A Trip to Jade Temple Mountain Chapter 48: A Strange Dinner
The two took their luggage from the inn where they stayed, and then asked the owner to check out, perhaps with a little impression of the person who had asked him, he looked at the person who came to check out, and couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Are you two leaving?"
Wan Yin shook his head and said, "Someone has helped us find a place to live, and we are going to go over and have a look." ”
"An acquaintance?"
Wan Yin raised his eyes and glanced at him, the shopkeeper had a round face, smiling when he looked at people, and he seemed to have an excellent temper to get along with. He let out an "um", grabbed Ning Xiaoye, who wanted to say more, and left the inn.
The two rushed back to the red makeup hall before sunset, walked from the bustling street to the path, and gradually disappeared, but just walked around the corner, but saw a familiar figure.
It was Jinqiu, dressed in emerald green clothes, standing under the willow tree in front of the door of the red makeup hall, and saw the two of them coming from a distance, with a smile on her face.
"I thought you should be back, so I'll be waiting for you here." Jin Qiu said, she stretched out her hand, wanting to take the luggage from Ning Xiaoye's hand, it was not much, so Ning Xiaoye was embarrassed to give it to her.
Jinqiu didn't care, and took the package in Ning Xiaoye's hand, Ning Xiaoye was a little embarrassed.
Although the senior sisters on the mountain are very good to her, perhaps because of being a person who cultivates immortals, everyone's character is more or less resolute, and there are few women who are so gentle and weak, but unexpectedly, Ning Xiaoye does not hate this, but rather a desire to protect her arises.
Although Jin Qiu looks a little indifferent, he is actually very gentle, and he will come to the door to pick them up.
Ning Xiaoye said happily: "Sister Jinqiu, you came to wait for us on purpose." ”
Jinqiu nodded, she touched Ning Xiaoye's head, and said to Wan Yin: "Although everyone usually stays in the room, Sister Yu has stipulated that you must get together to eat at dinner, and everyone is sitting in the hall at this time, don't worry too much about going in later, Sister Yu has already told them."
"Okay." Nightmin didn't care too much, but he thought that as an ordinary teenager now, he should have some reactions, so he made some nervous looks.
Seeing him like this, Jinqiu just comforted him a few more words, and said: "If you are really nervous after a while, just sit with me, they don't like to dine with me, so they want to get close." ”
As soon as she said this, Ning Xiaoye didn't understand a little, she raised her head and asked curiously: "Sister Jinqiu is so beautiful and gentle, why do you dislike Sister Jinqiu."
Jinqiu smiled, but didn't explain.
She said everything she should have said, and took the two of them into the red makeup hall, and when she entered the hall, there were really a lot of people sitting, and she glanced at it, basically the ones she saw today, and there were no more than any fewer people.
It's just that there are only three seats left on the leading table, Yuduan sits on the top, Lian Ruyi sits on her right, and there is an empty seat on the left... If nothing else, it should be Jinqiu.
The three of them sat alone at a table, but the dishes on the table were the same as those of seven or eight other people, which showed something special, and the identity of the people who could sit here in the Red Makeup Hall must be special, and Jinqiu was obviously one of them, but she said, "Other people don't like themselves." ”
Jinqiu didn't say anything, she nodded at Yuduan, Yuduan glanced back, and only said, "Take them up first, put their luggage and come down to eat." ”
"Okay."
Wan Yin and Ning Xiaoye followed Jin Qiu upstairs, although there were more than a dozen people sitting in the hall, none of them looked at them, as if they didn't care about their origin at all.
But the evening has a feeling that it is not so much that they don't care, but that their attention is all on the dishes and chopsticks in front of them.
When going upstairs, Ning Xiaoye, who was walking behind, whispered: "Our family used to be like this, the big family has a lot of etiquette, you can't look around or whisper during the meal, and the people below can't move if the elders don't move." I didn't know that there was such a rule here. ”
Wan Yin nodded, but didn't say anything.
They quickly put down their luggage, and Jin Qiu led the two of them to the Yuduan table, and at this time Jin Qiu had already added two seats and chopsticks to his hand.
Wan Yin and Ning Xiaoye sat down in turn, and the Yu Duan at the head nodded to them, and then said, "Let's go." ”
The others just started to move the chopsticks, and I don't know what kind of education they received, and there was not a trace of the sound of the chopsticks hitting in the hall, except for the small sound of chewing, as if no one was there.
Evening is fine, he has always been quiet, and this is nothing to him. But Ning Xiaoye can't do it, she used to be able to maintain some manners at home, but when she came to Jiuxiao Daojun, she was free-ranged for a long time, and those etiquettes and everything were all thrown away, and she was asked to eat so carefully, but it was so painful.
But everyone is like that, as if there is some invisible rule that binds it, and once that rule is broken, everything changes.
After this difficult meal, when leaving, Yuduan deliberately took care of the two of them for a few words before leaving, and even Ruyi followed behind her, and turned her head and winked at Wan Yin.
