Chapter 7 The fragrance of flowers in the ancient pagoda temple
I said softly, "You see him like this, no one believes him when he says he is a good person." ”
Soon after this seemingly fierce man sat down, a monk came, and this monk was no better than the cloth-clothed monk I usually remember taking a wooden fish to fast. As soon as this monk sat down, he gulped down wine and meat, and ate more than me.
While eating, he chatted, "Lao Jin, you didn't do anything you wanted." The monk opened his mouth with a sentence.
The big man seemed to be a little afraid of him, so he lowered his voice and said, "Fayuan, you don't blame me for this, the government has posted his portrait all over the street, and it will be a matter of time before he is found now." ”
"The abbot is very dissatisfied with this matter, and he already said when he came out, if this matter is not over, you can't go to our place." This person named Fayuan had a natural expression, but this big man was fine just now, and now his face is pale.
"Can't you ...... You can't ignore me, I'm also doing things for you. ”
"Shhh, if you dare to go out and say a word from our ancient pagoda temple, your head will be ...... It's mine. The monk took a big sip of wine, got up and walked away without looking back.
"Ancient Pagoda Temple......" I said to myself, "Monk...... What does the ancient pagoda temple have to do with the dead teacher? ”
"You're saying they might have something to do with the eldest lady?" The little chef asked me.
"I'll go back and tell the eldest young master first, you follow this big man. Come back in the evening and tell us where he is. After the instructions, I hurried back to Liu's mansion.
When I told the eldest young master everything I had learned, he said that he had also heard a little about this ancient pagoda temple, which was said to be a big temple, and the dignitaries often went there to offer incense, and even Prince Lu went there to ask for a child. The abbot of the ancient pagoda temple is a high-ranking monk, and the eldest young master has seen him a few times.
"Has Miss Meng Meng ever been to the Ancient Pagoda Temple?" I just want to know about this issue.
"I've been there a few times, and they all went with us during the New Year's holidays. You come late, or you have a chance to go. As the young master was talking, he heard the little cook outside running in panting.
"I followed the bearded man, and he never came out after entering Wanhualou."
"You've been following him for the past few days, and tomorrow I'll go to the Guta Temple to find out what is true. Maybe there's a ghost in it. "I was determined to explore the ancient pagoda temple.
"No, it's too dangerous for you to go alone, little chef, you will go with the meat buns tomorrow, and I will send someone else to follow that suspicious person." The eldest young master stood up and took out a beautiful little dagger from the back room, looking at its cold appearance, it must be nitpicking.
"Take it in case you need it." He handed it to me, and I took it and tucked it into my sleeve. I'm just a maid who can't imagine that I have to do so many things, but Dong Mengmeng died so miserably, I am also a woman, and if I don't avenge her, I can't swallow this breath.
The next day, at dawn, the little chef and I dressed up as a civilian couple and brought incense and candles to the ancient pagoda temple. It may have been too early, and there were very few people who came to the incense, so I pretended to have a stomachache and ran to the backyard alone. There are a few wings in the backyard, which seem to be neat and elegant, and they should be lived by those rich people.
I went around and found that there was nothing suspicious at all, and I couldn't help but be a little disappointed.
At this moment, I suddenly smelled a strong scent of flowers. This taste...... When I took a closer look, it was actually the fragrance of osmanthus. I looked around and found that the temple was planted with some ancient trees, and there were no osmanthus flowers at all.
I searched the past along the scent of flowers, and it turned out to be coming from a well. I wondered even more, why is this temple full of evil spirits. There is also the fragrance of osmanthus in the well, and when I ask again, the fragrance is even stronger, not only osmanthus, but also the fragrance of apricot blossoms that I am most familiar with, as well as ...... Peach blossom...... And that jasmine...... For a while, the fragrance of various flowers filled the air, and if I hadn't known that there was a deep well in front of me, I would have to fly in to find a paradise.
"Who are you?" A monk suddenly grabbed me by the shoulder and asked.
"I ...... I came to burn incense, and suddenly I was very thirsty, so I wanted to come to the well to get some water to drink. ”
"The backyard is forbidden, pilgrims can't enter, get out quickly." He dragged me out of the backyard.
When the little chef saw me, he immediately ran over, "Are you alright?" ”
"Well, let's go back first." He and I pretended to finish burning incense, donated a few sesame oil money and left in a hurry.
Along the way, I told him about the scent of flowers I smelled, and he didn't know what was going on.
"I've never heard of a well with the fragrance of flowers, and it's so strange that no one believes it." I said to myself.
"No one in the backyard, there must be something hidden there!" The little chef analyzed.
I sighed: "But we can't get in, and we can't check it if we want to." ”
"If it's the eldest young master, he will definitely be able to enter." As soon as the little chef said this, I patted his brain with my hand.
"You are stupid, isn't the eldest young master telling people that he suspects the Ancient Pagoda Temple? Isn't this a scareless snake! ”
The little chef laughed stupidly twice: "Then what should we do?" ”
I scratched my head: "This time, I am also Sun Wukong trapped in Wuzhi Mountain, and I can't turn my head over." ”
In this way, we walked all the way back to Liu's mansion, and as soon as we entered the door, we saw the eldest young master sitting there with a stretched face. I asked a maid softly, "What's wrong with our young master?" ”
"I don't know, just now a family member came to talk to the young master, and he frowned so much that he could kill a fly." She said with a shrug.
"Meat buns, don't mutter there, come here." As soon as he beckoned, the little chef and I immediately walked over and told us all about the strange things we had encountered today.
After listening to it, he was also confused, but he said a bad news, the person sent out to follow the big man was lost, and now where the person has gone and what he is doing, we don't know at all.
"Forget it, young master, the most important thing for us at the moment is to think about how to enter the backyard of the ancient pagoda temple and investigate it carefully." I looked at him helplessly. "I have a way, in a few days it will be Prince Lu's birthday, the day before the birthday banquet, he will definitely take the whole family to the ancient pagoda temple to offer incense, if we can disguise ourselves to blend in......" Before the eldest young master finished speaking, I said loudly: "No, didn't you say that Prince Lu often goes there?" Then his family, the people in the temple should be very familiar, right, we fresh faces, they will definitely be suspicious. ”
"Prince Lu has taken a few new concubines, so he won't be suspicious." The eldest young master pointed at the little chef and said, "It's just that you have been wronged by a man pretending to be a woman." ”
"Huh? Gentleman...... I ......" He looked shirking, and I said happily: "Okay, look at your white, clean, thin and weak appearance, you must be a beauty if you pretend to be a woman, you don't want me, me, mine." ”