Volume 2: Female Corpse in Monk's Clothes Chapter 65: Love at Linjiangxian (Part 2)
Great Xuan Chong Dao.
Tangzhou inherited Buddhism.
Due to historical issues, various parts of Tangzhou did not respond to the court's call, and temples and pagodas are still everywhere.
In the small Xinye County alone, there are four or five ancient Buddhist temples.
Zhaoye Temple is one of them, built on the hillside of a steep mountain.
When Xu Zun and Huo Anu arrived, it was already midnight, but they did not expect that the gate of Zhaoye Temple was brightly lit.
But then I saw a whole team of soldiers holding torches, blocking the entrance of Zhaoye Temple.
The two brothers of the Shen family were bossing around and were furious, especially the third brother, Shen Xinglian. He drew his sword, pointed at the nuns at the temple gate and roared:
"If you don't hand over my sister, I will set fire to your ruined temple!"
“Amitabha,” an elderly nun in charge said calmly, clasping her hands together, “Everyone who has come to the mountain is a predestined person!
"Miss Shen is only in my temple for a few days of meditation. I advise the two donors not to disturb her any further!"
"That won't do, that won't do!" Shen Xinghong shouted anxiously, "You said you'd be my guest, but what if my sister gets ordained? What shall we do? Huh?"
"Yes!" Shen Xinglian shouted towards the temple, "Sister, please come out quickly! Don't scare us!"
After saying that, he rushed in with a knife in hand.
The nuns in the temple hurriedly blocked the door to stop them, and the old abbot advised again :
"Miss Shen came to our temple to practice asceticism only because she felt guilty about her father's death. She didn't become a nun!
"Wouldn't it be better if I could give her some advice and help her untie the knot in her heart?"
"You..." The Shen brothers stared at each other with red eyes, and Shen Xinghong said angrily, "Okay, I believe you, but you have to let us meet my sister, okay?"
"Yes!" Shen Xinglian pushed the nun away and rushed to the door. "I will never forgive you if you can't see my sister! Let me in..."
"Disrespectful!" The old abbot finally got angry and shouted, "Buddhism is a pure place. You two donors are so disrespectful. It is really a sin!"
"Stop!" At this time, Huo Anu, who had just arrived, rushed up and shouted, "Two gentlemen, stop it. Xu Zun is here. Let him think of a solution, right?"
"Why?"
When they saw Xu Zun, the Shen brothers became furious.
"Huo Anu," Shen Xinglian questioned, "Why did you call this paralytic over here? Hasn't he done enough to harm my sister? Hasn't he done enough to harm our Shen family?"
"Yes, Huo Anu," Shen Xinghong complained, "You, a servant, are becoming more and more outrageous! My sister wants to become a nun, but you didn't inform us. Instead, you called an outsider over. What do you mean?"
"I..." Huo Anu said with a glare, "It was... the young lady who didn't let me tell you!"
"Then why did you call the paralytic here?" Shen Xinglian shouted angrily, "Do you really think of him as my son-in-law of the Shen family?"
ah?
Xu Zun walked closer and looked at the tall temple gate, wondering:
No way?
Miss Shen was fine, why did she suddenly want to become a nun?
Is it because you don’t want to marry me?
But I didn’t mention marriage?
Now that Mr. Shen is gone, the engagement should also be cancelled, right?
“Xu Tanzi,” Shen Xinglian saw Xu Zun approaching and pounced on him like a hungry wolf. He grabbed Xu Zun by the collar and cursed, “Look at what you have done!”
"I'll fuck your old eyes..."
Unexpectedly, as soon as Shen Xinglian grabbed Xu Zun's collar, Xu Zun suddenly jumped up, strangled Shen Xinglian's neck with one hand and twisted his arm with the other!
"Hey? Hey, hey, hey, hey..."
Shen Xinglian felt pain and the knife fell to the ground instantly.
Swish!
The soldiers were shocked and quickly drew their weapons and pointed them at Xu Zun.
"Shen Lao San," Xu Zun continued to exert his strength and said viciously, "Before in front of my adoptive father's funeral hall, I didn't want to bother with you, but don't push your luck!
"I'll tell you again," Xu Zun said word by word, "It was my foster father who asked me to take care of Shen Qian. I didn't say I agreed!"
"Ouch... Ouch... It hurts, it hurts..." Shen Xinglian grimaced in pain, feeling as if he was dying.
"Xu Zun, are you crazy?"
Shen Xinghong was completely stunned. He and Xu Zun had known each other since childhood, but he had never seen Xu Zun so domineering.
The soldiers were ready to attack with their weapons in hand, but they were afraid of hurting Shen Xinglian, so they did not dare to do anything.
Huo Anu couldn't believe his eyes. For a moment, he didn't know which side to help.
"Also, my adoptive father was murdered by a villain, it has nothing to do with me. If I hadn't been so alert, I'm afraid your whole family would have been imprisoned long ago!
"Also," Xu Zun added a little more strength, twisting Shen Xinglian's arm so hard that it made a creaking sound, "If you dare to call me a cripple again, I will beat you every time I see you!"