After Yuduan left, some women also stood up and left, different from just now, this time Wan Yin and Ning Xiaoye obviously felt that there was a gaze falling on them, with a little curiosity and inquiry, and there were also malicious intentions, but there were not many, and they were not a threat.
Jin Qiu ate the last bite of the dish, there was not much food left on the table, she stood up, rolled up her sleeves and began to clean up the plates on the table, and the women who stayed behind followed suit and began to clean up.
Carrying the plates to the kitchen, the women skillfully fetched water to clean the dishes and chopsticks, and put the dishes and chopsticks into the cabinet in an orderly manner.
After doing all this, they left again, without saying a word the whole time, and they understood each other tacitly.
Facing Ning Xiaoye and Wan Yin, who were puzzled, Jinqiu kindly explained: "We will be responsible for each other's sundries every day, and today I am the one who is responsible for these, so it is our turn to cook, wash dishes, clean up and clean, and tomorrow it will be the person who will be brought by Ruyi." Oh, you don't have to care, you're a guest, Sister Jade has to treat you well. ”
Separated from Jinqiu, the two of them went back to their rooms, and after a while, Ning Xiaoye ran over again, as a cultivator, she could still hide her aura.
Their consciousness swept through the entire red makeup hall, and almost all of them stayed in their rooms without going out, some were reading, some were painting, some were embroidering, and some went to bed and slept, but they didn't want to go out at all.
But other than that, there are no other anomalies, everyone is indeed mortal, even the jade duan, who looks like the leader, is just an ordinary person with a slightly weaker body.
In the evening room, the two sat at the table, the white mist curling, discussing the future plan.
At this stage, what they know is that the women in the Red Makeup Hall are all sent to Yumiao Mountain, but the specific situation has yet to be explored, and the strangeness of the Red Makeup Hall cannot be ignored, and the women here seem to have some secrets.
"I'm staying here for the time being, but what should I do next, if I ask directly, I'm afraid it will arouse suspicion." Ning Xiaoye propped his head and sighed.
With the status of the Earth Mother in the hearts of the villagers, if they knew that they had bad intentions, they would definitely eliminate the bad people for the sake of the Earth Mother Niangniang, although it would not be impossible to defeat mortals, but the cultivators would kill mortals at will, but it was easy to accumulate cause and effect, and the sect also explicitly forbade harming innocent mortals.
Wan Yin is also thinking that Yuduan may be a good place to start, and the focus is on how to gain her trust.
The woman obviously seems to have a gentle and gentle character, but from the scene during the meal, it can be seen that it is definitely not a simple character, or rather, this kind of person who looks harmless is the most difficult to deal with.
If the other party is a wicked person who burns, kills and loots, Wan Ji directly carries the sword up, but the other party has not done anything now, and he is still a woman, which makes Wan Ji a little difficult.
"I can only take one step at a time." The night is not in a hurry, the Red Makeup Hall is just the target now, if there is more information, there is no need to dwell on this.
If you can start from other places, it is not impossible to approach the earth mother directly.
Speaking of this, Ning Xiaoye seemed to think of something again, and asked: "By the way, you and Sister Yuduan said that you came to find the sister who was sent here, but you and I both know that there is no such thing at all...... How do you explain that? ”
This is nothing, Wan Yin picked up the teacup and took a sip, this is the tea given by the master, it is different from the coarse tea of Yuduan, the tea fragrance is overflowing, and the mouth is full of sweetness after drinking.
He said, "It's a late hand."
Seeing that Ning Xiaoye didn't understand, Wan Yin explained: "If there is no other more suitable way at that time, I can use this identity to become a maid sent by the Red Makeup Hall." ”
Ning Xiaoye was stunned, she didn't expect that Wan Yin would sacrifice so much for the sake of the task, and the disciples of the Nine Heavens Dao Monarch in the Heavenly Palace, who were dignified, would endure humiliation for the sake of a task...... Poof, if you tell the master, he will be happy for a long time.
Wan Yin just glanced at her, Ning Xiaoye knew exactly what he wanted, he didn't mind women's clothes to complete the task, but he was more mindful of having his mouth open and talking nonsense.
When the time comes, do you want to kill people and kill people? He thought nonchalantly.
Ning Xiaoye shuddered behind her, she shuddered, and suddenly didn't dare to make any small ideas.
After chatting for a while, I decided on my current goal, first inquire about the Red Makeup Hall from Yuduan, and then find a way to go to the Jade Temple Mountain to meet the rumored Earth Mother Niangniang.
After making up his mind, it was not too early, Ning Xiaoye went back to his room, although the two of them didn't need much sleep, but in order to better disguise themselves as mortals, they still chose to rest for a night.
However, what they didn't expect was that this plan was changed before it could be realized.
Early the next morning, a scream pierced the sky and woke up the entire Red Makeup Hall.
Ning Xiaoye, who woke up from sleep, rubbed her sleepy eyes, opened the door, but saw a serious night in the corridor, she couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?" ”
Wan Yin turned his head and looked serious: "Someone committed suicide." ”