I Was an Abbot in Ancient Times

    "You are a bandit yourself, you were a bandit from birth!"

    "Back then, you deliberately pretended to be the son of a merchant who was robbed and seriously injured by bandits, and tricked Mrs. Fu's wife into taking you in as a foster son."

    "Even that year, Mrs. Fu 's Madam had an accident when she visited my grandfather's house, and you were the one who informed the bandits to ambush!"

    Pei Wende's face was full of shock and disbelief.

    "Aren't you shocked, how did I know?"

    Liu Hanwen gritted his teeth, trying his best not to blur his voice because of anger, he wanted everyone to hear the truth clearly.

    "I should be glad that I studied medicine and rescued a man who fell from a cliff that rainy night!"

    "Is this man in the hall? Please come up quickly!" The county magistrate figured out something from Liu Hanwen's words and realized that it might be possible. It is a good opportunity to make political achievements, and he is very excited.

    According to the words, an eighteen-year-old boy stood out from the crowd, with scars on his face.

    When Pei Wende saw him, all the blood faded from his face.

    It turned out that this was Ah Kun, who was in charge of the kitchen and food among the bandits. He had always been the lowest among the bandits, not ruthless or vicious enough, and was bullied all day long.

    Akun has no father and no mother. We don't know whether he was taken up the mountain by bandits, or his parents were bandits but died.

    That day he was thrown off the cliff by bandits, and was rescued by Liu Hanwen.

    It was also because Liu Hanwen trembled all over when he saw Pei Wende that day. After questioning him, he realized that Pei Wende was actually a bandit!

    Worried about Fu Yunxiu's safety and suffering from lack of evidence, he could only hold back and hold back.

    From then on, he kept an eye on Pei Wende's movements, and only followed him when he saw his whereabouts sneaking that day, when he heard about the terrifying conspiracy.

    Even the quarrel in front of Fu Yunxiu that day was part of Pei Wende's plan.

    He intentionally provoked Liu Hanwen and asked him to beat people in front of Fu Yunxiu. On weekdays, he instilled in Fu Yunxiu the idea that Liu Hanwen was an impulsive and irritable villain, forcing Liu Hanwen to never set foot in Fu's house again.

    The reason why he did this was because Liu Hanwen's concern for Fu Yunxiu made him worry that it would hinder his plan.

    All his plans were to make Fu Yunxiu die unexpectedly, and then make a will to inherit the Zhenbao Pavilion naturally.

    It was originally planned to let Fu Yunxiu die of illness, but it would be too late if it was natural, and Liu Hanwen ran out halfway, so it was inevitable that he saw something and changed the plan.

    The truth came out.

    Pei Wende was sentenced to death and beheaded tomorrow afternoon.

    In addition, the county magistrate also began to arrange soldiers and horses. According to the narration of the boy who was rescued by Liu Hanwen, he drew a map of the terrain where the bandits were located, and was ready to kill the bandits.

    After a sudden change, he learned that he had lived under deception for so many years, and even trusted the enemy who killed his father and mother.

    Fu Yunxiu was shocked.

    Wang Pingting and Fei Chuyu saw that she was not good, so they took her to Qingquan Temple to recuperate.

    In about half a year, her body recovered.

    Later, when she returned home, she was even able to manage and take over the business of Zhenbao Pavilion. Later, she was praised by everyone for inheriting his father's business talent and being very capable.

    And Liu Hanwen also opened his own medicine hall many years later.

    These are many years later.

    When Lin Zhao learned of this, he was quite emotional. The pilgrims who come and go in his temple all have their own stories.

    Lin Zhao also took in someone who played a very important role in this story—Master Changmao.

    Now he want to call him Senior Brother Changmao.

    He is a student at Qingquan Temple.

    Lin Zhao was quite surprised when he saw Brother Changmao for the first time. And not just because he was the first real monk to knock on the temple gate.

    Also because his style of acting is quite unrestrained, he looks like a middle-aged monk with a bit perfunctory practice.

    However, the system determined that his talent was profound.

    Master Changmao doesn't like to take care of himself, and he doesn't care what is in the entrance. He often wanders around by himself.

    Walking around in temples, in villages and countryside, in county towns...

    Master Changmao and his students also get along very well. When they talk by the stream, they will always express a sentence or two with Zen philosophy.

    He also sometimes plays with the children. Then play more seriously and happily than children.

    That day, Lin Zhao saw Master Changmao taking Dongdong and his little friend Chocho to explore and hunt for treasure in the abandoned backyard, with a little tail Xiaomi behind him.

    One big, one small, three small ones would come out of the big leaky vat bowing their bodies, and then they would burrow into a house with collapsed beams, screaming incessantly, as if they had picked up some treasure.

    If you take a closer look, you can find that what they picked up are old and rusty candlesticks, linden beads covered in cobwebs, dirty wooden hairpins... and so on.

    Dongdong and Chocho yelled happily, and Xiaomi sniff followed suit.

    The free and easy nature of the long-haired master is a disaster in the backyard.

    Seeing the cucumbers dangling on the shelf in the farmland, without looking at his feet, he stepped on a radish seedling, stretched his hand, and pulled the cucumber off the vine, tilting the shelf.

    When Bu Er saw it, he was so angry that he beat him, so he ran away, chasing and fleeing in the backyard.

    Bu Er filed a complaint with Lin Zhao, and Lin Zhao punished Brother Changmao to work in the bell tower, preventing him from coming out to harm the farmland crops that he worked so hard to grow.

    In addition to Buer, as an AI, Shantong also has a headache for Brother Long Hair.

    He often disliked the heat, so he directly fetched water from the well and poured it on his body, then slapped his wet shoes, got muddy, and stepped into the kitchen to find water, leaving black footprints one after another.

