Chapter 263: "Saving Lives"
Lu Yufang was stunned for a moment, and even the sect director was stunned.
"I have already explained this matter to the leader, and the superiors have also investigated, and it is purely a false accusation." Lu Yufang's face was swollen and red like a pig's liver.
"Do you want to persuade Rui Qianman to cooperate with you, and when the time comes, you will be the informant who exposed the report?" Lin Ying didn't seem to notice his emotions and continued to ask.
"I had this intention, but I didn't expect to be deceived by that woman." Lu Yufang said with a long sigh.
"Can you tell me about it?"
"Well, since the leaders of the city bureau are here, I'll just say it directly. I don't deny that I have a preconceived affection and sympathy for that woman, because she really doesn't match the environment in the Niangniang Temple, and her first impression to me is that she is particularly feminine, vulnerable, and helpless, just like an innocent woman who has been abducted into a pyramid scheme......"
It turned out that since Lu Yufang saw Rui Qianman for the first time, he thought in his heart that she was carrying some burden. She must have been deceived, abducted, or threatened to stay in the Niangniang Temple, and she was forced to be with a fierce and ugly person like the Yellow Cripple.
He wanted to save the woman, and he wanted to get her out of the fire as soon as possible.
But before he could save her, he needed to find out where she came from and her attitude.
This is not a difficult thing, Lu Yufang has already pretended to be a local tyrant who encountered difficulties and came to Niangniang Temple for help, and he has already received the approval of Master Wu to "act cheaply". So, when he came to the Niangniang Temple again the next day and knocked on the door, the young man who guarded the door let him in without asking too much.
"Master Wu is out today." The lad said.
"It's okay, I'll just walk around the temple and wait for him by the way." Lu Yufang said.
The young man didn't say much, he made a "please" gesture to him, and then walked into the newly built side room next to the door.
Lu Yufang began to walk slowly around the Niangniang Temple with his hands behind his back. He walked around the temple and figured out the topography of the temple.
Niangniang Temple has been built with a triple main courtyard, probably since Xiao Zhijun came, more and more donors, the temple is still building a house.
There is a row of side rooms on each side of the triple main courtyard, and there are side courtyards behind the side houses, and most of the side courtyards are hung with wooden signs saying "idlers are not allowed to enter". Lu Yufang walked to the door of the moon in a side courtyard, saw that there was no one around, and stepped in with a flicker of his side.
Behind the Moon Gate is a shadow wall, and behind the shadow wall is a narrow courtyard with flowers and plants on both sides. At the end of the courtyard there is another brick gate.
Lu Yufang heard that there was no sound around, he walked into the brick door quickly, and found that there were actually two small courtyards inside, and there was a row of houses in the north, east, and south directions of each courtyard. In the middle of a small courtyard there was also a clothesline, on which hung several young women's clothes.
Could this be where she lives?
Lu Yufang wanted to go over to check, but at this moment, the door of the north room of the small courtyard was pushed open with a creak. Startled, he quickly took a few steps back, retreated sideways, and hid behind the brick door.
A person came out of the north room, not the woman, but a chubby, bald man. Lu Yufang looked familiar to him, but he couldn't think of who he was for a while.
The man coughed as he walked, and was coming towards Lu Yufang.
Lu Yufang couldn't dodge in a hurry, and hurriedly retreated towards the Moon Gate. But as soon as he turned the Moon Gate, he was startled, because there was also a person walking over from the Moon Gate, and it was the woman he bumped into!
The woman had apparently spotted him, too, and she froze there for a moment. At this time, the fat man's footsteps were getting closer and closer, and Lu Yufang was panicked for a while, so he had to walk out of the moon gate with his head, pass by the woman, and walk towards the courtyard of Niangniang Temple.
It's over, and she has already found out that she has broken into the courtyard where "idlers can't enter" - she won't doubt herself, right? You won't tell anyone about it, will you? In that way, he was completely exposed.
As soon as he walked out of the moon gate in a panic, the woman suddenly chased after him silently.
"Follow me." She said, tugging at his clothes.
Lu Yufang was a little confused, but he still followed the woman into a wing room on the east side and hid in.
There was a sound of heavy footsteps, and the woman made a silent gesture towards him. Lu Yufang saw the fat man coming over through the window, but he was no longer bald, he wore a snow-white wig, and two locks of long fluttering beard were glued.
Only then did he remember why he looked at the bald man a little familiar just now - it turned out that he was Master Wu who didn't wear a wig and a fake beard!
However, didn't the janitor say that Master Wu was out?
Seeing Master Wu walk away, the woman leaned her body against the wall and took a long breath.
"Thank you......" Lu Yufang didn't know why he said that.
The woman shook her head, she saw that there was no one outside, and pointed to Lu Yufang at the gate of the Niangniang Temple in the distance, which seemed to mean to let him slip out as soon as possible.
"It's okay, Master Wu allowed me to come in." Lu Yu explained to her.
The woman was stunned for a moment, then suddenly became serious. She nodded slightly at Lu Yufang, turned around and walked out of the house.
"Wait!" Lu Yufang lowered his voice and called to her, "You-can't speak?" β
The woman turned her head, looked at him, and smiled wryly: "I'm not dumb. β
"May I ask you why you were forced to stay here?" Lu Yufang knew that he was in a bit of a hurry to say this, but he felt that if he didn't ask now, it might be difficult to encounter such an opportunity in the future.
The woman was stunned again, she turned around, tilted her head slightly and looked at Lu Yufang, as if she was a child, as if she was a good person or a bad person standing in front of her.
"Don't be afraid." Lu Yufang knew that he couldn't reveal his identity yet, he thought for a while and said, "I'm here to ask Xiao Yuanjun to change the Yuanchen Palace, I saw you in the courtyard yesterday, I just think you're hereβa little disobedient?" So I suspect you have other problems. β
The windows were closed, and the light was dim because it was facing west, and it was morning. But in this darkness, Lu Yufang heard the woman sigh again briefly.
"If you've been tricked, I might be able to help you out...... What's your name and where is your hometown? He added.
"Rui Qianman." The woman spoke very slowly, and sounded like a lady of all the people's steady, "What do you mean?" β
The woman stared at Lu Yufang vigilantly again, still looking unconvinced.
Lu Yufang looked at her eyes, although those eyes were full of vigilance, they were still pure and clean, like a lake in the deep mountains.
He thought about it for a while, but decisively took out his police ID card.
"I'm actually a police officer, and I'm here to investigate the superstitious activities of Niangniang Temple. So, don't be afraid, if you don't want to continue to be with these people, I can find a way to get you out and send you home and return to normal life. β
"Policeman, are you a good policeman?" Rui Qianman looked at the police officer card and asked with a trembling voice.
"Of course, the police are there to protect the people β don't be afraid, where are you from, where is your home? How did you get here? β
Rui Qianman's voice suddenly became sad, and the sad tone simply broke Lu Yufang's heart.
"Iβa man with no origin."