The Republic of China Conspiracy Records

Chapter 94 The Ugly Slave (3)

Xin Fuzhen obviously thought about it, and then replied, she doesn't usually go out, but because her father believes in Buddhism, she also eats vegetarian food and recites Buddhism, and has gone to temples near and far to offer incense.That day, Qian Bo drove her and Mama Yu to Yunmen Temple to worship Buddha. On the way back, Qian Bo saw a monk walking barefoot with a painful expression on his face.

Because of the head of the family, all members of the Xin family treated the monk with courtesy, so when Qian Bo saw the monk walking barefoot, he stopped the car and asked him where he was going, and if he was on the way, he could give him a ride.The monk stopped, first thanked him, and then said that he was going to Mount Sumeru Temple.

Xin Fuzhen felt strange when she heard it in the carriage. She had been to all the big and small temples nearby, but she had never heard of such a temple, so she poked her head out of the carriage and said that she had never heard of it. Could it be that Mount Sumeru Temple was recently completed?But the monk shook his head and said, Mount Sumeru Temple has been built for hundreds of years, but it has never been widely known.

Uncle Qian and Mama Yu were born and raised in the local area. If there really was such a temple, it would be fine if Xin Fuzhen didn't know about it at such a young age. talk.

Seeing their expressions, the monk knew that they had doubts in their hearts, so he didn't argue, he just saluted them with palms together, and then walked away.Seeing that he neither argued nor begged, Xin Fuzhen and the other three felt a little uncertain in their hearts. They all said that there is such a temple that they don't know about, right?
Xin Fuzhen looked at the back of the monk walking away and saw his feet were stained with blood. He couldn't bear it at once, so he asked Qian Bo to catch up with him. Whether there was such a temple or not, he just sent him wherever he was going.Qian Bo responded, and sure enough, he drove up and asked the monk to get into the car, and let him sit next to him.

Seeing him getting into the car, Xin Fuzhen and Yu's mother lowered the curtains and returned to the compartment. Hearing the sound of the wheels turning, they felt sleepy for a while, so they squinted their eyes in the car.After an unknown amount of time, when they opened their eyes, they heard Chamber say that they had arrived.When Xin Fuzhen heard that Mount Sumeru Temple had arrived, she was quite surprised, so she opened the curtain and looked out.

Outside the carriage, a temple with carved railings and painted buildings leaps into the eye, surrounded by dense jungles and lush greenery, it is indeed a solemn and solemn Buddhist treasure.Mama Yu also said, it turns out that there really is such a temple in the town, and I have lived all these years without knowing it.

Now that we are outside the temple, we naturally have to go in and enjoy incense.Xin Fuzhen told the monk what he meant, and the monk hesitated for a moment, saying that Mount Sumeru Temple never received pilgrims, so it was unknown.But I troubled them to take him back, so I invited the young lady to come in. As for Uncle Qian and Mama Yu, I forgive him for not being able to entertain him.

Uncle Qian and Ma Yu understood, so they waited in the carriage and let Xin Fuzhen go in with the monk.After that, the next thing happened.

So far, I have heard all the ins and outs of the whole matter, but then I have a question: "Since the temple can be driven to, it means that the road is smooth, and it is not a narrow and difficult place. Since the road is smooth, there will always be someone who hits the temple by mistake. How could no one know about it for hundreds of years, it doesn’t make sense.”

"There was indeed a temple in that place before, so there is a direct road to it, but it was burned down by a fire decades ago, leaving only a ruin." Ji Youjie said, "Because it was not rebuilt, the temple gradually faded away. Forgotten."

I said "Oh" and asked again: "Then this burned temple is called Mount Sumeru Temple?"

"No." Ji Youjie shook his head and said, "This temple is called Meihua Temple."

"If someone builds a new Mount Sumeru Temple on the ruins of Plum Blossom Temple, and then burns it down, can you explain this strange thing?"

"No. I have just been to the ruins of the Plum Blossom Temple. The ruins are covered with wild grass. It is obvious that they have been abandoned for decades. It cannot be a newly created ruin."

