Chapter 253: Helpless Move
Here, after Teng Er came down from the cliff, after finding an excuse to separate from Yanzi and the others, he turned around and went to the place where the abbot of Wu'an Temple lived, passed through the hall, and came to the front of a bronze statue of a golden bottle, raised his hand and twisted the candlestick below, and when he heard a click, the bronze statue in front of him slowly turned around, revealing the secret gate behind him, Teng Er turned his head to look around, and went in through the mouth.
In the blink of an eye, the bronze statue returned to its original position again, as if nothing had happened before.
The sight inside the dark passage is dim, and the walls on both sides are inlaid with candle lights, and the faint red light flashes, which can be regarded as illuminating the narrow dark passage. Teng Er walked briskly, bypassing one intersection after another, and finally came to a hall.
The empty hall was surrounded by candlelights on both sides, the fiery red light was slightly golden, the whole hall was full of beds, and on each bed lay the little monks wearing the clothes of Wu'an Temple, these little monks were all pale, their lips were chapped, and they couldn't see any anger, if it weren't for the pulse beating on their wrists, they were no different from dead people.
Teng Er looked at the scene in front of him, frowned, strode to the side of one of the little monks, and felt his pulse, faintly.
"Old man, come out!" Teng Er got up slowly, and shouted in a deep voice towards a hole in the corner of the hall, because of the underground, the surrounding area was empty, and the sound echoed for a long time.
After a while, I saw a person coming out of the entrance of the cave, it was Master Hui Ke, but Master Hui Ke in front of him was also pale, and he lost his spirit in the morning.
"What's going on? Now that they're all fifth, is it possible that there will be another one? Teng Er suppressed his voice, suppressing the anger in his heart.
Master Hui Ke, who was standing there, swallowed, frowned, pursed his chapped lips slightly, and wanted to speak, but because of his chapped throat, he couldn't speak at all.
"Isn't the medicine already being dispensed, it shouldn't be long before it can be used, you are also infected now, what should the other people in this Wu'an Temple do, and what is the matter with the little monk this morning, and because it is not controlled? Lose your marbles? Teng Er's hand hanging in front of him clenched into a fist tightly and asked in a deep voice.
Now many people in Wu'an Temple have been infected with a kind of poison, the first time was just a contact with a dead animal on Wushu Mountain, but I didn't expect it to be out of control, and now the five who died are all to the extreme, there is no cure, and finally choose to jump off the cliff and end their lives.
Master Hui Ke, who was standing there, frowned slightly, coughed twice and cleared his throat, his hoarse voice was like a dead branch in winter, broken when he stepped on it.
"Well, now the children here are estimated to be dead, so I have decided to hand over the rest of the things to Lu Wei, my life has already been regarded as a complete merit, and it has been sixty years since I entered Wu'an Temple at the age of ten, enough is enough, and I will write to you to send someone to pass it to the imperial court, saying that the ancestor worship will be canceled in three days, and the celestial phenomena are dissatisfied."
"Merit is complete? Just let it go? My master asked me to come to Wu'an Temple, didn't he just let me look at you and don't care, I have come over the medicinal materials in the cliff, and now there are some signs, wait, and Han Jingxuan They also saw it, so they are so easy to deal with, there are a lot of things among them, you said let them go now, is it possible? Teng Er said in a deep voice.
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard hurried footsteps outside, and Teng Er and Master Hui Ke knew that the person who came here was Lu Wei, that is, the little monk who passed the word at noon today.
"Master, they and others want to see Master, and I have already made an excuse to stop them, but they also said that if they don't see Master, they won't leave Wu'an Temple! And Han Jingxuan, the son of that general, seems to already know! Lu Wei, who came in a hurry, said quickly to the two of them.
"Know what? They saw someone falling off a cliff, and five bodies on the cliff wall! Teng Er said in a deep voice.
The three of them stood there, their faces solemn, and it seemed that this matter was going to be unbearable.
"Hmph, I'll just say that I won't let them go up the mountain this time, you want to! You stopped every year before, just this year, old man, didn't you turn your mind around and let these hairy boys come in and go up the mountain! Teng Er grumbled.
Lu Wei stood there, looking at his master with some embarrassment, wanting to defend, but after the words came to his mouth and was glared at by the master, he swallowed.
After a while, I saw Master Hui Ke coughing and clearing his throat, looking at Teng Er and Lu Wei and said in a deep voice: "Okay, come out to see, fool this matter over, a few of them, children, do you think you can get to the bottom of it, and some of these people also have hidden thoughts, let them go up the mountain this year, it is nothing more than because of the two brothers of the Ning family, the Ning family first arrived in the capital, Ning Tai and the head of the family were suddenly promoted by the emperor and paid attention, do you think it is feasible not to touch the bottom of the model?" ”
Teng Er and Lu Wei listened, and they also understood what this meant, Qian Yucheng's father Qian Zhuo had already said hello, otherwise, how could the matter of worshipping the ancestors be handed over to the two brothers of the Ning family to deal with it with full authority.
"Now that their purpose has been achieved, it is time for them to go, if they don't have something to look for me, then go now, and prepare the carriage to send them down the mountain!" Master Hui Ke said in a deep voice.
But after saying that, he coughed violently again.
"Master, if you don't slow down any longer, I'll find a reason to send them down the mountain, for now, it's better to let them go down the mountain as soon as possible, if it really doesn't work, close the Wu'an Temple!" Lu Wei looked at his master's situation, and hurriedly said, if the master goes now, they will definitely see the clues, and Han Jingxuan is also a difficult master, and speaking at noon today is simply thorny.
"How to get down the mountain? The closure of Wu'an Temple will only make them more suspicious, it has been three months now, not bad these days, Teng Er said that the medicine has been found soon, and our Wu'an Temple is not bad for these days! After this incident, Wu'an Temple no longer has anything to do with the people in the court, and the matter of worshipping ancestors has been stopped since then! Master Hui Ke said in a deep voice.
Over the years, since the Wu'an Temple has become a place for royal ancestors, things have not been less, this year many people in Wu'an Temple have been infected with unknown poisons, although it is dyed from Wushu Mountain, but in the past few months, they have also secretly investigated, I am afraid that someone behind the manipulation.
Originally, the second prince was also going to come up the mountain to worship his ancestors, but the night before he came, news came from the palace, saying that he would come with him three days later, and I am afraid that someone had already ventilated the news, and the group of children outside was afraid that they were still in the dark.