Chapter 12: The Tin Staff
"Amitabha Buddha ......," the old monk said, "the donor is fine, it is really a blessing." ”
This reaction was not what Jiang Yun expected.
He thought there was a fierce battle to be fought.
Look at the old monk's vague steps and a little pale face - it seems that he is not a master either? He doesn't even seem to have martial arts.
However, Jiang Yun still did not let his guard down.
"Come to think of it, Master Xuanyi will give me an explanation." He clenched the sword in his hand and said.
"Alas......" Master Xuanyi's face was sad, "I am the presiding officer of Xiaoyin Temple, but I am the only one in this temple for the past few decades. On weekdays, he relies on incense offerings from surrounding villages and towns, as well as helping people to do chores and sell some herbs to maintain his life. I don't eat meat, I don't ask for good clothes, I don't spend a lot of money. Occasionally, some repair work can be done by hiring some villagers with the money you have saved. ”
"Three years ago, I went up the mountain to collect medicine and found three injured young people. I rescued them back to the temple, and after recovering from their injuries, they said that they were hunted down by the enemy, and they could not return to their hometown, and they wanted to stay. ”
"As I got older, it became more and more difficult to run the temple alone, so I agreed. I helped them shave their degrees, accepted them as disciples, and took the Dharma names Nirvana, Nirvana, and Nirvana. ”
"Knowing people and knowing faces but not knowing their hearts, at first one year was good, but from the second year, they were a little disobedient; In the third year, they had a conflict with a couple of travelers who were temporarily staying at the monastery, and in the night they killed the man and the woman. ”
"When I found out, I wanted to expel them from the temple, but I didn't expect these three to be even more mad and ungrateful! After tasting the sweetness, they put me under house arrest, occupied the temple, and then specialized in robbing and killing travelers! ”
"Later, I listened to their chat, and I realized that they were actually bandits, and they were smashed by several swordsmen of the Taizhen Sword Sect, and the three of them escaped with injuries, and I saved them...... It's all my own fault, luring the wolf into the house! ”
"In one year, no less than twenty people died at the hands of these three thieves!"
Speaking of this, Master Xuanyi was heartbroken.
Jiang Yun was unmoved: "Then why don't you remind them before they kill." ”
Xuan Yi was silent for a moment, his face became a little embarrassed, and he was silent for a while before he spoke: "The first time, I reminded that the person wanted to run, but he was killed before he could run out of the temple gate. They beat me severely, broke a bone, and starved me for two days...... I'm really scared...... I've thought about just dying...... Later, I thought that I was still alive and might be able to stop them one day...... Before they did it, I also knocked on the wooden fish to remind you......"
When Xuan Yi talked about the back, he was a little incoherent.
These words, to Jiang Yun's ears, are all unconvincing excuses.
In the final analysis, Xuanyi is just greedy for life and afraid of death.
But this is also a poor person, although Jiang Yun hated that when the three thieves did evil, there was no more to stop him, but as an old man who had no martial arts, what could he do?
All his mistakes are based on 'wanting to live'. A person, if he wants to live, what can he do?
Originally, Jiang Yun planned to kill him, but now, he is a little unable to do it.
Of course, it's hard to figure out that Xuan Yi is lying to him.
Chang Li has the ability to distinguish lies through his soul, but Jiang Yun has just started in 'Falling Spirit Thaumaturgy', so he doesn't have this ability.
But he still wants to believe that this old monk is telling the truth, and he is really good at acting...... There's nothing you can do about that.
Faith to faith, punishment to punishment.
Jiang Yun took the sword, stepped forward, and said, "I don't know if I should believe you or not, but it doesn't matter, you'd better be honest." ”
The old monk was very cooperative.
When Jiang Yun came up to find a rope to tie him, from the loose skin and weak muscles, he could be sure that this old man was an ordinary person.
Tie it to the room just in case.
"If it's okay, I'll let you go tomorrow morning when I leave."
Jiang Yun said.
If he has leisure and money, he doesn't mind making this 'chivalrous righteousness' a little more thorough, but he himself is still on the run, and he really can't care about what will happen to this 'Little Hidden Temple' in the future.
There are a total of three houses in the backyard of the temple, and the west wing is where Jiang Yun lived before and where the three corpses are now placed. The east wing usually lives in Xuanyi, and only when he comes to 'Fat Sheep', in order to make the acting more realistic, he will live back in the main room. And the three thieves of Nirvana, Niexian, and Niehong usually live in the main house.
At this time, Jiang Yun will definitely not go to the west wing room and rest with the smell of blood in his nose. He went into the main room and 'searched' before going to bed.
He found a great deal of money, one hundred and seventy-one silver dollars, more than five hundred copper coins, and even seven gold dollars.
Generally speaking, even in a place like Jiangdong, where real estate is abundant, a farmer's income from not eating or drinking throughout the year is about one gold dollar.
This is actually a lot of money, and I don't know if this money is the property of the temple, or the dirty money of the three thieves who robbed and killed the travelers.
There are banks in this world, but they are relatively primitive, and there are even bearer accounts with only accounts and passwords.
Jiang Yun had a bank account beforehand, and there was still a lot of money in it, but ...... I guess it was already seized.
At the moment, this money is all cash, and it will give him a lot of help on his way to escape.
He left some money, otherwise it would be difficult for him to take hundreds of coins with him at once.
Still, he packed all the gold dollars, and a hundred silver dollars, into a small box, ready to be coiled. There is also a maroon horse in the temple, and he is ready to laugh when he leaves tomorrow.
With horses, it will be much more comfortable and faster to run behind. Moreover, the cash drawer is also easier to carry.
But he always felt that there was something in the main room that attracted him, and he could not find it.
It's a feeling in the dark, a bit mysterious, but it's enough to scratch his heart and lungs, and he feels that he can't live without finding it.
So, he continued to rummage, and finally found a tin rod in a closet.
This tin rod is white, and the wooden pole is made of iron rings, and it is also painted with white paint, which looks holy and noble.
The tin rod is a Buddhist practitioner's article, which is regarded as a Buddhist instrument and is held by a high monk.
But these are not valued by Jiang Yun, what he cares about is white light!
On this tin staff, a soft white light is emanating, just like the floor tile he saw in the Luzhou prison!
Fragments of Time and Space!