Chapter 47: The white hibiscus is gone
Mama Chen was stunned, so she immediately shut up, covered her face, looked at Mama Sun at a loss, and only remembered her task for a while, so she said: "The slave maid is going back and forth to the old lady, the eldest lady is gone, the lady sent the slave maid to report to the old lady, hurry up and send someone to find it!"
Grandma Sun frowned, turned around and glanced at the old lady, and didn't know what was going on, so the old lady Bai came over and asked, "What do you mean that the eldest lady is gone?" You were on duty last night, how can you not know where she went?"
Mama Chen said aggrievedly: "The slave maid has never been lazy and has been guarding it, but it is inevitable that there will be times when she goes to the toilet, maybe the eldest lady will go out by herself while the slave and maid are walking away!"
Old Madam Bai pondered for a moment and asked, "Have you found it?"
"I searched all over the yard, and there was no trace of the eldest lady, even the mandarin ducks, magpies and Mama Rui around her were gone, and when the lady went to see it, the eldest lady's bedding was neat, as if it hadn't been touched all night!" Mama Chen looked frightened, and lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Mrs. Bai.
Old Madam Bai felt that the situation was a bit serious, if Bai Mu Hibiscus really did not return overnight, then this innocence would definitely be gone, but in a place like Xiangguo Temple, how could such a thing happen? There must be something wrong with this!
"Grandma Sun, come with me to the courtyard of Hibiscus to have a look!" Old Madam Bai felt that she was going to see it herself, maybe Bai Hibiscus just got up early and went out for a while, and maybe she was back at this time!
Seeing this, Mama Chen also followed, and before the old lady entered the courtyard where Bai Mujin lived temporarily, she saw Lu's face with a crying and mournful expression, and rubbed her eyes with a handkerchief and said: "Old lady, you can come, Jin'er, this girl doesn't know why, the person is gone, the bed is cold, as if no one has moved, and it is the same as when she came yesterday, and the concubine is worried that something has happened to Jin'er!"
Old Madam Bai glared at her fiercely, and said angrily: "What kind of bastard are you talking about, if you don't send someone to look for Jin'er at this time, you know that you are arguing here, do you want to make everyone know and make Jin'er ruined?"
Lu didn't expect that the old lady Bai could be so calm at this time, not worried about Bai Hibiscus, but to blame herself, she explained unwillingly: "The concubine is also worried that she will lose her square inch if she is too much, and please don't blame the old lady, I have already sent someone to look for it, I heard that the bamboo forest behind Xiangguo Temple is haunted, and I don't know if Jin'er has strayed into the bamboo forest, so she didn't return overnight!"
When Mrs. Bai heard it, she was also shocked, she had also heard the rumors of the mountain bamboo forest behind Xiangguo Temple, it was very evil, although she had not personally verified it, but she had heard a lot of stories, and it was inevitable that she would believe a little, if Bai Hibiscus really accidentally strayed into the bamboo forest, it would not be good, if she was attacked again, her life would be over!
Old Madam Bai glared at Lu Ningxiang angrily, and saw that she was only pretending to be pitiful on the side, so she felt that this matter had nothing to do with her, so she said: "Lu, if something happens to Jin'er today, you stepmother will not be able to escape the blame!"
Lu Shi was slightly stunned, his face turned pale, and he hurriedly cried: "Old lady, the world can be learned, the concubine has always regarded Jin'er as her own, but after what happened last time, you explained that the concubine should not interfere in the affairs of Jin'er's yard at will, so the concubine relaxed her teaching to Jin'er, but it can't be all blamed on the concubine!"
Old Madam Bai sneered and said, "You mean that I should be responsible? Did I prevent you from taking care of Jin'er, so I let her have an accident?"
"The concubine doesn't dare, for the sake of today's plan, it's not the time to discuss whose responsibility it is, let's send someone to look for it in the back, maybe Jin'er has come out safely!" Lu didn't want to argue with Old Madam Bai anymore, she just wanted to see Bai Hibiscus's miserable end soon.
Old Madam Bai also felt justified when she heard it, but she couldn't help but sigh in her heart, if something happened to Bai Hibiscus, her hard work these days would be in vain, it was a good seedling, and it would definitely bring great help to the Bai family over time!
But since she is so stupid that she is in other people's ways, it is really in vain for her hard work, that's all, it can only be like this, she glanced at Bai Yunxi, who had been silent beside the Lu family and seemed to be particularly well-behaved, and frowned slightly, because of the relationship between the Lu family, she also had a dislike for this granddaughter, if Bai Mu Hibiscus couldn't do it, she would have to turn her energy to this second granddaughter again.
Lu also keenly discovered the vision of the old lady Bai, and was overjoyed, it seemed that as long as the white hibiscus was destroyed, Bai Yunxi would get the attention of the old lady again, and all the benefits that belonged to the white hibiscus would fall on her daughter in the future. Now she can't help but admire her wisdom, and it is indeed a very worthwhile deal to get rid of Bai Hibiscus at such a cost!
Mrs. Bai led everyone to the back mountain, Bai Yunxi was overjoyed, yesterday she personally led Bai Hibiscus over, and she also saw with her own eyes that she fell into a maze and could not come out, at that time she was so happy that she couldn't wait to celebrate, looking at their helpless and panicked appearance, she was almost happy, and looked at how Bai Hibiscus would fight with herself in the future!
