The world is unstable

Chapter 277 The Abbot (4000 words for the big chapter)
Hearing Wenzhou's inquiry, the monk on the side was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said:

"Benefactor, the abbot usually doesn't see people, and occasionally he will stop in the hall to enlighten people when he is out and about. If there is a destiny, we will meet."

The words of Buddhist explanations sometimes sound a bit mysterious, and Wenzhou had already expected that the monk would not tell him where the abbot lived.
"How about this, please pass this small tissue to the abbot on your behalf. If there is a discussion, if the abbot still has no intention after reading the note I wrote, then we will leave here."

Smiling slightly, thinking that there was still a pen in Su Miaoke's backpack, she borrowed it and wrote a short sentence on a paper towel that happened to be in her pocket,
Since the paper towels were very soft, Wenzhou couldn't find a place to put his pen down with force. However, after looking at it for a while, he could clearly distinguish what Wenzhou wrote.

And the monk, seeing Wenzhou's words, made eye contact with the monk on the other side, and then put his hands together kindly and bowed his head slightly:

"Since the benefactor is so important, then I will pass on the message, but what the result will be is not up to us to decide."

Occasionally there will always be some tourists who want to see the abbot of the temple. The monks all understand, but this time, the monk just feels that Wenzhou's eyes seem to tell him that there is something really going on in Wenzhou.

That's why he exchanged glances with fellow monks, then slowly left the hall with the small tissue that Wenzhou handed over, and walked towards a certain part of the temple.

After a while, the monk stopped at the door of a meditation room, then knocked on the door gently and respectfully said:

"Abbot, a special guest came today, and he asked me to bring you a piece of news, please take a look and decide whether to meet this benefactor."

A long time after the monk had finished speaking, a vicissitudes of life sounded slightly from the meditation room:

"Then come in."

There was a slight breeze outside the door, and after tidying up his clothes, the monk slowly opened the door, only to see a monk who was almost an old man, sitting on a futon dignifiedly, closing his eyes and meditating,

The abbot also knew that there would always be more or less tourists who wanted to see him. If there were too many, the old man would not be able to bear it, so gradually he closed the door to thank the guests.

The monks know this, so they seldom, or almost never, bother the abbot because of such things. So, this time, the abbot knows that what the monks call special is special.

After taking the paper towel handed over by the monk, the ruddy but somewhat old hands slowly opened the paper towel, and after reading the crooked and illegible words on the paper towel,
I saw that the abbot's slightly cloudy eyes suddenly brightened a little, and then he hurriedly asked:
"Wusi, where is this benefactor, please come here quickly."

Hearing the abbot's panic, the monk named Wusi was shocked. The term "old monk entering samadhi" used to describe a monk like the abbot who was calm in dealing with things.
But now, the abbot in front of him suddenly lost his composure, and was so flustered just because of that simple tissue.

But without thinking too much, the monk hurriedly replied respectfully. Sure enough, his guess was correct. The abbot and this man really had something to discuss.

...Wenzhou Office
After the monk who reported the message left, the few people were not idle, but they started to circle around the hall,

The Buddha statue is in the middle, and the walkway that surrounds it allows everyone to view this majestic statue 360° without blind spots, while around it are neatly placed leather drums.
The leather drum is not big, just about the size of an adult's arm. If one is placed at each of the four corners, according to another monk who stayed to continue to guard the main hall,
This is called, agitated on all sides and rises in the middle, and the aura of the Buddha in the middle of the meaning emerges more, and everyone just smiles and does not discuss more.

And after a few minutes, the monk came back from a trot just now, Wenzhou happened to see him panting, it seemed that he was running very fast,

Seeing that Wenzhou hadn't left yet, he immediately adjusted his breath and walked to Wenzhou's side and whispered:

"Benefactor, the abbot has a request, please take a detour."

