Chapter two hundred and ninety-ninth night exploring the ancestral temple
March was just beginning, and the night in the capital was still slightly chilly. Young Master Liu, who had been bored in the study for a long time, walked out with a baggage when the night got darker.
After a while, Liu Mingzhi appeared outside Qi Ya's boudoir with the baggage in his hand. He raised his hand and knocked gently on the door. After the knock on the door, Qi Ya's slightly unclear voice came from the boudoir.
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"Who's at the door?"
"Sister Ya, this is your husband."
"Husband? Just wait a minute. I'm wearing a coat and will open the door for you."
The rustling sounds of dressing in the boudoir clearly reached Liu Mingzhi's ears. After a while, Qi Ya opened the door and yawned again and again and looked at Young Master Liu.
"Husband, it's already so late at night, why haven't you rested yet?"
"My husband just came out of the study after finishing his business. Sister Ya, this girl Lingyun didn't sleep with you today, did she?"
Qi Ya reached out and rubbed her cheeks to wake herself up, then turned towards the bed behind the screen and pursed her lips: "Unfortunately, Lingyun insists on making a fuss about sleeping with me today.
What's wrong? Husband, are you looking for a concubine? Or are you looking for Lingyun?"
Liu Mingzhi picked up the bag and took out a night jacket and handed it to Qi Ya: "Sister Ya asked you to go out to do something for her husband. You can ask the maid to take care of Ling Yun later, and then you put on the night jacket."
Yi is waiting for her husband at the back door.
The husband will be over in about fifteen minutes at most, so try not to wake Ling Yun up."
Qi Ya looked at the night clothes handed to her by her husband and instantly lost all sleep. She looked at her husband with tender peach blossom eyes and nodded cautiously.
"I understand, let's meet at the back door later."
"Okay, it's a cold night outside. Sister Ya, don't forget to wear more clothes to keep warm. I'll go to Yun Shu's place first."
"Well, I'm sorry for you."
Liu Mingzhi nodded slightly, turned around with his baggage and rushed to the courtyard where Wenren Yunshu lived.
After about a cup of tea, Liu Mingzhi repeated what he had said to Qi Ya to Wenren Yunshu, who was also awakened from his sleep. He handed the night clothes to the beauty and then turned around again.
Qinglian’s residence.
After another cup of tea, Liu Mingzhi and Qinglian changed into night clothes in Qinglian's boudoir and rushed to the back door of Liu Mansion together.
Liu Mingzhi silently approached the backyard door and knocked gently.
"Sister Ya? Yunshu?"
"Husband?"
"It's me. You two, my husband and Lian'er will come out soon."
"Okay, there's no one outside now, you can just come out."
Liu Mingzhi waved to Qinglian, who was hiding in the dark about a dozen steps away. The couple looked at each other and immediately used Qing Kung Fu to climb over the wall.
Outside the back door, two sisters, Qi Ya and Wenren Yunshu, saw the figures of Liu and Dashao and immediately gathered over.
"Husband, sister Lian'er."
"Sister Ya, sister Yun Shu."
"Husband, what happened?"
"Yes! What do you plan to do by calling the three concubines and sisters out together?"
"I am also curious."
Liu Mingzhi looked at the curious and surprised eyes of the three beauties, raised the mask on his chin to cover his face, and then gestured in the direction of the west of the city.
"Go to the ancestral temple."
The three sisters looked stunned and asked in unison: "Why are you going to the ancestral temple so late at night?"
"Go and check the whereabouts of the spies. I got the information not long ago. Now a large number of spies are gathering in the ancestral temple. I don't know the purpose of these spies gathering, so I plan to take you to investigate for yourself.
"
The pretty faces of the three beauties changed, and they nodded solemnly: "I understand, let's set off."
Liu Mingzhi rolled his neck and glanced around the Liu Mansion with sharp eyes: "Maybe we are already under the surveillance of spy agents, maybe we are not yet.
No matter what, be careful and go to the ancestral temple to have a look first, then let’s get going!”
"Um!"
The three beauties nodded in agreement without hesitation, used Qing Gong and followed Young Master Liu quietly into the night.
Under the starry night, the four of them, Liu Dashao and his wife, were avoiding the armed guards patrolling the streets, and at the same time they were conducting reconnaissance to see if there were any spy agents following them. After rising and falling, they finally arrived in Huaiming.
Around the Li Clan Ancestral Temple in Fang.
The four of them quietly hid their figures behind the high wall diagonally facing the main hall of the ancestral temple, and cautiously scanned the brightly lit courtyard.
The size of the Li family's ancestral temple is no less than the size of the clan mansion next door. After all, the ancestral temple houses the tablets of the Li family's emperors throughout the dynasties. If the size is too small, it will lose the face of the Li family's royal family.
