Dressed as the villain's stepmother

Here the emperor and his ministers presided over the funeral ceremony of the abbot.

In the remote front yard of another royal temple, the gang of gangsters were gearing up, like ants on a hot pot.

"Boss, why are you still dawdling here? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"

In the crowd, someone noticed that their leader still hesitated and made no move after receiving the news from the Prime Minister.

"Yes! Boss, that person from outside is the emperor! Even if we get close to the emperor, we can't defeat the emperor! Let's leave quickly! If we don't leave, it will be in vain that our brothers have suffered so much here. !”

"There is no shop like this after passing this village! I heard that someone died in this royal temple! He was still a guard. If the emperor is really determined to investigate this matter, none of us will be able to escape by then! "

There was already panic everywhere.

In the past, when they dared to dominate here, it was because the sky was high and the emperor was far away.

But things are different now. The emperor now lives in a temple with them!

"Boss, what are you still hesitating about? Do you know, brother, I heard that the emperor is here, and I can't eat well or sleep well. I feel like the back of my neck is cold all the time!"

A life of fear and fear is something no one can live through.

People say they have done nothing wrong and are not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, but this group of people in the courtyard of the side hall have never done a single good deed. How could they not be afraid?

"Shut up! Shut up! Let me think about it!"

The chirping sound was really too disturbing, making the criminal leader confused and even more uncertain.

"Think? What else are you thinking about? If you continue to think about it, your brothers will lose their lives!"

There were some who were timid and reckless in the crowd and retorted directly.

Then, he picked up his belongings and went out cursing.

"I originally wanted to follow you, boss, to make a big deal, and I would have nothing to worry about for the rest of my life. But now it's better. If I don't make it, my life will be in danger! Whoever wants to do this crappy business, I won't serve you anymore!"

"You stop for me!"

Someone rebelled, and the boss's first thought was to hold on to the leader. However, when he was about to take down the opponent, he didn't expect that other people would also sneak away in twos and threes, taking their own weapons.

Because they had been suffocating in the royal temple for so long, this group of people didn't make any profit at all.

So when I left, I wanted to take off all the walls in this remote yard and sell them.

In the chaos, many people had already left.

They didn't even pay attention to what their leader said.

"A bunch of useless things that won't make a difference!"

Finally, looking at himself like a polished commander, the leader of the gang also left the side courtyard cursing.

Their escape from the royal temple went so smoothly that the leader of the gang began to murmur in his heart.

"Are the emperor's palace guards so incompetent? Even I can't stop him..."

He murmured as he walked.

However, as I looked at the Royal Temple getting further and further away, I felt glad that I had finally left this place of right and wrong.

But the leader of the gangster didn't know that the reason why he was able to escape safely was not because of his superior martial arts, but because of Liao Yunchuan who was hiding in the dark.

"Sir, all the others have been taken down. Their eyes are covered and their mouths are gagged with cloths so that they will not disturb the people worshiping the abbot of the temple."

The secret guard came to report the situation to Liao Yunchuan.

"Okay, take them all back quietly. Also, send people to follow the man we let go on purpose. Keep a close eye on him. I want to know who he has gone to!"

Put the long line and catch the big fish.

These small fish and shrimps floating on the surface are not Liao Yunchuan's goal. His goal is the handle of the people behind it.

"Subordinates obey!"

Liao Yunchuan quickly caught the gangster in the courtyard, while Jiang Lianzhu followed everyone to bury the abbot master.

While everyone was paying homage to the abbot, Jiang Lianzhu burned three sticks of incense in front of the tombstone of the young monk Jie Chi.

Zhike didn't lie to her.

Sure enough, the distance between the tombstone of the little master Jiechi and the tombstone of the abbot is not far away. In this way, the little monk Jiechi can follow the abbot and master to take care of each other in the future.

Although Jiang Lianzhu doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, this arrangement is also good.

The abbot was buried with great funeral rites.

After returning to the temple.

His Majesty received the late abbot’s last secret letter from the giant Buddha statue in the Mahavir Palace.

This is where the list of the next abbot of the royal temple is placed after the death of the previous abbot of the royal temple.

The emperor ordered the bodyguard with the best martial arts skills to take down the secret letter of recommendation for the abbot.

He handed it to the eunuch in the palace and ordered him to open it and read it in public.

"The old monk is old and useless. He has failed to live up to his heavenly grace and cannot continue to pray for the country and the people. He has betrayed the trust of the Holy One. Now, his body is about to die. I would like to recommend Zhike, a disciple in the temple, to be the next abbot of the royal temple. Please allow your Majesty's permission."

After the eunuch read out the abbot's secret letter, the Queen Mother was very pleased.

Zhike is her favorite as the next abbot of the royal temple, so it is natural and good.

"Knowing guest, I am willing to accept the wishes of the abbot and appoint you to be the next abbot of this royal temple. I hope that after you take over this important task, you will pray for the country and care about the world. Don't live up to the late abbot's love for you. heart of."

His Majesty took the staff and cassock monk's robe from the side, handed them to the saluting Zhike, and gave instructions.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. The young monk should remember His Majesty's teachings."

Because there was no one to stop or object, the whole process went extremely smoothly.

The Queen Mother got her wish and rewarded the temple with a lot of money for sesame oil.

That night.

The Zen room where His Majesty lives welcomed Zhike, the abbot of the royal temple who had just been consecrated during the day.

"Because of the hidden secrets during the day, the young monk did not tell His Majesty the truth, so he chose to visit late at night to tell His Majesty about all the major events that have happened in the royal temple recently!"

Zhike was not wearing a cassock. Instead, he was wearing a monk's robe and was kneeling on the ground.

When His Majesty saw this, he did not get up from his seat.

"Tell me, what have you been hiding from me?"

"Your Majesty, the abbot master who is being buried by you personally today did not actually die of old age, but someone poisoned him. After the poison took effect, the master died suddenly!"

Zhike brought the evidence he brought to His Majesty.

"What the young monk submitted is the poison that the Queen Mother gave to the master. In the past few years, the Queen Mother used this medicine to control the royal temple. The young monk is incompetent and cannot protect the abbot master. Today he comes to report the Queen Mother with the evidence he collected!"

"Today, the secret message in the Main Hall was also the work of the Queen Mother. She made the young monk the abbot for his use!"

"To show that every word of the young monk's words is sincere, the young monk is willing to commit suicide here to prove the innocence of the abbot master!"

Zhike came today and had no intention of going back alive.

The responsibility of informing the Queen Mother was not something he, a monk in a royal monastery, could bear, but he was not afraid. .