After saying that, Xu Zun finally let go and pushed Shen Xinglian to the ground.
Swish!
The soldiers immediately moved forward, wanting to attack Xu Zun.
"What are you doing?" However, Xu Zun glared at them with disdain, raised his head and shouted, "Want to rebel? I am a county lieutenant, do you know what crime it is to openly attack an official appointed by the imperial court?
"You are just a group of soldiers who followed their superiors back home to pay tribute. Do you know that according to the Great Xuan Law, I have the right to imprison you now?"
After Xu Zun's shout, the soldiers no longer dared to move forward.
"Xu Zun," Shen Xinghong retorted, "Don't exaggerate here. I am the lawyer of Tangzhou. I have a higher position than you. I..."
"Then you are committing an even greater crime!" Xu Zun interrupted him bluntly, "You returned home with your own soldiers and dared to openly provoke the local county lieutenant. Do you want to quit your job?
"The governor of Tangzhou is still in Xinye County. Should we call him over to judge the case?"
"This..." Shen Xinghong was speechless.
"Ah...Xu Panzi, I will kill you!" However, Shen Xinglian became furious and turned around and pounced on Xu Zun.
As a result, Xu Zun threw the military-born Jingwu captain to the ground with a beautiful shoulder throw!
Then, he slapped Shen Xinglian with a loud slap!
"Ah! Rebellion, rebellion!" Seeing his tall and strong brother being easily knocked down and slapped in the face by Xu Zun, Shen Xinghong was completely confused. He ignored the warnings and shouted to the soldiers, "Quick! Hurry up!"
Seeing this, the soldiers had no choice but to pounce on Xu Zun.
However, they only wanted to go over and persuade them to stop fighting, but they didn't dare to use swords against Xu Zun. If they really hurt the county lieutenant, they would not be able to bear it.
The Daxuan decree provides strict protection for officials. Although the county lieutenant is only a ninth-rank official, he is also an official appointed by the imperial court and cannot be touched by ordinary people.
"Anucheh! Get out of here!"
Finally, Huo Anu couldn't stand it anymore, so he stood in front of Xu Zun and prepared to attack the soldiers.
Although she did not carry an iron umbrella today, her tall stature and tiger-like aura still made the soldiers feel great pressure.
However, just as a melee was about to begin, Miss Shen's voice suddenly came from above the temple gate:
"Stop it! Stop hitting me!"
When everyone heard Shen Qian's voice, they hurriedly stopped what they were doing and looked towards the top of the city wall.
However, after seeing this, everyone was dumbfounded.
But Shen Qian on the gate tower was wearing a Buddhist robe, a rosary around her neck, and a monk’s hat. She had actually already shaved her head!!!
"ah!!?"
When the Shen brothers saw this, they immediately collapsed to the ground.
"Miss...Miss..."
Huo Anu was also so shocked that he fell to his knees.
"this……"
Xu Zun was dumbfounded.
"Amitabha!"
Even the old host was surprised...
"My two brothers, I have made up my mind," Shen Qian said sternly, "If you continue to force me, I will jump from here!"
As she spoke, she took a step forward and pretended to jump.
"Don't! Don't! Don't do that!" Shen Xinghong was shocked and started crying, "Sister, why are you doing this?"
"Don't... don't jump!" Shen Xinglian was shocked. "We have already lost our father, we can't lose our sister again!"
"Then please leave now!" Shen Qian looked up and said, "I have ended my worldly ties. We will meet again someday if we are lucky enough!"
After saying that, Shen Qian turned and left, leaving behind only a beautiful shadow.
“Sister…sister…”
The Shen brothers were depressed and squatted on the ground waiting for a while. In the end, they could only glare at Xu Zun fiercely and left angrily...
“Woo woo…”
However, the saddest person was Huo Anu, who knelt on the ground sobbing, looking lonely and pitiful.
Seeing that the situation had calmed down, the nuns followed the abbot back to the temple.
Squeak...
The door closed, and everything returned to silence, with only the sobbing of Huo Anu remaining.
However, just when Xu Zun wanted to comfort Huo Anu, the temple door suddenly opened a gap.
A nun who was only eleven or twelve years old squeezed out from the gap, then lowered her head and walked quickly to Xu Zun and the other man, handing two letters to them respectively.
Huo Anu knew that this was written by Shen Qian to her, and she couldn't wait to open it and check it out...
Xu Zun also opened the letter written to him by Miss Shen.
As a result, when Xu Zun read the contents of the letter, his heart was suddenly filled with turmoil, and his heart was like a raging wave. However, there were no other words in the letter, only a poem "Linjiangxian":
[The rain falls on the leaves of the phoenix tree,]
【Who will listen to my sorrow and separation? 】
【In the shadow of the lonely wild goose, I feel pity for the lonely wild goose. 】
【The long night is empty of the past,】
【I heard the cock .】
【Tianya suddenly felt her heart breaking,】
[Who understands the love in this life? 】
【One thought leads to sorrow from spring to winter.】
【I borrow your unfulfilled wish,】
【Send me your love for the next life. 】
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