"What's going on? You went to see the abbot fine, but why were you tied up?"

Guan Nan lowered his head in shame, "The poor monk is stupid. On the way to see the abbot, he met the master in charge and asked about his doubts."

"Unexpectedly, the host actually guessed that it was Donor Su who told the poor monk the truth. In order to prevent the host from killing Donor Su, I lied and said that Donor Su is the person I like."

Sang Mo was shocked. She didn't expect that there were people stupider than her in the world.

"Why won't the person you love be killed?" Huang Cuihua asked doubtfully.

Guan Nan blushed slightly, "The poor monk told the host that Almsgiver Su is more important to the poor monk than his life."

Sang Mo: "..." You are afraid that I will not die quickly enough.

Huang Cuihua couldn't help laughing when she heard this, and said to Sang Mo: "Added sin to sin, no wonder the old monk wants to cook you."

"No, the host master cares most about my safety." Guan Nan quickly explained.

Sang Mo looked at the ferocious whip wounds on his body speechlessly, and said nothing in a sensible manner.

When the three of them walked out of the dungeon, it was deathly silent outside, with no one guarding them.

Huang Cuihua pulled Sang Mo and was about to leave, "Since the person has been rescued, let's leave first."

Guan Nan also said goodbye to the two of them, saying that he would find the abbot again.

Sang Mo quickly grabbed him, "Are you sure you won't be locked up in the dungeon again?"

After hearing this, Guan Nan hurriedly explained: "The abbot master is spotless and has kind eyebrows and kind eyes. He will definitely not be like the abbot master."

Neither of them spoke, just looked at him with an idiotic expression.

"Okay, let's just say goodbye."

Huang Cuihua quickly gave Guan Nan the Ruanjin Powder and took Sang Mo away.

After the two left, Guan Nan also turned around to find the abbot.

The clear moonlight illuminated the temple as if it were daytime. Guan Nan, naked from the waist up, quickly walked towards the abbot's Zen room.

Jinguang Temple is in charge of all matters of the Wuxiang Kingdom. Important matters such as not allowing women to enter the city and forcibly recruiting strong men to become monks in temples will definitely pass through the hands of the abbot.

He felt a little uneasy. Could it be that even the abbot was possessed by inner demons?
  But the image of the abbot holding his hand and teaching him to chant sutras could not help but appear in his mind.

Guan Nan paused, and then his steps towards the abbot's meditation room suddenly became firm.

The abbot is so kind, he would not do such a thing.

The abbot lives alone in the bamboo forest behind the temple. He has studied Buddhism in the past few years and has not been seen for a long time.

The last time I saw him was in the lobby, he only said a few words to everyone and then left.

This time he wanted to see the abbot no matter what.

With this in mind, Guan Nan knocked on the wooden door of the abbot's Zen room.

"Dengdengdeng..."

A knock on the door sounded in the quiet and deep bamboo forest.

There was no sound in the house.

Guan Nan glanced at the weak candlelight coming from the window, raised his hand and knocked on the wooden door again.

I don't know how long I have been knocking, but suddenly there was a "clang" sound, like the sound of wood falling to the ground.

Then the wooden door was opened from the inside.

The abbot's skinny figure stood at the door, "Nan'er came here in the middle of the night, but I have something to tell my master."

Guan Nan bowed his head and saluted, "This disciple is making trouble in the middle of the night, disturbing the master's peace."

"It's okay." The abbot turned aside and said, "Come in quickly, it's cold outside."

Guan Nan bowed his head and bowed again, then stepped across the threshold and walked inside.

The abbot closed the door and returned to the inner hall to sit down.

The room was very dark, with only one candle lit, and the outline of a table could barely be seen clearly.

The abbot asked Guannan to sit in the light, while he sat in the dark.

"You can talk now." The abbot said with a smile.

Guan Nan clarified his thoughts, and started with the Wuxiang Kingdom who forced young men to become monks. "Those young men have no interest in Buddhism and only think about eating meat and men and women."

"For this reason, young women are not allowed to enter the Wuxiang Kingdom. The Wuxiang Kingdom has a radius of hundreds of miles, and it has formed a bad custom that women are not allowed to dress up." Word by word, Guannan also said that the abbot master imprisoned himself in the dungeon, and that the abbot master How to throw a living person into a boiling cauldron.

During this period, the abbot listened patiently without interrupting.

After Guan Nan finished speaking, the abbot asked, "What do you think Nan'er should do?"

Guan Nan bowed his head again and saluted, "My disciple thinks that we should agree to allow those disciples who have no intention of Buddhism to return to secular life, and also abolish the rule that women are not allowed to enter the city."

"Is that all right?" the abbot asked.

Guan Nan was stunned for a moment and thought to himself: Could this method not work?
  The abbot smiled again, "Nan'er, maybe you can see how I am different from before now?"

Guan Nan raised his head and looked at it carefully, "Master is standing in the dark, and the disciple cannot see clearly."

The abbot asked again: "Then how can we see clearly?"

Guan Nan thought for a while, got up and left the light, walked to the abbot, and looked at the abbot carefully again.

He seemed to be thinner and more hunched, and his usually smooth and shiny beard was now like withered grass.

Unfortunately, it was too dark and he couldn't see clearly.

Guan Nan couldn't help but move closer.

This time, he smelled an indescribable stench.

The stench made him tremble all over, and his heart beat uncontrollably.

Guan Nan was shocked, but he still looked at the abbot carefully.

The abbot smiled and remained still.

Guan Nan turned to a place where the light could not reach, and his eyes suddenly became clear.

Guan Nan was secretly surprised, but he did not speak. He just listened to the abbot's words and observed the abbot carefully.

His eye sockets seem to be deeper, his eyeballs are cloudier, and his skin...

and many more!

what is that?
  There is a large dark red patch behind the abbot's ear!

Guan Nan quickly looked at the abbot's neck and face. There were more dark red spots on his neck.

He was stunned, was that a corpse stain?

Just when he was surprised, the abbot smiled and turned around, "Nan'er, can you see clearly?"

Guan Nan nodded in confusion.

The abbot asked again: "Do you know why you couldn't see clearly just now?"

Guan Nan glanced at the place where he sat at the beginning, "The disciple was sitting in the light just now, and the master was sitting in the darkness."

After he finished speaking, he suddenly froze, then raised his head and looked at the abbot.

The abbot still smiled and said, "Nan'er is so smart."

He said, pointing to another candle in the room, "Go ahead and light all the candles."

Guan Nan did as he was told.

After the room was completely bright, Guan Nan found an abbot lying on the bed.

The abbot's face was rosy, he was still breathing slightly, and looked like he was sleeping.

The abbot sitting in front of him looked gray and withered as mud.

There was a large hole in the ground, and the floorboard had been lifted and thrown aside.

The "clang" sound he heard outside the door was the sound of the floor being lifted and falling to the ground.

Starting from the entrance of the cave, there is a series of wet footprints, which go from the entrance to the door, and then from the door to where the abbot is sitting now.

It was obvious that the abbot sitting in front of him had just crawled out of the hole in the ground.

"Nan'er, are you afraid of what your master looks like now?" The abbot was still smiling, with a kind and gentle tone.

Guan Nan shook his head, "Disciple, I'm not afraid."

The abbot smiled even brighter when he heard this, but when he smiled, the flesh on his face was torn a little.

"I believe Nan'er can handle this matter very well." After the abbot said this, he suddenly froze and stopped moving.


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