"So the most reasonable explanation for this is that someone 'moved' a Mount Sumeru Temple out of thin air, and then 'moved' it out of thin air, or put it in mustard seeds, together with Xin Ruyi?"

Ji Yu nodded, I turned to Xin Fuzhen and said, "Ms. Xin has ever heard your father mention the phrase 'Mount Sumeru hidden in mustard seeds'?"

Xin Fuzhen shook her head in bewilderment.

"Your father is not from Plum Blossom Town, he moved here from elsewhere. Does Miss Xin know anything about him before he came to Plum Blossom Town?"

Xin Fuzhen gave me a strange look, and slowly said: "Until you mentioned this, I always thought that our family lived here for generations, so I don't know anything about his past."

Generally speaking, even if the parents don't deliberately talk about their past, there will always be a little bit of it in their daily conversations, especially Xin Ruyi who moved from other places to settle down, how can they not reveal the slightest bit of tone.If it wasn't that Xin Fuzhen was lying about this matter, it was that there was something wrong with Xin Ruyi's first half of his life, and there were some things that could not be explained to outsiders.

But since Xin Fuzhen said so, we naturally couldn't say anything more, since we couldn't tell the truth from her mouth, I got up and said goodbye, and walked out of Xin's house with Ji Youjie.As soon as Ji Youjie left Xin's house, he asked me, "How are you going to investigate next?"

This matter was originally his duty, but now I promised to help him, but he has relied on me. I couldn't help being a little annoyed and funny, and asked, "How did you investigate before I came?"

"Since you're here, this matter is naturally up to you." Ji Youjie said sternly, with a serious expression on his face, "Don't think that this is me shirking responsibility. The relationship between this matter and you is indeed It should be about you."

He repeatedly mentioned that this matter had something to do with me, but he refused to say what it was.Although I was puzzled in my heart, there was nothing I could do, so I said, "Okay. This lady of the Xin family is not good-looking, maybe she is a little withdrawn at ordinary times. The monk in the Mount Sumeru Temple is not very old, do you think this matter will involve a relationship between men and women The affair? Have you noticed that the monk has mentioned the matter of returning to secular life many times."

"I also have the same thought. If this matter is really related to men and women, then perhaps the theory of Mount Sumeru Temple is simply nonsense. Xin Fuzhen colluded with Qian Bo and Yu Ma to fabricate this set of rhetoric. But if it is true, Xin Fuzhen Why did you let Xin Ruyi disappear? With Miss Xin's looks, it's not easy to find a Mr. Ruyi, so why would Xin Ruyi object to this matter?"

"Have you forgotten about Xin Ruyi's pious belief in Buddhism? Maybe he thinks that letting the monk return to vulgarity is disrespectful to Buddhism, so he objected."

"Even so, is it possible that Xin Fuzhen will collude with so many people to harm his father?"

This matter was too appalling, and I couldn't answer it, so I didn't make a sound.Seeing this, Ji Youjie kept silent, and after a while he said: "Then what now?"

"The Xin family also has Mama Yu who has experienced this. She was not in the Xin family just now. I want to wait for her here and see what she has to say." I replied.

Ji Youjie nodded when he heard the words, and pulled me to find a small shop near Xin's house to sit and drink tea, observing the direction of Xin's house.After a long while, a woman in her fifties walked past the store with a vegetable basket on her shoulders. When Ji Youjie saw her, she called out to Mama Yu and invited her to come in and sit down.

Seeing that it was seasonal, Mama Yu walked in from outside the shop with a vegetable basket.Ji Youjie asked her to sit down, ordered her a bowl of tea to soothe her throat, and Mama Yu thanked him.I sat across from her and observed her, only to find that her expression was calm, and she was not reserved when seeing strangers present, but nodded to me in a neither humble nor humble way.

I also nodded to her, and took the initiative to ask about Mount Sumeru Temple.Mama Yu was not in a hurry to answer, but glanced at Ji Youjie.Ji Youjie said with a smile: "This little gentleman is here to help me find out about your master. If you have anything to say about what you said before, you can tell him."

