Chapter 229 Opportunity
"Third Madam," the abbot said, not knowing how to explain.

The little monk next to him couldn't hold back his anger, and said angrily: "She seduced our little brother, and we caught her!"

Murong Yanyan looked at the little monk coldly, "She, seduce your little brother?"

The little monk was so stared at, he unconsciously lowered his head.

"Hehe, there must be some misunderstanding here!" Murong Yanyan sneered, and turned her head to look at the abbot, "Master abbot, it wasn't you who asked Mengyao to come to the scripture hall, why did it become my daughter seducing the monks in this temple?" ?”

"Well, Third Madam, I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding," the abbot said embarrassingly, pointing to the monk next to him, "Hurry up and untie the rope!"

Hui Neng looked at the abbot unconvinced, "Abbot, you can't disregard Buddhism just because of this!"

"That's enough, we'll talk about it at dawn!" The abbot was so angry that his face turned into a pig's liver. He usually favors Hui Neng too much, which makes him so unscrupulous!
Several people rushed to untie the rope on Qin Mengyao's body, but the rope was too tight, and her wrists and ankles were torn and bloodstained.Murong Yanyan hugged Qin Mengyao in her arms distressedly. She didn't expect that Qin Mengyao would be covered with scars in just a short while!
"Abbot, is this how Buddhism treats all sentient beings?" Murong Yanyan smiled coldly, "Buddhist disciples always claim to be benevolent, righteous and moral, and they don't kill or act recklessly, but I never thought that they would be so cruel to a weak girl." !"

After hearing this, all the monks who had been instigated to yell to soak the pig cage just now kept silent, bowed their heads and stopped talking.

The abbot was also blushing, he was dizzy from being yelled at by his disciples just now, and he should not have made such a low-level mistake!
However, due to Qin Mengyao and Huitong's misbehavior, even if no punishment is imposed, Qin Mengyao will be included in the black list of the temple and will not be allowed to worship in the temple. But if he offends the third wife today, I am afraid that the sesame oil in the temple The money is less than half.

"Master, this girl seduced my younger brother. The evidence is conclusive. If the master is lenient today, how can all the brothers and sisters in the temple be convinced! Please think twice, master!" Huineng is still obsessed with this, regardless of the embarrassment and anger on the abbot's face at this moment.

"Master, please think twice!" The young monks around seemed to be in collusion with one voice.

At this moment, the sound of clapping boards sounded, and it was time for everyone to turn off the lights and go to sleep.

The abbot said with a straight face, "Go back, this matter will be settled tomorrow morning, and I promise to give a satisfactory answer to all the monks in the temple!"

Faced with the master's anger, the monks reluctantly left. Huineng opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but was dragged away by Huiren, and Huitong was also crying and pushed forward.

"Huitong stay," the abbot said, Huitong heard the words, turned and walked back with tears on his sleeves.

Seeing that the crowd had almost dispersed, the abbot walked up to Murong Yanyan with apologies, "Third Madam, I am really sorry for today's incident. It is because I taught my disciples that I did not know how to teach my disciples well, which caused your daughter to suffer. Don't worry, I will definitely investigate this matter to the bottom, and I will never let your daughter be wronged in vain!"

With these words, Murong Yanyan's anger subsided a little, "How does Master Abbot plan to clear up the grievances for the little girl?"

While speaking, Huineng had already come to the front.

"Don't cry," the abbot handed over a coarse handkerchief, and after seeing Huineng wipe away his tears, he explained to Murong Yanyan: "To tell you the truth, when your daughter was discovered by his disciples, she was with Huitong." .As for the truth of the matter, I think Huitong will give us an answer."

"Godmother, master abbot, we really have nothing to do, I'm really waiting for you in the listening hall," Qin Mengyao half-nuggled on Murong Yanyan's body, her legs were still so numb that she couldn't move.

The abbot nodded knowingly, and looked at Huitong kindly. His little apprentice was the most timid and the most disciplined, but he would never have the guts to do anything that violated the Buddhist rules, so he very I am sure that someone must have interfered with this matter.

"Huitong, tell me the truth, what happened tonight?"

The tears that Huitong had finally stopped burst out again, but he just shook his head again and again without saying a word.

"Tell me, what are you going to do in the scripture listening hall tonight?" The abbot was patient, but the muscles on his face were already trembling with anger, "Tell me the truth, Master promises not to punish you."

