many books.
There are many knowledgeable people who are familiar with the classics, and staying here for a while will be of great help to the improvement of your cultivation and realm."
The officials of Dali Temple did not understand why the sloppy monk in front of him said such things, so he asked: "Does the monk care about us?"
The woman in gorgeous clothes was much sharper. She immediately realized that the "big bearded" Juexin in front of her was one of the warriors she met during the imperial competition half a year ago.
At that time, Juexin was still full of vigor and vitality, giving people a feeling of strength. Unexpectedly, just six months later, the upright-looking monk turned into a slovenly appearance.
"Really! He is the monk Juexin who was almost killed by the 'Blind Swordsman' in the imperial competition. He looks like Bai Feng..." After Mei Xinghe said this, he was about to go out, but when he reached the door, he suddenly turned back.
He took out a dagger and put it against Juexin's throat, saying, "What exactly does Bai Feng want to do? Tell me!"
Jue Xin remained calm and grabbed the blade of the dagger with his bare hands. The blood dripped down drop by drop and dyed his clothes red. "Donor, the young monk and Mr. Bai are not affiliated in any way. We just agreed to help each other - he helped the young monk to eradicate
Taiping Road, and the young monk is responsible for assisting."
The monk's hand became tighter and tighter, and Mei Xinghe couldn't let him go, so in the end she had to let go and return to her seat.
"So, do you know who killed the person?" Yu Chizhen continued to ask: "Or have you participated in the murder?"
Juexin shook his head. He first wiped the dagger with a clean part of his clothes and returned it to Mei Xinghe. Then he knelt down and slowly cleaned the wound. He said: "I don't know who killed the person. I once had it."
The experience of killing Taiping Taoists, but the monk was not in Jinyang at the time."
"Oh? Then where did you commit the crime?" Yuchi listened carefully.
Juexin said: "That place has no name. It is a dungeon. There, in order to save a Miao woman named 'Mengdie', the young monk had the intention to kill the Taiping Taoists who were guarding her."
Yuchi was really puzzled: "A monk is murderous? Well, it's really rare, but you're quite honest. It's obvious that you committed a crime in a place like that and there are no witnesses or evidence. No one can do anything to you, but you still admitted it, huh."
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He sneered, treating the other prisoners with the same contempt.
"The young monk has confessed his guilt and repented. He came here as a traveling monk just to find clues to cut off the 'karma'." Juexin took out a note from his pocket with his other intact hand: "Please read it.
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Yuchi Zhen said: "Is this how you found the clue?"
The note clearly read - White Snake Swordsman is here to kill the Taiping Taoists!
"Is it Bai Feng?" Mei Xinghe looked at the note in horror: "Wasn't he captured?"
Yuchi Zhen forced himself to remain calm, pointed at the note and said, "Who gave this to you?"
Juexin said: "The young monk found it next to the corpse. The young monk didn't want the world to know that Taiping Taoists had sneaked into the temple, so he hid it secretly and planned to hand it over to the adults who came to handle the case in person."
“Monk Jue
Cover for Bai Feng?"
"That's not the case!" Juexin said: "This move is all out of the selfishness of the young monk - I also explained it truthfully to the two of you when we first met. The young monk really likes this temple and does not want to see Xiangguo Temple become a battlefield."
Mei Xinghe became a little impatient, jumped up and grabbed the rope from Yu Chizhen's hand, pretending to kidnap the "prisoner" away.
"This guy must be Bai Feng's subordinate. He may not have killed the person, but he definitely knows where the body is!" Qiao Dancer walked around behind Juexin and tied his hands, but Juexin didn't want to get up, and instead slammed his hands.
He knocked his forehead to the ground and begged.
"Please, the two donors, please listen to what the young monk said. I have been practicing in the monastery for half a year, and I want to talk to people every day and every night, but no one is willing to answer my questions..."
Yuchizhen sat back in front of Juexin and said, "I'm listening."
"Do you two know what the 'human animals' of Taiping Taoism are?" Juexin's forehead was red and his eyes were as bright as fire: "Nine out of ten Taiping Taoists are destined to become 'human animals', but they are still addicted to the idea of becoming adults.
People in fairy dreams may not know until the last day of their lives, that is, the day they are 'sacrificially sacrificed', that their only purpose in life is to serve as stepping stones for those destined to become immortals."
Yuchi Zhen scratched his head, having no idea what the other person was saying. On the contrary, Mei Xinghe's expression became serious. She also sat next to Yuchi Zhen and looked at each other with Monk Juexin.
"You continue." Mei Xinghe said, "I always feel that you want to say more than that."
Juexin nodded to express his gratitude and continued: "I, the Buddha, often say that all living beings are equal and that everyone can become a Buddha. As long as they are willing to practice and go through kalpas, they will achieve enlightenment no matter what. But is this actually the case? No, everyone's
The starting points are all different.”
