Buddha mouth dragon heart

The sky was getting darker and darker, the light of the setting sun was already blocked by the trees, Pu Tan was very familiar with the way down the mountain, although his pace was not fast, but Jin Yi's eyes were just right, and he was not familiar with the mountain road, so he couldn't keep up with him.

Although Jin Ni was anxious and a little annoyed, she stubbornly didn't ask Botan to wait for him.

After Botan noticed that the footsteps behind him had slowed down, he stopped and turned around, looking at the person behind him stretching out his Zen staff, "Go slowly, I will wait for you."

Jin Yan pursed the corners of his lower lips, originally he was secretly angry that Pu Tan didn't know how to be considerate, but thinking that there must be a big accident in the temple, Pu Tan should be very anxious now, "Why don't you go down first, I will take my time slowly." Walk."

Putan smiled at Jin Yi, and brought the Zen staff closer to Jin Yi, expressing his attitude. Jin Yi held the Zen staff and glanced at the trees all over the mountain. The trees were tall and straight, towering into the clouds , the branches and leaves almost cover the sky, and the insignificance of human beings in nature is instantly revealed. To be honest, this desolate and lonely feeling is really scary.

He clenched the familiar Zen stick in his hand again, and stepped up to keep up with Botan.

The two walked down the mountain and arrived at the temple halfway up the mountain. It was already an hour later, Jing Yuan Jing Xing and some other disciples were already waiting on the way down the mountain.

Jingyuan was the first to go up to him, and asked Botan with concern, "Amitabha, brother abbot, you don't need to fast at night, Jingyuan will ask someone to prepare some hot food for you first."

Putan turned his head and glanced at Jin Yan, who was exhausted, his body hadn't fully recovered, he easily felt tired, and he hadn't eaten dinner yet, so he nodded.

Jing Xing didn't need Jing Yuan's instructions, and immediately turned around and ran down.

Jingyuan led Botan and Jin Ni to the backyard of the temple. When passing by a courtyard, Jin Ni heard the noise inside, but because of a wall, he couldn't see what was going on inside. No one found them, only heard the noisy talk inside, wanting to get justice or something.

Jin Yi was still holding Botan's Zen staff, he looked at Botan, the other party naturally heard the noise, and didn't even ask what was going on, presumably this was the reason why Jing Xing ran up to invite Botan to come here.

The two were brought into a quiet meditation room, a young disciple ran in, made tea for Botan, Jinyi and Jingyuan, and then exited the room under Jingyuan's signal.

Putan didn't drink tea, and looked directly at Jingyuan who was sitting opposite, "Tell me, what's going on?"

Jingyuan looked at Jin Ni and Botan, showing hesitation. Jin Ni looked away and looked at the furnishings in the room. Several calligraphy and paintings are all related to Buddhism.

"Even though Junior Brother has made it clear, some people in the monastery already know about this matter anyway, and the paper cannot cover the flames. Before the matter is fully investigated, the more you conceal it, the more it will be used by good people to spread rumors. It is better to let everyone know." Under the witness of the Buddha, clarify the matter, Amitabha." Botan raised his hand holding the Buddha string up, put it under his lips, and said solemnly.

Jingyuan nodded, feeling that what Botan said made sense, and said: "It happened this morning. A disciple saw it when he was cleaning the guest room in the backyard. He knocked on the door first, but no one answered, so the disciple I thought there was no one in the house, so I opened the door and went in. The door was not locked at the time. But as soon as he walked in, he ran out pale with fright, and then called me in. Because he was taking a walk in the yard to rest There were quite a few people, and when they saw the panicked expression of the disciples, they all followed along. Naturally, many people saw it. Of course, even if not many people saw it, it must have been spread by now. .”

Jingyuan sighed as he said, "Amitabha, the pure land of Buddhism, how could such a thing happen, it really shames our temple." He shook his head helplessly, and he was very unconvinced after thinking about it.

Jingyuan is very young, and likes to mingle with his disciples on weekdays. He also has a youthful and vigorous temper, but because Putan doesn't manage the chores of Lingfo Temple, and he is Putan's junior, his seniority is also higher. Naturally, he will be entrusted to do the work, and he will show a little stability in front of Botan.

"What happened?" Jin Yan had been listening for a while, but it seemed that Botan had already understood the situation in the temple. Jingyuan talked about the details, but he never said what happened. in a hurry.

Jing Yuan looked up at Jin Yan, pursing the corners of her mouth, as if she didn't want to mention it at all.

Putan lifted his closed eyes, and said a few words, "Someone died."

Jin Yi hadn't understood the meaning from Pu Tan's words, blinked his eyes as if he was asking, but Pu Tan didn't intend to speak again, so he had to look at Jing Yuan again.

Jingyuan has been holding back all the time, and she was quite unhappy in her heart, so she simply complained and said: "You said it is bad luck, it is not bad luck, it is not good to commit suicide anywhere, but why did you come to us to commit suicide? If you don’t want to be a human, you can become a ghost, and if you become a ghost in our temple, how can you still have a chance to be reincarnated? I really don’t know what to think.”

"Suicide? Why did you commit suicide?" Jin Yan thought of the courtyard separated by the wall when he came here, and the people inside were discussing, "How can you be sure that you committed suicide?"

Before Jingyuan could answer, Putan spoke first, "Are the police here?" When Jingxing ran up the mountain to tell Putan about this, he told Jingxing to call the police quickly.

"I've been here before, but I've gone back now. I said that I would go back to verify the identity of the deceased first, and I would bring the forensic doctor with me later. Since the disciple who first reported the case didn't make it clear, when the police came, they didn't know that the person was dead. So I didn’t bring the forensic doctor. Until now, there is no way to determine whether she committed suicide, but she cut her wrists, so it looks like suicide anyway.” Jing Yuan picked up the teacup, took a sip, It's like trying to swallow the dissatisfaction in my heart.

"Let all the irrelevant people go away, protect the scene, let's go to that room to have a look." Putan stood up as he said.

But Jingyuan moved a little slower, looking at Botan hesitantly, "Master... Senior Brother... Well, that dead person is that woman..." Jingyuan's nonsensical words made Putan stunned After a while, but quickly understood what.

But Jin Yan thought for a long time, who is that woman? After much deliberation, all she could think of was the woman who was brought up to the mountain by Jing Xing and had a private meeting with Botan. Could it be that woman died?

Thinking of this, Jin Yi's eyes fixed on Botan, and there was no unnatural emotion or confusion on the gentle face of the other party. Although someone died in the temple, Botan seemed to be very open-minded.

Maybe it's because a monk like him who has practiced deeply has long been indifferent to things like life and death.

"Understood, let's go and see it." Putan said calmly, walking towards the door, Jing Yuan followed, and said in a rambling manner: "But you haven't eaten yet, why don't you go to see it after eating?" Bar."