When I walked to the front, everyone saw clearly that it was Supervisor Jueshui.

"Captain Zhao, it's time for dinner."

"Master Jueshui has worked hard."

Supervisor Jueshui led everyone into the East Zen Temple.

The house is located on the north side of the temple, and the east, west, and south sides of the temple are where the monks live.

The comrades were accommodated in several meditation rooms on the east side.

On the top of the several meditation rooms on the east side is the Scripture Pavilion, where most of the monastery's scriptures are located.

Supervisor Jueshui led everyone to the room first.

The abbot of Xiuneng was standing at the door of the room waiting for Zhao Zimeng and them.

At this time, the monks were entering the room in an orderly manner, and then quietly sat down on the long table.

The room is divided into two parts: a stove room and a dining room.

There are two long dining tables.

The dining table is about four meters long and one meter wide, and long benches are placed around the table.

There are four chopstick cages on each table, and there are chopsticks in the chopstick cage, and there is a wooden plate next to the chopstick cage, and there are four salted duck eggs in the wooden plate.

The two men were putting steaming steamed buns into a large wooden plate and placing the wooden plate on the table.

Eight wooden plates are placed on each table, and each wooden plate contains four steamed buns.

The other man placed wooden plates with dried turnips on the table one by one, and on each table placed sixteen plates of dried turnips.

The two men from before began to place the wooden bowls containing the porridge on the table in front of the monks.

Zhao Zimeng and his comrades could see that the monks' meals were very simple.

Supervisor Jueshui nodded, and the monks took chopsticks and steamed buns and began to eat.

Each person has two steamed buns, a bowl of porridge, the steamed bread can be taken in the basket after eating, and the porridge can be served in a wooden barrel.

It is estimated that it is not a problem to eat a full stomach, but there is no oil and water.

For Zhao Zimeng and others, two steamed buns and a bowl of porridge are already very satisfying.

From the morning to the present, patronizing the busy case, everyone has not eaten the rice, and the hungry heart is panicking.

Supervisor Jueshui arranged for Zhao Zimeng and them to sit down, Xiao Luhan, Ma Jianping and Lu Qian, who had long been hungry, had stars in their eyes.

As soon as a few guys sat down, they swept away the porridge, salted duck eggs and steamed buns like hungry tigers, and after eating, they felt that they were not enough, so they went to the frame to get a few steamed buns.

Zhao Zimeng saw the snow-white steamed buns, smelled the aroma of porridge, and the sluggish hunger suddenly flareed up, and he hurriedly lowered his head and ate it.

Lin Di, the only girl in the team, was not to be outdone, and ate two steamed buns and a bowl of gruel.

The monks had nothing left to eat, and they cherished the crude food.

After dinner, Zhao Zimeng learned from the mouth of Supervisor Jueshui that because of their arrival, the abbot of Xiuneng instructed the gang to give each person an extra salted duck egg.

If it weren't for the comrades staying in the monastery, the monks would have had to eat with dried turnips.

This is the life of a monk, with a pure heart and few desires.

In the course of dinner, Zhao Zimeng noticed that Zen Master Puji and Master Jingneng were in the same room, and the two of them were also sitting together for dinner.

As soon as the dinner was over, Jing Neng followed Zen Master Puji out of the room.

Zhao Zimeng nodded at Ling Hu Yunfei, and Ling Hu Yunfei stood up and followed.

Tonight, Zhao Zimeng wanted to talk to Zen Master Puji, and he asked Linghu Yunfei to see where Zen Master Puji lived first.

Linghu Yunfei followed the master and apprentice to the West Zen Temple.

There are several meditation rooms on the top of the west ear room, that is, the place corresponding to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, and after entering the door, Jing Neng helped Puji Zen Master up the stairs.

Inside the gate, there are two corresponding staircases on the north and south sides.

After watching Jing Neng send Zen Master Puji into the first meditation room in the north, Ling Hu Yunfei returned to the East Zen Temple.

At this time, Zhao Zimeng and others were tidying up the covers in the three meditation rooms.

Lin Di lived in a meditation room in the middle, Zhao Zimeng, Ling Hu Yunfei, and Xiang Daimo lived in the meditation room in the north, and Ma Jianping, Xiao Luhan and Lu Qian lived in the meditation room in the south.

The bed of the temple is a Odori bunk.

While everyone was making their beds, the four monks brought a bucket of hot water, a bucket of well water, and six thermos.

There is a basin stand in the meditation room, and there are two wooden basins, one large and one small, the small one is the basin, and the large one is the foot basin.

After the seven people made the bed and washed up, they gathered in the north meditation room.

Zhao Zimeng just wanted to say something, but Supervisor Jueshui came.

Zhao Zimeng stood up and greeted him.

"Captain Zhao, Abbot Xiuneng let me take a look. Did you get the hot water from the room? ”

"Sent it, thanks to the masters, we just washed it."

Supervisor Jueshui walked into the meditation room and looked at the barrel and hot water bottle: "I have already instructed the room, and they will bring water on time every day." I'm really sorry, the food in the monastery is like this, and the comrades may have to be a little wronged. ”

"No grievances, the food is very good!"

"This is the beginning, and as the days go by, it won't be like that."

"Master Jueshui, tonight, we still want to find out something about you and Abbot Xiuneng."

"Now?"

"Right now."

"Okay, I'll take you to the abbot's monastery now."

"Yunfei, Xiang Daimo, Lin Di, you stay, and the others follow me to the Abbot's Zen Temple."

Zhao Zimeng and his entourage walked out of the meditation room with Master Jueshui and went to the abbot's meditation monastery.

