The maid led Tang Yue to the other side of the hill, where there was a small lake. This place was hidden from everyone. If the monks did not use the technique of leaving the body, they would not be able to hear what they had to say.
The maid looked around, as if to see if anyone was following her. Tang Yue said directly: "No need to look, no one is following, it's just the two of us here."
The maid's face turned a little pale. She didn't know what Tang Yue meant, so she could only bite the bullet and continue, stumbling and saying, "Miss Tang, do you know that my lady has an engagement with Master Ji, the young master of the palace?"
"I heard someone say it in a casual conversation." She had already forgotten who she heard it from.
The maid felt a little unhappy. Is this just a casual chat after dinner? "Since you know, please keep your distance from Palace Master Ji. He is a man who is engaged."
Tang Yue looked at the maid who was taller than him, "Do you think these words are appropriate for a child like me?"
"The monk is precocious and wise. Your qualifications are extraordinary and cannot be compared with an ordinary eleven-year-old child."
Faced with this compliment, she really didn't know whether she should be happy or reprimanded. She said helplessly: "I have not met with Senior Brother Ji as many times as I have met with the Academy Master. Most of the exchanges were about schoolwork and official matters.
, I really don’t know how to keep the distance.”
"But Young Palace Master Ji has only met you, a female cultivator, so many times. Besides, I don't know what happened between you and him in the secret realm. Young Palace Master has always avoided talking about it."
"In short, I'm just a child, still studying in school. Now my mind is full of year-end assessments. My relationship with Senior Brother Ji is just an ordinary fellow practitioner. I don't want to say more about anything else. It's none of my business whether you believe it or not.
Matter." The matter of the secret realm is related to Ji Chongguang's privacy, and she cannot mention it.
If she keeps talking nonsense here, she will not accompany her anymore. She might as well go back to eat. "If there is nothing else, I will go back."
When the little maid saw that she was leaving, she became anxious and said, "I knew you wouldn't agree."
She turned around and jumped into the lake, shouting, "Help, Miss Tang is going to kill someone."
Tang Yue, who was standing on the shore, was speechless. Is this her plan? As she had just said, there was a hill between them and they couldn't hear their voices. The other monks were not bored enough to use their souls to spy on her.
Isn't calling for help in vain?
At this moment, something unexpected happened. Half of its body was exposed on the water. It looked like a big strange fish. It swallowed half of the little maid in one gulp, and then pulled the person and sank to the bottom of the water. Everyone in the lake was stunned.
There was no time to scream.
The accident happened too fast and was a bit outrageous. Tang Yue was stunned for a moment, reacted, hurriedly jumped to the water, used his spiritual power to drag out the strange fish that had not swam far, and pulled it to the shore.
Senior Brother Ji stood behind her and wondered, "How could there be such a big fish in this small lake?" He attacked the belly of the fish, causing the fish to spit out the maidservant, who was already in two pieces.
The strange fish was unusual. It had sharp teeth. When it took the first bite and dragged the person into the water, it had already been broken. The second bite swallowed the upper body.
This matter was too bizarre, Tang Yue hurriedly said to Senior Brother Ji: "I did not do this."
Ji Chongguang took a deep look at her and said, "I was watching from behind just now. It was indeed the little maid who jumped in by herself."
Tang Yue breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, the suspicion was not on her head, otherwise the news would have spread the next day that she was a Nascent Soul cultivator, embarrassing a mortal maid.
Only then did she realize that although the little maid's plan was very crude, it could really hurt her reputation and it was not a useless effort.
Others also came, probably because they hadn't returned for a long time, so they came to take a look. Dongfang Xue saw the maid's body on the ground and said sadly: "Yan'er, how did you become like this?"
Ji Chongguang explained to them what happened here. Everyone looked at the big strange fish still flopping on the ground, which was more than ten meters long. They thought it was very strange. This lake is very small, how could such a big strange fish be born?
Tang Yue remembered that he had learned a kind of divination, which could measure cause and effect and tell who was responsible for the matter.
She took out a piece of white paper, folded it into a small piece, put it in the palm of her hand, recited the mantra silently, and prayed to the gods to show cause and effect.
