Chapter Ninety-Four: The Missing Child
"Let's go, Danyao."
As soon as Zhang Tude went out, he saw the pill that had been waiting for him, and he wanted to touch the head of the pill, but he had just touched the bones of the dead man, and his hands were very dirty, so he took it back and wiped it on his body.
Before leaving, Zhang Tude also glanced at the courtyard, and then closed the gate, Zhou Li said goodbye to him after burying the bones and left, and he also got the Buddha bead.
The direction of Zhengde Temple had already asked passers-by before, so Zhang Tude walked towards Zhengde Temple with the pill.
"This Xijing City is really lively."
The wide road paved with blue bricks allows multiple horse-drawn carriages to pass side by side, and the road is lined with all kinds of shops, people come and go, and the cries are endless, which makes Zhang Tude feel much better.
As he walked, Zhang Tude suddenly smelled a fragrance, he touched his stomach, and asked the pill next to him:
"Danyao, are you hungry?"
As if he understood what Zhang Tude asked, the pill rubbed his trouser leg, so Zhang Tude walked to the least crowded bun shop next to him, he hadn't eaten anything in the morning, and his stomach happened to be hungry.
Although there are relatively few people in this steamed bun shop, Zhang Tude also queued up for a while to buy the steamed buns, and by the way, he borrowed some water from the boss to wash his hands, and after walking out of the store, he threw a steamed bun to the pill, and then took a big bite of the steamed bun himself.
A person and a dog ate while walking, eating a mouth full of oil, Zhang Tude himself was full, gave the last bun to the pill, and then wiped his mouth, after all, he was going to Zhengde Temple later, and it was not good to have a mouth full of oil.
After eating the pill, Zhang Tude was also about to wipe its mouth, but at this time, a little farther away from the bun shop suddenly let out a burst of cheers, which made him can't help but turn around and see a group of people surrounding and don't know what they were doing.
After wiping his mouth with the pill, he passed by the crowd with the pill, and found that there was an old man with a monkey who was about two or three years old, and under the old man's command, the monkey began to pick up a small red tassel gun and wave it.
Every once in a while, there would be a cheer from the crowd, and the scattered money would be thrown in front of the entertainer, and after the monkey picked up the money, he would thank everyone, causing the big guy to laugh.
Zhang Tude also found it interesting, and also lost a few pieces of loose money to enter, seeing that the old man with the monkey was about to start performing other projects again, he planned to leave with the pill, although he also wanted to continue watching, but it was better to go to Zhengde Temple first to solve his own problems.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Zhang Tude was about to leave, the old man who was playing with the monkey suddenly stopped, and then picked up the monkey and ran out of the crowd, but as soon as he ran out, a big mouth appeared on the road and bit the thigh of the monkey man.
The monkey trickster was trapped, but the little monkey in his arms jumped down directly and ran into the distance to continue, but he didn't run far before he was caught by a figure rushing out of the crowd.
The man who grabbed the monkey was wearing a blue mask, and his body was very thin, so that one could not help but suspect that under the mask was a child's face, and the masked man carried the monkey to the monkey man, and when the monkey man saw this, he immediately begged for mercy:
"My lord, it's none of my business, it's all it... It forced me to do it. ”
"I know." The masked man glanced at the monkey in his hand, and then said to the monkey man:
"But you helped it kill several people, and you will definitely not be able to escape the crime of this accomplice."
With that, he pulled the monkey man out of the mouth of the street despite the monkey man's pleas for mercy, and the little monkey was caught by the masked man in his hand, and the monkey man followed the masked man honestly.
After the masked man left, the road with the long mouth returned to its original state, as if nothing had happened, and the people around him also began to talk, and Zhang Tude listened to these discussions thoughtfully:
"The people of the Heavenly Division?"
This was a small episode, and after the crowd dispersed, Zhang Tude continued to take the pill to Zhengde Temple, and after walking for a while, he smelled a scent of sandalwood, and the originally spacious street began to crowd.
Seeing that the people in front of him were holding a few incense sticks in their hands, Zhang Tude inquired about the people next to him and learned that Zhengde Temple was not far away, so he silently followed behind these pilgrims.
There were all kinds of pilgrims, but young men and women made up a large part, and in the conversation of others, Zhang Tude learned that many people came to Zhengde Temple to ask for children.
"I wonder what kind of magical powers the masters of Zhengde Temple will have?"
Zhang Tude thought in his heart that he had asked Li Peng when he was in Juxian County before, but he only knew that Zhengde Temple's request for a son was very effective.
"Hey, what are you doing here? Get out of the way. ”
A shout from a passer-by interrupted Zhang Tude's thoughts, he looked up and found that the people in front of him had stopped for some reason, he stood on tiptoe and looked, and found that there was another group of people who didn't know what they were doing around, blocking the way.
"No, there are people performing at the entrance of this Zhengde Temple?"
Zhang Tude thought that someone was performing here again like before, and he didn't want to pay attention to it, but a familiar voice came:
"This female benefactor, please let go of the old man, the old man will definitely not abduct your child."
This seems to be the voice of the Master of Pure Heart? Is he in trouble? After Zhang Tude heard the voice of the suspected Master of Qingxin, he didn't care about any politeness, pushed away the crowd and squeezed forward.
finally squeezed through the crowd and found that it was really Master Qingxin, and at this time he was being grabbed by a woman in the monk's robe:
"Female donor, didn't you ask me to help you find your child just now? Why do you say now that I abducted your child? ”
Master Pure Heart kept explaining something to the woman, but the woman kept repeating one sentence:
"Master, just give me back my child, she didn't say anything."
The woman's mental state looked abnormal, so Zhang Tude stepped forward to help pull the woman away, and as soon as he went up, several people came out of the crowd to help, and several people pulled the woman's hand off Master Qingxin's body.
As soon as the woman was torn apart, she sat on the ground and wept aloud:
"Why did you snatch my child, didn't she just say a few words of nonsense?"
Seeing this scene, a person in the crowd who knew the woman stood up and said:
"Sister-in-law He, don't make trouble here, how can the masters of Zhengde Temple rob your child?"
"That's it, where is this crazy woman, help her get rid of it, don't disturb the purity of the Buddha." The crowd of onlookers also spoke up.
Seeing that the people who came out to help Zhang Tude before wanted to forcibly pull this woman away, Master Qingxin hurriedly stepped forward to stop them:
"Everyone, this female benefactor is also too anxious for a while because the child is gone, please don't do this to her, and everyone might as well disperse first, let the others go to the temple first."
Hearing Master Qingxin say this, the crowd of onlookers also made way to make a way, and the crowd behind them began to flow again, and Master Qingxin turned around and said to Zhang Tude:
"Master Zhang, thank you and these donors for your help just now, but can you please help find this female donor's child again?"