Chapter 79 Night Visit
After the sound of the piano, the cold singing made Xue Chongxun feel that the temperature on this autumn night suddenly dropped a little.
In my memories, I remember that when I was a child, I grew up in various ghost stories, such as Grandma Xiong. When I was young, he believed it without doubt. Later, after studying and being educated, a complete systematic worldview made him think that he understood the true nature of all things in the world. But after more experience, he was shaken again.
Even Newton, a scientist, devoted himself to theology in his later years. All things in the world are so vast that every theory is just a single word? After all, the knowledge of ordinary people is limited.
Xue Chongxun looked down and saw that the floor was covered in blood. It was a piano score written by Yu Liben. The blood made Xue Chongxun feel even more strange, and the atmosphere around him became more gloomy.
Yu Liben's courage made Xue Chongxun admire him very much. He actually said, "Xue Lang, the miscellaneous people follow the sound and see how?"
Even though Xue Chongxun is very brave, he has long been accustomed to the glorious lights of the prosperous life. Suddenly, he was in such a quiet and dark environment, and could not help but feel a little palpitations and said in a daze: "We are guests, and we may be rude to wander around in the middle of the night."
Yu Liben said angrily: "The family will go and have a look alone."
Xue Chongxun was a little hesitant. He had a sense of fear of the unknown, but the more he did this, the more he wanted to see it. He couldn't guess what a person was thinking. He thought for a while and shouted, "Sanniang..."
Sanniang pushed the door and clasped her fists and said, "What are you doing to give me?"
Xue Chongxun stood up and said, "Let's accompany Eunuch Yu to see what's going on. Be careful and don't let the Taoists see it, as it's hard to explain it at that time."
The three of them thought about it and walked out of the guest room without taking the lantern. Yu Liben ordered the eunuch to guard here again, and then they followed the singing just now and went through darkness. At this time, the sound of the piano stopped, and the silence returned to the night sky, without even a sound.
There was no moonlight tonight, the light was dim, and this temple was also frugal, and there were no street lights in the yard. The lights were on on the star tower behind, and most of the other houses were dark. Xue Chongxun couldn't see the road with deep and shallow feet, and it was very difficult to walk. At this time, he found that Sanniang was walking very naturally. Not only was he very impressed, he whispered: "Sanniang, can you see the road?"
"By the feeling." Sanniang said lightly.
Xue Chongxun then stretched out his hand to fumble in front for a while, grabbed Sanniang's hand, feeling her hand shrinking slightly instinctively, but then stopped again, letting Xue Chongxun grab it. His little hand was cold and there was not even a trace of heat, and Xue Chongxun's heart became more and more strange.
After walking for a while, Sanniang turned around and said, "There is a wall ahead, and there is no road."
Yu Liben walked up and groped the wall and looked around. There were no buildings on the wall. Except for the dark, it was suspected to be a small house in the pavilion, there were only things like trees, rocks, and probably the courtyard where the guest room was located was a garden. Yu Liben said: "Judge the distance from the previous sound, it is estimated that it is on the other side of the wall. Let's look for if there is a door."
The light was too dark, and the three of them touched the wall for a long time but couldn't find where the door was. So Xue Chongxun proposed to climb the wall. When he climbed over the wall, he felt inexplicably excited. Perhaps he recalled the situation of climbing over the wall and going out to play in his study days. He was expecting and worried, and his heart was fluttering, and he felt so similar.
The walls were completely different. After climbing over the wall, I found that the houses here were low but compact, not as desolate as the guest room. There were several rooms with lights on. Xue Chongxun whispered: "How can you know where the piano sounds are made in so many rooms? Unless you can still hear them."
At this moment, a woman suddenly shouted in a voice: "Who is it!" Xue Chongxun was shocked. When she turned around, she saw a female Taoist priest in jealous clothes, holding a sword in her hand.
Xue Chongxun blurted out: "Oh no, I've been discovered, it's embarrassing!"
The female Taoist priest's shout had just passed, and a moment later a door opposite the room opened. The Taoist priest Yuqing was standing at the door. She had changed her clothes and was wearing a white long dress. Unfortunately, the lights were very dim. She turned her back to the lights in the room. Her face was not very clear, and she was a melon-shaped face.
