"Auntie, we have guests. I've brought them all here, so I'll go back to work now." The old woman said, waving her hand as she left, walking so fast it seemed like something was chasing her.
When Xu Jiaorong saw a young man with long hair wearing a kasaya, she was stunned for a moment before saying, "Master, are you here to beg for alms? Wait here while I go inside and get you some things."
“Amitabha, benefactor, you have misunderstood. I am not here to beg for alms, but to find benefactor Xu Xian.”
Xu Jiaorong looked Fahai up and down, then hesitated before asking, "Master, what brings you to my brother? Could it be to pray for my nephew?"
She had already opened the door and invited the person in when she asked her question.
Fahai, holding a staff in one hand and a begging bowl in the other, walked straight into the delivery room.
Xu Jiaorong stood guard in front of the house with a wary expression: "Master, this is my sister-in-law who just gave birth to my nephew. I'm afraid you can't go in."
Fahai waved his hand, freezing the person in place, and pushed open the door to go inside. It wasn't that he didn't want to explain Bai Zhenzhen's identity and the crimes she had committed to Xu Jiaorong, but rather that he shouldn't be the one to do so.
Inside the room, Bai Zhenzhen lay weakly on the bed. She was still dressed in white, and perhaps because she had just given birth, she looked somewhat haggard and beautiful.
She still had some self-awareness, and upon seeing that the person who came was Fahai, she thought of escaping. Unfortunately, having lost her magic treasure, she was no match for Fahai at all. The Buddhist light shining down from the alms bowl above her head caused her all over her body to sting, and she couldn't move at all.
Bai Zhenzhen spotted Lu Qingyan in Fahai's arms and pleaded, "Fahai, Susu and I have been sisters for so many years. Please spare my life for her sake!"
Fahai's lips curled into a cold smile: "When you abandoned her alone, did you not consider the bond between you? Now you come to me with these words, you really have the nerve. Just for the sins you've committed, even if I forgive you, Heaven will not!"
"Ah! Fahai, you stinking monk, I curse you to never attain enlightenment in this lifetime!" Bai Zhenzhen wailed, uttering these harsh words, and instantly transformed into a white snake, obediently staying in the alms bowl.
She tried her best to get out, but her snake body, which was much fatter than Lu Qingyan's, rolled around in the bowl, unable to even stick her head out.
If it were Lu Qingyan, Fahai certainly wouldn't have trapped her in the alms bowl, but since it's Bai Zhenzhen, a wanted criminal of the Heavenly Court, she naturally wouldn't have any good luck.
Fahai closed his eyes, held his hand with prayer beads in front of his chest, and muttered incantations. When he opened his eyes again, the alms bowl was empty.
Looking at the empty alms bowl, Lu Qingyan thought of the plot of "The Legend of the White Snake" and couldn't help but wonder if Bai Zhenzhen was also imprisoned under Leifeng Pagoda.
Seeing Lu Qingyan deep in thought, Fahai explained, "Bai Zhenzhen's crime of flooding Jinshan Temple is grave, but because she has contributed to the creation of the Wenqu Star, she cannot be judged for the time being. We can only imprison her in Leifeng Pagoda for a while before letting her turn to ashes."
Lu Qingyan: "..." The Heavenly Court is indeed keeping up with the times, and has even introduced a suspended death sentence in its criminal law. She thought that the gods judged cases differently from mortals, and that punishments were carried out immediately.
"Master Fahai!" Xu Xian rushed in excitedly, carrying his son, and asked, "How did it go? Was the monster really taken away?"
Fahai, leaning on his staff, walked away step by step: "Amitabha, the White Snake has been suppressed under the Pagoda by me, Benefactor Xu can get rid of her now."
Inside the room, Xu Xian wept with joy, while Xu Jiaorong stood frozen in place. Even after Fahai lifted the restrictions on her, she remained motionless.
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