After a while, her palms felt slightly warm, which was a sign that the divination was successful. When she opened the paper, she saw that it turned out to be the character Luo.
Murong Hai was proficient in divination and knew what she was doing, so he asked: "What does Luo mean? I looked with my third eye, and I only saw that this matter was related to your enemy, and I couldn't see any words."
When Shang Fanling heard this, she looked bad: "Is it the Luo family?"
Tang Yue also guessed the Luo family, "I'm not sure, but what happened is so strange. I didn't suffer any harm."
Murong Hai pondered for a moment, "Don't be careless about this matter. You still have to ask your family to check it out. You also need to ask my master to check it out for you. Come back with me later."
Ruan Ying asked curiously: "Who is your master? Where are you taking your cousin?"
Duan Yitang also looked at Murong Hai curiously. She had asked her father this question. Elder Duan didn't even know the origin of Murong Hai's sect.
Murong Hai opened his folding fan again, "I will tell you when the time is right."
Ruan Ying curled her lips and said, "Oh, you're trying to be mysterious."
Tang Yue sighed, "I'm sorry, everyone. After such a tragedy, the banquet can no longer go on." Now that a life has been lost, they can no longer continue the banquet.
Dongfang Xue went back first with the body of her maid. The maid had served her for several years, and she had some feelings. She really couldn't bear to see her body in such miserable condition, so she wanted to go back and find a way to sew it up and bury it.
Tu Wenzhou comforted him: "It doesn't matter, the food you cook is so good, we must pack it back and enjoy it. Let's get together next time we have a chance."
"Yes, you and Brother Murong should go and investigate quickly. I will bring this strange fish back, which can be regarded as a harvest." Xu Tianwen has been looking at the big strange fish for a long time. He has never seen such a creature. It is worth taking it back to study.
Fan.
They went back to pack. Tang Yue felt very sorry for his little sisters. Because they were busy with schoolwork, they hadn't gotten together with Duan Yitang and Ruan Ying for a long time. They finally went out to play together today. The first half was interrupted by her awkward interpersonal relationships.
In the second half, there was another incident of strange fish hurting people. They definitely didn't have all the fun.
She suggested: "Let's get together tomorrow at Sister Duan's place on Tianwai Peak. There are just a few of us. I made a lot of gadgets and brought them to you."
Sister Duan was very happy, "Okay, my father hasn't seen you for a long time. He even said he missed you the day before yesterday."
Ruan Ying and Shang Fanling both agreed. They also felt that today's banquet was a pity and it would be great to make up for it tomorrow.
As a result, Tang Yue felt less guilty and started to help everyone pack. Except for Dongfang Xue, everyone picked their favorite food and drinks. Even Brother Ji took a lot of the food, and the food was basically distributed.
When going back, Tang Yue wanted to go to Jiuxing Palace and went with Murong Hai. After flying with his sword for a while, he found that Senior Brother Ji had followed him and explained: "I know that Junior Brother Murong's sect often goes to Jiuxing Palace to ask for divination. I
We need to confirm whether this matter was done by evil cultivators."
Murong Hai thought for a while, "It is indeed the duty of the Shangqing Palace to investigate the traces of evil cultivators. He has the right to ask about such things, so he should go with us."
Tang Yue nodded. None of the disciples of Jiuxing Palace had any objections, and she would not raise any objections.
Ji Chongguang flew to her side, "The Luo family is an aristocratic family in Kunwu City, how can they have a grudge against you?"
Tang Yue raised her eyebrows. It seemed that the young master of Shangqing Palace was very familiar with the distribution of power in each city, and actually knew about the Luo family. She talked about what happened with the Luo family in a subtle way, mainly about the matter related to Huiyue, but not about the Luo family.
She said that she asked the fox fairy in the sky to take revenge, but she only speculated that Senior Brother Luo had met with misfortune.
But Ji Chongguang had already guessed that it was Tang Yue who made Senior Brother Luo look like that, but he felt that Tang Yue did nothing wrong. The eldest son of the Luo family was bullying others and murdering people behind their backs. He deserved his own fault for this outcome.