The three women who were picking vegetables in the courtyard stood up when they heard the sound, and followed the clumsy steps of the fat woman who shouted to catch the thief to the courtyard gate.

"Senior Sister Yang, what's wrong, what did you lose?"

"What else can you throw away in the kitchen? Food, of course. The fat woman known as Senior Sister Yang said, raised her feet and walked out of the courtyard gate, looking north.

"Maybe the temple gate didn't pay attention and let the homeless man in, right?" the woman who picked the vegetables comforted: "Forget it, there's still time, let's do it again." ”

The fat woman turned around abruptly, looked at the three women in front of her, and asked puzzledly: "Eh, I said, you guys are in the yard, didn't you see a man in gray and white sportswear running out with a bowl of vegetables?"

The three women looked at each other suspiciously, shook their heads, and replied in unison, "No." ”

"It's weird, if I hadn't lost the vegetables and dumplings, I would have suspected that I would have seen a ghost in broad daylight. I've never seen anyone walk without a sound, and it's as fast as a gust of wind. Evil Gate!"

As if remembering something, the fat woman looked up at the bright sun in the sky, rubbed her arms, and hurried back to the kitchen.

"This temple is indeed quite evil. The three women returned to their positions, moved their respective matzas forward, narrowed the distance between them, and muttered quietly.

"I heard that I lost another urn the day before yesterday. ”

"I only heard about it today, who do you say is so idle that he has nothing to do, why is he stealing other people's ashes?

"This temple shouldn't just accept ashes, and the money spent in the cemetery is not necessarily much more than here. ”

"I will die in the future, so that my family will not be allowed to send my ashes here, if one day someone steals it and uses my ashes to blackmail my children, I will not be blind when I die. ”

"That's it, I don't go here, how good the cemetery is, I haven't heard of the cemetery having ashes lost. ”

......

Looking at the empty bowl in front of her, Si Huayue was a little worried, she took a little too much just now, her whereabouts were exposed, and she couldn't go back.

Hiccup –

The bald boy burped contentedly, the fullest he had eaten in a week.

Five dumplings, a big bowl of vegetables, two people and one dog all ate it.

"What's your name?" asked Si Huayue as she looked at the boy with a grin.

"Are you asking me my legal name or common name?" the boy's eyes were not big, but they were very divine.

"Tell me all. "If the application is successful, then when you meet in the temple in the future, you will naturally call the Dharma name; if you fail to apply, you will be more casual by calling the common name.

"My Dharma name is Baidu. ”

"What?Baidu?And Sohu, who gave it to you?" Si Huayue asked with a smile.

"It's whiteness, white whiteness. The boy rolled his eyes, "I gave my own names." ”

Si Huayue nodded, waiting for his next answer.

After a long time, the boy said quietly: "My common name is Li Zicheng. ”

"Convinced!" Si Huayue was a little speechless, "Why did you choose this name, you want to be the emperor?"

"No, my master said, I chose this name in the hope that I would be able to be self-taught in the future. Li Zicheng said.

"I don't understand. Si Huayue didn't want to dwell on the topic of names anymore, and asked instead, "How old are you this year?"

"Are you checking your household registration?" Li Zicheng was a little bored, but he thought that he would ask Si Huayue to sign for a while, so he replied honestly: "Eleven years old." ”

"Ah?!" Si Huayue was really surprised at this time, because Li Zicheng didn't look like he was eleven years old, and people believed him when he was sixteen years old.

Because he not only looks alike, but also feels like a typical teenager.

To be able to grow like this, it should be a child with a story.

"You said you would leave the temple in a month, did you want to go back to study?" asked Si Huayue.

"I don't know, I won't go to school. Li Zicheng lowered his head and rubbed the skin of Xiaotian's cheeks back and forth.

"Why don't you study? You should stay in the classroom to learn cultural knowledge when you are so old, if you don't learn knowledge, how will you become an emperor in the future?" Si Huayue quipped.

"No school wants me. Li Zicheng's voice lowered, obviously a little lost.

"Tell me, maybe I can help you. Si Huayue was curious about Li Zicheng's life experience and induced him to talk about it.

"I was an orphan who was left in the toilet of Canglin Temple when I was very young. "Once the secret pressed on my heart is revealed, it is like a flood that bursts the levee.

It turned out that Li Zicheng was an abandoned baby, and the temple had planned to send him to a local welfare home, but his master insisted on taking him in.