    The kitchen is Shantong's territory, and he cherishes it very much. He is very upset when he sees it, and he can only clean it up by himself. Changmao doesn't care about these trivial matters.

    Of these senior brothers, the only one who likes long hair is not color.

    Because Changmao is often fined to be on duty in the bell tower, once he comes, he doesn't need to be on duty if he doesn't look good.

    Rather than being stuck in the clock tower on duty, Bushi still prefers to go around for alms, and can deal with different people.

    Long Mao enjoys himself wherever he goes. In the bell tower, he eat steamed buns and pickled cucumbers, and ringing the bell to read scriptures is also quite comfortable and happy.

    Bushi often goes for alms and obtains various items and props for unlocking decorations.

    Lin Zhao then replaced the statue of the heavenly king in the main hall with stone carvings, and replaced the candlesticks and lamp holders with higher-grade copper candlesticks and hexagonal lamp holders.

    The reputation of the temple has risen, and the incense is strong. He also wants to repair the Drum Tower on the right side of the Temple of Heavenly Kings.

    So they went to Yuanwai Zhou again, and as soon as the news spread, Dagong came to him within a few days.

    It was the same team as last time, but this time the chief engineer asked Lin Zhao to exchange his reward with white radish and Chinese cabbage.

    Lin Zhao couldn't help but be amazed when he heard this, of course he couldn't just give people a few vegetables and give them the wages, as well as big white radishes and Chinese cabbages.

    Although the pilgrims of the temple are crazy about the fruits and vegetables of their own temple, Lin Zhao still has no real sense of how different these vegetables are.

    Thinking about it, isn’t it just a dish to eat?

    Now some people would rather not have the wages of hard work, but want Chinese cabbage and white radish, which made him realize that the value of Chinese cabbage and white radish is far beyond his cognition.

    He didn't know that a big white radish in Qingquan Temple could be sold for a high price of ten taels of silver.

    It's just that Qingquan Temple uses it for daily fasting except for occasional gifts.

    Lin Zhao sent all the masters a basket of Chinese cabbage and radish. After the Drum Tower was built, he planned to repair the Daxiong Palace behind it.

    The Daxiong Palace is no more than the Bell Tower and the Drum Tower. It may take a longer repair period and take longer. It is better to start repairing earlier.

    It took five hundred taels of silver to build the Drum Tower, and another five hundred taels of deposit was paid for the construction of the Daxiong Palace. Lin Zhao only had a little more than one hundred taels of silver left in his cash box.

    One night, drinking too much tea and unable to fall asleep, he suddenly remembered what the lady said that day, and walked to the Daxiong Palace.

    The moonlight shone like water in the hall, bright and majestic. Lin Zhao searched for a long time but couldn't find any treasures. He wondered if his brain had been kicked by a donkey, and he stayed up most of the night to hunt for treasures?

    In the next second, he really almost died laughing.

    See what he found? A small sandalwood treasure chest. It's still locked.

    He picked up a brick and knocked off the rusty lock, and Lin Zhao opened it.

    A row of shiny silver ingots.

    There was also a note inside, which Lin Zhao read under the moonlight—the private money of Abbot Kong Fu.

    Lin Zhao: ...

    As far as he knows, the name of the former abbot was Kong Fu.

    That being the case, he continued to accept the more than one hundred taels of silver with a smile, and it would be used for temple construction after all.

    It will take two months to complete the construction of the Drum Tower, and it may not be until June or July next year when the construction of the Daxiong Palace starts and is completed.

    Lin Zhao thought about changing the decorations and other utensils of the dormitory and monk's dormitory first.

    All bedding in the monk's dormitory has been upgraded to blue and white cotton bedding, which is soft and comfortable and improves the sleep quality of the monks.

    The bed in the squatter room was replaced by a curtain bed, the simple desk was replaced by a mahogany desk, and the chair was replaced by a mahogany armchair.

    The low cabinets are replaced with multi-drawer cabinets to facilitate the storage of different items.

    The bookshelves were replaced with more stable and sturdy ones. The lamp stand was also replaced with a more stable and safe one.

    The old washbasin is replaced with a brand new mahogany washbasin, and the raised shelf can hang towels.

    The old screen is replaced with a multi-leaf screen with more flexible design.

    Finally, put a pot of exquisite and beautiful red plum potted plants.

    The above decorations are all red lacquer, neat and harmonious.

    The ground is covered with a light brown wooden floor, and two brown wooden windows for ventilation are opened on the wall, and the whole squat is complete.

    These are replaced when the students go down the mountain to visit their relatives every month.

    When they came back again, they were shocked to see the changed hut.

    Except for Li Wenyuan, most of these students are from good backgrounds, and the room conditions in their homes are better than those of squatters, but they are willing to endure the poor environment in order to study.

    This group of students were not all the rich young masters who booked a dormitory with Lin Zhao at that time, but the group of people who were more promising in studying in the rich young masters' clan.

    It is the consensus of the people of this dynasty to give better reading resources to the more hopeful people in the clan.

    In their view, the monastery desk that can read better is a kind of reading resource.

    Because they have accepted the best resources, the students can bear the poor environment. Of course, if they can have a more comfortable environment, they will not ask for trouble to return to the simple environment.

    So out of emotion, they and their families donated another wave of incense money to the temple.

    Lin Zhao's purse, which had bottomed out, rose again, back to about eight hundred taels of silver.

    Seeing the construction of the temple getting better and better, he was very relieved, and his whole body was filled with a sense of peace and tranquility. Everyone said that the abbot had recently penetrated into Zen more clearly.

    On such a comfortable day, His Majesty the Emperor sent a secret letter.