Chapter 20: The Sixth of Teasing the Mountain Demons in Early Summer
And over there, the Queen Mother ordered someone to present tribute and prepare to worship Guanyin. I went back to look for Long Chuxia, but found that she was missing, so I asked Mama Yang, "Where did Chuxia go?" ”
Everyone looked around, but no one noticed that the dragon was gone.
The queen smiled: "Maybe it's convenient to go, Queen Mother, let's start!" ”
The Queen Mother also smiled, "These young girls, as soon as they leave the palace gate, they must be curious, and there are also people who walk around, forget it, the mourning family is also young." ”
Most of the good faith has already gone because of the matter of Fang Cai, and some of the remaining people have entered the lobby early to listen to the Guanyin Sutra. The host didn't know that the Queen Mother was coming, so he didn't come out to greet him, but stayed in the lobby to preach for the good believers.
Later, when he heard that the boy said that a group of noble ladies had come, he didn't care, thinking that it was a nearby businessman's family, so he ordered the boy to invite people to come in and listen to the scriptures. When he looked up, he saw the Queen Mother walking in from outside the main hall, surrounded by a group of women. He had met the Queen Mother a few times in the early years, although it had been many years, but the Queen Mother was pampered and her face had not changed much, so he recognized it at a glance.
He bowed slightly to the Queen Mother, and did not get up to greet him, he is a monk, and he has been the host of this Guanyin Temple for many years, and he has long looked down on the honor and poverty of the world. In his opinion, the Queen Mother, like everyone else, is just a good believer.
The Queen Mother was not surprised, "The master is lecturing, let's sit down and listen!" ”
Concubine Ying was not in good health, so Concubine Shu led her to kneel inside, next to the Queen Mother, to avoid the cold.
After listening for a while, the Queen Mother suddenly said: "The mourning family wants to go, you guys listen!" ”
Concubine Ying knew that she was going to make it convenient, so she said, "The concubine will accompany you!" Concubine Shu also helped to support her, and the queen was about to get up, but the queen mother said: "You don't have to follow so many people, just have Concubine Ying and Concubine Shu!" The queen advised: "Order the guards to follow behind, don't walk around!" ”
"Come on, the mourning family is not a child!" The Queen Mother chuckled and whispered.
Concubine Ying helped the Queen Mother out of the hall, and Mama Li followed behind her, and led several guards to protect her before and after, which was foolproof.
After a while, she saw that Long Chuxia had returned, and she folded her hands and bowed to the Guanyin statue in the hall. Just now, she also went to Yunhai Lotus Terrace and worshiped the statue of Daguanyin, but she didn't see the Queen Mother and them, thinking that they should have entered the main hall, so she came all the way.
Mama Yang asked, "Where did you just go?" ”
Long Chuxia swept away the fallen leaves on his shoulders and said, "Take a walk." ”
Mama Yang warned: "The Queen Mother is here, don't just walk around, so as not to make any mess!" ”
Long Chuxia nodded: "Got it!" ”
The Queen Mother has been out for about a quarter of an hour, but no one has returned. The queen got up and walked quickly to the guards at the entrance of the palace, "Go and see why the Queen Mother has been gone for so long and won't come?" ”
"Yes!" Two guards then sped away.
The queen sat back on the futon in distraction, her eyelids fluttering, and she couldn't listen to what the master was saying, just waiting for the guards to come back and report it.
After a while, a guard returned, and a large number of guards at the door quickly dispersed, walking like a fly.
"The Queen Mother and Concubine Ying are gone!" The guard whispered in the queen's ear.
The queen stood up suddenly, and asked solemnly, "Have you looked around?" ”
"I have looked for it in the temple, but I don't see it. The humble post has sent people to Yunhai Lotus Terrace to look around, please Niangniang return to the palace immediately, there may be an assassin ambush here! The guard said.
The queen walked to the abbot's side and whispered a few words in his ear, the abbot's face changed, and he quickly got up and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is the end of today's lecture, please go to the lotus pond to wash your hands and go back!" ”
The pilgrims dispersed, and the abbot hurriedly asked, "Niangniang, where did the Queen Mother disappear?" ”
The guard said: "The Queen Mother said that she was going to relieve her hands, just now we went to the latrine, and no one was there, we searched many places in the temple, but we didn't see the Queen Mother!" ”
The abbot pondered for a moment, then turned back to the monk in the robe and said, "Immediately order someone to find it, there has been some unrest in the temple recently, don't bump into those things!" ”
The queen's face changed, "What is it?" ”
"Dare to ask Niangniang, what did you encounter when you went up the mountain?" The abbot asked.
"There was a thief who tried to kidnap him, but he was later beaten away, could it be that they led people to seek revenge?" The queen's face was gloomy, "If he dares to come nonsense, this palace swears that he will definitely be in a different place!" ”
The abbot's face softened a little, "If it's a thief, it's okay to deal with it, because the kidnapping is just for money." ”
"Master, what could be more terrible than a thief?" The queen saw that the abbot seemed to have something unspeakable, so she hurriedly asked.
The master hesitated for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "I'm ashamed to say that this Guanyin Temple is actually haunted!" ”
The queen shook her head, "Where are the ghosts in this world?" Even if there were, it was just a ghost in the heart. Master, you immediately block the Yunhai Lotus Platform and don't allow anyone to enter or leave. She turned back to the guards and said, "Go down the mountain immediately, seal all exits, anyone who enters or leaves must be checked, and the thieves should not have left Guanyin Mountain." ”
"Yes!" The guards took the order and left.
As if she remembered something, Hua Guifei turned around and asked Long Chuxia sharply, "Where did you just go?" ”
Long Chuxia didn't think that she would suddenly ask this question, she couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and when she looked up and saw that the queen was also looking at her with suspicious eyes, the queen would definitely doubt her, because from the queen's eyes, she could be sure that the queen didn't believe that she was just an ordinary palace maid.
She replied calmly, "The slave is just walking around." ”
"Let's go? Everyone was here just now, but you were missing. Now that the Queen Mother is missing, you will come back and say, did you kidnap the Queen Mother? Concubine Hua spoke sharply and glared angrily.
Long Chuxia shook his head and said lightly: "No! ”
"You can't get out of the relationship, come on, take her down!" Hua Guifei said coldly.
Immediately two guards came in, Long Chuxia did not resist, let them clamp it, she looked at the queen and said, "I didn't do it!" ”
The queen hesitated for a moment, and Concubine Hua immediately said: "Queen Mother, she is the most suspicious, it is not ruled out that she and the thief should cooperate with the outside world and kidnap the Queen Mother." You need to think about whether you can afford to take on such a big responsibility! “
Mama Yang immediately said in the queen's ear: "Niangniang, let's take her down first, it's not too late for her to do another investigation!" ”
The queen raised her eyes and looked at the guards, "Let her go!" ”
Hua Guifei said coldly: "Queen, your hypocrisy will kill you sooner or later!" ”
The queen looked at Concubine Hua and said expressionlessly: "Isn't that just what you want?" ”
Long Chuxia was really a little surprised, and the queen would believe her. She thought that the queen was the most suspicious of her in her heart, but at this moment, it seemed that she didn't have too much suspicion of herself in her heart. Maybe there are doubts, but she chooses to believe! (Recent updates will be at night, so you don't have to look through them during the day)