Xu Shu returned to the county government with his people.

Today, however, it is not in vain.

He knew something about the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple.

In the next few days, Xu Shu would go to the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple every day.

However, he did not meet the abbot again, but with the pilgrims who came, and with the monks in the monastery.

More than 1,000 monks have joined the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple over the years.

Before many people became monks, they were just ordinary people, and many of them couldn't survive, and then they shaved their hair and joined the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple.

In the early years, in order to strengthen the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple, the abbot almost refused to come, but in the past two years, not everyone can join the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple.

The specifications of the Temple of Ten Thousand Buddhas have become higher, and the number of people has increased. Now the abbot said that only those who have a Buddha fate can be included in the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple.

Xu Shu learned more and more about the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple.

He came into contact with more and more people, there are some old monks, who have joined the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple more than ten years ago, they know more, in the face of Xu Shu's inquiry, they did not hide it, and basically told Xu Shu what they knew.

More than 20 years ago, the Temple of Ten Thousand Buddhas gradually tore off the veil in front of Xu Shu.

Fifteen years ago, the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple did not have a name, it was still two tile houses, a Buddha statue, the courtyard wall was cracked, and the clay Buddha statue was only a shape, and even the face could not be seen clearly.

There are only two monks in the temple.

But fifteen years ago, the old monk died suddenly, and not long after, his apprentice, who is now the abbot of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple, suddenly rebuilt the temple, although it was only one acre of land at that time, but the Zen temple was new, and the Buddha statue was also new.

Then it is said that the county commander Huang Yuan came to the new temple at that time, and asked the Buddha master, it is said that it is very effective, and then many people came to the temple to worship the Buddha.

For the next fifteen years, the temple expanded every year, and the number of pilgrims increased every year.

The name of the Temple of Ten Thousand Buddhas is known to more and more people.

The number of people who came to worship increased, and the news of the miracle of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple was also increasing.

It's a virtuous circle.

In fifteen years, the Ten Thousand Buddha Temple, a small temple outside Ning'an County, became the largest temple in Jizhou, and even the largest temple in the Han Dynasty.

Now Buddhism is not yet the state religion, and without the support of the government, it is not easy to have such a large scale.

But as Xu Shu learned more, he had more doubts about the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple in his heart.

Is the Temple of Ten Thousand Buddhas really so effective?

In the past ten years, the Ten Thousand Buddha Temple has not changed, and now in the past fifteen years, one change a year, from two tile houses, to an area of more than ten acres, pagodas, countless Zen monasteries, and thousands of novices.

The Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple does not steal or rob, relying on the incense money of pilgrims alone, how much can there be, how can there be such a big change in fifteen years.

Even if the money for the land is not needed, it is impossible to complete the various buildings and Buddha statues in the temple without millions of dollars.

For fifteen consecutive days, Xu Shu, who stayed in the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple for half a day every day, finally had a new guess in his heart.

Xu Shu: The money embezzled by Huang Yuan may have been invested in the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple.

When this thought came to mind, Xu Shu himself was startled.

It's not that Huang Yuan's brain is broken, he embezzled so much money, he didn't use it, but gave it all to the temple.

However, as he investigated, Xu Shu felt that this possibility was getting bigger and bigger.

The entire Ning'an County was turned over, and the money embezzled by Huang Yuan could not be found.

And Huang Yuan has always served as the county magistrate in Ning'an County, and he has never left Ning'an County for a long time, so it is impossible for him to transfer all his money to other places.

With so much money, would Huang Yuan really let someone else help keep it?

Huang Yuan often went to the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple and befriended the abbot of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple, and the two often had long talks, and Huang Yuan often stayed in the temple overnight. Follow the abbot to eat fasting and chant Buddha.

Even if the Buddha's wish is realized, it is impossible for ordinary people to donate millions or tens of millions of dollars to the temple.

But if this is Huang Yuan's belief?

There was a guess in his heart, and Xu Shu came to see the abbot again.

"Master, I want to ask, how much incense money does the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple receive every day?"

"Back to the donor, when there are few, there are two or three thousand, and when there are more, it is tens of thousands." The abbot replied.

Xu Shu nodded and said, "According to my observation, the daily incense money of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple is basically about three thousand, how did the master expand the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple to such a large scale today?" ”

"If you want to have the scale you have today, you need more than five million dollars, and if you add the land, this number will increase by several million."

"Dare to ask the master, how does the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple have so much money?"

"Amitabha."

The abbot recited a Buddha name, allowing his slightly flustered heart to return to calm.

He didn't expect Xu Shu to observe so carefully.

If you rely on the incense money alone, the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple will be able to support itself, at most, it will be able to save a few people, it is absolutely impossible to save tens of thousands of people, and it will not be able to expand so fast.

If you don't steal, don't rob, don't do business, Buddhism has only just settled in the Han Dynasty, and its influence is not great.

Xu Shu checked for half a month, and it can be concluded that a large part of the money in the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple must be from unknown sources. It is very likely that it is the money embezzled by Huang Yuan.

"Dare to ask the abbot, can you tell me where the money for the expansion of the temple comes from?"

The abbot clasped his hands together and said, "All are donations from pilgrims." ”

"Which pilgrims donated? And how much money did they donate? Xu Shu asked.

"The monks don't lie, and ask the abbot to tell the truth, I think the abbot definitely doesn't want to see the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple being copied."

"Amitabha! Since the donor has already guessed, the old man will not hide it. The abbot folded his hands.

As Xu Shu guessed, Huang Yuan gave all the embezzled money to the abbot and asked him to expand the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple, so that the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple has the current situation.

In the past fifteen years, Huang Yuan has given a total of seven million dollars to the Ten Thousand Buddha Temple.

But this is not the total amount of Huang Yuan's embezzlement, in addition to the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple, Huang Yuan also donated millions of money to other temples.

In Ning'an County alone, in addition to the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple, there are more than a dozen temples such as Ziyun Temple and Jile Temple.

It wasn't the abbot who said it, Xu Shu didn't realize that there were more than a dozen monasteries in the small Ning'an County.

It's just that those monasteries are not as good as the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple.

At the beginning, the abbot's master was not willing to accept the money obtained by Huang Yuan's embezzlement.

He would rather only have two tile houses, a clay Buddha statue, and go out every day to make a fortune, rather than use Huang Yuan's money.

But the abbot's Buddhism is not as good as the master, and he can't help it after all.

Immediately after the death of his master, he accepted Huang Yuan's money.

Then there was the Temple of Ten Thousand Buddhas today.

Over the years, he has indeed regretted it in his heart.

But having accepted it, there is no turning back.

He was tied to Huang Yuan.