Chapter 1492: Am I a Good Person or a Bad Person

Dou Shu was restless and impatient!

Under the guise of praying for her late mother, she finally had the opportunity to leave the mansion and head to Yuquan Palace.

She had already sent a letter to Chen Guanlou in advance, arranging to meet at Yuquan Palace.

For this meeting, Pure Yang Zhenren specially tidied up a quiet room and instructed his disciples not to disturb them.

Chen Guanlou arrived at Yuquan Palace first and took the time to visit the Daoist nun Ziwu (Su Yun).

Ziwu was wearing a Daoist robe, her expression peaceful and at ease, her cheeks full and shiny, and her eyes soft and confident. Clearly, she had walked out of the haze and completely adapted to her current life. And she was very satisfied with her current life.

"Congratulations!"

Chen Guanlou was happy for the other party.

Although Pure Yang Zhenren was slightly stingy, Yuquan Palace was truly a good place, nestled in the mountains and by the water, with excellent feng shui, and it was a Daoist temple supported by the imperial family, so the powerful and wealthy didn't dare to be presumptuous here. As long as one didn't have the heart to pursue fame and wealth, this was an excellent place for cultivation.

Ziwu performed a Daoist salute, "Greetings, Benefactor Chen! I hope you have been well!"

"It seems that Daoist Ziwu's cultivation has improved recently, and you have made quite a lot of progress in Daoist scriptures."

"Thanks to the benefactor's help, this poor Daoist has today. If the benefactor doesn't mind, please stay for a cup of tea."

"I don't mind!"

Chen Guanlou readily agreed.

The tea was brewed with ordinary tea leaves, far inferior to the tea leaves Chen Guanlou drank on weekdays.

But he was content and very satisfied.

Looking at the other party's current state, immersed in the study of Daoist scriptures, a feeling of perfect merit suddenly arose in his heart.

It was not in vain that he had racked his brains to seek a place for them to settle down.

"How come I don't see Daoist Zixing?"

"Junior Sister Zixing requested to help with sweeping in the back mountain and won't be back until noon."

Chen Guanlou raised his eyebrows slightly upon hearing this.

It was not that he was using a small mind to measure a gentleman's belly, but noble people often appeared in the back mountain of Yuquan Palace. Zixing (Guan Mei) requested to go to the back mountain to sweep, and he couldn't help but suspect that the other party had bad intentions, that sweeping was fake, and clinging to noble people was real.

"Aren't you worried?" He just asked casually, thinking the other party wouldn't understand his implication.

Unexpectedly, Ziwu (Su Yun) was intelligent and had a clear heart, frowning slightly, only saying: "This poor Daoist cannot stop her!"

One sentence exhausted the helplessness and frustration.

"Have you reported it?"

"No! Does the benefactor think I should report it? But she hasn't done anything to damage the reputation of Yuquan Palace. If I go to report it, wouldn't it make me look like a small-minded person."

"Not reporting it is correct; you don't need to be a bad person. Since you choose not to be a bad person, I will give you a piece of advice: don't be a good person either!"

Ziwu (Su Yun) suddenly raised her head, seemingly a bit shocked, her expression slightly bewildered.

"The lord saved me from fire and water, and is a great, great good person. Why do you advise me not to be a good person?"

Chen Guanlou couldn't help but laugh upon hearing this, "To you, I am a good person. But to others, I am a bad person. Can you guess whether I am a bad person or a good person to the people of Jubao Town?"

It had been a long, long time since she had heard the words Jubao Town. Hearing it suddenly, Ziwu shivered subconsciously; that fear had not completely disappeared and was already carved into her bones. Subconsciously, she was still afraid.

"The people of Jubao Town, how are they..." Ziwu didn't continue. In fact, using her brain to think, she could probably guess a few points. As a victim, as a person who was saved, she was not qualified to judge this matter. Even following her heart, she only felt happy.

It's just that this happiness didn't seem to conform to the education she had received since childhood.

She was trafficked for ten years and didn't sink, precisely because she firmly remembered the education she had received and used the knowledge she had learned to seek a way to survive. She couldn't completely despise what she had learned while using it.

"They are all dead!"

Without any twists and turns, Chen Guanlou directly clarified the truth, "Including that man, and your son."

His words were like a sharp dagger.

Ziwu (Su Yun) subconsciously held her breath, and it took a while before she came back to her senses, gasping for air.

She muttered to herself, "It's good that they are dead, it's good that they are dead!" She couldn't tell if she was happy or angry.

Chen Guanlou was half-smiling, "Then, am I a good person? Or a bad person? The boundary between good and bad is not so clear. With your wisdom, you should understand. Most of the time, a person is just a person, regardless of good or bad. When a thought arises, be a good person. When a thought is extinguished, be a bad person. When there is no thought, be an ordinary person, facing evil and turning a blind eye. Can you scold a person who turns a blind eye as a bad person? After all, they didn't do evil, they just pretended not to see."

Ziwu (Su Yun) was speechless for a while, unable to speak for a long time.

After a long silence, seemingly having figured it out, or having a new realization, she bowed slightly, "Thank you, benefactor, for your enlightenment, this poor Daoist understands."

Chen Guanlou chuckled, "It can be seen that you are very satisfied with your current life and have become accustomed to the days here, which has allowed you to find long-lost peace. Listen to my advice: if you want to attain the Dao, decisively apply to change your residence and separate from Guan Mei. You cannot be her good sister for a lifetime. As the saying goes, those with different paths do not conspire! Instead of tearing your faces apart in the future, it is better to part on good terms now."

"I will consider it!" Ziwu (Su Yun) said solemnly.

Chen Guanlou said all that needed to be said.

He knew the other party was not a stupid person; on the contrary, she was quite smart. Being able to protect herself in the hands of human traffickers and finding a way to survive after being trafficked showed that her brain was quite useful and she could adapt to circumstances. She was not a rigid and stubborn person.

"I have something else to do, I'll take my leave first! If you have difficulties in the future, you can come to find me."

Chen Guanlou stood up and left.

Ziwu (Su Yun) sat on the stone stool and didn't get up for a long time.

Pure Yang Zhenren had already prepared the tea, and seeing him arrive, he poured tea himself.

Chen Guanlou knelt and sat in front of the tea table, picked up the teacup and took a sip, good tea! Compared to the tea leaves on Ziwu's side, it was nine stories higher.

"Having seen the person, are you satisfied? Since she has entered Yuquan Palace, she is treated equally." Pure Yang Zhenren said softly.

"Thank you, old Daoist! How did she perform? Are you satisfied?" Chen Guanlou asked back.

Pure Yang Zhenren showed a satisfied look, then frowned again, "Ziwu is very good, has quite a bit of wisdom, and her understanding of the scriptures can be said to be drawing inferences from one instance. By next year, this poor Daoist plans to let her copy scriptures and annotate scriptures. As for Zixing, her mind is unfocused, and she has no patience for studying scriptures. She would rather be a sweeping maid than sit down and flip through scriptures. This poor Daoist understands that her literacy is limited and her knowledge is limited, so I arranged for her to attend classes. Unfortunately, her coursework is sloppy, a piece of rotten wood, not worth carving!"

In his words, his dislike for Zixing (Guan Mei) was undisguised.

Low cultural level, no one dislikes it. Providing the opportunity to go to school, but refusing to study hard, is very disgusting.

This is the same as a yellow-haired person complaining every day about being looked down upon by society and unable to find a job. Providing him with free skill learning opportunities, but not cherishing them, and complaining that the courses are too full and the teachers are too strict, is the same as garbage training. ===== CHAPTER 1493 =====