"We may be born rich or poor; we may be born smart or stupid; we may live a smooth life or suffer hardships. These are not the most important things."
"The most important thing is that from the first time I committed murder, I kept walking, kept walking, to the imperial city, Jinyang. This is a lifetime distance for many ascetics, but for the monks in Jinyang
In other words, Xiangguo Temple is just a place where people come and go."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Please tell me, those ascetics who died halfway, did they finally achieve enlightenment? They did not obtain the true scriptures after all, they had nothing, they...
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Juexin fell into deep thought, Yuchi Zhen and Mei Xinghe were dumbfounded.
"Taiping Dao." Juexin rested for a while and finally spoke: "Taiping Dao lies that everyone can become an immortal, just to let the lucky practitioners find excuses not to face this 'miserable world', as long as they
If you plunge headlong into the dream of becoming an immortal, you will be willing to be 'sacrificially' even if you become a 'human animal'."
Yu Chizhen and Mei Xinghe were both dizzy by this general theory, and couldn't help but sigh in their hearts: Can anyone really answer this kind of question?
Sure enough, after this conversation, both of them felt that there was no need to arrest Juexin and publicize the things in the temple, and decided that it would be better to keep him in secret custody first.
Then they rushed back to the Dali Temple prison overnight and repeated Jue Xin's words to Bai Feng in exchange for the information they needed.
"How could that guy ask such a boring question?" Bai Feng's expression was between surprise and ridicule. It was obvious that he did not expect Jue Xin to appear at this time.
"You go back and tell him tomorrow." Bai Feng said: "If that person really loves practice and the 'Tao' he believes in, then even if he dies for it in the end, isn't it a very happy thing? For me,
It is said that if a person can die happily, he or she has achieved righteousness."
After Yuchi heard these words, he felt trembling all over. He was simply mocking himself for losing everything after taking off his official uniform. However, there was another person beside him now.
"Okay, now that I've said the truth, remember to tell me something clear to you." Mei Xinghe looked at Yuchi Zhen, who was slightly disappointed, teasingly: "Really, Yuchizhen?! Don't think too much, even if you die in the future,
I will bury you with you."
"Nonsense... nonsense!" Yuchi Zhen slapped his saber on the case and shouted angrily: "Bai Feng, keep your promise! As a noble, you won't even break this rule, right?"
"I know very little, but it should be helpful to you." Bai Feng said in a conspiratorial manner: "Actually, the 'White Snake Swordsman' does not refer to one person, but a group of people. In my personal name, I express my gratitude to Zeng Shou Taiping Dao.
The oppressed common people provide bounties for hunting Taiping Taoists. Now the total number of 'White Snake Swordsmen' should be more than the Gao Family Army, right?"
Yuchi was really dumbfounded: "You guys, do you want to incite rebellion? Fortunately, you still have Gao Jiajun and the imperial court in your heart!"
"As you said, Lord Yuchi, I am a noble, and what I do is naturally for the sake of the court." Bai Feng looked at the two people opposite him with great enthusiasm: "Open your eyes and take a look. This era is sick! People are sick!
My heart is sick! Taiping Road is a disease focus."
As the saying goes, the law does not punish the public, Yuchi really has no way to deal with Bai Feng.
——How will he condemn the anger of a group of people? Will he face the public resentment alone?
"Stop talking, stop talking..." Mei Xinghe's voice became lower and lower.
Yuchi really asked Mei Xinghe to go out and relax first, while he destroyed all the confessions he had just recorded. Once this kind of thing is reported to the Dali Temple Minister, most of Jinyang may be implicated.
The world will be in chaos by then, which is something Yuchizhen never wants to happen.
Yuchi really thought about it, and there was only one thing he wanted to know.
"Bai Feng, was it you who killed Yu Quanzi?"
"He was killed by the White Snake Swordsman."
After the head catcher of Dali Temple recorded his only confession tonight, Bai Feng was released the next day.
In the next month, the number of victims of Taiping Dao members increased instead of decreasing. It was almost the winter solstice, and the reputation of Taiping Dao was about to reach its lowest ebb.
There are fewer and fewer believers, and more and more people are dying.
How to solve?
Celestial Master Sima Tu is going to report to the emperor soon, and he wants to invite the gods to come down to earth to capture demons and ghosts.
Not long after, groups of Taiping Taoists gradually became organized and appeared regularly on the streets of Jinyang. They were led by a Taoist holding a "nine-section" staff, and were surrounded by several guardians with strong martial arts skills. They walked through the streets in a swaggering manner.
Just to find the common people who were possessed by demons and demons, and finally trapped the demons and demons in the "nine-story water prison"!!!
Because the "Nine Sections" staff was so conspicuous, people at that time called this special organization the Nine Sections.