At midnight that night, in the guest room of the side courtyard of Chongtian Temple.
"There's something wrong with this Taoist temple!" Zhao Yu said to Xu Zun and others, "I haven't seen many people offering incense, but if the Taoist temple can be built so big, is it because of external wealth?
"There are several corridor courtyards and pavilion gardens that I entered. I made a silent calculation before. If I walked in them, I might get lost!
"And that horse," Zhao Yu added, "it's the Jade Zhao Lion Horse. You can afford it for more than five hundred taels of silver!"
"I don't think something is right either," Huo Anu nodded and said, "I always feel that these Taoist priests have a gangster spirit in them, and they look at people with dirty eyes."
"Brother Xu..." Lu Mingyue listened to the discussion between the two and asked Xu Zun, "What do you think? Should we ask them about Lu Xiaofeng's family?"
Before Xu Zun could speak, Zhao Yu continued to speak to Lu Mingyue.
"Miss Lu, you'd better be mentally prepared," he reminded. "Even if there are problems with this Taoist temple, it does not mean that it is related to the disappearance of Lu Xiaofeng's family!"
"Oh?" Lu Mingyue asked, "Why?"
"Nine members of Lu Xiaofeng's family disappeared mysteriously. Would anyone who could do such a thing be stupid enough to ride a jade-shined lion horse and wear Shifang boots to withdraw money from the Wude Bank? The one he took was from the Lu Family Bookstore.
Voucher?"
"What...what do you mean?" Lu Mingyue said anxiously, "Are you saying that we are looking in the wrong direction?"
"Also, as luck would have it," Zhao Yu added, "just when we were trying to fully investigate the disappearance of Lu Xiaofeng's family, this person came out to withdraw money?
"Also...then the fire in Lu's bookstore, if it was really just about money, why did they burn down the bookstore?"
"Oh," Lu Mingyue looked at Xu Zun anxiously, "Brother Xu, why didn't you tell these things earlier? Doesn't this mean that our investigation direction is wrong?"
"No, this is not necessarily the case!" Xu Zun picked up the tea cup, smelled the tea, and said calmly, "It is precisely because there was a person pretending to be a Taoist priest who went to the bank to withdraw money, and he also rode a jade-zhao lion horse, that I felt that this person should be
Maybe they’re providing us with clues!”
"Ah? You mean..." Lu Mingyue became more and more confused, "The person who withdraws the money is not a bad person?"
"Don't be anxious," Xu Zun advised, "wait patiently, maybe our trip will not be nothing!"
Dangdangdang...
At this time, someone knocked on the door outside. When they opened it, it turned out to be two little Taoist priests in the Taoist temple. They both held thick quilts in their arms.
"Dear good lords, the weather is too cold, senior brother asked us to give you some quilts!"
"Thank you, thank you very much!"
Huo Anu quickly stood up and took the quilt.
"If that's not enough," one of the little Taoist priests said, "just tell us, we'll be in the room with the lights on at the far end!"
"Thank you, um..." Xu Zun suddenly asked the young Taoist priest directly, "Taoist priest, we want to ask you about someone. Do you remember him?"
"Oh?" The little Taoist priest was surprised and asked quickly, "Who are you asking about?"
"My friend's family of nine went to Chongtian Temple three months ago to offer incense and fulfill his vows," Xu Zun asked, "I don't know, have you seen them?"
"Oh?" The little Taoist priest frowned, "A family of nine? Three months ago? This..."
While the little Taoist priest was reminiscing, Zhao Yu suddenly stood up and asked: "Oh, I need to urinate, I need to urinate, may I ask, little master, where is the toilet?"
"Turn right when you go out. It's behind the firewood shed." Another person warned.
"A family of nine," Xu Zun continued to describe, "three girls and six boys. Among them is a girl who is about the same age as my lady and is extremely beautiful!"
"This..." the little Taoist priest shook his head and said, "This good lord, there are so many people who come to our Chongtian Temple to burn incense, and most of them come together as a family! It was three months ago again, and I really have no impression of it.
ah……"
While talking, the little Taoist priest kept staring at Lu Mingyue, with a deliberate light flashing in his eyes.
"Oh, yes, it has indeed been a long time!" Xu Zun shook his head.
"In this case, we won't disturb you good lords!" After saying that, the two little Taoist priests bowed their heads and left the house.
"Brother Xu..." Lu Mingyue paused for a few seconds, then stared at Xu Zun and said, "Did I smell it wrong? Why does this little Taoist priest have the scent of rouge on his body?"
"Really?" Huo Anu smelled the quilt and thought it was the smell on the quilt.
"Okay, there is progress!" Xu Zun smiled faintly, "Not only these two little Taoist priests, but all the people in this Taoist temple we have seen before have the scent of rouge on their bodies, and they are also different."
"This..." Lu Mingyue asked nervously, "Is there really something wrong with this Chongtian Temple?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the door opened and Wei Beihui came in from the outside.
"Miss, Xu Tixing," Wei Bei replied, "I just came back from Chenyuan Hall. I found out that the current temple master of Chongtian Temple is called Yuyangzi, and the Taoist priests in the temple call him Yuyang Zhenren!
"This person is not Taoist Master Xu Tianyou's disciple, but his fellow disciple."
Real person Yuyang?
Xu Zun smacked his lips secretly. This name sounds very familiar. Is there a real Yuyang in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"? Or is it some other martial arts novel?
"Taoist Master Wei," Lu Mingyue asked hurriedly, "do you think there is anything wrong with this Taoist temple?"
"It doesn't mean it exists, but if you say it doesn't exist..." Wei Bei replied and said, "This Taoist temple is almost completely different from when I came here more than ten years ago, and some of their rules seem to have changed as well.
!
"I noticed that the ritual objects on the sutra altar were crooked and the tributes were placed in the wrong order. Also, Xuanming Hall is a sacred place, but I found someone laughing and joking from behind the stone pillars.
"Of course," Wei Bei replied, "they also have many laxities in the rituals and kowtows, which would never have happened in the time of Taoist Master Xu!"
"Taoist Master Wei," Lu Mingyue reminded, "we just smelled that some Taoist priests smell of women's rouge."
"Oh?" Wei Bei replied in surprise, "This... Pindao didn't smell it, but... but..."
"But what?" Lu Mingyue pressed.
"Pindao has been practicing Qing Dynasty since he was a child, and his hearing is different from ordinary people," Wei Beihui said hesitantly, "On the way to Chen Yuan Hall, I seemed to hear a woman crying faintly!"
"What?"
Everyone was shocked, and Lu Mingyue hurriedly asked: "Did you hear it correctly? This is not a women's Taoist temple, so where can a woman's voice come from?"
"I'm not sure," Wei Bei replied, "Looking at the direction, it sounds like it's coming from behind Chen Yuan Hall!"
"Shh!" Huo Anu suddenly signaled everyone to be silent.
Squeak...
The door was gently pushed open, and it was Zhao Yu who walked in who was going to the toilet.
"Master Xu," Zhao Yu said slightly nervously, "our method of asking for directions seems to have worked. I saw the two little Taoist priests running towards the backyard in a panic. They should have reported to their superiors!
"It's a pity that there are people guarding the backyard, so I can't follow him!"
It turned out that this was all arranged by Xu Zun and Zhao Yu in advance, and Zhao Yu was not going to the toilet at all.
"Ah?" Lu Mingyue became excited instantly, "Could it be that... Xiaofeng's family has really been here?
"Daoist Master Wei..." Lu Mingyue glanced at Xu Zun first, and then begged Wei Bei, "You have great martial arts skills. I wonder...can you go over and check it out?"
