The Republic of China Conspiracy Records

Chapter 96 The Ugly Slave (5)

Therefore, it is impossible for Xin Ruyi to paint these murals after listening to Xin Fuzhen's report.That is to say, Xin Ruyi knew about Mount Sumeru Temple more than ten years ago, and specially built this meditation hall to record the matter.But according to Xin Fuzhen, the monk was only about ten years older than her.

Xin Fuzhen is seventeen or eighteen years old this year, and the monk is only seven or eight years old. Twenty years ago, he was only seven or eight years old.So he became a monk in Mount Sumeru Temple, it must be after Xin Ruyi painted these murals.But in this way, wouldn't Xin Ruyi be a prophet?

We all know about the first six murals, but we don’t know anything about the seventh one.Linked back and forth, these ten murals say that there is a Mount Sumeru Temple hidden in mustard seeds. After the young man became an abbot in the temple, Mount Sumeru Temple caught fire, and the young man escaped with a candlestick and stepped into the The world beyond mustard seeds.

After arriving in the real world, he often used incense to burn scars on his body.I know that sometimes pain makes people remember something, so did this young man burn the scars on himself to make himself always remember something?

The person who appeared in the meditation hall just now held a candlestick in his hand. Could it be that he was the monk in Mount Sumeru Temple, and Xin Ruyi was killed by him with the candlestick?

Xin Ruyi knew everything that happened in Mount Sumeru Temple, which naturally meant that he also had a great relationship with Mount Sumeru Temple.The Mount Sumeru Temple was destroyed by a fire. Could it be that Xin Ruyi set the fire, so the young man stepped out of the mustard seed and came to the real world to seek revenge from him?And in order not to let himself forget this hatred, so he kept burning the scars on his body to remind himself?

If this is the case, then when Xin Ruyi heard Xin Fuzhen's report, he must have known that the monk was here for revenge, so why did he follow Xin Fuzhen?
Of course, all of this is just my imagination, the premise is that there is really a world hidden in mustard seeds, and both monks and Mount Sumeru Temple come from mustard seeds.But how could there be a world in that mustard seed not much bigger than booger!
Besides, according to the murals, Mount Sumeru Temple had been burned down, so why did Xin Fuzhen and others see the intact temple?
I stood there thinking for a while, and I already figured out why Xin Ruyi was dead, but he was able to knock on the window just now.It must be that the person who was in the meditation hall just now was also hiding outside the window. He knocked on the window to lead us to open the window, and then jumped in through the window while we were going out.

He was hiding outside the window, probably wanting to see what was in the meditation hall, but why did he burst into tears after entering the meditation hall? Was it because he saw the murals on the wall?
"The master of the Xin family disappeared together with Mount Sumeru Temple, but why did the body appear outside the meditation hall?" Ji Youjie asked Xin Fuzhen before I could open his mouth, "Who was that person in the meditation hall just now, and where did he go?" gone?"

Xin Fuzhen saw his father's dead body suddenly, and it was the time when Liu Shen was in a state of confusion. He also looked at a loss when he heard Ji Youjie's question at this time, and just wiped his tears with his hands vigorously.Upon seeing this, Qian Bo said, "How does my girl know this? By the way, why did the mayor show up at my house?"

"Oh," Ji Youjie was asked back by him, smiling calmly, "Mama Yu brought us in. After we left the Xin family, we ran into her outside, and she took the initiative to mention that the Xin family had a meditation hall, which might be related to her." The matter of Mount Sumeru Temple is related, so we were brought in to investigate."

He betrayed Yu Ma casually, but he was not ashamed, and he did not forget to add, "Yu Mama cares about the master, and she actively cooperates with the town office. This act is an example for the villagers. Ah, yes, she said that this No one is allowed in the meditation hall, but she has the key, it seems that the Xin family really trusts her."

Mama Yu assigned the keys to the meditation hall in private, so it was naturally selfish.Perhaps she felt that Xin Ruyi was gone, and Xin Fuzhen, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, was unable to manage the family, so she coveted the Xin family's private property.Naturally, her purpose of sneaking us in is not pure, maybe she wants to use our hands to find out what secret Xin Ruyi has, in short, she has bad intentions.

