Chapter Sixty-Eight: Wisdom in a Desperate Situation Leave Clues and Hold on to Hope

"What does it smell like?"

"It's the smell of men—only men's smells, exactly the same as the smell of old brutes."

"Who's the old brute?"

"It's my stepfather, and I don't just mean the smell of men, the old beast has a strong fox smell on his body, and I also smell it when I bathe in the quiet courtyard."

"You mean you really have a fox smell on your body?"

"Yes. I had been in the quiet courtyard for a while, and Hui Jue did not have this smell on his body, so I concluded that when I was bathing, there must be a third person in the meditation room besides me and Hui Jue, and I was sure that this person must be a man. ”

"When I was bathing, Zhizhen must have been at the top of the stairs - there was a pavilion above Huijue's meditation room. At that time, I looked around and the pavilion was the only place where people could hide, and the staircase was the only place where I could see me bathing. ”

"I haven't smelled it since I left home, but I smelled it that day when I was bathing in the quiet courtyard."

The "smell" that Lian Luodan said should be a special smell on a man's body, and when a man is excited, he will definitely produce this smell. If you add the smell of foxes, the smell must be very strong.

When animals do that kind of thing, they will also produce a very special smell, and the opposite sex chooses and determines the object according to this smell, and the opposite sex also attracts each other with this smell.

The same is true of people, at this moment, can they really be indifferent? Instinct is not to help but not want to get into trouble. The body can be hidden, but the smell cannot be hidden, and the inherent fox odor on his body cannot be hidden.

"Not only did I smell something special, I also heard a cough – it was small, but it was clear."

The bathtub is placed two or three steps away from the Luohan bed, and the Luohan bed is only a few steps away from the stairs, so if you really want to see Alchemist Luodan, you must stand at the turn of the stairs, the distance is so close, Lian Luodan heard a cough, which is reasonable.

"I had been in the secluded courtyard for a while, but I had never smelled it, and I was a little puzzled at first—I was very sensitive to this smell, and before I left home, as soon as I smelled it, I had a premonition that the nightmare was going to start again."

"With that alone, I don't have any doubts, but two days before I bathed, Mrs. Mo Ran asked me to visit her, and she reminded me to be careful. In Mingchen'an, I never have contact with others, only close to Master Mo Ran, she is the old man of Mingchen'an, she has been in Mingchen'an for the longest time, she knows a lot of things. ”

"What did Master Mo Ran tell you?"

"Master Mo Ran said that everyone thinks that Buddhism is a pure place, but this is not the case; She also said that there were several young and beautiful nuns in the meditation room where I lived; She also said that several nuns who had left had served the abbot of Huijue in the quiet courtyard, and they must keep an eye on things. She didn't quite understand what she said, she was suggesting that I should be careful at all. ”

Master Mo Ran was only puzzled, she didn't know what was going on in the disappearance case.

"There's one more thing that's weird too."

"What's the matter?"

"One night after bathing, I was serving Abbot Huijue for dinner, and when she was halfway through eating, she suddenly put down the bowl again, saying that she was a little unwell - she wanted to lie down for a while."

I helped her to the couch, covered her with the quilt, and sat next to her to take care of her, and she told me to go about my own business first, and let her be alone for a while. Don't bother her without her greeting. When I was helping her, I noticed that she had a runny nose and her hands were shaking very much. ”

"Do you know why?"

"I didn't know before, but now, I already know. I've encountered this situation twice. I went and asked Master Mo Ran. Mrs. Mo Ran told me something quietly. ”

"What's the matter?"

"Once, Master Mo Ran went to sweep the tower, and when he swept to the fifth floor, he heard movement above. She groped her way up the stairs, and on the ninth floor, she saw Abbot Huijue lying in a corner, holding her head in her hands, lying on the ground curled up, her whole body trembling. ”

"Does Master Mo Ran know the reason?"

"Yes, she said that Abbot Huijue was either having an epileptic seizure or a smoker. Master Mo Ran also said that Abbot Huijue is more likely to be addicted to smoking, and if Abbot Huijue is really addicted to smoking, then I have to be very careful, she said that drug addicts can do anything. ”

"Later, I asked the fat man next door, and the fat man was Master Leng Yue."

Xiang Daimo had a deep impression of Leng Yue, she was the only fat nun in Mingchen Nunnery, Xiang Daimo and Lin Di had asked this person to understand the situation - she was the one who saw Jingping walk out of the mountain gate of Ming Chen'an.

"What did Master Leng Yue tell you?"

