I am a super cop

Chapter 328 Lay Disciple 【Seeking Monthly Pass】

Zhang Jinlan sat aside, not knowing what Gu Chen and the others were muttering in private.

And Lu Weiwei and Nie Xiaoyu had already brought over all the rice used by the 7 people with their dinner plates.

Seeing that Wu Jun had disappeared, Lu Weiwei asked curiously, "Where did Teacher Wu go?"

"I'm here." Wu Jun walked over from a corner and dropped a cigarette on the table.

Gu Chen picked it up and examined it carefully, suddenly his eyes lit up.

"How?" Wu Jun looked at him curiously.

"First... eat first." In order to avoid arousing suspicion, Gu Chen did not reply directly.

Seeing this, Wu Jun didn't ask any more questions.

Meal time is short...

Almost half an hour later, the pilgrims who had dinner left one after another.

Several blond foreigners chatted together for a long time, then got up and left.

"Aunt Zhang." Gu Chen asked Zhang Jinlan who was eating, "Are these foreigners the ones who donated luxury cars?"

Zhang Jinlan glanced back, shook her head and said, "No, but they seem to know the group of people who donated the luxury car."

"Huh? How do you say it?" Gu Chen asked.

"Because I've seen them get together, it seems... It seems that foreigners who donate luxury cars are the bosses of these people." Zhang Jinlan said.

Lu Weiwei widened her eyes, and said weakly: "Is it common for foreigners to come here to burn incense and worship Buddha on behalf of the boss?"

"Isn't there such a tradition?" Nie Xiaoyu expressed doubts.

But Gu Chen probably also knew that these foreigners were not simple, because the cigarettes that Wu Jun wanted to come just now were exactly the kind he found in the woods.

And there are not many people who smoke this kind of cigarette in China...

Gu Chen hurriedly asked again: "Aunt Zhang, will these foreigners also live here at night?"

"Evening?" Zhang Jinlan looked at the backs of several blond foreigners leaving, and thought for a while: "It seems to be staying here at night. I remember that they also lived here last month. This time, they should come here today. I didn't see it yesterday."

"Aside from burning incense and worshiping Buddha, these people don't do anything else?" Police Officer Wang was also quite curious.

In my impression, Europeans and Americans generally do not believe in Buddhism, but the big bosses of these people are so generous that they donate millions of luxury cars.

It would be false to say that you are not envious, but you are envious. The main reason is that these people do not donate money, but only donate things.

Moreover, this kind of luxury car is indeed convenient for nuns, but it is of no benefit to the restoration of the temple.

Most of the Chinese people donate money and goods because they respect Buddhism and are willing to use their money to add incense.

This is very different from the thinking of foreigners.

Since their thinking is different, it is impossible to understand the purpose behind their dedication to Buddha.

If Gu Chen hadn't said it just now, I would have almost relaxed my understanding of these foreigners.

Zhang Jinlan looked at Police Officer Wang very curiously, and asked weakly: "What can these foreigners do, why don't they just stay in the temple and enjoy a few days of peace."

"And foreigners adore our culture, especially they are obsessed with all kinds of Buddha statues in temples."

"It's not that you wait." Gu Chen suddenly interrupted Zhang Jinlan, and quickly asked again: "You just said that they are interested in the Buddha statues in the temple? Are you sure?"

Zhang Jinlan was also stunned, and said: "This... what's uncertain about this, Ping'an Temple often puts out some Buddha statues and artworks for pilgrims to visit, mainly some collections of temple pilgrims, some years old, and this evening early morning , a 200-year-old Buddha statue will be exhibited in the main hall, and then it will remain in the main hall forever."

"A 200-year-old Buddha statue?" Lu Weiwei, who had been exposed to various situations around Gu Chen, seemed to have a premonition of some special atmosphere.

Zhang Jinlan nodded: "That's right, it was donated by an old man. He heard that it was a relic of his ancestors. He also decided to donate this Buddha statue to Ping'an Temple after weighing it."