After a while, Ling Hu Yunfei, Xiang Daimo and Lin Di also walked out of the meditation room and entered the West Zen Temple.

Zhao Zimeng sought out Abbot Xiu Neng and Master Jue Shui in order to determine the monks who had left Lengyue Temple during the overhaul, including the overhaul.

It is very likely that the murderer can hide among these people, and if Ge Zhenggen's death is indeed related to the Golden Buddha, then the murderer should leave the temple after succeeding.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the murderer was among those craftsmen.

On the way to leave the stone village and return to Lengyue Temple, Zhao Zimeng had already discussed it with everyone.

After finding Abbot Xiuneng, Jueshui Monitor, and Puji Zen Master to understand the situation, they can send people to Nanya Xiutian to find the traces of Ge Zhenggen and Liu Abao, including Jiang Zihai and others.

When the four of them walked into the meditation room of the abbot of Xiu Neng with the supervisor of Jue Shui, the abbot of Xiu Neng was sitting on a cushion to worship the Buddha, and he faced a statue of Shakyamuni, his hands folded, and his mouth was full of words.

I probably heard the footsteps of a few people, and when Master Jueshui walked behind Abbot Xiu Neng, Abbot Xiu Neng opened his eyes, pressed his right hand on the pu mat, and then stood up with the support of Supervisor Jue Shui.

After the abbot of Xiuneng saw Zhao Zimeng, he immediately gave a salute.

Zhao Zimeng returned the salute in the form of the abbot of Xiu Neng.

Abbot Xiu Neng led the group to a chair and sat down.

After a while, an acolyte brought in four cups of tea.

Xiu Neng waved his hand at the monk, and the monk withdrew from the meditation room and closed the door of the meditation room.

"Xiu Neng Zen Master, Master Jueshui, we have let the Teng family see the portrait of the deceased." Zhao Zimeng said as he took the simulated portrait from Ma Jianping's hand and handed it to Abbot Xiuneng and Master Jueshui.

Seventeen craftsmen worked in the monastery for nearly half a year, and it stands to reason that the abbot of Xiuneng should have some impression of them.

Abbot Xiuneng himself said that in addition to letting Jiecheng keep an eye on those craftsmen, he himself often walked around.

Abbot Xiuneng took the portrait to the oil lamp and looked at it carefully, and then said, "Isn't this the craftsman who dug the well?" Jueshui, look at ......"

"The master is right, it's the well digger, my name can't be called, but I remember his appearance, I remember clearly, when he was digging a well in the Zen Temple, we went to the room to have fasting, and we could see him every day."

"There was a slightly younger grade digging well with him." Abbot Xiuneng said, "This is a little strange. ”

"What's this strange method?"

"This person only digs a well, he has never even entered the main hall, the legendary underground palace is definitely not in the East Chan Temple, how could he die unexpectedly?" The abbot of Xiu Neng muttered to himself.

"Could it be that when he was digging the well, he found some treasure at the bottom of the well, and it turned out to be ......," Master Jueshui said, "Captain Zhao, the Teng family must know who this person's surname is." ”

"This person's surname is Ge Ming Zhenggen, and the other person who dug the well with him is Ge Zhenggen's cousin, whose name is Liu Abao." Zhao Zimeng said.

"No wonder the surname Ge does more work, and the surname Liu does less. It turned out to be a relative surnamed Ge who took care of him. "Cultivating the abbot Dao.

"Is Abbot Xiuneng familiar with these two people?"

"I don't know how many years the two wells in the East and West Zen Monastery have been used, in the memory of the old man, he has never dug up, and the water drawn from the well is not as good as before, so I asked the foreman Jiang to dig the two wells by the way, and the old man was worried that the two craftsmen were cutting corners, so he often went to see them. Most of the people with the surname Ge are working in the well, and most of the people with the surname Liu are shaking in the well. ”

"The two of them were very diligent, and they carried the sludge they had picked up bucket by bucket to the vegetable garden."

"The one surnamed Ge died in the stomach of the Bodhisattva, and the one surnamed Liu left with the Jiang foreman. There seems to be something else here...... "Master Jueshui said.

"Could the murderer be surnamed Liu? Or maybe it's in the middle of that gang of craftsmen. "Cultivating the abbot Dao.

"The abbot of Xiuneng, in addition to the craftsmen, may also be the monks in the temple."

"Monks in the monastery?" Abbot Xiuneng's eyes widened.

"Please don't mind, Abbot, I'm just saying maybe. Two masters, please recall, after that overhaul, including during the overhaul, did any monks leave the monastery? ”

"Yes." Abbot Xiu Neng said without thinking.

"The master is right, someone did leave." Jueshui Supervisor said.

"How many monks are leaving?"

"Jueshui, you go and bring the logs of those two years, Captain Zhao, do you want to bring all the logs from fifteen years ago and later?"

"There is Master Lao Jueshui, please bring all the logs after the overhaul."

Supervisor Jueshui stood up: "Please wait a while, comrades, Jueshui will come in a while." ”

Zhao Zimeng took advantage of the waiting time to ask the abbot of Xiuneng a few questions.

"Abbot Xiuneng, why did these people leave the monastery?"

"It's nothing more than that I can't endure the suffering of monks, I can't bear the loneliness in the monastery, it's hard to say! Comparatively speaking, there were far fewer people leaving the monastery after the overhaul, and in those years, the monastery was in a recession, and the life of the monks was difficult. Monks are not something that everyone can do. ”

Zhao Zimeng thought to himself: If the murderer is hiding among these people, his departure must be related to Ge Zhenggen's death. If it is related to Ge Zhenggen's death, it must be related to the rumors of the temple, and if it is related to the rumors, it must be related to the Golden Buddha.