Lan Ruo looked at Liu Ru with some suspicion, as if she wanted to scold, but Lan Xin said at the moment: "Sister, I think what Liu Cairen said is right. ”

Xiao Nai on the side said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Nell also thinks that what Liu Cairen said is reasonable, since it is a blessing, it must be sincere, if there is a person who is lazy and slippery, it is not good to anger the Buddha." ”

Lan Ruo saw that Xiao Nai was saying this, so he said to the abbot: "Since this is the case, then there is Abbot Master Lao to help take inventory." ”

The abbot pronounced a Buddha name, then nodded, walked to the side of the Buddha shrine, and took up the two scriptures enshrined on it, one thin and one thick, the less one was naturally Liu Ru's, and after checking that there was no problem, he put it aside, and then looked at the more one, but when he opened it, the abbot who had always been light and calm couldn't help but faintly have anger.

His eyes widened angrily, Lan Ruo noticed that something was wrong and looked at the scriptures in the abbot's hand, and when she saw that there was not a word on the white paper, she looked at He Xi with some confusion, He Xi really hung her head and couldn't see her expression clearly, Liu Ru pretended to be surprised and stepped forward to take a look, and then pointed to the blank paper and said to He Xi: "I don't know if Xi Cai can explain it, what is going on?" ”

Xiao Nai also hurriedly said: "That's it, I was here yesterday, and the queen mother obviously punished Xi Cairen for copying the Diamond Sutra fifteen times, but now there is not a word, Xi Cairen is considered to be violating the queen's phoenix order, and he is disrespectful to the Buddha——"

Bai Zhi looked at He Xi and opened her mouth, but she didn't speak again, Lan Ruo looked at Lan Xin and the others, and finally said in a calm voice: "What the hell is going on?"

He Xi said lightly: "What's going on, I guess Liu Cai knows best, whether the concubine wrote it or not, when it was written, and when the scriptures were sent, these Liu Cai people are all clear, aren't they?" ”

Liu Ru's expression was panicked for a moment, and she said in a loud voice: "Xi Cairen don't want to believe it, how can I know if Xi Cairen wrote it or not?" ”

She bowed softly to the queen's side, and said aggrievedly: "Yesterday, the concubine was delayed, and when the concubine's side Fluttershy came back, she told the concubine that she met the ugly girl when she sent the scriptures. ”

He Xi's smile was still faint, and she said, "I haven't said anything yet, what are Liu Cairen so excited about?" Also, how did Liu Cairen think of checking this scripture? ”

Liu Ru's face became ugly, but Concubine Hui smiled and said, "This is obviously a mistake made by Xicai, why are you so aggressive?" ”

He Xi glanced at Lan Xin, there was a faint contempt in her eyes, Lan Xin was very angry, as if she wanted to say something, and saw He Xi turn her head not to look at her, but to stare at Liu Ru on the side and said: "Liu Cairen is so sure that I did not copy the scriptures, there is only one possibility, that is, the scriptures I copied were dropped, the queen mother, the presiding abbot, this blank scripture was not sent by the concubine, but was exchanged by someone with a heart." ”

What He Xi said was categorical, and the people on the side were confused, Liu Ru's eyes immediately turned red, she stretched out her fingers and pointed at He Xi tremblingly: "If you want to add to the crime, there is no excuse." Xi Cai is too vicious, he deliberately defiled my dress before, and now he framed me for stealing the scriptures. ”

He Xi just looked at her crying coldly, and she suddenly laughed, "But, Liu Cairen, when Fluttershy took the things back, did you see them or not?" ”

Listening to He Xi's somewhat confident voice, Liu Ru had a bad premonition.

She said coldly: "What does Xi Cairen mean, please forgive the concubine for being stupid and not knowing what Xi Cairen means." ”

He Xi didn't seem to be too lazy to play with her anymore, she said: "Back to the queen's mother, the concubine saw the wind yesterday night, so she was worried that the scriptures enshrined in the treasure hall would be blown away by the wind, so she confessed that the ugly er put the scriptures in the mezzanine of the Buddha shrine, although it was not in accordance with the rules, but it was also in front of the Buddha." ”

After speaking, she personally stepped forward and pulled out a stack of paper from the gap between the Buddhist shrines, on which was He Xi's handwriting, and the transcription was the Diamond Sutra, she respectfully handed it to the abbot with both hands, and after the abbot carefully checked it, he nodded with satisfaction and said: "Fifteen times, not much once, no more than once." ”

He Xi looked at Liu Ru, Liu Ru seemed to be confused, her lips pursed and said, "Impossible, impossible—"

Su Xin hurriedly stepped forward to help Liu Ru up, and said in a deep voice: "What nonsense is my sister talking about, since Xi Cairen copied the scriptures according to the rules, there is nothing to do, and my sister should not delay the time to pray for blessings." ”

But he didn't want to wave his hand and said: "Slow, but I did put a blank scripture here yesterday, but the scripture in the abbot's hand is not the one I placed."

