Guess Uncle didn’t understand Chen Tai’s decision.
But he didn’t need to understand.
Just execute it.
Moreover, this way of doing things was more in line with his personality.
Plan first, then act. Find more scapegoats to stand in front, and keep yourself clean.
So he went down to arrange it.
As for how he arranged it, Chen Tai didn't care.
What does he need his subordinates for if he has to do everything himself?
That night.
No one slept.
Aesso was in his bedroom, tirelessly flipping through various account books again and again.
But his mind was not on these account books at all.
Maintain the status quo? When will Mara Nian join forces with Chapper to sideline him?
Cooperate with Guess Uncle? Invite a wolf into the house?
Things had gone beyond his brain’s processing capacity.
Being deep and able to endure doesn't mean someone is smart.
If he had a choice.
He’d rather find a chance to kill Mara Nian.
And leave the Grand Zen Master’s secretary, Chapper, to take the blame.
It was late at night, and he looked at the other side of the mansion.
“Humph! You little vixen.”
“Hmm! Good junior brother.”
In a room near the Buddha Hall.
Chapper rolled off Mara Nian.
But he didn’t have any triumphant look.
“Senior Sister, why are you a bit absentminded today?”
Mara Nian leaned against the headboard.
She reached out and lit a cigarette.
“Aren’t you also just going through the motions today?”
The couple looked at each other.
Then they looked away.
Each with their own worries.
Mara Nian took a few puffs, finding no feeling, and said, “It’s getting late, I’ll go back.”
But she had just put on her clothes and hadn’t even reached the door when Chapper grabbed her.
“Senior Sister, about that Master Tai wanting to see the Grand Zen Master…”
Mara Nian suddenly felt a little irritated.
This junior brother, who usually seemed ‘handsome’ and ‘humble’ in her eyes, was becoming more and more like Aesso, who was useless.
“He’s only coming after finding out the news. Just report it to him. Do you really think you can make decisions for the Grand Zen Master?”
She impatiently shook off her junior brother’s hand, walked to the door, then turned back, and said in a tone of exasperation, “Or do you not have faith in the Grand Zen Master?”
Looking at Chapper’s meek expression, she inexplicably felt annoyed.
She said earnestly, “They just rescued Rambo and brought back that little rascal from Xituang. It is said that they also eliminated the Overlord of the River.”
“You know, the Federation Army hasn’t even sent troops! They’re coming after a victory. If you want to brush them off yourself, consider the consequences.”
Then she slammed the door and left.
But on the way back, the woman couldn’t help but think of that wild face.
And the tattoo…
Thinking about it, her whole body felt hot, and her legs couldn’t help but rub against each other.
“What if… I cooperate with someone else?” An idea popped into her head.
“Aesso is useless, but Chapper is even more useless.”
“If only I were a man…”
“Or find someone stronger…”
When she returned to her bedroom, Aesso was still looking at the account books under the lamp.
The couple looked at each other, but they didn’t exchange a word.
“The Buddha Hall is a bit old,” Mara Nian suddenly said.
Aesso looked up at her, “Okay, I’ll find someone to fix it.”
They didn’t speak for the rest of the night.
Nothing happened the next day.
Only Chapper went back to the mountain temple to deliver a message, and he returned in the afternoon.
“Master Tai, Grand Zen Master Ukhamaha asks you to come up the mountain tomorrow morning.”
…
In the magnificent palace.
Aesso, Mara Nian, and Guess Uncle sat as guests on one side.
Chapper, as the Grand Zen Master’s disciple, sat beside the Grand Zen Master.
Chen Tai sat opposite the Grand Zen Master.
“May I ask, Master Tai, what is meant by ‘empty reality sees nature’?”
The Grand Zen Master asked the first question.
Facing the Grand Zen Master, who was as thin as a dried-up branch, Chen Tai didn’t answer. He just quietly smiled and looked at the other party.
The Grand Zen Master turned the prayer beads, seeing that Chen Tai didn’t answer, but he wasn’t impatient.