He just shouted that the female Taoist priest took a lantern and walked forward a few steps. Xue Chongxun and others were behind him. Now it was too late to climb back to climb the wall. The lights were approaching, and they were completely exposed. Seeing this, Taoist Yuqing asked in a little anger and confusion: "Eunuch Yu, what do you mean by touching the inner house of the civic temple in the middle of the night? Everyone living here is a female Taoist!"
Yu Liben was extremely embarrassed and blushed and said, "The family heard a sound of piano and was very curious..." Xue Chongxun and Sanniang looked at each other. This fact was a loss of identity tonight.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a delicate voice shouted with a surprise tone: "Xue Lang!"
Before Xue Chongxun could react, why did anyone know him in a new Taoist temple? He used to be in Chang'an and rarely left Beijing except in Hedong. At this time, a white-haired girl had already emerged from the Yuqing Taoist nun's room... Who wasn't Bai Wuchang?
"You know me?" Yuqing Taoist nun asked coldly. But Bai Wuchang didn't have time to pay attention to Yuqing, and walked out straight out and said to Xue Chongxun with a smile: "Ha, what a coincidence, why did Xue Lang come to Shangqing Temple? Is this fate?" While saying that, he glanced at Sanniang next to him.
At this time, Sanniang realized that Xue Chongxun was still holding her hand, her face turned red, and she hurriedly pulled out her hand and carried it behind her back.
Xue Chongxun was stunned for a moment and suddenly said, "By the way, the person you are going to catch tonight by those unidentified people in the martial arts world!"
"Isn't that?" Bai Wuchang pretended to be pitiful and raised his mouth and said, "Those people are so cruel. There are secret agents from various passes who want to arrest me. Now, the people on the dock are also dissatisfied with me. I almost have no place to go..."
If Xue Chongxun wasn't nearly stabbed to death by this woman in the City God Temple before, looking at her appearance, Xue Chongxun would have really believed that she was a cute weak woman.
Seeing this, Taoist Yuqing at the door said stiffly: "It's so late, don't yell in the yard. Since you are an acquaintance, come in and talk."
Xue Chongxun turned around and said to Yu Liben: "We've come here. Let's go in and sit down. Eunuch Yu can also ask if the sound of the piano is played by this white girl. She should be able to tune."
So a few people walked towards the room and approached. Xue Chongxun saw clearly the appearance of the Taoist nun Yuqing. She was really very pure and beautiful. Her face was pointed and her chin was as pure as a spring. Compared with her, Bai Wuchang's face was rounder and she looked childish... Just looking at her appearance.
Five people stood in the room, two "male" and three women. Xue Chongxun looked at the room casually. There was a copper tripod in the middle, and there was a blue smoke from the hole on the lid, and there was charcoal fire underneath, as if it was an alchemy stove. The decorations around were also simple and elegant, with swords, whisks, paintings and other objects, and the most were various ancient books. I don’t know if the bamboo slips on the table were antiques dug out of the tomb.
Bai Wuchang smiled and said, "I was almost caught in Ruzhou last time. If Xue Lang hadn't let me go, I would definitely not have been to Luoyang. Xue Lang was so kind to save his life, and I was also wondering how to repay him, or to promise him?"
As soon as this statement came out, except for Sanniang, who had known Bai Wuchang for a long time, who was still calm, everyone else was stunned. Yu Liben glanced at Xue Chongxun, probably thinking that Bai Wuchang was his lover. Xue Chongxun himself understood that although this woman was not a sweet-mouthed sword, she must be a thorny flower.
The Yuqing Taoist nun had some hostility in her eyes... Xue Chongxun thought to herself when she saw this, and her heart was full of speculations. He hurriedly said, "Miss Bai is joking too much, you and I are at most acquaintances. But if you are desperate and work in my account, I will definitely treat you well."
Bai Wuchang said coquettishly: "When you talk about this, I was just about to ask you! Last time I revealed a clue to you. I originally thought that you would be in charge of Dongshi Inn when you were going back to Chang'an. You should have asked someone to investigate so quickly... and even instructed me to kill that person? It made me unprepared in a hurry and almost lost my foothold in the world! Did you deliberately harm me like this and force me to be your subordinate?"
"Is someone dead?" Xue Chongxun was also a little surprised.
Chapter completed!