Chapter 197 It is the fox that always exposes its tail
Ye Zhongshanfeng carried a chill, and the abbot fought a cold war. What happened tonight had to do with him.
"Huitong, the monks don't talk about it. To be honest, who let you come here?" The abbot had a cold face. Obviously, someone wanted to use him as a sword.
"I, I don't remember..." Huitong's tears began to roll again. Since he entered the temple, he has been following the rules and saw that the ants were going to dodge away, but today he was humiliated in public, and he couldn't wait to find a crack to get in.
"Master abbot, don't be angry and let Master Huitong think about it again." The more Lu Mengjie thought about it, the more strange it was. It is certain that there are people in this temple who secretly want to embarrass themselves, and push everything to the abbot. It's really good intentions. Lu Mengjie thought so, in his heart There is already an answer.
"Yes, master, now that Master Huitong is frightened, it's better to let him calm down a little and maybe he will remember it." Murong Yanyan looked at the trembling little monk beside her and felt a little distressed. No one could calm down when she encountered such a thing at such a young age.
Lu Mengji looked at the beautiful little face wrinkled with fear and grievance, and felt very sorry. If it hadn't been for her, maybe he had fallen asleep peacefully now, but now he has become a pawn in the hands of others.
"Abbot, the wind is strong here. Master Huitong is dressed thinly. Why don't you find a shelter before talking?"
However, Huitong was obviously afraid of the listening hall, and Lu Mengji did not want to go to the wrong place, so the four of them entered the abbot's courtyard with their own thoughts.
This is the first time that Lu Mengji has entered the abbot's territory, but at this moment, because of what happened, she has completely lost her curiosity.
"Lated at night, the donor will drink a glass of water to go to the turbidity in his heart." The abbot put a bowl of water in front of everyone and sat cross-legged on the futon.
Huitong is always afraid of the abbot, and he is also frightened when sitting on the futon at this moment.
"Okay, Huitong, do you remember?" The abbot looked straight at Huitong and let the Buddha see the answer from his face.
"I... Master, my disciple didn't sleep well last night, so I dozed off today. Please forgive me!" Huitong's little face turned pale with fear, and his mind was blank, and he didn't know what he was talking about at all.
"To the point!"
"The disciple knew his mistake, and the disciple would never dare to do it again," Huitong lay on the ground and didn't notice what the abbot was saying.
"It's human's human behavior to be trapped. It's good to know the mistake. So who told you to listen to the scriptures and kneel down? The abbot's face was blue, and the monk in the temple was sleepy at noon. He always turned a blind eye and never punished people, but he didn't expect that anyone would dare to use this to make an article. He was really bold.
"I haven't seen that person before. It seems that he is a newcomer." Huitong entered the temple for a short time, and it is understandable that he can't recognize people, but after staying in the temple for a period of time, he can always distinguish some familiar faces.
"In these three months, no one has entered the temple except for the yellow dog. Where did the newcomer come from? Think about it carefully. This is related to the reputation of the female donor!" The abbot's voice gradually became harsh.
Huitong shook his head repeatedly. The man was dressed as a monk. Except for a piece of cloth on his head, he could not see anything strange at all. At that time, he was too honest and did not ask the man's name at all.
"I ask you, is there a piece of cloth wrapped around the man's head?" Lu Mengji suddenly opened her mouth, and she still felt strange at that time, but the man explained that because the mountain wind would have a migraine, she would wrap a cloth to avoid the wind every time after dark, but now, from the man's behavior and deeds, she didn't look like a monk at all!
"How do you know?" Huitong asked back, that's all he could think of.
"Sure enough!" Lu Mengji sighed helplessly, "Master, I think someone did it on purpose, because it was the same person who came to inform me tonight."
"With a cloth wrapped around your head?" The abbot thought about it, and now there is no one to practice in the temple, and as for the monk, no one will wrap a cloth on his head.
Huitong's intestines are blue with regret at this moment. He wanted to kneel in the middle of the scriptures tonight and then sleep lazily, so as soon as he saw that there was no one in the scriptures, he directly closed the door, but Lu Mengjian came out from nowhere. If he hadn't closed the door, I'm afraid he wouldn't have caused such a ridiculous thing.
"Huitong, since you can't find the person who told you to come to punish kneel, there is nothing you can do as a teacher. The master brothers in the temple have confirmed your affairs with this female donor. If you can't prove your innocence, the master will have to expel you from the mountain gate according to the temple rules. The abbot shook his head regretfully. On the one hand, he really regretted Huitong, and on the other hand, he wanted to use this to intimidate him so that he could show evidence obediently. After all, if he really expelled his disciples from the mountain gate because of this, it would not be detrimental to the reputation of the temple.