But after a while, Chen Tai still didn’t answer.
Time passed by minute by minute.
Everyone clasped their hands together, enjoying the quiet and peaceful atmosphere.
Today was the Grand Zen Master’s debate with Chen Tai. Regardless of whether they could understand or not, they didn’t have the right to interrupt.
But after a while, Chapper couldn’t sit still.
“Master Tai, why don’t you answer?”
As soon as he said this, the quiet atmosphere in the palace immediately became tense.
Chen Tai ignored him.
But the Grand Zen Master sighed.
“Sigh… Everything is empty, all laws are empty, there is nothing originally. Master Tai has indeed grasped the three flavors of this.”
He turned to Chapper again.
“I let you go down the mountain because you are smart and quick-witted, and you have a lot of potential. But I didn’t expect that in the years you’ve been down the mountain, your Buddhist principles haven’t progressed but have regressed.”
“It’s my negligence. From today, you’re not going back.”
As soon as these words came out, Chapper’s face changed, becoming extremely ugly.
But he dared not, and could not, resist.
He could only clasp his hands together and kneel down, “I will abide by Master’s decree.”
Chen Tai smiled, “The Grand Zen Master’s Buddhist teachings are profound. I am also very impressed.”
The people below the stage also had different expressions.
But they all made a look of sudden enlightenment.
Chen Tai stood up, bowed with one hand.
“Grand Zen Master, I have disturbed you.”
He withdrew, smooth as flowing water, without any lingering.
Aesso, Guess Uncle, and the others didn’t understand, and they wanted to ask the Grand Zen Master, but they saw him pushing his golden prayer beads, slowly closing his eyes.
It was obvious that he didn’t want to bother with them.
These people could only bow respectively and turn around to leave.
After everyone left the hall, Xigou and Dan Tuo hurriedly followed, standing outside the hall.
“Hey, Dan Tuo, who do you think won?”
Xigou poked Dan Tuo and asked.
Dan Tuo scratched his head, “Go ask Guess Uncle. I don’t understand this.”
Xigou ran three steps at a time, catching up with Guess Uncle.
“Guess Uncle, Guess Uncle, who won inside?”
Guess Uncle looked at him, his face showing a mixture of excitement and anger. He subconsciously raised his hand.
Xigou instinctively ducked to avoid it.
But after a while, the hand didn’t come down.
Xigou opened his eyes and saw Guess Uncle walking away.
“Sigh! Who won anyway?”
Xigou muttered, but he didn’t dare grab him and ask anymore.
When everyone had gone far away.
The Grand Zen Master in the golden palace, his hand shook.
On the pure gold prayer beads, there were suddenly cracks.
“This person’s Buddhist teachings are profound, I have rarely seen such in my lifetime. But I don’t know if it’s a blessing or a curse.”
He glanced at Chapper, who was still kneeling and bowing his head.
He sighed in his heart, “I can only save your life. What will happen to you in the future will depend on whether you have awakened.”
So he reached out and pulled Chapper up.
“Go tell them… ”
Chen Tai and the others, each with their own thoughts, toured the mountaintop temple.
When they were about to go down the mountain, they saw Chapper, who had shaved his head, at the gate.
This former number three figure in Maniucheng, now had a wooden expression.
He said to Aesso:
“The Grand Zen Master will be going on a pilgrimage to various countries from tomorrow onwards, and he specially sent me to inform Officer Aesso and Senior Sister.”
…
Back at the mansion.
At the dinner party, Aesso was a little forced to smile.
After the dinner party, he returned to his bedroom. Guess Uncle couldn’t hide his excitement.
“Master! Now the situation has been broken. What should we do?”
Chen Tai laughed softly, “Why are you in such a hurry?”
As soon as he finished speaking.
A gentle female voice came from outside the door.
“Is Master Tai there? Mara Nian has something she wants to see you about.”
PS: This chapter involves religion, and there’s some stream of consciousness… sorry.