At that time, there was a group of robbers entrenched on a relatively remote mountain called Qi Mountain. However, on this mountain, which was the mountain where He Tang went out to pick herbs during the day, was called He Mountain. At the top of He Mountain was a monk temple. It was said that a wealthy family built a temple here to pray for blessings a long time ago.
Later on, it became a real temple. Every year, the ladies of East County would go there to pray for marriage. There were also many foreigners who came here to pray.
However, a year ago, all the monks in Mount He's temple were killed in a single night. The circumstances of their deaths were extremely horrifying. At that time, it caused dissatisfaction among the people of the entire East County. However, there were no clues or evidence, which put great pressure on the government.
Because in everyone's eyes, the temple was a place for blessings, a place to seek blessings and avoid disasters. Now that such a cruel thing had happened in this place, the people's hearts were naturally unstable.
However, things were far from that. In order to protect the scene, there would be people guarding the temple every night. However, when the next day's shift was over, the person who had been guarding the temple the night before had already died. Moreover, the death was extremely terrifying, just like the monk who had been killed before.
The government increased the security, but tragedies still happened every day. After several officers died, everyone realized the problem. The government brought a large number of officers and soldiers in to search thoroughly, but they still found nothing.
Later, there were rumors that the sound of wooden fish knocking could be heard near the house, and some people even saw white shadows floating nearby.
The more this matter spread, the more mysterious it became. Everyone believed in ghosts and gods. They were curious about this matter but did not dare to violate the taboo. Gradually, no one dared to go there anymore. The temple was also rumored to be a "haunted house".
However, not long after, the bandits who had been entrenched in Mount Qi suddenly wanted to change their hideout for some reason. A large group of people moved to the temple in Mount He in a grandiose manner. Ordinary people did not dare to say anything. The officials turned a blind eye to them and let them go.
However, something even stranger happened. Ever since the bandits entered the haunted house, they never came out again. Later, some brave ones went over to take a look, but they found that there were no bandits inside. In other words, such a large group of people had all disappeared.
This matter became even stranger. Later on, no one dared to go to that haunted house at all. Later on, someone said that they saw something dirty at night. Slowly, no one came out at night.
After saying a lot, He Tang roughly understood the situation in the haunted house. Li Gen saw that it was getting late and did not disturb him anymore. He went out of the room.
"So, you're saying that the last hideout of those people is actually a haunted house?”Ye Meng analyzed.
"That's right." He Tang nodded. He always felt that there must be something wrong. How could the temple that had been massacred overnight become a haunted house? Putting aside whether the legend of the haunted house was true or not, he could conclude that there must be someone else in the haunted house just by looking at the people who were escorting the wooden box.
Thinking back to the few " ghostly shadows " who had ambushed them, they were just a few people disguised with lime powder and chicken blood. This made the problem even bigger. There must be something hidden here.
For example, the things in the box, or other things or people, so these people needed to disguise themselves. But what exactly was it? He Tang couldn't understand.
"Why don't we go again tonight?”Ye Meng raised her head and suggested.
"Hmm?" He Tang, who had been deep in thought, didn't realize what she was talking about. He was stunned for a while before he said worriedly," Is it okay for Miss Ye to go personally?"”
"It's alright." Ye Meng waved her hand heroically and pointed at Qi Lu who was still sleeping." Don't we still have this guy?" Moreover, Doctor He had given him a medicine packet.”As she spoke, she took out the medicine packet in her hand and waved it in front of him.
"Since Miss Ye has already thought it through, then I will go back and prepare first. I will come back later to gather with Miss.”He Tang saw that she was well-prepared and did not seem to have said it casually, so he did not waste any more time and directly left to prepare.
After sending He Tang off, Ye Meng thought for a while and went to the cubicle to change into a light suit. It was a lotus colored top and short skirt. The sleeves were tied tightly with the same color straps, and the bottom was a pair of light thin pants. She wore a pair of soft brown boots with a bow sewn from colorful ribbons. Her hair was tied up in a ponytail as usual. She looked neat, simple, capable, and youthful. It was especially convenient for such careful operations.
After changing, Ye Meng realized that Qi Lu was still sleeping soundly on the bed. She sighed at He Tang's medicine and poured a cup of tea on Qi Lu's face.
"Who is it?" Qi Lu, who was suddenly hit by the cold water, instantly sat up. He pulled out the sword that he was still holding tightly in his hand even though he was unconscious and looked around.
"It's me." Ye Meng put down the cup in her hand and poured away the herbal tea in the teapot." Big Brother, how much longer are you going to sleep? It's getting dark."”
"Is it dark?" Qi Lu got up and opened the window to look outside. He realized that people were still coming and going outside, and it was still early. "Not yet. Could it be that my eyes are playing tricks on me?"”
"I'm just exaggerating. You don't have to take it seriously.”Ye Meng rolled her eyes when she saw Qi Lu's dumbfounded expression. She felt that she was not on the same page as Qi Lu.
