Chapter 27: The Mystery of the Monk's Disappearance
When Ji Nuan woke up, it was almost noon, this was the best sleep she had since she changed her body, and she heard someone walk in in a daze. She called softly, "Song Wangchen."
"Girl, you're awake." With a gentle voice and an old face, Ji Nuan opened her eyes and saw a kind old woman walking towards her with porridge. The surrounding furnishings are dilapidated, and even the roof is made of wool and grass.
Ji Nuan got up and looked around and asked, "Mother-in-law, where is this, where is Song Wangchen?"
"This is my house, come girl, drink the porridge while it's hot!" said the old woman and handed the porridge over again.
Ji Nuan took it and looked at the porridge with some meat foam and green onions floating on the porridge. Smelling the aroma, she tasted it, it tasted good, and then asked: "Mother-in-law, who sent me here, are you living alone?"
"Yes, my wife lives alone, and a very handsome young man sent you here, and he has just left."
"Leave? Is he not smiling, holding a sword in his hand"?
"What sword? I don't see any sword! But he looks cold, but I can tell he cares about you, and he watched you all night last night!
The old woman carefully took out a pistol from her arms and handed it to Ji Nuan.
Ji Nuan took the gun and put the porridge aside, and immediately put on his shoes and chased out.
She was sure that she was not mistaken, it must have been Song Wangchen who saved her, she came to the courtyard and shouted loudly: "Song Wangchen, I know you didn't leave, you came out! Why are you avoiding me? Song Wangchen..."
Ji Nuan screamed several times but no one answered, she suddenly collapsed and squatted on the ground holding her head and crying, she didn't know what was wrong with her, since she came to this world, she has become more and more crying.
Song Wangchen had been hiding behind a big tree and watching her every move, and wanted to rush up to comfort her when he saw this. But thinking of her words, 'Don't you appear in front of me again,' he resisted the urge to stand still.
At this time, the old woman walked behind Ji Nuan, patted her back gently, and comforted: "Don't be sad, girl, the old woman can see that he cares about you, if there is any misunderstanding, just say it, don't live to understand it until you are old like me."
The old woman seemed to remember something, and tears glistened in her eyes.
Ji Nuan stopped crying, stood up and wiped her tears and said, "Mother-in-law, thank you!
"Hey...", the old woman seemed to have something to say, but she shook her head when she looked at Ji Nuan's back as she walked away.
Ji Nuan didn't take a few steps before she saw the figure of Cheng Xiaorou and his party walking towards her.
Ru Qin was the first to run over to say hello, and behind her were smiling Cheng Xiaorou, Ru Mu, as well as Zhu Changqin, Li Qingyuan, and a group of Duxi disciples with disgusted expressions.
"Senior sister, why are you here?" Ji Nuan swept away the previous melancholy, and Cheng Xiaorou smiled and spoke.
It turned out that when they passed through Baili Town, Cheng Xiaorou looked at a jade hairpin and stopped. The jade hairpin is snow-white, and a phoenix on it is lifelike, but the eyes are decorated with two night pearls, which is a first-class product at first glance.
Seeing this, the vendor immediately flattered: "Girl, you really have a vision, this is a high-grade jade hairpin, and it is a perfect match for a beauty like a girl."
Zhu Changqin immediately asked: "How to sell this pearl hairpin, I want it."
Cheng Xiaorou had no choice but to leave, she already knew Zhu Changqin's intentions, so she didn't want to entangle with him.
"Senior sister", Zhu Changqin didn't wait for the vendor to finish speaking, then dropped the silver money, took the jade hairpin and chased after him.
Suddenly, a little girl stood in front of Cheng Xiaorou, pulled the corner of her clothes and said, "Sister, beautiful sister, there is a brother who asked me to give this to you." She raised her head and stared at Cheng Xiaorou with big eyes.
Cheng Xiaorou opened the note and saw that it read: 'Ji Nuan is in Shili Village, go quickly', without signature and no reason.
"Little sister, who gave this to you"?
"Big brother, a good-looking big brother".
Cheng Xiaorou looked at her innocent look, knowing that she couldn't ask anything, she still decided to go to the appointment.