Ji Youjie's words not only betrayed Yu's mother, but also sold one get one free.But I didn't feel disgusted when I heard it, because it also reminded Xin Fuzhen to be careful of Mama Yu.Sure enough, Xin Fuzhen and Qian Bo's faces changed a little when they heard this, and Qian Bo's expression was even more angry. He opened his mouth to speak, but he didn't make a sound.

Xin Fuzhen raised her hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said softly, "Thank you mayor." It seemed that she understood Ji Youjie's words.

Ji Youjie nodded at her, and asked her some more questions, Xin Fuzhen answered them in a low voice.Ji Youjie asked me to go to the town office to ask someone to search Xin's house in case that person was still hiding in Xin's house just now and would harm Xin Fuzhen.

On the way to the town hall, I was also at a loss.Just now I picked up a mustard seed on the ground of the meditation hall, and then I put it in my pocket when I heard someone knocking on the window.There is an incense burner in front of the futon in the meditation hall, and this mustard seed is right in front of the incense burner, obviously Xin Ruyi is burning incense for this mustard seed.

After Mount Sumeru Temple disappeared from the ruins of Meihua Temple, Xin Fuzhen also found a mustard seed from the ruins. If Mount Sumeru Temple was hidden in that mustard seed, what did Xin Ruyi do to enshrine this mustard seed?Perhaps the so-called "Mount Sumeru is hidden in mustard seeds" does not mean that Mount Sumeru Temple is hidden in a certain mustard seed, but that "mustard seeds" are a passage that can be entered and exited, and no specific one is required?
If so, this could explain why Xin Ruyi's corpse appeared in Xin's house, and why the monk could also appear in the meditation hall.Because there is a mustard seed in the meditation hall, he can first enter through a certain mustard seed, and then come out of the mustard seed in the meditation hall.

The more I think about it, the more absurd it becomes.The mystery of this matter has already greatly surpassed my cognition, but it seems to be the case, otherwise, how can the murals on the meditation hall explain it.

Thinking all the way, he walked quickly in the direction indicated by Ji Youjie.Now I am walking in an alley, as long as I turn out of the alley, I can see the town hall.I was about to take a few quick steps to go out, when suddenly someone behind me said, "Are you from the town hall?"

These words resounded suddenly in the alley, as abrupt as a cold arrow.My back tightened, and I turned around hastily, and suddenly I saw a person standing behind me, I could vaguely see his peaceful face, it was the same person who cried bitterly in the Xin Family Meditation Hall!

Ji Youjie guarded Xin's house to block him, but it turned out that he had already escaped from Xin's house.I saw that he was still holding the copper candlestick in his hand, and I couldn't help feeling vigilant.

"Are you that monk from Mount Sumeru Temple?" I said cautiously, trying to keep my tone as calm as possible, while slowly moving my feet towards the entrance of the alley to prevent him from violently hurting others.

Hearing this, the man slowly had a strange look on his face, as if he was a bit disappointed, and said slowly: "I am no longer a monk."

Even though he said that, he folded his palms together and performed a Buddhist ritual to me, obviously an old habit dies hard.Besides, this answer undoubtedly acquiesced to my question. I was moved when I heard this, and remembered that in what Xin Fuzhen said, this monk once mentioned that as long as there is another Zen disciple in Xumishan Temple, he can return to the secular world.

Thinking about it now, this disciple of Zen is actually referring to Xin Ruyi.I thought about it in my heart, and tried to ask: "Why did you return to vulgarity after seeing Xin Ruyi?"

"Because he is my vulgar root, I have vulgar thoughts in my heart when I see him, so I can no longer serve the Buddha." The man bowed his head, as if silently reciting a Buddha's name.When I heard this, I understood immediately. It turned out that what he said at the time was returning to vulgarity because he felt that after killing Xin Ruyi, he had violated the precept of killing, and he would become a disciple of Buddha again without face.He cried bitterly in the meditation hall, perhaps because of this reason, not because of Xin Ruyi.