"It's not bad. Besides donating luxury cars, there are also donating relics. No wonder the nuns in Ping'an Temple can afford to drive Range Rover and Mercedes-Benz G." Police Officer Wang immediately felt that the pilgrims in Ping'an Temple were all local tyrants.

It is quite an honor to come here to burn incense and worship Buddha with them.

Zhang Jinlan's donation has always been a mystery, so Lu Weiwei was also very curious, and quickly asked, "How much money did Aunt Zhang donate?"

"No...not many." Zhang Jinlan waved her hand and said, "Compared to these people, I am nothing but this number."

Zhang Jinlan immediately stretched out five fingers...

"Five...fifty thousand?" Lu Weiwei asked in surprise.

Fifty thousand is not a small amount, especially for a widowed old lady like Zhang Jinlan, who spends very little. Fifty thousand is enough for her to live for several years.

But Zhang Jinlan shook her head, denied Lu Weiwei's words, and said directly: "It's not fifty thousand, it's... 50."

"puff……"

Hearing this, Officer Wang at the side immediately sprayed the tea out of his mouth.

"Five...50? Aunt Zhang, you are very rich." Officer Wang was also quite shocked.

Looking at Aunt Zhang's house near the gazebo, the decoration is simple, and the furniture is even very simple.

But such an old lady can actually donate 50 yuan, which is unimaginable in the eyes of ordinary people.

"Aunt Zhang, where did you get so much savings? Could it be all your savings?" Gu Chen was also quite curious.

Because Gu Chen had saved her own life, Zhang Jinlan trusted Gu Chen very much and did not shy away from it, telling him the situation directly.

"I don't have any money. I just sold two old houses in the village. But if you want to talk about savings, this is indeed all my savings."

"Aunt Zhang, don't you want to save some life for yourself?" Bai Xiaolan also worried for her, "When you get old, you have to spend a lot of money. If you put all your eggs in one basket, what will happen if the medical insurance is not enough?"

"Yes, Aunt Zhang." Seeing this, Lu Weiwei couldn't help complaining: "You donate all the money, there is no need, I know you are devoted to the Buddha, but the Buddha regards money as dung, if you do this, There is no guarantee for my future life.”

Zhang Jinlan suddenly laughed, and said: "Thank you for your concern, I have no children, I live alone enough, besides, the master in the temple told me that money is something outside of the body, it is not good to look too much at it, The six faculties are impure, and one needs to cut off one’s wealth.”

Speaking of this, Zhang Jinlan also pointed to the embroidered words on the chest of the robe she had just put on and said, "Did you see this?"

Gu Chen leaned over curiously.

Zhang Jinlan's gown on the chest was embroidered with the words "Ping'an Temple lay disciples".

"I'm a lay disciple. If I get sick in the future, the masters of the Ping'an Temple will take care of me. Several of them graduated from medical universities, and their skills are good."

"And they also arranged a meditation room for me. If I want to live here in the future, I can live here. As long as I am here, I can live forever."

Zhang Jinlan spared no effort in boasting about the nuns in Ping'an Temple.

After all, he is a lay disciple, and he is dedicated to Buddha.

But asking people to donate all their property, Gu Chen felt that it was a bit too much.

However, Zhang Jinlan is an old man after all, so she is obviously no match for this group of nuns with a bachelor's degree or above.

Thinking about it this way, there is indeed a reason for the strong incense in Ping'an Temple.

After dinner, everyone sent Zhang Jinlan back to the meditation room, and then they were about to leave and came to the parking lot of Ping'an Temple.

"It's almost 7 o'clock in the evening, do you want to go?" Bai Xiaolan asked Gu Chen in a reminding tone.

It's like when everyone is at the end of a trip and is about to say goodbye, they suddenly ask a question to set off the atmosphere.

"No, I want to stay here." Gu Chen knew very well what his mission was tonight, so he replied directly.

"I'll stay too." Lu Weiwei was obviously on the same side as Gu Chen.

Officer Wang knew what the two of them were thinking, but this was just Gu Chen's guess, so Officer Wang disagreed: "Our task is to return the belongings of the victim's family. Now that the task has been completed, we have to go back and leave it behind." What do you mean here?"

