Chapter 230 Yunni's Records (Part 1)
The place where the three pregnant nuns were imprisoned was not inside the government office, but in a secluded courtyard not far from the back door.
This courtyard was specially prepared by Shuntian Prefecture to detain those prisoners who were temporarily inconvenient to be thrown into prison.
At this time, in addition to the three pregnant nuns in the courtyard, there was also a 74-year-old old lady in custody. The crime was that after an argument with someone, she angrily poisoned and killed a family of six of her neighbors.
Sun Shaozong led Jia Baoyu and Miaoyu all the way to the small courtyard, pointed to the five tiled houses lined up in the west wing, and said, "The nuns are kept in different rooms. Do you want to meet them one by one, or..."
"Now that I'm here, I have to meet everyone one by one."
Miaoyu said this, and after a moment's hesitation, she continued, "Didn't you say last time that they are all a little... a little 'extreme'? Let's start with the most normal ones."
"Okay."
Sun Shaozong nodded, and took the two of them to the first room at the north end. He reached out and gently pushed the door open, and a foul odor wafted into their noses.
The three of them stopped at the same time. Miaoyu quickly covered her mouth and nose with her sleeves and asked in a muffled voice, "Didn't the adults say that they were not abused? How come..."
"Take a good look first."
Sun Shaozong interrupted her and gestured to the two to change their angle so that they could see more clearly what was going on inside.
Miaoyu and Baoyu hurried over and looked inside. They saw that although the inside was a bit simple, it was not as dirty as they had imagined.
Looking more closely, he saw that on the ebony bed in the middle, there was a nun in a grey monk's robe, with her limbs tightly tied with several thick hemp ropes, and the foul smell was coming from her.
Isn't this abuse?
Miaoyu was annoyed again and was about to ask again, but she saw Baoyu frowning and said, "Second brother, is this woman trying to commit suicide?"
"Yo~ Brother Bao's observation skills have improved recently."
Sun Shaozong praised casually, and then sighed helplessly: "This woman has been seeking death since she came here. The guards are really helpless and have no choice but to tie her up."
Miaoyu was still a little dissatisfied: "Then...then you can't treat her like this, at least you should clean her up!"
"Clean up?"
Sun Shaozong sneered, "Do you think it's so easy to clean up a person who's desperately trying to die? Every time we clean her up, we have to gather at least four or five maids and spend an hour or so - it's already very difficult to clean her up once every two or three days."
Miaoyu was silent for a long while, and then hesitated in front of the door for a long time. In the end, she still didn't have the courage to go in and talk, so she had to bite the bullet and ask, "The other two, aren't they also... as filthy as this?"
"filthy?"
Sun Shaozong chuckled: "The body is clean, but as for the rest... hehe."
Having said that, he walked towards the 'cell' in the middle.
Miaoyu and Jia Baoyu hurriedly followed, and when they got closer they found that this room was different from the previous one, it was locked. Moreover, if they smelled carefully, they could faintly smell the scent of sandalwood in the room.
When she smelled the scent of sandalwood, Miaoyu became more energetic and quickly asked Sun Shaozong to give an order to the female guard who had followed her to go forward and open the iron gate.
However, after the door was opened, she still carefully adjusted the angle and observed from outside the door first.
The furnishings in the room were as simple and tidy as before. The only difference was that there was a small Buddhist shrine on the north wall and a goose yellow cushion on the ground.
The nun who was imprisoned here was kneeling on the cushion, with her hands folded, chanting scriptures devoutly.
This is what a monk looks like when he forgives sins!
Miaoyu couldn't help but secretly rolled her eyes at Sun Shaozong, thinking that this 'stingy' Lord Sun must have deliberately changed the order and took her to see the most abnormal one first, just to make her worry in vain.
Thinking of this, she walked in without waiting for Sun Shaozong to call her.
Seeing this, Baoyu hurried to catch up. Sun Shaozong did not stop him, but just stood guard at the door with his arms folded, allowing them to go forward and talk to the nun.
