Chapter 14: A Visit to the Broken Stone Temple
Nagano Town's streets run north-south, with long and narrow streets, lined up with shops on the left and right. At the northernmost end of the town is a broken stone temple. Speaking of this broken stone temple, the original name is Jialan Temple, which was originally a place where monks lived together and worshiped the Bodhisattva. However, decades ago, the war invaded Nagano, causing the monks to scatter, and it has become a dilapidated temple with weakened incense and few people care. Today, Xiao Kui and Hua Gong's mission is to visit this broken stone temple and find the radio station left by the beggar.
In order not to attract the attention of passers-by, Hua Gong did not drive this time. I saw Hua Gong wearing a simple cloth coat, stepping on a pair of cloth shoes, and carrying a large cloth bag behind his back. Beside him was a woman dressed as an adult woman, and this woman was Aoi.
"We're here in the open, do we have to dress up like this?"
"Hey! I haven't disliked it yet, but you dislike it first? I saw Xiao Kui suddenly grab Hua Gong's arm and whisper in his ear, "Have you ever heard that the wall has ears?" Do you know who the neighborhood is? If you want to act foolproof, you must be vigilant all the time! ”
Xiao Kui looked at Hua Gong and saw that he could hear it, so he paused and said, "Make me a full set for play, from now on we will be a poor couple who come to worship the Bodhisattva and ask for a child." Saying that, Xiao Kui let go of Hua Gong's arm, and the two entered the broken stone temple one after the other.
"There isn't even a guard in this temple." Aoi marveled.
As soon as the two entered the broken stone temple, they were shocked by the miserable atmosphere in front of them. To say that the dilapidated temple Xiaokui has not seen before, but it is so miserable that not a single monk can see it, and even the temple where the weeds grow is almost one person tall is the first time she has seen it.
"Anyway, will anyone really come to worship such a broken temple?" Hua Gong Dao.
The two then searched separately, not to mention that Xiao Kui really found traces of worship. So Xiaokui called Hua Gong.
"Look, there is an offering table here for the Guanyin statue, and there are burned incense and tributes on it!"
"Look at the fruits of this offering have been dehydrated, it should have been a while." Hua Gong was talking, only to hear the sound of Suo Suo not far away, so Hua Gong hurriedly took Xiao Kui's arm and hid behind the statue of Guanyin.
I saw a pair of brother and sister in tattered clothes sneaking up to the offering table from not far away. The elder brother looks like he is eleven or twelve years old, and the younger sister is eight or nine years old, and the brother and sister should have been hungry for a while. I saw that my brother stretched out his hand and couldn't wait to take the shriveled fruits into his arms, and picked a less bad one in his arms and handed it to his sister. The younger sister took the fruit and swallowed it after dividing it by two.
"Brother, I still have to ......"
"Here, take whatever you want!" The elder brother presented the garment containing the fruit to his sister, who used both hands together to grasp the fruit with all her might. But after all, people are small and their hands are small, and in the end, they only caught two fruits in their hands.
Xiao Kui and Hua Gong watched in the dark, and their hearts were sour for a while. Both of them have never suffered much, and they have never seen such human suffering, and what they see today has strengthened their inner thoughts, and one day they must let everyone eat enough and dress warmly.
Just thinking about it, Xiao Kui's body moved and she seemed to have touched something behind her buttocks, and when she looked back, it was a radio station! It's really nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it! Xiao Kui poked Hua Gong and motioned for him to turn back. Hua Gong looked back and was suddenly surprised. After the brother and sister walked away, the two walked out with the radio in their arms.
"Open your backpack and put the radio inside!" Xiao Kui said and went to the backpack behind Hua Gong.
Hua Gong first put the radio on the ground, then put down the backpack behind him, and opened the backpack to see a pile of offering fruits and incense sticks inside.
"Get the contents out of it and put the radio inside."
"Hey, good!" Hua Gong did so.
Xiao Kui said that if you do a play, you have to do a full set, so since they are here to ask the Bodhisattva, they will definitely prepare a tribute to the Bodhisattva. Besides, the radio station itself is also a big guy, and it is unrealistic for them to just hug and leave, and having a backpack can also hide people's eyes. After Hua Gong took out the fruits and sundries in his backpack, Xiao Kui put the radio station in, carefully wrapped it and tied a sturdy dead button.
"Hua Gong, you put these offerings on it, and the brother and sister may come here to find something to eat."
"Good!"
Everything was taken care of, and the two of them left the place in a calm manner, and returned to the silk village, and the two entered the backyard through the back door.
"Master! Everything was obtained. ”
"No one has seen it!"
"Master rest assured, my sister's plan is foolproof, and no one will suspect us."
"That's good!"
"Master, it's not too early, I'll go back to Zhang's Mansion first, and I'll come back another day." Xiaokui said.
"Okay, it's hard today, Qingkui, you go back first!"
(b)
It was already past four o'clock in the afternoon when Xiaokui returned to Zhangfu, the sky was getting dark, and there were fewer pedestrians on the street. Walking to the door of Zhang's mansion, Xiaokui suddenly felt that something was wrong, the door of the mansion was open, so he sped up his pace and ran over.
Entering Zhang's Mansion, what caught his eye was the scene of Qin Bing holding a gun against Ah Wei's head. Qin Bing was followed by a team of subordinates, and Zhang Erye and the others were also firmly restrained by Qin Bing's subordinates.
"Stop! What are you doing? Aoi rushed in front of Ah Wei and pushed away the gun pointed at Ah Wei.
"I now have evidence to suspect that Zhang Awei and the Red Banner Army intercepted my prison in Feihu Village!"
"Evidence? What evidence do you have, tell me to hear it! ”
I saw Qin Bing turn his head and show his eyes to the subordinates on the side, and then said, "Old eight, come over here and say what you saw that day again." ”
The subordinate stepped forward timidly, glanced at Second Master Zhang and then looked at Qin Bing. "After Miss Qin was shot yesterday, we chased all the way, although the gang in front of us was masked, but I vaguely saw that it was Zhang Awei, and his body shape and pace were very similar!"
"What do you say? Dimly? It's all the same? ”
"What? If you can't catch someone, you're here to ask for someone! Just a few words from this person can prove that Ah Wei was present at that time? You can ask for Ah Wei's life! I said Miss Qin, it is not a wise move to announce a personal vendetta! ”
"You ......" Qin Bing's face was flushed by Xiao Kui's words, but he couldn't argue for a while. Seeing this, the subordinate next to him opened his mouth and asked Ah Wei: "Since you don't admit it, then I want to ask Ah Wei, where have you been all yesterday and all day?" And who can prove it? ”
Ah Wei was suddenly asked by Qin Bing's subordinates, and he panicked for a while, not knowing what to do.
"I ...... and Qing ...... Dead ......" I saw him standing beside Xiao Kui, pointing here and there for a while, speaking incoherently and not knowing what to do.
"Enough!" Xiao Kui suppressed the anger in her heart and said. "Yesterday day, Ah Wei and I were together, and we were supposed to discuss marriage together. Right! I'm getting married to Ah Wei! But yesterday Ah Wei's mother died suddenly, so we have been arranging his mother's funeral later, and everyone in the whole house can testify! You can also see for yourself that the mourning flag hanging in this house has not been picked yet! Xiao Kui glared at Qin Bing and shouted.
Qin Bing looked around, there were a lot of white cloth strips hanging, and there was indeed a funeral in Zhang's mansion. Realizing that he was at fault, Qin Bing left Zhang's Mansion with his subordinates.