This time, he didn't touch the corpse. He couldn't use Buddhist talismans, and he was worried that someone would see through him if he used them. Therefore, he didn't take them.
Before the escaping cultivator could go around the side of the Jokhang Temple, he felt waves of spiritual vigor behind him. He was sure that someone was fighting!
Who could it be?
His first thought was that someone was sniping at the terrifying monk!
This thought was so strong that he wanted to turn around and take a look!
No one was born a coward. There were always reasons. The cultivator thought that if he went back and told everyone what happened here today, others would ask him what he did. How should he answer?
Running away was his first thought. After he ran out and the spiritual vigor behind him collided, the thought of looking back grew stronger.
In the end, he stopped. Even if he went back to report, he had to have accurate information, right?
It was a wonderful journey. He ran here in less than a hundred breaths, but it took him a full hour to return. Then, he saw a lying, headless corpse.
Looking at the attire, he didn't see a monk's robe. He sighed. It was another resentful soul that died at the hands of a monk! Then, he checked the corpse and found that it was all Buddhist items!
Therefore, he began to pay attention to his surroundings and finally found the head. Only then did he understand that the arrogant and fierce monk had been beheaded!
Who did it?
This question wasn't difficult to answer. There was always a mysterious mastermind behind the attack on the Jokhang Temple. It was none other than the six families. He knew who was most likely the mastermind. It was also a cultivator that he didn't want to face directly. Now, it seemed that his caution was too wise. To be able to kill the terrifying Monk Qing Mu in such a short time, his strength was unfathomable!
Should he pay a visit to express his gratitude? Or should he continue to pretend that he didn't know anything?
This was a problem!
Outside the Jokhang Temple, there were thunderous cheers.
The Jokhang Temple's reputation was well-deserved. In front of tens of thousands of people, the temple promised to take out the sum of all the incense and oil money of the rich and powerful in Pu City this year and hand it all over to the government!
A new couplet was painted on the newly erected archway outside the temple.
The first line was, "To suffer losses is a blessing,"
The second line was, "To endure hardships is expensive,"
The horizontal line was, "Fortune is like the East Sea!"
He didn't know which mischievous person wrote this, but when he read it, Elder Golden Light sighed. The Jokhang Temple had been operating on the surface of Pu City for hundreds of years, which was why it had such a reputation today. But now, it had been completely destroyed!
The commoners might not know about it, but the rich and powerful of Pu City were well aware of it. Just by looking at the gathering of Pu City's upper echelons, it was easy to tell!
In the end, it was the rich who had to foot the bill! It seemed that the Jokhang Temple was going to have a tough time! He wondered if Qing Mu was dead or alive.
The difficulty of establishing a Buddhist temple in a world where Daoism flourished was indescribable to outsiders!
The two matriarchs of Lou Province returned to Lou Province on the same day and did not stay at the Jokhang Temple. They had already done what they needed to do and left the rest to the authorities. Most importantly, they also felt that there was an undercurrent after this ordinary spring spiritual assembly.
Lou Yao shi was very sensitive to this because of her husband's experiences when he was alive. The current Lou Province was not suitable to participate in these whirlpools. The officials were not officials, the commoners were not commoners, and the merchants were not merchants. This was the case for a family that relied on others to survive.
Lou Xiaoyi was called into the inner residence. The two matriarchs looked like they were interrogating him. They were both experienced and knowledgeable, so they knew that the difference was all because of Lou Xiaoyi's suggestion of using items as a substitute for money!
Lou Xiaoyi laughed and was about to go forward to massage his mother's shoulders when Lou Yao shi pushed him away. She did not say anything and just quietly waited for him to explain.
Lou Xiaoyi had no choice but to sigh. "Actually, I didn't expect things to develop to this stage and become so big!
It's like this … "
After the two matriarchs heard this, Lou Yao shi finally spoke. "Little Yi, are you saying that you only made a suggestion? The rest was actually handled by the few officials in the residence? Is it because the women in their mansions have also obtained similar evil items? "
Lou Xiaoyi nodded. "No one can tolerate this! Even I can't, let alone the officials who are used to abusing others!
Donating money is one thing, and being blackmailed is another! "
Auntie Cai Huan pointed at him and chuckled. "Little Yi, you were the first to discover that there was a problem with the prayer beads, but why did the other families immediately discover it? Don't tell me that it's because the other families also have a mysterious existence like Little Yi? "
Lou Xiaoyi smiled. He knew that this could not be hidden from the two shrewd matriarchs, but it did not matter.
"I gave them some pointers through a secret channel. Firstly, the Jokhang Temple's actions can't be ignored. Secondly, the elders shouldn't be affected by it. But I didn't expect the officials to be so vicious!"
Lou Yao shi nodded. They were all good believers in Buddhism. She was also very familiar with the other matriarchs. Of course, she could not watch them fall into the spiritual trap of the Jokhang Temple. Believing in Buddhism was one thing, and throwing the future of their family into it was another.
"Little Yi, you don't want me and your Auntie Cai to believe in Buddhism?"
Lou Xiaoyi shook his head. "I think that believing in Buddhism is to seek spiritual sustenance. If people can be good in this kind of sustenance and take helping others as their own pleasure, then it doesn't matter what they believe in.
Whether it is Buddhism, Taoism, or other beliefs, they are just names on the surface. What you really believe in is nothing more than truth, kindness, and beauty, right?
You can't deny their hundreds of years of efforts just because the Jokhang Temple went too far this time. You can't overturn your understanding of the whole Buddhist doctrine just because of one or two people's evil deeds. How can there not be evil people who don't know how to behave?
Similarly, you can't think that all monks are good just because the Buddhist doctrine is good!
As long as you know what you really believe in, I don't care if you and Auntie Cai continue to burn incense in the Jokhang Temple! "
Lou Yao shi's joy was beyond words. "Little Yi has really grown up! How many times have I said this in the past year?
Don't worry, your Auntie Cai and I are not old fools. We know what's right. Little Yi, don't worry about our Buddhist hearts. It's not good to offend us, so you can solve it for us in private!
Actually, if Little Yi had told us about this earlier, the punishment for this Spring Dharma Assembly might have been done even more perfectly and without leaving any traces behind! "
Lou Xiaoyi nodded in acknowledgment. Auntie Cai Huan also reminded him from the side.
"For things like this, I'm afraid that rushing to the front will lead to hatred! That's why we unanimously agreed to your couplet through other people's suggestions, but we won't put Lou Province at the front!
Fortune as vast as the East Sea! Do you think we can't see through such obvious flirting?
But we want to know, when Little Yi is in contact with the officials in Pu City, will you leave behind any suspicions of using them? You have to know that the people in the government are all scheming people. If they remember what you did today, they might come back at some point in time! "
Lou Xiaoyi secretly sighed that the two old madams were indeed very knowledgeable about the dark side of the government.
"Mother, Auntie Cai, don't worry! I'm not in contact with the government, I'm dealing with other cultivators!
In the world of cultivation, there were rules in the world of cultivation! I won't easily put myself in danger, because there's such a big Lou Province that I can't carry! "
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