“Amitabha, this… this…”
Miaoyu stepped forward and chanted a Buddhist name, but suddenly she didn't know how to address the other party. According to common sense, she should call her "senior sister", but thinking of what this nun had done, she couldn't say the name "senior sister" no matter what.
However, the nun had also been startled by her. She slowly turned around and saw Miaoyu in a monk's robe with black hair draped over her shoulders and with beautiful features. Her eyes brightened a little. When she saw Baoyu behind her clearly, her face was filled with joy.
The nun stretched out her hands and supported herself on the ground, then stood up with some difficulty. She put her palms together and said, "Amitabha, it must be because Master Bao is here to accompany me, right?"
Seeing that her words and actions were no different from those of ordinary people, Miaoyu also dispelled the last trace of worry in her heart and nodded, "It is Miaoyu. I came here this time to..."
"Don't talk about these mundane things first!"
Unexpectedly, the nun did not wait for her to finish and excitedly asked: "Since the layman has the fate to travel with Master Bao, have you helped him transcend the sufferings of the world and reach the state of infinite joy?"
Jia Baoyu was completely baffled by these words, and even Miaoyu, who was brought up in a Buddhist family, did not understand them. She hesitated and said, "I don't know... I don't know which scripture the state of 'infinite joy' that Senior Sister mentioned comes from?"
Seeing that the nun was in her early twenties and had a solemn , Miaoyu finally called her "Senior Sister".
"classic?"
The nun smiled slightly, her eyes deep and far-reaching, as if she had transcended all worldly troubles: "The classics are nothing more than the records of the insights of the ancient sages. After all, there is a layer of separation between you and me. How can it compare to what you gain from communicating with the Buddha and Bodhisattvas in person?"
Communicate with the Bodhisattva in person?
Miaoyu half-believed and half-doubted, "Could it be that Senior Sister has personally communicated with the Buddha and Bodhisattva?"
"That's natural."
The nun's face flushed slightly, and her voice became higher than before: "Back then, in the Buddhist hall at the back of Shuiyue Temple, I was in a trance several times, and my soul floated out of my body. At that time, I saw the Bodhisattva, he... he was smiling at me while holding a flower!"
As she spoke, she couldn't help but stop and breathe for a while, then held her heart and said intoxicatedly: "That feeling...it's as if my whole body is filled with boundless Buddhist teachings."
After hearing her detailed description, Jia Baoyu and Miaoyu couldn't help but identify with the story.
“Buddhism?”
At this moment, Sun Shaozong sneered at the door: "I think the one who filled you up was probably the lecherous monk from Tiekan Temple!"
Fill?
Lewd monk?
Miaoyu was still a little confused, but Jia Baoyu's face turned red, obviously he had imagined the scene described by Sun Shaozong.
"Shut up! What do you know about someone who slanders and defames the Buddha?!"
The nun's face suddenly became fierce, and she shouted at Sun Shaozong: "If you want to connect with the Western Paradise, you must be in a state of bliss yourself to be able to do it!"
As she spoke, she stared at Jia Baoyu with a greedy look on her face: "Master Bao is a man of innate wisdom. If I can have sex with him, I'm sure we can both transcend and reach the supreme realm. Layman, don't miss this great opportunity!"
“You…you…”
Even though Miaoyu was inexperienced, she understood what was going on. She took a half step back in shame and anger, and said in a delicate voice, "What nonsense are you talking about! This... this is not Buddhism at all! It's clearly evil and heretical!"
"Alas~"
Seeing her intense reaction, the nun sighed with regret: "This person was born with a good appearance for practicing Zen, but he is still sinking into the shackles of the secular world without knowing it. It is really a waste of God's gift."
Then her face became solemn, and she lifted up her monk's robe with a dignified look, exposing her body completely to everyone, chanting the Buddha's name, "Amitabha, it seems that only by letting me practice with Master Bao first can I help you return to the right path!"
