In the Zen room, the green lamp is as dim as a bean.
Nun Thanos stroked her Buddhist beads with a calculating look on her face.
"Jingming, go to the city tomorrow and find out why Juekong was sent back again."
"Remember to avoid the government office."
Nun Huixin asked, "Master, this time they brought three carts of boxes and crates. Should we search them like we did last time?"
"Silence!"
Thanos slammed the table, and the gold bracelet on his wrist jingled against the rosewood table.
"Haven't you had enough of the beating from the prefect last time? Besides, can you guys defeat the male and female demons around Juekong?"
The four Vajras looked at each other, knowing that they were indeed no match for him.
At noon the next day, Thanos took the Four Heavenly Kings out to discuss business, but was stopped by a carriage as soon as he entered the city gate.
"Why did it stop?"
Before Thanos could even pull his head out from behind the curtain of the sedan chair, he saw a slender hand reaching out with a banknote between its fingers.
"In the cloud room of Xiyan Tower." A maid's voice was as cold as a frosty blade.
Thanos was pleasantly surprised and took the banknote. "No problem. I'll be there right away."
In the private room, a woman wearing a gauze hat stood by the window.
"What business does your lordship have with me?"
The woman slapped a silver note worth two thousand taels on the table.
"Kill one person."
Thanos stared at the silver bill with shining eyes and shook his head, saying, "Monks are not allowed to kill."
The woman said, "The man I asked you to kill is in the temple."
Thanos asked suspiciously, "Could it be Juekong? Madam Sheng?"
The woman laughed. "Yes, that's her. If you kill her, the reward will be doubled."
Thanos said: "Why do you have to kill her? She is not someone to be trifled with. I was warned by the higher-ups a few days ago."
"This time it's different. Sheng was sent back to the temple because she angered the emperor. The higher-ups will no longer care about her."
Thanos nodded, "Then I'll try."
The woman stuffed the banknote into her hand and said sternly:
"It's not a try, it's a must. Otherwise, you won't survive. I only give you five days. If she's not dead, you'll be the one to die."
Thanos stared at the "Baochang" pattern on the banknote and smirked:
"My dear, you may be aware that the male and female demons around Madam Sheng are highly skilled in martial arts. One is skilled in using the Rain of Pear Blossom Needles, and the other is skilled in using a scimitar. I'm afraid it will be difficult."
The woman sneered: "Add another thousand taels."
She slapped the banknote into Thanos' palm and said, "If it doesn't work out in five days..."
His long nails scratched across Thanos' throat. "It's time to change the abbot of Hanyu Temple."
After the woman left, Huixin asked:
"Master, are you really going to attack me? The wound from when Xiongsha broke my wrist last time hasn't healed yet..."
Thanos suddenly laughed slyly: "There will be a Flame Mouth Ceremony the day after tomorrow. Ask Jingming to add some mantras to the ever-burning lamps sent to the tile courtyard."
She twirled her new coral Buddhist beads, "God has taken care of me without me even noticing..."
His five fingers suddenly closed together, breaking a string of Buddhist beads.
"Let's go, we haven't discussed today's business yet!"
Thanos got on the carriage again and headed for the secret place.
At nightfall, the sound of footsteps was heard outside the courtyard.
The male and female demons flashed into the courtyard and whispered, "Madam, several young nuns want to see you."
Sheng Xiyan put down the bodhi wood rosary and gently stroked her pregnant belly with her fingertips: "Bring it in."
Several nuns knelt on the ground. Jingchen raised her pretty face, tears rolling down her cheeks.
"Please, my lady, save us..."
She trembled as she unbuttoned her clothes, revealing the purple marks on her shoulders. "Nun...Nun forced us to entertain customers..."
"What?"
Sheng Xiyan held onto the table, suppressing her anger: "Tell me in detail."
Jingchen choked up and said:
"Every five days, the nun would take us to the Wei River flower boat..."
She pointed at the frail Jingxin beside her, "She refused to go the day before yesterday, so the nun locked her up in the cellar for three days..."
"Totally unscrupulous!"
Sheng Xiyan slammed her palm on the table, causing the teacups to clink.
Helped up a few little nuns, comforted them with a gentle voice,
"You guys go back first, and come and tell me quietly before you are taken away next time."
"Thank you, ma'am."
At noon the next day, Master Thanos went out with the Four Heavenly Kings and several beautiful nuns.
The head nun whispered, "Master, the mandala has been added to the oil lamps in the tile courtyard tomorrow."
Thanos nodded in satisfaction, "When fortune comes, it can't be stopped. After I finish these two jobs, I will return to secular life and no longer be a nun!"
As soon as they left the house, Sheng Xiyan called Dayi and Taxuexunmei to give them some instructions.
The three of them secretly followed Thanos and his group from behind.
An hour later, the nun's carriage arrived at the Wei River.
Along the Wei River, flower boats and painted barges are lined up one after another.
The nun hugged a fat, big-eared man and said, "These are a new batch of chicks. The price must be doubled..."
The four Vajras pushed five veiled nuns into the cabin.
The big female flew over the river like a swallow, and through the window, she saw several men doing dirty things to the nun.
She flew back to the shore and said to Taxue, "You go report to the authorities! We'll stay here."
Soon, officers and soldiers came like a tide.
Thanos was drunkenly hugging the young man and making love with him.
Suddenly, there was a loud bang and the hatch was kicked open.
"Catch them!" The officers and soldiers tied up Thanos and others and took them to the government office.
The next day, at the morning court session in the Golden Palace.
The prefect of the capital city reported:
"Your Majesty, yesterday, Master Juekong of Hanyu Temple, also known as Madam Sheng, who is about to embark on a training course, used a trick to capture the promiscuous group led by Master Thanos..."
Xuan Ling sat upright on the dragon throne, tapping the armrests with his fingertips.
I remembered what Sheng Xiyan said when she left the palace: "Xuan Lang, I will give you a big surprise when I return to the palace..."
The corners of his lips couldn't suppress the proud gleam in his eyes.
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