CHAPTER 34: CHAPTER 34: TRULY GRATEFUL BEYOND WORDS!

His tall figure startled the leading man, but he clutched the pottery tightly, stubbornly saying, "We are the ones escorting the Saint Buddha Monk! Do you dare oppose us?" He spat and sneered, "A bunch of exiles dare to be so arrogant!"

Mr. Ruan, standing aside, immediately grabbed Ruan Qingsong’s arm and whispered, "Qingsong! Do not get angry, do not argue with them. Do you not know about the Holy Buddha Temple?"

As a compiler at the Hanlin Academy, who had spent a year at court and was a companion to the prince, Ruan Qingsong naturally knew.

Your Majesty already believes in these things, and much from the Observatory comes from the Holy Buddha Temple.

This is not an ordinary temple; it is said that the monks inside are all highly respected monks.

Yet this group of guards does not treat them as people!

Unbeknownst to them, Ruan Mian also heard these words. Her eyebrows moved slightly and she remembered a monk named Pu Hui from the book.

She stepped forward and intercepted the group of guards, her eyes cold, "I want to see if Monk Pu Hui would tolerate your looting!"

Having said that, she strode towards the post station, kicking away anyone who blocked her without hesitation, and shouted inside.

"Pu Hui! Don’t you want to save your master? I’ll tell you how to save him!"

In the original book, the Holy Buddha Temple suffered a disaster, Monk Pu Hui’s master was on the brink of death, and he shouldered the heavy responsibility of traveling northwards to seek help from Your Majesty.

However, he was manipulated by the Fifth Princess to deceive the Emperor, causing him to start large-scale mausoleum constructions, leading to disaster that emptied the treasury, leaving no relief grains for the calamity, resulting in snowfall filling pits and valleys, freezing many to death, famine breaking out, leaving people destitute.

This was all part of the Fifth Princess and King Yan’s plan, slowly dismantling the current regime.

But the true sufferers, the sacrificed ones, were countless common people, they were countless more like the Ruan Mansion, mere pawns.

And this Monk Pu Hui, initially with a benevolent heart, got lost in the Capital City’s decadence, completely losing himself amidst imperial power and wealth.

He harmed many people.

So Ruan Mian rushed inside the post station and saw Pu Hui coming out of a room, those few guards quickly saluted him.

"Monk, this woman is merely an exile, speaking nonsense here! Let me take her away immediately!"

"Not quickly taking her away!!"

But Ruan Mian stared straight at Pu Hui, only saying one sentence, "I’ll tell you how to save your master."

Pu Hui’s face changed slightly, with a look of doubt, he glanced at Ruan Mian, seeing the guards about to take her away, he immediately spoke to stop them.

Seeing this, Ruan Mian, amid their shocked gazes, strode into the room, kicking the door closed behind her!

Meanwhile, outside, the Ruan Family was anxious, and the Qi Mansion people who hadn’t spoken for a while seized the chance to badmouth.

"Truly going to court death!!"

"Lord, can we just let her act recklessly, implicating us?? That is a highly esteemed monk! How can we let her run wild?" However, Ruan Mian sat expressionless, reaching into her pocket to pull out some silver notes.

Pu Hui was stunned upon seeing them!

Just as he was about to speak, Ruan Mian slapped the silver notes on the table.

"You go to the Capital City, not just looking for help, your Holy Buddha Temple suffered due to evildoers, the temple destroyed, thousands of monks homeless, and your master heavily injured, needing a divine doctor to save him.

Take these silver notes to urgently aid the situation, then go to Shengpu State to find a divine doctor named Zili, he can heal your master."

These silver notes, all together, surpassed a thousand taels!!

Pu Hui was utterly surprised, "How does the lady know of the disaster at my Holy Buddha Temple?? And where did you get these silver taels from?"

She was an exile, how could she possess such a sum of silver!

Ruan Mian was prepared, mysteriously lowering her voice, "I won’t hide from you, although I am merely an exile, there is someone behind arranging certain matters."

"Even if the Holy Buddha Temple is far from the capital, it is still a place valued by Your Majesty, naturally there are informants. But the journey is long, and to prevent accidents, some tasks are handed down layer by layer until they reach me."

"These silver notes are according to Mr. Xie’s direction."

"Mr. Xie? Could it be the Prime Minister..."

Pu Hui was shocked for a moment but soon turned to relief.

"The master is someone Your Majesty trusts the most, and our Holy Buddha Temple is also highly valued by Your Majesty. Now that we are in trouble, Your Majesty would have the master aid us, we... are truly grateful beyond words!"

"You also know this matter cannot be done openly. Since you have received the master’s and Your Majesty’s intentions, hurry back. As for my matters, you need not concern yourself."

Ruan Mian stood up; these silver notes were all confiscated from the Qi Mansion.

And that Holy Buddha Temple in the original book once helped refugees, the Abbot also did many good deeds.

Since so, this money can be considered as accumulating virtue for the Qi Mansion’s ancestors.

At this moment, Monk Pu Hui was beyond grateful, "If so, after I make a brief appearance at Lord Prefect’s birthday banquet tomorrow, I will set off immediately."

He was able to be escorted all the way from the Holy Buddha Temple thanks to Lord Prefect Ding Cheng’s acquaintance with his master.

After the temple’s disaster, the Abbot wrote a letter, and Ding Cheng promptly dispatched people to assist, under the pretense of helping Pu Hui enter the capital, but in truth, Ding Cheng had ulterior motives.

Until in the latter part of the original book, the two of them committed all kinds of evil.

Since it reached this point, Ruan Mian simply decided to extinguish the fire of conspiracy between the two!

"Monk, do you know the true face of that Lord Prefect? He plunders the people’s wealth, uses public office for private gain, commits all sorts of evil deeds, forcefully seizes women, and commits numerous atrocities!"

"Lord Ding is not like that, he has a good relationship with my master and often donates incense to the temple, he..."

Ruan Mian interrupted him, "Whether he is like that or not, you will see when you visit his mansion tomorrow! By then, I hope, Monk, you maintain a merciful heart and strive for a way out for the suffering people."

With these words, she opened the door and walked out without hesitation.

When she returned to her group, her brother and the others anxiously looked her over, fearing something might have happened to her.

The Liu Family, already harboring resentment, couldn’t stop their mouth from saying a few more words, "It seems that monk is compassionate, sparing you this time, but see if you dare to act so arrogantly on the exile road in the future! You were robbed this time, but next time you might not be so lucky."

As soon as she finished speaking, the previous guards came out one by one, scaring everyone to quickly shrink to the side.

However, this time they didn’t come to continue robbing, but smilingly returned everything they had just taken.

Not only that, they brought some good food, thick mattresses, clothes, and invited them to rest inside the post station.

"Miss, it was our fault earlier, we failed to recognize Mount Tai and offended you!! Please don’t hold it against us."

"Yes, miss, these things, the monk asked us to give to you, if it’s not enough, I’ll send someone to the city to buy more."