Except for the sacrificial ceremony, few people set foot here on weekdays in the ancestral temple, even the Li family members. After all, this is the place where the ancestral tablets are enshrined. No one will easily come here to disturb them unless there is something special.
The spirits of the ancestors in the past generations were unreasonably called unworthy descendants.
But even if people don't often come in and out of the Li family temple, there are still hundreds of clan guards patrolling around the hall day after day, year after year, to show respect for the ancestors of all generations.
"Husband, except for the clan guards who patrolled back and forth, I didn't see anyone else. Are you sure the news you got is true?
Are there really a large number of spy agents gathering in the ancestral temple in recent days?"
"Sister Ya is right. I have not observed anyone other than the palace guards. However, it is hard to say whether there will be anyone hiding in the main hall and in the side halls and wing rooms around the main hall.
It would be nice if I could go in and check out the situation."
Wenren Yunshu also quietly came over: "I'm afraid it's not easy to get in! The patrol density of the guards of these sect mansions seems to be normal on the surface, but in fact they are tight inside and loose outside, and they are wandering around each other.
There was no gap left for us to enter the main hall.
Moreover, there will most likely be hidden piles under the eaves around the main hall. It seems impossible to use Qinggong to touch them down from the sky. However, if you only observe the situation from the outside, you can't see anything wrong.
Once the traces are accidentally exposed, it’s time to alert the snake.”
Liu Mingzhi nodded thoughtfully while listening to the calm analysis of the three ladies' internal power transmission, and gently pulled out the telescope from his sleeves to observe the inside of the courtyard.
After a moment, Young Master Liu frowned slightly and put down the telescope in his hand: "Shu'er is right, it is indeed loose on the outside and tight on the inside. The guards of these sects all have good foundations. If you want to avoid them,
It's not impossible to get in quietly, but it's just very difficult.
The criss-crossing trees and bushes in the courtyard are all neatly constructed, and there is no hiding place at all. If you forcefully sneak in, the possibility of exposing your whereabouts and alerting others is too high."
"Then what should we do? Should we just wait outside and see if any spy agents will come out?"
"That's not true, but the tighter the defense inside, the more something is wrong inside. I even have some doubts about whether these patrolling guards are the real guards of the clan."
"Husband, do you mean that these patrolling clan guards might be spy agents pretending to be secret agents?"
"It's not impossible. The spy's real home base is in this ancestral temple. Although the shadow masters and others moved to other places to hide in large numbers after the fall of the Li Dynasty, it's not necessarily that there are no manpower left in the ancestral temple.
However, only people from the Zongren Mansion can recognize whether these palace guards are real palace guards, but my husband cannot go to the Zongren Mansion to ask the Zong Ling Li Chengbai about this in a big way.
Now I can only watch Lian'er's."
Qi Ya, Wenren Yunshu's pretty face was startled at first, and then seemed to react.
"Little dragon?"
"Yes, if humans can't touch it, snakes should be able to touch it. Xiaolong just needs to make sure there are no people in the houses."
Qinglian smiled lightly at Liu Mingzhi and nodded, took out a pill from her waist and sent it to her cuff. In the blink of an eye, Xiaolong spit out the snake letter and got out of Qinglian's cuff and took the pill from Qinglian's hand.
Swallowed it into his mouth.
"Xiaolong, it's time to move around after eating. You can follow the corner of the courtyard wall for a while..."
Young Master Liu, who was watching Qing Lian talking to Xiao Long in a low voice, suddenly felt a chill running down his spine. Out of instinct, Young Master Liu pushed Qing Lian and the others to both sides, lifted the scabbard of the Heavenly Sword and pointed towards them.
Block behind him.
The moment Young Master Liu raised the Heavenly Sword and turned around to block, an arrow with a letter tied to the shaft and a shimmering cold light accurately hit the scabbard of the Heavenly Sword, and there was a sharp and crisp sound.
"Who's out there?"
Liu Mingzhi grabbed the remaining arrow and nodded to the three beauties, then jumped into the dim night.
After two sticks of incense, in Qinglian's boudoir in the inner courtyard of the Liu Mansion, Liu and his wife took off the veils on their faces nervously.
"Sir, who is attacking us from behind?"
Liu Mingzhi shook his head solemnly, raised the feather arrow in his hand and gestured to the three beauties.
"envelope?"
Liu Mingzhi directly untied the envelope from the arrow shaft, took out the letter and put it in front of the lit candle.
"Your Majesty, the film owner asked me to give you a piece of advice. There is no need to waste your efforts. When the time comes, we will meet again."