The abbot sighed and asked, "It's also blank, how do you know your own book in the old man's hand?" ”

He Xi took the blank paper in the abbot's hand and pointed to a place on the back and said: "The blank document I put here was stained with ink and oil stains because I was careless, but this place is white and clean without the slightest stain, so the concubine said that this scripture was dropped." ”

Bai Zhi only then pondered and said: "Ink and oil stains, if they are rubbed on clothes, or on their hands, it is extremely difficult to wash them off in a short period of time. ”

At this time, Fluttershy, who was hidden in the crowd, unconsciously took a step back, and her hands unconsciously shrunk into her sleeves, if someone looked carefully, they could see that there were ink stains on her fingers, in fact, she noticed it in the morning, but she thought it was just her own accident, so she didn't care, but now He Xi said this, if someone else found out. That's the equivalent of not making a fool of yourself.

However, before she could take a few steps back, she felt her wrist being caught, and she raised her face in panic to see Ruyi's eyes, and Ruyi lifted Fluttershy's sleeve to see a black mark on Fluttershy's palm.

She said aloud, "Fluttershy, what's the matter with your hand?" ”

Fluttershy exclaimed, quickly shook off Ruyi's restraint, knelt on the ground and cried, "Queen Mother, the slave and maid are wronged, the slave and maid really didn't exchange the scriptures of the Xi Cairen, this ink, this ink was accidentally wiped on the hands of the slave and maid when she was serving the little master to copy the scriptures last night——"

However, now, where would anyone believe her words, Lan Ruo said lightly: "Come on, send Liu Cairen back to the room first, and the rest of the people continue to burn scriptures and pray for blessings." ”

Liu Ru's heart was like ashes, she wanted to shout wronged, but looking at Lan Ruo's gloomy face as if she was about to drop raindrops, she couldn't open her mouth, Su Xin knelt beside Liu Ru, and she didn't dare to breathe, for fear that the queen's anger would reach herself, Liu Ru was sent down, and for a while, everyone in the treasure hall was silent.

Lan Ruo looked at He Xi and said with a smile: "Xi is really smart. ”

He Xi knew that she had already seen through Liu Ru's tricks, not to mention the queen, everyone present, maybe no one did not know Liu Ru's intentions, but if she couldn't protect herself today and couldn't come up with evidence, no one would stand on her side and speak for herself.

She felt cold in her heart, and said with a smile: "The queen mother praised it, He Xi is just for self-preservation, and it is not harmless." ”

"Okay, this incident happened today, fortunately this scripture has not been lost, abbot, then you will be tired." Lan Ruo leaned over slightly, the abbot also returned the salute, and the little monks beside him all sat down in turn, and after a moment of effort, the hall remembered the faint sound of chanting.

Coming through the walls of the ancient temple, the sound was as flat as water, as if it could cleanse people's hearts. He Xi knelt on the futon with her eyes closed, she didn't know why, she suddenly remembered Tuoba Yuelai, if he was there, what kind of look would he have?

After all, they are the same people, they don't believe in gods and Buddhas, because gods and Buddhas have never protected them, and the only thing they can trust is their own hearts, their own resolute hearts.

Chanting and praying for blessings for several hours, during which there is only the sound of monks knocking on the wooden fish and the sound of muttering chanting, and nothing else, but no one knows, on the highest eaves of the Zhaohua Temple Tibetan Scripture Building, there is a person looking down at them, a black hair is flying in the wind, sword eyebrows into the sideburns, deep eyes, thin lips outline a smile that seems to be a smile but not a smile.

"Master, do you want to get rid of that woman?" A person dressed as a guard beside him said respectfully, and his tone was solemn, as if killing a person was a common thing for him.

The man in black shook his head and said, "No, we haven't found what we want yet, don't startle the snake." ”

The guard beside him nodded, and said suspiciously for a while: "But, master, we are about to turn over this temple, and we haven't found that thing, is there a mistake in the news?" ”

The man in black raised his lips and smiled, the air around him seemed to have condensed a lot, he looked at the solemn temple, and said lightly: "No, there is another place we haven't found-"

He looked at the somewhat desolate back mountain, and said that the most dangerous place is the safest place, and it seems that there may not be one in the heavily guarded temple, but this unguarded back mountain is the most likely place.

The guard obviously understood what his master meant, and he said with a somewhat embarrassed expression: "Master, the mountain behind this Zhaohua Temple is so big, when do we want to find it?" ”