"Officer Wang." Bai Xiaolan stood up from the side and said, "Although those cigarette butts are the same as those of this group of foreigners, Gu Chen must have reason to believe that these people may come here with a purpose in coming to Ping'an Temple." , It’s also necessary to stay and check it out, it can’t be that this is not within the reporting process, so you just don’t care about it?”

As soon as the words fell, Police Officer Wang directly retorted: "Reporter Bai, I understand your feelings very well, but it is impossible for me to investigate something that did not happen as suspicious. The police are not obliged to do so. That also needs to be based on sufficient conditions, but we don’t have it now.”

"But those foreigners are really suspicious." Nie Xiaoyu couldn't help but mention it.

As a result, Police Officer Wang quickly cast his gaze over again: "Xiao Yu, taking you out is not in compliance with the regulations. If you don't go back so late, Master Nie will blame me."

Nie Xiaoyu stomped her feet anxiously, and said, "Isn't there a compromise?"

The scene suddenly fell silent.

Everyone looked at each other as if searching for a solution.

At this time, Gu Chen stood up and said: "How about I think so, I will stay with Senior Sister Lu and be responsible for monitoring the situation here, Senior Brother Wang will go back with Xiao Yu first, of course..."

Having said that, Gu Chen looked at Bai Xiaolan and Wu Jun beside him, and said, "Senior Sister Lu and I need a car. The police car is too conspicuous. Can you keep your interview car first? I'll let Senior Brother Wang take you back first." ?”

Bai Xiaolan and Wu Jun looked at each other...

After a moment of hesitation, Wu Jun nodded and said: "No problem, I also think these foreigners are a bit suspicious today. If possible, I would like to stay here with Bai Xiaolan, maybe we can make some new discoveries."

"What... what? You're not leaving either?" Police Officer Wang was in a bad mood, and said, "Why are you guys like Gu Chen? When you see something suspicious, you feel like something big has happened. A few cigarette butts It’s insane to make your imagination run wild.”

"Old Wang, you should take Xiaoyu and go back first." Lu Weiwei thought for a while, and then said: "By the way, if nothing happens, we will report directly to the branch office tomorrow morning. After all, it is off-duty time, and the time is our own , are you right?"

Of course Lu Weiwei was right.

After get off work, police officers have their own free space.

In other words, the current behavior belongs to the personal time of Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei.

There is no overtime work tonight, and there is no need to rush to the designated place to be on duty, so there is no need for Police Officer Wang to force it.

I just feel that Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei are worrying too much...

"That's fine. Since you insist, what else can I say." Officer Wang turned to look at Nie Xiaoyu, and said, "But you can't stay, you have to go back with me."

"Huh?" Nie Xiaoyu suddenly felt bad.

Originally, he wanted to stay, but Old Comrade Nie would definitely be worried.

I came here with the police car and the TV station before, and I didn't say hello to Comrade Nie.

At this time, if Old Comrade Nie hadn't found out that he was going home, he might have thought he had been abducted by some guy.

"Xiao Yu, go back with Lao Wang first, so as not to worry Master Nie." Lu Weiwei still urged.

Nie Xiaoyu rolled her eyes: "Okay then, listen to your sister Weiwei."

Afterwards, Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei took off their police uniforms, opened the luggage bags that had been stored in the trunk of the car, and took out two casual clothes to wear on their respective bodies.

Officer Wang took Nie Xiaoyu and drove away from the Ping'an Temple, heading directly in the direction they came from.

"Finally left, what shall we do now?" Lu Weiwei put a peaked cap on her head and lowered the brim of the hat.

"Find those foreigners and keep an eye on them." Gu Chen patted the dust on the brim of his hat and put it on his head as well.

Bai Xiaolan volunteered and said, "I'm in the same group as Mr. Wu. The two groups will act separately, but don't leave our respective sights. Keep in touch if there is any situation."

"Okay, that's the deal." Gu Chen agreed with Bai Xiaolan's words.

Several people separated in the parking lot.