"Then, did you kill Xin Ruyi? He burned down the Mount Sumeru Temple in Mustard Seed, so you came out of the world in Mustard Seed to kill him, didn't you?" I didn't expect him to answer me, but I was just thinking about what to do. Walk out of the alley slowly so that someone can catch him.

"Mount Sumeru Temple," the man's face twisted, "Mount Sumeru Temple, which has been passed down for hundreds of years, was burned down by him."

"But why did he burn down Mount Sumeru Temple?" He actually answered my question, and I quickly took the opportunity to ask, "How did you enter and leave the world inside the mustard seeds?"

"Buddha said that life is like a mustard seed, and there is Sumeru, and the heart is like a dust that hides a thousand things." The man replied, "The human heart is a mustard seed, and the world is all in it. How can it come in and out?"

This seems to be said very mysteriously, but I am very upset to hear it, because it is all nonsense.The man sighed slightly after speaking, and asked again: "You are from the town hall, are you looking into this matter?"

I thought of what he might have to say to me, so I nodded.Seeing me nodding, the man said as expected: "The death of Xin Ruyi is related to a public case 20 years ago. I want to tell you."

He actually came to me to surrender.This moment was beyond my expectation. Just as I was about to listen to him continue, his expression suddenly changed, and he pointed at me and said sharply: "You..."

I was stunned, I didn't know how I offended him again, and was about to speak, but suddenly the back of my head hurt, and then my eyes went dark, and I passed out.When he opened his eyes, he realized that he was no longer in the alley, but was leaning against a tree, and a magnificent temple appeared in front of him.

The temple has painted eaves and two large lanterns hang on both sides of the gate, illuminating the whole temple solemnly.And the four gold-painted characters on the plaque in the middle of the temple are exactly "Mt. Sumeru Temple"!
I was stunned at once, seeing that it was only a moment of closing my eyes and opening my eyes, I actually entered the world in Mustard Seed and saw this Mount Sumeru Temple.Although I had made many assumptions before, they were all based on the premise that there really was a world in Mustard Seed.But that is just a hypothesis, and in fact I have great doubts about it in my heart.

But at this moment Mount Sumeru Temple appeared in front of my eyes, I couldn't help but believe it.This matter overturned my cognition all my life, so I was dumbfounded for a while, I didn't know what to do, and it took a while before I remembered to go over and have a look.When I approached Mount Sumeru Temple, I saw the temple gate suddenly opened with a babble, as if someone was standing inside the gate.

I was about to walk over to see who that person was, when suddenly there was a slight sound of footsteps behind me, and someone came behind me.I was about to turn around when I felt a pain in the back of my head and passed out again.When I opened my eyes again, the sky was already bright, and I was lying in the alley before, and the Mount Sumeru Temple had naturally disappeared for a long time.

The one who appeared in front of me was Ji Youjie, followed by several Xiangyongs.Seeing me wake up, Ji Youjie suddenly asked, "Have you been to Mount Sumeru Temple?"

I was taken aback: "How do you know?"

He picked up two fingers and stretched them out in front of me. There was a mustard seed between his fingers, which was exactly the one I found in the Xin Family Meditation Hall last night.I got up from the ground and took the mustard seed from his hand, and put it in front of my eyes for a closer look.Ji Youmei patted me on the shoulder, motioning for me to go to the town hall to talk, and told me what happened last night along the way.

After I left Xin's house last night, I never returned with anyone.After waiting in the middle of the night, Ji Youjie finally felt something was wrong, so he rushed to the town office immediately. After learning that I hadn't returned to the town office, he took people around to look for me, but they couldn't find him.Until dawn, someone came to the town hall to report that an unconscious person was found in the alley.

After Ji Youjie arrived with someone, he found that this person was me, and the one in front of me was a mustard seed.As for this alley, they had already searched for it before.

(End of this chapter)