Chapter 481 An Affair, Witnessed by Everyone!
By the time the guards of the princess's residence reacted and rescued Zongzheng Zhiyuan, she was already unable to accept the reality before her.
Where did they all come from?
Haven't they all disappeared without a trace?
How exactly did they appear?
Did they all hear it?
Why are they all staring at me like that?
No... none of this is real, it was all just a hallucination she had before she died!
"Arrest this monk who intended to kill the princess!"
The princess's husband, Zhang Tingjiu, didn't even glance at her. He simply pointed at Xie Huaiyuan, who had been thrown to the ground, and then let out an angry shout.
By the time Xie Huaiyuan tried to struggle, he had already been completely pinned to the ground and unable to move.
"My God, what... what is going on? Isn't that Abbot Jia Guan?"
"That's him! That noblewoman looks like a princess. But Abbot Kejia's fierce appearance just now, could it be that he was going to kill the princess?"
"They want to kill the princess! Didn't you hear what they were saying just now?"
"He needs her dead before he can live!"
"My God, what, what, what, could it be that what we heard was all true?"
"If it's all true, wouldn't those two really be having an affair? But... but isn't he the abbot of Ningyuan Temple? This... this is just too unbelievable!"
"Heh, that's not all! Didn't you hear? The abbot of Ningyuan Temple and the princess seem to have had a daughter. Princess Changning is their biological daughter."
"Tsk tsk tsk, what a disgrace. A monk, indeed, he's a disgrace to Buddhism."
"Pah! Shameless!"
"So all the money we donated to incense offerings before was donated to such a temple? My God, weren't we all scammed?"
"With such a disreputable and morally corrupt abbot leading such a filthy temple, how can the gods we pray to still be effective?"
"Then weren't all the people within a hundred miles of us deceived before?"
"Good heavens! I've spent fifty taels of silver here! I spent all the money my family had saved for over ten years at Ningyuan Temple in hopes that my son would pass the imperial examination. But the abbot of Ningyuan Temple is a frivolous monk who cheated us out of all our money!"
"I knew it! Last night, a seven-colored phenomenon suddenly appeared in the sky in the middle of the night. A blind fortune teller happened to pass by and said that great fortune would happen at Ningyuan Temple. Whoever could overcome all difficulties to get here would be blessed for a hundred years!"
"Otherwise, the people from our villages wouldn't run from the front mountain to the back mountain after they've eaten their fill. They would insist on crossing mountains and valleys to get here no matter where the road is impassable."
"The result was to expose their affair and the abbot's attempt to kill someone!"
"That's right! Who's going to pay me back my money!"
"Liar, give me my money back."
"Give us our money back!"
"You wicked bald monk, quickly return the money that has been swindled from us people for decades!"
"fraud!"
The people were outraged and all rushed forward.
For a moment, they didn't care about the guards from the princess's residence anymore; they all rushed forward, pinned Xie Huaiyuan to the ground, and pulled and beat him.
Zongzheng Zhiyuan still wanted to climb forward: "No..."
Princess Changning suddenly screamed, "Ah—"
She covered her ears, shaking her head repeatedly and muttering, "This isn't real, this can't be real—"
Because everything before our eyes is too absurd.
She turned to look at her father, Zhang Tingjiu.
"Father, is all of this a lie?"
"Did Mother lie to Changning all of this?"
"Perhaps, this is all just a dream in Changning?"
"Dad, say something!"
Zhang Tingjiu looked at her, a flash of pain in his eyes: "As a father, I also wish you were my biological daughter..."
Changning: "I hate you all!"
She covered her head, turned around, and rushed out.
Zongzheng Zhiyuan then realized what was happening: "Ning'er—"
When she tried to get up, she couldn't bear to leave Xie Huaiyuan.
"Stop, stop hitting me—"
"Help! Help!"
"Quickly drag these unruly commoners down before I do!"
What are you all standing there for? Get to work now!
"Zhang Tingjiu, I command you to quickly rescue Abbot Jia Guan!"
Zhang Tingjiu stared at her and smiled coldly: "Zongzheng Zhiyuan, you really are hopeless."
"In your eyes, no one in this world can compare to your lover!"
After saying that, Zhang Tingjiu turned around and led ten guards to chase after Changning.
Zongzheng Zhiyuan wanted to follow her daughter, but she couldn't let go of the obsession she had carried in her heart for decades.
"Please, please come and save him!"
She went forward crying and started to shove the people away.
The people angrily pushed her away.
"Get away—!"
"Hmph, a princess, huh? So, a princess like this colludes with monks to prey on the people and deceive us, is that it?"
"We're going to beat the petition drum and file a complaint against you!"
Xie Huaiyuan's cassock and robes had long been torn to shreds.
People were being dragged and pulled around, their bodies scratched, and screams of agony could be heard.
Meanwhile, the guards left behind by the princess's residence simply stared at each other, and no matter how much the princess shouted, they did not move.
Just when Zongzheng Zhiyuan was in despair, thinking that everything was over, a rumbling sound suddenly came from underground.
Then, one, two, three... countless monks crawled out from under the table of the Guanyin altar.
They rushed over in a swarm.
"Abbot—"
"Abbot—we've arrived—"
These were the monks who had disappeared from Ningyuan Temple; it turns out they were right here in the Guanyin Hall.
Upon seeing them, Zongzheng Zhiyuan's expression became even more blank.
She knew that this time, her secrets with Xie Huaiyuan would probably be exposed no longer.
The monks rushed up and, with great effort, finally dragged Xie Huaiyuan out of the crowd.
Xie Huaiyuan's fair body was covered with bruises and cuts.
The others were almost dead.
He lay dying among the monks, struggling to open his eyes to see everyone, his eyes filled with endless despair.
The people said, "Hmph! You bunch of thieving monks from Ningyuan Temple, you've finally shown your true colors!"
"Either we go see the authorities, or we fight to the death today!"
The people refused to give up easily.
These monks had already heard all the truth and secrets clearly underground. Although the abbot was no good, they had been eating money off him all these years.
If we really take legal action, won't we all be finished?
The monks immediately stood up and held hands, protecting Jia Guan in the middle.
"Amitabha."
They began chanting scriptures on the spot.
What are they doing?
"Yes, chanting scriptures at this time, could it be that they want to atone for their previous actions?"
"Ha, if they were truly a group of monks with a conscience, they wouldn't have cheated us out of so much money over the years."
"Something's definitely up to no good. Let's hurry up and leave."
"That's right, let's go out first, and then we'll go down the mountain and discuss it with everyone!"
"We must get justice!"
Just as everyone was about to leave, several monks suddenly rushed forward and slammed the door shut.
Even the door that had been smashed open was quickly pushed back up and then blocked by people.
They seemed determined to stop everyone from leaving.
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