Bai Xiaolan and Wu Jun went to the back Buddhist hall, while Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei stayed in the front Buddhist hall.

After some searching, Gu Chen finally found the three foreigners at the foot of the former Buddha Hall.

The three of them gathered together and occupied the corner of the second-floor guardrail of the former Buddha Hall, apparently waiting.

Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei stood at another corner, using the wall as a cover, and could observe the movements of the three foreign men.

9 pm.

More and more vehicles began to come to the parking lot.

Therefore, all the street lights in the parking lot of Ping'an Temple were turned on.

After getting out of the car, many people first burned incense and worshiped Buddha in the front Buddhist hall, then entered the interior of the main hall, found a spare cushion on the ground, and sat down cross-legged first.

Originally, in the main hall, there were only more than 20 diners who had eaten before.

But gradually, the number of people began to become more than 30, more than 40, more than 50...

It was 11 o'clock in the evening.

The whole hall is brightly lit, and the number of people has reached nearly a hundred.

In the main hall, there are only dozens of cushions in the middle, so most people are sitting on the ground.

And the crowd who came later also came to a meditation room.

When they came out, everyone changed into long gowns with the words "Lay School Disciple" embroidered on the left chest.

Of course not everyone wears gowns...

Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei roughly counted, and there are a total of more than ten lay disciples.

The others are nuns, and some pilgrims.

Inside the main hall, people who were babbling were chanting scriptures, and many pilgrims standing outside the door also folded their hands and babbled facing the main hall.

"Junior Brother Gu, how do you read this? It feels so difficult." Lu Weiwei saw that everyone around her was reciting silently, and felt embarrassed not to say anything.

"Then you can recite Amitabha Buddha. It's fine if you can make a sound. What they recite should be scriptures. We can't do it anyway." Gu Chen can't either, so he can only come up with some bad ideas.

"Okay." Lu Weiwei didn't know if it was reliable, so she could only start to imitate the pilgrims around her, put her hands together, and then silently recite Amitabha Buddha, goodness, goodness, potato chips, grilled fish, and sliced ​​meat...

While Hey Lu Weiwei was chanting silently, Gu Chen continued to look at the three foreigners on the guardrail at the corner not far away.

The three of them also seemed to be submerged in the crowd, chanting a few words in a pretentious manner from time to time, and then looked around a few times.

Due to the sea of ​​people, Gu Chen was able to cover himself well without being discovered.

Everyone spent nearly an hour in this boring way.

The time soon came to 11:50 in the evening.

At this moment, Master Xuan Jing, whom I met in Zhang Jinlan's room before, was following several nuns wearing glasses, and came to the hall step by step.

There are two men behind, carrying a three-dimensional box about half a meter in length, width and height, and follow directly behind.

And a man in a slightly faded stand-up collar walked at the back.

Although it looks like the man is about 60 years old, his white hair still makes the man look older than his actual age.

Immediately, the people who had been babbling and chanting scriptures began to gradually open their eyes and actively let out the passage in the middle.

And the other nuns who were chanting scriptures all stood up at this moment, took the initiative to move a merit box to the center of the hall, and padded a spacious step with a piece of yellow cloth.

And the box that was lifted later was placed right next to the yellow cloth.

At this moment, Gu Chen noticed that the foreign men who were around the corner just now disappeared from sight within ten seconds.

"Oops!" Gu Chen quickly touched Lu Weiwei's shoulder beside him, and said, "I lost him."

Lu Weiwei, who was also attracted by the wooden box just now, realized it now, looked around and said, "The ones who were here just now, why are they gone all of a sudden? Where did these people go?"

Gu Chen suddenly patted Lu Weiwei on the shoulder, and pointed out with his chin: "There, the left passage of the hall."

As soon as the words fell, Gu Chen was taken aback again: "No, why is there only one person, and where are the other two?"

Following her gaze, Lu Weiwei also hurriedly searched for it.

But the hall was crowded with people, and there were heads everywhere. It was not easy to find three foreigners.

Currently Gu Chen only found one of them, but after 2 minutes, Lu Weiwei found the second one.

……

(End of this chapter)