"Exaggerated? What exaggeration?" Qi Lu, who had just woken up from his coma, was still a little confused." Oh no, this pretty boy's medicine won't have any side effects, right?"”Qi Lu shook his head, trying to wake himself up.
"Sequela?" Ye Meng was speechless as she mocked," Your brain is already not working well. What does it have to do with other people's medicine?”
"Who knows?" Qi Lu got off the bed and put on his boots. He went to the table to pour some water but realized that Ye Meng had already poured all the water out of the teapot, so he gave up.
"Oh right, where's the pretty boy?" After talking for a long time, Qi Lu realized that He Tang was gone. He asked curiously. "And why are you dressed like this?" As she spoke, she pointed at He Tang's clothes.
"He went back to prepare.”Ye Meng didn't even raise her head." As for me? It's for the convenience of later actions."
"Easy to move? Where are you going?" Qi Lu quickly walked to her side and asked with concern. The danger from yesterday was still fresh in his mind. He didn't want Ye Meng to be in danger once she left his sight.
"Do you want to go explore the haunted house?”Ye Meng whispered into his ear with malicious intentions. Suddenly, she shouted loudly,"If you want to go, quickly change your clothes and get ready!"”
However, Qi Lu did not move like usual this time. Instead, he stood rooted to the ground. "Are you talking about that haunted temple?”
"Yes, I am." Ye Meng nodded, confused by his serious expression." What's wrong?" You know this place too?"
"Well, that place is very dangerous.”Qi Lu nodded. He had heard about this from his brothers who patrolled this area. He heard that that place was very strange. In the end, even the government had no choice but to stop investigating and close the case as an unsolved case.
"The more dangerous the place, the more material there is, you know?”Ye Meng didn't care how scary it was. What she needed to do now was to get more evidence as soon as possible and clarify the mystery.
"But we only need to find the imperial envoy.”Qi Lu still didn't want Ye Meng to take the risk, so he hesitated.
"But if you want to investigate the imperial envoy, you have to start from this haunted house.”Ye Meng knew what he was worried about, but she wouldn't give up such an opportunity. Besides, she wasn't a coward.
"Then I'll go with you." Seeing that she had made up her mind, Qi Lu said," Anyway, as long as I'm by her side to protect her, it should be fine."
"If you don't come, you have to go, okay?”Ye Meng rolled her eyes at him. He made it sound as if he had gone there because of her. Somehow, she owed him another favor.
The sky outside the window gradually darkened. The number of guests in the inn lobby had also decreased like yesterday. In order to avoid the suspicion of the shopkeeper and the waiter, the two of them had already left the door when it was still early.
Before they left, the shopkeeper kindly reminded them to come back early.
The two of them found a random place to eat and then went straight to the place they had agreed on with He Tang. Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, He Tang rushed over from the side of the street when it was dusk.
Like Ye Meng, he had changed into a simple and convenient casual outfit, except that there was an extra brocade bag woven with gold thread at his waist. However, he didn't need to guess to know that there must be some medicinal powder prepared by He Tang inside.
After the three of them met up, they found a place with fewer people and waited for the sky to turn dark, because it would not arouse the suspicion and interference of the people of East County if they went there after dark.
"He Tang, your powder is really powerful.”In his boredom, Qi Lu started talking about his medicinal powder.
"If it were me, I would never mention my embarrassing incident again.”Before He Tang could reply, Ye Meng had already poured a bucket of cold water on his head.
Qi Lu felt bored, but He Tang smiled and said gently," It seems like you two have a good relationship.”
"Of course."
"Impossible!"
Two voices sounded at the same time, one denying and one affirming. This made He Tang want to laugh even more, but there was a hint of loneliness in his smile." I think it's very good." Only those who had a good relationship with him would be so carefree.”
"Tsk." Ye Meng pursed her lips in disdain. Ever since she had been with Qi for so long, her IQ had been forced to drop. She did not want to be on good terms with him.
" Shh..." The two of them wanted to say something, but Qi Lu suddenly made a gesture to keep quiet, signaling them to stop talking.
The three of them immediately fell silent. At this time, the sky had inadvertently darkened, and there were no passersby on the road. Everyone turned off the lights and closed their doors to sleep.
At this moment, the intermittent ringing of bells could be heard from the street not far away. The voice was crisp and pleasant, but in this dark night, the quiet street seemed abnormally strange.
"They're here." Qi Lu whispered. Ye Meng patted his shoulder gently to show that she already knew and he didn't need to repeat himself.
At this moment, the carriage was getting closer and closer, and the bell was getting louder and louder. The person hurriedly hid behind the dark corner of the wall. Under the dim moonlight, he could vaguely see a black shadow passing by.
It was likely that he was in charge of "cleaning up" the people who accidentally saw him.
Seeing the figure appear, Ye Meng hurriedly ran out, pretending that nothing had happened and strolling around.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for the " shadow " to discover Ye Meng's figure and quickly rushed in her direction.
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