"Senior sister, this is for you." Zhu Changqin handed the jade hairpin to her and said with a smile.
"Senior brother, Senior Sister Ji may have something, I have to go and take a look." Cheng Xiaorou didn't take the jade hairpin, turned around and walked towards Shili Village, and Ruqin Rumu followed.
"Senior sister, what happened, why are you so anxious, could it be some conspiracy?"
"In any case, just check it out". Cheng Xiaorou did not stop and continued to move forward.
Zhu Changqin reluctantly put away the jade hairpin, followed her footsteps, and secretly blamed Ji Nuan for ruining his good deeds.
"That's how it happened, and we don't know who asked us to come." Ru Qin told what had happened.
Ji Nuan guessed that it must have been a letter sent by Song Wangchen, he didn't want to see him, and he felt even more sad when he thought of it.
"Senior sister, did something happen to you, why are your eyes red?" Cheng Xiaorou touched Ji Nuan's face and said distressedly.
"No, how could it be, I'm fine."
Seeing that she was the only one, Ru Mu asked, "Why didn't you see Tang Yanyan and Jiang Yu, didn't you go to Xuancheng together?"
Ji Nuan prevaricated: "We are separated."
Cheng Xiaorou saw that she didn't want to say, so she didn't ask anymore, but she was surprised in her heart who the person who sent the letter was.
"Then where are you going?" Ji Nuan took Cheng Xiaorou's hand and asked, that was the only way to make her feel warm.
"I was originally going to Qinzhou, but now I have reached the realm of Xuancheng, so it's better to go to Xuancheng to have a look!"
Zhu Changqin immediately proposed: "Senior sister, I heard that there have been frequent disappearances of cultivators in Qinzhou for no reason recently, and I think that Mo Yun must have done nothing, let's go to Qinzhou to have a look!"
Li Qingyuan echoed: "Yes, senior sister, everything is fine in Xuancheng, and there is no point in us going, it is better to go to Qinzhou to have a look."
"Senior sister, I want to go to Xuancheng, I heard that it is the most prosperous, and I don't know if the people there are very rich"?
Ji Nuan remembered that Tang Yanyan was reluctant to go to Yueyang with him, so it was better to go to Qinzhou first, maybe there was a way to go back!"Senior sister, let's go to Qinzhou! Although Xuancheng is good, after all, it is for training."
"It's okay, then go to Qinzhou to have a look." As soon as Cheng Xiaorou spoke, everyone headed towards Qinzhou.
Along the way, Ji Nuan and a few people talked and laughed, but she didn't feel bored, even if she occasionally looked at Shangzhu Changqin's impatient gaze, she didn't care.
Two days later, everyone came to a 'Laifu Inn' in Qinzhou to rest. Xiao Er greeted him and asked, "What do the guest officers want to eat?"
"If you have anything delicious here, serve it all!" Ru Qin opened her mouth unceremoniously, her face full of smiles, this Qinzhou was far more lively than she imagined, and her heart was naturally happy.
"Okay, I'll go." Xiao Er ran briskly towards the kitchen.
A few people were chatting happily, but they all fell silent when they heard the conversation at the table next to them.
I saw a strong man with a stubble on his face take the lead in speaking: "I heard that another cultivator disappeared yesterday, this is the first time this month?"
A skinny man next to him continued, "Who knows?
A young man who looked like a scholar next to him disdainfully spoke: "Hmph, Mo Mansion has long been a matter of people, since the old sect master left, although this Mo Yun is called the sect master, he is actually a waste without any cultivation."
"Jiaqing can't say nonsense, if you let someone with a heart listen to it, I'm afraid that you will get into trouble." The bearded man looked around and spoke in a low voice.
The young man named Jiaqing didn't care, and continued: "Big brother, what are you afraid of, if he does something, why are so many cultivators missing in Qinzhou, but he is just a person who betrayed his master, and he is not worthy of being in charge of Qinzhou at all."
The little man was also a little angry and said: "That is, I heard that Mo Yun only knows how to play the piano, paint, and the big and small things of the Mo Mansion all day long, and Mo Feng is in charge, such a person is indeed not worthy of being the sect master."