A group of people gathered in the backyard of Xiangguo Temple, Mrs. Bai had already sent someone to invite the elders of Xiangguo Temple, hoping to get their help, although they also brought a group of family members when they came, but in the end they were not as familiar with the terrain as the monks of Xiangguo Temple.
The elder of the temple is a highly respected monk, in addition to the Ming Yuan Zen Master who is the presiding officer of Xiangguo Temple, he is the most prestigious elder of Xiangguo Temple, and he is in charge of the affairs of the general temple, compared to the abbot who is not easy to see outsiders, he seems to be much more approachable.
As soon as the abstinence came, he first gave a monk salute to the old lady Bai and said, "Amitabha, I heard that a little benefactor is missing, I wonder if the old lady is sure that she has walked into the bamboo forest?"
Old Madam Bai shook her head and replied politely: "There is Master Lao, but I am not sure where she went, but the subordinates got up this morning and disappeared from my granddaughter, so I guess that she may have strayed into this bamboo forest and can't get out!"
Jiekong frowned when he heard this, and recited a Buddha name, before sighing: "When the old lady came earlier, the poor monk sent someone to pass the word, and must not enter the bamboo forest at will, especially at night, there are masters in the bamboo forest who lay down a maze, and they can't get out easily, it's just that if they just stay in the bamboo forest for one night and suffer some hardships, but there should be no worries about their lives, and the poor monk will send someone in to answer!"
Old Madam Bai nodded and said, "There is Master Lao, the old man is here to thank you!"
When she turned around, she glared at Lu fiercely, obviously she had told Lu yesterday that she wanted to inform everyone of this rule, if Jin'er knew the danger, it would never be possible to risk her life again, it must be Lu's knowledge and did not report it, so that Jin'er fell into the trap, what a ruthless woman!
Lu pretended not to see the eyes of the old lady Bai, and still made a worried expression on the side, looking at the direction of the bamboo forest, she could look forward to Bai Hibiscus's "safe" return! I hope that those people did not kill people, and Bai Hibiscus's life must be saved, because she doesn't want that cheap girl to die like this, she has to let her be ruined, and she will not be able to recover in order to dissolve the hatred in her heart!
Bai Yunxi nervously held Lu's hand, the excitement in his eyes could hardly be concealed, Lu glared at her, and warned her with his eyes not to reveal her true thoughts.
Bai Yunxi lowered his head silently, raised his head for a while, and asked innocently: "Mother, what do you say if my sister meets any bad people in the bamboo forest......?"
Lu Shi hurriedly covered her mouth and pretended to scold: "What nonsense are you talking about? Your sister Jiren Tianxiang will definitely come back safe and sound!"
As she spoke, she glanced at Mrs. Bai worriedly, and seemed to silently convey the hidden worries in her heart, and Mrs. Bai's heart also sank to the bottom, thinking that the girl was also more than lucky, whether she was safe or not, she did not return overnight, and she was trapped in the mountains and forests, and there were so many monks in addition to the people of the Bai family who were present, this matter could not be suppressed no matter what!
The Lu family is really calculating, I'm afraid it's not just as simple as arranging Bai Hibiscus to fall into a maze, maybe she also has a back hand, her approach of rushing to kill everything will definitely not let Bai Hibiscus come out unharmed!
Mama Sun also looked at the exit of the bamboo forest with a worried face, to be honest, she really likes this smart and polite eldest lady, plus she often accompanies the old lady these days, and the more people get along, the more affectionate they are, even if the old lady has a little bit of use of the mind, but it is inevitable that she has some true feelings for the well-behaved and sensible eldest lady.
If something really happens to the eldest lady, it is really a pity, she sees that the second lady is not a star or a half point no matter which point is worse than the eldest lady, even if the old lady cultivates carefully in the future, there is the lady and the mother, the second lady will not be concentric with the old lady, what a pity!
The monks sent by the master of the martial arts have been gone for a long time, but they still don't see Bai Hibiscus come back, not only the old lady Bai's face is getting more and more ugly, but Lu also feels a little surprised, couldn't it be that those people really killed Bai Hibiscus last night?
While they were anxious, the monks who had gone to search for them came out with several corpses, all of them with heavy faces, and even those who were watching from the outside became uncomfortable.
"What's going on?" Old Madam Bai looked at the corpses that were carried out, and the uneasiness in her heart continued to expand, these people were also in the bamboo forest yesterday, and they were already dead, what about An Bai Hibiscus?
One of the monks stepped forward and replied: "Uncle Hui Jian Temple, old lady, the little monks went to the bamboo forest and couldn't find Miss Bai, but they found these eight corpses, judging by the situation, they should have just died last night, all of them were shot with poisonous needles, the methods are extremely ruthless, all of them are pseudonyms, and the poison is also extremely cruel, and the throat is sealed with blood!"
When the old lady Bai saw that she glanced at the corpse at random, she found that black blood was flowing from the exposed eyes, and she knew that this was definitely a symptom of being poisoned.
Mama Sun also frowned, and said in her heart, what a powerful poison!
When Lu Shi saw these men, he was so frightened that he could hardly restrain himself, how could it be, how could these people she had bribed, how could they die? Where did Bai Mu Hibiscus go? Impossible, they are a few weak female streams, these are bandits with kung fu skills, it is impossible for them to be killed? Could it be that someone saved Bai Mu Hibiscus last night?