"I've already told the mayor everything I need to say. If Mr. Xiao has anything to ask, just ask me." Mama Yu replied.

"Did you really see that Mount Sumeru Temple?" I asked.

"I see." Mama Yu answered without hesitation, "I saw it with my own eyes, Uncle Chamber and Miss, it's definitely true."

"When did Mama Yu come to Xin's house?" I asked her suddenly.

"I didn't go to Xin's house, it was the master who came to my house." Mama Yu glanced at Ji Youjie, "Master is not from Meihua Town, he came here from another place, married my lady and stayed here."

It turned out that Xin Ruyi stayed in Meihua Town because of the marriage, but the children born to the family should have the mother's surname, why did Xin Fuzhen take the father's surname?Mama Yu probably also knew what I was thinking, and said: "Mr. Xiao may not know that Master is not marrying into my family."

"Oh?" I looked at her suspiciously. Since Xin Ruyi lived in the woman's house, why didn't she become a married woman?

Mama Yu told me that Xin Fuzhen's mother's surname was Qin, and the Qin family was originally a wealthy family in the town, but the old lady Qin failed to go out to do business, and the Qin family fell overnight.Dejected, Mrs. Qin found a secluded place on the way home, intending to end her life there, but happened to be rescued by Xin Ruyi who passed by.

Although the old master Qin was rescued, his will to die remained undiminished. He said to himself that now he has nothing but a daughter, so he might as well just leave it at that.Xin Ruyi persuaded him, since he still has a daughter, what if he committed suicide and left her alone, Old Master Qin gave a wry smile.

It turned out that when Miss Qin was born, she was born with deformities, her appearance was quite different from ordinary people, and she was still unable to get married.If the Qin family was still rich, it would naturally be able to provide her with food and clothing for the rest of her life, but now that the Qin family is ruined, she probably will end up with no food and clothing in the future.Old Master Qin wanted to commit suicide, mostly because he could no longer take care of his daughter.

Hearing this, Xin Ruyi hesitated for a moment, and asked him if he would like to sell the house at home. If he wanted to, he could buy it with money, and the father and daughter of the Qin family could still live in the house.When the old master Qin heard that there was such a good thing in the world, he was still skeptical, so Xin Ruyi took him back to the town together, and really bought the Qin family mansion with money, and really allowed the Qin family father and daughter to stay at home.

Old Master Qin was naturally grateful, but because of his family's downfall, he was still depressed, and soon fell ill, and he was worried about Miss Qin before he died.Xin Ruyi promised him before his bed that he would take good care of her, and seeing that he still refused to close his eyes, he offered to marry Miss Qin.

The old master Qin originally meant this, but because of Miss Qin's appearance, he didn't dare to speak. Seeing him speak up at this time, he was naturally overjoyed, and he insisted on waiting for the two to get married before leaving safely.Afterwards, Xin Ruyi changed the Qin Mansion to Xin Mansion, and she really kept her promise to take care of Miss Qin until Xin Fuzhen gave birth to her dystocia and unfortunately passed away.

It can be said that Xin Ru is very kind to the entire Qin family. If it weren't for him, the Qin family would have been ruined long ago.Mama Yu entered the Qin family when she was more than ten years old, stayed in the Qin family for more than ten years, and stayed in the Xin family for another 20 years. She saw these things in her eyes, and she was also grateful to Xin Ruyi in her heart.

After listening to Mama Yu's words silently, I thought to myself, Xin Ruyi and Mrs. Qin met by accident and helped each other so generously, it doesn't look like a bad person.Thinking about this, I asked her, "Do you know what the master of the Xin family did before he came to Plum Blossom Town, and where he came from?"

"Since my master came to Plum Blossom Town, he repaired bridges and repaired roads. He is kind and charitable. Who doesn't give a thumbs up?" Yu Ma said, "But this is what makes people a little confused. No one knows where he came from. , What did you do before. The old man once asked him, guess what he said?"

Both Ji Youjie and I urged her with our eyes, and then she said: "He said, he came from where he came from, and he wants to go somewhere."

(End of this chapter)