Chapter 34: The False Monk
When she looked closer, there was not half a figure around the corner.
Maybe it's the shadow of the flags around the main hall.
Xue Jinyi didn't think much about it, and asked Xiao Shami where there was a good view, and followed the guidance to the garden in the Baiyun Temple.
On both sides of the winding path paved with bluestone slabs, patches of bamboo are planted, and the towering bamboo poles and lush branches and leaves stretching out almost shade the sky and sun, making the path cool and comfortable. There are several stone carved Buddha statues in the bamboo forest, with different shapes, silently watching the people who come and go.
Xue Jinyi walked on the path, feeling peaceful.
Walking to a bamboo pavilion near the water, she decided to take a break here, and then go to the dining hall when it was almost time to eat.
The wind rustled through the bamboo forest, and the birds jumped and chirped in the branches, mingling into a beautiful song of nature, and she heard her eyelids begin to fight, and after a while she leaned against the pillar and fell asleep.
However, for an actor like Xue Jinyi, who is in charge of the set, she has already developed the ability to notice the sounds around her even when she is asleep, so when she felt someone approaching her, she opened her eyes.
In front of her was a young man dressed as a monk, but his face was not as compassionate as Master Huijing's, and she noticed a strand of hair falling out of the monk's hat.
It's a fake monk! Xue Jinyi became vigilant and asked, "Master, is there something wrong?" ”
The fake monk probably didn't expect that the person who seemed to be asleep would suddenly wake up, and a trace of panic flashed in his expression, and he hurriedly clutched the things he almost took out even tighter.
"The female benefactor is the daughter of the Xue family?" He asked.
Xue Jinyi nodded, "Is my mother looking for me?" ”
"Exactly." The fake monk nodded, "Female donor, please come with me." ”
Of course, Xue Jinyi couldn't go with a fake monk, so she shook her head and said, "Don't dare to bother Master, I know the way back, Master, please take it." ”
When the fake monk heard this, a trace of impatience flashed in his eyes.
If you are told to follow along, why is this little girl so eventful?
He said: "The terrain in the temple is a little complicated, so I should take the female benefactor over, so as not to accidentally lose your way and make your mother worry and worry." ”
It seems that it is stubbornly entangled, and it will not stop until the goal is achieved. Xue Jinyi looked left and right, the garden was quiet and peaceful, except for the two of them, there was no one.
She slowly sat up straight, suddenly raised her hand to her forehead, and shook her upper body a few times, "Hiss-maybe I didn't sleep well last night, and I was a little dizzy......"
The fake monk was overjoyed in his eyes, and stepped forward, "Female benefactor, I'll help you go and let Master Huijing take a look." ”
Xue Jinyi's eyes opened a slit, and when she saw the fake monk approaching, she suddenly got up.
The momentum she brought out when she got up startled the fake monk and almost fell down.
Xue Jinyi took advantage of this opportunity to stretch out her hands and push the fake monk.
One side of the bamboo pavilion does not have a railing, but a step down, and there is a pool of water at the bottom of the stairs.
For the fake monk, a thin girl did not pose any threat, so she was not at all defenseless, and was suddenly pushed by Xue Jinyi, she didn't have time to react at all, staggered back a few steps, and then stepped into the air, rolled down the stone steps, planted in the pool, splashed a splash, and some even landed on Xue Jinyi's skirt.
The fake monk slapped the water in a panic and shouted "help", the monk's hat slipped off his head, and his long black hair fell loose.
Xue Jinyi glanced at the pool, the water was at most half a meter deep, and it could not drown people, and the fake monk didn't notice this at all in a panic.
She noticed that there was a small gourd on the ground of the bamboo pavilion, and nine times out of ten it was dropped by a fake monk, and she was about to lean over to pick it up and take a look, when a black wind flashed in front of her, and the small gourd "Gu Lulu" rolled out of the bamboo pavilion and fell into the pool.
"Huh?" Xue Jinyi rushed to the railing and saw that the plug on the gourd had fallen off, and a touch of black had spread out in the clear pool water.
"What's that?" She spoke in tongues casually, turned her head to look over, and finally saw the true face of the dark shadow.
When she saw a black robe, she thought that His Royal Highness the King of Chu was ghostly, but after looking up, she ......
She could not see the man's appearance, for most of his face was covered by a black mask, and even because it was tightly wrapped, she could not distinguish between man and woman for a while.
"Are you ......" Xue Jinyi thought for a while, the little gourd bubbling in the black water must have been used by a fake monk to deal with her, and this person kicked away the gourd and didn't let her touch it, which can be said to have saved her life, "Thank you." ”
The man didn't speak, but stepped out of the way, as if to signal her to leave the bamboo pavilion.
Xue Jinyi didn't move, looking at the fake monk who was fluttering in the pool.
Good Baiyun Temple, today because of the arrival of the female dependents of the Weiguo Mansion, the idle people were deliberately stopped outside, plus there are guards from the Guogong Mansion, how can a fake monk easily enter the temple and murder the people of the Weiguo Mansion?
Unless someone deliberately put it in and targeted her.
Madame Xue was bent on marrying her to His Royal Highness the King of Chu, how could something happen to her?
Even if Fang Junhui was bought, it would at most stun her, pretend that she was misbehaving to grab the handle of the old lady, so that Mrs. Xue could be at the mercy of her from now on, and looking at Fang Junhui's appearance, she was not bold enough to be lewd. People who do things in disorder.
It's hard to say about this fake monk......
Xue Jinyi thought of Xue Fangyi's abnormality, and thought of the five girls telling her to be careful.
So, was this person arranged by Xue Fangyi?
"A fake monk was mixed into the temple, this matter is not trivial, and it cannot be hastily concluded." Xue Jinyi calmed down and said, "I'm going to ask the masters to come over, and I definitely can't spare this villain." Could you please help me watch him? ”
Although she didn't know the identity of this person, she felt that he was a credible person.
The man nodded, still silent.
"I'll go and come back!" Xue Jinyi lifted her skirt and ran out of the garden with her footsteps.
She went out of the garden, found a little novice passing by with a bucket of water, and briefly told him about the situation in the garden, and the little novice was shocked and hurried to call the other monks.
There are monks in Baiyun Temple who practice martial arts to protect the inside and outside, and when they heard the news, they hurriedly went to the garden with bamboo sticks.
As a result, there was a lot of commotion, and even the Xue family members came out curiously to look, and when they saw Miss Jin standing among the monks, they thought that she couldn't bear it anymore, and she made trouble again, so she hurriedly informed the masters.
Xue Fangyi only vaguely heard that something was wrong in the garden, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but raise up, and said: "Mother, I said a long time ago that I shouldn't have brought Xue Jinyi, a fool, out, there was a scandal in the dignified Baiyun Temple, right?" ”
Mrs. Xue glared at her obliquely, her cold gaze was like a blade, which frightened Xue Fangyi and stood in place.
Mother, what's wrong?
Looks...... Like you're worried about Xue Jinyi's safety?