Wenzhou is very confident, just now Su Miaoke and they couldn't help asking him what was written on the tissue, but Wenzhou just laughed and didn't say anything, which made Su Miaoke throw a hammer,
But now, self-confidence has really been fulfilled, Wenzhou left a sentence "come back and say" to everyone, and followed this Wusi back to the abbot's Zen room,
A few minutes later, the two arrived. After the monk sent Wenzhou into the meditation room, he left consciously. He couldn't listen to the abbot's affairs immediately.

After Wenzhou entered the meditation room, the abbot opened his eyes again, but he didn't speak. Wenzhou was also silent,

Through the light from the door and window of the Zen room, the abbot's cheeks were slightly rosy, while Wenzhou's face was only a little dark due to the backlight.

The abbot was looking at the young man in front of him, so young, why did he know such things, strange...

As for Wenzhou, he was also looking at the abbot in front of him. His face was tough and gentle like a monk's, but his old wrinkles did not make his complexion look weak.
As expected of a master, Wenzhou first sighed in his heart.

"The donor is not as old as I expected."

With a smile, the abbot gently pushed Wenzhou's paper towel forward in front of Wenzhou. Only then did Wenzhou realize that there was a futon on the opposite side of the abbot, so he simply sat down.

"You are as hale and hearty as I thought,"

He smiled kindly and shrugged his shoulders. Wenzhou is the way to go. From the first impression, both parties were a little surprised, but there was nothing wrong with it.

"I'm getting old, we monks are no better than young people living in the secular world, no more chatting, where did you know about the things on the tissue paper?"

Shaking his head, the abbot smiled and brought the topic straight to the point. He was eager to know how Wenzhou learned about it.

"I said I guessed it, do you believe it?"

Spreading his hands, Wenzhou's paper towel was indeed what he had guessed. It was simple, only a few words: [Your temple is not peaceful, something happened, right? 】

Wenzhou's idea is the disappearance of the merit box, and Chen Ping's previous experience. If it is blocking donations, then there must be something wrong with the merit box.

Moreover, perhaps something happened before Chen Ping, but the situation was not as serious as imagined, that's all.

But this time, the reason why the abbot had to take back the merit box must be that something serious happened.

Seeing that the abbot shook his head and remained silent, he thought he didn't believe Wenzhou's words, but Wenzhou put away his face and said solemnly:

"How long has it been since the issue of the merit box?"

The abbot's eyelids twitched slightly when he went straight in, and then he sighed and said with a smile: "Sure enough, I can't hide it. The moment I saw your tissue, I knew that you knew these tricks."

Come to think of it, the abbot thought Wenzhou was a little Taoist priest who was parading, so when he saw Wenzhou, he was a little surprised at Wenzhou's youth.

"It's been a long time, and I can't tell the exact time. It was around the middle of last year, June? I can't remember, I'm old, hehehe."

Gently raised his head, as if he was thinking, with his left hand, he fiddled with the Buddhist beads one by one, as if he was recalling, but it seemed that he did not clearly remember the specific origin time.

Then, the abbot continued:

"At that time, it was the beginning of summer, and the weather here was a bit hot. At that time, the temple opened the temple to give out porridge, in order to purify those displaced people,
At that time, I was very impressed, there was a Sanren who was dressed in sloppy Baijia clothes and a string of Buddhist beads hanging around his waist also came to our temple, "

Speaking of this, the abbot's left hand suddenly stopped, and then he said:

"When we meet friends, we naturally have to welcome some, some carefree people, who practice in the world and no longer go to the monastery, of course we can understand,
And after talking with that person, I will never forget the frown that person frowned when he saw our merit box. "

His eyelids suddenly closed, as if he thought of something bad, and it was difficult to move the Buddhist beads in his left hand. They were trembling slightly, which made Wenzhou couldn't help but wonder, what on earth was it that made the abbot tremble so much?
"The scattered person, when he saw our merit box, was silent for a long time before uttering a word."

"What?"

Wenzhou was a little curious about this person. Could it be that there are still people in this world who can discover the existence of accidents?Could it be that there are also founders, or some special people?