Huitong stared at the abbot with wide eyes in surprise, then stopped crying, and asked back, sobbing, "Master, have you forgotten that you made the apprentice kneel in the sutra hall?"

The mountain wind in the middle of the night was chilly, and the abbot had a cold war. What happened tonight had nothing to do with him.

"Huitong, monks don't lie, tell the truth, who sent you here?" The abbot said with a cold face, obviously someone wanted to use him as a swordsman.

"I, I don't remember..." Huitong's anxious tears began to spin again. He has been following the rules since he entered the temple, and he would avoid ants when he saw them, but today he was humiliated in public like this. Drill into a seam.

"Master Abbot, please don't get angry, let Little Master Huitong think about it again." Qin Mengyao felt more and more strange as he thought about it. What is certain is that someone in this temple is secretly watching to embarrass him, and will also kill everyone. It was really well-intentioned to push everything to the abbot. Qin Mengyao already had the answer in his heart when he thought about it.

"Yes, master, now that little master Huitong is frightened, why don't you let him calm down a little bit, maybe he will remember." Murong Yanyan looked at the shivering little monk beside her, feeling a little distressed, at such a young age When encountering such a thing, no one can remain calm.

Qin Mengyao looked at that delicate little face wrinkled into a ball due to fear and grievance, and felt very sorry in his heart. If it wasn't for her, maybe he would have been sleeping peacefully on the bed now, but now he has become a A pawn in someone else's hand.

"Abbot, it's very windy here, and Little Master Huitong is wearing thin clothes, why don't you find a shelter from the wind before talking."

But Huitong had obviously developed a fear of the scripture-listening hall, and Qin Mengyao didn't want to go there, so the four of them entered the abbot's courtyard with their own thoughts.

This was Qin Mengyao's first time entering the abbot's territory, but because of what happened just now, she had no desire to seek novelties at all.

"It's late at night, the benefactor should just drink a glass of water to get rid of the stale air in your heart." The abbot put a bowl of water in front of everyone, and sat cross-legged on the futon.

Huitong was always afraid when facing the abbot, and now sitting on the futon is also frightened.

"Okay, Huitong, do you remember?" The abbot looked straight at Huitong, as if he could see the answer from his face.

"I...Master, I didn't sleep well last night, so I dozed off today, please forgive me, Master!" Huitong's face turned pale with fright, his mind went blank, and he didn't know what he was talking about.

"Say the point!"

"I know I was wrong, and I will never dare again," Huitong said, lying on the ground, not paying attention to what the abbot was saying.

"It's human nature to be sleepy, and it's good to know your mistakes. Then tell me, who told you to go to the scripture hall and make you kneel?" In my eyes, I have never punished people, but I didn't expect that someone would dare to make a fuss about it, and they are really brave enough.

"I haven't seen that person before, I think he's new here," said Huitong, who has been in the temple for a short time, so it's understandable that he couldn't recognize people clearly, but after staying in the temple for a while, he can always distinguish some familiar people. face.

"Except for the yellow dog in the temple for the past three months, no one has entered the temple. Where did the newcomer come from? If you think about it carefully, it has something to do with the reputation of this female benefactor!" The abbot's voice gradually became severe. .

Huitong shook his head repeatedly, the man was dressed as a monk, except for a piece of cloth covering his head, he didn't see anything unusual at all, and he was too honest at the time to ask the man's name at all.

"Let me ask you, is that man's head wrapped with a piece of cloth?" Qin Mengyao asked suddenly. She still felt strange at the time, but the man explained that because of the mountain wind, he would have a migraine, so he would wrap it every time after dark. Cloth to shelter from the wind, but now that I think about it, judging from the man's behavior, words and deeds, he doesn't look like a monk at all!
"How do you know?" Huitong asked back, that's all he could think of.

"As expected!" Qin Mengyao sighed helplessly, "Master Abbot, I think someone did it on purpose, because the person who came to inform me tonight is the same person."

"A cloth wrapped around the head?" The abbot thought over and over again. There are no practitioners with hair in the temple today, and as for the monks, no one would wrap their heads with a cloth.

Huitong was so regretful at this moment that his intestines were green. He originally wanted to kneel in the Sutra hall tonight and then take a lazy sleep, so when he arrived at the Sutra hall and saw that there was no one there, he immediately closed the door, but who knew Qin Mengyao came out from nowhere, if he hadn't closed the door, probably such absurd things would not have happened.