For him, his master was demoted and his salary was reduced, and he was brought up by one person.

He was abandoned when he was a child, and he was weak and sickly since he was a child. Therefore, it was postponed until he was eight years old that his master began to teach him the basic skills of martial arts.

Until now, the issue of his household registration has not been resolved, so no school is willing to admit him.

In addition, if he goes to school, accommodation is also a problem.

All the cultural and Buddhist knowledge he has now acquired has been taught by his master.

"Your master is very powerful!" Si Huayue wanted to know his master's situation from his mouth in a praising manner.

Sure enough, no matter how old he is, he is only an eleven-year-old child, "That is, before my master became a monk, he was a doctoral student and studied at the National Academy of Social Sciences." ”

I have worked at the Academy of Social Sciences, I know martial arts, and my education is still so high. There are only a handful of monks of this status in the whole country.

Many years ago, Si Huayue had heard her master say that there was such a person, but she didn't take it to heart at that time, she only remembered that this person had a high reputation in the Buddhist world.

I didn't expect to practice in such a small temple.

"What is your master's Dharma name?" asked Si Huayue.

"Empty view. Speaking of Master, Li Zicheng's previous decadence was gone, and he looked as if all the great achievements of Master Kongjian were created by him.

Si Huayue finally got on the number, and vaguely remembered that when her master mentioned Master Kongjian, she had said such a sentence, "Trapped by love, hurt by love, and left home." ”

It's also a lover of personality.

Since the vegetable bowl could not be sent back to the kitchen, Si Huayue simply threw it into the bamboo forest on the side.

"Where does that bamboo forest lead?" Si Huayue asked, remembering the person who was hiding inside and peeping at her just now.

Si Huayue's actions made Li Zicheng a little dissatisfied, and his tone brought out displeasure, "Through the bamboo forest, you will arrive at the columbarium." ”

"You grew up in this temple, are you very familiar with this temple?" Si Huayue then asked.

"Of course, I can turn the whole temple around with my eyes closed. After Li Zicheng finished speaking, he asked: "Where do you want to go?" I'll take you there, but you can't steal anymore. ”

"Oh?" Si Huayue was already a little puzzled about the temple recruiting security guards, and hearing Li Zicheng say this aroused her curiosity even more.

"What have you lost?" Si Huayue asked, what else could be of value in the temple, as for attracting thieves?

"I tell you, you must keep it a secret, don't tell it. "Make sure there is no one around," Li Zicheng whispered.

"Rest assured, I'm not a talkative person. Si Huayue assured.

"Ashes. Li Zicheng repeatedly lowered his voice, "Two cans of ashes in the columbarium were lost, and I wanted to call the police, but the host was afraid that the family of the owner would find out and make trouble, so he wanted to solve it privately." ”

"At first, I lost an ownerless urn that had been stored for many years and no one came to worship, but the ashes that were lost the day before yesterday were new ashes that had only been stored for a long time. ”

"The deceased is a social person, and the people in the temple are secretly wondering if this person has offended someone before his death, and he doesn't dare to provoke him when he is alive, and he is dead to take revenge on his ashes. ”

Hearing this, Si Huayue was surprised and asked, "Did you find it?" Isn't there a monitor installed in the temple? ”

"Whoa, those things have long since broken down, just scaring ornaments. How could they be found? I guess it's all scattered on the ground like mud. Li Zicheng pursed his mouth.

"That's why you're in a hurry to recruit security guards?" asked Si Huayue.

"Maybe, I don't know exactly what's going on," Li Zicheng said: "I remember that the first ashes were lost three months ago, but the decision to recruit security guards was ten days ago, and the day before yesterday I lost a can." ”

If the time is not right, then this security guard is not necessarily for the ashes, maybe there are some important things in the temple that need to be protected.

"Are there many monks practicing martial arts in your temple?" Si Huayue asked again.

"Not much, they are all office workers, they get off work at the end of the day, and some of them have wives and children at home. How could there be such a leisure to practice martial arts?"

Hearing Li Zicheng say this, Si Huayue suddenly felt uneasy in his heart, and his eyes moved to the bamboo forest again.

Who was the person hiding in the bamboo forest just now?

She suddenly regretted that she didn't go in and catch the man because she didn't care about her clothes, and she intuitively felt that the person should have gone to the columbarium.

The theft of ashes in broad daylight seems to be a little unreasonable.

Anyway, since you're here, let's find a way to check it out, so that the deceased who are placed here can get a pure land.