"What's more, I heard that he is in a hurry to prepare for marriage recently, this Qinzhou chaos, as the sect master, actually remembered the matter of his children, it is really... Hey". Jiaqing shook his head and sighed, looking like he hated iron but not steel.
"Okay, you two, in the final analysis, these are the affairs of their immortal family, and they have nothing to do with us people, so we don't care so much."
"Big brother's words are wrong, if the immortal family can't protect themselves, how can we people live in peace, and I don't know when Duxi will intervene in this matter."
When Jiaqing said this, Zhu Changqin couldn't hold back and walked over and asked, "This son, what you just said is true"?
When the three of them saw him holding a sword in his hand, they guessed that he must be a cultivator, but none of them had ever worn a Dusk Creek school uniform, so a few people didn't know that he was what they called a disciple of Dusk Creek.
"Childe, you are also cultivators! This Qinzhou has not been peaceful recently, I think it is better for you to leave quickly, otherwise I don't know what will happen." The little man also spoke to convince him.
Zhu Changqin said disdainfully: "Leave, I came for this, I want to see what kind of demon dares to attack the idea of cultivators."
The bearded man shook his head and sighed: "Childe, you don't know, there have been a few monks like you in this Qinzhou, all of them came because of this, but in the end they all disappeared, and even the corpses were not found."
"Is it possible that they just left Qinzhou, and there is no so-called disappearance?" Ji Nuan interjected after hearing their conversation.
Jiaqing immediately responded: "Absolutely not, if there are two people or two, it may be as the girl said, but there are currently twenty or thirty people like this, is there such a coincidence in the world?"
"Senior Sister Ji, are you thinking about things too simply, I think there must be demons at work." Zhu Changqin's words were full of dissatisfaction with Ji Nuan.
"What Childe said is extremely true, but I don't know why this demon picks cultivators to attack? Jiaqing's words were full of admiration for Song Wangchen, but this just touched Zhu Changqin's weakness.
"Hmph, I have a lot of people in Duxi, and he Song Wangchen is nothing."
When the three of them heard this, they realized that their group was a disciple of Dusk Creek, and the bearded man immediately stood up and saluted: "It turned out to be the Immortal Master of Dusk Creek, but we were clumsy."
"It doesn't have to be that way, you may tell me where the monk last disappeared yesterday, so we can go and see it again."
"Of course, I heard that yesterday..."
Several people continued to talk about it, Ji Nuan didn't want to listen to it anymore, Cheng Xiaorou and they would definitely be able to solve these things, but they couldn't solve them overnight. I can't spend it here, I still have to leave first, "Senior sister, do you think this matter will be done by demons?"
Cheng Xiaorou was still puzzled by the person who sent the letter, and only came to her senses when she heard Ji Nuan's question, "No matter what it is, as long as you find it, you will not tolerate it."
Xiao Er only brought the dishes to the table at this time, "Ladies and gentlemen, all the good dishes in this restaurant have been served, I don't know if there are any other instructions"?
"Prepare a few wings, we will stay here for a while."
"Okay"! Xiao Er immediately went to prepare when he heard this.
Zhu Changqin had finished asking and returned to the table and said, "Senior sister, as the three of them said, these monks disappeared in different places, but they all disappeared at night, it seems that tonight is very critical, you must be careful."
"Naturally, so is the senior brother", Cheng Xiaorou complied, but these words were more concerned in Zhu Changqin's ears, and he was secretly happy in his heart.
"Xiao Er, prepare two upper rooms, and some good wine and food", Tang Yanyan ordered as soon as he stepped into the inn. He was followed by Jiang Yu, and in the past two days, he had no intention of looking for Ji Nuan, but knew that Cheng Xiaorou had arrived in Qinzhou, so he found it all the way here.
As soon as he entered the room, he saw Cheng Xiaorou's figure, and immediately said excitedly: "Senior sister, you are also here, what a coincidence."
He walked over to Cheng Xiaorou as he spoke, and the smile on Zhu Changqin's face disappeared immediately when he saw the two of them.