"Master Leng Yue's heart is straightforward, she can't hide the words in her stomach, she mentioned Mo You, Qing Shui and Xiuzhu, from Leng Yue's mouth, I learned that these three nuns suddenly left Mingchen Nunnery shortly after becoming a monk, coincidentally, these three people are the same as me who have served Abbot Huijue. Leng Yue also said that all three of them suddenly left Mingchen Nunnery shortly after shaving. Leng Yue's statement is very similar to Master Mo Ran's - I have to be cautious. ”

"You wrote all this down in your journal?"

"I wrote it, but I wrote it more vaguely, and I was worried that someone would go through my diary - in Mingchen'an, the door of the meditation room and the boxes of the masters were never locked."

"In this case, as a precaution, you hid your blue diary and pen underneath the decking?"

"At the time, I didn't think of this until the night of the accident, when I hid my blue diary and pen under the plank."

Lian Luodan continued: "My mother and the people of the Western Zen Monastery know that the diary and the pen are inseparable from me, and if something happens to me, as long as I find this diary and a pen, I will know that I have never left the Ming Chen Temple. ”

"That's what I meant by stuffing my bra into the vent of the secret room, as long as I can be sure that I'm still in Mingchen'an, you won't end your investigation into Mingchen'an - as long as you keep looking, I'll see the light of day again." When Lian Luodan said this, tears overflowed in his eyes.

"You're an assertive, very brave girl, and if we can't find these three things, it's going to be hard to get this case going. Not only did you save yourself, you also saved Shang Wenjun. You helped us uncover the big case of the disappearance of many young nuns in Mingchen Nunnery, and we all have to thank you! ”、

What Zhao Zimeng said was from his heart, and what he said was also the truth: "Lian Luodan, can you tell us what happened that night?" We'd love to know how Huijue and Zhizhen managed to make so many nuns disappear mysteriously. And of course some of the circumstances that have happened since your disappearance – preferably in detail. ”

"I was about to tell you about it. That night, when I left the quiet courtyard, Huijue asked me to drink a little water, and the dish that night was very salty, and I guess Huijue added some salt to the dish. ”

"Hui Jue added some salt to the dish? Does Huijue cook the dishes himself? ”

"I brought the food from the dining hall, and the salt must have been put into the dish when I wasn't looking."

"You go on."

"I didn't dare to drink more water because of doubts in my heart—I poured the rest of the water into my sleeve—but fortunately I didn't, otherwise I wouldn't have had the opportunity to hide my diary and pen under the bedboard."

"Aren't you worried about Huijue putting something in the meal?"

"The two of us eat together, and we eat together, she is not good at putting things, after eating, she only shouted that the food was too salty, and asked me to pour water for her to drink, now think about it, she is trying to lure me to drink water."

"Who poured the water?"

"I poured the water - she must have put it in the thermos ahead of time."

Huijue is really cunning. Fortunately, Alchemist Luo Dan was on guard.

Huijue did not mention this detail when he explained.

"That night, it was Huijue who sent me back to the West Zen Temple, and when I walked into the meditation room, I said that I was a little dizzy, so Huijue helped me to bed, and after folding the quilt, I turned off the lights and left."

"At that time, my head was indeed a little dizzy, but it was clear in my heart that I heard the sound of Huijue padlocking and locking. I struggled to get up from the couch, walked over to the door, pulled it open, and it was locked. ”

"I knew that something big was not good, and I thought of Master Mo Ran's words, and in a hurry, I hid a diary and a pen under the bedboard. As soon as I put the plank back in place, I suddenly spun around. But by this time, I couldn't help myself. Lian Luodan looked at Lin Di's face and fell into deep thought.

Zhao Zimeng didn't ask any more questions, he waited patiently with everyone - Zhao Zimeng didn't want to be reluctant - especially this kind of thing.

"When I woke up—I was actually going to wake up, I knew in my heart, I could see everything, but my body seemed to be no longer my own. I wanted to shout, but I couldn't. ”

"What do you see?" Zhao Zimeng knew that this was the most embarrassing plot for Lian Luodan, but he had to ask. He believed that Lian Luo Dan had such psychological endurance.

"A man pressed against me, writhing and panting loudly."

"I wanted to struggle, but I couldn't move, and I smelled a very special smell, the one I smelled when I was bathing in the Quiet Courtyard. The old beast also has this smell on his body. ”

"I realized what was going on. I also understand the reason why Qing Shui, Zhishui, Xiuzhu and others suddenly left Mingchen'an. I wanted to wake up immediately, but to no avail. ”

"I wanted to move my hands and feet, but I didn't have any strength at all – I was sleepwalking, like I used to have nightmares when I was a kid. After struggling like this for a while, I fell asleep—I should have fainted. ”

"How long did it take for you to wake up?"