Following Wenzhou's inquiry, the abbot struggled for a moment, then said weakly:
"The Sanren pointed to our merit box and said: "The money in this box must be spread sincerely to help the world, find a custom place again, and use red sandalwood to build a new merit box.

Let's burn this merit box as firewood. ",
After finishing speaking with a frown, the undisciplined man suddenly laughed loudly, and left the temple with big strides. Before leaving, he shouted loudly: "Don't block the way, don't be greedy, don't be a poor man hahahaha... ""

"Don't block the way, don't be greedy, don't die poor?"

This jingle is a novelty in Wenzhou,

Wenzhou, who has often interacted with the elderly since childhood, has never heard this cliché?What does this sentence mean?

"That's right. At the beginning, we didn't quite understand the words of this scattered fellow friend. We just thought that he had the heart to help the world and didn't have the capital to help the world.
That's why we let us spread the money. "

Thinking of this, the abbot suddenly clenched his left hand, and then opened his eyes suddenly, a tear suddenly appeared from the corner of his eyes, and his tone became a little excited,

"But later, a series of things happened that made us faintly feel that there might really be something wrong with the merit box."

Abbot's expression is definitely true, but what happened?With doubts, Wenzhou went on to ask:
"You mean, is there something bad...?"

"That's right,"

Nodding hard, the abbot has already believed a little bit in Wenzhou's identity. In his eyes, the indifferent Wenzhou can only be achieved by those who have practiced for a long time.

Afterwards, even if he didn't want to recall any more, the abbot tried his best to recollect the matter in order to solve the incident. Only he himself knew the pain during that time:

"Since the scattered people left, the incense in the temple is still the same as usual, part of it is used for the expenses of the temple, part of it is used as a burden for the monks, and some is saved to deal with some special situations to help the surrounding villagers. .

However, faintly, some rumors gradually spread that some benefactors, after donating incense money to us, had problems big and small at home.

Some people came back again, and in the end they all murmured, "Buddha bless, if the incense money last time was less, I will add it this time."

I was right next to that person and clearly saw a huge bag on his head. After asking, I bumped into it after I donated money for incense last time. "

Then, taking a breath, the abbot continued:

"Afterwards, this kind of thing happened more and more. Everyone just regarded it as a coincidence. However, once, when a young monk in our monastery was sorting out the incense money, he fell to the ground and broke his leg. I felt something was wrong. ,

At that time, it was about October, and it was only about 10 months since the previous scattered practitioner left. "

Wenzhou nodded. He noticed before that the bricks and stones in the main hall are extremely flat. Falling on the flat ground is ridiculous for everyone.

Wenzhou gradually got a clue about this bizarre thing, so it should be over.

"Afterwards, strange things happened frequently. According to the previous news reports, a benefactor who was injured in City Z secretly donated incense money to us, and then the accident happened."

Hearing this, Wenzhou understood that what the abbot said should be Chen Ping, but when the words came to his lips, Wenzhou stopped again,
Something more serious must have happened later. I didn't want to tell the abbot that Chen Ping was his friend.

Just as Wenzhou thought, what the abbot said next became even more bizarre:
"In the days that followed, in the monastery, sick people, such as those who had coughs and colds, and even the monk who broke his leg before, twisted his foot again a while ago,
All these incidents cast a shadow over my heart. "

With another sigh, the abbot said the most serious thing:
"As for these, we didn't really remove the merit box, we just scattered the money inside.

After all, the merit box already existed when I was the same age as you, and when the previous abbot was in office, no matter what the reason is, it is not easy to take it away.

But not long ago, something happened that forced me to move the merit box to a remote place.

Because there was a monk who sleepwalked when he fell asleep. And that night, he walked outside my meditation room and murmured:

"It's coming, I'm going to see you."

At that time, I woke up suddenly, and that night, I didn't sleep all night. "

Another shudder, this kind of thing is still too bizarre for an abbot, then the abbot continued:
"The next day, I asked the monk, but he couldn't remember anything. And he was the monk who cleaned the merit box during the day.
How can I deceive myself that there is no problem with the merit box? "

(End of this chapter)