At night, Su Wen just woke up from Dingzhong, moved his body and prepared for sleep.

There was a sudden knock on the door.

Su Wen opened the door and saw that Xingzong was outside, this disciple was originally in Lingshan Temple and Xingnan and others came over, and he kept to himself on weekdays, but he didn't know what was going on.

"What's the matter at such a late hour?" asked Suwen.

"Abbot, the merit box has been stolen. Xingzong said in harmony.

Su Wen frowned slightly, the merit box was stolen, this is the first time this kind of thing has happened.

The money in the merit box, even if it is taken, the loss is not much. But it's not a good thing.

"What's going on?"

"Just now Xingzhen and I were on patrol, and when we passed by the main hall, we found that the lock of the box at the door had been cut, and I found out. I don't know how much less money is in it. ”

"Didn't you take it all?" Su Wen realized the meaning of Xingzong's words. If they were all taken away, Xingzong should say that the money in it was gone.

"No, I took a part, and there were still a hundred in it. Xingzong said.

Su Wen thought about it, there are patrols in the temple every day, and the locks on the merit boxes are cut during the special patrols, so he should know a little about the temple and should have been to the temple. And those thieves did not dare to come to the temple, then they were pilgrims who had come to the temple.

And the other party only took part of the money, not all of it, then there is only one possibility.

The other party is afraid that he is extremely short of money, and he will do such a thing when he is desperate, and he is afraid that he will be extremely guilty.

Otherwise, just roll up the money and empty it, why just take part of it?

Thinking about it this way, the family members of the patients under the mountain are the most suspicious. Some time ago, when the typhoon rained, they all hid in the mountains for two days, and they knew more about the situation in the temple.

And not all of the people who come to see the doctor are wealthy, and many of them have ordinary family conditions, and they have received treatment in the hospital for a long time before, and their family funds have long been emptied.

It's not surprising that someone would have no choice but to do such a thing.

Thinking of this, Su asked, "Twist that lock back as it is." Treat it as if it hadn't happened. ”

"Don't call the police?" Xingzong wondered.

Su Wen shook his head: "It may have been done by the family members of the patients under the mountain." If a person is seriously ill and has to delay the labor of several people in the family, he is not forced to do it, and he will not do it. ”

But after all, it was a property offering to the Three Jewels, and he was committing a great sin by doing so. Xingzong said.

This person did not take all the money, which means that he has a conscience in his heart. Let him go. When he can, he will definitely return it.

There is no need to tell anyone else about this, the lock is twisted back as it is, so that people can't take a closer look. lest this happen in the future, you have to change the lock.

If something happens in the future that is similar to this one, it should be done as such. Su Wen chuckled, his smile was flat and gentle.

Xingzong couldn't figure it out, obviously stealing was a big crime, let alone stealing in the temple. The abbot even wanted to indulge them.

However, Su Wen had already said so, and he still nodded yes.

I thought that maybe I hadn't seen it thoroughly enough, and the abbot must have seen more than he thought, and he could see farther. Thinking of this, he put his doubts in the bottom of his heart, and left after getting together with Su Wen.

After Xingzong left, Su Wen shook his head slightly, Xingzong is all else, but it is too rigid.

……

Tao Qian ran back to the simple room, first hid the pressure scissors in the back of the room, and then slipped into the house. My father was awakened: "What are you doing so late?"

"I can't sleep, I go out for a walk. It's a lot better air here than we are. Tao Qian said dryly, and then turned the topic aside.

"We have a lot of coal mines, and the air is definitely not as good as this. Tao Qian's father said casually, although he felt that his son's tone was a little strange, but he didn't take it too seriously.

Seeing his father sleep, Tao Qian's heart was still drumming.

He hasn't done anything bad since he was a child, and this time he actually went to the temple to steal money, and there was really no way. His mother was injured at work, and she hid it from his father, but she didn't hide it from him. After my father fell ill, the family didn't have much to go on, and it was quickly spent, and I still owed a lot of money. He and his father came to the Pure Heart Temple with the last money they borrowed, and to his delight, his father's illness finally began to improve.

It's not fast, but it's getting better, not getting worse all the time like it used to.

And his mother's health is not very good, washing dishes in the restaurant, it is 1,300 yuan a month, but a few days ago she fell and injured herself at night. Although the injury is not too serious, it is a fractured bone, and it will take at least a month of recuperation.

Even looking at the leg belt and taking medicine, plus recuperation for more than a month, is not a big deal for an ordinary family, but it is even worse for this family.

Although his mother comforted him and said that he would find a way, he didn't want to watch his mother beg for help anymore. What's more, I have borrowed everything I can, and my mother may not be able to borrow much.

And my father still needs herbs here, although it is not expensive, 1,000 yuan can buy enough herbs for a month to come back and boil it himself, but for him, he can't take it out.

The money on his body is barely enough for two people to eat.

And my father can't leave people, so he can't go out to work. After thinking about it, he finally set his goal in the merit box. After all, he is not familiar with the East China Sea, and there are surveillance cameras everywhere, and if he is caught, it will be over.

And every time he accompanied his father up the mountain, he could see many people throwing money into the box, and he knew that there was money in it.

After hesitating for a few days, I finally decided to do it after the Obon Festival.

When he opened the box and saw the money inside, his hands trembled.

More than he expected, a rough estimate of at least a few thousand.

If you take it all, you won't have to worry too much about it for a few months.

But when he looked up at the three Buddha statues, he felt as if they were all looking at him.

After hesitating, he took 1,000 yuan from it, paid his father's medicine first, and the money on his body was enough to eat for some days, and then think of a way.

At that moment, his hands were shaking, and his heart was trembling as well.

Taking 1,000 yuan from it, Tao Qian knelt down in the direction of the Buddha statue and kowtowed three times, and then quickly ran over the wall and down the mountain.

To this day, his heart is still fluttering.

All night, he wondered what would happen to the monks in the temple if they found out, whether they would call the police, and whether the police would catch him.

I don't know how long I thought about it before I fell asleep.

By daybreak, my father had already gotten up first, and he secretly put the 1,000 yuan in the pocket of one of his father's clothes, which he didn't wear much.

In case he was caught, the 1,000 yuan would be enough for his father to pay for the medicine.

The money in his pocket was put under the bed except for 10 yuan to buy vegetables for a while, and then he went out to lock the door and found his father not far away to go to the morning market to buy some food and come back.

But I kept praying in my heart that the police would not catch me, otherwise there would be no one to take care of my father.

There is some regret in my heart, and more I am still worried.