"Huitong, since you can't find out the person who told you to kneel down for punishment, there's nothing you can do as a teacher. The brothers in the temple have confirmed the matter between you and this female benefactor. If you can't prove the innocence of the two of you , then Master has no choice but to drive you out of the mountain gate according to the temple regulations." The abbot shook his head regretfully, on the one hand, he really felt sorry for Huitong, and on the other hand, he wanted to use this to intimidate him so that he could obediently produce evidence. It is really bad for the reputation of the monastery to expel the disciples from the monastery gate because of this matter.

Huitong remained silent, his whole body seemed to be sunk in deep melancholy.

"Master Abbot, if you want to punish me, put all the blame on me. After all, no one will know about it when you go down the mountain. But little master Huitong, if he goes down the mountain because of this, I'm afraid that the Buddha's relationship will be broken." It's a chance to enter this door, and he can't ruin his life just because of this trivial matter!" Qin Mengyao only felt that it was a pity, and coupled with Huitong's appearance, she couldn't help her heart, so she blamed all the crimes. Take it all on yourself.

"Mengyao, what nonsense are you talking about? A woman's reputation is more important than her life. Are you crazy!" Murong Yanyan reprimanded Qin Mengyao in a low voice, and she was even more puzzled about what happened tonight.

"Female benefactor, what the third lady said is not wrong, why do you want to damage your reputation for irrelevant people! Besides, there are a lot of people in this world, maybe news will spread out at some point, so the benefactor jumped into the Yellow River It can't be washed!" The abbot shook his head repeatedly.

"Master, what should the disciple do to prove his innocence?" After hearing Qin Mengyao's words, Hui Tong felt a little moved in his heart. They were obviously not at fault, but after suffering such injustice, Qin Mengyao was willing to do it for himself. Bear all the blame...

"As long as it can prove the innocence of the two of you, no matter what!"

But Huitong fell silent again, his face full of silent sadness.

"Forget it, master, Huitong is still young, so he can't ruin his life because of it," Qin Mengyao persuaded, she has lived two lives, so she can naturally see many things aside, but this little girl Monk, all he has is to live cautiously in the monastery. If he no longer has this little shelter, where else can he go?

"No, I can prove it." Huitong stood up suddenly, and began to untie his belt without saying a word.

"Oh, what is this kid doing!" Murong Yanyan exclaimed softly, covering Qin Mengyao's eyes with her hands, and the two turned their backs.

After a while of rustling, the room was as quiet as a no-man's land.

"Oh..." the abbot sighed, "Son, put it on."

"Are you born like this?" The abbot's voice became extremely soft, Qin Mengyao couldn't help turning around, Huitong had already put on his clothes.

Huitong shook his head, his eyes were reddened by suffocation, but he couldn't let the tears flow out.

After a short silence, Qin Mengyao looked carefully at the abbot and the young monk. The expressions between the two of them seemed to have gone through a roller coaster. The abbot's face was filled with uncontrollable sadness, while the young monk's expression gradually calmed down.

"What happened?" Qin Mengyao couldn't help asking, but the abbot just shook his head, he couldn't say anything, let alone.

The little monk suddenly laughed, and tears fell to the ground with the smile.

"Female benefactor, please rest assured, I will definitely prove your innocence, please believe me, all good people in the world should be rewarded, and all the truth should be clarified." Huitong looked at Qin Mengyao seriously and seriously. , The immature face is full of firmness.

Murong Yanyan looked at the abbot worriedly, but unexpectedly the abbot nodded affirmatively, "Third Madam, please don't worry, we will definitely let the truth out. It's getting late, you and this benefactor, please go back first." , there are quite a lot of strange things happening in the temple today, please be careful on the way, third lady."

"Godmother, what do you think the little monk did to make the abbot believe him so quickly?" Qin Mengyao couldn't help asking as soon as he entered the room.

"Well, I don't know, and I don't know what he showed the abbot...Mengyao, do you feel very strange about today's incident? The abbot also invited you to go over in the message, but when you arrived at the listening hall, you didn't know." There are too many coincidences to be discovered so inspiringly!" Murong Yanyan had been thinking about this question when she was on the road, but she was afraid that the walls would have ears, so she held back until now before she had the chance to ask.

(End of this chapter)

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