Huitong was silent, and his whole body seemed to sink into a strong melancholy.
"Master, if you want to punish me, add all the sins. After all, no one knows about this matter when you go down the mountain, but Master Huitong, if he goes down the mountain because of this, I'm afraid that the Buddha's fate will be broken. It's a chance to enter this door. You can't ruin his life because of this little thing!" Lu Mengji only felt a pity. In addition, Huitong's face really made her feel cruel, so she took all the blame on herself.
"Meng Jian, what are you talking about? A woman's reputation is more important than her life. Are you crazy!" Murong Yanyan scolded Lu Mengji in a low voice, and she was even more confused about what happened tonight.
"The female benefactor, the third lady's words are not wrong, so why do you destroy your reputation for the sake of unrelevant people! And there are many people in the world. Maybe I don't know when the news will spread, so that the female donor can't jump into the Yellow River and be washed away!" The abbot shook his head repeatedly.
"Master, what should the disciple do to prove his innocence?" After listening to Lu Mengjian's words, Huitong was suddenly moved. Obviously, they were not wrong, but suffering from such grievances, Lu Mengjian was willing to take all the blame for himself...
"As long as it can prove the innocence of you two, no matter what!"
But Huitong was silent again, and his face was full of silent sadness.
"Forget it, Master, Huitong is still young, and he can't ruin his life because of this," Lu Mengjie persuaded him. She has lived for two generations and can naturally be taken away from many things, but this little monk, all he has, just to live cautiously in the temple. If she doesn't even have this place to live anymore. Where else can he go?
"No, I can prove it." Huitong suddenly stood up and began to untie his clothes without saying a word.
"Oh, what is this child going to do!" Murong Yanyan sighed softly and covered Lu Mengji's eyes with her hand, and the two turned their backs.
After a burst of silence, the room was quiet like a no man's land.
"Alas..." The abbot sighed, "Son, put it on."
"Are you born like this?" The abbot's voice became extremely soft, and Lu Mengji couldn't help turning around. Huitong had already put on his clothes.
Huitong shook his head, and his eyes were red, but he didn't let tears flow out.
After a brief silence, Lu Mengji looked carefully at the abbot and the little monk. The expression between the two seemed to have experienced a roller coaster. The abbot's face was unconcealable sadness, but the little monk's expression gradually calmed down.
"What happened?" Lu Mengji couldn't help asking, but the abbot just shook his head. He couldn't say, let alone.
The little monk suddenly laughed, tears and fell to the ground with a smile.
"Please rest assured, female benefactor, 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 Lu Mengzhi seriously, and his young face was full of firmness.
Murong Yanyan looked at the abbot worriedly, but she didn't expect the abbot to nod affirmally, "Third lady, please rest assured that we will definitely make the truth of the matter. It's getting late. Please go back with this female benefactor first. There are many strange things in the temple today. Please be careful on the way.
"Gunmother, what on earth did the little monk do to make the abbot believe him so quickly?" As soon as Lu Mengji arrived at the room, he couldn't help asking.
"I don't know, and I don't know what he showed to the abbot... Meng Jian, do you feel very strange about today's event? In the message, the abbot also invited you to come over, and when it comes to the listening hall, it is so exciting to be found by people. There are too many coincidences!" Murong Yanyan has been thinking about this question on the road, but she is afraid that there will be ears on the wall, and she has only had a chance to ask now.
"Well, I also think it's too coincidental. On the contrary, it's more like an artificial arrangement, so I set a trap for me to jump in!"
"Have you offended anyone?" Murong Yanyan hasn't seen her blush with others since she met Lu Mengjie. What's more, it's her first time to come to the temple, and naturally it's impossible to offend others.
"Maybe it's a familiar stranger," Lu Mengji said ingeniously. Before there was conclusive evidence, she was unwilling to maliciously slander others, and if a family did not recognize her death, she would not be unhappy, and even Murong Yanyan's face could not be preserved.
"Ha ha, I think of a person who may hate you to the bone, but," Murong Yanyan molded. She was not sure that person must be her, and she is pregnant at this moment and should not do such a sinister thing.
"Gang, don't think about it. Let's wait for tomorrow's result. The fox will always show its tail. Let's wait and see. In fact, I'm very curious about Huitong. Looking at the abbot's face, he seems to be a little overreacting!"