Volume 2: Female Corpse in Monk's Clothes Chapter 128: The Killer's Past (Part 2)
Yuan Xingtai's words immediately made the atmosphere in the pharmacy depressing and tense. No one spoke for a long while, and everyone turned their eyes to Yuan Xingtai.
He was seen sitting cross-legged on the ground, with his hands clasped together, muttering something. After quickly reciting many Buddhist mantras, he said to the crowd:
“Since you don’t want to raise them, it’s better not to give birth! If you don’t raise them, it will be difficult for you to enter the cycle of reincarnation. You don’t know your sins, so you can be saved by the Dharma…”
"Nonsense, nonsense," Ran Lin cursed angrily, "You lunatic! Who are you to decide his life or death? I didn't blame my wife for what happened to her, why do you want to kill her!?"
"She doesn't know what she did, so I have to save her!" Yuan Xingtai seemed to have changed into a different person, his eyes full of cruelty, "Have you ever thought that this is too unfair to that child!?"
"You..." Ran Lin was so angry that she was speechless.
"Yuan Xingtai," Xu Zunzhe stepped forward and asked, "Monk Liankong, who are you exactly? Was it you or he who did the female corpse in the monk's clothing case ten years ago?"
“Hahahahahaha…” Hearing Xu Zun’s question, Yuan Xingtai suddenly laughed crazily, “The Ci Luo Bei Sutra says, great compassion has no tears. You are not orphans, so how can you understand the mood of an orphan?”
Tsk tsk…
Seeing that Yuan Xingtai was in a strange state, Xu Zun was afraid that he would collapse and thus delay them from learning the truth.
At this time, if someone could recite a few Buddhist verses to Yuan Xingtai to shock him, perhaps it would help him sober up.
However, those present were either constables or soldiers, so no one understood Buddhism?
or……
Xu Zun tried hard to recall the past life, but after a long time he could only think of the most famous Buddhist verse, so he had to borrow it from him and said aloud:
[“There is no Bodhi tree, nor is there a mirror stand.]
[There is nothing originally, so where can dust gather? ”]
"ah!?"
This Buddhist verse by the Sixth Patriarch Huineng has been passed down through the ages and is indeed extremely powerful.
After hearing this, Yuan Xingtai was stunned at first , then fell into deep thought, and after a while, he even trembled and shed tears.
"There is nothing in the first place, so where can dust gather..."
He raised his head and suddenly looked pleading, like a child who had made a mistake.
"Yuan Xingtai," Xu Zun did not expect that a Buddhist verse would be so shocking, so he pointed at Yuan Xingtai and said three words, "Let it go!"
As soon as these words were spoken, Yuan Xingtai burst into tears, as if all the grievances that had been pent up in his heart for a long time burst out.
Seeing this scene, everyone was shocked and surprised.
What shocked me was how Xu Zun could say such a profound Buddhist verse. What surprised me was how Yuan Xingtai could cry so aggrievedly.
Xu Zun immediately waved to everyone, meaning that everyone should stop talking and wait patiently.
Sure enough, after Yuan Xingtai cried for a while, he finally told the sad story:
"You are right. I have lived in the Huguo Temple since I was young. I was an abandoned baby adopted by a monk from an unknown family!
“Liuqi is a name given to me by the monks. Some people say that I am the 67th orphan adopted by Huguo Temple, so I am called Liuqi.
“Since I was old enough to understand, I followed the monks in eating vegetarian food, chanting Buddhist scriptures, and doing odd jobs.
“Although my life is pretty comfortable, I just can’t understand why my parents don’t want me. What did I do wrong?
“Every time I see parents bringing their children to burn incense, I feel really… really angry, and I blame the Buddha for being unfair to me.
“Whenever that happens, I will go to find Master Liankong.
“Because Master Liankong is also an orphan who has lived in the temple since childhood and was abandoned.
"He is well versed in Buddhism and well-read. In addition to guiding me, he also tells me many stories, which help me understand many truths.
“So, from that time on, Master Liankong is the person I admire the most!
"I once asked him, since you know so much, why don't you leave the temple and do something else to make a living? Why do you want to be a monk for the rest of your life?
"Master Liankong told me that he had thought about leaving the temple, but he gave up in the end because he was afraid of the outside world.
"Summer goes and winter comes, and this life is over.
“He understood that he was destined to be unable to leave Buddhism, so he devoted himself to studying Buddhist scriptures and never thought about it again.
"When I was a child, Master Liankong once told me that he often dreamed of himself becoming a handsome man with great talent, passing the imperial examinations, and even being chosen by the princess to be her husband..."
Having said this, Yuan Xingtai's eyes were filled with hope, as if he wanted to keep the beauty that flashed by.
"But I have a different personality from him," Yuan Xingtai said, "When I was sixteen, I left the Huguo Temple without saying goodbye!
"I want to go out and explore. I want to see the world that Liankong told me about. I don't want to leave any regrets in my life. I don't want to be trapped there forever...
"You have already checked my resume," Yuan Xingtai said, "After I joined the army, I was determined to fight bravely and sacrificed my life. I have made many achievements in battle. That is why I am the Yuan Xingtai I am today!
“Ten years ago, I was delivering a letter . On the way, I passed by Shangyuan City, so I went back to Huguo Temple to visit the monks.
“But I’ve changed so much that they can’t recognize me at all!
"I didn't reveal my identity, I just wanted to meet Master Liankong again.
“However, Master Liankong was out giving a lecture that day, and no one knows when he will return.
“I was on official business at the time, so I decided to stay in the temple for one night. If I still couldn’t see Master Liankong, I would have to set off at dawn and see him on my way back!
"Alas... I didn't expect that night to change my destiny!" Yuan Xingtai's eyes showed infinite regret, "Late that night, I saw that the light in Master Liankong's room was finally on, so I went to knock on the door and asked to see him.
“But I didn’t expect that after I opened the door, I would see blood all over his hands and robes!
"I never thought that after so many years, we would meet under such circumstances. He..." Yuan Xingtai fell into painful memories, "He led me into the house, and I saw a woman's body lying in the house... Alas..."
Yuan Xingtai clenched his fists excitedly, and his eyes trembled constantly.
Everyone was stunned. No one had expected the situation to be like this.
"I was terrified. I could never have imagined that Lian Kong would kill someone, and he killed someone in his own dormitory, right in the temple!" Yuan Xingtai continued, "And Lian Kong didn't even lie and told me right on the spot that he was the murderer!
"I asked him why he wanted to kill people. Then he showed me a letter!"
At this point, Yuan Xingtai was already so excited that he could not control himself, and he narrated in a trembling voice:
"That letter was written by an old lady from a wealthy family in Shangyuan City. The old lady was extremely wealthy and well-known far and wide.
"She often came to Huguo Temple to burn incense, was kind and generous, and often gave clothes, rice and flour to the monks. She was also quite familiar with Liankong.
"That letter was the last letter the old lady wrote to Liankong. Before she died, the old lady returned to her true self. Before she died, she couldn't bear to take the secret to the grave, so she told Liankong in the letter.
"In fact, Lian Kong was born to her. She is Lian Kong's biological mother!!!"
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